Top ten evil computers

Queeg 500
Red Dwarf: 'Queeg'

Evil quote: "You two suckers! Stop shirking and get working!"

Having been alone for three million years, Holly, the ship's computer aboard Jupiter Mining Company spaceship Red Dwarf, had gone a bit soft in the diodes. Computer senility had put a dent in his IQ of 6,000 (the same as 6,000 PE teachers). The crew, consisting of last human alive Lister, hologramatic git Rimmer, and super-evolved feline Cat, had enough. So Holly was replaced by the ship's backup computer, Queeg 500.

Super-efficient Queeg quickly gets things running smoothly, much to the delight of officious Rimmer. Unfortunately Queeg is a stickler for the regulations and is big on physical jerks, followed by dinners of pea on toast. The slovenly crewmembers quickly call for a return to Holly's regime of 'little understandings', but after a climactic chess challenge Holly is set to be erased.

Thankfully, it was only a joke! Holly, feeling underappreciated, created Queeg to show the boys from the Dwarf how good they had it. "We are talking jape of the decade..."

Evil rating: Mwahahahahaha!

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Anonymous 17 February, 2011 23:28

Ok, so my $0.02

MCP should NOT be included, it's a program not a computer. In tron the computer is the combination of all actors and the landscape.

MODOC to MODOK should have been described and why.

HAL was not evil, just had poor conflict resolution.

The computer from Wargames should have been included based on some of the other inclusions. Quotable line:"The only winning move is not to play."

The "matrix computer" shouldn't count, nor should Lor, Mandrid clones, KARR, the Terminators, VYGR, or NOMAD because they aren't "computers" they are "androids". If we're including them, we need to include Robocop's opponents.

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