Daily Dialogue — July 26, 2014

Max Kenton: His name is Atom. Can we get him a fight?
Charlie Kenton: I don’t think he was ever a boxing robot.
Bailey Tallet: He’s a G2, built in early 2014. He’s a sparring bot.
Charlie Kenton: They must have built robots like this one that could mirror the fighting style of any other robot.
Max Kenton: Okay, so can we get him a fight?
Charlie Kenton: Are you not listening? He’s a sparring bot. Built to take a lot of hits, but never dishing out any real punishment.
Bailey Tallet: You can always try sell him off for parts.
Max Kenton: Can’t you get him a fight?
Charlie Kenton: “Why can’t you get him a fight?” God, you don’t quit, do you? You want me to put him in some bottom-rung scrap-fest to the death? I saw how scared you were at Crash Palace. Yeah. The places that will let you fight this robot will make you pee your little pants.
Max Kenton: Excellent. Get him a fight.
Charlie Kenton: Stubborn kid.
Bailey Tallet: Surprise, surprise.

— Real Steel (2011), screenplay by John Gatins, story by Dan Gilroy and Jeremy Leven, short story by Richard Matheson

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Robot.

Trivia: Much of the robot boxing fights were motion-captured using professional boxers, supervised by Sugar Ray Leonard.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Classic underdog story. You may be thinking Rocky, but its origin comes earlier: The Twilight Zone episode “Steel” written by Richard Matheson. Here it is:

Yes, that’s Lee Marvin in the starring role. 

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