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Science Fiction Rating System

236 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings

Join Sam, Alex & Chris as they rank every science fiction film EVER. Every week we dissect a new film before adding it to a giant and highly scientific ranked list. We review a film a week until we run out of films.

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0080: Event Horizon

November 12, 2018 11:00 - 40 minutes - 48.4 MB

This week we continue our horror trilogy and things are getting creepier. Sam Neill and friends go to hell aboard the Event Horizon! We dissect the grisly events that ensue, whilst trying not to remember how scared we were as kids. Next week its Jason X GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0079: Sunshine

November 06, 2018 16:00 - 55 minutes - 66 MB

This week Chris hosts as we take a look at Danny Boyle’s Sunshine, the first of a loose (and late) horror trilogy of shows. Disagreement is rife about whether this is a good film, half a good film, or just rubbish all the way through. Does Sunshine have one of film’s worst villains? Does anyone know whats up with Cillian Murphy? And which nation do we manage to accidentally offend this week? All the answers and more within! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See ...

0078: Escape From New York

October 30, 2018 08:00 - 41 minutes - 50.2 MB

When Air Force One is hijacked and crashes on the prison island of Manhattan only Snake Plisskin can rescue the president! Join us as we discuss John Carpenter’s 1981 cult classic! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0077: Timecrimes

October 23, 2018 08:00 - 48 minutes - 57.5 MB

This week Chris is back so we return to the business of ranking films, not trailers. Timecrimes is the latest addition to the list, with Alex hosting as we pull apart the complicated plot that inevitably comes with a time paradox. We also get quizzed on famous crimes, what Americans think about time travel and probably add another country to the list of places we can’t go any more. Next week its Escape From New York! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the li...

0076: Trailer Hell Part 2: The Past

October 19, 2018 06:00 - 19 minutes - 23 MB

For part 2 of our bad film special Sam shows Alex some terrible trailers from the past. Rogue cops, evil frogs, dinosaurs in warehouses and purple monsters, our minds are repeatedly blown before we decide which of these terrible films will be getting the full on SFRS treatment in a future episode. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0075: Trailer Hell Part 1: The Future

October 16, 2018 11:00 - 23 minutes - 27.9 MB

Chris is away filming his Alien short film so Sam and Alex take the oppurtunity to indulge their taste for terrible films. In two special episodes we watch a selection of upcoming and old awful looking films, ranking the lot before choosing one to get the proper full show treatment. In Part 1 Alex takes us through a few future classics to look out for in cinemas near you soon. Well, on streaming services, at least. Jackie Chan in ten films at once, the world’s worst AI voice, Nicolas Cage ...

0074: Mad Max

October 02, 2018 06:00 - 41 minutes - 48.8 MB

This week the gang watch George Miller's Mad Max, a little Australian indie flick that made a lot of money that introduced the world to Mel Gibson, so has a knock against it from the start.  Join us as we watch an uneven film that a lot of people think they've seen but perhaps haven't, and try our best to stop Chris starting beef with any more countries/organised crime syndicates. Next week our first Spanish film, its Timecrimes GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website!...

0073: The Abyss

September 25, 2018 11:00 - 56 minutes - 66.1 MB

James Cameron really loves the water, so he made a very expensive film that was very difficult to film so he could become a fish for a few months. The result is The Abyss, a clunky blockbuster that has a lot more issues than its watery setting. Join us as we discuss why no one makes films like this, what’s going on with Cameron’s choking fetish and try and fix the terrible ending. Next week post apocalyptic fun with George Miller’s original Mad Max! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touc...

0072: Predators

September 17, 2018 13:00 - 52 minutes - 41.3 MB

Remember how great Predator was last week? What a well thought out, tightly scripted and tense action film it was? And remember Predator 2? How it took that formula and transplanted it to a city, adding police procedural stuff and weirdo cults to create some fresh and exciting? Well forget all that because this week we watch Predators, where gruff librarian Adrien Brody leads a group of dull Z-listers around a fake jungle in a vain attempt to locate the magic that made the original film so ...

