From: jack.bohn64@gmail.com   
      
   Your Name wrote:   
   > On 2022-10-19 13:47:34 +0000, Jack Bohn said:   
      
   > > What I would like suggestions for is a complete zero: a robot naively   
   > > built with the full appearance of a human. "I've built a robot as an   
   > > experiment; to see if it can walk and talk." "Why did you take the   
   > > trouble to give it skin, and a nose, and hair?" "Why wouldn't I?" (I   
   > > have become aware that 19th Century automatons were built in the shape   
   > > of people, even if they only sat at a desk and wrote out copies of a   
   > > poem.) I think there is a Twilight Zone episode that might fit. Maybe   
   > > the robot of "Small Wonder" or "D.A.R.Y.L." but I haven't watched   
   > > either.   
      
   > There is "Weird Science" (move and TV series) and the TV shows "Humans"   
   > (UK and original Scandanavian) and "Not Quite Human" ... among others.   
      
   Yeah, you mentioned "Humans" before, but it takes a while to get through my   
   thick skull.  That's a fine example, particularly considering it comes so late   
   in the game.  I had never heard of "Not Quite Human," and it's a trilogy!   
      
      
   > > There's certainly room for bionic ladies and gentlemen, which opens the   
   > > door for Cybermen and Daleks, and not to forget Darth Vader, "More   
   > > machine now than man." Commenting on their mechanical parts, of course.   
      
   > There's also Star Wars' General Grievous - original a living being who   
   > slowly replaced almost all of his body with droid parts, leaving only   
   > his brain, heart, and lungs remaining as organic. Thos too might have   
   > eventually been replace if he hadn't been killed in the duel with   
   > Obi-Wan Kenobi.   
      
   Have the ancillary books and shows expanded on Grievous as a prototype for   
   Vader?  I always felt the movie missed a bit by not comparing them.   
      
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