I was searching the net for pictures of Maximillian, in my mind the scariest robot ever to grace the screen of cinema. Having found none really good, I found a clip of the movie The Black Hole (1979) and took multiple screen captures, trying to get a decent image. Not too bad. I could use a bit of photoshop (actually, the Gimp) training, though.

A bit of history for those of you not acquainted with this machine: He floats around menacingly, doesn't speak a word, and murders one of the protagonists (Anthony Perkins) with a set of spinning blades attached to his arm. After that happens, his master, the mad scientist Dr. Reinhardt (Maximillian Schell), whispers to another protagonist, "protect me from Maximillian." Obviously, afraid of his own creation.

If that doesn't make you a scary robot, you're not trying hard enough.

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