Metropolis, that famed late twenties movie about robots and rebellion, bears a few suspicious similarities to Blake's 7, that famed early eighties TV series about sarcasm and rebellion. And they are as follows...
Blake - Rebel leader who was captured and turned into an authority-supporting automaton. | Maria - Rebel leader who was captured and turned into an authority-supporting robot. |
Blake - Was cloned by the forces of evil. One of the clones was killed. | Maria - Had an exact duplicate of her made by the forces of evil. It was killed. |
Travis - Has lost a hand, which is visually demonstrated by his wearing a black glove on the 'fake' hand. | Rotwang - Has lost a hand, which is visually demonstrated by his wearing a black glove on the 'fake' hand. |
Avalon - Rebel leader, captured by the forces of evil, who immediately take her clothes off and make an evil robot version of her. | Maria - Rebel leader, captured by the forces of evil, who make an evil robot version of her, then have it do a strip tease for testing purposes. |
The Freedom Party - Met in secret outside the city, where they were forbidden to go. | Maria's Workers - Met in secret under the city, where they were forbidden to go. |
Many characters demonstrate their anguish and pain through the medium of head grabbing. | Many characters demonstrate their anguish and pain through the medium of head grabbing. But it was a silent movie, so it has a slightly better excuse. |
And then they've each got a Moloch...
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