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Fifty Years of Shit Robots

93. SUPERAGO & THE FACELESS GIANTS

Season 7, Ep. 8

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 are take a look at the extraordinary 1968 Italian/Spanish confection, Superago and the Faceless Giants. There's a lot of spandex and an awful lot of running around.


WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more. 


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NOTES


A TERRIBLE VERSION OF THE MOVIE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYYqXWTrWpE&t=2156s

 

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING – RACE FOR SPACE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlnwuV6RuMo&list=PLkPOzHopOIo6ezZecOnA0iHuF9SzzUYqZ

 

SPACE RACE TIMELINE 1957-1969

https://www.britannica.com/story/timeline-of-the-space-race

 

THE NEW SPACE RACE

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/new-space-race-astropolitics-power-21st-century

 

TOP 10 SWORD AND SANDAL MOVIES

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/toga-party-10-sword-and-sandal-films-to-see-13963/cabiria-1914-221449/

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