Robot Monster

29 Aug 2016 · 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy

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B-Movies, Elmer Bernstein, Terrible Costumes, Repurposed Footage, stuff!!!!!

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Doctor Who and the Daleks
21 Sep 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
Peter Cushing is... Doctor Who!!!!
We look at how television programs end up as movies, and about the influence of Doctor Who on science fiction.
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La Jette
21 Sep 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
An incredible film comprised almost entirely of still images, and one that has significantly influenced everything that has followed in the world of Science Fiction!
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Mothra
21 Sep 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
KAIJU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
21 Sep 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
One of the most influential science fiction films of the 1950s, and one that was just flat-out awesome!
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Forbidden Planet
16 Sep 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
One of the most impressive of all science fiction films of the 1950s, we look at a lot of different aspects of Forbidden Planet!
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The Day The Sky Exploded
16 Sep 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
Italian Science Fiction? Sure!
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Plan 9 from Outer Space
15 Sep 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
The only movie improved by Colorization and 3D, Plan 9 is bad, but there's something to it!
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Duck Dogers and the 24 1/2th Century!
31 Aug 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
A legendary Warner Brothers cartoon that actually deals with a ton of science fiction theories.
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Mars & Beyond
29 Aug 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
A documentary on the possibilities of Mars that also happens to be a wonderful commentary on Science Fiction of the 1950s! Plus, PAUL FREES!!!!!
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Robot Monster
29 Aug 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
B-Movies, Elmer Bernstein, Terrible Costumes, Repurposed Footage, stuff!!!!!
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Rocketship X-M
15 Aug 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
A wonderfully flawed film starring Lloyd Bridges kicks off our look at the science fiction films of the 1950s!
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Aerograd
15 Aug 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
We look at a 1935 Soviet Science Fiction film that presents the best flight footage of all-time!
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52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy - The Phantom Empire
8 Aug 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
This is a terrible Western/Science Fiction film starring Gene Autry. If it's so terrible, why include it? Well, it tells us so much about the times! The role of serials, the idea of the Mash-up (decades before it got that name), and the limitations of the form all combine in this episode!!!
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52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy - Frankenstein
4 Aug 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
One of the most significant of all the early sound films. One of the most significant of all literary adaptations. One of the most significant films Universal ever made. One of the most significant films. We look at James Whale's Frankenstein, and what it meant to the path of science fiction film.
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Metropolis
2 Aug 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
Possibly the most important of all Silent Films, Metropolis is Fritz Lang's absolute masterpiece! Also, I talk about San Jose's housing market.
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1920)
2 Aug 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
John Barrymore. The man could act! This is a look at the silent version of one of the most re-imagined works in English Science Fiction history!
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A Message from Mars (1913, UK)
28 Jul 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
Perhaps the first Science Fiction feature film in the UK, the 1913 re-imagining of A Christmas Carol is a silent film that explores the cold dead heart of a selfish man as it's re-heated. Perhaps influenced by the early Social Issues films that were popping up both in the US and UK, and most likely influencing them, it's a film with a soul and a lot of what we look for when we watch early silents.
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A Trip to the Moon
27 Jul 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
Some call it the first Science Fiction, and it is certainly the most important film in the first fifty years of SciFi! Hear the thoughts on it, and a bit of summation!
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Introduction
27 Jul 2016· 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy
Why am I doing this? Didn't I do this already? Is it REALLY worth talking about B-Pictures? You'll find out!!!
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