Scaramanga's Robots

MilleniumForceMilleniumForce LondonPosts: 1,214MI6 Agent
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I know it's only the arms that have to move, but would someone have actually been able to build something like what we see in the film back in 1974?
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  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,882Chief of Staff
    Yes indeed. Disney World's Hall of Presidents has been an attraction there since 1971--those figures can stand up, talk, and use their hands.. .all more sophisticated than anything Scaramanga's wax figures can do!
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Well, they had very early Computers in 1974 :))
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  • superadosuperado Regent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,652MI6 Agent
    Westworld used realistic androids back in 1973
    "...the purposeful slant of his striding figure looked dangerous, as if he was making quickly for something bad that was happening further down the street." -SMERSH on 007 dossier photo, Ch. 6 FRWL.....
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Rudimentary machines that only need to do minor movements, yes I'd say
    Scaramanga could have had those. You can still see many today in the
    Average " Boy Band" ;)
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Scaramanga didn't have many Targets to shoot at with his Solar powered Gun :))
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,670MI6 Agent
    Is it just me or is the Al Capone dummy a real person? :))
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    :))

    The Cowboy was actually Moore dressed up -{
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,670MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    :))

    The Cowboy was actually Moore dressed up -{

    Yes, I knew that one right enough. Was it him or a dummy with his face (plus moustache) I wonder?
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    :))

    The Cowboy was actually Moore dressed up -{

    Yes, I knew that one right enough. Was it him or a dummy with his face (plus moustache) I wonder?

    No it was Moore himself. The Al Capone ´robot´is also just an actor. Those life-like blinks can not be performed by robots :D
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Robots hadn't learnt to become sentiant yet :))
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,670MI6 Agent
    Peppermill wrote:
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    :))

    The Cowboy was actually Moore dressed up -{

    Yes, I knew that one right enough. Was it him or a dummy with his face (plus moustache) I wonder?

    No it was Moore himself. The Al Capone ´robot´is also just an actor. Those life-like blinks can not be performed by robots :D

    I thought as much. What about the others behind Capone?
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,510Chief of Staff
    Peppermill wrote:
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    :))

    The Cowboy was actually Moore dressed up -{

    Yes, I knew that one right enough. Was it him or a dummy with his face (plus moustache) I wonder?

    No it was Moore himself.

    It wasn't Roger...it was Les Crawford...who was Roger's stunt double -{
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    Peppermill wrote:
    Silhouette Man wrote:

    Yes, I knew that one right enough. Was it him or a dummy with his face (plus moustache) I wonder?

    No it was Moore himself.

    It wasn't Roger...it was Les Crawford...who was Roger's stunt double -{

    I stand corrected :))
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,670MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    Peppermill wrote:
    Silhouette Man wrote:

    Yes, I knew that one right enough. Was it him or a dummy with his face (plus moustache) I wonder?

    No it was Moore himself.

    It wasn't Roger...it was Les Crawford...who was Roger's stunt double -{

    Yes, I recall reading that. They'd have needed a split screen later on when Roger would be meeting...himself! :))
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,670MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    Sir Miles wrote:
    Peppermill wrote:

    No it was Moore himself.

    It wasn't Roger...it was Les Crawford...who was Roger's stunt double -{

    I stand corrected :))

    Just like a robot! :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Roger also doubled for Britt in a few of the bikini scenes. ;) :))
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,670MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Roger also doubled for Britt in a few of the bikini scenes. ;) :))

    Yes, he was the stunt double for her arse in the final scenes. :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Cheeky :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Showing a little more Cheek then usual :D
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,670MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    Showing a little more Cheek then usual :D

    If only they were brains, Goodnight. :))
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  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    Thank you for the correction Sir Miles. I always thought it was Moore himself but I must have been mistaken. You learn something every day on this forum.
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  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,777MI6 Agent
    Re the Robots, TMWTGG, was made around the same time as Michael Creighton's Westworld.

    Prop a coincidence, but I like the production symmetry.
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    The Funhouse Scenes wouldn't be same without them -{
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Animatronic characters can appear very creepy.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
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