Fifty Years of Shit Robots

Happy Christmas from Fifty Years of Shit Robots. This year, we're joining film-maker and friend of the show, Leslie-Ann Rose, on her traditional festive Alien franchise rewatch. We're going to watch them all in chronological order starting today with ALIEN: PROMETHEUS. The robot in question is DAVID, played by Michael Fassbender, a naughty robot who thinks a little too highly of himself. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more  TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTES  BLUE PETER ADVENT CROWNhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsUhrH36ozI PETER WEYLAND TED TALKhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4SSU29Arj0 MEET DAVID – VIRAL MARKETING CAMPAIGNhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ7E7Qp-s-8 ELIZABETH SHAW INTERVIEW – VIRAL MARKETING CAMPAIGNhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpiIieL8OOA JODOROWSKY’S DUNE BOOKhttps://www.technollama.co.uk/whoever-controls-the-dao-controls-the-book-the-strange-tale-of-jodorowskys-dune

WARNING 1! This episode does contain discussion of rape.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 look at DEMON SEED from 1977. A movie with a horrible robot. WARNING 2! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more  TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTES  WHAT IS HAUNTOLOGY?https://theweek.com/104076/what-is-hauntology HOUSES OF THE FUTUREhttps://insightplanningservices.com/7-houses-of-the-future/ INTERVIEW WITH DONALD CAMMELLhttps://www.theswinging60s.com/donald-cammell/ LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S THE ISLAND OF DR MOREAUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5owpCx-EXlE VAL DOCUMENTARY TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f__e3b-idHI WHAT IS VAPOURWAVE?https://vaporwaveboutique.com/what-is-vaporwave/50YOSR EPISODE 76: GIPPYBOTShttps://open.acast.com/public/streams/634c160568aa9300122431a1/episodes/657073dd1a72f20011bb7009.mp3

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 look at LOGAN'S RUN from 1976. A movie with a properly shit robot. So shit, in fact, that it might be quite good. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more  TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTES  LOGAN’S RUN TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USADM5Gk9Gs&t=114s EARTHRISE PHOTOhttps://www.nasa.gov/image-article/apollo-8-earthrise/ MEET THE BURLINGTON BEADLEShttps://www.burlingtonarcade.com/with-the-beadles/

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