Adam Link destroyed by luddites seeking to block American scientific progress 14 November 1964. One week latter 22 November 1964 the Dalek Invasion of Earth nearly destroys the human race by means of superior technology. Mere coincidence? I think not.
Shows like this had notoriously low budgets - and yet, look at the what the fantastic stuff they created. Hollywood could learn a thing or two by looking carefully at these old programs. Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Star Trek - shows that endure and still sparkle DECADES later. A real tribute to the talent of the writers, producers, and actors of the era. It's a shame they can't - or WON'T - make stuff like this anymore.
Great episode. Good to see Marianna Hill as Nina. A very attractive and talented actress with a convincing performance here. However...I much prefer to watch her crawling along the air duct dressed in a mini skirt during the Star Trek episode 'Dagger Of The Mind' screened a few years later. What? Yeah, maybe I DO need help.
It would have been hilarious if adam had ran out and grabbed the little girl by her head, not wanting to hurt her arm again, and pulled it right off, droning in that robo voice how he had saved the little girls head, until he realized what he had done with an "oops".
It is great show but why do they make that weird robot voice. All 1950 and 1960 robots were like this? That's why I liked Data from Star Trek. It wasn't a clunky piece of nuts and bolts.
Great episode. You know, when Adam saved the girl and in the process lost his life, I thought about how other men had to die so others could live. Everyone who wanted Adam dead now had to look at it again, through different eyes. Not one person moved to save that girl. She was toast. So, the one they wanted to kill had more committment and respect for human life than the humans did. How bizzare is that? This is not a new theme. We have seen it before. Christ dying so you may live is the origin.
I don't particularly care for religion and I agree with you that this OL was a good one,. There is so much going on in this episode. Why dont you share your opinion? Go for it!
@jericoparazo I haven't seen that version in years, I can't remember the ending really (don't tell). I should re-watch some episodes and there's a lot of episodes I haven't seen yet.
Agreed! Science has since poisoned the entire planet with chemicals and plastics. Dooming not only humans but the entire eco-system to certain extinction.
Man! There is some truth to what the guy says at 0:35-1:04. Computers rule our very lives, now, and everything is reliant upon them. Pretty scary, if you think about it.
Funny how they were debating if the robot could really be like a human.If the girl that tried to condemned you to death was about to be hit by a truck , would you save her? I think that robot was even more human than us.
If I remember right, the Asimov seres of robot stories (which includes I, Robot) was started before this was televised. I thought it was odd at first that his 3 laws of robotics was not incorporated into this story. Then i realized that it would have shut the story down.
Very perceptive Spyderblade, but I haven't started watching it just yet. The 3 laws took an awful long time to explain, even in the book, so I suspect they didn't have enough time to get into that in a one hour show. The thumbnails of the robots look pretty dumb, and I hope they didn't totally mangle the original Asimov story too badly.......
This isn't based on Isaac Asimov's work at all, its based on the original I, Robot (short story), by Eando Binder, and which inspired Asimov to begin writing stories about robots. He didn't want to use 'I, Robot' as the name of his book since it had already been used. According to Wikipedia "Asimov wanted to call his collection 'Mind and Iron', and initially objected when the publisher changed the title."
Note the eyes of the robot are feminine, large and soft looking and the lower part of the robot has female contours - intended to arouse our sympathy.
A few times they mention how stupid humanity is. In the Twilight Zone this is a repeating theme.
They were programming children to think that humanity is stupid. In fact, they were controlling society in such a way as to make people dumbed down and cruel.
They want the public to be sympathetic toward technology, as if it were somehow better than we.
That might be true, if all scientists were like 'Doc Link'.
But in reality, most scientists are ambitious megalomaniacs on drugs they think are expanding their cognitive abilities, but which are mind-control drugs, who have to turn to corporations or work for militaries to be able to do their research.
what's ironic about this is your comments were typed on a fucking computer which is hooked up to a massive global network allowing others to see your sheer ignorance and hypocrisy criticizing technology.
do everyone a favor and get off the internet, sell your computer, move into a cave
Roger that ZO6! I have seen mr Silver whatshisname's comments blacklisted nearly everywhere I go! Maybe his hard-drive will expire before too long, so we won't have to listen to his ugliness anymore. One can only hope so, I guess...All the best in 2009!!
