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The Good Robot Andys (ogg)s13e04 Top Horror Films of the 21st Century, 2009 – The Good Robot AndysThe Andys go through the best and most influential horror movies of the 21st century (so far). Contrasting films this time: Antichrist (which divided critics), and District 9, which we both loved.
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2026-02-1255 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s13e04 Top Horror Films of the 21st Century, 2009 – The Good Robot AndysThe Andys go through the best and most influential horror movies of the 21st century (so far). Contrasting films this time: Antichrist (which divided critics), and District 9, which we both loved.
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2026-02-1255 minThe Good Robot Andys (ogg)s13e01 Heretic – The Good Robot AndysAndy C tells clueless Andy B about a cracking horror movie called Heretic. It’s all about religion, featuring an atheist who won’t shut up, but really it’s just scary and features excellent set design and photography. The Andys briefly skirt around whether it’s sexist or calling out sexism and draw no useful conclusions.
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2025-11-1145 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s13e01 Heretic – The Good Robot AndysAndy C tells clueless Andy B about a cracking horror movie called Heretic. It’s all about religion, featuring an atheist who won’t shut up, but really it’s just scary and features excellent set design and photography. The Andys briefly skirt around whether it’s sexist or calling out sexism and draw no useful conclusions.
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2025-11-1145 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s12e12 Top Horror Films of the 21st Century, 2008 – The Good Robot AndysThe Andys go through the best and most influential horror movies of the 21st century (so far). Two absolute crackers this time: Cloverfield, Let the Right One In. As usual, there are some uninformed TV recommendations, and some very uninformed Ozzy Osborne chat.
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2025-07-291h 00The Good Robot Andys (ogg)s12e12 Top Horror Films of the 21st Century, 2008 – The Good Robot AndysThe Andys go through the best and most influential horror movies of the 21st century (so far). Two absolute crackers this time: Cloverfield, Let the Right One In. As usual, there are some uninformed TV recommendations, and some very uninformed Ozzy Osborne chat.
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2025-07-291h 00The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s12e11 Top Horror Films of the 21st Century, 2007 – The Good Robot AndysThe Andys go through the best and most influential horror movies of the 21st century (so far). A bumper crop this time: 28 Weeks Later, I Am Legend, The Orphanage, Paranormal Activity, Rec. There’s also lots of gossip, including some vague James Bond stuff.
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2025-07-151h 11The Good Robot Andys (ogg)s12e11 Top Horror Films of the 21st Century, 2007 – The Good Robot AndysThe Andys go through the best and most influential horror movies of the 21st century (so far). A bumper crop this time: 28 Weeks Later, I Am Legend, The Orphanage, Paranormal Activity, Rec. There’s also lots of gossip, including some vague James Bond stuff.
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2025-07-151h 11The Good Robot Andys (ogg)s12e07 Top Horror Films of the 21st Century, 2006 – The Good Robot AndysThe Andys go through the best and most influential horror movies of the 21st century (so far). This time: The Host, Requiem, The Wicker Man (no, not the good one) and Pan’s Labyrinth. There’s also a tribute to Gene Hackman and some Oscars gossip.
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2025-03-1135 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s12e07 Top Horror Films of the 21st Century, 2006 – The Good Robot AndysThe Andys go through the best and most influential horror movies of the 21st century (so far). This time: The Host, Requiem, The Wicker Man (no, not the good one) and Pan’s Labyrinth. There’s also a tribute to Gene Hackman and some Oscars gossip.
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2025-03-1159 minThe Good Robot Andys (ogg)s12e06 Top Horror Films of the 21st Century, 2005 – The Good Robot AndysThe Andys go through the best and most influential horror movies of the 21st century (so far). This time: The Descent, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Land of the Dead. Andy B thinks Land of the Dead was “surprisingly alright” but Andy C has more intelligent things to say about it.
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2025-02-111h 13The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s12e06 Top Horror Films of the 21st Century, 2005 – The Good Robot AndysThe Andys go through the best and most influential horror movies of the 21st century (so far). This time: The Descent, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Land of the Dead. Andy B thinks Land of the Dead was “surprisingly alright” but Andy C has more intelligent things to say about it.
