Line #4 Trivia/ROTOR


1	* CreatorBacklash: Budd Lewis, who played Dr. Langley and wrote the script, [[http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php?topic=119713.0;wap2 hated]] the film.
2	* CreatorKiller:
3	** At the very least, this ruined any chance for Cullen Blaine to make it into live action. He'd go on to direct a few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' and ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' afterwards.
4	** The uncredited actor who plays Shoeboogie (the lab technician who accidentally animates R.O.T.O.R.) [[UnPerson has never been named, recognized, or identified as appearing in anything else]], making his brief but vivid appearance a fascinating enigma for fans of the movie. According to IMDB, though, it’s the film’s composer David Adam Newman… who hasn’t done anything else since, either.
5	* DevelopmentHell: The movie's release was delayed by almost two years due to financial problems. By the time director Cullen Blaine was able to find the money to finish post-production, several members of the cast, including lead actor Richard Gesswein, either could not be tracked down or refused to return for ADR dubbing, forcing Blaine to [[SameLanguageDub have other actors dub all of their dialogue]].
6	* HeAlsoDid: Before and after this, Cullen Blaine was a [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0086144/?ref_=tt_ov_dr storyboard artist and animator]] for many 80s/early 90s cartoons, mainly for Creator/DiC and Creator/HannaBarbera. And one of his prior director credits? '''''WesternAnimation/TheGetAlongGang''''', which is ''far'' more kid-friendly than this. He even worked on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', including the first episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E1SimpsonsRoastingOnAnOpenFire Simpsons Roasting On an Open Fire]]". He won two Emmy Awards for ''WesternAnimation/TinyToons''.
7	* PlayingAgainstType: The film was directed by Cullen Blaine, who normally works in animation. It remained his only live-action directing credit until his death in 2020.
8	* RealitySubtext: Willard the Robot is played by [=APD2=], a robot purchased in 1986 by the police department of the Town of Addison, a northern suburb of Dallas, for $17,750 (approximately $41,000 in 2018 dollars). The bot performed
9	public relations duties and was tapped to lead the Christmas parade in Addison that year.
10	* ReferencedBy: Argentine indie rock band El Mato a un Policia Motorizado is named after a (bad) translation made by the film's subtitles in Spanish of what the driver who found Coldyron at the beginning of the film said.
11	* SameLanguageDub: Loren Bivens provided the voice of Coldyron, who was played by Richard Gesswein, while Georganna Barry provided the voice of Steele, who was played by Jayne Smith.
12	* {{Tuckerization}}: Haughteling is named after the director, Cullen Blaine, whose birth last name is Haughteling. Detective Glorioso is named after one of the producers.
13	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Screenwriter Budd Lewis notes that his original idea was a police comedy called ''Blue Steel'' before it became a tonal mess of a movie.

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