The Sci-Fi Wise Guys
230 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago -An insight/comedy podcast where two unqualified friends break down and riff on straight-to-stream sci-fi and fantasy films. Join the Sci-Fi Wise Guys as they aim for art but land in comedy.
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Episodes
We'll Always Have Tom Paris (Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Episodes 9-10)
November 09, 2023 20:53 - 48 minutes - 44 MBWe recap the final two episodes of Lower Decks Season 4. Does it hold up? Will Chris' predictions come true? What is going on with Mariner? Is everyone just a puppet?
Proof of Concept (Xenogenesis)
November 06, 2023 23:36 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBWe travel back to 1978 to discuss James Cameron's first foray into film making! Deep sci-fi lore, miniatures, and living room sets: everything you need to be successful!
Discount Super Shredder (Jason X)
October 31, 2023 16:01 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBWe go (back) to the future with Jason Vorhees as our horror (in SPACE!!!) capstone. Jason destroys a spaceship and a space station using nothing but his machete and the idiocy of his victims.
Planet Hell (Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Episode 8)
October 26, 2023 17:04 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBDo our Lower Deckers cave to the pressure and danger of an ever encroaching moss? Find out on this clip show/flashback episode that really isn't either!
Urban Rock (Doom)
October 23, 2023 20:02 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBThe Sci-Fi Wise Guys revisit the Doom franchise with it's original cinema entry. DOOM is really just a homeless man's Aliens, but we get an interesting performance from Karl Urban and Dwayne Johnson as two actors of the same (alleged) height interact with each other on the same set.
Cult of Split Personality (Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Episode 7)
October 19, 2023 16:22 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBAI is the phrase of the day as the crew of the Cerritos (and the galaxy) deal with the ramifications of their computerized challengers!
Bad Choices (Alien)
October 16, 2023 23:39 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBHorror in Space returns with another fundamental entry in the Sci-Fi Horror subgenre! Corporate greed and poor decisions almost waste the entire crew of the Nostromo.
Ferangcuterie Board (Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Episode 6)
October 11, 2023 21:01 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBCaptain Freeman flexes her diplomatic muscles and manages to put one over on the Ferengi while our Lower Deckers each experience some growth. Platonic growth that is. (No, seriously, strictly platonic.)
Technobabble Xtreme (Planet of the Vampires)
October 10, 2023 16:23 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBThe Sci-Fi Wise Guys hearken back to a simpler time. Practical effects, interesting cinematography, and fantastic outfits. In many ways the progenitor and inspiration for many sci-fi horror films. Mario Bava shows us how it's done!
Anarchy Party (Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Episode 5)
October 04, 2023 18:55 - 39 minutes - 36 MBWe join the Cerritos crew as they escort some Betazoid "diplomats" and experience chaos!
Hellgate ...in SPACE!! (Event Horizon)
October 02, 2023 18:48 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBWe kick off Horror in SPACE!! month with the cult classic Event Horizon! Horror or horrible? A capable cast tomb raids a ship lost in an experiment gone wrong! Who rescues the rescuers?
Gimme that Stink! (Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Episode 4)
September 27, 2023 17:18 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBWell, I say, in this live recording, we try to discuss Lower Decks Season 4 Episode 4, Something Borrowed, Something Green but mostly just repeat jokes! We learn how certain members of the Cerritos deal with their past and feelings! Pirate weddings, Mark Twain, bridal kidnappings, and more!
Hybrid Theory (Wyrmwood: Apocalypse)
September 25, 2023 20:48 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBWe're back to the land down unda, as the Sci-Fi Wise Guys revisit the Wyrmwood franchise. A sequel with returning actors, motifs, and more Mad Max!
Galactic Drop Bear (Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Episode 3)
September 20, 2023 16:25 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBWe join the crew of the Cerritos as they perform tech support and escape from Black Mountain in this live show review of Lower Decks S4E3!
El Transportador (El Camino)
September 18, 2023 17:38 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBWhat's in the box? Don't do it, trust us! You'll lose your family, your job, and your ship!
Dropping a Deuce (Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Episodes 1&2)
September 13, 2023 18:43 - 43 minutes - 40 MBLower Decks returns with a new season of hijinks, promotions, and Moopsies!
Regular or Menthol? (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
September 11, 2023 18:22 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBThe Sci-Fi Wise Guys revisit a nostalgic masterpiece as a capstone to Turtles Month. Turtle Power!
Regular or Menthol? (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turltes)
September 11, 2023 18:22 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBThe Sci-Fi Wise Guys revisit a nostalgic masterpiece as a capstone to Turtles Month. Turtle Power!
