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  • For Halloween, FIFTY YEARS OF S**T ROBOTS looks at some TERRIFYING ROBOTS. Matt and Stephen chat about robots from Alien, The Black Hole, Westworld, Halloween 3, the Demon Seed, Superman 3, Bionic Woman, and Saturn 3. Matt Brown is a writer and broadcaster, and Stephen Murray is a senior lecturer in TV, Film & Journalism at Teeside University. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more. 


    Twitter: @FiftyYOSR


    Notes:

    The Black Hole: Maximillian Kills

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw2y3faZhUk


    Nigel Kneale Unearthing Locations

    https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/stone-tape-quatermass-nigel-kneale-locations


    Halloween 3: Android assassin

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQpZdtspStY


    Saturn 3 trailer

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O-F2fvHFW4


    Superman 3: Robot woman

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpTHrdemfQo


    Bionic Woman and the Fembots Promo (1976)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSOZl1SiWIA

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  • Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. FIFTY YEARS OF S**T ROBOTS is a podcast that celebrates them all. In today's episode we luxuriate in the 1930s and look at FLASH GORDON and UNDERSEA KINGDOM. Hosted by writer and broadcaster, Matt Brown and Stephen Murray, senior lecturer in TV, Film & Journalism at Teeside University.


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


    Notes

    Landmarks in special effects

    https://listverse.com/2016/11/16/10-early-special-effects-that-made-movie-magic/

     

    Ming’s Modern Major General

    I am the very model of Ming’s modern Major General

    I must not anger Ming because his loyalty’s ephemeral

    I wear tight fitting armour making me look quite historical

    But thankfully not pants like Flash which make him look hysterical

     

    Fred Barton Robot Maker

    http://the-robotman.com/

     

    Star Trek Voyager Undersea Kingdom robot makes an appearance

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWVrvt4WuIM


    The Yellow Peril: Chinese Representation in Hollywood Films by Robert Parungao

    https://ubcatlas.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/2005-parungao.pdf


    Racism in Early American Films

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_early_American_film#East_Asian

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  • Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. FIFTY YEARS OF S**T ROBOTS is a podcast that celebrates them all. In today's episode we frolic in the waters of the 1930s and look at THE VANISHING SHADOW and THE PHANTOM EMPIRE. Hosted by writer and broadcaster, Matt Brown and Stephen Murray, senior lecturer in TV, Film & Journalism at Teeside University.


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


    Notes

     

    Steve Carper – The Monster and the Ape

    https://www.blackgate.com/2019/03/13/the-monster-and-the-ape/

     

    NY Times – Science Fiction Reflects Our Anxieties

    https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/07/29/will-fiction-influence-how-we-react-to-climate-change/science-fiction-reflects-our-anxieties

     

    Early Hollywood and the Hays Code

    https://www.acmi.net.au/stories-and-ideas/early-hollywood-and-hays-code/


    Phantom Empire 1988 Trailer (contains graphic scenes)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0LsbdVK8Y8

     

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