# Sci-Fi movie id: 'Black' robot **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 20, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movie-id-black-robot/952845 "2021-10-20T20:34:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movie-id-black-robot/952845/1 "2021-10-20T20:34:15Z")
As in ‘African-American.’ The character who creates the robot is black, and when he is asked ‘Why did you make it black?’ He responded, ‘Because I wanted him to be perfect.’ And it could be I just imagined the whole thing. Probably early to mid 1980s, if it happened at al. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movie-id-black-robot/952845/2 "2021-10-20T20:36:28Z")
Ice Pirates. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movie-id-black-robot/952845/3 "2021-10-20T20:40:09Z")
That’s what I thought, but I just saw that last night. There is a Black ‘Pimp-bot’ (which I did remember from originally seeing it), but it wasn’t Michael D. Roberts’ creation. If it is “Ice Pirates,” I must have ff-ed thru the scene. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movie-id-black-robot/952845/4 "2021-10-20T20:44:24Z")
[Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxzWzH0bmGw) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movie-id-black-robot/952845/5 "2021-10-20T20:44:26Z")
Here is the scene [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MxzWzH0bmGw/maxresdefault.jpg "Ice Pirates Buford HD 720p") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxzWzH0bmGw) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movie-id-black-robot/952845/6 "2021-10-20T20:45:13Z")
Cool, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movie-id-black-robot/952845/7 "2021-10-20T21:02:27Z")
Was that the same movie that had the “space herpes”? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movie-id-black-robot/952845/8 "2021-10-20T21:03:35Z")
Aye; that’s the one! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movie-id-black-robot/952845/9 "2021-10-20T21:07:06Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-me2inj1nNw/hqdefault.jpg "Space Herpe - Ice Pirates (1984)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-me2inj1nNw) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-movie-id-black-robot/952845/10 "2021-10-20T21:07:17Z")
That’s about the only thing I remember about that movie. I remember Pimp-bot too. I don’t remember any of his lines though. Just that he made my 13yo self laugh his ass off.