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2025-02-111h 13The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s12e05 David Lynch, and Top Horror Films of the 21st Century, 2004 – The Good Robot AndysThe Andys remember David Lynch and go through the best and most influential horror movies of the 21st century (so far). This time: Dawn of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead and The Village. You should really watch Shaun of the Dead, but if you don’t like gore, we can tell you what you’re missing out on.
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2025-01-281h 13The Good Robot Andys (ogg)s12e05 David Lynch, and Top Horror Films of the 21st Century, 2004 – The Good Robot AndysThe Andys remember David Lynch and go through the best and most influential horror movies of the 21st century (so far). This time: Dawn of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead and The Village. You should really watch Shaun of the Dead, but if you don’t like gore, we can tell you what you’re missing out on.
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2025-01-281h 13The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s12e04 Top Horror Films of the 21st Century, 2002 – The Good Robot AndysThe Andys go through the best and most influential horror movies of the 21st century (so far). This time: 28 Days Later, Dark Water, Dog Soldiers and Blade II. Get all the goss and some TV recommendations directly into your ears without having to actually watch anything at all!
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2025-01-141h 05The Good Robot Andys (ogg)s12e04 Top Horror Films of the 21st Century, 2002 – The Good Robot AndysThe Andys go through the best and most influential horror movies of the 21st century (so far). This time: 28 Days Later, Dark Water, Dog Soldiers and Blade II. Get all the goss and some TV recommendations directly into your ears without having to actually watch anything at all!
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2025-01-141h 05The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s12e03 Top Horror Films of the 21st Century, 2001 – The Good Robot AndysThe Andys go through the best and most influential horror movies of the 21st century (so far). This time: Mulholland Drive, The Others and The Devil’s Backbone. Find out what you should say about these films at a dinner party without ever having to actually watch them!
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2024-11-1953 minThe Good Robot Andys (ogg)s12e03 Top Horror Films of the 21st Century, 2001 – The Good Robot AndysThe Andys go through the best and most influential horror movies of the 21st century (so far). This time: Mulholland Drive, The Others and The Devil’s Backbone. Find out what you should say about these films at a dinner party without ever having to actually watch them!
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2024-11-1953 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s11e06 Fleishman Is in Trouble – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Fleishman Is in Trouble. AndyB has unexpectedly seen this, meaning the two AndyC has a co-enthuser. Both Andys loved this empathy-expanding series that starts out looking like a typical male-point-of-view wish fulfilment exercise and ends up teaching us a little empathy.
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2024-03-121h 03The Good Robot Andys (ogg)s11e06 Fleishman Is in Trouble – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Fleishman Is in Trouble. AndyB has unexpectedly seen this, meaning the two AndyC has a co-enthuser. Both Andys loved this empathy-expanding series that starts out looking like a typical male-point-of-view wish fulfilment exercise and ends up teaching us a little empathy.
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2024-03-121h 03The Good Robot Andys (ogg)s11e05 Dune: Part 2 – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Dune: Part 2. The Andys are together in person and are joined by Harry and Ben to discuss just how blown away they are by the second part of the Dune series, which they just watched on the big old screen at the IMAX.
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2024-03-1100 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s11e05 Dune: Part 2 – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Dune: Part 2. The Andys are together in person and are joined by Harry and Ben to discuss just how blown away they are by the second part of the Dune series, which they just watched on the big old screen at the IMAX.
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2024-03-1100 minThe Good Robot Andys (ogg)s10e06 Avatar: The Way of Water – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Avatar: The Way of Water. The Andys are together in person again, having just returned from the IMAX cinema. They quite enjoyed it, despite it fulfilling their expectations. What they didn’t expect were the clunky switches between different shots. (They discovered later that this may have been caused by changes in frame rate.)
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2023-01-2331 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s10e06 Avatar: The Way of Water – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Avatar: The Way of Water. The Andys are together in person again, having just returned from the IMAX cinema. They quite enjoyed it, despite it fulfilling their expectations. What they didn’t expect were the clunky switches between different shots. (They discovered later that this may have been caused by changes in frame rate.)
The Good Robot Andys podcasts and web site by Andy Balaam and Andy Cockerill are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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2023-01-2344 minThe Good Robot Andys (ogg)s10e03 Elvis – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Elvis. Andy B is not really interested in Elvis but Andy C manages to persuade him that this intense biopic with amazingly charismatic musical sequences is worth putting on his list.