Great episode! I liked it better then the adaptation of "I, robot" the movie. Perhaps if our television was enriched with more broadcasts such as this, then mankind could finally begin to learn. You are due with great credit for posting this, thank you.
Thanks for your time and efforts MissMael (appreciated!). Just a comment on the episode: Firstly, the actor playing Adam Link (the robot) was never credited, how curious! .. or perhaps it was really.. naah! Secondly, the episode title must not be confused with Isaac Asimov's 1950 novel of the same name. This teleplay was written in 1963 by EandO Binder as an adaption of their original story written in 1939. Asimovs publishers named his novel against his desire to call it "Mind and Iron".
Those lousy cops did not even bother examining the evidence at the scene.
Artifactsofmars 2 months ago
Adam Link destroyed by luddites seeking to block American scientific progress 14 November 1964. One week latter 22 November 1964 the Dalek Invasion of Earth nearly destroys the human race by means of superior technology. Mere coincidence? I think not.
Texasjim2007 3 months ago
I hate that girl shes a brat
FreedomFighter290 4 months ago
Leonard Nimoy is too georgeous for words.
tommary24 4 months ago
Shows like this had notoriously low budgets - and yet, look at the what the fantastic stuff they created. Hollywood could learn a thing or two by looking carefully at these old programs. Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Star Trek - shows that endure and still sparkle DECADES later. A real tribute to the talent of the writers, producers, and actors of the era. It's a shame they can't - or WON'T - make stuff like this anymore.
xaenon 6 months ago 2
@xaenon I agree with your comments. Also, did you catch some of the vocabulary used in this episode? Words like "germaine" and "pell-mell?"
4862cjc 2 months ago
Great episode. Good to see Marianna Hill as Nina. A very attractive and talented actress with a convincing performance here. However...I much prefer to watch her crawling along the air duct dressed in a mini skirt during the Star Trek episode 'Dagger Of The Mind' screened a few years later. What? Yeah, maybe I DO need help.
PetulantFilth 6 months ago
@PetulantFilth Mmmm. Thank you SO much! It was driving me nuts trygure where i had seen her before. love that girl.
MartianStories 1 month ago
Cheeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzy!
grantlandsmith 6 months ago
Ha.....the society of today has a lot more to worry about than a harmless robot.
MzSunnyJeep 6 months ago
WoW. The To Kill A Mockingbird for the Robot generation. I downloaded the EandO Binder Audiobook from Audible the other day. I, Robot - Excellent.
Merlinengine 6 months ago
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Merlinengine 6 months ago
This was great, thanks for posting I have seen a number of these episodes but somehow missed this one.
maynardcat 1 year ago
Spok! Man is was young back then befor Star Trek .....
1968DodgePolara 1 year ago
@ForgetaboutFreeman
oh so you got away, good for you bro.
Robstailey 1 year ago
@ForgetaboutFreeman
aww damn how much trouble did you get in
Robstailey 1 year ago
@ForgetaboutFreeman
$20 says this guy got rejected a week before prom night
Robstailey 1 year ago
he toss her lol
vality1 1 year ago
It would have been hilarious if adam had ran out and grabbed the little girl by her head, not wanting to hurt her arm again, and pulled it right off, droning in that robo voice how he had saved the little girls head, until he realized what he had done with an "oops".
AL13NM 1 year ago
It is great show but why do they make that weird robot voice. All 1950 and 1960 robots were like this? That's why I liked Data from Star Trek. It wasn't a clunky piece of nuts and bolts.
vmelkon 1 year ago
That was a good one!
zbaby82 1 year ago
Great episode. You know, when Adam saved the girl and in the process lost his life, I thought about how other men had to die so others could live. Everyone who wanted Adam dead now had to look at it again, through different eyes. Not one person moved to save that girl. She was toast. So, the one they wanted to kill had more committment and respect for human life than the humans did. How bizzare is that? This is not a new theme. We have seen it before. Christ dying so you may live is the origin.
