Category Archives: Robots

The Virtues of Recycling: Resiklo

Posted on Friday, March 13, 2009 by Robert Hood

In Hollywood, considering its current obsession with doing remakes, recycling hasn’t proven an unmitigated success. So a recent film from the Philippines is taking a different tack. Resiklo [aka Recycle] (Philippines-2007; dir. Mark A. Reyes) may be recycling tropes as … Continue reading →

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Mechabusters

Posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009 by Robert Hood

We haven’t had a giant monster commercial for a while. So here’s a new one, hot off the presses (well, last month). Very appropriate in this year of the really big robots. Cool, eh? And, no, it’s not an ad … Continue reading →

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Live Action Robot Taekwon V

Posted on Sunday, March 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

The “Super Robot” genre of Japanese anime arguably began with with Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s 1956 manga Tetsujin 28-go, which was subsequently animated in 1963 and released abroad as Gigantor. But it was Mazinger Z, created by Go Nagai in manga and … Continue reading →

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Wings over Apocalypse

Posted on Friday, February 6, 2009 by Robert Hood

An apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic scifi romance inspired by Japanese animation, specifically the mecha-based form of it? That’s Archangel Alpha, which is currently filming and looks rather interesting. Archangel Alpha (US-[in production]; dir. Aaron D. Martin) Synopsis: Archangel Alpha is a sci-fi war … Continue reading →

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Update: Tuatara

Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2009 by Robert Hood

A while back, we brought up the subject of a fascinating stop-motion scifi project named Tuatara (which you can read about here), wondering whether the long-fomenting ambitions of its creator (“Michael S.”) were likely to be coming to fruition any … Continue reading →

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Jeff Boddy and the Giant Robots

Posted on Thursday, January 8, 2009 by Robert Hood

Today, Undead Backbrain brings you proof of a dire plot! A few years ago, in the depths of Ohio, an evil genius named Jeff Boddy began making giant robots. They took varied form, some even looking like… well, houses with … Continue reading →

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A Great Big Robot Ate My Homework

Posted on Monday, December 15, 2008 by Robert Hood

And now, a short animated film (A Great Big Robot Ate My Homework) by Mark Shirra, featuring a great big robot: The robot in this short film (U.N.E.D – Story about the brain-washed robot) is, though less giant, much more … Continue reading →

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Potential Name Change

Posted on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

Thanks to an online anagram program, I’m thinking I should adopt this anagram of my name: Robot Horde. Perfect! If I put in my full name a lot of stuff turns up, but I rather like Extra Bold Wormhole…. (Let’s … Continue reading →

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Computer-Generated Astro Boy

Posted on Sunday, December 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

Machines re-producing machines? Isn’t that the beginning of the End of Mankind As We Know It? Here is a teaser trailer for the new Astro Boy movie, a computer-generated feature made in the US under the auspices of Imagi Animation … Continue reading →

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More on Terminator: Salvation

Posted on Saturday, December 6, 2008 by Robert Hood

Just a few Terminator: Salvation teasers in passing. Below is the new poster (at rest) … but click here to see it as it was meant to be seen (in motion). Doing the rounds is also a segment of America’s … Continue reading →

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