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Fifty Years of Shit Robots
Matt Brown
182 episodes
6 days ago
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.

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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.

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Fifty Years of Shit Robots
179. CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: THE WIZARD OF OZ

Happy Christmas from Fifty Years of Shit Robots. This year, we're looking at THE WIZARD OF OZ with our special guest brain-box, Darren Chetty. You might not think it's a Christmas movie but you'd be very, very wrong.


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

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES  

AI AND SFX USED IN THE SPHERE VERSION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh5dsEGKmmU

 

JUDY GARLAND FILMED WIZARD OF OZ UNDER TERRIBLE CONDITIONS

https://www.biography.com/actors/judy-garland-pills-diet-wizard-of-oz

 

WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST ON SESAME STREET

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RytWnZbOA9s&t=415s

 

HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS ON WIZARD OF OZ SET

https://www.forbes.com/sites/legalentertainment/2024/12/09/wicked-dangers-behind-the-classic-the-wizard-of-oz-production/

 

LYNCH/OZ TRAILER

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

 

WIZARD OF OZ REFERENCES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXyBJB0LQKk


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6 days ago
56 minutes 24 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
178. A GREAT SPREAD OF BOTTERY

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we look back at all the robots we enjoyed in 2025 and look forward to the delights of 2026.

 

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

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR




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1 week ago
18 minutes 31 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
177. BLADE RUNNER 15: SOLDIER

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of the BLADE RUNNER universe. In this episode, we put the 1998 movie SOLDIER under the microscope. Why? Because it is supposedly in the Blade Runner universe. Yes, it's tenuous but is it Tannhauser Gate-uous?

 

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

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES 


SOLDIER (OFFICIAL TRAILER)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oeW9sflsdg

 

TOP 10 NON-CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS MOVIES

https://nofilmschool.com/top-non-christmas-christmas-movies

 

THE LEGEND AND HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF TANNHUASER

https://www.houstongrandopera.org/backstage-pass/wagnerian-myth-making-the-legendary-and-historical-origins-of-tannhauser

 

RANKING THE MOVIES OF PAUL WS ANDERSON

https://www.filmmining101.com/articles/career-retrospective-ranking-the-films-of-paul-ws-anderson


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2 weeks ago
34 minutes 2 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
176. BLADE RUNNER 14: WHERE IS THE JOY?

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of the BLADE RUNNER universe. In this episode, we put BLADE RUNNER 2049 under the microscope. A film full of replicants and AI but where's the whimsy?

 

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

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES 


IS BLADE RUNNER 2049 SEXIST?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/09/is-blade-runner-2049-a-sexist-film-or-a-fair-depiction-of-a-dystopic-future

 

ROGER DEAKINS

https://www.rogerdeakins.com/


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3 weeks ago
51 minutes 20 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
175. BLADE RUNNER 13: THE SPAM AGE

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of the BLADE RUNNER universe. In this episode, we gird our loins for Blade Runner 2049 by watching three short prequel films.

 

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

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES 

BLADE RUNNER BLACK OUT 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrZk9sSgRyQ&t=523s

 

THE ROBOTS ARE COMING, VERY SLOWLY AND COCKING EVERYTHING UP

https://futurism.com/future-society/unitree-robot-destroy-house

 

NEAR MISS: THE SOLAR STORM OF 2012

https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/planetary-science/23jul_superstorm/

 

THE CARRINGTON EVENT

https://www.space.com/the-carrington-event

 

BLADE RUNNER 2036 NEXUS DAWN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgsS3nhRRzQ&t=189s

 

BLADE RUNNER 2048: NOWHERE TO RUN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ9Os8cP_gg&t=165s


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1 month ago
50 minutes 36 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
174. BLADE RUNNER 12: WHITE DRAGON EDIT

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of BLADE RUNNER, one of the pivotal films in science fiction cinema. In this episode, we sit through a fan edit that doubles the length of the film.

 

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

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES 

INTERNET FANEDIT DATABASE

https://fanedit.org/ifdb/


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1 month ago
37 minutes 41 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
173. BLADE RUNNER 11: THE FILM THAT RUTGER BUILT

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of BLADE RUNNER, one of the pivotal films in science fiction cinema. In this episode, Roy Batty does something very surprising and then says something very surprising.

 

WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said and Matt and Stephen also drop the F word, which is most unlike them.

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES 

TEARS IN RAIN

https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/32674

 

SOLDIER TRAILER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oeW9sflsdg

 

SIDEQUEL DEFINITION

https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidequels/694489

 

FIVE ENDINGS

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

 

THE MAKING OF BLADE RUNNER WAS HARD

https://collider.com/blade-runner-making-of/


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1 month ago
58 minutes 34 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
172. BLADE RUNNER 10: A BIG CLOUD OF TERRIBLE IDEAS

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of BLADE RUNNER, one of the pivotal films in science fiction cinema. In this episode, Roy Batty is bad boy.