Across the Turtleverse (Turtles Forever)
September 05, 2023 22:12 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBOn the 39 and a half anniversary, we look back at the Turtle's 25th anniversary celebration! The Ninja Turtles come up against....the Ninja Turtles in this dimension bending crossover extravaganza!
Turtles Gone Wild (Ninja Turtles Cartoons)
August 29, 2023 17:29 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBJoin the Sci-Fi Wise Guys as we sample the various animated Ninja Turtle shows! We try to highlight the differences and celebrate the similarities!
Turtles 2: Judgment Day (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie)
August 21, 2023 21:30 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBMore turtles in time!? Mystical mayhem ensues when Casey Jones travels to the past and helps the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles learn about teamwork and family.
Gotham's Least Weird Visitors (Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
August 15, 2023 02:02 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBRogue's galleries converge as the Ninja Turtles arrive in Gotham after tracking down the Foot Clan. Can the caped crusader see eye to eye with four teenage turtles?
Introducing Paul Rudd (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turltes: Mutant Mayhem)
August 08, 2023 20:43 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBThe Turtles are back! We kick off the 39 and half year anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with our thoughts on their latest big screen offering! Do these new heroes in a half-shell live up to the hype? A stunning new art direction and excellent voice acting leads this character driven story towards a new audience.
Nobody Loves Baby Spice (Corona House Part 2)
August 01, 2023 17:46 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBWe bring JTRO July to a close with the back half of Corona House! Ghosts, consent, time travel, and the true meaning of "badussy" are all explained!
Unintelligible Badussy (Corona House Part 1)
July 24, 2023 16:44 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBJTRO July continues with the first six episodes of Corona House! Aging reality TV star The Lobo is stuck in quarantine in Australia. Can he survive the boredom? Can he survive a new roommate? Can he survive...Corona House?
Duck Noises (FP 4EVZ)
July 10, 2023 19:37 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBWe return to the Temple of JTRO and drink deep from the waters of Mt. Bitch. Is this the end of our hero and his film series? It leaves us wondering, 'what the duck?'
Happy Zombie Eve! (Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead)
July 03, 2023 15:21 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBWe got deep in the Outback with this Aussie action horror flick. Some twists and turns keep this show on the road straight towards the Ozpocalypse!
Papers, Please (Biopunk)
June 26, 2023 13:55 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBWe cap off our most recent crop of short films with...this thing. Kristian Nairn doesn't hold back this story but it certainly doesn't successfully tell its story.
LIVE! 3-Year Podiversary Celebration and Award Ceremony
June 19, 2023 17:21 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBWe close out our third year with our annual award ceremony and a rousing game of Wheel of Copyright Infringement!
Super Sentai: Now and Forever (Power Rangers: Once and Always)
June 12, 2023 15:35 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBWe take a cheese fueled nostalgia trip back to Angel Grove. A bittersweet reunion of the cast and IP shows us why this show was beloved.
Ghostbussin' (Lockwood & Co. Pilot)
June 06, 2023 15:02 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBWe travel to merry ol' England as Lockwood and Co pits literal children against ghosts that can kill them. Who ya gonna call?
LIVE! Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
May 29, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBOur live show from April is back and in your podcast feed! We discuss the newest Dungeons and Dragon movie offering and throw in a bonus review of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull! You can catch our occasional live show at: Twitch - twitch.tv/scifiwiseguys YouTube - youtube.com/@scifiwiseguys
Airships! (Floaters)
May 22, 2023 19:37 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBJoseph Roberts shows the world how to create a world and tell a story in less than 5 minutes. This Science Fiction short film checks every box for the Sci-Fi Wise Guys!
This Little Light of Mine (Brightburn)
May 15, 2023 16:59 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBWhat would happen if Superman was an evil little kid? That's it.
Adopting Isn't For Everyone (Agent Revelation)
May 08, 2023 17:30 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBWe watched another movie that's actually a sequel with aliens invading Earth. It's more than just a coincidence folks! It even has a Star Trek alum in a commanding role! And it's totally not stealing The Matrix series naming convention!
Mean Mugs and Shoulder Shrugs (Zombie Ninjas vs Black Ops)
May 01, 2023 17:07 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBWe return to the Outback with another zombie film! Featuring some stunt performers turned actors, it's aggressively shrugging zombies versus black ops operators with infinite ammo!
SPEAKING MAGIC WORDS (DragonLance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight)
April 24, 2023 19:29 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBThe first and possibly last Dragonlance adaptation! Using somewhat outdated animation technology was either a stylistic or budget related choice, but a fantastic voice cast brings this story to life!
