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Fifty Years of Shit Robots

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.

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  • 176. BLADE RUNNER 14: WHERE IS THE JOY?

    176. BLADE RUNNER 14: WHERE IS THE JOY?
    Dec 8 2025

    Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of the BLADE RUNNER universe. In this episode, we put BLADE RUNNER 2049 under the microscope. A film full of replicants and AI but where's the whimsy?

    WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.

    TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

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    NOTES


    IS BLADE RUNNER 2049 SEXIST?

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/09/is-blade-runner-2049-a-sexist-film-or-a-fair-depiction-of-a-dystopic-future

    ROGER DEAKINS

    https://www.rogerdeakins.com/

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    51 mins
  • 175. BLADE RUNNER 13: THE SPAM AGE

    175. BLADE RUNNER 13: THE SPAM AGE
    Dec 1 2025

    Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of the BLADE RUNNER universe. In this episode, we gird our loins for Blade Runner 2049 by watching three short prequel films.

    WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.

    TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

    Insta: @FiftyYOSR


    NOTES

    BLADE RUNNER BLACK OUT 2022

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrZk9sSgRyQ&t=523s

    THE ROBOTS ARE COMING, VERY SLOWLY AND COCKING EVERYTHING UP

    https://futurism.com/future-society/unitree-robot-destroy-house

    NEAR MISS: THE SOLAR STORM OF 2012

    https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/planetary-science/23jul_superstorm/

    THE CARRINGTON EVENT

    https://www.space.com/the-carrington-event

    BLADE RUNNER 2036 NEXUS DAWN

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgsS3nhRRzQ&t=189s

    BLADE RUNNER 2048: NOWHERE TO RUN

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ9Os8cP_gg&t=165s

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    51 mins
  • 174. BLADE RUNNER 12: WHITE DRAGON EDIT

    174. BLADE RUNNER 12: WHITE DRAGON EDIT
    Nov 24 2025

    Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of BLADE RUNNER, one of the pivotal films in science fiction cinema. In this episode, we sit through a fan edit that doubles the length of the film.

    WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.

    TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

    Insta: @FiftyYOSR


    NOTES

    INTERNET FANEDIT DATABASE

    https://fanedit.org/ifdb/

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    38 mins
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