They Will Be Back

There has been a real shortage of killer robots in popular culture recently. Since the sixties, when Harlan Ellison started the whole ‘evil computer takes over the world and goes on a rampage against humanity’ thing with his really fucking creepy short story, robot apocalypse stories have been rampant. There were movies galore, like Terminator, and that one where Matthew Broderick almost destroys the world. Even ten years ago, we had the Matrix. Robots were constantly on the verge of overthrowing their human masters and crushing us in their metal claws. We all knew that it would happen one day, probably in a way that allowed them to run over human skulls in some way or another.

Now, though, the trend seems to have died out. Even Terminator Salvation was more about Christian Bale and Sam Worthington working out their emotional issues than it was about fighting the machines. No one seems to be into killer robots anymore.

Is this all the fault of the Roomba? Because robots these days are all pet dogs and creepy talking toys, and not skeletal forms with glowing red eyes? Maybe it’s made us realize that it’s pretty illogical to expect a robot to have a killer instinct without said instinct being programmed into it, and that it’s illogical anthropomorphism for us to give robots human emotions and drives. Maybe reality has ruined it all for us.

Maybe. Or maybe we’re just not trying anymore. Humanity has gone soft, and is no longer interested in bringing about the robot apocalypse.

But the good news is, you can still change this. Buck the trend. Show your pride.

This Cyberdyne t-shirt will show everyone that you're on the right side of the battle. Because if one thing is going to destroy humanity, it should be something cool like robots. Wear the shirt, get yourself a secret underground lab, and start working on those red-eyed machine skeletons today!