Movie Droids,
The question we have from last week is how can that movie that features a giant robot dick chainsaw be so slow and boring. The answer is probably “low budget 80’s special effects” But there were so many thumbs up from everybody in this movie that I have to give it credit for that. I think the major message is that women may talk a big game but will instantly crumble under the slightest pressure, AM I RIGHT, HIGH FIVE, Thumbs UP! WHOOOOOOOO TEX! and then it just fucking ends, all friends again, thumbs up.
I pin all my hopes and dreams for a giant robot movie on Pacific Rim 2: Robot Joxstraps.
This week Chris has chosen “Forbidden World” from 1982 which from what I watched of the trailer looks like an Amazing 80’s sci-fi horror movie. I also went ahead and downloaded “Forbidden Worlds” from 1988 which I’m pretty sure is a classic adult movie. Which one will I play? Tune in at 8:30 Tonight and Find out.
-Mark
I’ve never seen Specific Rim Job, I guess I can give Robot Jox a pass on its shitty effects because of the time period in which it was made. Crash & Burn fellas 🖒
Q
Robot Jox is a 1990 American post-apocalyptic science-fiction film directed by Stuart Gordon and starring Gary Graham, Anne-Marie Johnson and Paul Koslo. Co-written by science-fiction author Joe Haldeman, the film's plot follows Achilles, one of the "robot jox" who pilot giant machines that fight international battles to settle territorial disputes in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world.
After producer Charles Band approved Gordon's initial concept, the director approached Haldeman to write the script. Gordon and Haldeman clashed frequently over the film's tone and intended audience. Principal photography finished in Rome in 1987, but the bankruptcy of Band's Empire Pictures delayed the film's release in theaters until 1990. It earned $1,272,977 in domestic theatrical gross, failing to return its production cost. Robot Jox received negative critical response and little audience attention upon its first theatrical run, but it has recently attracted some critical praise. The film has been released on various home video formats, most recently on Blu-ray in July 2015.
