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Schizm said:
I never thought about how much money each Sentinel would cost to make until this thread. People here work in manufacturing - what's the ballpark figure on a 12 foot, 30 foot and 200 foot robot with firepower, coils, rocket boosters, a voice box, scanning eyes?
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I always think about that whenever Sentinels come up. It’s the most ludicrous, unrealistic concept.
 
NORM said:
I always think about that whenever Sentinels come up. It’s the most ludicrous, unrealistic concept.
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I guess the level of unrealism depends on who is supposedly financing them. If it's a US military thing I mean... practically a drop in the bucket compared to the billions of dollars the US military throws away, wastes, or quite literally sets on fire because it's cheaper than moving it, every couple of years.

Not to get too political, because some people get a little upsetty spaghetti, but seriously (-seriously-) go look up the estimated totals of how much military spending went into just the war in Afghanistan. Spoiler; it's in the hundreds of -BILLIONS- of dollars. So like.. half of one really stupid war that we did mostly for fun and profit could probably build at least several hundred giant killer robots.
 
As a cynic, giant sentinels should bother me because they’re ridiculous. As a writer, I know giant robots committing genocide is a statement by the creative team meant to evoke horror and create a hopelessly overpowered enemy for your heroes to face.

As an American, I know some assholes would spend our tax money on “we have the best robots, we have really big robots, nobody has robots like ours” and so I have no problem suspending my disbelief that sentinels the size of apartment complexes would exist and squish children on command.

As a collector, I like having a few options, cos sometimes I want a big thick robot, and sometimes I want a manageable sized robot I can fit in a box.
 
If there’s actual real money for Sentinels, why haven’t any been made? There’s still plenty of people the government wants to hunt. They don’t exist because it’s still totally impractical! Nonsensical! Preposterous!
 
docsilence said:
As a cynic, giant sentinels should bother me because they’re ridiculous. As a writer, I know giant robots committing genocide is a statement by the creative team meant to evoke horror and create a hopelessly overpowered enemy for your heroes to face.

As an American, I know some assholes would spend our tax money on “we have the best robots, we have really big robots, nobody has robots like ours” and so I have no problem suspending my disbelief that sentinels the size of apartment complexes would exist and squish children on command.

As a collector, I like having a few options, cos sometimes I want a big thick robot, and sometimes I want a manageable sized robot I can fit in a box.
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The Sentinels as giant robots seems pretty incredible ordinarily, but in current times? Oh yeah, if they were real they’d be massive and probably red, white, and blue. A telltale euphemism for the administration’s giant penis stalking the streets of America to punish its most marginalized individuals with excessive force.
 
Misfit said:
The Sentinels as giant robots seems pretty incredible ordinarily, but in current times? Oh yeah, if they were real they’d be massive and probably red, white, and blue. A telltale euphemism for the administration’s giant penis stalking the streets of America to punish its most marginalized individuals with excessive force.
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Yep. If we find out in 20 years there was a sit down meeting with a tech company about building killer robots and they decided it was better to hire out of work proud boys then pocket the robot money for themselves, I wouldn't be surprised at all.

NORM said:
If there’s actual real money for Sentinels, why haven’t any been made? There’s still plenty of people the government wants to hunt. They don’t exist because it’s still totally impractical! Nonsensical! Preposterous!
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I bet a tech company has pitched it to the government but the demo went something like this.
 
docsilence said:
As a collector, I like having a few options, cos sometimes I want a big thick robot, and sometimes I want a manageable sized robot I can fit in a box.
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Not sure why- just one of those days- but reading this, my mind immediately went to "big thicc robot" instead, and now I'm just picturing a giant caked up Sentinel. If/when we ever get giant militarized robots in our world, it would only be a matter of time before someone creates a female one with giant bazoingas and some junk in the trunk. *insert joke about Nimrod and Mother Mold here*

And yes, for those wondering, Rule 34 does apply to the Sentinels as well. Definitely one of those times I regret letting my curiosity get the better of me.
 
joshsquash729 said:
Not sure why- just one of those days- but reading this, my mind immediately went to "big thicc robot" instead, and now I'm just picturing a giant caked up Sentinel. If/when we ever get giant militarized robots in our world, it would only be a matter of time before someone creates a female one with giant bazoingas and some junk in the trunk. *insert joke about Nimrod and Mother Mold here*

And yes, for those wondering, Rule 34 does apply to the Sentinels as well. Definitely one of those times I regret letting my curiosity get the better of me.
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To be fair, it was 2 a.m. and I absolutely phrased it as "big thick robot" to evoke robot booties.

