The Great Escape Breakout

The Great Escape
The Great Escape Breakout Podcast

Join Rich, Ben, Felek, Mark and Chrissey as we chat about the world of film, fiction and comics - as well as the latest developments from the world of The Great Escape! Breakout is a monthly podcast by The Great Escape, a collective of film-makers, writers and comic book creators.

  1. 10/08/2016

    Breakout Ep. 9: RIP VHS

    As the last video recorder rolls off the production line, we get all sentimental about the humble VHS videotape - sharing our memories, our histories and, for some people, distaste towards the 40-year old format. Thanks for listening! Want to share your memories of VHS? Drop us a line on our Facebook page, facebook.com/TGEBreakout. Mentioned in the podcast: === BBC News: Japan 'to stop making VCR machines' ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36857370 ) EngineerGuy: How Sony's Betamax lost to JVC's VHS Cassette Recorder ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddYZITaxlTQ ) A Drop To Drink & The Stop-Motion Adventures of Pony Techmoan - Retro-Tech: When HD Movies came out on VHS ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiu0LPeLQPE ) BBC Academy - Digitizing the BBC Archive ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/technology/article/art20130704121742520 ) Doctor Who Missing Episodes ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_missing_episodes ) IMDb: Masters of Menace ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100119/ ) Stan VHS: The modern movies and series adapted on good old VHS Tapes ( http://www.ufunk.net/en/insolite/la-vhs-nest-pas-hs/ ) Dude Bro Party Massacre III ( http://www.dudebropartymassacre3.com/ ) 'Trashing' the Academy : Jeffery Scourse ( https://marcell.memoryoftheworld.org/Jeffrey%20Sconce/Trashing%20the%20Academy%20(2544)/Trashing%20the%20Academy%20-%20Jeffrey%20Sconce.pdf ) The Amstrad Double Decker VHS Recorder ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lISOxj1APwk )

    55 min
  2. 08/12/2016

    Breakout Ep. 8: What the heck is Science Fantasy?

    The TGE crew get chatting on the mashing together of science fiction and fantasy. What is it? Why do people do it? Does it more palatable for the general public? And why isn't Terminator 2 an example of it? Thanks for listening! Want to share your own thoughts on Science Fantasy? Drop us a line on our Facebook page, facebook.com/TGEBreakout. Mentioned in this podcast: --- The Disease by Paul Kane (Hellbound Media) ( http://www.hellboundmedia.co.uk/comic-book/the-disease-shock-value-presents ) The Hero with a Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_Faces ) TV Tropes: Punkpunk ( http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PunkPunk ) Vox: "We've hit peak lens flare, here's how it started" (A history of the lens flare)( http://www.vox.com/2016/3/28/11306906/lens-flare-history ) Squishy Animals Mentioned: --- Squishy, the Giant Squid: https://www.instagram.com/p/BHW_A_QDgYh/?taken-by=thegreatescdotcom Films & TV Shows Mentioned: --- Star Wars, Krull, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clash of the Titans, Solaris, Sunshine, Moon, Gravity, Interstellar, "I, Robot", The Abyss, Avatar (aka: Fern Gully in Space), The Terminator & Terminator 2, Guardians of the Galaxy & The Marvel Universe, Star Trek: Generations, First Contact and Insurrection, Star Trek The (Slow) Motion Picture & The Wrath of Khan, Doctor Who, Lord of The Rings, Babylon 5, Stargate SG-1, Firefly, Avengers Assemble, Neil Blomkamp, JJ Abrams Films (inc. Star Trek), Game of Thrones

    43 min

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Join Rich, Ben, Felek, Mark and Chrissey as we chat about the world of film, fiction and comics - as well as the latest developments from the world of The Great Escape! Breakout is a monthly podcast by The Great Escape, a collective of film-makers, writers and comic book creators.

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