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2022-10-1000 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s10e03 Elvis – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Elvis. Andy B is not really interested in Elvis but Andy C manages to persuade him that this intense biopic with amazingly charismatic musical sequences is worth putting on his list.
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2022-10-1027 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s10e02 Cellular Automata – The Good Robot AndysA tech takeover this week with special guest Fran Buontempo talking about Cellular Automata – a cool techie toy for exploring the links between computation, complexity and life, or at the very least a sort-of interesting way of generating some moving patterns.
Those promised links:
How to code your way out of a paper bag – Fran’s book on all kinds of AI stuff
Cellular automaton on Wikipedia. Also check out Conway’s Game of Life.
Cellular Automata at Stanford – very in-depth CA info
Wolfram’s Cellular Automata page – nice diagrams of 1-d CAs
Interactive Conway’s Game of Life – A...
2022-09-2750 minThe Good Robot Andys (ogg)s10e02 Cellular Automata – The Good Robot AndysA tech takeover this week with special guest Fran Buontempo talking about Cellular Automata – a cool techie toy for exploring the links between computation, complexity and life, or at the very least a sort-of interesting way of generating some moving patterns.
Those promised links:
How to code your way out of a paper bag – Fran’s book on all kinds of AI stuff
Cellular automaton on Wikipedia. Also check out Conway’s Game of Life.
Cellular Automata at Stanford – very in-depth CA info
Wolfram’s Cellular Automata page – nice diagrams of 1-d CAs
Interactive Conway’s Game of Life – A...
2022-09-2750 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s10e01 Sorry to Bother You – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Sorry to Bother You. Andy B thinks it’s a 50’s comedy with Buster Keaton, but Andy C explains it’s a surreal, political, funny sci-fi that goes straight onto Andy B’s must-watch list.
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2022-09-1200 minThe Good Robot Andys (ogg)s10e01 Sorry to Bother You – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Sorry to Bother You. Andy B thinks it’s a 50’s comedy with Buster Keaton, but Andy C explains it’s a surreal, political, funny sci-fi that goes straight onto Andy B’s must-watch list.
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2022-09-1200 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e17 Last Night in Soho – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Last Night in Soho. Andy B thinks it’s an arty film with glass and candles or something, but Andy C explains it’s a surprisingly grown-up psychological horror from Edgar Wright.
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2022-08-2200 minThe Good Robot Andys (ogg)s09e17 Last Night in Soho – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Last Night in Soho. Andy B thinks it’s an arty film with glass and candles or something, but Andy C explains it’s a surprisingly grown-up psychological horror from Edgar Wright.
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2022-08-2200 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e16 Paul Thomas Anderson – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion of the films of Paul Thomas Anderson. If you’re new to them, Andy C recommends starting with Boogie Nights, and recommends that Andy B should watch Punch-Drunk Love.
Those promised links:
The Last Days of August – Podcast by Jon Ronson
Vim for Fun – talk by Andy B about his favourite text editor
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2022-07-051h 16The Good Robot Andys (ogg)s09e16 Paul Thomas Anderson – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion of the films of Paul Thomas Anderson. If you’re new to them, Andy C recommends starting with Boogie Nights, and recommends that Andy B should watch Punch-Drunk Love.
Those promised links:
The Last Days of August – Podcast by Jon Ronson
Vim for Fun – talk by Andy B about his favourite text editor
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2022-07-051h 16The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e15 Licorice Pizza – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Licorice Pizza. Andy B pretty much nails his prediction that it’s a cooky period coming-of-age comedy, but then what else does Andy C watch these days anyway?
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2022-06-0750 minThe Good Robot Andys (ogg)s09e15 Licorice Pizza – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Licorice Pizza. Andy B pretty much nails his prediction that it’s a cooky period coming-of-age comedy, but then what else does Andy C watch these days anyway?
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2022-06-0750 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e14 The Walking Dead season 11 ep9-16 – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of The Walking Dead Season 11 “tranche 2” (episodes 9-16). Andy B mostly rants about things he didn’t like but Andy C convinces him it was still pretty pretty good, and better than tranche 1.
