I don't know why they're in such a hurry. I suspect that once they get this thing up and running, the moment they turn their backs on it, minor key John Barry music will quietly begin, the robonaut will start up seemingly of its own volition, run along its rails until it reaches the Atmospheric Release Valve, which it will twist open, the crew will then expire in a suitably dramatic fashion, and a sinister black mini-shuttle based on the stolen plans for Sir Richard Branson's space plane will silently glide up to remove one of the station modules, which in turn will prove to be a piece of highly classified British military hardware that will be key to a nefarious plot for world domination.
And if this does happen, this was all just a lucky guess and I had nothing to do with it. Cross my heart and hope to die.
Interesting take.
ReplyDeleteSomehow I hear ominous John Williams music while a stowaway named Smith reprograms the Tufeld-voiced robot to wreak devastation to the slumbering crewmembers of the station.
Nah... I see a rogue pilot dude reprogramming the bot through a direct neural interface in the back of his neck. Said bot will then stalk Kirk Douglas and Farah Fawcett (or reasonable facsimiles) around the space station. I mean, look at it. Clearly built for stalking rather than waving its arms around comically.
ReplyDeleteOooh, that's a good one!
ReplyDeleteWish I could remember enough about "The Black Hole" to recall what set off that rotor armed robot that attacked Tony Perkins.
It's also a possibility that the robot could be made to look like Maria and spread sedition amongst the workers.