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Sci-fi Unchained
This podcast discusses science fiction at all levels, from Stargate and Star Wars to H.P. Lovecraft, ancient cultures, and modern myth.
Wouldn't it be great to be able to prove or disprove any and all extraterrestrial conspiracy theories? Just to KNOW for certain whats real and what isn't?
We have had a lot of major disappointments lately. But we dont have to let them color the taste of what we all collectively enjoy as a fanbase!
Breaking news everyone! Reading.....is HARD sometimes! Even for a voracious reader like myself, reading can seem like a chore some days. But why is this? If I'm reading a genre that I love so much, how can that be?
Deadpool x Wolverine is EASILY one of my favorite marvel movies of all time! if not one of my favorite movies in general. We have seen a pretty big dip in the attention people are giving to the MCU, but THIS movie is guaranteed to swing it back. So what made the studio make such a dramatically different kind of movie that was ten time raunchier, more gory, more nostalgia filled than the previous Deadpool movies? Well......
Following Dune Part 1, this movie gave us a ton of payoff from the buildup that we got several years ago and it did NOT disappoint! As a matter of fact, I think its pretty underrated. I do not see many people talking about it very much. But I will!
I think everyone is getting real tired of studios doing whatever they want with their properties because they KNOW that no matter how bad something bombs, they can keep on truckin....
Did Obi-Wan Kenobi commit heinous crimes by removing the autonomy of the Stormtroopers with his famous "these arent the droids you're looking for" line? Does this open the Jedi order to a whole slew of class action lawsuits?
I am a HUGE X-Men comics fan, especially the later graphic novel adaptations and illustrated compendiums. So I was a little apprehensive whenever Disney Plus announced its continuation of the beloved X-Men cartoon we got in the 90s.......I was not ready for them to screw up my childhood even more. BUT THEY DIDNT!!!!
I got the chance to hang out with Nathan Helm, author of the first in what will be an epic fantasy SAGA sure to sweep the bookshelves! This book was packed full of fun and its definitely reflected by the cool dude that is its author.
Its no secret that Star Wars is a massive franchise that is near and dear to not only me but to tens of thousands, including my pal Matt Charles! Today he is advocating the position that the prequel trilogy is superior to the original trilogy......and I'm here to put a stop to that.
With all the really cool technologies and advancements of differing flavors that we get in various scifi franchises, do we really need big chonk muscles and kickass karate skills?
There is massive speculation that the Emperor of Mankind will be, if not already is, the next chaos god. Though it may be more apt to call him a god of order rather than chaos.
I had the opportunity to have a good long talk the author of Becoming Glitch, and it was nothing but fun. Heres waiting for the sequel to a book everyone should be reading! I know Daniel and I will be chatting it up whenever it comes out.
Ever make a decision and then rethink that decision? And then rethink that rethink? AND THEN throw the whole idea away and juggle chainsaws? Well, thats the Chaos God of Change for you. The focus on magics and sorcery is pretty fun though!
Ever thought about having that extra slice of cake? Spending all your paycheck on nothing but art decor and photography software? How about popping just one more xanax? Well great job! You have just invited the Prince of Pleasure to make her way over to tempt you into selling your soul for the BEST and most gratifying experiences you could ever want!
Ever hock a loogie that was super big and chunky and looked like if it was any bigger it would be walkin and talkin and ordering room service? WELL! Thats good ole Papa Nurgle if he wasnt a behemoth of a monstrous god of disease and rot.
Blood for the blood god, skulls for the skull throne of Khorne! WH40K has tons of dark gods littering its cosmic landscape and my favorite is easily the lord of rage and battle, Khorne!
I talk about zombies a lot but one of the classic era of movie monsters that I think gets over looked all the time are mummies! But whats the difference?
Today I'm joined by the author of To the Brink, Matt Charles to discuss his writing style, his book, and a bit of shared nerd perspectives!
We've had the Bad Batch series finale, the Tales of the Empire anthology episodes, trailers for the Acolyte and an interesting May the 4th promo video drop. IS it all still a dumpster fire?.......yeah
A friend of mine, Paul Avery Tindol, came out with a great scifi thriller! Hunting Snipe: and Other Notes on the East Texas Cattle Mutilations. I had the great pleasure of reading it before our chat and MAN I cannot recommend it enough! Paul and I actually studied theatre together at SFA, so its REALLY cool for me to see a colleague of mine create something as enthralling as this book!
There were a ton of interesting things going on that I wanted to talk about, so I summed them all up and did one episode instead of a bunch of smaller ones!
The latest hit show courtesy of Amazon Prime is out and wild: Fallout! If you havent carved out a few hours to burn through it like the radiation that permeates the wastelands of post apocalyptic America in the series, you definitely need to do so! Though I think the success of the show could potentially lead to something else......
I got to sit down and talk to a great friend of the show, author and voice over artist, Aaron Ryan, about his new book Dissonance Volume II: The Reckoning! Head on over to Amazon and pick it up, it is an absolute GREAT read!
We all have some natural fear of the dark. But why? Why are embodiments of fear and darkness so compelling as characters in our stories? Can we overcome them? How?
There have been all manner of creatures in science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, anime, graphic novels, and cereal box one offs, but I cannot find ANY examples of a being that is completely made out of sound waves.
ONE! SINGULAR SENSATION!!!..........Skipping down our evolutionary timeline, we can imagine pretty easily that the next drastic environmental change will be that our planet will have to contend with is: nuclear fallout. But how will human beings adapt?
Dealing with another foundational cornerstone in the bedrock of science fiction and its tropes, religion plays a HUGE part in whatever story it appears.
Okay so this show NEEDS TO BE a success or the franchise will be demolished, the fans will be lost, no one will care about Mando season 4 or the movie, people are already turned off about the Rey movie, everything is going to be absolutely WRECKED........so lets talk about it.
