Robert, Nat, and Cody accept an offer we can’t refuse in 1951’s THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL debuted near the dawn of the Cold War and 50s science fiction films. And while not setting the box office on fire, but still making money, it became a favorite of […]
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Cody, Robert, and Nat go mainstream this month with 1979’s MOONRAKER, the first – and so far only – James Bond film we’ve covered on the podcast. MOONRAKER came out on the heels of Star Wars, and the last third of the movie definitely throws its jaws into the sci-fi ring, but it doesn’t stop there: MOONRAKER borrows
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Nat, Cody, and Robert take a post-apocalyptic road trip with 1990’s CIRCUITRY MAN. CIRCUITRY MAN is practically from another era of filmmaking. An era where B-movies would have high concepts and get regular theatrical releases, even if the budget wasn’t necessarily there to fulfill their vision. That era largely went away, outside the Midnight Madness
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Perhaps with apologies to the Irish and Irish descendants, Robert, Nat, and Cody get in the spirit of the season with 1996’s LEPRECHAUN 4: IN SPACE. For good or ill. LEPRECHAUN 4: IN SPACE was straight to video, at the height of when that was a viable strategy. Considering that there
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I think we all consider ourselves fans of Rutger Hauer which lead Cody, Robert, and Nat to 1995’s MR. STITCH by Roger Avary. MR. STITCH was originally intended to be a television series and then was turned into a movie. I’m sure everyone had good intentions, but a difficult Rutger Hauer and apparently a producer
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Sometimes we make a mistake and pick a movie that’s not really a science fiction film, even if it does have an obvious influence on Afrofuturism. And sometimes it works out to be an interesting discussion, as Nat, Cody, and Robert get our chance to take in Djibril Diop Mambéty’s TOUKI BOUKI. And after that,
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