Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we examine the iconic robot GORT from The Day The Earth Stood Still.
WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.
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NOTES
The Day the Earth Stood Still Trailer (1951)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51JoEE_znyI
The Day the Earth Stood Still Trailer (2008)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abTYs6s1pdI
Klaatu Barada Nikto Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaatu_barada_nikto
Ghost Rockets in 1946
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_rockets
What Really Happened at Roswell?
https://www.history.com/news/roswell-ufo-aliens-what-happened
The McMinnville Flying Saucers
https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2015/05/past_tense_oregon_ufo_photos_t.html
The Theramin
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201111-the-theremin-the-strangest-instrument-ever-invented
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