We continue with another episode of Season 4 of Flicks XRayed this week with episode 30 and this week we watch and review Metropolis. The host Tony is joined by Co-host and Mediator Taylor and guests Brain of the City Katie, Mashine-Madchen Elisa, and Machine Heart Amanda. This week we play a game of Haiku Synopsis of Dystopian Movies, The Price is Right and The Flicks Awesome Lodge Word Game for the coveted princess crown. So tune in as we discuss at length about Lost Footage, Crazy History, The Eighties vs the Twenties and sooo much more. 

Our Ratings

Machine Heart Amanda 5

Mashine-Madchen Elisa 5

Brain of the City Katie 4

The Mediator Taylor 5

Host Engineer Tony 5

24/25 82%

Synopsis and Starring

Synopsis: This influential German science-fiction film presents a highly stylized futuristic city where a beautiful and cultured utopia exists above a bleak underworld populated by mistreated workers. When the privileged youth Freder discovers the grim scene under the city, he becomes intent on helping the workers. He befriends the rebellious teacher Maria, but this puts him at odds with his authoritative father, leading to greater conflict.

Directed by Fritz Lang

Starring       

Gustav Fröhlich as Freder
Brigitte Helm as Maria 
Alfred Abel as Joh Fredersen
Rudolf Klein-Rogge as C.A. Rotwang

Game 1
Haikus of Dystopian Movies

Man from thinkers
Chases girl among the workers
Robot lead uprising
Metropolis

1. bureaucrat, in the
   future, tries to correct error
   now is hunted down
   Brazil

2. a chaotic world
   women become infertile,
   save pregnant woman
   Children of Men

3. computer hacker
   learns true nature with red pill
   war against machines
   The Matrix

4. failed at climate-change
   experiment has killed all life
   except those on train
   Snowpiercer

5. an idyllic future world
   society with one drawback
   life ends at thirty.
   Logans Run

6. a competition
   teenagers fight to the death
   a girl with a bow
   The Hunger Games

7. police authority
   judge, jury, executioner,
   cop takes down dealers
   Dredd / Judge Dredd

8. Lonely astronaut
   begins to question mission
   is he really him
   Oblivion

9. a future British tyranny,
   shadowy freedom fighter,
   plots to overthrow it
   V for Vendetta

Price is Right (Game 2)

The Figures

Budget: Germany Converted from Reichsmarks to USD at the Time	$1,258,907  (estimated)
Domestic: Germany Converted from Reichsmarks to USD at the Time	$17,814
Bonus 1: Domestic Re-release: 2002 – 2010 Bonus 2: Foreign Re-Release 2011	$1,236,166 $113,545
Bonus 3: How Many Extras were Used	37,000 (25,000 men, 11,000 women, 1,100 bald men, 750 children, 100 dark-skinned people and 25 Asians)
Rotten Tomatoes Ratings Critic Ratings Audience Ratings	98% 92%

Game 3
The Awesome Lodge Word Game

Movies with Human Looking Robots

1. Prometheus
2. Bicentennial Man
3. Blade Runner
4. Terminator
5. The Stepford Wives
6. Ex Machina
7. Alien
8. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
9. Weird Science
10. Not Quite Human

Movies with Robots

1. Robots
2. Short Circuit
3. Robocop
4. Chappie
5. I, Robot
6. Big Hero 6
7. The Iron Giant
8. Pacific Rim
9. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
10. Transformers

Classic Science Fiction Movies

1. 2001 A Space Odyssey
2. The Day the Earth Stood Still
3. Forbidden Planet
4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
5. War of the Worlds
6. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
7. Barbarella
8. The Blob
9. Plan 9 from Outer Space
10. A Trip to the Moon

Silent Movies

1. City Lights
2. The Artist
3. Nosferatu
4. Ben-Hur
5. The Gold Rush
6. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
7. The Circus
8. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
9. The Birth of a Nation
10. 7th Heaven