4. THE FIRST GOLDEN AGE (Part 2)

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. In today's episode we luxuriate in the 1930s and look at FLASH GORDON and UNDERSEA KINGDOM. Hosted by writer and broadcaster, Matt Brown and Stephen Murray, senior lecturer in TV, Film & Journalism at Teeside University.

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

Notes

Landmarks in special effects

https://listverse.com/2016/11/16/10-early-special-effects-that-made-movie-magic/

 

Ming’s Modern Major General

I am the very model of Ming’s modern Major General

I must not anger Ming because his loyalty’s ephemeral

I wear tight fitting armour making me look quite historical

But thankfully not pants like Flash which make him look hysterical

 

Fred Barton Robot Maker

http://the-robotman.com/

 

Star Trek Voyager Undersea Kingdom robot makes an appearance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWVrvt4WuIM

The Yellow Peril: Chinese Representation in Hollywood Films by Robert Parungao

https://ubcatlas.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/2005-parungao.pdf

Racism in Early American Films

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_early_American_film#East_Asian

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