Fifty Years of Shit Robots

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: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTES FUTUREWORLD TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTMtu4Z5T-U THE BEST PARANOIA FILMS OF THE 1970Shttps://www.flickchart.com/charts.aspx?genre=paranoid+thriller&decade=1970 COINTEL PRO FBI SCANDALhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/07/fbi-office-break-in-1971-come-forward-documents

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 godzilla franchise pull you back in. It's Terror of Mechagodzilla time, will we see a better robot than before? SPOILER - no. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more  TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTES TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfbTB7bu6aI TOHO STUDIO’S GODZILLA PHASEShttps://screenrant.com/godzilla-versions-eras-differences-explained/

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 step outside of our usual robot timeline and do a deep-dive in the Disney Imagineers.  WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more  TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTES THE CREATION OF DISNEYLANDhttps://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/walt-disney-and-his-creation-of-disneyland THE DISNEY MULTIPLANE CAMERAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdHTlUGN1zw SIMPSON’S REPEATED BACKGROUNDS JOKEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkwkTPDgRxQ THE DISNEY STRIKEhttps://animationguild.org/about-the-guild/disney-strike-1941/ DISNEYLAND GOES TO THE NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR (ABE LINCOLN AT 2’20”)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvfjvBO2l2Y ANIMATRONIC ROBIN IN SPOONFUL OF SUGARhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftxnr28LDXc THE TRUTH ABOUT WALT DISNEY’S FROZEN HEADhttps://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a60248410/walt-disney-frozen-head/ SPIDERMAN STUNTRONIChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED1rKl4tBbY SOCIAL ROBOTICShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orSr0wOQwZ0 DISNEY REJECTION LETTER TO WOMAN ASKING FOR A JOBhttps://www.vox.com/2015/7/16/8978351/famous-rejection-letters-disney-animator-women   

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 have a see if we like the cut of the robots in the 1975 movie, THE STEPFORD WIVES. A movie that has become part of the cultural conversation but are the robots any good? WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more  TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTES NEW YORK IN THE 1970Shttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/blackout-gallery/#:~:text=New%20York%20City%20in%20the,city's%20inhabitants%20had%20experienced%20before. DAYLIGHT (SUNLIGHT) HORRORhttps://gamerant.com/daylight-horror-subgenre/ THE FOUR WAVES OF FEMINISMhttps://www.history.com/news/feminism-four-waves THE CONVERSATION: WHY THE STEPFORD WIVES IS STILL RELEVANT TODAYhttps://theconversation.com/suburban-living-did-turn-women-into-robots-why-feminist-horror-novel-the-stepford-wives-is-still-relevant-50-years-on-186633

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 have a look at a made-for-TV movie called The Questor Tapes. Will Gene Roddenberry's attempt to get a robot on prime-time telly be any good? WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more  TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTES DESILU STUDIO HISTORYhttps://lucydesi.com/desilu-studios-history/ MAJEL BARRETT-RODDENBERRYhttps://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Majel_Barrett_Roddenberry DIE ANOTHER DAY TITLEShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-1HaEqDIdw

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 have a cheeky gander at another Toho studios movie, this time it's GODZILLA VERSUS MECHAGODZILLA. But will the 50ft robot pass our test? WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more  TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTES GODZILLA VERSUS MECHAGODZILLA TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmlXRA9VGJ4 TOHO STUDIO’S GODZILLA PHASEShttps://screenrant.com/godzilla-versions-eras-differences-explained/ AKIRA KUROSAWA’S SANJURO ENDING (SPLATTER)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkkF6Zz67TE

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 travel back through time and look at a movie that we missed. The 1964 flick, The Time Travelers. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more  TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESANGRY RED PLANET TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBAJEczBaHYTHE STORY OF FILM: AN ODYSSEYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEZwEGoHdFs&list=PLVQrxnY22a1XTWsVwqU0e9leE4Y53DVL3 THE HISTORY OF FAKE BLOOD IN CINEMAhttps://stanfordbloodcenter.org/blood-in-pop-culture-the-history-of-fake-blood-in-movies/#:~:text=%5B5%5D%20Tynegate's%20fake%20blood%2C,%2C%20'60s%20and%20'70s.&text=Today%2C%20most%20movie%20blood%20is,%2Dgenerated%20imagery%2C%20or%20CGI.

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 Season 9 with a look at John Carpenter's debut feature, DARK STAR. Will the robots be shit? WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more  To join our incredible new Patreon cult and get access to secret, exclusive podcasts then head to https://www.patreon.com/50YOSRPatreon: @50YOSRTikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESLA TIMES: ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKYhttps://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-05-15/alejandro-jodorowsky-midnight-movie-cult-director-el-topo-dune JODOROWSKY’S DUNE TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0cJNR8HEw0 GOING TO THE LOO ON THE ISShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-65mBQ7s_Q