Category Archives: Robots

Update: Attackazoids, Deploy!

Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 by Robert Hood

As promised, here are the first images from Brian Lonano’s Attackzoids! sequel, Attackzoids, Deploy! — which is currently in production. “We just completed some second unit shots before tackling the principal photography in January,” director Lonano told the Backbrain. “Piece … Continue reading →

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Giant Robots Under Development

Posted on Sunday, November 16, 2008 by Robert Hood

What if you could have your own custom-designed giant robot made to order? What would it be like? What would you do with it? A fascinating and awesomely cool project is underway that helps 20 kids answer these and other … Continue reading →

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At Last, The War

Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 by Robert Hood

Personally, I found Terminator 3 rather ordinary — a reaction to the senseless and repetitious action sequences that was exacerbated by a desire to see the future war, not another iteration of a back-from-the-future Terminator hunt down. Making the Terminator … Continue reading →

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Chinese Giant Robots

Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2008 by Robert Hood

Starved for giant robot movies, while we await the arrival of Transformers 2? Well, it seems Hong Kong director Jeffrey Lau will begin shooting a Transformers-inspired giant robot epic called Robot later this month. Fond of including scifi moments into … Continue reading →

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Robots and Dragons

Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 by Robert Hood

Two new releases from current exploitation leaders The Asylum (whose mandate seems to be to rush into production cheap films with titles that echo upcoming major releases or which cash in on box-office trends, even if the plots are completely … Continue reading →

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Update: Attackazoids, Deploy!

Posted on Friday, October 10, 2008 by Robert Hood

Brian Lonano, the man behind the elegant short SF fascist-state robot invasion film Attackazoids, has just written to me to confirm that they are indeed planning on another installment in the ATTACKAZOIDS series. He says that it will (hopefully) be … Continue reading →

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Attackazoids Trailer!

Posted on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

We just noticed that there seems to be a trailer for the short robot-invasion film Attackazoids available. It includes some cool scenes, such as this one: Have a look at it on the official website. I notice that there is also … Continue reading →

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Oh, No! Not Another Chosen One

Posted on Thursday, October 2, 2008 by Robert Hood

Seen one Chosen One, seen ’em all? I don’t think so. Have a look at this one! The Chosen One (US-2008; animation; dir. Chris Lackey) Here are two trailers: The Story: Lou Hanske’s having a hell of a day … … Continue reading →

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Sentient Vacuum Cleaners Attack!

Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2008 by Robert Hood

Oversexed Rugsuckers From Mars (US-1989; dir. Michael Paul Girard) I don’t have a lot to say about this, except… well, it was the ’80s… Tiny Martians use Earth as a laboratory to try out new life forms. They return after … Continue reading →

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G: Where Did This Come From?

Posted on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 by Robert Hood

I don’t know what this is, or who directed it — but in the fashion of the time it seems to have the code-like title [G], which — when applied to a giant monster movie — automatically evokes the spectre … Continue reading →

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