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2022-05-161h 21The Good Robot Andys (ogg)s09e14 The Walking Dead season 11 ep9-16 – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of The Walking Dead Season 11 “tranche 2” (episodes 9-16). Andy B mostly rants about things he didn’t like but Andy C convinces him it was still pretty pretty good, and better than tranche 1.
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2022-05-161h 01The Good Robot Andys (ogg)s09e13 Malignant – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Malignant. Andy B resisted the temptation to suggest it was a rollicking Disney movie, and went for a creepy horror with insects. Actually, Andy C explains, it is a relatively big film for us, which is an increasingly unhinged horror film about someone who has visions of scary things happening, which then turn out to have happened in real life.
Content warning: discussion of a film featuring domestic abuse, miscarriage and mental illness. Please make sure you are with people who can look after you if those topics are going to cause you...
2022-04-2550 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e13 Malignant – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Malignant. Andy B resisted the temptation to suggest it was a rollicking Disney movie, and went for a creepy horror with insects. Actually, Andy C explains, it is a relatively big film for us, which is an increasingly unhinged horror film about someone who has visions of scary things happening, which then turn out to have happened in real life.
Content warning: discussion of a film featuring domestic abuse, miscarriage and mental illness. Please make sure you are with people who can look after you if those topics are going to cause you...
2022-04-2550 minThe Good Robot Andys (ogg)s09e12 Promising Young Woman – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Promising Young Woman. Andy B was convinced it was a costume drama but Andy C explains it’s a really (really) dark comedy revenge thriller.
Content warning: discussion of rape and suicide. Please make sure you are with people who can look after you if those themes are going to cause you trouble, or feel free to just skip this episode. Look after yourself; you are worth looking after.
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2022-04-0429 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e12 Promising Young Woman – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Promising Young Woman. Andy B was convinced it was a costume drama but Andy C explains it’s a really (really) dark comedy revenge thriller.
Content warning: discussion of rape and suicide. Please make sure you are with people who can look after you if those themes are going to cause you trouble, or feel free to just skip this episode. Look after yourself; you are worth looking after.
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2022-04-041h 03The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e11 First Cow – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of First Cow. Andy B yet again guesses it’s a rollicking Disney adventure, but Andy C explains it’s a pleasurable Slow Cinema ride through an authentic-feeling historical Oregon.
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2022-03-0856 minThe Good Robot Andys (ogg)s09e11 First Cow – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of First Cow. Andy B yet again guesses it’s a rollicking Disney adventure, but Andy C explains it’s a pleasurable Slow Cinema ride through an authentic-feeling historical Oregon.
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2022-03-0843 minThe Good Robot Andys (ogg)s09e10 Censor – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Censor. Andy B thinks it’s an adult animation about two losers who go viral, but Andy C explains it’s a British psychological horror that starts off in the real world of the BBFC offices, and ends up in a weird fantasy/exploitation movie scenario.
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2022-02-0852 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e10 Censor – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Censor. Andy B thinks it’s an adult animation about two losers who go viral, but Andy C explains it’s a British psychological horror that starts off in the real world of the BBFC offices, and ends up in a weird fantasy/exploitation movie scenario.
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2022-02-081h 08The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e09 In the Earth – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of In the Earth. Andy B thinks it’s a mockumentary about worms that turns supernatural, but Andy C explains it’s an excellent folk horror/psychedelic horror with foot grue and amazing sound design. And maybe it says something about our fearful and combative relationship with nature.
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2022-01-2452 minThe Good Robot Andys (ogg)s09e09 In the Earth – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of In the Earth. Andy B thinks it’s a mockumentary about worms that turns supernatural, but Andy C explains it’s an excellent folk horror/psychedelic horror with foot grue and amazing sound design. And maybe it says something about our fearful and combative relationship with nature.
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2022-01-2440 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e08 The Matrix Resurrections – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of The Matrix Resurrections. It’s hard to over-state how important The Matrix was to AndyB at an influential age – how will this episode hold up? Were there enough exploding helicopters to keep AndyC happy?
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2022-01-101h 18The Good Robot Andys (ogg)s09e08 The Matrix Resurrections – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of The Matrix Resurrections. It’s hard to over-state how important The Matrix was to AndyB at an influential age – how will this episode hold up? Were there enough exploding helicopters to keep AndyC happy?