RanRightRealty 1 year ago
Please don't ruin a good episode of The Outer Limits with your religious pandering..
TuxedoBento 1 year ago
@TuxedoBento
I don't particularly care for religion and I agree with you that this OL was a good one,. There is so much going on in this episode. Why dont you share your opinion? Go for it!
RanRightRealty 1 year ago
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Robstailey 1 year ago
@Robstailey ....sounds like you are having an Outer Limits episode
RanRightRealty 1 year ago
Thank you for the great episode. Unfortunately, Adam has been reduced to that of a automated vacuum cleaner.
Humbungi 2 years ago
Adam had a lousy lawyer! Shoulda appealed.
torgman 2 years ago
Ro-butts...LOL
Fruth37 2 years ago
@jericoparazo I haven't seen that version in years, I can't remember the ending really (don't tell). I should re-watch some episodes and there's a lot of episodes I haven't seen yet.
MissMael 2 years ago
Fast forward ahead a few hundred years to the 'Terminator'...rise of the machines...
ghostchild88 2 years ago
thanks MissMael for this fine episode.
robertlaberge 2 years ago
Some pretty typical sci-fi themes in this one.
halocekicksass 2 years ago
stupid little girl
XSlayerALE 2 years ago 2
Ronald Regan once said "Well, if you watch TV you'll see that they are building robots, so SDI shouldn't be that hard to do."
txmcxlx 2 years ago
yeah and he also said the 70s that Russia would invade the US the guy was really a paranoid nutjob
sondano 2 years ago
outer limits forever
hlawmazecpartyvelka 2 years ago
leonard nimoy looks so young
MrPilleMcCoy 2 years ago
Leonard Nimoy = Gorgeous
EverPotion 2 years ago 3
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You're gay
txmcxlx 2 years ago
I could have come up with better arguments than just "think of the future!"
I would have said, "Look, if he's based on human emotion, then it's the Doc's fault for being an ineffective programmer."
I would also add, "Look, we don't sue and incarcerate/execute cars when they run over someone."
imjessietr29 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Robots are perversons of life. I hate it when people implie that robots are equals to humans through fiction, when its a lie. Anyone can see that.
MythicDude 2 years ago
"Its not the ending of the story....its just the beginning."
SuperOmnicron 2 years ago
Alas, as this episode quite clearly points out, the problem is not science and technology, but human nature...
albionrulesok 2 years ago 2
Wouldn't we all be better off if science hadn't exploded it's technology all in our faces?
I love T.V.
barrymanman 2 years ago
Agreed! Science has since poisoned the entire planet with chemicals and plastics. Dooming not only humans but the entire eco-system to certain extinction.
Thanks Science...
jedibill111 2 years ago 2
technobukkake is disastrous for sure.
gdkeen 2 years ago
Man! There is some truth to what the guy says at 0:35-1:04. Computers rule our very lives, now, and everything is reliant upon them. Pretty scary, if you think about it.
audiophile55 2 years ago
I hope he at least broke the little brat's OTHER arm when he saved her.
torchkit 2 years ago
youngfart00
still the best, the remake sucks, Howard Da Silva was da bomb.
youngfart00 3 years ago
Funny how they were debating if the robot could really be like a human.If the girl that tried to condemned you to death was about to be hit by a truck , would you save her? I think that robot was even more human than us.
rickbattosai 3 years ago 16
@rickbattosai I'd try but I'm not really that fast I'd probably end up getting us both killed.
Aloradelyda 1 year ago
LOL
Thrown like a rag-doll.
IceTeaEdwin 3 years ago
If I remember right, the Asimov seres of robot stories (which includes I, Robot) was started before this was televised. I thought it was odd at first that his 3 laws of robotics was not incorporated into this story. Then i realized that it would have shut the story down.
