Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 518 - "The Wild Robot (feat. Eric Sipple)"
With How to Train Your Dragon, Chris Sanders taught us about human-dragon friendship. And now, with The Wild Robot, he shows us what happens when technology becomes stranded in the wilderness: a robot named Rozz learns to have a mother’s love for a gosling named Brightbill.
Gobbledygeek Episode 518 "The Wild Robot (feat. Eric Sipple)" is available for listening or download right here, on Spotify, or on Apple Podcasts.
With How to Train Your Dragon, Chris Sanders taught us about human-dragon friendship. And now, with The Wild Robot, he shows us what happens when technology becomes stranded in the wilderness: a robot named Rozz learns to have a mother’s love for a gosling named Brightbill. Paul, Arlo, and forever-guest Eric Sipple discuss how the film merges its natural and sci-fi elements, Sanders’ evolution as a filmmaker, the stunning voice performance of Lupita Nyong’o, and what the movie says about parenthood. Plus, Paul gets Born Again with Daredevil and all the celebrities are dying.
NEXT: three is the magic number in a Geek Challenge featuring John Landis’ 1986 flop Three Amigos and Robert Altman’s obscure 1977 head trip 3 Women.
BREAKDOWN
00:00:39 - Intro / Guest
00:35:00 - The Wild Robot
02:01:00 - Outro / Next
MUSIC
- “Wild Wild Life” by Talking Heads, True Stories (1986)
- “Mr. Roboto” by Styx, Kilroy Was Here (1983)
GOBBLEDYCARES
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