Podcast covering science fiction movies, old and new. Some you've heard of, some none of us have ever even dreamed of. Blockbuster big-screen favorites to Youtube only features. One movie per episode, no sequels, no remakes.
The basics discuss the 2012 Rian Johnson foray "Looper". Bruce Willis faces and gats. No enemy but yourself. Time travel is too hard to explain, but Arachnophobia Jeff is here to tell you what to do. Blunt with a shotgun. Good times lead to hard times lead to Japan and automatic weapons lead to closing your loop.
The earmarked joes discuss the 2015 Blomkamp feature CHAPPiE. Yo this is like the coolest movie I ever saw. There is water at the bottom of the ocean and there are white people at the bottom of Africa. There are robots there, too. For a little while, about 10 years ago, we fell in love with this very unique accent.
These two imbeciles try (operative word) to say the title. Shorter, dumber, and more argumentative than most.
The breeding pair talk about 2012's comedy horror film "John Dies At The End". The incomparable Don Coscarelli adapts the famous web novel to some very great (and yet uneven results). What I thought was so funny is that Clarence Royce goes from being the mayor of Baltimore to a police detective in small-town nowhere'sville. Despite a terribly underwatched status, this movie delivers in only a style that the "Phantasm" master can offer. Black soy sauce will lead you down an understanding, minus "Dune" references. Ever wanted to hunt monsters? It's all fun and games until intrudes on your dating life. Dream timing is a universal truth - that day the guys learned. Gold star, check this one out.
The privileged assholes take apart 2016's "Kill Command". Not much here... Sorry!
These two sycophants discuss the follow-up to the legendary "Primer". "Upstream Color" was released in 2013. One-man-band Shane Carruth covers all the bases (yet again) with a mind-bending and disturbing take on mind-control, loss of identity, and substance use. Ideas filched from Philip K. Dick made semi-digestible sit well with anyone who's awoken to a life lost to the ether of the sleeping mind.
The weirdos talk about the 1995 manga turned anime cyberpunk thesis that is "Ghost In the Shell". Like Martin Luther, this treatise shaped everything from fututre subjugation of japanese art into the estern pallate to the idea about story and filmmaking culminating with the classic "The Matrix" explosion just 4 years later. William Gibson still deserves royalties from this, the Matrix, and every watered down P.O.S. to spawn since. BOW DOWN.
These humanoids discuss the 1975 science fiction sports film "Rollerball". No denim. Motorcycles vs. roller-skates. Rollerboys bashing in faces. Houston is the power city. Your ears are real important too. Moonpie dies... maybe. James Caan at his best. LIMITED SUBSTITUTIONS.
The gentlemen discuss the 1987 police procedural "The Hidden" released by New Line Cinema. Starring Kyle MacLachlan and Michael Nouri, this film freaked a 10 year old Byron out when viewed on a DFW Saturday afternoon on channel 11. Despite the alien nature of the story, the central component talks about the "hidden" nature of humanity. Part buddy cop movie, part "The Thing", this movie is one of the few creature-feature / horror-cop movies I've ever seen hold up so well.
The fellows discuss 2015's cyberpunk offering "Jackrabbit". Directed by Carleton Ranney, who def wanted to say "cyberpunk" when describing and/or marketing the film. Note to self: _Cyberpunk doesn't always involve caged cameras or magnetic tape_ Endings are important. Videos games are usually not.
The goons talk about the Denis Villeneuve masterpiece from 2016 - "Arrival". The raw emotional core of this movie centers around... a center. Not linear. Linear emotion would imply that we experience a state of feeling in a liminal way - we anticipate - we experience - we move on. Any human knows that emotion (especially grief) comes on us in cycles, as if we visit places in our soul over and over with smaller impacts as the sensitive membrane hardens and we learn to forget. Experience "Arrival".
The guys discuss 1994's "Timecop". The legendary Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in his highest grossing movie to date. A friend of the family, enforcing time-crimes and asking purse-snatchers to read between the lines. It's hard times. This is the "Under Siege" of the Muscles from Brussels.
The dudes discuss the 2012 thriller "Errors of the Human Body". Is it even sci-fi? What are these errors? Are flaws make us who we are? Should europeans be allowed to make movies - in general? Great cover art should never be a camouflage for lack of script.
The peers discuss the 1992 Kim Cattrall / Rutger Hauer showcase that is "Split Second". Ready to stand in ankle-deep water?
The brosephus bros break down the 2013 time-immigrant story "Movement and Location" AKA "Movement+Location". 18 day shooting period on a micro-budget. Better than it should be, but there's a reason you probs haven't heard of it. Gives hope to all aspiring small-time filmmakers.
These freaks discuss the ultra low budget 2010 film "Hunter Prey". Streaming here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ5_3CnFux4&t=1891s Good stuff.. No budget. Boba Fest goes to Mexico. Desert. Laser guns. An escaped convict.
The fellows discuss the 2015 Michael Ironside spectacle "Synchronicity". Spotlights everywhere. Writer-director-editors are a mixed bag. Time-travel (we think).
The hombres discuss the 2011 JJ Abrams original effort "Super 8". Production value. Interest in things other than baseball camp. Early edition becomes a sheriff. Good best friends. Magnet alien...
The men-at-words talk about the 1989 sleeper "Salute of the Jugger" AKA "The Blood of Heroes". Rutger Hauer. Vincent D'Onofrio, and the one and only Delroy Lindo. The only good sci-fi + sport movie that spawned a team sport that is played in organized leagues in the real world to this very day. Hidden cities. Dog towns. Dog _skulls_. Redemption. Courage. Brutality.
The guys rate the cult classic 1983 feature "Spacehunter: Adventures in The Forbidden Zone". The Scrambler. Swimmin' Women. Overdog. Ironside. Zedmore. Tan Solo. Combat trains. Brainworks. Water, water everywhere. Gliders powered by... flares? Mutants.
Homies discuss the Spielberg original "Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind". Spielberg's only original script. Dreyfuss gotta Dreyfuss. Don't care about them characters. Absentee father. Dreams predict. Sculpture dreams. Kissing that other Mom. A sense of wonder.
The men children discuss the 1985 Steve Railsback vehicle "Lifeforce". Picard with hair. Deadly affection. Nudity. So much nudity. Space vampires. AR Geiger ripoff spaceship.
The dudes discuss "The Signal" from 2014. Mr. Clean. Robot arms. Hackers doing hacker vengeance. Nick and Jonah. Nomad no brothers.
The dudes talk about the 2009 feature "District 9" directed by Neil Blomkamp. Aliens who look like roaches. Immigrant problems. Xenophobia. Mech suits to make James Cameron blush.
The dudes discuss James Cameron's 1989 masterpiece "The Abyss". This is hands down, no bullshit, the gosh damnedest best movie about underwater drilling platforms ever made.
The dudes discuss John Carpenter's "They Live". Byron lived through this, and Dan enjoyed it. Rowdy Rody Piper R.I.P. Keith David makes everything better except Community.
The dudes discuss the the 1989 feature "Outland" with Sean Connery. High Noon meets computer future-scapes. Drugs are not to be taken lightly.
The dudes discuss the 1990 "Robot Jox" and wonder if it fulfills on its promise. Giant Mecha. Rocket fists. Cowboy hats. Green lazers. Green cocktails. No denim in this future, you bleacher bums.
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