Fifty Years of Shit Robots

The first in our series where we try and palm off old episodes as something new and exciting. So, it's THE ATOMIC AGE PART 1, where we chat about films that were created in the shadow of the Oppenheimer bombs. The 1951 movie, The Day The Earth Stood Still is an absolute classic. The 2008 movie, The Day The Earth Stood Still, is definitely NOT a classic. Enjoy! NOTES The Day the Earth Stood Still T...

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 take a look at the robots of Scooby Doo, with our special guest Mark Norman from the awesome Folklore podcast. But are they shit or not? WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we pull on our Kubrick pants and continue our odyssey looking at the 1968 sci-fi classic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Today, we look at the sequel 2010, and find out exactly why HAL went all murder-y. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  TikTok: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES &n...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we pull on our Kubrick pants and continue our odyssey looking at the 1968 sci-fi classic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Today, we look at what happened once 2001 was released and ask the ultimate question, "was HAL a shit robot?". WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  TikTok: @FiftyYOS...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we pull on our Kubrick pants and continue our odyssey looking at the 1968 sci-fi classic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Today, we deep-dive the ending and ask, "what the hell is going on?". WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  TikTok: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES JOHN WHITNEY SN...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we pull on our Kubrick pants and continue our odyssey looking at the 1968 sci-fi classic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Today, we deep-dive the bit where HAL goes rogue. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  TikTok: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES DOUGLAS RAIN: THE IMMORTAL VOICE ht...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we pull on our Kubrick pants and continue our odyssey looking at the 1968 sci-fi classic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Today we finally get to chat about HAL, as we deep-dive the "Jupiter sequence". WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  TikTok: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES ALIEN...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we pull on our Kubrick pants and continue our odyssey looking at the 1968 sci-fi classic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Today we chat about the section of the film known as "the moon sequence". WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  TikTok: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES KITBASHING...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we pull on our Kubrick pants and continue our odyssey looking at the 1968 sci-fi classic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. And it's time to actually chat about the film itself, but only a small bit of it. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  TikTok: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES ROB...

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 continue our odyssey looking at the 1968 sci-fi classic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Let's stick Stanley Kubrick's career under the microscope and have a jolly good look. WARNING! The S**t-bomb...

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 an odyssey looking at the 1968 sci-fi classic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. To do justice to this extraordinary film we start by taking a look at the life of ARTHUR C CLARKE. WARNING! The...

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 take a look at the extraordinary 1968 Italian/Spanish confection, Superago and the Faceless Giants. There's a lot of spandex and an awful lot of running around. WARNING! The S**t-bomb...

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 donning our robot-examining goggles to look at the extraordinary 1968 US movie classic, Barbarella. One film, three different types of robot WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered...

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 donning our robot-examining pince-nez to look at the three episodes of the seminal British TV show, the Avengers. Each episode features some curious robot assassins called the Cybernau...

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 donning our robot-examining pince-nez to look at the 1967 British movie, the Terrornauts. It's Contact but not as good and made with British comedy heroes, Charles Hawtrey and Patricia...

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 deep-diving into the waters of a 1967 US/Japan co-pro called KING KONG ESCAPES. It features an enormous robot King Kong, what's not to love? Almost everything WARNING! The S**t-bomb is...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. In the second part of our Asimov mini series we look at two more iterations of I-Robot. Both are from the TV show, Outer Limits, and both based on the story that inspired Isaac Asimov. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  TikTok: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES EANDO BINDER https:/...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we're reposting our episode on the multi-Golden Globe winning Oppenheimer. We know it doesn't have any robots in but the film deals with a subject that has cast a long shadow over the robot films of the 1950s and 60s. There are no spoilers, just in case you haven't seen it. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometime...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Happy new year, we kick off 2024 with a look at the 2004 movie, I-Robot. But like int he film, we have a secret to uncover. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  TikTok: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES  ISAAC ASIMOV DAY https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/science-fiction-day-reme...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, it's festive fun as we're joined by wrestler and horror movie fan, Rory Coyle, to chat about CHRISTMAS BLOODY CHRISTMAS. It's a movie with a killer robot Santa. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES MICHAEL BUFFER https://www.lgrtr.com...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today sees the opening of the twenty-fourth and final door of our robot advent calendar. And what's inside? Why, it's our old friend and Doctor Who nerd, Niel Bushnell, and he's here to warm himself by our fire and receive a Christmas gift of knowledge. Happy Christmas. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered b...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today sees the opening of the twenty-third door of our robot advent calendar. And what's inside? It's Metropolis but not as you've ever seen it before. This is Metropolis the musical. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR TikTok: @FiftyYOSR NOTES A...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today sees the opening of the twenty-second door of our robot advent calendar. And what's inside? It's Jonnycab from the 1990 sci-fi movie TOTAL RECALL. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR TikTok: @FiftyYOSR NOTES STARSHIP TROOPERS BEHIND THE SCE...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today sees the opening of the twenty-first door of our robot advent calendar. And what's inside? It's a poor dead bee and then a robot bee rising from its corpse. It's a message of hope, honest. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR TikTok: @FiftyY...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today sees the opening of the twentieth door of our robot advent calendar. And what's inside? Can you believe it? It's a robot created by magician, escapologist and all round incredo-man, Harry Houdini. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR TikTok:...