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2022-01-1023 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e07 Midnight Mass – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Midnight Mass. Andy B thinks it’s a sequel to Calvary but Andy C explains it’s the Stephen King book Stephen King never wrote, about a supernatural evil done to parishioners by abuse of religious power.
That Christmas-present-perfect art by Danni Cockerill is at CockerillArt on Society 6.
Those podcasts Andy B mentioned are:
The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill
Liz Pattison & Jim Robinson – Surviving Death
Justice Worriers (Andy B’s other podcast)
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2021-11-1558 minThe Good Robot Andys (ogg)s09e07 Midnight Mass – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Midnight Mass. Andy B thinks it’s a sequel to Calvary but Andy C explains it’s the Stephen King book Stephen King never wrote, about a supernatural evil done to parishioners by abuse of religious power.
That Christmas-present-perfect art by Danni Cockerill is at CockerillArt on Society 6.
Those podcasts Andy B mentioned are:
The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill
Liz Pattison & Jim Robinson – Surviving Death
Justice Worriers (Andy B’s other podcast)
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2021-11-1558 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e06 The Walking Dead season 11 – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of The Walking Dead season 11. They still love it, but it does seem a little tired. Nice to see the tension between Maggie and Negan though.
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2021-11-0233 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e05 Dune – The Good Robot AndysNon-spoilery discussion of Dune. For the first time in ages, Andy B and Andy C are in the same place, making their discussion more natural, and their sound quality lower. They have a wandering, non-spoilery discussion just a couple of hours after watching Dune, meaning they are flushed with emotion and have mainly unsophisticated opinions.
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2021-11-0133 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e04 The Handmaid’s Tale season 4 – The Good Robot AndysJoined by our very special guest Hannah Dunleavy off that Standard Issue podcast, we discuss, with many spoilers, season 4 of The Handmaid’s Tale. We cover all the important topics such as:
Can you actually have too much of looking deeply into Elisabeth Moss’s face while she bears suffering?
What on earth are the programme-makers trying to say, and is it a good thing to be saying?
Could it be something about anger being OK? But surely if so, they would … etc.
Do you identify more with Janine or Commander Lawrence?
Don’t worry – conclusions are drawn....
2021-10-2556 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e03 Possessor – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Possessor, a gruey, scary, creepy horror film about taking over other people’s bodies for evil purposes. Or is it really about how difficult it is to live a double life? Andy B starts off thinking it is somehow related to house repossessions, but Andy C sets him a little closer to the right path.
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2021-09-2037 minThe Good Robot Andys (ogg)s09e02 The Walking Dead s10 – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of The Walking Dead season 10. Both Andys are huge fans of TWD: was season 10 more goodness, or a disappointment? How about the extra episodes filmed during lockdown? Listen for a detailed walkthrough of how the Andys felt about each episode.
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2021-08-161h 32The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e02 The Walking Dead s10 – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of The Walking Dead season 10. Both Andys are huge fans of TWD: was season 10 more goodness, or a disappointment? How about the extra episodes filmed during lockdown? Listen for a detailed walkthrough of how the Andys felt about each episode.
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2021-08-161h 32The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s09e01 Army of the Dead – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Army of the Dead. Andy B suggests it might be a Manga zombie war movie, but Andy C explains it’s an amazing-looking zombie/heist combination movie that is funny, with some excellent characters.
That game Andy B wrote is Rightwaves.
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2021-06-211h 00The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s08e12 Nomadland – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Nomadland. Andy B thinks it’s an Idris Elba chipmunk train adventure, but Andy C explains it’s a window into the world of a woman living life and grief her way, with no beginning, middle or end, which he found uplifting despite how bleak it sounds.
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2021-05-1054 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s08e11 Sound of Metal – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Sound of Metal, as well as quite a lot of cobblers about the Oscars.
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2021-04-261h 00The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s08e10 News of the World – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of News of the World. Andy B thinks it’s a fall-off-the-cliff-of-despair genre moves that starts out like a rom-com about a young journalist navigating newsrooms, but Andy C explains it’s a Western about a former confederate soldier who rescues a lost girl.
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2021-04-1229 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s08e09 Blinded by the Light – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Blinded by the Light. Andy B thinks it’s a far-right religious revelation film ending in the destruction of everyone in the world except the pious few, but Andy C explains it’s a joyous tear-inducing coming-of-age film about an Asian British teenager coping with racism and turbulent family relations through his love of the music of Bruce Springsteen.
