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The Drones

posted 10 years ago by brionjames60
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I can remember watching this as a kid and being a sentimental chap, it still has a place in my heart. It was the drones that did it for me. They had such character and I was so gutted when we lose two of them.

I could never understand why he took drone 2 with him to die. He says because he's damaged he wouldn't be able to help drone 1 but surely you could leave them together for company?? You could see during the scene where he tries to repair number 2 that number 1 wanted to stay with this friend. Has always bothered me that...

[–] britten_mark 10 years ago

I was about 8 when it was first shown on TV and I was in tears at the end, still get a lump now!

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[–] NeedysBoy 9 years ago

brionjames60 writes: "Has always bothered me that..."

Yes.

It's a sad ending.

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[–] spookyrat1 9 years ago

I could never understand why he took drone 2 with him to die. He says because he's damaged he wouldn't be able to help drone 1 but surely you could leave them together for company??

I think the suggestion is that Lowell reckons the damaged drone might accidentally stuff things up for the intact drone, who theoretically, should be able to keep the dome self-sustaining.

... I was so gutted when we lose two of them.

Watching it again recently, reminded me of how relentlessly downbeat the film is.🐭

[–] Moskit 8 years ago

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Maybe he simply wanted to have a company in his last moments.

[–] raf-33 8 years ago

Reminds me of the first time I saw The Black Hole and believed our 'Henry Hoover' vacuum cleaner was a B.O.B. model droid. Mum didn't take to kindly to me beating it up with a bit of wood to make it look more like B.O.B. :/

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[–] jim-85613 7 years ago

I agree.