0071: Predator

September 10, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 78.2 MB

We’re back with a bang, as we celebrate the release of The Predator by watching Predator, no The required. Join us for an in depth breakdown of John McTiernan’s monster movie classic, as we follow Arnie and a team of ’80s action heroes into the jungle. Awful Arnie impersonations, lots of talk about how great a monster the predator is, and repeated attempts not to consider any of the terrible things done to the Predator by later entries in the franchise. Next week a look at one of those late...

0070: Equilibrium

August 27, 2018 10:00 - 56 minutes - 45.4 MB

This week our accidental dystopian double bill continues with Equilibrium! Christian Bale arrests people for liking art, Sean Bean dies too early and Sean Pertwee lives too long. Next week we get ready for the release of Shane Black’s The Predator with the first of a Predator double bill, er, Predator! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0069:1984

August 20, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 49 MB

IT’S OUR 100TH FILM! And what better film to celebrate than the monochrome miserabilism of Michael Radford’s 1984, yay! Alex hosts as we thoroughly dissect the film breaking occasionally from the misery to take part in an incredibly self indulgent quiz about…ourselves. Next week we watch 1984 again, but through the lens of a hyperactive 14 year old in 2000 – its Equilibrium! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagr...

0068: Dreamscape

August 13, 2018 08:30 - 52 minutes - 41.4 MB

This week we enter the world of dreams where Dennis Quaid is doing some questionable things to other people. Its the ’80s classic no one remembers, listen to find out a million ways this film could have been better, our exciting plans for a new Quantum Leap and how foxes plague Chris’ dreams. Its another action packed episode of your favourite rating system. Science Fiction Rating System. That one, yep. Next week, our 100th film: 1984! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the...

0067: Contact

August 05, 2018 08:00 - 55 minutes - 44.9 MB

This week Chris hosts as we take a look at Robert Zemeckis’ Contact, a very long film with some interesting ideas, good acting and Science. There’s even a quiz! Next week its 1984’s Dreamscape! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0066: Them!

July 31, 2018 14:00 - 54 minutes - 43.5 MB

For a 2nd year running we celebrate Bug Week with some GIANT ANTS. In a wide ranging episode we dissect the film itself, and also get into projection techniques, an in depth ant quiz, the wonder of a Victorian man in Hollywood and much, much more! Note: We had a bit of technical trouble whilst recording, so if Chris and Sam seem to be laughing for no reason its because Alex sounded like an alien trapped in a washing machine for much of the podcast. Luckily, his voice is super sweet and cl...

0065: Treasure Planet

July 23, 2018 11:00 - 54 minutes - 63.4 MB

We’re back from summer break and taking a look at Disney’s Treasure Planet, one of the final traditional hand-animated blockbusters from the mouse house, that flopped pretty badly, but is an entertaining (ish) ride. Next week we go all the way back to 1954 for the nuclear monster romp Them! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0064: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

July 11, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour - 86.6 MB

Our journey through the history of Star Trek on the silver screen reaches its nadir, with William Shatner’s atrocious Star Trek V. Spoilers: We didn’t like it, but of course we didn’t because who does? Join us as we struggle to find a positive, wonder how the Enterprise crew has not been court-martialed by now and try our best to forget Uhura’s dance. Next week a film none of us have ever seen, Old Disney’s forgotten stab at sci-fi relevance Treasure Planet! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! G...

0063: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

July 04, 2018 10:00 - 47 minutes - 55.3 MB

This week we stick with comedy and a trip back to the late ’80s, where the clothes were baggy, the music was radical and the casual homophobia was a shock. Join us as we travel through time and wonder did they really does say what we thought they said?? Next week we continue our Star Trek odyssey, biting the bullet watching Star Trek V: The Final Frontier because I guess we have to one day! Lame. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/science-fiction-rating-system/...

0063: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

July 04, 2018 10:00 - 47 minutes - 55.9 MB

This week we stick with comedy and a trip back to the late ’80s, where the clothes were baggy, the music was radical and the casual homophobia was a shock. Join us as we travel through time and wonder did they really does say what we thought they said?? Next week we continue our Star Trek odyssey, biting the bullet watching Star Trek V: The Final Frontier because I guess we have to one day! Lame. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we'r...

