The Best Evil Robots in Science Fiction
Karel Capek wrote a play in 1920 called R.U.R which stands for “Rossum-s Universal Robots’. Thirty years later, Isaac Asimov wrote his laws for robots. One of these laws said that robots shall not harm humans. Sometimes things go wrong though and robots turn evil. Sometimes they-re just made that way.
There have been some classic evil robots through the years. Ideas of the “Best Evil Robot’ can vary. There are many candidates for that list.Didn-t catch that? Yul Brenner-s Gunslinger in Westworld was a determined evil robot who did not give up no matter what was thrown at, or on him. Doctor Who fans know all about the Cybermen. Cybernauts were robot foes of the Avengers. Cylons were lizard like creatures who built robots that took on their name in the original Battlestar Galactica. If the original Godzilla wasn-t trouble enough there was always Mechagodzilla. Anime gave us Megatron, leader of the evil Decepticons. Star Trek has given us many evil robots. The greatest may be Lore, brother of Data. Lore had no trouble breaking Asimov-s law and killing his creator.
In the universal battle of good versus evil, good will always win. Evil does know how to leave an impression.