Fifty Years of Shit Robots

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we begin our mission to explore Star Trek: the Motion picture. It's a film that we've spoken a lot about in other episodes so we thought we'd go where no/lots of podcasters have been before. To kick things off we take a look at Star Trek's creator, Gene Roddenberry. Brace yourself because there's so weird old stuff in here.WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESTINDER FOR NAZIShttps://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/hacktivist-deletes-white-supremacist-websites-live-on-stage-during-hacker-conference/ UK COUNCILLOR SUSPENDED OVER WHITE SUPREMACIST DATING SITEhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cql4241dy27o THE COMPLICATED LEGACY OF GENE RODDENBERRYhttps://rhetorikos.blog.fordham.edu/?p=1881 TECH INSPIRED BY STAR TREKhttps://www.sideshow.com/blog/trek-tech-10-star-trek-gadgets-that-have-beamed-into-reality/ STAR TREK MOVIES AND TV SHOWS THAT NEVER HAPPENEDhttps://www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-trek-movies-tv-shows-never-happened/ THE FERENGI – COMPARISONS WITH ANTI-SEMITIC STEREOTYPEShttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferengi#Comparisons_with_anti-Semitic_stereotypes 

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Happy new year, we kick off 2026 with a look at an episode of the 1962 ITV series, OUT OF THIS WORLD. The episode in question televises an Asimov story, Lost Little Robot, and creates something extraordinary - but with shit robots.WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESISAAC ASIMOV DAYhttps://www.freepressjournal.in/world/science-fiction-day-remembering-the-incredible-work-of-isaac-asimov 3 LAWS OF ROBOTICShttps://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-21259,00.htmlAI BLACKMAILS TO STOP ITSELF BEING SHUT DOWNhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqeng9d20go ELON MUSK’S AI REFERS TO ITSELF AS “MECHA HITLER”https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5462609/grok-elon-musk-antisemitic-racist-content THE PAPERCLIP APOCALYPSEhttps://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/ai-and-paperclip-problemAI DRIVEN SUICIDES ARE ON THE RISEhttps://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2239 AI AND THE ROCKhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/vuqMUMh29t8 ENSHITTIFICATIONhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/26/enshittification-macquarie-dictionary-word-of-the-year-explained KAMELION IS REVEALEDhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCK5pipHeZY

Happy Christmas from Fifty Years of Shit Robots. This year, we're looking at THE WIZARD OF OZ with our special guest brain-box, Darren Chetty. You might not think it's a Christmas movie but you'd be very, very wrong. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTES  AI AND SFX USED IN THE SPHERE VERSIONhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh5dsEGKmmU JUDY GARLAND FILMED WIZARD OF OZ UNDER TERRIBLE CONDITIONShttps://www.biography.com/actors/judy-garland-pills-diet-wizard-of-oz WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST ON SESAME STREEThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RytWnZbOA9s&t=415s HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS ON WIZARD OF OZ SEThttps://www.forbes.com/sites/legalentertainment/2024/12/09/wicked-dangers-behind-the-classic-the-wizard-of-oz-production/ LYNCH/OZ TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktEzqafTCds WIZARD OF OZ REFERENCEShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXyBJB0LQKk

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we look back at all the robots we enjoyed in 2025 and look forward to the delights of 2026. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSR

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of the BLADE RUNNER universe. In this episode, we put the 1998 movie SOLDIER under the microscope. Why? Because it is supposedly in the Blade Runner universe. Yes, it's tenuous but is it Tannhauser Gate-uous? WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTES SOLDIER (OFFICIAL TRAILER)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oeW9sflsdg TOP 10 NON-CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS MOVIEShttps://nofilmschool.com/top-non-christmas-christmas-movies THE LEGEND AND HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF TANNHUASERhttps://www.houstongrandopera.org/backstage-pass/wagnerian-myth-making-the-legendary-and-historical-origins-of-tannhauser RANKING THE MOVIES OF PAUL WS ANDERSONhttps://www.filmmining101.com/articles/career-retrospective-ranking-the-films-of-paul-ws-anderson

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of the BLADE RUNNER universe. In this episode, we put BLADE RUNNER 2049 under the microscope. A film full of replicants and AI but where's the whimsy? WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTES IS BLADE RUNNER 2049 SEXIST?https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/09/is-blade-runner-2049-a-sexist-film-or-a-fair-depiction-of-a-dystopic-future ROGER DEAKINShttps://www.rogerdeakins.com/

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of the BLADE RUNNER universe. In this episode, we gird our loins for Blade Runner 2049 by watching three short prequel films. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTES BLADE RUNNER BLACK OUT 2022https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrZk9sSgRyQ&t=523s THE ROBOTS ARE COMING, VERY SLOWLY AND COCKING EVERYTHING UPhttps://futurism.com/future-society/unitree-robot-destroy-house NEAR MISS: THE SOLAR STORM OF 2012https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/planetary-science/23jul_superstorm/ THE CARRINGTON EVENThttps://www.space.com/the-carrington-event BLADE RUNNER 2036 NEXUS DAWNhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgsS3nhRRzQ&t=189s BLADE RUNNER 2048: NOWHERE TO RUNhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ9Os8cP_gg&t=165s

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of BLADE RUNNER, one of the pivotal films in science fiction cinema. In this episode, we sit through a fan edit that doubles the length of the film. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTES INTERNET FANEDIT DATABASEhttps://fanedit.org/ifdb/

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of BLADE RUNNER, one of the pivotal films in science fiction cinema. In this episode, Roy Batty does something very surprising and then says something very surprising. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said and Matt and Stephen also drop the F word, which is most unlike them. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTES TEARS IN RAINhttps://encyclopedia.pub/entry/32674 SOLDIER TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oeW9sflsdg SIDEQUEL DEFINITIONhttps://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidequels/694489 FIVE ENDINGShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhfOPOtwkTA THE MAKING OF BLADE RUNNER WAS HARDhttps://collider.com/blade-runner-making-of/