26th May 2006, 1:47 PM
He's in a magical land but he seems to be a robot to me. I don't think the lion is magic, he's a demihuman. I mean, the tin man seems to be very robotic indeed with parts and so on (and he seems to be steam powered) and he needs oiling, and he has the CLASSIC robotic weakness, the lack of a heart (or emotions in this case). He's cold logic, or so he thinks!
I just want to know who built him.
LET US BECOME ULTIMATE NERDS AND DEBATE THE FINER POINTS OF THE TIN MAN'S NATURE!
I just want to know who built him.
LET US BECOME ULTIMATE NERDS AND DEBATE THE FINER POINTS OF THE TIN MAN'S NATURE!
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)