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It's been a while since we've had a robots post here, but I believe this is the world' first robot rock band:

Will they hook up with robot groupies after the show, you ask? They just might if this Japanese robot girlfriend initiative picks up steam. Be afraid.

Incidentally, wouldn't countering the robot menace be a good issue for John McCain? It seems to play to his combination of cranky old man-ness and national security paranoia. They all laughed at Admiral Adama when he didn't want networked computer on the Galactica but look how that turned out.

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You need to check out Captured by Robots! pronto. A fairly professional robot band.

Posted by Dan | June 18, 2008 2:29 PM

To be fair to Adama, I don't think he was quite as old as Walnuts! when the Cylons attacked.

Posted by woot | June 18, 2008 2:34 PM

I demand more Galactica blogging!

Posted by J.B. | June 18, 2008 2:43 PM

Robots are posing more and more of a threat.

The Brits just launched Skynet, after all.

Seriously. They launched a communications network called Skynet, that is supposed to allow for people to give orders to armed robots. Yeah, I've watched enough movies to know that this NEVER works, the robots start taking over and are able to unite under one banner.

Posted by B. Minich | June 18, 2008 2:50 PM

Yes I agree, the Republicans need a new bogeyman issue to keep us line. A robots-gone-wild disaster somewhere could kickstart it.

Obama could then counter with an endorsement by Tom Servo or Bender and insist that not all robots are evil.

Posted by Peter K. | June 18, 2008 2:53 PM

Sweet! This means now I can collect on my "Which country will be the first to invent a robot girlfriend?" bet.

I picked Japan, while my friend foolishly picked "every other country on earth."

Posted by Just Another Greg | June 18, 2008 2:56 PM

"John McCain. For when the metal ones decide to come for you."

Posted by tomemos | June 18, 2008 3:07 PM

re: Japanese robot girlfriends

"Using her infrared sensors and battery power, the diminutive damsel named "EMA" puckers up for nearby human heads, entering what designers call its "love mode"."

The human race is so screwed.

Posted by Peter K. | June 18, 2008 3:17 PM

Devo was a robot band.

Posted by asl | June 18, 2008 3:18 PM

On "Galactica", I'm glad I only started watching with the last season, because I can't imagine hanging in there from the beginning to see the last panning shot of the last episode.

Posted by American Citizen | June 18, 2008 3:33 PM

1. The Kitchen Krackpots were the world's first robotic condiment rock-and-roll band back in 1982.

2. John McCain is Saul Tigh.
I'm just saying.

3. All Barack Obama has to do is to remind the public that John McCain can't tell the difference between an Autobot and a Decepticon.

Posted by Aaron | June 18, 2008 3:45 PM

John McCain is Saul Tigh.

Look, just because they're both cranky old ex-fighters pilots with authoritarian tendencies and blonde trollop wives does not make them the same person.

Posted by Gabriel | June 18, 2008 4:03 PM

Second on Captured! By Robots. They're not fully robotic (there is one human) but they put on a hell of a show, each year it's retooled with a different theme, and all different generes of music. It's a trip! They (and yes, by "they" I mean the robots and 1 guy) are from San Francisco, but they usually tour once or twice a year. It's pretty amazing how much shit this guy lugs around.

Posted by Mac | June 18, 2008 4:08 PM

McCain should advocate an expanded universal health care that includes robot insurance. That way, he gets the coveted Sam Waterston a.k.a. DA Jack McCoy endorsement. I wonder what side of the issue Fred Thompson comes down on?

Posted by chris | June 18, 2008 4:08 PM

McCain should advocate an expanded universal health care that includes robot insurance. That way, he gets the coveted Sam Waterston a.k.a. DA Jack McCoy endorsement. I wonder what side of the issue Fred Thompson comes down on?

Posted by chris | June 18, 2008 4:10 PM

I believe this is the world' first robot rock band

Matthew has never been to Chuck E. Cheese, apparently.

Posted by apostropher | June 18, 2008 4:36 PM

Look, just because they're both cranky old ex-fighters pilots with authoritarian tendencies and blonde trollop wives does not make them the same person.
Posted by Gabriel

No, but the fact that they're both Cylons does.

Posted by Cyrus | June 18, 2008 5:14 PM

Hey American Citizen, that last episode was just the mid-season break; there are another 11 episodes coming (probably not until early 2009, even though most of them have already been filmed, because SciFi is screwy like that). So that final panning shot wasn't the end of the series. I second J.B.- more Battlestar blogging! The doughy pantload over at NRO tried to do it for a while, but I think he's stopped and besides, I always felt dirty enjoying something he wrote (enjoying differently from the usual mocking way that is).

Posted by Ricky B | June 18, 2008 5:16 PM

"Hey American Citizen, that last episode was just the mid-season break; ; there are another 11 episodes coming (probably not until early 2009, even though most of them have already been filmed, because SciFi is screwy like that)."

Someone told me it would start up again in August/Sept. after the summer ends, but I don't have any links or proof for that.

I predicted there would be a Planet of the Apes/Charleton Heston/Statue of Liberty moment when they found Earth, but that was an easy call after the Hybrid warned that Starbuck was the "Harbinger of Death."

Who else is hoping fuckin' ALL of em are Cylons so it's just been Cylons fighting Cylons this entire time?

Posted by Peter K. | June 18, 2008 5:37 PM

Kraftwerk were better.

Posted by nick | June 18, 2008 5:48 PM

Skynet?

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Posted by Richard Steven Hack | June 18, 2008 6:10 PM

You've probably already seen this, Matt, but just in case...

Posted by Merganser | June 18, 2008 8:47 PM

I believe this is the world' first robot rock band

I saw a robot marching band at the 2005 World Expo in Nagoya - this is just the next step. I'm not looking forward to the rock-rap stage in robot musical evolution. The rest of the world is way ahead of us in robotics technology.

That said, robot girlfriends are almost certainly a sign of the imminent collapse of Japanese civilization (and I'm only half-kidding - I live in Japan and lack of socialization and social alienation are HUGE, and potentially economically and culturally crippling, problems here).

Posted by Xeynon | June 19, 2008 12:02 AM

They all laughed at Admiral Adama when he didn't want networked computer on the Galactica but look how that turned out.

Maybe McCain will try to dismantle the internet..

Posted by David Morris | June 19, 2008 3:30 AM