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Fifty Years of Shit Robots
201. THE TERMINATOR PART 2: JAMES CAMERON'S EMOTIONAL BALLS
Today we continue our season on THE TERMINATOR, maybe the most famous robot movie of them all. Let's crack open James Cameron's noggin and see what's inside.
WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.
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NOTES
JAMES CAMERON’S SHORT FILM XENOGENESIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KpZRJ4HE4Q
JAMES CAMERON ON DRAWING HIS DREAMS TO LIFE
https://letterboxd.com/journal/james-cameron-retrospective-interview/
ROGER CORMAN’S OBITUARY
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/may/12/roger-corman-obituary
JAMIE LEE CURTIS URBAN MYTHS BUSTED
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jamie-lee-curtis/
CORRIDOR CREW DISCUSS AVATAR’S INCREDIBLE WATER SIMS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Gd0bR2kb4
INDIGENOUS REACTIONS TO AVATAR
THE GUARDIAN: JAMES CAMERON JOINS AMAZON TRIBE’S FIGHT TO HALT DAM
INDIGENOUS RECATIONS TO AVATAR THE WAY OF WATER
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