 

WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said and Roy also drops the F word and there's the sound of a skull cracking so maybe don't play this out when the kids are listening.

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES 

DREW STRUZEN INTERVIEW

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/my-interview-with-legendary-movie-poster-artist-drew_b_5a088033e4b0cc46c52e6b73

 

DREW STRUZEN TECHNIQUE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fEMJp70tGU&list=PLJyg5maY2XGMGajHPiNBg_1UkprfIZitQ

 

THE WORLD’S TALLEST FICTIONAL BUILDINGS

https://www.buildworld.co.uk/blog/archives/tallest-fictional-buildings-from-star-wars-to-lord-of-the-rings#:~:text=Wookiepedia%20claims%20it%20to%20be,and%20six%20LA%20blocks%20wide.

 

ADRIAN: HOLLYWOOD’S FASHION DESIGNER

https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/costume-designer-adrian-hollywood-fashion-impact

 

THE FUTURE IS SHAPED BY THE PAST – THE COSTUMES OF BLADE RUNNER

https://classiq.me/the-future-is-shaped-by-the-past-the-costumes-of-blade-runner

 

WHAT ROSELIND FRANKLIN CONTRIBUTED TO DISCOVERY OF DNA

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01313-5

 

CRISPR CAS9 GENE EDITING

https://crisprtx.com/gene-editing

 

THE TRUTH ABOUT PLANNED OBSELESCENCE

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20160612-heres-the-truth-about-the-planned-obsolescence-of-tech


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1 month ago
55 minutes 55 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
171. BLADE RUNNER 9: WAKE UP! TIME TO DIE

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of BLADE RUNNER, one of the pivotal films in science fiction cinema. In this episode, Leon tries to kill Rick, then Rick gets all ick.

 

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

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES 


ST GERMAIN BOTTLE DESIGN

https://sandstrompartners.com/work/st-germain/#:~:text=We%20developed%20the%20creative%20direction,to%20point%2Dof%2Dsale.

 

BRITISH BIRDS CHESS SET FOR SALE

https://hoylesoxford.com/products/british-birds-chess-pieces-blade-runner?srsltid=AfmBOooJF2LrQGf8omfOEIPjDqEkyVQVNXmlB3yCRWmUBG3vutSekZY5&variant=31789980319813

 

NICK KNIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

https://www.artnet.com/artists/nick-knight/

 

THE IMMORTAL GAME

https://www.chess.com/terms/immortal-game-chess


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1 month ago
37 minutes 35 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
170. ALIEN (AGAIN)

Happy Halloween from Fifty Years of Shit Robots. This year, we're replaying our chat about Ridley Scott's classic horror movie, ALIEN, with film-maker and friend of the show, Leslie-Ann Rose.

 

WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used but nothing more although the subject of male rape does come up.

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES  

ORIGINAL ALIEN TRAILER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ5lPt9edzQ

 

THE HOLOCAUST ENCYCLOPEDIA: LENI RIEFENSTAHL

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/leni-riefenstahl

 

TOP 100 BEST MOVIE MOMENTS

https://www.ign.com/lists/100-best-movie-moments/10


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2 months ago
53 minutes 47 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
169. BLADE RUNNER 8: THE KAISER'S NOSE

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of BLADE RUNNER, one of the pivotal films in science fiction cinema. In this episode, we meet Roy Batty and discover he's Batty by name and batty by nature

 

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

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES 

WHITE DRAGON FAN EDIT TRAILER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3WC6CcVkHo

 

PRIS FOTHERINGHAM

https://symbolsandsecrets.london/2019/01/24/whitecross-street-art-and-a-very-naughty-lady/

 

SYD MEAD WEDGE ERA CONCEPTS

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a64435040/syd-mead-wedge-era-concepts/

 

WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN: ZHORA’S SNAKE DANCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDQV5Bqx4TQ


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2 months ago
48 minutes 9 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
168. BLADE RUNNER 7: LORRIES FULL OF MEAT

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of BLADE RUNNER, one of the pivotal films in science fiction cinema. In this episode, we meet Roy Batty and discover he's Batty by name and batty by nature

 

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

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES 

IS OUR MEMORY RELIABLE?

https://www.thesciencebreaker.org/breaks/psychology/how-accurate-is-our-memory

 

THE EYE OF PROVIDENCE

https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20201112-the-eye-of-providence-the-symbol-with-a-secret-meaning

 

THE ADVERTISING CURSE

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-31664223

 

EYE SYMBOLISM IN BLADE RUNNER

https://screenrant.com/blade-runner-2049-eyes-memories-symbolism-meaning-explained/


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2 months ago
44 minutes 25 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
167. BLADE RUNNER 6: ONE HUNDRED QUESTIONS

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of BLADE RUNNER, one of the pivotal films in science fiction cinema. In this episode, we meet Rick Deckard and hear his extraordinary inner monologue.

