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Johnny 5 Is Coming Back, But Tremors Is Dead

Tremors is possibly the best movie about giant man-eating worms in the history of giant-worm movies. But alas, its reign is over. There will be no more rock jumping cowboys defending their worm filled mine shaft, or tight-jeansed Kevin Bacon’s terrible accent. Now that the Sci Fi Channel’s Tremors series is over, Stampede Entertainment (the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 10

LEGO Johnny 5: Not QUITE Alive, But Still Pretty Damn Charming

It would have been impressive if Johnny 5 were merely sculpted from LEGO bricks. But Brickshelf user rack911 did one better and created a Johnny 5 with fully working treads and a-we’ll call it partially functional-laser cannon. But appreciate the art carefully, dear reader. Johnny 5’s no-nonsense, wisecracking personality has been documented as a stronger…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Jun 5

The Robots That WALL-E Stole From

Everyone already knows that WALL-E is a direct rip-off of Short Circuit’s Johnny 5. But J5 isn’t the only track bot that Pixar borrowed the WALL-E look from. We’ve taken a deeper look into the world of androids and bulky square robotics and compiled a list of other machines that may have given WALL-E his…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 28

Johnny 5 Apparently Still Alive 22 Years Later

In what can only be some kind of Machiavellian move to distract protesting fans from protesting about Fanboys, producer Bob Weinstein has announced a remake of 1986 nutty robot comedy Short Circuit, to be written by the people who came up with the original movie. https://gizmodo.com/supressed-fanboys-movie-may-get-a-release-after-all-372564 Calling the remake “a worthy addition to [Dimension Films’]…

Movies Graeme McMillan Apr 4

Wall-E Was Inspired By the Sexual Frustrations of Pixar Nerds

Wall-E director Andrew Stanton told us that he didn’t think about the robot Johnny 5 from Short Circuit when his team was designing the look and feel of Wall-E, which seems hard to believe. Instead, he says his inspirations came the from Luxo Jr. lamp in the Pixar logo, a pair of binoculars, R2D2, and…

io9 Kevin Kelly Feb 27

Short Circuit’s Johnny Five On Auction Block Starting at $100,000; Steve Guttenberg Sold Separately

Johnny Five—hero of Short Circuit, Short Circuit 2, and all the Short Circuit sequels that have been playing only in our hearts since the franchise died in 1988—is indeed alive, and for sale on eBay. The five-foot-tall totally sentient robot is made of aluminum and steel, with “vaccu-formed styrene panels” to conceal his robot sexy…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jul 23

Syd Mead

As a robot designer for Short Circuit, concept artist for Tron, a production illustrator for the first Star Trek movie and a “visual futurist” for Blade Runner, Syd Mead has contributed to the paleo-future through some amazing movies. Flickrtarian Michael Heilemann recently posted a set of Syd Mead concept art. Be sure to check out…

Tech News Matt Novak Feb 25

Retro Frankenfight: Short Circuit Vs. TRON

We like technology because it’s “cool”. But you know what? If it weren’t for the brave tech-loving men and women of Hollywood, technology wouldn’t be something you spoke of in public. Imagine a world where white earbuds weren’t reason for a rough mugging, but a brutal wedgie instead. That’s why this week’s Franken is between…

Tech News Mark Wilson Feb 14

Johnny 5 Is Coming Back, But Tremors Is Dead

LEGO Johnny 5: Not QUITE Alive, But Still Pretty Damn Charming

The Robots That WALL-E Stole From

Johnny 5 Apparently Still Alive 22 Years Later

Wall-E Was Inspired By the Sexual Frustrations of Pixar Nerds

Short Circuit’s Johnny Five On Auction Block Starting at $100,000; Steve Guttenberg Sold Separately

Syd Mead

Retro Frankenfight: Short Circuit Vs. TRON

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