They are welded back together and reanimated by a galactic force of robot rebels. But being robots, this is not a permanent condition. They make a daring assault on their masters during a contest and are pretty much shot down and terminated like cannon fodder. Max, Strobo, Auto, and Trogg are robot gladiators who battle an endless assortment of mechanized monsters for the amusement of huge robot crowds. Watching chapter by chapter is much preferable to watching the entire hour and forty-one minute “movie,” a task that would cause your head to explode much like the unfortunate gentleman in Scanners. Each chapter seems to be about 10 minutes or so in length. Mality’s willpower to the test.Ĭrash and Burn labels itself as a feature film, but it’s actually broken down into separate chapters, much like the serials of old. To be blunt, it is a real chore to get through this film in one sitting. Unfortunately, they spent nowhere near as much time on interesting characters, an intriguing plot, and a well-written script. They worked their automated asses off coming up with Crash and Burn. My admiration for the Robots’ hard work and ingenuity is sincere. All of the outfits and the vast backgrounds full of ferro-plastic junk are homemade creations using old plastic toys, thrown away tools, and other debris, mixed with computer generated backgrounds they made themselves. They created the movie entirely by themselves over a five-year period, filming primarily on weekends. In fact, the musical performance is central to the plot…such as it is.įor this film, the band has put together a collection of their “robot” friends and created a bizarre action film based on their characters. And yes, during the course of Crash and Burn, we do see them perform as a band, much like Josie and The Pussycats used to during every one of their cartoons. Combined with silver and black make-up, these outfits-bursting with outrageous shoulder pads, boots, and chest-pieces-are striking to say the least. These mechanical men have whipped up some wildly over-the-top outfits that must be awkward as hell to play music in. When it comes to the visual and artistic side of The Killer Robots!, nothing is spared. As a musical group, they are nowhere near as repulsive or abrasive as GWAR, playing a kind of synth-heavy power pop with a quirky feel. We have Auto (aka Sam Gaffin who also wrote and directed), Trog ( Charles Harris), Max ( Mike McGowan) and Strobo ( Sam Williams). They are four humans who have created robot identities for themselves in much the same way that the Antarctic mutants GWAR are the alter-egos of “normal” humans. What manner of mechanical malcontents are featured herein? Well, my eyes have never witnessed robots like these before…whether that’s a good thing or a bad one, I’m not sure.įirst, we need to understand that The Killer Robots! are primarily a musical group and an artistic project as well. So my attention was drawn to an indie film featuring The Killer Robots!, subtitled Crash and Burn. The lawn mowing robot was a real disaster and it looks like my descendants a couple of centuries down the line will be making up for that one! I don’t know how many hours I’ve slaved in the lab trying to whip up nefarious automatons to do my will. Mality likes to dabble in many branches of science, but robotics holds a special place in my blackened heart.
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