Fifty Years of Shit Robots – Details, episodes & analysis

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today we want to say a robotic HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Tiktok and all the Return to Oz gang.

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SALMAN RUSHDIE – OUT OF KANSAS (NEW YORKER)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1992/05/11/out-of-kansas

NOSYBONK: PUMP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOkuiHZH4zI

BLUE PETER TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL SINDUN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=759FmOc68m4

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today we want to say a robotic HAPPY BIRTHDAY to FRED HOYLE. He was an astronomer, a writer, and the creator of a lovely robot in A FOR ANDROMEDA.

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A FOR ANDROMEDA – FACE OF THE TIGER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FEP-oJ0plI&list=PLzQivjcgT2J0cTMYLp1XCCppLgeDgXf1k

THE GREAT WIPEOUT OF TELEVISION HISTORY

https://thesundae.net/2022/03/20/what-gets-lost/#:~:text=The%20BBC%20had%20no%20official,it%20had%20no%20further%20value.

TIME SHIFT: MISSING BELIEVED WIPED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nA9Q-FZLUE

THE STEADY STATE THEORY

https://explainingscience.org/2015/07/25/the-steady-state-theory/

JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE BLOWS OUR MINDS

https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-2023-discoveries

PANSPERMIA THEORY

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/panspermia-life-theory

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. In our ninth episode in our Star Wars season we look at the rescue of Leia and the fight between Darth Vader and Obi-Wan.

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OMI’S BACKSTORY

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Omi

CARRIE FISHER ROASTS GEORGE LUCAS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ97s396kb0

VADAR OBI WAN FIGHT REIMAGINED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to2SMng4u1k

 THE BIRTH OF THE LIGHTSABRE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIefj6dOhnM

CORRIDOR CREW: THE EVOLUTION OF LIGHTSABRE VFX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeoOLd-Af_I

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today sees the opening of the second door of our robot advent calendar. And what's inside? A word that could mean the end to all things. HALLUCINATE.

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CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY WORD OF THE YEAR

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/editorial/woty

ELON MUSK ON AI TAKING JOBS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt7mKzzgdII

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today sees the exciting opening of the first door of our robot advent calendar. What could be more Christmas-y? Say "happy Christmas' to the robot that Sylvester Stallone has a love-hate relationship with.

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

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PAULIE’S ROBOT – ROCKY WIKI

https://rocky.fandom.com/wiki/Paulie%27s_Robot

WHY SYLVESTER STALLONE REMOVED SICO FROM ROCKY 4

https://screenrant.com/why-rocky-4-robot-cut-sylvester-stallone/

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we open up another Sideborg full of juicy, filthy facts. In this episode, we try and answer the question, "why do robot movies have so many apes in them?".

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

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ANIMEX FESTIVAL WEBSITE

https://animex.tees.ac.uk/

DARWIN IN AMERICA

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2019/02/06/darwin-in-america-2/#:~:text=Although%20early%20legislative%20efforts%20failed,law%20was%20enacted%2C%20the%20ACLU

ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/who-was-alfred-russel-wallace.html

VANITY FAIR: WHAT EVERY KING KONG MOVIE IS REALLY ABOUT

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/king-kong-skull-island-movies-metaphors

TESLA BOT UPDATE

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

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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 visit both the future and the past with another non-canon Dr Who movie, DALEKS' INVASION EARTH 2150AD. The daleks are back but are they still shit? We are joined in this episode by Dr Who writer and animator, Niel Bushnell.

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

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ANIMEX FESTIVAL

https://animex.tees.ac.uk/

LOST DR WHO EPISODES FOUND IN NIGERIA

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lost-doctor-who-episodes-found-in-storeroom-in-africa/

METROPOLIS FOUND IN ARGENTINA

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/jul/04/features.sciencefictionandfantasy

VOX ARTICLE: WHO IS DOCTOR WHO?

https://www.vox.com/2014/8/22/6055755/doctor-who-explained-who-is-doctor-who

QUATERMASS: THE TERRIFYING SCI FI THAT CHANGED TV FOREVER

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220427-quatermass-the-terrifying-sci-fi-that-changed-tv-forever

THE ANCIENT MULTIVERSE

https://nautil.us/the-multiverse-is-an-ancient-idea-236401/

MAKING THE SOUND OF THE TARDIS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WzESKlFCt8

RUSSELL T DAVIES: DR WHO IS NOT FOR KIDS

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/10/russell-t-davies-doctor-who-not-for-children-david-tennant/

CHEKHOV’S GUN

https://www.scribophile.com/academy/what-is-chekhovs-gun

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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 visit the future and the past with the 1966 offering, CYBORG 2087. Michael Rennie (THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL) is back and this time he's a robot but is he shit?

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MICHAEL RENNIE’S PLAQUE IN HARROGATE

https://thestrayferret.co.uk/plaque-unveiled-in-harrogate-in-memory-of-hollywood-actor/

ELON MUSK’S NEUROLINK

https://builtin.com/hardware/what-is-neuralink

WAS TERMINATOR A HARLAN ELLISON RIP-OFF?

https://electricliterature.com/was-1984s-the-terminator-a-harlan-ellison-rip-off/

9 IDEAS TERMINATOR STOLE FROM SOLDIER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGY1osFbBAQ

 THE BOY FROM SPACE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zIbEoGRt-Q

HOW TO CONVINCE SOMEONE YOU’RE FROM THE FUTURE

https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-prove-to-someone-that-youre-from-the-future#:~:text=answer%20views%207y-,Originally%20Answered%3A%20How%20do%20you%20convince%20to%20someone%20that%20you,your%20existence%20in%20the%20world

DALLAS: THE DREAM SEASON

https://dallas.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dream_Season

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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 slip off our 50 year straightjacket and take a squizz at an episode of Friends that features a robot.

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WORST FRIENDS EPISODES EVER

https://screenrant.com/friends-worst-episodes-ever/#the-one-with-the-invitation-s4ep21

20 REASONS WHY FRIENDS HAS AGED BADLY

https://www.eightieskids.com/reasons-why-friends-has-aged-badly/

WHAT BRUCE WILLIS DID WITH HIS FRIENDS FEE

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0583485/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv

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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 are joined by horror obsessive and horror wrestler, Rory Coyle, for a Halloween special. Together we don our bloody hockey masks and machete the heck out of Jason X.

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RORY WRESTLER MERCH

https://rorywrestler.com/

NORTH WRESTLING

https://www.northwrestling.co.uk/

BEHIND THE SCENES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWMU2c4KNnQ

MYTHBUSTERS – CAN LIQUID NITROGEN SHATTER A FACE - WARNING! SOME SLIGHTLY GRAPHIC CONTENT

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=965733416843993

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