"False Maria" robot from 1927 silent film "Metropolis"
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Simply incredible. One for the gallery and then some.
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That is exceptional and inspirational!! Thanks for showing us.
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Yours is on par, well done.
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@solo said:
Yours is on par, well done.
yeah, I saw that one. Had to laugh, but shouldn't have, he only calls it a Metropolis Style Robot and it's obvious he never intended it to be a true representation of the real one, just his interpretation of something similar. And nicely done, I must say.
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Well, she's standing
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Will you build the whole city beneath her too? Please do! I think you should give her some ground to step down!
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@jql said:
Will you build the whole city beneath her too? Please do! I think you should give her some ground to step down!
She never existed in the city, only in the lab, and only until she was transformed into the False Maria.
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@hellnbak said:
She never existed in the city, only in the lab, and only until she was transformed into the False Maria.
Faithful to the original as possible... nice!
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A really stunning piece of work. My total respect.
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Although I referred to her as "False Maria" in the title of this post, I shouldn't have. I did so only because a majority of people, for whatever reason, refer to her that way. I do not feel it is an accurate description of the robot.
The way I look at it, until the "essence" of Maria is copied to the robot, it is just a robot. It's only after the essence is copied, and she takes on the physical form of Maria, that she becomes the False Maria.
To me, it's sort of like calling an empty glass a glass of milk before the milk is poured in.
It just bothers me.
Actually, the robot was never supposed to become the False Maria. Rotwang built her with the intention of somehow infusing her with the spirit of his long-dead love Hel, but Joh Frederson, fearful of the real Maria's efforts to instill an uprising among the workers, convinces him to turn the robot into a False Maria to undo all her efforts.
Now, if someone can explain to me why I bothered explaining all that, I would really appreciate it
Yesterday I finally received my copy of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, a very large and thick hardcover book that is supposedly the definitive resource for all things Metropolis. Well, I'll never know, it's all written in German. Sadly, it's going back
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@hellnbak said:
Now, if someone can explain to me why I bothered explaining all that, I would really appreciate it
Couldn't explain it, but can understand...
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Rotwang, the robot's inventor, refers to it a maschinenmensch, which translates to "machine-human." A lot of people (myself included) probably find "Maria" easier to remember and pronounce. It's been ages since I saw the film is school - you make me want to see it again.
Are you going to texture it?
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Hellnback
MY copy of the film has music (later version re-created and patched)
An amazing vocal by Pat Benatar.
PM me for source if you want.
Any chance for your super model to be available.?
I will beg.dtr
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Sorry, I've been super busy, will post some more as soon as possible.
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Fascinating. I really like the designs of that age... 1920's to 1940's. It's been a big impact to the people of that times, such a concept, never seen before. Thus, some parts of those concepts are surrounding us atm.
amazing modeling, looks a bit b/w clay model.
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Wow! TOTALLY impressed. Weirdly enough I recently did a logo for a company who used the movie title as part of their company name!
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Thanks, Richard.
I've done some more work on her since my last post, been meaning to post some photos.
Nice logo
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Awesome model, Steve!
Cheers!
_KN
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@hellnbak said:
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Was going to include a bunch of background stuff but that seems to bore some people. I might include some stuff later on, as the model progresses.+1 for more background!
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