0062: Muppets From Space

June 27, 2018 07:00 - 39 minutes - 46.2 MB

Following weeks of big serious blockbusters we veer into the realms of ’90s comedy with the film that killed the Muppets for a decade- Muppets From Space! We talk a lot about muppets, answering such hot button issues as our favourite muppet, favourite muppet movie and favourite idea for a muppet tv spin off. Also we spend a long time quoting Renfro the bear. THE GOAT?! Next week we continue to mine the softest of soft sci-fi with Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, watch a trailer here! GIVE...

0061: Jurassic Park

June 20, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour - 78.6 MB

They say life finds a way and so, like a chaotic fractal blooming into the infinite the SFRS crew finally get back to Jurassic Park, the final of the ‘pilot’ episode films to get a rewatch. This time we each bothered to watch it and so have a lot to say about park safety, the feasibility of a graphics heavy OS, and the concept of Peak Spielberg. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0060: 2001: A Space Odyssey

June 13, 2018 17:00 - 58 minutes - 67.1 MB

This week we watch 2001, chosen by Matt Fitch, co-author of the fantastic new graphic novel Apollo, in stores now! We break down the film, Alex proposes an extra act break, and then when it comes to the all important ranking the pod erupts in all-out war. Not since Ghost in the Shell has a film proved quite so divisive. Will the gang manage to reach a ranking, or is a certain co-host so angry that this is the end of SFRS as we know it? Tune in for more drama than you can probably find in t...

0059: Westworld

June 04, 2018 12:00 - 49 minutes - 57.5 MB

Westworld is big news again thanks to the HBO series currently airing its 2nd season, but how well does the 1973 original hold up? Is Yul Brynner still terrifying? Is it going to be as painfully slow as most painful sci-fi? And why was Sam so sure the robots had white blood? All these answers and more on this weeks pod! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0058: Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

May 21, 2018 06:00 - 50 minutes - 58.6 MB

A new era of Science Fiction Ratings has dawned! From here on in its one film a week, every week, with more hard-hitting analysis, nit-picking and Star Trek references than ever before! To kick off SFRS 2.0 we revisit Indiana Jones’ unfortunate brush with science fiction, contemplate what dirt George Lucas has on Steven Spielberg and put forward a case for this film being responsible for everything that’s wrong with modern cinema. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website...

0057: The Re-Ranking I - WALL-E, Ender’s Game, Ghost in the Shell (1995)

May 14, 2018 07:00 - 56 minutes - 66.4 MB

Hey here’s three films you’ve seen before if you’ve been following along at home! But we just weren’t happy with where they were in the list and Alex is a masochistic who likes Ender’s Game so we watched these three films again, and then argued about where they should be in the list. And then we watch a trailer because Preview Shows are DEAD and we are in the future where we watch one film a week and send your humble podcast editor into a meltdown because we’re recording bits in the future, ...

0057: The Re-Ranking I - WALL-E, Ender's Game, Ghost in the Shell (1995)

May 14, 2018 07:00 - 56 minutes - 65.8 MB

Hey here’s three films you’ve seen before if you’ve been following along at home! But we just weren’t happy with where they were in the list and Alex is a masochistic who likes Ender’s Game so we watched these three films again, and then argued about where they should be in the list. And then we watch a trailer because Preview Shows are DEAD and we are in the future where we watch one film a week and send your humble podcast editor into a meltdown because we’re recording bits in the future, a...

0056: The Re-Ranking I Preview Show

May 07, 2018 07:00 - 12 minutes - 16.6 MB

Join us for an end of an era, as the last three films of SFRS mark one are reviewed. We head back in time to look at the films we've each selected for our annual re-ranking process.  Sam regrets his choice, Alex didn't think his would be so controversial, and Chris doesn't write (or probably read) these introductions and so clearly made a bad choice.We also get into what's changing about the pod, and how YOU can shape the future!  GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website!...

0055: Black Sheep, Man’s Best Friend, The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)

April 30, 2018 07:00 - 49 minutes - 57.9 MB

CREATURE FEATURE SEASON CONCLUDES! And we actually manage to get through three films without having to invoke the Poppins Clause.  Killer sheep from New Zealand, killer dogs from the US, and batshit Marlon Brando from an island in the South Pacific, this week’s podcast is so explosive the entire pod will never be the same again….DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN

0055: Black Sheep, Man's Best Friend, The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)

April 30, 2018 07:00 - 49 minutes - 57.4 MB

CREATURE FEATURE SEASON CONCLUDES! And we actually manage to get through three films without having to invoke the Poppins Clause.  Killer sheep from New Zealand, killer dogs from the US, and batshit Marlon Brando from an island in the South Pacific, this week’s podcast is so explosive the entire pod will never be the same again….DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN< GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/science-fiction-rating-system/id1200805447) Get in touch! (https://www.sciencefic...

