Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we're reposting our episode on the multi-Golden Globe winning Oppenheimer. We know it doesn't have any robots in but the film deals with a subject that has cast a long shadow over the robot films of the 1950s and 60s. There are no spoilers, just in case you haven't seen it.
WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.
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NOTES
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN - DOWNWINDERS
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nuclear-testing-downwinders-speak-about-history-and-fear/
PBS DOC “DOWNWINDERS AND THE RADIOACTIVE WEST”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUk-uOaOCuU
TRUMAN FELT HE HAD TO DO IT
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/04/harry-truman-grandson-hiroshima-nuclear-atom-bomb
HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY: DECISION TO DROP ATOMIC BOMB
https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/decision-drop-atomic-bomb
WHO HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS?
https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclearweaponswhohaswhat
THE TZAR BOMBA: TOO BIG TO USE
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170816-the-monster-atomic-bomb-that-was-too-big-to-use
OPPENHEIMER: DESTROYER OF WORLDS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb13ynu3Iac
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