Without their wills, the crew became things he could command.

4 seconds sound clip from the The Black Hole (1979) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:59:30.033 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- What became of the crew?

- They were captured by the sentry robots and are still on board.

- What? Where?

- In the command tower, the power center.

- Robots. Humanoid robots.

- The most valuable thing in the universe, intelligent life, means nothing to Doctor Reinhardt.

- Without their wills, the crew became things he could command.

- That explains the funeral.

- Right.

- And the limping robot you spotted.

- Do you mean to tell me that there's actually a human body under that clothing?

- Exactly.

- We can't just take off and leave these poor devils behind.

- Harry, looks like we're gonna have to try your plan.

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