We, Robots! (Part 13): More Monsters Make Mischief
Here’s another not-necessarily chronological look at some random leftovers from early television focusing on mechanized metal men.
Here’s another not-necessarily chronological look at some random leftovers from early television focusing on mechanized metal men.
Hanna-Barbera LOVED robots! Following is an array from their later series, all taking their respective jumps onto the mechanical bandwagon.
What do Astro Boy, Gigantor, Dynomutt, The Robonic Stooges and the Gobots have in common? The answer: I never watched them.
Today, a random sampling of rampaging robots from non-Hanna-Barbera television shorts, mostly from the 1960’s.
Today, we’ll take a special sidetrip concentrating on two series of the late 50’s and early 60’s which obtained a reputation for regularly featuring mechanical men.
Today, in somewhat random order we’ll focus on some highlights of early television animation, all dealing with the subject of robots.
Into the 1960s robots remained a popular subject for animation, still thought of as the cutting edge of modern technology.
The advent of the 1960’s saw little change in the concept, powers, or design of robots – at least as far as the animated shorts were concerned.
We enter the 1950’s this week, where the clatter of robotic tin still continues to result in the clanking of coin for producers and distributors.
In today’s survey, robotic design and modern architecture attempt to solve the problems of everyday life – creating new problems in the process.