0:00.0	From Blade Runner onwards, the 1980s saw a run of Hollywood sci-fi horror films that explored
0:30.2	the dangers of technology, robots and artificial intelligence.
0:35.4	A young James Cameron made a film in 1984, inspired by slasher movies like Halloween,
0:41.5	about a relentless, single-minded killing machine from the future with only one goal
0:46.5	to kill a woman called Sarah Connor.
0:49.5	Sarah Connor?
0:50.9	Yes.
0:53.8	In 1985, Dutch director Paul Verhoeven made a gruesome, violent satire film about a cyborg law enforcer in a dystopian Detroit.
1:04.8	You have the right to remain silent?
1:07.6	Fuck you!
1:10.6	Both films launched their respective directors into mainstream Hollywood's success, and both films went on to become two of the most beloved sci-fi films of the 1980s.
1:23.0	I'll be back.
1:26.4	Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of man-made monsters, and we discuss James
1:32.0	Cameron's The Terminator and Paul Verhoeven's Robocop.
1:42.6	Welcome back to the evolution of horror and happy new year. My name is Mike Munzer and as ever I am your
1:48.6	host. In this podcast, we explore and dissect the history and the evolution of the horror genre,
1:53.6	one subgenre at a time. We are currently in the middle of our 11th season exploring the evolution
1:59.7	of man-made monsters. And this is part 19. It's a
2:04.4	banger of a double bill this week. Two absolute classics. We are going to be discussing,
2:08.7	as the intro suggested, James Cameron's The Terminator from 1984 and Paul Verhoeven's
2:14.3	Robocop from 1987. Both of these discussions will be spoilerific. I very much doubt
2:20.3	there's anyone out there that hasn't seen these two films. But if you haven't, what are you doing?
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