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.

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THE HISTORY OF HARMY’S DESPECIALIZED VERSION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGrXO2RDzLg

“MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS” IS AVAILABLE ON DISNEY + IN THE UK

THE HISTORY OF THE STAR WARS LOGO

https://www.linearity.io/blog/star-wars-logo/

THE ORIGINAL 1977 CRAWL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXDnFYu91vY

BUCK ROGERS SERIAL 1936 (THE CRAWL)

https://youtu.be/VaA9eJb9FN8?si=YzwCzuaGmXNyMXDR&t=49

UNION PACIFIC OPENING TITLES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQRJnAwlb00

WILHELM SCREAM ORIGINAL RECORDING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_g72yHhIiI

DARTH VADER KICKIN’ ASS IN ROGUE ONE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z8mgkqjq90

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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 line

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GEORGE LUCAS: MORE THAN A GENIUS

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20151214-hes-more-than-just-a

TRIBUTE TO ALAN LADD JNR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWpa3VolVPQ

RALPH MCQUARRIE CONCEPT ART

https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-new-hope-concept-art-pieces/

JOHN WILLIAMS’S CLASSICAL INFLUENCES

https://www.yourclassical.org/story/2021/05/04/star-wars-john-williams-influences

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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.

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WHAT IS THE HAYS CODE?

https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-the-hays-code-1934/

WHAT IS FRENCH NEW WAVE?

https://nofilmschool.com/french-new-wave-cinema

WHAT IS ITALIAN NEO-REALISM?

https://www.movementsinfilm.com/italian-neorealism

WHERE TO BEGIN WITH KITCHEN SINK MOVIES?

https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-with-kitchen-sink-drama

1970S AMERICA

https://www.history.com/topics/1970s

THE UK THREE-DAY WEEK

https://www.theblackoutreport.co.uk/2023/04/17/three-day-week-1974/

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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 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.

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THE INFLUENCE OF 2001

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/apr/02/50-years-of-2001-a-space-odyssey-stanley-kubrick

THE SCIENCE OF SPACE 1999

https://shop.gerryanderson.com/blogs/blog/science-of-space-1999

WHAT ASIMOV THOUGHT OF SPACE 1999

https://catacombs.space1999.net/press/vxasimov.html#:~:text=In%20Space%3A%201999%20%2C%20the%20surface,man%20describes%20the%20proper%20parabola

STAR WARS WITH SPACE 1999 INTRO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRGf6GEAbVM

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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 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.

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HUEY, LOUIE AND DEWEY

http://www.robothalloffame.org/inductees/10inductees/huey.html

RICHARD BENJAMIN REMEMBERS WESTWORLD

https://itcamefromblog.com/2022/12/02/days-of-future-passed-richard-benjamin-remembers-westworld/

YUL BRYNNER INTERVIEW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS3dd-OhsP4

DARK STAR: BOMB 20 CONVERSATION

https://www.cinemah.com/altri/war/carpent.htm

DESILU STUDIO HISTORY

https://lucydesi.com/desilu-studios-history/

MAJEL BARRETT-RODDENBERRY

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Majel_Barrett_Roddenberry

THE CONVERSATION: WHY THE STEPFORD WIVES IS STILL RELEVANT TODAY

https://theconversation.com/suburban-living-did-turn-women-into-robots-why-feminist-horror-novel-the-stepford-wives-is-still-relevant-50-years-on-186633

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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 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.

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WHAT IS FRENCH NEW WAVE CINEMA?

https://nofilmschool.com/what-is-the-french-new-wave

WHAT IS FILM NOIR?

https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-film-noir/

DOUGLAS RAIN: THE IMMORTAL VOICE

https://2010odysseyarchive.blogspot.com/2015/01/douglas-rain-immortal-voice.html

AI DISCOVERS MILLIONS OF NEW MATERIALS

https://www.freethink.com/robots-ai/google-ai-discovers-2-2-million-new-materials

FACEBOOK AI CREATE NEW LANGUAGE

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2017/07/31/facebook-ai-creates-its-own-language-in-creepy-preview-of-our-potential-future/

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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 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.

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THE DISASTROUS WIZARD OF OZ

https://imagejournal.org/2018/09/06/the-disastrous-wizard-of-oz/

WAS THE TIN MAN SUPPOSED TO BE A ROBOT?

https://thewizardofozblog.com/was-the-tin-man-supposed-to-be-a-robot/

ROBERT KINOSHITA OBITUARY

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-kinoshita-dead-robot-designer-763491/

JACK PIERCE - MAKING UP THE MONSTERS

https://universalmonstersuniverse.com/2016/03/24/making-up-monsters-jack-pierce/

JOHN THE ROBOT BLOG

https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/john-the-robot.5801/

ANZ BANK ROBOT AD (2005)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkoONTX1_uM

ANZ ROBOT AD MAKING OF

https://www.facebook.com/canberradaleksandrobots/videos/2114424155280711/

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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.

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ALIEN RESURRECTION TEASER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ct-eZrfIkE

THE UNDOING OF JOSS WHEDON

https://www.vulture.com/article/joss-whedon-allegations.html

ALIEN MOVIES RANKED WORST TO BEST

https://www.space.com/alien-movies-ranked-worst-to-best

SIGOURNEY BEAVER DRAG ACT

https://www.sigourneybeaver.com/

SIGOURNEY WEAVER BASKETBALL SHOT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3u4uDwLzNI

APHEX TWIN “WINDOWLICKER” DIR: CHRIS CUNNINGHAM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBS4Gi1y_nc

PUMPKINHEAD TRAILER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqJ8Teiv6YY

THEORIES OF THE PRIMORDIAL MOTHER

https://www.britannica.com/topic/creation-myth/Creation-by-world-parents

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