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Fifty Years of Shit Robots

Written 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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  • 108. COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT
    May 20 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 usher in a new season by stepping into the glorious 1970s with a film from 1971, COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT. This film features a rogue AI computer that wants to enslave humanity but is it shit?


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


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    50 YEARS OF SHIT ROBOTS PATREON

    https://www.patreon.com/50YOSR


    COLOSSUS THE FORBIN PROJECT TRAILER

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

    SHAKEY THE ROBOT

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bsEN8mwUB8

    K.A.R.R

    https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/K.A.R.R._(Knight_Rider)

    SUSAN BENNETT – VOICE OF SIRI

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP_cGsfMwi0

    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/

    BART SIMPSON NUDE SKATEBOARDING

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzk9JQIe2ic

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    42 mins
  • 107. THE ATOMIC AGE PART 4: TARGET EARTH
    May 17 2024

    The fourth in our series where we try and palm off old episodes as something new and exciting. So, it's THE ATOMIC AGE PART 4, where we chat about films that were created in the shadow of the Oppenheimer bombs. Today, it's a movie from 1954 featuring a jingle-tapped robot, TARGET EARTH. Enjoy!


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    NOTES


    Russian space probe to Venus

    https://www.space.com/soviet-venera-venus-missions-slideshow

    Jurassic Park: Hi Heels Edition

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RZi6NCuLbQ

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    33 mins
  • 106. THE ATOMIC AGE PART 3: GOG
    May 13 2024

    The third in our series where we try and palm off old episodes as something new and exciting. So, it's THE ATOMIC AGE PART 3, where we chat about films that were created in the shadow of the Oppenheimer bombs. Today, it's a movie containing not one but two robots with flame throwing phalluses. Enjoy!


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    NOTES


    Medical Jargon

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

    2012 – Most unrealistic film of all time

    https://www.nme.com/news/nasa-says-2012-is-most-unrealistic-sci-fi-movie-ev-878238

    Bob Furmanek’s 3D Archive

    http://www.3dfilmarchive.com/

    Fire up your 3D glasses – It’s 3D Natural Vision

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Qev-YHv_Q

    Gog and Magog wiki

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gog_and_Magog

    Gogmagog wiki

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gogmagog_(giant)

    Sun mirror saves village

    https://phys.org/news/2013-10-norwegian-village-giant-mirrors-capture.html

    Huawei banned from UK 5G network

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-47041341

    How do 3D movies work

    https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/science-of-3-d-movies-how-things-on-a-flat-screen-appear-to-emerge-depth.html

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    31 mins

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