# What new movie is this? Robot(?) in a hoodie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-movie-is-this-robot-in-a-hoodie/694825 "2014-08-04T22:43:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rusalka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-movie-is-this-robot-in-a-hoodie/694825/1 "2014-08-04T22:43:17Z")
I remember seeing a trailer in the last year about a robot or cyborg that escapes from somewhere. Unfortunately I can only remember snippets of images. The robot/cyborg is skinny, walks like a human, has two round retro goggle eyes, in an otherwise blank masked face that you sometimes get to see out of from the robot’s POV. The robot hides by wearing a hoodie. There are snippets where he’s trying to escape on the street I think. Another image, where he’s sneakily looking at someone in a hospital bed. I couldn’t really tell what the story was about, but the images were designed to stick in your mind. The face of the robot, looked similar to the faces of the robots in the upcoming movie “Construct”, in terms of eye spacing, shape, etc. But that’s where the resemblance ends. I guess that’s the robot style nowadays, retro robot goggle eyes in a gracile face. This is really bugging me now. Anyone have any idea what I saw, or did I dream this, and it’s not a movie? ---
**Author:** ![Rusalka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-movie-is-this-robot-in-a-hoodie/694825/2 "2014-08-04T23:08:44Z")
Nevermind, I found it, it’s called “The Prototype” and I just watched the trailer again. It looks interesting, but the movie has been delayed for some reason. Anyone hear anything about that? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-movie-is-this-robot-in-a-hoodie/694825/3 "2014-08-04T23:16:58Z")
The big upcoming robot movie is _Big Hero 6_. But it doesn’t sound like the movie you’re talking about. Here’s the [trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVCuVN1WBWA). There’s also a more obscure Indian animated feature called _Yak: The Giant King_, which is a robot-themed retelling of the Ramayana. Certainly an interesting approach but it also doesn’t appear to be the movie you’re looking for. Here’s the [trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkZK3zNEITE) for this one. eta: I see you found the movie you were looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-movie-is-this-robot-in-a-hoodie/694825/4 "2014-08-05T01:30:13Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > There’s also a more obscure Indian animated feature called _Yak: The Giant King_, which is a robot-themed retelling of the Ramayana. Certainly an interesting approach but it also doesn’t appear to be the movie you’re looking for. Here’s the [trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkZK3zNEITE) for this one. That trailer depicts a pair of characters who are very reminiscent of a pair from one of the _Malazan_ books. I forget those characters’ names unfortunately. But does anyone happen to know the Ramayana characters those two robots (i.e. from the trailer) are modeled on? I’m interested in trying to find out if the _Malazan_ characters are a reference to Indian mythology. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-movie-is-this-robot-in-a-hoodie/694825/5 "2014-08-05T10:57:31Z")
Looks like _Short Circuit_, with less Ally Sheedy and more alley shooting. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-movie-is-this-robot-in-a-hoodie/694825/6 "2014-08-05T11:27:12Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The big upcoming robot movie is _Big Hero 6_. From the makers of [Leonard Part 6](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093405/)? ---
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-movie-is-this-robot-in-a-hoodie/694825/7 "2014-08-05T19:39:41Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > That trailer depicts a pair of characters who are very reminiscent of a pair from one of the _Malazan_ books. I forget those characters’ names unfortunately. But does anyone happen to know the Ramayana characters those two robots (i.e. from the trailer) are modeled on? I’m interested in trying to find out if the _Malazan_ characters are a reference to Indian mythology. That trailer is not obviously rooted in the Ramayan, at least not that I can tell (I mean, apart from the voiceover in the beginning). Nor does it seem to be particularly reminiscent of any Malazan characters. Are you referring to Mappo and Icarium? In which case, I don’t see any parallels in Indian mythology