Sound In Space The Shift Podcast Network

And so this is Christmas...and what have we done? We've set our fact finding trio onto some festive favorites.  

Under the Christmas micoscope this episode are .. 

Scrooged - Bill Murray got the full Christmas Carol experience in this Christmas classic but if you had someone who you needed to change could give them the three ghost treatment using science? You'll find out..

Elf - Will Farrell's loveable Buddy became a household favorite with this yuletide fish out of water story but were his wild claims of spreading Christmas Cheer to help Santa fly accurate? Well the answer's may surprise you! 


Enjoy and most importantly, a Merry Christmas of all of us at Sound in Space 

On this episode of Sound in Space things are getting a little weird as our trio look at the science behind body horror movies and , as you do, in particular - movies where someone gets turned into an animal / insect against their will because…well we’ve already done time travel. 




However , is there more science in these schlock horrors than we’re expecting? Emmm..




First up under the microscope is 




The Fly - David Cronenberg’s  1986 insect starring horror is  genuine classic which saw Jeff Goldblum slowly change from Seth Brundle into BrundleFly after messing around with his new teleportation invention but is it possible to mix human genes with anything else ? If so, why would we do it? And what are the changes of coming up the telepods in the first place 




and then 




Tusk - Kevin Smith went from comic books and clerks to using his podcast army to create a horror where an annoying podcast host is held against his will and turned into a Walrus but could one really do that? Is this the movie that finally breaks Barry? And if annoying podcasters are targets will the next episode of Sound of Space be completely in Wallrus grunts? 




Please do get in contact with anything at all to soundinspace@theshift.ie 

This week’s Sound In Space gets under the cape of Gotham’s finest as we look at the science of Batman and ask is it possible for you to become Bruce Wayne ? 
 
 Where does he get all those wonderful toys? Well from gadgets to gear our trio are going to find out including capes, cowls and the surprising role of goats in your goal to become Batman. 
 
 Plus who is Batman without his baddies? Sound In Space also puts the rogues gallery to the test to find out which villain you’re most likely to meet out on the streets 




Under the microscope this week are
 
 Batman Begins and Batman (1989)
 
 As always if you want to contact us send a signal up or just contact soundinspace@theshift.ie 

This week’s Sound In Space is a rise of the robots as our trio look at AI in the movies but what are things that the movies always get wrong and is the phrase AI even right to begin with? 
 
 Plus the ethics behind movie robot romances, the dangers of making your robot a little too like you and the chances of having a T1000 of your very own 




Under the microscope this episode are ..




Ex Machina - Domhnall Gleeson attempts to get under the robot skin of Alicia Vikander’s Ava but how dangerous is it to befriend a robot where the creator might not be the nicest guy on the planet?
 
 T2: Judgement Day - Arnie returned in 1991 as the good guy is this all time classic that saw his Terminator take on the latest model T1000 to save the future but how good was this movie at predicting the future?
 
 As always feel free to get in touch soundinspace@theshift.ie 

On this episode of Sound In Space we are running for cover and talking all things asteroid. 
 We chat the differences between asteroids and comets, the chances of one of them hitting earth and frankly most importantly, what’s the plan if that happens. 
 
 Under the microscope on this episode are 




Greenland - The surprise hit of lock down that saw Gerard Butler attempt to keep his family safe by legging it to Greenland where the governments of the earth have gone full Noah and built an end of the world Ark - but , how realistic is this plan and if that is what would happen.. what could you do to get on the ark ? 




and , of course..




Armageddon - Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck take on an asteroid because astronauts don’t know jack about drilling , but how realistic is this plan? Right we all know..not very but sure look , Jason Issacs was cool in it wasn’t he? Anyway..Armageddon 




Plus our trio talk what they want in payment for saving in the world, in case they ever get asked to “I’m sure they’ll make great astronauts but they don’t know jack about podcasts!”
 
 As always you can buzz us with anything soundinspace@theshift.ie 

Sound in Space battles Space Invaders again this week in the show’s first ever sequel as sequels always turn out better than the original…right? 




Under the microscope this week are  .. 




District 9 - Neil Blonkamp’s allegorical alien tale showed us a world where twenty years after arriving on earth visitors from another planet live in slum like conditions are about to be moved into direct provision. But do our trio think this is what would happen if aliens arrived tomorrow? Plus could a fuel actually change someone’s DNA? 




and 
 
 Mars Attacks! - In 1996 Tim Burton took on Independence Day in a battle of the invasions with one but two Jack Nicholson but how accurate is this zany Pierce Brosnan as a dog tale? Plus could alien invaders really be beaten by a number one hit? 
 
 Plus a reaction to the recent declassified files and the tricky fact of calling up an alien for a chat. 




Please do rate and review the podcast and if you want to challenge Barry drop us a line soundinspace@theshift.ie