13. THE MONSTER AND THE APE
01/09/23 • 28 min
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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we are in 1945. The Monster and the Ape is without doubt, one of the strangest serials to feature a robot. And the robot is really S**t.
WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.
NOTES
The Monster and the Ape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYyGz4QAVoU&list=PLro3-OBtUvbq_qK-Jkh8jAe3yvKBpNzcr
Willie Best
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Best
Bamboozled Trailer – Spike Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMZ6zp-3oGY
Kevin Smith’s Superman Lives story (explicit language)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo2KB1dEDdk&t=507s
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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we are in 1945. The Monster and the Ape is without doubt, one of the strangest serials to feature a robot. And the robot is really S**t.
WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.
NOTES
The Monster and the Ape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYyGz4QAVoU&list=PLro3-OBtUvbq_qK-Jkh8jAe3yvKBpNzcr
Willie Best
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Best
Bamboozled Trailer – Spike Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMZ6zp-3oGY
Kevin Smith’s Superman Lives story (explicit language)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo2KB1dEDdk&t=507s
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NOTES
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHXqyPdDnlU
The Order!
https://youtu.be/6K2J3D0hTKY?t=281
The Three Laws of Robotics
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Isaac Asimov CNN Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NL2cLjNExI
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WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.
Twitter: @FiftyYOSR
Insta: @FiftyYOSR
NOTES
Louie Stowell's website
Ted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e91t_liJ8_0
Buffybot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db48pGOn9ro
The History of Buffybot
https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/Buffybot
The History of Ted
https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/Ted
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