Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we look at three robots from the first two seasons of the OG Star Trek.

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NASA’S CREEPIEST ROBOT

https://www.popsci.com/meet-creepiest-android-nasa-ever-built/

THE ORM

https://www.opencontinuumrobotics.com/history/2022/11/01/ORM.html

THE HOPKINS BEAST

https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=3734

DENDRAL

https://bostonglobalforum.org/news/dendral-the-first-expert-system/

THE FISHING FLEET – HUSBAND HUNTING IN THE RAJ

http://www.annedecourcy.com/publications/the-fishing-fleet-husband-hunting-in-the-raj/

THE BRIDE BUSINESS: WIFING IN THE OLD WEST

https://www.cowgirlmagazine.com/wild-women-west/

KIRK’S PHALLIC-TITE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql8KzgSdgVM

BLACULA TRAILER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKgcLOOW-3Y

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we look at the beloved Star Trek sequel THE WRATH OF KHAN. It's a film doesn't have a robot but does have a very naughty man who needs a jolly good botty spanking.

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BRITAIN TOPS ROBOT ANXIETY TABLE

https://workplaceinsight.net/the-british-seem-more-worried-about-robots-than-anybody-else/

A HISTORY OF DYSTOPIAN FICTION

https://electricliterature.com/the-rise-of-dystopian-fiction-from-soviet-dissidents-to-70s-paranoia-to-murakami/

10 MOVIES THAT DESTROYED THE STUDIOS THAT MADE THEM

https://listverse.com/2020/10/28/top-10-movies-that-destroyed-the-studios-that-made-them/

WHAT IS OTHERING?

https://fiveable.me/film-and-media-theory/key-terms/othering

THE NAZI’S LEBENSBORN PROGRAM

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/lebensborn-program

THE MAN WHO CREATED VULCAN LANGUAGE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iljSsV0CwpA

STAR TREK BEVERAGES RANKED

https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/rankings/beverages-ranked.htm

WHY ISN’T THERE MONEY IN STAR TREK

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Money

FIRST CGI FRACTAL LANDSCAPE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq_sSxDE32c

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we complete our mission to explore Star Trek: the Motion picture. It's a film that we've spoken a lot about in other episodes so we thought we'd go where no/lots of podcasters have been before. Today, we meet V'GER!

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WHEN DID PINK BECOME ASSOCIATED WITH GIRLS?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2023/07/11/heres-how-pink-became-a-girly-color/

NORMAN WILKINSON’S DAZZLE SHIPS

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articles/zmkx8xs

THE VOYAGER PROGRAM

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/

NIXON’S RESHAPING OF NASA

https://www.planetary.org/articles/20141003-how-richard-nixon-changed-nasa

APPREHENSION ENGINE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzk-l8Gm0MY

THE BLASTER BEAM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj4f5z6nRhs

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our mission to explore Star Trek: the Motion picture. It's a film that we've spoken a lot about in other episodes so we thought we'd go where no/lots of podcasters have been before. Today we meet a new robot who wears the skin of an old friend.

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

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CARL SAGAN ON THE DRAKE EQUATION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvBWiZi99Dk

“LESS THAN HUMAN”: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CRUELTY

https://www.npr.org/2011/03/29/134956180/criminals-see-their-victims-as-less-than-human

THE SCALE OF THE UNIVERSE

https://scaleofuniverse.com/en-gb

SPOCK’S VULCAN NERVE PINCH EXPLAINED

https://www.cbc.ca/archives/how-leonard-nimoy-came-up-with-spock-s-signature-pinch-1.4764925

WILLIAM SHATNER ROASTS GEORGE LUCAS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEZVwQptvWw&t=50s

WILLIAM SHATNER SNL SKETCH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqb4V9GxaBo

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our mission to explore Star Trek: the Motion picture. It's a film that we've spoken a lot about in other episodes so we thought we'd go where no/lots of podcasters have been before. Today Bones walks onto the bridge, looks around and then walks off again.

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GEORGE TAKEI ON HOWARD STERN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq5_BN4dBiw

BIGOTRY AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/03/a-long-history-of-bigotry-against-asian-americans/

DID CHURCHILL HAVE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PEARL HARBOUR? NO.

https://www.gchq.gov.uk/information/did-signals-intelligence-predict-attack-pearl-harbor

STAR TREK MINATURE MODELS (PART 1 AND 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcBI7E2Cxxo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhQGJkVV9Hg

TESLA COILS IN MOVIES

https://www.tesla.nu/tc_inmedia_eng.asp

ROBER FLETCHER COSTUME DESIGNER OBITUARY

https://deadline.com/2021/04/robert-fletcher-dead-obituary-costume-designer-star-trek-films-broadway-was-98-1234734044/

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our mission to explore Star Trek: the Motion picture. It's a film that we've spoken a lot about in other episodes so we thought we'd go where no/lots of podcasters have been before.

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

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FRIDAY NIGHT DEATH SLOT

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FridayNightDeathSlot

STAR TREK CON 1969

https://fanlore.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Con_(1969_convention)

ROBIN WILLIAMS RESTRICTS IMAGE RIGHTS UNTIL 2039

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/31/robin-williams-restricted-use-image-despite-existing-us-laws

BRIEF HISTORY OF CARRY ON FILMS

https://artofthemovies.co.uk/blogs/original-movie-posters/a-brief-history-of-the-carry-on-films?srsltid=AfmBOoqMxr7wDDAkZef1nDCg1wHxx6r6GoI35rwZZngfXl11dbZjRRUm

ASTRONOMICAL UNITS

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/astronomical-unit

PERSIS KHAMBATTA HEAD SHAVED

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

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our mission to explore Star Trek: the Motion picture. It's a film that we've spoken a lot about in other episodes so we thought we'd go where no/lots of podcasters have been before. Today we endure the longest six minutes in cinematic history.

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

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THE PAPERCLIP THEORY

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

WHAT HAPPENED TO SPOCK AFTER TOS (SPOILERS)

https://www.thedigitalfix.com/star-trek/spock-explained

CAVEMAN OUTFIT IDEA FOR SPOCK

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2790621151096613/posts/3181141232044601/

ORIENT EXPRESS LEAVING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKdnXwFz5Zc

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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we continue our mission to explore Star Trek: the Motion picture. It's a film that we've spoken a lot about in other episodes so we thought we'd go where no/lots of podcasters have been before. Today we begin to look at the film.

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

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GENE RODDENBERRY PROJECTS APART FROM STAR TREK

https://screenrant.com/every-gene-roddenberry-project-besides-star-trek-ranked-imdb/

REMEMBERING ROBERT WISE

https://cinemontage.org/remembering-robert-wise/

SPOCK HEINEKEN ADVERT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evWolie0eOg

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