0054: Killer Beasts Preview Week

April 22, 2018 13:00 - 24 minutes - 29.9 MB

Creature Feature season comes to a triumphant close with our third set of animal based science ficition. This week KILLER BEASTS. From Predator dogs to Marlon Brando in white face paint via killer sheep we preview three films that have something for everyone. Or maybe no one. Watch the trailers below and look forward to some top ranking next week! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0053: The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Deep Blue Sea, Howard the Duck

April 16, 2018 07:00 - 53 minutes - 62.6 MB

CREATURE FEATURE SEASON CONTINUES! We put down our copies of Playduck and take Deepest Bluest off the record player long enough to review three fishy tales!  The Poppins Clause rears it's ugly head again! No one knows what to make of Howard the Duck!  Deep Blue Sea is terrible! Limpet is strange! It's a poor week, but an entertaining one nonetheless.  GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0052: Fishy Tales Preview Week

April 09, 2018 06:00 - 23 minutes - 27.8 MB

Creature Feature Season continues with three films of the aquatic persuasion. Join us and watch the trailers for three wildly different films from the sea. Also! Its Alex's birthday so we find out which film will join WALL-E and Ghost in the Shell for a re-ranking in a few week's time! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0051: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Night of the Lepus, Donnie Darko

April 06, 2018 18:00 - 46 minutes - 55.1 MB

Just when you thought Easter was over SFRS turns up with a trifecta of films about rabbits! One of our better weeks for actually discussing what a film is and how it works (in my opinion), with a smattering of stardust from Chris' latest LA adventures, and then controversy as we come across a film not showing many signs of sci-fi at all...Will the [Poppins Clause](https://www.sciencefictionratingsystem.com/poppins) come in to effect? Find out within!  GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touc...

0050: Rabbits

March 26, 2018 09:00 - 19 minutes - 23.5 MB

Its our 50th episode, yay us!  Its also Easter and so we kick off CREATURE FEATURE season with three (loosely) sci-fi films about rabbits. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0049: The Last Starfighter, Tron, Wargames

March 19, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 75.8 MB

Ready Player One hits cinemas this week, and so lets all pretend its the '80s and this isn't happening.  We watch three films where videogames are more than just videogames, and children are in space, and in the computer, and in NORAD.  Opinions are split with no one really agreeing on anything, except that the [Death Blossom](https://youtu.be/nmPGuMGs8cg?t=2m25s) is the most ridiculous way to end a war ever committed to film. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! S...

0048: 1980s Kids Sci-Fi Preview Week

March 12, 2018 07:00 - 26 minutes - 32 MB

Hey, Ready Player One is out soon! Don't go and see it because it will be terrible. Instead, watch three films with us that Ernest Kline watched when writing his awful book.  Also we have some sci-fi news! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0047: Solaris (2002), The Man Who Fell to Earth, Arrival

March 05, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 82.2 MB

This week we rank the three films chosen by Native director Daniel Fitzsimmons, and we've got a bit of everything- depressing space station suicide drama, linguistics and angry army men in a field, and '70s insanity with Bowie. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0046: Guestlist I - Daniel Fitzsimmons

February 23, 2018 08:00 - 20 minutes - 25.1 MB

In a first for the podcast director of new indie sci-fi Native Daniel Fitzsimmons sends us three films to watch and rank. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0045: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

February 19, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 89.7 MB

Alex steps into the captain's chair to host a very special bumper Star Trek show.  We follow one of cinema's strangest trilogies as the crew of the USS Enterprise fight an awesome villain, a terrible villain and no villain. We also discuss ship design, Kirk's trouble with women, the problem with time travel, Scotty's expanding waist band and much, much more! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0044: Star Trek II-IV Preview Week (Sort of)

February 12, 2018 11:00 - 6 minutes - 8.75 MB

This week we would have been previewing Star Trek II-IV, having a lovely quiz about Star Trek and chatting about Mr. Limpet. But instead Sam is an idiot and deleted various files that made this episode impossible to air, and so instead he rambles into a microphone for ten minutes whilst being harassed by his cat. Next week will be a bumper episode though, so dont miss it! Cheers x GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Ins...

