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Looks like I missed your question here. I looked around a bit and there was a poster who mentioned seeing it on AMC back around 2005, and some others who hadn't seen it in a long time, but didn't say where. For anyone who didn't see it last night, it is tentatively scheduled to air again in November.

Hopefully they have him back enough so he can talk about that, and a whole lot more. Eddie's the best...I wouldn't dare leave that out, lest I wind up "out of service" somewhere. The best, I say!

That about says it all...

Interesting! Not only does that explain it, but it also provides a bit of a back story on where the idea came from. Here's a short on Robby. At the 5:00 mark they have some close-ups with these features operating. I think another one of his endearing features was how he hobbled around when he walked, but was "strong enough to topple this entire structure", as Walter Pidgeon explained. Very charming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ptHtb7RPRw

Okay, one of the more subtle details. Probably one of those things that would stand out and really pop on the big screen.

Hi cmovieviewer, have a look at the Design And Construction section on this Wikipedia page. In short, there was an uncredited crew member who read off Robby's lines during filming (not Marvin Miller, whose voice you actually hear). An additional piece of equipment used the sound from his voice as an input to produce the voltage necessary to drive that blue neon light on Robby. [in other words a light connected where a loudspeaker would normally go, though the voltage requirements would be drastically higher for the neon light.] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robby_the_Robot

...as per the last images I posted of Robby's control panel: ...and this diagram of Robby's features (actually from a toy replica of Robby): ...it is safe to assume those "inline V6" things were officially called "sax levers" or "sax valves" (as they look like the keys on a saxophone). What gets me is the thing called a "Geneva Movement". With a name like that and the labeling on the control panel, I thought it might have been an expensive part produced by a third party, like maybe the rotating "gyro" at the top. It turns out to be one of the metallic circles on his chest. I wonder what was so special about that. Missing from the toy are the "Heart Buttons". You can see them in this scene just below the Geneva Movement, and on the control panel. They were keys that pulsated in and out, one at a time, reflecting light kind of like the Sax Keys did. Missing from the control panel is a way to open the door in Robby's chest (just above the Geneva Movement), so that he could duplicate any substance in the universe. I'll guess that was the actor inside.

I like the big hardwood cabinet underneath. A bit of a time smear here, but I can see Exeter sitting in a Futuro house watching a Predicta TV, playing Theremin, and coming up with the idea for the Interocitor.

It doesn't need to work. Just grab some of the green screen equipment from CNN next door.

That reminds me of This Island Earth which came out a year before Forbidden Planet. Maybe they can build an Interocitor to use as a prop for the odd Sci Fi movie they show.

This photograph, taken by Buzz Aldrin, shows a teary-eyed Neil Armstrong after he completed his first steps on the lunar surface. Image credit: Apollo 11 / NASA.

For more on how Robby functioned, have a look at the Design And Construction section of this Wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robby_the_Robot

cough cough ahem...it is a TCM event in November. Anyone need any more of an explanation why the thread was deleted? http://www.moviepropcollectors.com/magazine/2017/09/04/original-robby-the-robot-being-auctioned-by-bonhams-tcm-in-november/ Well this is probably your only chance to see the actual Robbie The Robot control panel. It appears each feature being controlled has both an on/off switch and a level control. The box underneath may house additional electronics (likely electro-mechanical) to control the patterns of the effects. There are also a few "master" power switches, to shut off power transformers and possibly to shut off any other equipment underneath (or not).

In the movie Tough Guys (1986) Charles Durning played a character named Deke Yablonski, a hard-edged police investigator nearing retirement. No coincidences there.

Yes, it's in my list. http://moviecollector.us/reports/Future_Premieres.htm

LOL Hi cmovie

Yes, at least once before in Aug 2000, so it doesn't meet my strict definition, but definitely a rarity!

I'm keeping track of that sort of thing and I have no evidence that any of those played on TCM. I'd be up for watching those... Bring them on!!

I have both versions of Metropolis too. The 1984 Giorgio Moroder-produced version sounds much like early 80s music, because he (together with Harold Faltermeyer) produced much of the early 80s electronic hits in Germany, making extensive use of Moog and Mini-Moog synthesizers. The sound is apparent on select songs from Top Gun (Berlin- Take My Breath Away), the theme to Fletch, the theme to Flashdance (Irene Cara - What A Feeling), and Midnight Express as well as working with Donna Summer. In this picture is Moroder seated at a full Moog synthesizer, and in the far left you see a little bit of his Mini-Moog (a highly scaled down version of the Moog created for concert touring) So it is no surprise that the Metropolis soundtrack is going to be along these lines. Personally I love it. The 1984 version itself is short, it is like a flyover compared to the full version. There is one character who is not included, a "thin man". No big loss. Also missing is the back story on one of the characters. The main theme is still there, albeit with certain parts of the story unexplained or not elaborated on in depth. The sequence of the editing is fixed in the long version. For the first time, they had a non-edited version to use as an example of the complete work. It was a 16mm copy, so there were a few points in the fully restored version where 16mm patches were the only choice.

For the reasons Lawrence and Tikisoo added, I don't usually purchase groceries from Walmart. While it doesn't make much difference which store you get your Chinese factory stuff from (in some cases you can just import it yourself using eBay), it DOES matter where you get your groceries. I have one big box grocery store (probably the best option in my area) that has a rewards card, affiliated gas stations, and they often have buy-one-get-one-free, or buy-one-get-one-half-off deals. Another is a "farm market", actually more like a pre-Amazon Whole Foods but also includes a large alternative medicine area. They have many things GNC won't carry, which don't fit GNC's guidelines of consumed nutritional supplements. The lady that worked in that section told me they have 8600 different SKUs, not sure if she meant all the products in that one dept or the whole store. The place is well organized, but they have so many different and unusual things that I have no idea where to look. In addition it seems some of the people that staff that area are actual nutritionists, they really understand what they are selling. On the vitamin topic, cheaper vitamins often contain synthesized components made in a factory, whereas health store vitamins actually contain the real components extracted from natural sources. There are subtle differences in the molecular structures between the cheaper synthetic vitamins and the more expensive natural vitamins, which often translates into the natural ones being more effective because they are more bioavailable and the body knows what to do with it.

You said a mouthful!

That makes me miss some of the older cars I used to have or ride in as a kid. Becoming a car collector is not something I can just start doing right now.

Their electronics is just stuff people will have around the house and use several times a year, not for high traffic use, such as in an office with many employees hammering on it every day. I also have purchased WD external hard drives, and possibly also a Hauppauge HD-PVR2 (a key part of my home-made DVR - though I got the rest online and/or from a local computer store). My laptop and desktop computers are Dell Latitude E6420 and HP USDT, both used commercial gear on eBay, a year or two old when I purchased it. Both are common units and have an unlimited supply of replacement parts available. Brand new SSD hard drives for them from the computer store. So I won't avoid Walmart purchases where appropriate or when they make sense. For me it is really more about the distinction between consumer and commercial gear. I'd be wary of any mechanical load-bearing gear which is required to have safety ratings. Though economy versions may pass tests, they may not have the same safety factor as with more commercially viable equipment. There will be compromising structural issues like incomplete weld joints and bad metal. Fortunately none of this relates to common household appliances from Walmart, as long as they pass UL requirements, or similar, and don't catch on fire by themselves. You can always go and get a replacement when it breaks down.

Did you click on the link and then click on the printer button in the upper right? That is an embedded PDF viewer and has its own printer controls. Or if you didn't see anything at all maybe the server was down for a bit.