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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  • 129. FUTUREWORLD

    129. FUTUREWORLD
    Nov 4 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, just when you think you're out, the Westworld franchise pull you back in. It's FUTUREWORLD, a paranoia-fueled 70s movie where almost everyone is a robot.

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

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    FUTUREWORLD TRAILER

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTMtu4Z5T-U

    THE BEST PARANOIA FILMS OF THE 1970S

    https://www.flickchart.com/charts.aspx?genre=paranoid+thriller&decade=1970

    COINTEL PRO FBI SCANDAL

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/07/fbi-office-break-in-1971-come-forward-documents

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    44 mins
  • 128. TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA

    128. TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA
    Oct 28 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, just when you think you're out, the godzilla franchise pull you back in. It's Terror of Mechagodzilla time, will we see a better robot than before? SPOILER - no.

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

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    TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA TRAILER

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfbTB7bu6aI

    TOHO STUDIO’S GODZILLA PHASES

    https://screenrant.com/godzilla-versions-eras-differences-explained/

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    32 mins
  • 127. DISNEY IMAGINEERS

    127. DISNEY IMAGINEERS
    Oct 21 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 step outside of our usual robot timeline and do a deep-dive in the Disney Imagineers.

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

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    NOTES


    THE CREATION OF DISNEYLAND

    https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/walt-disney-and-his-creation-of-disneyland

    THE DISNEY MULTIPLANE CAMERA

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdHTlUGN1zw

    SIMPSON’S REPEATED BACKGROUNDS JOKE

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

    THE DISNEY STRIKE

    https://animationguild.org/about-the-guild/disney-strike-1941/

    DISNEYLAND GOES TO THE NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR (ABE LINCOLN AT 2’20”)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvfjvBO2l2Y

    ANIMATRONIC ROBIN IN SPOONFUL OF SUGAR

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftxnr28LDXc

    THE TRUTH ABOUT WALT DISNEY’S FROZEN HEAD

    https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a60248410/walt-disney-frozen-head/

    SPIDERMAN STUNTRONIC

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED1rKl4tBbY

    SOCIAL ROBOTICS

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orSr0wOQwZ0

    DISNEY REJECTION LETTER TO WOMAN ASKING FOR A JOB

    https://www.vox.com/2015/7/16/8978351/famous-rejection-letters-disney-animator-women

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    35 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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