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title: "FH Mini 125 \u2013 Cinematic Mechanics"
url: "https:\/\/www.flophousepodcast.com\/2025\/04\/fh-mini-125-cinematic-mechanics\/"
date: "2025-04-05T10:00:00+00:00"
episode_number: M125
movie: "Cinematic Mechanics"
guests: "Dan McCoy, Elliott Kalan"
---

# FH Mini 125 – Cinematic Mechanics

Elliott puts on his greasy overalls to look under the filmic hood, as we figure out what makes a good “robot movie,” ask why Heartbeeps was a bad one, and see if we can pull out the robot defibrillator to restore its cinematic heartbeep.

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