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Fifty Years of Shit Robots

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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145. STAR WARS 4: EPISODE 4

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2025/02/17

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. In our fourth episode in our Star Wars season we look at the first ten minutes of the film, which is set onboard the rebel Blockade Runner.WARNING 2! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing moreTikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESTHE HISTORY OF HARMY’S DESPECIALIZED VERSIONhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGrXO2RDzLg“MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS” IS AVAILABLE ON DISNEY + IN THE UKTHE HISTORY OF THE STAR WARS

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53:09

144. STAR WARS 3: A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2025/02/10

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. In our third episode in our Star Wars season we look at George Lucas and the people that George needed to help get the movie across the lineWARNING 2! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing moreTikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESGEORGE LUCAS: MORE THAN A GENIUShttps://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20151214-hes-more-than-just-aTRIBUTE TO ALAN LADD JNRhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWpa3VolVPQRALPH MCQUARRIE CONCEPT

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27:48

143. STAR WARS 2: THE 1970S FUN FACTORY

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2025/02/03

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Exorcist director William Friedkin said that "Star Wars came out of nowhere like a juggernaut". But is this true? Today we meander through the 60s and 70s looking at what inspired the biggest movie of all time.WARNING 2! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing moreTikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESWHAT IS THE HAYS CODE?https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-the-hays-code-1934/WHAT IS FRENCH NEW

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42:06

142. STAR WARS 1: THE DEATH OF THE OLD

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2025/01/27

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 begin our Star Wars season by not looking at Star Wars. We are joined by author and animator Niel Bushnell to discuss Space 1999 and the old sci-fi of the mid-70s whose time was running out.WARNING 2! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing moreTikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESTHE INFLUENCE

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38:52

141. TOP OF THE BOTS PART 3

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2025/01/20

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 take a look back at the last five of the robots between 1927 and 1977 that we deemed "not shit". Let's try and do some proper ranking and come up our Top of the Bots.WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing moreTikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESHUEY, LOUIE AND

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29:54

140. TOP OF THE BOTS PART 2

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2025/01/13

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 take a look back at six of the robots between 1927 and 1977 that we deemed "not shit". Let's try and do some proper ranking and come up our Top of the Bots.WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing moreTikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESWHAT IS FRENCH NEW WAVE

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34:48

139. TOP OF THE BOTS PART 1

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2025/01/06

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 take a look back at six of the robots between 1927 and 1977 that we deemed "not shit". Let's try and do some proper ranking and come up our Top of the Bots.WARNING 2! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing moreTikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESTHE DISASTROUS WIZARD OF

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55:17

138. ALIEN CHRISTMAS CRACKER 7: ALIEN RESURRECTION

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2024/12/25

Happy Christmas from Fifty Years of Shit Robots. This year, we're joining film-maker and friend of the show, Lesley-Ann Rose, on her traditional festive Alien franchise rewatch. We're going to watch them all in chronological order because what could be more Christmassy? Today we've reached the Christmassy finale as we watch ALIEN: RESURRECTION. Ripley is a clone who befriends a robot in a very festive movie.WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more.TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESALIEN

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49:46

137. ALIEN CHRISTMAS CRACKER 6: ALIEN 3

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2024/12/23

Happy Christmas from Fifty Years of Shit Robots. This year, we're joining film-maker and friend of the show, Lesley-Ann Rose, on her traditional festive Alien franchise rewatch. We're going to watch them all in chronological order because what could be more Christmassy? Today we've watched David Fincher's Alien 3. The robot is BISHOP, well his head and arm, and he wants to be turned off forever. I know how he feels.WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more.TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta:

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37:39

136. ALIEN CHRISTMAS CRACKER 5: ALIENS

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2024/12/18

Happy Christmas from Fifty Years of Shit Robots. This year, we're joining film-maker and friend of the show, Lesley-Ann Rose, on her traditional festive Alien franchise rewatch. We're going to watch them all in chronological order because what could be more Christmassy? Today we've arrived at James Cameron's 1986 sequel, ALIENS. The robot is BISHOP, who is pretty handy with a knife. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more.TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESPETER BRADSHAW ON ROGER

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135. ALIEN CHRISTMAS CRACKER 4: ROMULUS

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2024/12/15

Happy Christmas from Fifty Years of Shit Robots. This year, we're joining film-maker and friend of the show, Leslie-Ann Rose, on her traditional festive Alien franchise rewatch. We're going to watch them all in chronological order because what could be more Christmassy? Today we've arrived at the latest movie, ROMULUS, even though it's not the chronologically most recent. Confused? You will be. The robot in question is ANDY the android. Get it?WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing morealthough

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134. ALIEN CHRISTMAS CRACKER 3: ALIEN

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2024/12/11

Happy Christmas from Fifty Years of Shit Robots. This year, we're joining film-maker and friend of the show, Leslie-Ann Rose, on her traditional festive Alien franchise rewatch. We're going to watch them all in chronological order because what could be more Christmassy? Today we've arrived at the OG. The mother of the franchise, the 1979 movie, ALIEN. The robot in question is ASH, played by Ian Holm, who can't be any worse than David, can he? Can he? Or can he?WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but

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133. ALIEN CHRISTMAS CRACKER 2: COVENANT

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2024/12/09

Happy Christmas from Fifty Years of Shit Robots. This year, we're joining film-maker and friend of the show, Leslie-Ann Rose, on her traditional festive Alien franchise rewatch. We're going to watch them all in chronological order because what could be more Christmassy? Today we've arrived at ALIEN: COVENANT. The robot in question is DAVID, played by Michael Fassbender, a naughty robot who thinks he's more powerful than gods.WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing moreTikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta:

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132. ALIEN CHRISTMAS CRACKER 1: PROMETHEUS

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2024/12/04

Happy Christmas from Fifty Years of Shit Robots. This year, we're joining film-maker and friend of the show, Leslie-Ann Rose, on her traditional festive Alien franchise rewatch. We're going to watch them all in chronological order starting today with ALIEN: PROMETHEUS. The robot in question is DAVID, played by Michael Fassbender, a naughty robot who thinks a little too highly of himself.WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing moreTikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESBLUE PETER ADVENT

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131. DEMON SEED

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2024/11/18

WARNING 1! This episode does contain discussion of rape.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 look at DEMON SEED from 1977. A movie with a horrible robot.WARNING 2! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing moreTikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESWHAT IS HAUNTOLOGY?https://theweek.com/104076/what-is-hauntologyHOUSES OF THE

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49:44

130. LOGAN'S RUN

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2024/11/11

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 look at LOGAN'S RUN from 1976. A movie with a properly shit robot. So shit, in fact, that it might be quite good.WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing moreTikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESLOGAN’S RUN TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USADM5Gk9Gs&t=114sEARTHRISE

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44:00

129. FUTUREWORLD

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2024/11/04

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 moreTikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESFUTUREWORLD

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32:12

128. TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2024/10/28

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 moreTikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESTERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA

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34:44

127. DISNEY IMAGINEERS

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2024/10/21

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 moreTikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESTHE CREATION OF DISNEYLANDhttps://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/walt-disney-and-his-creation-of-disneylandTHE

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47:53

126. THE STEPFORD WIVES

Fifty Years of Shit Robots ·

2024/10/14

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 have a see if we like the cut of the robots in the 1975 movie, THE STEPFORD WIVES. A movie that has become part of the cultural conversation but are the robots any good?WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing moreTikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESNEW YORK IN THE

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