Showing posts with label robots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label robots. Show all posts

Emilia Clarke Starring in Terminator Reboot

Deadline has revealed that "Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke is venturing out of Westeros to face off against Skynet as Sarah Connor in the upcoming "Terminator" reboot, "Terminator: Genesis."

Best known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen, the Khaleesi and Mother of Dragons, Clarke is a relative newcomer to American audiences. The part of Sarah Connor was a much sought after role, which eventually came down to two actresses; Brie Larson and Clarke.

Clarke will be joining Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is returning to the title role, and will be reuniting with director Alan Taylor, who has also worked on "Game of Thrones." Jason Clarke (no relation) is currently in talks to play her son, John Conner. Being quite a few years older than his possible onscreen mother, the storyline is rumored to be taking a few trips into the future.

Filling the kick-ass boots of Linda Hamilton,  will be no easy task, but Clarke has proven to audiences that she is one tough lady. Paramount is set to release the film in the summer of 2015.

-Nowal Massari

World's Largest Walking Robot Is Fire Breathing Dragon



Remember when Gozer told the Ghostbusters to choose the form of the Destructor? I kind of feel like Germany just chose for all of us with this fabulous robot that will, inevitably, come to life and wipe us out in a sci-fi and folkloric rage.

Ladies and gents, I give you the world's largest walking robot: A fire-breathing dragon.

As reported by NBC News, the dragon "Tradinno" (a mashup name of "tradition" and "innovation") is an 11-ton, 51-feet long beast with a 40-foot wingspan.

"The remote-controlled megatronic behemoth is the reptilian child of Germany's Zollner Elektronik AG. Built for show business ... this four-legged, wing flapping robot will replace the aging star of Germany's oldest folk play, 'Drachenstich,' performed each August in the Bavarian town of Furth im Wald," reports NBC.

The dragon is, according to the website, "driven by a 2.0-liter turbo diesel engine" with polyurethane and glass reinforced plastics skin, veins that bleed 21 gallons of stage blood on cue, and liquid gas for fire-breathing pyrotechnics.

Thanks for ensuring our robo-dragon apocalypse, Germany.