{"id":32,"date":"2008-04-14T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2008-04-14T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/04\/14\/its-the-age-old-question\/"},"modified":"2008-04-11T23:19:59","modified_gmt":"2008-04-12T03:19:59","slug":"its-the-age-old-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/14\/its-the-age-old-question\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the age old question&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Tornado\" title=\"Red Tornado\">Red Tornado<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vision_%28Marvel_Comics%29\" title=\"Vision\">Vision<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Data_star_trek\" title=\"Data\">Data<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johnny_5\" title=\"Johnny 5\">Johnny 5<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/T-101\" title=\"The T-101\">the T-101<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marvin_the_Paranoid_Android\" title=\"Marvin the Paranoid Android\">Marvin the Paranoid Android<\/a>?\u00a0 Which android\/robot that struggled with human emotions was your favorite?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" width=\"512\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/droids.jpg\" alt=\"Droids\" height=\"162\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Honorable mention for the <a href=\"http:\/\/starwars.wikia.com\/wiki\/Star_Wars:_Droids\" title=\"Droids\" class=\"broken_link\">Star Wars Droids<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twiki\" title=\"Twiki\">Twiki<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metal_Men\" title=\"Metal Men\">the Metal Men<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Servo\" title=\"Tom Servo\">Tom Servo<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crow_T._Robot\" title=\"Crow\">Crow<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transformers_%28fiction%29\" title=\"Transformers\">Transformers<\/a>.\u00a0 They all seem to have emotions, but didn&#8217;t really struggle with them.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">I guess my vote goes to Red Tornado.\u00a0 Even though I loved Data on Next Gen, my heart belongs to R.T.\u00a0 He always fascinated me in those old Justice League comics.\u00a0 And once I found out he was originally from Earth-2, it was all over.\u00a0 He had me at &#8230; Earth-2.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">I&#8217;m sure many old school comic fans would vote for Vision, but I never read his early Avengers appearances.\u00a0 I understand they are quite good.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">For a massive list of robots and androids, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_fictional_robots_and_androids\" title=\"Robots and Androids on Wikipedia\">this Wikipedia entry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-32\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/14\/its-the-age-old-question\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-32\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/14\/its-the-age-old-question\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/14\/its-the-age-old-question\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/14\/its-the-age-old-question\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-32\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/14\/its-the-age-old-question\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Tornado, Vision, Data, Johnny 5, the T-101, or Marvin the Paranoid Android?\u00a0 Which android\/robot that struggled with human emotions was your favorite? 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