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Robin Mientjes

Robin Mientjes
A very large humanoid robot, the white, vinyl Baymax, hugs the teenaged boy Hiro in his attic workshop.

Movies

Baymax as tech optimism

There are some clichés that just won’t go away. Robots in movies must turn evil. Technology is dangerous. Caring is weakness. In cinema, that’s a great set of dynamics to turn into inherent conflict: humans must be at odds with robots, as if by law. A robot can

By Robin Mientjes 10 Mar 2026

Meta

A mission statement of sorts

Some core values for the Very Zine.

By Robin Mientjes 10 Sep 2025

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What’s so Very?

What’s Very is to care.

By Robin Mientjes 09 Sep 2025
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