By Drew Dietsch | Published 28 seconds ago Batman: The Animated Series is the best iteration of the character in any medium, whether it’s comics, movies, television, radio, you name it. This series is an indelible and persistent entry in the history of the Caped Crusader. Over the course of its 85 episodes, it cemented … Read more
By Joshua Tyler | Published 32 seconds ago Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) We’re kicking this exploration of overlooked sci-fi off with, appropriately, a movie marketed almost entirely with giant robots, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. It begins with those giant robots attacking 1939 New York and the story follows … Read more
By Drew Dietsch | Published 28 seconds ago Hey y’all, Drew Dietsch here for Giant Freakin Robot and I’m always on the hunt for wacko movies that no one ever seems to talk about, and if they’re from the ‘90s, that’s even better. During one of my dumpster dives, I found the exact diamond in … Read more
By GFR | Published 23 seconds ago The 1950s were the Golden Age of Television. With the medium making its way into more and more homes, this was when television shows began to make their massive impact on pop culture. Television production was a booming market and broadcasters were looking to conquer that market with … Read more
By Robert Scucci | Updated 1 month ago Thanks to all of the doomspeak we hear all day, every day on the news, it’s hard to gauge exactly how an actual extinction-level event will be communicated to the masses through the 24/7 news cycle that has literally everybody on edge all the time. If I … Read more
By Jonathan Klotz | Published 1 month ago Everyone who tells a time travel story has to deal with the inevitable thought process, “Why not go back in time and change everything?” The most common thought is to go back and kill Hitler, thus preventing World War 2, but a 1980s sci-fi military classic took … Read more
By GFR | Updated 6 days ago The 1960s was a revolutionary decade in human history. Global conflicts and new ideas spread across civilization. Pop culture responded in kind. In the realm of science-fiction, television would become even more influential than ever. The decade would instill some of the most iconic figures of the genre, … Read more
By Drew Dietsch | Published 3 weeks ago Hey everyone, Drew Dietsch here for Giant Freakin Robot and it’s time to talk about a subject near and dear to my heart: censorship! The enemy of the artist and tool of the fascist, censorship is always rampant in the film world. What do you think ratings … Read more
By Joshua Tyler | Published 2 weeks ago In the long, storied history of Disney, the company has had massive successes, including the history-making Marvel Cinematic Universe and their entire animated output in the ’90s. More recently, they’ve suffered through a string of failures, derided by critics and ignored by moviegoers. Yet, Disney has yet to … Read more
By GFR | Updated 8 hours ago We love the ‘90s here at Giant Freakin Robot. We also love sci-fi and binging TV shows. So we got the gang together and decided to pick some sci-fi TV shows that still have the magic three decades later. These are the ‘90s sci-fi series that are still … Read more