UP FROM THE ASHES: BAD Sci-Fi TV and BIG Sci-Fi Ideas!!‪!‬ Ben Avery

It’s another episode of The Starlost, and this time we are joined by SyFy tv movie writer and novelist Greg Mitchell! “Farthing’s Comet” is full of drama! (Difused drama, but still drama!)It’s full of action! (Poorly paced, but still action!)It’s full of music! (Inapropriately toned, but still music!)It’s full of outer space special effects! ( […]

It’s the return of Walter Koenig! It’s the return of Oro! AND . . . it’s the return of Parker J. Cole!!! Our favorite historical romance writer is back to talk about the one true recurring character, Oro, AND the one character who wasn’t even needed in this episode and had us scratching our heads, […]

Join Ben Avery and guest host Rob Southgate as they explore an episode of The Starlost that starts out feeling par for The Starlost, takes a turn toward interesting, and then fumbles the ending in spectacular fashion! In this episode we talk about:* Lord of the Rings* Metropolis* Babylon 5* J. Michael Straczynski* Harlon Ellison’s […]

Join Ben Avery and guest host Allan Reini as they talk about a terrible hour of television. Just awful. In this episode we talk about:* Ringo Starr* How Astro-Medics COULD be a better show* How this episode is the worst we’ve seen so far* It is. It really, really is . . . Please support […]

Join Ben Avery and guest host John Harju as they talk about an hour of television that’s . . . actually not bad??? Social commentary and pathos and character development are actually present??? What’s this? In this episode we talk about:* Envoronmentalism* The Cold War* The Vietnam War* The benefits of a Ben Bova* Monty […]

Join Ben Avery and guest host Kerry Nietz, author of AMISH VAMPIRES IN SPACE, as they talk about a rogue computer that wants to use our trio of heroes to become a “real boy”. This unusual episode of THE STARLOST has some interesting ideas and some poor execution . . . which perhaps means it’s […]