Category Archives: Robots

Attackazoids! and Brian Lonano

Posted on Monday, June 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

Attackazoids! is a short SF film that offers a 7-minute, impressionistic glimpse into a world invaded by an army of giant war machines. Its clear, well-imagined visuals and tight direction go a long way toward suggesting much more than the … Continue reading →

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Doctor Grordbort’s Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory (Catalogue Edition)

Posted on Monday, June 16, 2008 by Robert Hood

A catalogue of wondtabulous merchandise has just become available. Produced by the good folk at WETA studios (SFX creators for such films as Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong), in conjunction with Dark Horse Books, it … Continue reading →

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Brief Discoveries

Posted on Saturday, June 7, 2008 by Robert Hood

• Archangel Alpha (US-[in production, 2008]; dir. Aaron D. Martin) Information is starting to trickle out about this post-apocalyptic film, which is apparently inspired by Japanese anime, especially of the mecha kind. Archangel Alpha is a sci-fi war story of … Continue reading →

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Update: 20th Century Boys

Posted on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

Remember we first caught a hint of 20-seiki shônen [aka 20th Century Boys] (Japan-2008; dir. Yukihiko Tsutsumi) back in April? Well, a new trailer has appeared in the blogsphere and it’s nearly 4 minutes long. The giant robot is still … Continue reading →

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New: Attackazoids!

Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

This image sequence is from Attackazoids! — a short film from director Brian Lonano and Robot Hand Films. Brian and Co. have produced a few short, bloody, surreal films, including Electrical Skeletal, which you can watch in its entirety on … Continue reading →

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New: 20th Century Boys

Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2008 by Robert Hood

Though I’m not entirely sure what it is, it looks big, robotic and partial to destruction. At any rate we get a momentary glimpse of it in the trailer for the upcoming live-action film of Naoki Urasawa’s manga 20-seiki shônen … Continue reading →

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The Tripods Return!

Posted on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

In 1984 the BBC produced a children’s sci-fi series based on John Christopher’s The Tripods Trilogy: The White Mountains (1967), The City of Gold and Lead (1967), and The Pool of Fire (1968). The show, called simply The Tripods, has … Continue reading →

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The Robo-Revolution Continues…

Posted on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 by Robert Hood

Or perhaps it’s the Takeover of the Toy Franchises that’s continuing… The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the Wow Wee’s Robosapien remote-controlled robot line is about to be fictionalised on celluloid by writers Avi Arad and Max Botkin. To be … Continue reading →

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Friggin’ Huge Giant Robot!

Posted on Saturday, April 5, 2008 by Robert Hood

The latest (unofficial?) word on Transformers 2 is that it will feature an enemy from the old cartoons that was formed from not one, not two, but six smaller giant robots: Scrapper, Bonecrusher, Scavenger, Mixmaster, Hook and Long Haul. For … Continue reading →

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Update: Recycled Robots

Posted on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Resiklo website has been updated, with lots of pictures and heaps of reviews. What is Resiklo, I hear you ask? Resiklo [aka Re-Cycle] (Philippines-2007; dir. Mark A. Reyes) It’s a tale of alien invasion and the ragtag human defense … Continue reading →

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