311 episodes
Science Fiction Rating System Sam Draper
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- TV & Film
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4.3 • 6 Ratings
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Join Sam, Alex and 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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Annihilation
This week we 'celebrate' the release of Alex Garland's Civil War by looking back at Annihilation. Join us as we discuss the perils of adapting a story you don't actually know, whether Natalie Portman can actually act, and a strange bear.
Next week, get your annoying steampunk tat at the ready - it's Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow!
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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Accidental post-apocalypse/Fallout season with Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. But first, Alex has a random newsblast? Join us as we take our usual detour into mourning the death of practical effects, ponder if this film invented the post apocalypse, and generally just enjoy a well-made film. We watch them occasionally.
(When Sam keeps saying 'The man with no name' he means A Fistful of Dollars, obvs.)
Next week, it's Annihilation!
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Cyborg
This week, Alex picks his birthday film - it's Albert Pyun's Cyborg! Join us as we discuss JCVD's career, butcher's shops in the USA, double TKOs, missing contact lenses, and a quiz which, let's be honest here, Sam absolutely aces.
Next week, accidental Fallout apocalyptic season continues with Mad Max 2!
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Ghostbusters II
This week we watch Ghostbusters II, except Chris who got the wrong film. But first, we have a little bonus spoilercast about Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, which unlocks a classic Chris Rant. And then we watch the main feature, discussing the impact of The Real Ghostbusters, what you want from a sequel, the bad vibes that come from good vibes, and I think our third passionate defence of Peter Venkman.
Next week, it's Alex's birthday pick, Cyborg!
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Star Trek
This week, we take our annual trip to the world of Star Trek. Having watched all the original ten films, it's time to follow a very old Spock through a black hole and join the Kelvin timeline. Join us as we discuss rebooting franchises, a terrible bad guy, fate vs. logic. and the perils of stunt-casting unfunny comedians.
Next week, we celebrate (?) Ghostbusters being back in cinemas by watching Ghostbusters II!
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
This week, we continue the modern Planet of the Apes franchise seven years (!) after watching the first instalment. Join us as we marvel at the CG, complain about everything else, get into a very, very long discussion about post-apocalyptic survival (yet again) and we learn that Chris is prepared to play any game, no matter the game. Game on.
Note for Sam's brain: You are confusing Jason Clarke with Jai Courtney because they are both charisma vacuums and were both in Terminator: Genisys!
Next week, it's another rebooted franchise, JJ Abrams' ode to the lens flare, it's Star Trek!
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Customer Reviews
The go to podcast on SciFi.
I will stop whatever I’m doing and listen to this podcast once I’ve noticed a new episode has dropped. (Sorry honey). Great all round info on SciFi, from the classics to the unwatchable these three guys rarely get it wrong. (Except Lawnmower Man, it’s misunderstood and should be in top 10). Keep up the good work.
Snarky Hosts That Seem to Actually Hate the Genre and are Just Sick, Twisted Individuals
After listening to fifteen episodes of the podcast, I definitively can say I truly do not believe these hosts enjoy science fiction in the least. Every episode I've listened to has them making stupid, snarky comments that belittles the material and genre as a whole. I get that not every movie is your cup of tea, but there wasn't even ONE. SINGLE. MOVIE. that I listened to them discuss where they even came close to remotely enjoying it or saying it was even a decent film.
The last episode I listened to was their discussion on "Jurassic Park III." I couldn't even get through that one because, about halfway through, when one of the hosts said one of the secondary casts members died of AIDS a number of years later, they all laughed. Sick and disgusting.
Stay away from this one. They don't actually like the material and find it funny when people die in a horrible way. Keep away from this drek.
Very entertaining
I love science fiction films and listening to these three fellas argue about them (and sometimes agree) is funny. When Sam hates something, he’s prone to say “it’s trash” or “it’s rubbish” and no one should mention Ready Player One to him. Still he’s the most balanced when it comes to reviews. Alex is the optimist and is the most forgiving of the three and can definitely hang with kind of campy films sometimes and passionately defended Enders Game 🤣. Chris likes procedurals, hates anime, and refuses to concede that Independence Day is a rah-rah film that’s MEH. Still, I do love when Chris weighs in and takes the steam out of Alex and Sam, since his opinion often gets the short end of the stick.
The system really works though overall! People’s personal favourites don’t get to go right up the top so these guys really balance each other out. Compromise is hard, and they are masters of it!