0043: The Faculty, Lost in Space, Dark City

February 05, 2018 12:00 - 54 minutes - 63.8 MB

We travel back in time 20 years (20 years!!!) to watch and rank three very different films that all wear their late '90s heritage proudly.  Ironic horror, gloomy miserabilism and Apollo Four Forty, this week has something for everyone!  Also a squatting child robot.  GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0042: 1998 Preview Week Show

January 29, 2018 07:00 - 21 minutes - 26.2 MB

Let's all feel old by watching three films from 1998 because THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO! Wow.  Three very different films get the trailer treatment as Alex quizzes us on 1998's biggest export: Google. Also in this week's show: Legitimate fanmail, Apollo Four Forty, and (inevitably) a bit of Star Trek. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0041: The Host, Doomsday Book, Collective Invention

January 24, 2018 20:00 - 53 minutes - 63.7 MB

We've got over Star Wars and followed up on our enjoyment of Snowpiercer by watching three more slices of South Korean science fiction. Monster movies, zombie movies, an eight ball hurtling into the earth and a fish man, this week has pretty much everything. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0040: South Korean Week Preview Show + Star Wars: The Last Jedi Spoilercast!

January 15, 2018 10:00 - 47 minutes - 54.8 MB

This week we preview three slices of South Korean science fiction. River monsters, robot Buddha and a fish-man, we've got it all. And then we spend almost an hour locked in furious debate about the merits (or lack thereof) of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In a non-binding non-rating capacity, of course. BEWARE: WALL TO WALL SPOILERS from 11:40 ! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0039: The Day After Tomorrow, The Colony, Snowpiercer

January 08, 2018 10:00 - 46 minutes - 54.6 MB

It's 2018! We made it!  Celebrate another trip around the sun by snuggling up to three more film reviews as we fight back the new ice age in The Day After Tomorrow, The Colony and Snowpiercer.  Everyone is pretty much in agreement and eager to talk about The Last Jedi but you'll have to wait for next week for that. (also no more Emmerich films for a while, promise.) GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Face...

0038: 2017 Christmas Spectacular!

December 25, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 82.1 MB

It's Christmas Day but we've taken time out of eating mince pies and arguing about Star Wars to record a bumper Christmas special!  We look back at some of our favourite (and least favourite) science fiction films and tv shows from 2017, make some predictions for 2018 and spend too long talking about Star Trek. Again. Merry Christmas from SFRS, see you in the new year for LOADS MORE RATINGS! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on T...

0037: New Ice Age Preview Week

December 18, 2017 07:00 - 20 minutes - 25.5 MB

The snow is falling, its nearly christmas so let's all imagine a future where its christmas ALL the time! No, hang on, where its snowing all the time. And everything has gone terrible.  We watch three trailers but won't be rating these films till New Years Day, as next week is a christmas special!  A real Christmas special! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0036: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Battle Beyond the Stars, Starcrash

December 11, 2017 10:00 - 58 minutes - 70.1 MB

Star Wars: The Last Jedi hits cinema screens across the world this week, so we go back to where it all began with a thorough examination of 1977's Star Wars, and two films that attempted to ape its success, and got it spectacularly wrong. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0035: Star Wars & Rip-offs Preview Week

December 04, 2017 07:00 - 25 minutes - 30 MB

In a galaxy far, far away nothing is probably happening, but right here we're watching A New Hope and 2 ripoffs because pretty soon there's a new Star Wars film out, and that is still an exciting thing! Also Alex brings the best quiz we've had yet, even if he doesn't realise how famous the Gonk droid is. Gonk. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

0034: Stargate, Independence Day, 2012

November 27, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 81.8 MB

We revisit Independence Day and provide a definitive ranking for (probably) the most divisive film on the list.  Why is it is so bad? The wafer thin plot? The hideous level of AMURICA? The grating attempts at a deeper meaning? And who writes these podcast notes anyway? (We also watched two other films by Roland Emmerich that were also pretty terrible) GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too!

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