Fifty Years of Shit Robots

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we deep-dive into our first Kaiju movie. From Japan, it's the 1957 classic, The Mysterians. A gigantic robot from outer space wants to show its might. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES WHAT IS A KAIJU? http://www.everythingkaiju.co...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we deep-dive into the 1957 alien-attack movie, KRONOS, and try and shake hands with a robot that just wants to suck all our energy. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES   KRONOS MOVIE (COLORIZED) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. In our second SIDEBORG episode, Matt and Stephen revisit episode 26, FORBIDDEN PLANET, and leap down an Krell-built rabbit hole. Will they find their way back out? WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES   ATLANTIS RISES AGAIN TO FUEL DANG...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we visit the Forbidden Planet, Altair IV, in search of a missing crew. We've been warned not to land, but land we must. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES WHERE TO BEGIN WITH WILLIAM CASTLE https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begi...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we reach our quarter-century of shows with a deep-dive into the 1954 movie TOBOR THE GREAT. The robot's annoying but not as much as the stupid kid. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES Tobor the Great movie https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we are still luxuriating in the waters of 1954, with a deep-dive of TARGET EARTH. The robot in this movie has an incredible modification. You guessed it, tap shoes. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES  Russian space probe to Venus h...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we are joined by screenwriter, podcaster, and robot overlord, Mark Stay, to discuss the 1979 Disney movie The Black Hole. It's a film chock-full of robots, including one of the most terrifying of all time, Maximilian. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Ins...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we journey back to 1954 to meet the robots Gog, Magog and our first AI, N.O.V.A.C. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES Medical Jargon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbPHcEoHfnM   2012 – Most unrealistic film of all time https:/...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we journey back to 1954 to meet Nyah, the Devil Girl From Mars, and her robot Chani. Chat ranges from Spielberg to 1950s fetish outfits via an awful lot of chintz. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES Devil Girl From Mars Trailer http...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we present our first SIDEBORG episode. In these special, secret episodes we will provide additions or corrections to a film or robot that we have already covered. In this SIDEBORG, we wade back into the warm waters of the 1951 classic, The Day The Earth Stood Still (episode 16). WARNING! The S**t-bomb is som...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we deep-dive into the 1953 movie, Robot Monster. It's has been called the second worst film ever made but is the robot any good? (SPOILER - No, it's not) WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES Robot Monster Trailer https://www.youtube.c...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we deep-dive into the 1952 movie, Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire. It's campy and vampy and probably not Bela Lugosi's finest hour (and thirteen minutes). WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (Ful...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we deep-dive into the 2023 movie, M3GAN. It's your classic boy meets girl, girl's personal robot kills boy, kind of story. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES M3GAN Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRb4U99OU80   Brain Ald...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we examine the iconic robot GORT from The Day The Earth Stood Still. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES The Day the Earth Stood Still Trailer (1951) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51JoEE_znyI   The Day the Earth Stood Still Tr...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we put on our 2023 specs and chat about two films where men/boys try and create their idealised woman. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES The Perfect Woman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRwoeQjCb1U&t=933s   Weird Science...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we chat with award-winning author Louie Stowell about the robots of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES Louie Stowell's website https://louiestowell.com/ Ted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e91t_liJ8_0 &nbsp...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we are in 1945. The Monster and the Ape is without doubt, one of the strangest serials to feature a robot. And the robot is really S**t. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  NOTES The Monster and the Ape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYyGz4QAVoU&list=PLro3-OBtUvbq_qK-Jkh8...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Happy new year, we kick off 2023 with a deep dive into the 1999 movie, Bicentennial Man. Will it be a wonderful tribute to Isaac Asimov's legacy? Almost certainly not. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more. Although, the word 'dick' gets used a LOT in this episode. Twitter: @FiftyYOSR In...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, it's festive fun with TORG, the robot from Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. Hosted by writer and broadcaster, Matt Brown and Stephen Murray, senior lecturer in TV, Film & Journalism at Teeside University. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @Fi...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we open the door on the 1940s and see what kind of robots it has to offer. Hosted by writer and broadcaster, Matt Brown and Stephen Murray, senior lecturer in TV, Film & Journalism at Teeside University. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @Fifty...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, the Robot World Cup concludes, who will become the 2022 champion? (I know, I can hardly take the excitement, either). Hosted by writer and broadcaster, Matt Brown and Stephen Murray, senior lecturer in TV, Film & Journalism at Teeside University. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing mo...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, the Robot World Cup kicks off with 16 incredible movie robots battling it out to become 2022 champ. Hosted by writer and broadcaster, Matt Brown and Stephen Murray, senior lecturer in TV, Film & Journalism at Teeside University. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter:...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we look at a the origin of the word "robot", and the 1935 Russian movie, Loss of Sensation. Hosted by writer and broadcaster, Matt Brown and Stephen Murray, senior lecturer in TV, Film & Journalism at Teeside University. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Twitter: @FiftyY...

In this special episode, Matt and Stephen step outside the confines of the usual 50 years of shit robots, and take a wander through 1980s UK TV to peer at Metal Mickey. Is Metal Mickey really a pre-curser of Thanos (a bit). Twitter: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @fiftyyearsofshitrobots NOTES John Edwards Flux – Radio London https://www.radiolondon.co.uk/rl/johnedwardtribute/je.html   Metal Mickey Saved F...

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we look at a biggie and ask, "is the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz a robot?". Hosted by writer and broadcaster, Matt Brown and Stephen Murray, senior lecturer in TV, Film & Journalism at Teeside University. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.  Notes Phantom Creeps IMDB http...