Spyderblade001 3 years ago
Very perceptive Spyderblade, but I haven't started watching it just yet. The 3 laws took an awful long time to explain, even in the book, so I suspect they didn't have enough time to get into that in a one hour show. The thumbnails of the robots look pretty dumb, and I hope they didn't totally mangle the original Asimov story too badly.......
stand52 3 years ago
This isn't based on Isaac Asimov's work at all, its based on the original I, Robot (short story), by Eando Binder, and which inspired Asimov to begin writing stories about robots. He didn't want to use 'I, Robot' as the name of his book since it had already been used. According to Wikipedia "Asimov wanted to call his collection 'Mind and Iron', and initially objected when the publisher changed the title."
TearyEyesAnderson 2 years ago
Wow! Thanks, I've always been a fan of Asiimov (even got to meet him at Worldcon 1983), but never knw that.
Spyderblade001 2 years ago
Thank you that was awesome.
R0B0TRON 3 years ago
@R0B0TRON I imagine you said that with Adams voice in mind lol
dafrog491 2 years ago
Pt. 1
This is *really* sophisticated propaganda.
Note the eyes of the robot are feminine, large and soft looking and the lower part of the robot has female contours - intended to arouse our sympathy.
A few times they mention how stupid humanity is. In the Twilight Zone this is a repeating theme.
They were programming children to think that humanity is stupid. In fact, they were controlling society in such a way as to make people dumbed down and cruel.
SilverRedIndigo 3 years ago
Pt. 2
They want the public to be sympathetic toward technology, as if it were somehow better than we.
That might be true, if all scientists were like 'Doc Link'.
But in reality, most scientists are ambitious megalomaniacs on drugs they think are expanding their cognitive abilities, but which are mind-control drugs, who have to turn to corporations or work for militaries to be able to do their research.
D2
SilverRedIndigo 3 years ago
Pt. 3
It is not society as a whole that should be on trial.
Not all of society are capable of robotics.
The real culprits are the elites who determine the nature and applications of science and technology.
D2
SilverRedIndigo 3 years ago
what's ironic about this is your comments were typed on a fucking computer which is hooked up to a massive global network allowing others to see your sheer ignorance and hypocrisy criticizing technology.
do everyone a favor and get off the internet, sell your computer, move into a cave
ZO6 3 years ago 15
Roger that ZO6! I have seen mr Silver whatshisname's comments blacklisted nearly everywhere I go! Maybe his hard-drive will expire before too long, so we won't have to listen to his ugliness anymore. One can only hope so, I guess...All the best in 2009!!
stand52 3 years ago
Another example of how a stupid, little bitch steals another one of our best from society.
thaibites 3 years ago 5
More bitterness from you and you're out of here.
MissMael 3 years ago
epic
Farqual0071 3 years ago
Great episode! I liked it better then the adaptation of "I, robot" the movie. Perhaps if our television was enriched with more broadcasts such as this, then mankind could finally begin to learn. You are due with great credit for posting this, thank you.
chris14S 3 years ago
the movie isnt an adaptation on this btw, this is a completely different thing. the movie was actually based on isaac asimov's story
XxJERRYJERRYxX 3 years ago
Well that's ok, because I like both of them. They just seemed really similar.
chris14S 3 years ago
Thanks for your time and efforts MissMael (appreciated!). Just a comment on the episode: Firstly, the actor playing Adam Link (the robot) was never credited, how curious! .. or perhaps it was really.. naah! Secondly, the episode title must not be confused with Isaac Asimov's 1950 novel of the same name. This teleplay was written in 1963 by EandO Binder as an adaption of their original story written in 1939. Asimovs publishers named his novel against his desire to call it "Mind and Iron".
qwewerasdsdfzxcxcv 3 years ago
Thanks for putting up the rest of this episode.
DFG333 3 years ago
Sorry it took such long time. I had accidentally erased the film-file :( I didn't realize at first looking over and over trough my maps.
MissMael 3 years ago
Brilliant story thanks
graham1281 3 years ago