Those programming videos by Andy B are: Interesting Characters – about Unicode and character sets, and how surprisingly fun and interesting they are, and What Does the Linker Actually Do for Us? – about the C and C++...
2021-03-291h 05The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s08e08 Saint Maud – The Good Robot AndysContent warning for discussion of a film featuring severe mental health problems and suicide.
Discussion (with spoilers) of Saint Maud. Andy B thinks it’s an Emma Thompson movie about a boarding school but Andy C puts him straight: it’s a heightened drama horror about a woman who believes she is acting on God’s orders and descends into terrible destruction.
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2021-03-1555 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s08e07 Relic – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Relic. Andy B thinks it’s a rollicking Disney adventure about some mice who can breathe under water, which is an interesting commentary on religion, but Andy C explains it’s a subtle horror that explores generational trauma and the pain of caring for someone with dementia.
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2021-03-0247 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s08e06 Encryption – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion of what that little padlock symbol next to a web address means, and some vague suggestions as to how it works. Andy C questions Andy B, who fails to understand and effectively communicates that failure.
For further reading, check out these Wikipedia links:
TLS
Diffie–Hellman key exchange
Double Ratchet Algorithm
Forward secrecy
Signal Protocol
Public-key cryptography
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2021-02-1555 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s08e05 Host – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Host. Andy B basically thinks it’s The Haunting, but it’s not at all: Andy C explains it’s a lockdown-created Lockdown Zoom Horror, British-made and independent.
[Content warning: a couple of brief mentions of suicide.]
That games site Andy B is working on is smolpxl.artificialworlds.net.
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2020-12-0841 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s08e04 Best Scenes – The Good Robot AndysAndy and Andy share some of their favourite scenes from some of their favourite movies.
That podcast by our friends that we think you’ll like is The Disc Dump Podcast. Give it a try!
That games site Andy B is working on is smolpxl.artificialworlds.net.
Those software recommendations were:
Jitsi video conferencing
Audacity sound editor
LMMS music creator
testdisk broken disk recovery program
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2020-11-0956 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s08e03 The Visit – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of The Visit. Andy B thinks it’s a sophisticated thriller starring Michelle Pfeifer, but Andy C explains it’s a fun, short creepy horror from good old M. Night Shyamalan.
That podcast by our friends that we think you’ll like is The Disc Dump Podcast. Give it a try!
That games site Andy B is working on is smolpxl.artificialworlds.net.
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2020-10-2647 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s08e02 Snowpiercer – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Snowpiercer. Andy B thinks it might be a live-action ear-piercing-as-a-metaphor-for-emotional-growth movie set in the Frozen universe, but Andy C patiently explains that it’s a Sci Fi where the last remnants of humanity live on a socially-divided train.
The book of lockdown poems Andy B mentioned is Breathing Space.
That games site Andy B is working on is smolpxl.artificialworlds.net.
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2020-09-2848 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s08e01 Proxima – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Proxima, which is a story about an astronaut overcoming personal circumstances to train for a mission to Mars. Andy B speculates that it features a robot who eats human flesh, but Andy C puts him right: it’s highly recommended because the story is engaging and the performances are excellent.
That games site Andy B is working on is smolpxl.artificialworlds.net.
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2020-09-141h 00The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s07e13 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, which is a story without any nasty surprises about the nice man being horrible, but instead a chance to watch an angry man helped by being shown some kindness and empathy. Apparently it’s not as bad as it sounds.
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2020-07-2053 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s07e12 The Invisible Man – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of The Invisible Man. We love Elisabeth Moss (and, it turns out later, Elisabeth Banks) and this stars her (Banks, that is) as a woman terrorised and gaslighted by a controlling husband who just happens to have invented an invisibility suit. Andy C says it’s good and Andy B seems satisified that it handles the inherent creepiness in a reasonable way.
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2020-07-0700 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s07e11 The Lighthouse – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of The Lighthouse. From the title, Andy B thinks it’s a Finnish water-painted animation, with splashes of colour in the mist, but Andy C explains it’s a tense horror film with a couple of mermaids, but mainly two men stuck in a scary place, losing it.
