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Published: Dec. 7, 2015, 6:10 a.m.

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Robot Jox\\xa0(1989)

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d. Stuart Gordon

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Starring:
Gary Graham
Anne-Marie Johnson
Paul Koslo

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This week on Total Movie Recall,\\xa0Steve & Ryan find out how easy it is to ruin the awesome idea of giant robot wars. Steve\\xa0reminisces about\\xa0every better robot movie, game & cartoon to punctuate his disappointment, and Ryan is crushed to realize all his favorite childhood memories are of really terrible movies.

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50 years after a nuclear war, the two superpowers handle territorial disputes in a different way. Each fields a giant robot to fight one-on-one battles in official matches, each piloted by a man inside, known as robot jockeys or jox. The contest for possession of Alaska will be fought by two of the best. The conscientious Achilles fights for the Americans. Opposing him is a Russian, Alexander, a ruthless and bloodthirsty adversary who has killed his previous nine American opponents. With a traitor feeding the Russians secret weapons information and new, genetically-engineered jox looking to take his place, Achilles faces obstacles at every turn in the hardest battle of his life.

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Things discussed\\xa0in the show:

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I saw the Devil (Kim Jee-woon)

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The Last Stand (Arnold Schwarzenegger)

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Child\'s Play, Silent Hill

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Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

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The Simpsons (Lisa\'s First Word, Mother Simpson) as the greatest achievement in TV history

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The 4-H Club

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South Park

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Dr. Killbot - "My Sister the Baptist"

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The Wonder Years

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The Walking Dead (Season 5) - Robert Kirkman, Andew Lincoln

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Jethro Tull - Ian Anderson

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Vampire Diaries

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Ghost Spy - Image Comics

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Project Greenlight (Season 4)

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Shia LaBeouf - Watches his own movies

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Rob Cantor - "Shia LaBeouf" music video

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The Leisure Class (Ed Weeks)

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The Mindy Project (Mindy Kaling)

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The Office

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Zombeavers

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Spectre\\xa0(Daniel Craig, Monica Bellucci)

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Skyfall

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James Bond -\\xa0Roger Moore

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Driving Miss Daisy won the Best Picture Oscar in 1990, not Robot Jox

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H.P. Lovecraft

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Re-Animator, From Beyond, Barbara Crampton, Dagon

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Lair of the White Worm

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Kanye West Reanimator

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Joe Haldeman - The Forever War

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Charles Band - Puppetmaster

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The Iliad

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Chess, Settlers of Catan

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Test tube babies

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Bebe\'s Kids

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Rocky - Mister Miyagi

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"Crash and burn."

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BattleTech, MechWarrior

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DragonCon

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The Neverending Story

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Transformers & The Cold War

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Klaus Kinski

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D2: The Mighty Ducks

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Starship Troopers, Paul Verhoeven

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Arena

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Stone Cold (Brian Bosworth)

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Eugenics

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Macaulay Culkin, Pary Monster, The Pizza Underground

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Next week: Special X-mas episode - Gremlins & Home Alone

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