• Fifty Years of Shit Robots

  • By: Matt Brown
  • Podcast

Fifty Years of Shit Robots

By: Matt Brown
  • Summary

  • 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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Episodes
  • 145. STAR WARS 4: EPISODE 4
    Feb 17 2025

    Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. In our fourth episode in our Star Wars season we look at the first ten minutes of the film, which is set onboard the rebel Blockade Runner.

    WARNING 2! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more

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    NOTES


    THE HISTORY OF HARMY’S DESPECIALIZED VERSION

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGrXO2RDzLg

    “MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS” IS AVAILABLE ON DISNEY + IN THE UK

    THE HISTORY OF THE STAR WARS LOGO

    https://www.linearity.io/blog/star-wars-logo/

    THE ORIGINAL 1977 CRAWL

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXDnFYu91vY

    BUCK ROGERS SERIAL 1936 (THE CRAWL)

    https://youtu.be/VaA9eJb9FN8?si=YzwCzuaGmXNyMXDR&t=49

    UNION PACIFIC OPENING TITLES

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQRJnAwlb00

    WILHELM SCREAM ORIGINAL RECORDING

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_g72yHhIiI

    DARTH VADER KICKIN’ ASS IN ROGUE ONE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z8mgkqjq90

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    41 mins
  • 144. STAR WARS 3: A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
    Feb 10 2025

    Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. In our third episode in our Star Wars season we look at George Lucas and the people that George needed to help get the movie across the line

    WARNING 2! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more

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    NOTES

    GEORGE LUCAS: MORE THAN A GENIUS

    https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20151214-hes-more-than-just-a


    TRIBUTE TO ALAN LADD JNR

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWpa3VolVPQ

    RALPH MCQUARRIE CONCEPT ART

    https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-new-hope-concept-art-pieces/

    JOHN WILLIAMS’S CLASSICAL INFLUENCES

    https://www.yourclassical.org/story/2021/05/04/star-wars-john-williams-influences

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    53 mins
  • 143. STAR WARS 2: THE 1970S FUN FACTORY
    Feb 3 2025

    Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Exorcist director William Friedkin said that "Star Wars came out of nowhere like a juggernaut". But is this true? Today we meander through the 60s and 70s looking at what inspired the biggest movie of all time.

    WARNING 2! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more

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    NOTES

    WHAT IS THE HAYS CODE?

    https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-the-hays-code-1934/

    WHAT IS FRENCH NEW WAVE?

    https://nofilmschool.com/french-new-wave-cinema

    WHAT IS ITALIAN NEO-REALISM?

    https://www.movementsinfilm.com/italian-neorealism

    WHERE TO BEGIN WITH KITCHEN SINK MOVIES?

    https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-with-kitchen-sink-drama

    1970S AMERICA

    https://www.history.com/topics/1970s

    THE UK THREE-DAY WEEK

    https://www.theblackoutreport.co.uk/2023/04/17/three-day-week-1974/

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    28 mins

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