The Black Hole (1979)

Slim Pickens: B.O.B.

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Quotes 

• V.I.N.CENT : We have to go!

  B.O.B. : Nope, I can't make it! My main circuits are gone, my anti-grav-systems blown, and both backup systems are failing.

  V.I.N.CENT : You *can* make it!

  B.O.B. : It's no use, V.I.N.CENT! My useful days are finished! But part of me goes with ya. You'll never be obsolete.

  [starts to shut down] 

  B.O.B. : Carry on the tradition. We're the best...

  [shuts down and falls back] 

  V.I.N.CENT : [V.I.N.CENT's eyes slowly look down at his comrade in arms, then turns towards the probe ship, turning his head backwards to look at B.O.B. once more as he leaves] 

• [Outside the Palimino's docking area, B.O.B. and V.I.N.CENT brief Charlie, Captain Holland and Harry about the real story regarding the Cygnus] 

  B.O.B. : The officer the men trusted most was Frank McCrae.

  Lieutenant Charles Pizer : Kate's father.

  B.O.B. : They turned to him when Dr. Reinhardt ignored the orders to return home. He tried to take control of the Cygnus. Reinhardt called it mutiny and killed Mr. McCrae.

  Captain Dan Holland : What became of the crew?

  B.O.B. : They were captured by the sentry robots and are still on board.

  Harry Booth : What?

  Lieutenant Charles Pizer : Where?

  B.O.B. : In the command tower, and the power center.

  V.I.N.CENT : *Robots*, Mr. Pizer. *Humanoid* robots!

  B.O.B. : The most valuable thing in the universe, intelligent life, means nothing to Dr. Reinhardt. Without their wills, the crew became things he could command.

  Captain Dan Holland : That explains the funeral.

  Lieutenant Charles Pizer : Right!

  Captain Dan Holland : [looks to Harry]  And the limping robot you spotted.

  Harry Booth : [turns B.O.B. around to face him]  Do you mean to tell me that there is actually a human *body* under that clothing?

  B.O.B. : Exactly, Mr. Booth.

  Captain Dan Holland : We can't just take off and leave these poor devils behind. Harry, looks like we're going to have to try your plan.

  Harry Booth : What? And end up just like the rest of the crew? Why, if they couldn't pull it off, what chance do *we* have?

  B.O.B. : Cap'n, the damage is irreversable. Death is their *only* release.

  Harry Booth : That's right! For God's sakes, Dan! We can't take on that mechanical army!

  V.I.N.CENT : Captain, I was forced to destroy two sentry robots. The others are searching *now*. If they're found...

  Captain Dan Holland : Gotcha, V.I.N.CENT. Charlie, start the countdown.

  Lieutenant Charles Pizer : Right!

  Captain Dan Holland : V.I.N.CENT, tell Kate I want her and Alex back here on the double!

  V.I.N.CENT : [the little robot turns to the camera. We see his eyballs glowing; he is communicating via ESP with Kate] 

• [as Captain S.T.A.R moves toward B.O.B] 

  B.O.B. : Oh, Lordy, he wants a rematch!

  V.I.N.CENT : As an old war hero once said, "Damn the torpedos! full speed ahead!"

  B.O.B. : He also said something about going in harm's way.

• V.I.N.CENT : [the little robot enters the Parts Storage warehouse on the Cygnus. Old B.O.B. floats in one of the corners and comes out upon V.I.N.CENT's entry] 

  B.O.B. : My name's B.O.B., Bio-Sanitation Batallion. I couldn't talk freely before, but I have a whole lot to tell ya. If Maximilian knew you were here, it would be the end for the both of us.

  V.I.N.CENT : Can you permanently re-arm my lasers?

  B.O.B. : Yeah, I can. V.I.N.CENT, you and your friends are in grave danger. Reinhardt only turned the lights on to prevent any damage to the Cygnus. This is a death ship.

• V.I.N.CENT , B.O.B. : [the two robots float in the hospital, to observe drones being programmed. Two rotating turntables are seen, with cavity cut-outs in the shape of humanoid forms on each turntable, which rotate under a 5-point triangular beam and focus on the cranial area of each cutout] 

  B.O.B. : These poor creatures are what's left of the crew. Kept alive by means I don't pretend to understand.

  V.I.N.CENT : Humans?

  B.O.B. : They're more robot than human. Let's get out of here before we're discovered.

  V.I.N.CENT : [the hospital door opens to reveal two armed sentry droids]  Too late! Watch it!

  [a firefight ensues. V.I.N.CENT and B.O.B. manage to destroy both droids] 

  V.I.N.CENT : Think there are any more?

  B.O.B. : All clear. Let's get rid of the evidence.

  V.I.N.CENT : [the two robots put the remains of the sentry droids behind the control console table]  How long before they'll start searching for these two?

  B.O.B. : It depends on their duty schedule. It could be anytime.

  V.I.N.CENT : Then we'll have to move fast.

• B.O.B. : [after helping to defeat the sentry robots]  First fighting I've done in thirty years! I just wish it'd been Reinhardt and Maximilian out there!

• V.I.N.CENT : Are there any more like us left on board?

  B.O.B. : I'm the last one. These upstarts think I'm some old freak!

• Captain Dan Holland : [begins to float upward as a result of a meteor damaging the ceiling of the arboretum]  I gotcha, B.O.B.!

  B.O.B. : Let go, Cap'n! Save yourself!