And someone's already trying to give robots tits (though I think it was debunked and someone was remote controlling it?) and in the phrase of someone more tuned in on the ethics of futurism than I am: "If you want a robot with T&A that is shaped exactly like a human, you don't want a human, you probably want a slave."

I suppose that's the thing that makes sentinels scientifically stupid but psychologically smart as an intimidation tactic - if you're going to create something BETTER than humans, why limit yourself to human physiognomy? Give those sentinels too many arms, leave off human legs and figure out something that optimizes their balance, etc. But fi you want creepy, uncanny valley robot man works as an intent.
 
joshsquash729 said:
Not sure why- just one of those days- but reading this, my mind immediately went to "big thicc robot" instead, and now I'm just picturing a giant caked up Sentinel. If/when we ever get giant militarized robots in our world, it would only be a matter of time before someone creates a female one with giant bazoingas and some junk in the trunk. *insert joke about Nimrod and Mother Mold here*

And yes, for those wondering, Rule 34 does apply to the Sentinels as well. Definitely one of those times I regret letting my curiosity get the better of me.
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It is sincerely impressive Marvel themselves have not done a classic sentinel but with a more feminine shape in the comics yet. Incredible restraint, really (Prime and Omega sentinels notwithstanding, I mean a big 100ft tall purple and red version).
docsilence said:
I suppose that's the thing that makes sentinels scientifically stupid but psychologically smart as an intimidation tactic - if you're going to create something BETTER than humans, why limit yourself to human physiognomy? Give those sentinels too many arms, leave off human legs and figure out something that optimizes their balance, etc. But fi you want creepy, uncanny valley robot man works as an intent.
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Y'know, thinking this way, there's also something to the whole ethos of Sentinels int heir purpose. They're built to wipe out anything that isn't mankind, so mankind built them intentionally in its own image almost as a cultural statement. "It may be metal, but it's the will of a person that is killing you" kind of deal. A drone or a mini-tank or any other, more efficient body-plan would remove this key element. It's not just killing mutants literally, but as a symbol as well.

I mean, of course the writers and artists didn't make them look like humans for that reason, but as a no-prize explanation I think it works, and kind of makes them feel even more sinister.
 
NORM said:
Jocasta?
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Ohhhh not quite:
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JakeEkiss said:
It is sincerely impressive Marvel themselves have not done a classic sentinel but with a more feminine shape in the comics yet. Incredible restraint, really (Prime and Omega sentinels notwithstanding, I mean a big 100ft tall purple and red version).

Y'know, thinking this way, there's also something to the whole ethos of Sentinels int heir purpose. They're built to wipe out anything that isn't mankind, so mankind built them intentionally in its own image almost as a cultural statement. "It may be metal, but it's the will of a person that is killing you" kind of deal. A drone or a mini-tank or any other, more efficient body-plan would remove this key element. It's not just killing mutants literally, but as a symbol as well.

I mean, of course the writers and artists didn't make them look like humans for that reason, but as a no-prize explanation I think it works, and kind of makes them feel even more sinister.
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And with other retellings making sentinels indistinguishable from bog standard humans, definitely lays into the "made in our image" religious undertones a lot of the anti-mutant storytelling over the years have leaned into. (God Loves, Man Kills is still the most banger of titles ever slapped on the cover of a trade paperback and it is shameful that it is still so relevant today.)

But also, as Dr. Ian Malcolm once said:
"God creates dinosaurs, God destroys dinosaurs. God creates Man, man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs"
Ellie: Dinosaurs eat Man, Woman inherits the Earth."

But make it mutant?
 
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