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Fifty Years of Shit Robots

By: Matt Brown
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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. Hosted by writer and broadcaster, Matt Brown and Stephen Murray, senior lecturer in TV, Film & Journalism at Teesside University. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more. Get bonus content on Patreon

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  • 102. THE 2001 ODYSSEY PART 9: 2010

    102. THE 2001 ODYSSEY PART 9: 2010
    Apr 1 2024

    Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we pull on our Kubrick pants and continue our odyssey looking at the 1968 sci-fi classic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Today, we look at the sequel 2010, and find out exactly why HAL went all murder-y.


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


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    NOTES

    THE ART OF SYD MEAD

    https://www.iamag.co/the-art-of-syd-mead/

    2010: THE UNTOLD TRUTH

    https://www.looper.com/355019/the-untold-truth-of-2010-the-year-we-make-contact/

    EUROPA – THE BEST BET FOR ALIEN LIFE?

    https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a23158/europa-alien-life-solar-system/

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    44 mins
  • 101. THE 2001 ODYSSEY PART 8: RELEASE

    101. THE 2001 ODYSSEY PART 8: RELEASE
    Mar 27 2024

    Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we pull on our Kubrick pants and continue our odyssey looking at the 1968 sci-fi classic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Today, we look at what happened once 2001 was released and ask the ultimate question, "was HAL a shit robot?".


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


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    NOTES


    2001: A LOOK BEHIND THE FUTURE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeGI1FoySaE

    ASHLEIGH BURTON – 2001 A FIRST WATCH

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1CL-GYq_3M&t=1858s

    LOST IN LA MANCHA TRAILER

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-elMvdIhjE

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    31 mins
  • 100. THE 2001 ODYSSEY PART 7: BEYOND THE INFINITE

    100. THE 2001 ODYSSEY PART 7: BEYOND THE INFINITE
    Mar 25 2024

    Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we pull on our Kubrick pants and continue our odyssey looking at the 1968 sci-fi classic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Today, we deep-dive the ending and ask, "what the hell is going on?".


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


    TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

    Insta: @FiftyYOSR


    NOTES


    JOHN WHITNEY SNR

    https://handmadecinema.com/filmmaker/john-whitney/

    MEMORIAL SPACE FLIGHTS

    https://www.celestis.com/launch-schedule/enterprise-flight/

    CORONATION STREET LONDON?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P0v8ciiifE

    INFO ABOUT JAMIS BANDU

    https://www.bookforum.com/print/2502/how-stanley-kubrick-and-arthur-c-clarke-reinvented-the-sci-fi-film-19687

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They’re Shit and we Know They Are

Great little fun podcast about the history of film and TV robots. As it’s radio there’s some serious memory work at play. I’ve spent hours looking up robots from my youth and comic books due to this

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Informative, fun and addictive

There’s robots lots of robots but more much more is the rich history and downright hilarious background. Love it on my second listen.

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