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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  • 131. DEMON SEED

    131. DEMON SEED
    Nov 18 2024

    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 more

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    NOTES


    WHAT IS HAUNTOLOGY?

    https://theweek.com/104076/what-is-hauntology

    HOUSES OF THE FUTURE

    https://insightplanningservices.com/7-houses-of-the-future/

    INTERVIEW WITH DONALD CAMMELL

    https://www.theswinging60s.com/donald-cammell/

    LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S THE ISLAND OF DR MOREAU

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5owpCx-EXlE

    VAL DOCUMENTARY TRAILER

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f__e3b-idHI

    WHAT IS VAPOURWAVE?

    https://vaporwaveboutique.com/what-is-vaporwave/


    50YOSR EPISODE 76: GIPPYBOTS

    https://open.acast.com/public/streams/634c160568aa9300122431a1/episodes/657073dd1a72f20011bb7009.mp3

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    40 mins
  • 130. LOGAN'S RUN

    130. LOGAN'S RUN
    Nov 11 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 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 more

    TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

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    NOTES


    LOGAN’S RUN TRAILER

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USADM5Gk9Gs&t=114s

    EARTHRISE PHOTO

    https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/apollo-8-earthrise/

    MEET THE BURLINGTON BEADLES

    https://www.burlingtonarcade.com/with-the-beadles/

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    50 mins
  • 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

    TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

    Insta: @FiftyYOSR


    NOTES


    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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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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