20 Responses so far

1. 1. Ryan on Mar 30th, 2007 at 6:11 am

   Do the androids have lasers?

2. 2. Steve Buchheit on Mar 30th, 2007 at 7:00 am

   Androids, Frankenstein, after all, was just a german doctor who studied in a foreign country.

3. 3. Al Bogdan on Mar 30th, 2007 at 7:14 am

   One of the androids falls for Frank’s interesting, rebellious personality, but their relationship causes all kinds of hilarity with the other androids who just don’t understand what she sees in him… hmmm… I think my wife’s rented one too many romantic comedies lately…

   Let’s make that an army of androids from an alien planet invades Earth, and the only way humanity can survive is to reanimate corpses to fight the battles for us. I suspect the Frankenstein army wins in the end. Of course, they don’t really care for us either. So, who’s body do you want your brain stuck into… and what brains get your body parts? Sounds like a good meme question.

4. 4. Tobias Buckell on Mar 30th, 2007 at 8:14 am

   Ryan, if you want them to, I don’t see why not!

   Al: yeah, very good meme. You didn’t answer your own meme either…

5. 5. Steve Thorn on Mar 30th, 2007 at 9:34 am

   Ah, it’s up to if you’ve been reading Dean Koontz’s re-imagining or Frankenstein,.. because I would definetly put money on Franky and his creation over any android,.. yes, even the Daleks…

6. 6. Steve Thorn on Mar 30th, 2007 at 9:34 am

   re-imagining OF Frankenstein

7. 7. Rick Novy on Mar 30th, 2007 at 10:49 am

   Come on, this should be androids vs. zombies.

8. 8. Greg on Mar 30th, 2007 at 11:14 am

   Whoever brings along the army of rabid cheetahs, of course. You can hide, but you can’t run…

9. 9. Tobias Buckell on Mar 30th, 2007 at 11:18 am

   Ha!

   Rick, we already did zombies a post ago

10. 10. Ryan on Mar 30th, 2007 at 11:22 am

    I’m still undecided on the cavemen vs. astronauts issue.

11. 11. Tobias Buckell on Mar 30th, 2007 at 11:26 am

    Cavemen: stronger, used to getting by on less, more adaptable

12. 12. Greg on Mar 30th, 2007 at 11:42 am

    Unless they’re some kind of Heinleinesque super astronaut who can macgyver up a caveman-eating wormhole-inducing plasma dongle using a pair of jumper cables, ethylene glycol and a convenient plot device. Cavemen are also shorter and generally malnourished, which might counter their advantage over the astronaut’s lack of bone strength.

    …but I digress. Frankenstein monsters would tear the arms off of androids and brutally savage their home appliances.

13. 13. Jeff P. on Mar 30th, 2007 at 12:52 pm

    The Frankenstein monster. Because dead automatons are more interesting than mechanical automatons any day…

14. 14. Tobias Buckell on Mar 30th, 2007 at 1:11 pm

    Jeff: heh.

    Greg, well thought, sir, well thought!

15. 15. Mfitz on Mar 30th, 2007 at 1:13 pm

    Since cave men all died at about 30, couldn’t the astronauts just hid out for a few years and wait for the cave me to die of old age?

    But, back to the topic at hand.

    Which version of Frankenstein and which Androids?

    How about Shelly’s monster up against Capek’s robotniks a smack down cage match philosophical debate of Mankind’s inhumanity to it’s own creations?

16. 16. Rick Novy on Mar 30th, 2007 at 1:13 pm

    Cavemen don’t wear diapers. That’s debatable for astronauts.

17. 17. Mark Terry on Mar 30th, 2007 at 1:54 pm

    My money’s on the larger force, which would be zombies. Gee, when you think about it, this would be kind of a slow-motion fight, wouldn’t it?

    Victor never could get the knee joints to work properly in the movies, could he?

18. 18. Jim Hall on Mar 30th, 2007 at 3:49 pm

    As the host of cult film show “Midnight Creature Feature” this question makes me smile. Frankenstein wins hands down. He has the anger issues to motivate him.

19. 19. Steve Buchheit on Mar 30th, 2007 at 8:56 pm

    I guess it would also depend on who designed and assembled the androids. Are these WalMart androids? You know, look all shiney and nice, and the price is right, but when they go to do a back swing to clobber Frankenstein the vital design flaw of using a cheap plastic where stainless was needed, and shortening the rotator cup shield by .5″, and their arm falls off in a parody of Monty Pythons’ Black Knight.

20. 20. Tobias Buckell on Mar 31st, 2007 at 2:02 am

    You guys all rock

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