About this episode

The episode continues the discussion on THE TERMINATOR, focusing on the film's themes and implications.

Today we continue our season on THE TERMINATOR, maybe the most famous robot movie of them all. Today we start watching the film, although we don't get very far. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.   TikTok: @FiftyYOSR Insta: @FiftyYOSR NOTES BBC: COULD HUMANOID ROBOTS BE HEADING FOR THE BATTLEFIELD? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedpxwe26l1o   BOSTON DYNAMICS FAILS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HJwOAyoxg4   ROGER CORMON’S A BUCKET OF BLOOD TRAILER http://youtube.com/watch?v=hEfzyjJe0iY   LASER RUST REMOVAL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACGSzBXKONo   POLARI https://yourdandi.co.uk/polari-the-secret-gay-language/   BOOTSTRAP PARADOX EXPLAINED https://www.astronomytrek.com/the-bootstrap-paradox-explained/#google_vignette Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Matt Brown

Topics covered

• robot movies
• The Terminator
• film analysis
• science fiction
• humanoid robots
• pop culture

Keywords

• The Terminator
• robot movies
• humanoid robots
• film analysis
• science fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC, Boston Dynamics, Astronomy Trek

Books & works: THE TERMINATOR, A Bucket of Blood, Polari

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