I was watching The Wind and The Lion, an action adventure from the seventies staring Sean Connery, Candice Bergen and Brian Kieth as Teddy Roosevelt. The movie reminded me of the Robot named Boilerplate and how he was digitally inserted into 19th century history in the terrific faux textbook about the adventerous robot soldier. I was happy to hear that J.J. Abrams has decided to put the film version of the book into production.
Finally, Boilerplate saw some action in the
Spanish-American War as he fought right begind Teddy Roosevelt. From there he
went on to fight in the Phillipine-American War and the Boxer Rebellion in China
and the Russo-Japanese War where Boilerplate made supply runs that were too
dangerous for humans. Boilerplate traveled through the Arabian Desert with TE
Lawrence despite the fact that the sand was a constant danger to his joints
before heading out to fight in WWI where he disappears while delivering food and
water to the Lost Battalion in the Argonne Forest.
J.J. Abrams and his production company Bad Robot recently announced that they would produce a movie version of Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel, Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett's 2009 graphic novel that follows the adventures of mankind's first robot.
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4 comments:
I don't know about Boilerplate, but I certainly can recommend THE WIND AND THE LION. It's one of my favourite movies. Sean Connery is fabulous (even though he is a Scotsman playing an Arab) and Brian Keith is excellent as Teddy Roosevelt.
Boilerplate is the Forrest Gump of robot soldier movies. The book reads like a school textbook and you wouldn't know the difference if you just came across the book. Fabulous.
I am enjoying Wind and the Lion very much.
Why does he remind me of a cross between the Tin Man and Bender?
It must be his look. But he doesn't talk like those two yappy yaps did.
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