 

WARNING! The S**t-bomb and the F Bomb get an airing in this episode

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES 


AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER: BUILDING THE SET OF BLADE RUNNER

https://theasc.com/articles/blade-runner-set-design

 

METROPOLIS V BLADE RUNNER

https://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2015/04/13/blade-runner-vs-metropolis/


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2 months ago
53 minutes 1 second

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
166. BLADE RUNNER 5: THE BEGINNING

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of BLADE RUNNER, one of the pivotal films in science fiction cinema. In this episode, we start to look at the movie itself. WOO HOO! So, strap in as we get through the first eight minutes.

 

WARNING! The S**t-bomb and the F Bomb get an airing in this episode

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES 

THE “FRUIT MACHINE” TEST

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/secretlifeofcanada/the-history-behind-canada-s-homosexuality-test-1.6396436

 

METROPOLIS V BLADERUNNER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TKtntY-H5s

 

BLADE RUNNER DESIGNING THE FUTURE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj9hzidnWVI&t=297s


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2 months ago
44 minutes 46 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
165. BLADE RUNNER 4: PHILIP K. DICK

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of BLADE RUNNER, one of the pivotal films in science fiction cinema. In this episode, we look at one of the visionaries that made the movie, Philip Kindred Dick.

 

WARNING! The S**t-bomb and the F Bomb get an airing in this episode

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES 

10 BEST PHILIP K DICK MOVIE ADAPTATIONS

https://collider.com/philip-k-dick-movie-adaptations/

 

THE ANDROID AND THE HUMAN

https://sporastudios.org/mark/courses/articles/Dick_the_android.pdf

 

MARTIN SCORSESE’S BLADE RUNNER WOULD HAVE BEEN WILD

http://screenrant.com/martin-scorsese-blade-runner-unmade-movie/


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3 months ago
38 minutes 30 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
164. BLADE RUNNER 3: RIDLEY SCOTT

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of BLADE RUNNER, one of the pivotal films in science fiction cinema. In this episode, we look at one of the visionaries that made the movie, Ridley Scott.

 

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

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES


BLACK HAWK DOWN – DICK CHENEY’S FAVOURITE MOVIE

https://thedissenter.org/the-pentagon-backed-war-film-that-sold-americans-on-military-intervention-after-9-11/

 

JONATHON GLAZER’S BANNED FLAKE COMMERCIAL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uxnpc-JQ3o&list=RD8Uxnpc-JQ3o&index=1


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3 months ago
52 minutes 29 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
163. BLADE RUNNER 2: DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF NEO NOIR?

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our examination of BLADE RUNNER, one of the pivotal films in science fiction cinema. In this episode, we look at the 1980s and the era that birthed a legend.

 

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

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES

WHAT IS FILM NOIR?

https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-film-noir/

 

WHAT IS NEO NOIR?

https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/neo-noir-films-75751/

 

BLADE RUNNER 2049 PREQUELS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffxo_6Cg0Cw


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3 months ago
28 minutes 32 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
162. BLADE RUNNER 1: PIVOTAL MOMENTS IN SCIENCE FICTION CINEMA

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we begin our examination of BLADE RUNNER, one of the pivotal films in science fiction cinema. In this first episode, Professor Stephen Murray delivers his TED Talk on the four pivotal moments in science fiction cinema.

 

WARNING! The S**t-bomb is used and there are some references to using your bottom as pencil case because you were too poor to afford an actual pencil case.

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES

 

WAR OF THE WORLDS ECUDOR

https://historyradio.org/2017/01/21/the-war-of-the-worlds-in-ecuador/

 

STALKER TRAILER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuOnfQd-aTw

 

BAD MOVIE BIBLE: STAR WARS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aeyUWLPLAs

 

 


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3 months ago
47 minutes 19 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
161. ALIEN: EARTH

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today we take a look from behind the sofa at the new Disney Plus series, ALIEN:EARTH.

 

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

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


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4 months ago
39 minutes 27 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
160. RETURN TO RETURN TO OZ

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today we want to say a robotic HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Tiktok and all the Return to Oz gang.

 

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

 

TikTok: @FiftyYOSR

Insta: @FiftyYOSR


NOTES

SALMAN RUSHDIE – OUT OF KANSAS (NEW YORKER)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1992/05/11/out-of-kansas

 

NOSYBONK: PUMP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOkuiHZH4zI

 

BLUE PETER TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL SINDUN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=759FmOc68m4


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5 months ago
48 minutes 58 seconds

Fifty Years of Shit Robots
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.

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