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2020-06-2252 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s07e10 Denis Villeneuve – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of the films of Denis Villeneuve, notably Prisoners, Enemy, Sicario, Arrival, and Blade Runner 2049. He seems to make dreamy and thoughtful films that are also visually interesting and action-filled enough to be popular.
Check out Andy B’s “other podcast”: Justice Worriers, slogan “Continually worrying about Justice, sometimes from a Christian perspective”.
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2020-06-081h 03The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s07e09 Jacob’s Ladder and Angel Heart – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Jacob’s Ladder and Angel Heart, two films that nearly made it into our series: best horror movies of the 20th century, but Andy C explains the flaws that kept them out.
If you were at all interested in Andy B’s new TODO list program, you can sign up at listsync.artificialworlds.net/ui/signup, or you can help code it at gitlab.com/listsync.
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2020-05-1153 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s07e08 Leave No Trace – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Leave No Trace. Andy B correctly guesses it involves woods, but is otherwise wrong. Andy C explains it’s a story of a father and daughter trying to operate as what they need in their lives begins to diverge. In the woods.
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2020-04-2740 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s07e07 Bait – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Bait. Andy B thinks it’s a mockumentary with a romantic comedy storyline running through it, an idea that Andy C find inexplicably difficult to understand. Finally, Andy C explains it’s a story of gentrification in Cornwall, created using venerable cinema techniques.
You can watch Bait on Amazon Video, Apple, Curzon or the BFI Player.
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2020-04-0749 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s07e06 Wes Anderson – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion of the highly-stylised films of Wes Anderson:
Bottle Rocket
Rushmore
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Life Aquatic
The Darjeeling Limited
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Moonrise Kingdom
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Isle of Dogs
Here is a summary of the places you can watch these movies (green=available, red=unavailable):
All of them are also available on DVD from online retailers.
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2020-03-231h 27The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s07e05 Doctor Sleep – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Doctor Sleep. Andy B fails to summon the energy to even say something silly at the beginning, but things warm up after Andy C explains this is a classic Stephen King horror that is a clever sequel to The Shining.
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2020-03-091h 17The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s07e04 Jojo Rabbit – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Jojo Rabbit. Andy B declares it features the worst performance by Emma Thompson in her career, but Andy C suggests that if he had seen the film he might understand that she is not in it, and that it is an audacious comedy about a member of the Hitler Youth and his Jewish friend.
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2020-02-2450 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s07e03 “Hope vs. Hate” – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion, tapping again into the wisdom of Frances Buontempo and inspired by Johan Norberg‘s book Progress about whether we can be hopeful about the future, or whether we are doomed. Also, if we are doomed will it be hatred, disease or climate blindness that kills us? But really, it’s about how much good stuff so many of us have, and how it’s worth fighting for a good life for everyone. Or something.
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2020-02-111h 37The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s07e02 Booksmart – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Booksmart. Andy B hilariously thinks it’s a CGI animation about some books with personalities that ends in hopeless tragedy, but Andy C reveals he is getting nostalgic for teenagerhood because it’s another coming-of-age movie. This one is full of fun, as well as (obviously) being poignant, and it has a uniting message that people in other “tribes” are not as different from us as we might think.
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2020-01-2739 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s07e01 Lady Bird – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Lady Bird. Andy B finally takes a punt on it being a rollicking Disney adventure, but it turns out it’s an authentic-feeling story of a really troubled mother-daughter relationship with amazing performances by several cast members.
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2020-01-1353 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s06e13 Midsommar – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Midsommar. Andy B is quite close to the mark about what type of film it is, but wildly predicts it stars Zammo, which it does not. In fact, it is folk horror with a great deal of uncanny, and a gripping story of a relationship falling apart.
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2019-12-0947 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s06e12 Mid90s – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Mid90s. Andy B suggests it’s a romantic comedy, but Andy C talks us through a comedy drama which has lightness, depth and texture, as well as nostalgia.
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2019-10-2119 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s06e11 Ad Astra – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Ad Astra. Andy B suggests it’s a Studio Ghibli animation about a lost Roman boy, but Andy C painstakingly explains the plot of this Sci-Fi road movie with Brad Pitt being as good as ever.
