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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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  • 114. GODZILLA V MEGALON
    Jul 1 2024

    Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Every week we rate the robot from a movie, if it gets a score of 7 out of 10 then we say that it is not a shit robot. Today, we cower as GODZILLA fights MEGALON with the help of a robot, JET JAGUAR. But is the robot shit?

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

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    NOTES

    CANNIKIN NUCLEAR TEST FOOTAGE

    https://www.military.com/video/nuclear-bombs/nuclear-weapons/cannikin-nuclear-test-footage/1402452751001

    FRENCH NUCLEAR TESTING

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56340159

    TSUNAMI BOMB

    https://www.livescience.com/25949-tsunami-bomb.html

    POKEMON GO PLAYER FINDS DEAD BODY

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-36757858

    ISSUS GRASSHOPPER’S MECHANICAL GEARS

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-insect-has-the-only-mechanical-gears-ever-found-in-nature-6480908/

    GODZILLA’S TAIL MOVE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuEa6Hum0b4

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    43 mins
  • 113. FANTASTIC PLANET
    Jun 24 2024

    Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Every week we rate the robot from a movie, if it gets a score of 7 out of 10 then we say that it is not a shit robot. Today, we fly off to the FANTASTIC PLANET, a 1973 French/Czech film, which is notable because of its absence of robots.

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

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    NOTES

    CHINA SPACE PROBE LANDS ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/02/china-space-change-6-moon-dark-side/

    FRITZ THE CAT TRAILER

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

    ROLLING STONE 40 GREATEST ANIMATED MOVIES

    https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/40-greatest-animated-movies-ever-19817/

    FRENCH CARTOON WRITTEN BY PATIENTS IN A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL

    https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_monkeys_teeth_french_cartoon_written_by_patients_in_a_mental_hospital

    WHAT IS UNOBTAINIUM?

    https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/unobtainium#:~:text=Unobtainium%20is%20a%20term%20used,expensive%2C%20controlled%20or%20simply%20nonexistent.


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    36 mins
  • 112. SILENT RUNNING
    Jun 17 2024

    Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Every week we rate the robot from a movie, if it gets a score of 7 out of 10 then we say that it is not a shit robot. Today, we don our robot-examining equipment and take a look at the 1971 made-for-TV movie, PAPER MAN. It has an amazing cast but will we like the cut of the robot's jib?

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

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    NOTES

    SILENT RUNNING TRAILER

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p69lEMn0I8k

    BRAINSTORM TRAILER

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueYcVmH0edk

    HOW FAR AWAY IS SATURN FROM EARTH? (VERY)

    https://www.joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html


    AMPUTEE ACTORS PLAYED THE ROBOTS

    https://cyberneticzoo.com/not-quite-robots/1971-silent-running-drones-doug-trumbull-don-trumbull-paul-kraus-james-dow-american/

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    48 mins

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They’re Shit and we Know They Are

Great little fun podcast about the history of film and TV robots. As it’s radio there’s some serious memory work at play. I’ve spent hours looking up robots from my youth and comic books due to this

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Informative, fun and addictive

There’s robots lots of robots but more much more is the rich history and downright hilarious background. Love it on my second listen.

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