Pelor in the Streets, Raven Queen in the Sheets (Dungeons & Dragons: Book of Vile Darkness)
April 17, 2023 18:23 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBSomeone came to the table and said "Let's be bad guys." We travel with Grayson and his evil party of really bad people to stop an even worse person from being evil. The writers discover something called "character growth" along the way.
Every Dragon Has Its Day (Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God)
April 10, 2023 17:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBSomehow they greenlit this sequel! The Sci-Fi Wise Guys stand outside the party and see if it's worth joining. At least it's more dungeon than dragon.
Long Live Snails, Death to Snails! (Dungeons & Dragons)
April 03, 2023 17:13 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBThe first (un)successful adaptation of the Dungeons & Dragons IP to film form. The good guys have no real plan while Jeremy Irons' hams it up as the Big Bad Evil Guy and Bruce Payne as Blue Lips is the ultimate hench.
Who Hunts the Hunter? (BackSpace Returns)
March 27, 2023 18:26 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBThe Sci-Fi Wise Guys dive into the newly released sequel, BackSpace Returns! How much movie is too much movie? How many jokes can you squeeze into 6 minutes? Can lightning strike twice? Do all robots curse? Are blackholes and whiteholes related? Where do the blackholes actually go? This sequel gives us more of the good stuff.
One Door Down (BackSpace)
March 20, 2023 17:12 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBThe ability to create and tell a story in less than 5 minutes is on full display with this short film. Compelling robots and a somewhat generic looking sci-fi setting leave us wanting more!
Down the Rabbit Hole (Alice in Borderland)
March 13, 2023 17:51 - 34 minutes - 32 MBAn interesting spin on a now familiar formula. Alice in Borderlands brings us to a "game show" where if you lose, you die. Can these three delinquents make it out with no continues?
Have You Tried Forcing an Unexpected Reboot? (Monsters of Man)
March 06, 2023 21:30 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBIt's the season 3 premier of The Sci-Fi Wise Guys and were reviewing the listener suggested Monsters of Man! This independently produced and distributed film follows a team of humanitarian workers being chased by killer robots in southeast Asia.
The Science Fiction Remnant ft. The Sci-Fi Wise Guys: Reign of Fire
February 20, 2023 19:03 - 3 hours - 165 MBThe Sci-Fi Wise Guys are taking a break, but you can check them out on this episode of The Science Fiction Remnant! A brood of fire-breathing dragons emerges from the earth and begins setting everything ablaze, establishing dominance over the planet. Music provided by: Atlas Sound Arts This is SciFi Voice: Dear Nikky Special Guest: The Sci-Fi Wise Guys Mentions: The Manic Pixie Weirdo Podcast, Angelus #AlitaArmy, ᗩᒪᗯᗩYᔕᔕᑌᑎᑎY Oᑎ ᔕᑕᗩᖇIᖴ, Ben, Seldon Crisis Podcast, E Lee Zimmerman, Sophie...
The BlokeBusters Podcast ft. The Sci-Fi Wise Guys: Good Omens or "To The World!"
February 13, 2023 18:10 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBThe Sci-Fi Wise Guys are taking a break, but you can check them out on this episode of the BlokeBusters podcast! We're back once again and ready to present to you a nice long episode where Paul and the boys from The Sci-Fi Wise Guys podcast discuss the wonderful adaptation of Good Omens. What was done right, was there anything that could have been done better and WHO would be best replaced with a certain fictional radio host? You'll need to listen in to find out! Original airdate: October ...
Episode 154: Crappy Jobs Still Exist (The Last of Us)
January 30, 2023 21:46 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBFor our season finale, we watched the show that everyone else is raving about! Is The Last of Us the best video game adaptation of all time or just another zombie show?
Episode 153: Long Live the New Flesh! (Videodrome)
January 23, 2023 18:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBOur first foray into David Cronenberg's extensive filmography is a visual spectacle and absolute trip. Mr. Cronenberg isn't for everyone, but we see if it's worth not changing the channel.
Episode 152: Sad Max Chapter 2 (Warriors of the Apocalypse 2009)
January 16, 2023 18:38 - 44 minutes - 41 MBA listener suggested we watch this so we did. Are these female warriors bad enough to survive the apocalypse?
Episode 151: Government Sanctioned Murder (Officer Downe)
January 10, 2023 19:54 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBThis...movie comes direct from the directorial mind of Clown of Slipknot. Government sanctioned murder or someone's idea of Robocop with less cybernetics? You be the judge, jury, and executioner.