It is with much trepidation that I send this blog to you via Morse Code from Mystery Island. I’m terribly concerned that scientific genius Dr. Strange is running amok with his Projector Beam Ray. Strange is intent on world domination, and if his awesome cape is any indication of his power, I pray for all of us. Below, I bring you an important video demonstrating the Projector Beam Ray weapon and its effects on Mystery Island.
Fortunately our heroes, flying above the island in their aircraft Nimbus, have some sort of robot named P.O.P.S. which will either save or destroy the world, after serving as the MacGuffin for as long as possible. (Also note that P.O.P.S. is identical to the Lost in Space robot GUNTER, which is totally creepy and low-rent.) And who are our heroes? Chuck Kelly is the plane’s pilot; Sue Corwin is a computer expert and apparent flight attendant; and Sue’s brother Sandy doesn’t have a job, but it’s cool if he just hangs out, right?
All of this is complicated by: a) The Mud People, b) Dr. Strange’s Gravity Ray, c) a forcefield created from P.O.P.S. robot parts, d) a thought-extracting brain-frying computer thingy, and e) Dr. Strange’s awesome beard power. Watch in horror and amazement and more horror.
More on Mystery Island from Wikipedia. Hmm. An airplane crashes on a remote island due to science experiments on the island. The survivors must battle with island inhabitants for survival and control over mysterious science stuff. I wonder where I’ve heard that lately.
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B9? The robot on Lost in Space was GUNTHER: General Utility Non-THeorizing Environmental Robot, though the name was never used.
posted by PartiallyDeflected on 7-29-2009 at 12:54 pm
@ PartiallyDeflected — oops, nice catch. Corrected in article! (BTW according to Wikipedia it’s GUNTER, so I guess the H is in debate?)
posted by Chris Higgins on 7-29-2009 at 1:08 pm
I remember a B9 robot in a children’s book from when I was four or five. He was from space and ate metal. I remember a part where some cops shot at him and he ate the bullets.
I was so enamoured with B9 that I chose it for my moniker during the “My name isn’t … anymore.” phase. According to my parents, I was so stubborn about being called B9 that I would respond to my real name.
posted by roi_ratt on 7-29-2009 at 4:01 pm
Yeah, I wasn’t sure about the H – it just sounds better with it. They never said the acronym, the robot just gave the full descriptive name the first time he was activated and if you were observant you could pick it out.
posted by PartiallyDeflected on 7-29-2009 at 5:49 pm
I think the Dr. went back in time in the second or third season. They were loading the robot onto the ship in a crate which had the acronym painted on its side. I think it was G.U.N.T.E.R.. Gunther sound better to Americans today. But back then Gunter was a common German immigrant name.
posted by Steve on 4-9-2010 at 10:51 am
APPARANTLY THE LINK DOESN’T WORK, BUT YOU CAN FIND IT IN YAHOO IMAGES UNDER “B9 GUNTER.”
posted by Steve on 4-9-2010 at 11:09 am