Talk:Cyborgs in fiction

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What, no entry yet on the Borg? Guess their fifteen minutes are up ...

[unsigned by anonymous]

And there are hundreds more missing from the SF lit of the 40s and 50 s and 60s and 70s . Molly millions and Deirdre came to mind so I put them in, but there are so many, in all kinds of stories .--AlainV 03:06, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] This page needs a picture at the top

Seriously, somebody throw up a pic of Arnold / Terminator on his motorcycle from T2, or something along those lines, at the front of the article to demonstrate what a "cyborg" is. That would rule. Because people want to know what a fictional cyborg is.

[unsigned by anonymous]

Ask anybody who's been reading science fiction for the last forty years and they'll tell you that the terminator machines aren't cyborgs, they're robots, or if you prefer androids, very much like Data in Star Trek. They call themselves cyborg within the movies but that status is debatable since traditional science fiction sources(that is, specialized reference works on science fiction like printed encyclopedias of science fiction) note that a cyborg has to be a human or another organic being to start with. This status has been debated over and over again in the cyborg article and the final decision was to have (for that Wikipedia article) an incredibly wide definition of cyborg which includes people who wear glasses or any other type of prosthesis as well as robots/androids who call themselves cyborgs. So, to conclude, you might as well put up a pic of anybody wearing normal glasses, from any given movie or other media, as an example of a cybrog at the top of this article. There's lots of open source ones in wikimedia. --AlainV (talk) 13:44, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Other

This section is mostly filled with entries that should be in the prior sections. Gonna be some work cleaning it up. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 14:49, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

There's no Asimov? What!?Lord of Light 13:14, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps you should add what you think is missing then. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 11:14, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nog

I considered adding this, but I'm not sure:

  • Nog, from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," who was wounded in battle and lost his leg which was replaced by a cybernetic replacement. His replacement leg was mentioned mainly in an episode dealing with his recovery from the injury. Unlike other types of cybernetic implants, the leg is more like a highly advanced prosthesis.

I didn't add it since the leg seemed more like a prosthetic leg than a true cybernetic implant, despite being refereed to as cybernetic. Furthermore that episode of DS9 (and I can't remember the name) seemed more about Nog dealing with the stress of warfare, more than his identity. Jsonitsac 03:42, 16 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Mislabeled

"Geordi La Forge" probably should be removed "List of fictional Cyborgs." And I don't know of any sorce stating Jean-Luc Picard lost his arm to the Borg. Kcops 19:23, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Master Chief?

Would Master Chief be considered a cyborg? He has cybernetic implants. The reason I ask is because there's a discussion going on at Talk:Halo 3 and there seems to be a disagreement on if the Chief is a cyborg, and if he is thought to be one, he should probably get added here. Anakinjmt (talk) 16:57, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 13:29, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Inspector Gadget?

So, for the second time I have taken Inspector Gadget off the list. I admit it's been a while since I've seen the show, but as far as I can recall, he was a gut with a bunch of gizmos hidden in his coat and a helicopter in his hat. I don't think that makes him a cyborg as none of it seemed to be integrated into his body. He even had to talk to the gizmos to get them to work (saying "Go Go Gadget copter", etc), suggesting they were not part of him, but just attached to him. So I guess my question is, does somebody know something I don't, or is it just that some editors aren't quite getting what a cyborg is? Beeblbrox (talk) 19:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I think that the problem has to do with the extremely wide definition of what is a cyborg given in the wikipedia article on cyborgs. According to that definition yes, inspector gadget is a cyborg because you don't need to have the mechanisms implanted within your body to qualify. Even people who wear computers on them on their eyeglases are considered cyborgs in that article. It's the same encyclopedia after all. --AlainV (talk) 09:06, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

He definitely was in the movies and in the cartoon his limbs and neck would extend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.253.64.213 (talk) 08:52, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cameron from Sarah Connor Chronicles

The articles says "there is no indication as yet that she has any actual human components." All Terminators have human skin and hair, over their robotic bodies.--203.219.225.10 (talk) 00:15, 25 April 2008 (UTC)