Fembot Fantasia

PopSci names the sexiest robots of all time

Fembots_ss_weirdsciWe handpicked a host of lovely and powerful cyborgs to illustrate Annalee Newitz's essay on pop-culture fembots, but film and TV history has blessed us with many, many more. Who did we miss? Which 'bot in this gallery is your favorite? Next week I'd like to crown one fembot with a  People's Choice Award. Personally, I think Kelly LeBrock (Weird Science) portrayed the hottest fembot ever. What do you think? Tell us in the comments section below. 

170 Comments

Comments

isaac (imported)
Article Rating:
1
2
3
4
5

in the magazine you guys forgot data from star trek

1 out of 1 people found this comment helpful
Becca (imported)
Article Rating:
1
2
3
4
5

What about Replicater Carter from Stargate SG-1...

1 out of 1 people found this comment helpful
mike (imported)
Article Rating:
1
2
3
4
5

Winona Ryder, aka Annalee Call from Alien Resurrection, probably deserves an honorable mention.

1 out of 1 people found this comment helpful
Jeff (imported)
Article Rating:
1
2
3
4
5

Galaxina. Rhoda from My Living Doll. Andrea from What Are Little Girls Made Of? Jocasta from the Avengers. All those hot chrome Soroyama robots.

Not that I think about female robots alot...

0 out of 1 people found this comment helpful
Marc (imported)
Article Rating:
1
2
3
4
5

You missed my favorite, Angel Lips, from the Ruby, The Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe. (http://tinyurl.com/nr9v9)

"Plastic, I love the smell of plastic."

BTW:You guys should allow some html and use an antispam service.

0 out of 0 people found this comment helpful
Torulf Greek (...
Article Rating:
1
2
3
4
5

There are lots of fembots in Japanese anime.
A more serious ones in the Ghost in the Shell 2, innocence and in mainstream anime as Chi in Chobits.
In books we have Dors in Asimovs Forward the foundation.

0 out of 0 people found this comment helpful
Jerry Hunter (...
Article Rating:
1
2
3
4
5

cherry 2000

1 out of 1 people found this comment helpful
Dodd (imported)
Article Rating:
1
2
3
4
5

The Buffybot could be folded into this thesis. Somewhat.

0 out of 0 people found this comment helpful
Scott (imported)
Article Rating:
1
2
3
4
5

A lot of good choices, but Six wins this, hands down:

"33": "God has a plan for you, Gaius ..."

"Home, Part II":

BALTAR: "Well, you're not a chip. That we've established."

SIX: "Yes."

BALTAR: "But Sharon being pregnant does suggest that you are rather more than a simple manifestation of my subconscious. And I'm not... crazy?"

SIX: "No."

BALTAR: "Then who, or what, are you exactly?"

SIX: "I'm an angel of God sent here to protect you. To guide you, to love you."

BALTAR: "To what end?"

SIX: "To the end of the human race."

Still makes my skin crawl ....

0 out of 0 people found this comment helpful
cajuntad (imported)
Article Rating:
1
2
3
4
5

what about seven of nine?

0 out of 0 people found this comment helpful
Page 1 of 17 12345678910next ›last »

Popular Tags

Regular Features

PPX: The PopSci Predictions Exchange

RSS Link

Entertainment & Gaming

Ready to bet on the future? Start here!

Subscribe for 2 free issues!

may2008_cover.jpg