Steel story
In 1974, a boxing promoter tries to get the most out of his broken-down robot boxer. Directed by: Don Weis. Story by: Richard Matheson.
9 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with time passing you by | choice | Steel Kelly was a washed-up boxer become washed-up robot boxer owner who could now barely make ends meet because his model was antiquated. |
| android | major | The story is set in a near future when android boxing is popular sport. |
| facing financial ruin | major | Steel Kelly and Pole were pretty much down to their last cents as their boxing robot could no longer cut it. |
| fortitude | major | Steel Kelly refused to give up on making it in the world of android boxing. The narrator summed the story up by explaining how man is a resourceful creature that will never give up. |
| robot prizefighter | major | The story is set in a near future when android boxing is a popular spectator sport. |
| the sport of boxing | major | We saw a washed-up boxer now arrange boxing robot fights. |
| human vs. technology | minor | Steel Kelly lost a boxing match by knockout to an android prizefighter. |
| pride in an achievement | minor | Steel Kelly was proud of both his and his robot's boxing achievements, though no one had heard of them. |
| sociocultural issue | minor | The narrator explained how prizefighting had been legally abolished in 1968. |