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2019-10-0858 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s06e10 What is Artificial Intelligence? – The Good Robot AndysSpecial guest Fran Buontempo, expert in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, talks to us about everything from body/soul duality to how to train artificial birds to fly out of a paper bag. Andy B asks stupid questions and Andy C looks things up on the Internet, and a wonderful time is had by all.
Some links for Fran’s work:
Overload Journal (Fran is the editor of this programming journal.)
Genetic Algorithms and Machine Learning for Programmers (Fran’s book unofficially titled “program your way out of a paper bag”.)
@fbuontempo@twitter.com
@fbuontempo@mastodon.social
F...
2019-09-2300 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s06e09 Upgrade – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Upgrade. Andy B suggests it’s a sequel to Source Code, but Andy C explains it’s a fun sci-fi body horror somewhat in the tradition of Robocop.
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2019-09-0947 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s06e08 Us – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Us. Andy B suggests it’s a rollicking Disney adventure, but Andy C clarifies that it’s a proper scary horror movie from Jordan Peele, who also directed the amazing Get Out.
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2019-08-0656 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s06e07 Mandy – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Mandy. Andy B it’s the latest Richard Curtis, but Andy C explains it’s Nicolas Cage at full throttle in a psychedelic revenge horror.
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2019-07-0254 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s06e06 Glass – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers) of Glass. Andy B thinks it appears to be a light-hearted rom-com that descends into mother!-like chaos and distress as the main character falls apart catastrophically, but Andy C explains that it’s an unusual superhero movie with great performances from all three leading actors.
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2019-06-1745 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s06e05 You Were Never Really Here – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with spoilers, but not too bad ones) of You Were Never Really Here, which is a beautifully-made gripping thriller about a man tortured by trauma, followed by a great deal of rambling waffling about various TV series and films.
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2019-06-0455 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s06e04 Overlord – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with lots of spoilers) of Overlord. Andy B suggests it’s Game of Thrones-styled hack-n-slash with comedy, but Andy C explains it’s a gruey WWII horror with injections of Nazi-serum-fuelled super-soldiers.
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2019-05-2050 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s06e03 The Babadook – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with lots of spoilers) of The Babadook. Andy B thinks it’s an Australian daytime kids’ TV programme featuring a brown spherical hand-puppet from your nightmares, but Andy C explains that it’s a terrifying ghost horror that explores finding a way to survive grief and survivor’s guilt.
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2019-05-0757 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s06e02 Russian Doll – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion (with lots of spoilers) of the TV series Russian Doll. Andy B thinks it doesn’t sound like a funny show from the title, and Andy C explains it starts off like Groundhog Day and takes a different path from there.
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2019-03-1153 minThe Good Robot Andys (mp3)s06e01 Behaviour manipulation (or: Why Ditch Facebook?) – The Good Robot AndysFacebook and other social media companies have been shown to be irresponsible with politics, with private information and with their social responsibilities. If we’re not the customer, maybe we’re the product. Andy B explains how powerful these companies have become, and what influence they can have on our behaviour, our politics and our society. Concludes with suggestions of ways we can give them less power, and switch to other platforms designed to prevent the kind of behaviour manipulation we might not prefer.
Links:
Facebook promoted violence
Facebook use correlated with violence
Facebook use increases tole...
2019-02-251h 27The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s05e13 Discussion of the best horror of the 20th century – The Good Robot AndysDiscussion of the best horror of the 20th century: what should not have been included, and what was difficult to miss out.
Andy B’s personal top ten:
Alien
Dawn of the Dead
The Wicker Man
The Exorcist
The Evil Dead 2
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Omen
The Blair Witch Project
An American Werewolf in London
Psycho
Alternative list: Timeout’s best horror films list.
Also mentioned: Simon Brand’s top 30 horror films of the 20th century.
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2019-02-111h 16The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s05e12 Best Horror of the 20th Century (1) – The Good Robot AndysNumber 1 of the 30 best horror films of the 20th century! The film is … The Exorcist.
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2019-01-281h 20The Good Robot Andys (mp3)s05e11 (extra) Live Stream 2019-01-28 20:00 UTC – The Good Robot AndysA quick announcement to say we are live streaming on Monday 28th January 2019 at 8pm UK time, 20:00 UTC.
To join in, just go to this page: artificialworlds.net/goodrobotandys/live – there will be a live chat room and a button to click to hear us speaking live. See you there?
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2019-01-2402 min