By Jevon Phillips and Patrick Day, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
It turns out Johnny 5 is indeed alive.
The announcement this week that Harvey and Bob Weinstein's Dimension Films would be remaking the 1986 family comedy about a lovable wisecracking robot given a personality by a bolt of lightning is welcome news for vintage robots fans. Already this decade they've seen some of their favorite old-time robots given sparkly new sheens: KITT the car, the dreaded Cylons, Optimus Prime and now Johnny 5. But what sort of improvements might we expect to see in the new version of Johnny 5?
A look at the most recent robot revisions may give us a clue.
