tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post7222574234854538785..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Mohican the Japanese robotRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1438702408860445392011-03-02T09:54:06.436-08:002011-03-02T09:54:06.436-08:00Engrish has struck again.
Though I will say the s...Engrish has struck again.<br /><br />Though I will say the silly hair is a cool touch. Most people don't like robots that look too human. The uncanny valley, it's called. Corpses (and even more so, zombies) tend toward the nadir of the uncanny valley, but even a bunraku (a type of puppet theatre originating in Osaka) puppet is still in it.<br /><br /><br />The uncanny valley is also the basis of horror movies like <i>The Puppet Master</i>, and the "weird girl with a dark secret" trope in anime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com