Maximilian

Maximilian
Evil Robot
Movie Information
Movie Title	The Black Hole (1979)
Monster Information
Type	Robot
Species	Construct

Maximilian is an antagonist in the 1979 film, The Black Hole.

An Earth exploratory ship, the USS Palomino, discovers a black hole with a lost ship, the USS Cygnus, just outside its event horizon. Deciding to solve the mystery of the Cygnus are: the Palomino's Captain, Dan Holland; his First Officer, Lieutenant Charlie Pizer; journalist Harry Booth; scientist and ESP-sensitive Dr. Kate McCrae, whose father was the Cygnus's First Officer; Dr. Alex Durant, the expedition's civilian leader; and the robot known as V.I.N.CENT. The Palomino attempts a dangerous fly-by of the darkened ship. As they come within close range of it, the buffeting they experience (due to the black hole's gravity) suddenly ceases. They bring more instruments to bear on the derelict, but do not even realize the gravity-free zone is artificial; slipping outside it, they are almost drawn into the black hole, an abyss from which no one can escape. Matters worsen when Reinhardt holds the crew captive, after realizing that they can help him reach his goal. The squad must now figure out a way to flee from Reinhardt -- before it's too late.

Appearance

Maximilian

Powers and Abilities

Maximilian possesses the following powers and abilities:

• Blender Blade Attack
• Hover/Flight

Fate

Maximilian is killed by V.I.N.Cent by boring through his mid-section with a high powered drill bit.

Trivia

• The film contains over 550 visual effects shots, including over 150 matte paintings.
• Alan Dean Foster, who wrote the novelization of the film, was so appalled by the bad science in the script that he provided a list of changes to the producers which he felt would improve the story.
• Reinhardt's robot, Maximilian, is modeled on the satanic demon Chernabog that features at the end of Fantasia (1940).
• The robot "Maximilian" is named so for the actor Maximilian Schell who plays its master Dr. Hans Reinhardt. It's common to see the robot's name misspelled as Maximillian with two "LL". Preproduction scripts originally had the name as Maximillian, but when Maximilian Schell was added to the cast the robot name was changed to match.
• Reinhardt's robot was already called Maximilian before Maximilian Schell was chosen for the role of Reinhardt. Reinhardt would end the film merged with the robot, thus being ironically trapped in "Maximilian's Shell".
• V.I.N.CENT. defeats the robot Maximillian by boring through his mid-section with a high powered drill bit. This is similar to how Maximillian killed Dr Durant, so it would seem an appropriate end for the robot.

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