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Russian State TV Shows Off 'Robot' That's Actually a Man In a Robot Suit (gizmodo.com)
A "hi-tech robot" shown on Russian state television turns out to be a man in a suit. While airing footage of a technology forum aimed at kids, a Russian state TV reporter proclaimed that Boris the robot "has already learned to dance and he's not that bad." Gizmodo reports: This "robot" actually retails for 250,000 rubles (about $3,770), as first reported by the Guardian, and is made by a company called Show Robots. "Boris" features glowing eyes, and plastic parts -- and shockingly human-like movements. Probably because he needs a human inside to operate properly. This faux-robot (fauxbot?) mystery was actually first unraveled when some eagled-eyed Russian viewers on the internet noticed that a suspiciously human-like neck was showing in the video. The report notes that "there's no indication" that there was intent to deceive anyone. Instead, it "appears to be a case of a TV presenter getting confused with what he believed to be 'modern robots.'" You can watch the broadcast on Russia-24's YouTube channel.
Pelevin did it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omon_Ra
That is a pretty far fetched conspiracy theory, fella. It is even CRAZIER than this one...
Stormtroopers didn't kill Luke's aunt and uncle
Pretty iconic, right? Luke's lifelong home is destroyed, his aunt and uncle murdered. All he's left with is fuel for his rage against the Empire. But isn't it a little weird to think that Stormtroopers did this? I get that the Empire was looking for R2-D2 and C-3PO, and that they'd be more than willing to trash someone's home to get what they want. But what they did to Luke's guardians seems a tad dramatic.
People in Star Wars get their arms chopped off, blown up in space and thrown into alien sand vaginas, but there's no one else in any of the movies who gets it worse than Owen and Beru Lars, including the asshole who gets his legs chopped off before getting his nubs dipped in piping hot magma. Seriously, a blaster couldn't do that -- their flesh is completely vaporized. I don't know anyone that ruthless. Do you?
Oh, right. According to the scenes added in the Special Editions, this dude was on Tatooine at the time of the murders. Looking at the evidence, it's completely possible that Boba Fett killed Luke's aunt and uncle. For one, we're well aware that the Empire is willing to outsource their jobs to bounty hunters.
In this classic scene, Vader is outlining the bounty stipulations for a handful of mercenaries, emphasizing the importance of capturing the heroes alive. Darth makes a point to turn and point at Boba Fett, talking down to him as though he was lecturing a toddler.
You don't point at someone and say that unless they've been caught doing it before. Boba Fett has such a rep for disintegrations that word got all the way up to the #2 seat in the Empire. Dudes like Boba Fett are the reason there are signs at multi-level grocery stores that say "NO CARTS ON THE ESCALATORS" -- you know some dickbag spilled ten pounds of kale all over the machinery before Trader Joe's started putting those warnings up. It stands to reason that the guy known for disintegrations was responsible for the most prominent disintegrations in the original trilogy.
But maybe Boba Fett wouldn't have been around to immolate Owen and Beru if Obi-Wan hadn't chosen the worst possible planet to hide Darth Vader's son. Then again, maybe it was the last place anyone would look...