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September 8th, 2014: Forbidden Planet (1956)

Sep8 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Play, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Robots, Sci-Fi, Space Travel, The Original Tagged Anne Francis, Best Effects-Best Special Effects Nominee, comedic robot, dated gender roles, Earl Holliman, Jack Kelly, James Best, Les Tremayne, Leslie Nieslen, Marvin Miller, MGM, overbearing father, Richard Anderson, Robby the Robot, Robert Dix, robot servant, scientists, space exploration, Walter Pidegon, William Shakespeare

September 6th, 2014: Sins of the Fleshapoids

Sep6 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Apocalypse, Arthouse, Comedy, Dark Future, Drama, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, Short, Spoof Tagged "they blew it up", biblical allusion, Bob Cowan, George Kuchar, homage, killer robots, low-budget, Mike Kuchar, New York City, nuclear war, post-apocalyptic, robot servant, robots, sexy robots, underground films

July 25th, 2014: Mekagojira no Gyakushu aka Terror of Mechagodzilla

Jul25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Dinosaurs, Drama, Event Film, Kaiju, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Tragedy, War with Aliens Tagged "I can't love you, "sound defeats the monster", Akihiko Hirata, Akira Ifukube, aliens from a dying world, Bad Dubbing, black hole, cuts in U.S. version, cyborg, daughter, dinosaurs, disgraced scientist, father, father-daughter relationship, femme fatale, Godzilla, Godzilla noir, gojira, Goro Mutsumi, Henry G. Saperstein, I'm a cyborg", Interpol, Ishiro Honda, Japan, JDF, Kenji Sahara, mad scientist, Mechagodzilla, prison, prison break, prisoner, scientists, silver space man jumpsuit, sonar, sonic weapon, submarine, suicide, superhero Godzilla, Toho, Tomoyuki Tanaka

July 17th, 2014: Godzilla vs. Megalon

Jul17 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Dinosaurs, Giant Insects, Kaiju, Lost World, Robots, Sci-Fi, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged annoying children, Bad Dubbing, dam, Drive-In, giant robot, Gigan, Godzilla, Homoerotic, inventors, Japan, Jet Jaguar, Jun Fukuda, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Lemuria, lost city, matinee, Megalon, motorcycle, Mu, rip-off, Robert Dunham, robots, scientists, Seatopia, Shinichi Sekizawa, Showa Series, suitmation, superhero Godzilla, Takeshi Kimura, the declining years, Toho, Tomoyuki Tanaka, underwater civilization

July 22nd, 2014: The World’s End (2013)

Jun22 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Aliens, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, Spoof, War with Aliens Tagged bar, bar fight, Bill Nighy, body snatchers, Britain, car dealer, co-production, Cornetto Trilogy, David Bradley, Edgar Wright, Focus Features, gentrification, Japan, Martin Freeman, Michael Smiley, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Pierce Brosnan, pub, pub crawl, rehab, Relativity Media, reunion, robots, Rosamund Pike, Simon Pegg, Universal Pictures, Working Title Films

December 27th, 2013: Denjin Zaborgar aka Karate-Robo Zaborger

Dec27 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a TV Show, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Robots, Sci-Fi, Spoof, Superheroes, Tokatsu Tagged "...years later...", bad taste, brothers, cops, corrupt politicians, cyborg, father-daughter relationship, father-son relationship, giant robot, goofy monster suit, gore, Hiroyuki Wantanabe, homage, Japan, karate, motorcycle, Naoto Takenaka, Nikkatsu, Noboru Iguchi, scientists, sins of the father, transformable robot, twins

July 18th, 2013: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Jul18 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Black and White, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged 20th Century Fox, alien ultimatum, Bernard Hermann, Christ figure, Hugh Marlowe, Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Robert Wise, robot servant, Sam Jaffe, shoot first

July 17th, 2013: R.O.T.O.R.

Jul17 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Dark Future, Independent, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Bad Dubbing, bad narration, breaking the fourth wall, cash-in, comedic janitor, comedic robot, covenience store robbery, cowboys, dubbed, hostage situation, it's not over, killer robots, low-budget, musical interlude, narration, needed waterproof make-up, Odious Comic Relief, racism, ranch, rip-off, scientists, step-n-fetch-it, Texas

July 5th, 2013: Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster

Jul5 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Horror, Independent, Monster, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, War with Aliens Tagged "Mars Needs Women", alien nuclear war, Allied Artists, androids, Bruce Glover, Drive-In, James Karen, killer robots, low-budget, Mars, Martians, NASA, nuclear war, princess, Puerto Rico, rocket launch, scientists, space race, spaceship crash, stock footage, teens

March 7th, 2013: King Kong Escapes

Mar7 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in Adventure, Dinosaurs, Espionage, Event Film, Giant Animals, Giant Apes, Kaiju, Lost World, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "apes love blondes", Akira Ifukube, Akira Takarada, apes, Arthur Rankin Jr, cash-in, co-production, doppelganger, Eiji Tsuburaya, Eisei Amamoto, goofy monster suit, gorilla suit, Ishiro Honda, Japan, killer robots, King Kong, Mie Hama, Paul Frees, Rankin/Bass Productions, Rhodes Reason, robot servant, scientists, submarine, suitmation, T-Rex, the declining years, Toho, Tokyo, Tomoyuki Tanaka, uncharted island, United Nations

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