• Fifty Years of Shit Robots

  • By: Matt Brown
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Fifty Years of Shit Robots

By: Matt Brown
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  • Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. FIFTY YEARS OF S**T ROBOTS is a podcast that celebrates them all. Hosted by writer and broadcaster, Matt Brown and Stephen Murray, senior lecturer in TV, Film & Journalism at Teesside University. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more. Get bonus content on Patreon

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Episodes
  • 107. THE ATOMIC AGE PART 4: TARGET EARTH

    107. THE ATOMIC AGE PART 4: TARGET EARTH
    May 17 2024

    The fourth in our series where we try and palm off old episodes as something new and exciting. So, it's THE ATOMIC AGE PART 4, where we chat about films that were created in the shadow of the Oppenheimer bombs. Today, it's a movie from 1954 featuring a jingle-tapped robot, TARGET EARTH. Enjoy!


    Patreon: @50YOSR

    TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

    Insta: @FiftyYOSR


    NOTES


    Russian space probe to Venus

    https://www.space.com/soviet-venera-venus-missions-slideshow

    Jurassic Park: Hi Heels Edition

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RZi6NCuLbQ

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    33 mins
  • 106. THE ATOMIC AGE PART 3: GOG

    106. THE ATOMIC AGE PART 3: GOG
    May 13 2024

    The third in our series where we try and palm off old episodes as something new and exciting. So, it's THE ATOMIC AGE PART 3, where we chat about films that were created in the shadow of the Oppenheimer bombs. Today, it's a movie containing not one but two robots with flame throwing phalluses. Enjoy!


    Patreon: @50YOSR

    TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

    Insta: @FiftyYOSR


    NOTES


    Medical Jargon

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbPHcEoHfnM

    2012 – Most unrealistic film of all time

    https://www.nme.com/news/nasa-says-2012-is-most-unrealistic-sci-fi-movie-ev-878238

    Bob Furmanek’s 3D Archive

    http://www.3dfilmarchive.com/

    Fire up your 3D glasses – It’s 3D Natural Vision

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Qev-YHv_Q

    Gog and Magog wiki

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gog_and_Magog

    Gogmagog wiki

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gogmagog_(giant)

    Sun mirror saves village

    https://phys.org/news/2013-10-norwegian-village-giant-mirrors-capture.html

    Huawei banned from UK 5G network

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-47041341

    How do 3D movies work

    https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/science-of-3-d-movies-how-things-on-a-flat-screen-appear-to-emerge-depth.html

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    31 mins
  • 105. THE ATOMIC AGE PART 2: ROBOT MONSTER

    105. THE ATOMIC AGE PART 2: ROBOT MONSTER
    May 10 2024

    The second in our series where we try and palm off old episodes as something new and exciting. So, it's THE ATOMIC AGE PART 2, where we chat about films that were created in the shadow of the Oppenheimer bombs. Today it's a movie sometimes called "the second worst film of all time", ROBOT MONSTER. Enjoy!


    Patreon: @50YOSR

    TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

    Insta: @FiftyYOSR


    NOTES

    Robot Monster Trailer

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq9IKsH9BXg


    Bronson Cave

    https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BronsonCanyonAndCaves

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    31 mins
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