I really want this story/movie/show to happen. But I would also be SCARRED of it happening because I would not want it being screwed up to an utter oblivion like how so many beloved franchises and projects have been massacred recently.
Its easy to relate to a stories main characters, side characters, even the villains. But what about what we CANT relate to? Where are all the stories about the eldritch and mysterious? Lets have more of THAT!
We need to explore it, point blank period. We know frighteningly little about the ocean floor, the creatures that are able to live down there, the dinosaurs that survived the meteors and following ice ages wiping out their land based counter parts. And I REALLY want us discovering all the sunken cities and ships that are down there!
Messing with time is fun, especially when you write a story it or a DND character that does it. Its a fun thing to play around with because theres almost nothing concretely known about what goes into time travel or time manipulation. I would definitely choose it as my ultimate power, being able to bend the tempest of time to my will.
Have you heard of one of the WORST live action, straight to garbage can tv shows of all time? Well you have now! Halo is by far one of the most depressing things I have ever seen and by all things holy please dont watch it. Let me suffer FOR you, thats what Im here for!
Today I sat down for a great chat with voice over artist, singer and author Aaron Ryan to talk about his new book, Dissonance, as well as a smattering of nerdling quandaries and quibbles. Aaron is a really fun and easily relatable guy, the conversation went by way too quickly and his new book is reflective of a man as articulate that spares no detail, like his clear inspiration J.R.R. Tolkien.
Do you wonder what it would take for humans first settlers out in space to make it out there in the cold, unrelenting void? WELL I DO! ALOT!
Do YOU have a shopping addiction? Always find yourself wanting more? Can never seem satisfied enough? Well come on down to the endless maw of the Abyssal Store! You will be able to purchase so many products, you will BECOME the product itself!
Have you ever wondered what [REDACTED] while he was drinking and mad at the [CLASSIFIED] all of creation? Do [REMOVED BY ORDER OF THE 0-5 COUNCIL] at night screaming for someone [REDACTED] help and they just wont [REDACTED]? Take a dive into the SCP Foundation and [REMOVED TO PRESERVE SANITY]!
We get a ton of cool, seemingly unstoppable future weapons and space guns. But do we not get enough of? Thats right. ARMOR. Strong suits of space metals that can stop space bullets!
Is the real world better than what we could create for ourselves in the matrix we all know is coming? Let's skip over what "real" means for this episode and focus on what we really want out of our evolutionary path forward while using apparati like the virtual world of the matrix.
There is an impending doom hanging over all of us: the apocalypse. Its just a matter of what form it will take. My money is on nukes. How will we best survive it though?
Getting kind of bored or uninterested whenever a show or movie unveils that it has a multiverse? I know I am and I think I'm very much not alone.
Ever wonder what our first foray amongst the civilizations of the stars might be? Im convinced a good amount of us will try to eat and or copulate with whatever alien race first visits us openly.
You know those guys that pop up in a show or movie that makes you point at the screen and say "oh hey, its that guy!" but don't really remember who they are? Well, lets go over a few of them. From one off bit roles to reoccurring characters, the actors that fill those rolls are some of the most memorable ever!
A really big scifi trope, as big as clones or intelligent robots, body snatching has been steadily ingrained in classic scifi mythos and has been used in almost every long running scifi show I can think of! From Stargate SG-1 to Falling Skies, people being replaced by robots, puppets, aliens, clones, has become a BIG component that has been utilized to a great extent by the genre.
Who are you? Not who have you become, what you do because of someone or something else, but who are you in your metaphorical bones? Strip away all of the bits of us that are there due to external influences and why we do certain things, act in specific ways, like or dislike this that or the other, all of that is not US. Those bits are accessories. add ons, patch work. Didn't know your psyche was Frankensteins monster, did you?
One of the definitive eras in Star Wars is the Clone Wars that helped shape the galaxy into what we know in the original trilogy. Its a war thats fought between two major scifi tropes; clones vs robots. But can that happen in real life?
Do you ever come across something you think is entirely unbelievable? Then you do a quick Google search and find out.......its real. And terrifying.
Are there notable trends and commonalities among the best and most successful science fiction shows and movies? What draws the audience to the theaters, to get that subscription, to turn on the tv channel? Can we mark out what those signifiers are?
There are a decent handful of projects slated for release this year. We can speculate on how well they will perform based on the quality of the past. So lets do that!
Speciating from homosapiens, what we are now as the human race, which should or would we speciate into? Mechanoid individuals known as cyborgs or genetically bolstered people called homosuperior.
Lets dive into Zach Snyders latest stinker, Rebel Moon. Does it have an redeeming qualities?........does it???
The Empire of the Hand, the Eriadu Authority, and the Zero Command are all cool, minor factions of the Warlord Era that ultimately were all absorbed into the Imperial Remnant. It is interesting that none of the factions are outright DESTROYED, they all get reincorporated in one form or another into a reforged, reinvigorated military power.
One of the New Republic's greatest opponents of the era, Warlord Zsinj was a classic, mustache twirling villain. His war of espionage, economic and biowarfare, and terrorism against the New Republic all made him and his Empire a chief obstacle that desperately needed to be overcome.
The largest faction to emerge from the splintering of the First Galactic Empire and arguably THE most important faction of all the old Star Wars expanded universe, the Imperial Remnant was GREAT!
One of the less significant, but still integral factions of the old expanded universe, the Greater Maldrood (aside from having such a silly name) was still a major player in the Warlord Era for two central reasons: they had a massive amount of territory with an important trade route and they had Gilad Pellaeon as their military commander.
For years after the death of Vader and the defeat of Sidious at Endor, the galaxy was steeped in a free for all, all out brawl between not only the Rebellion and what remained of the Empire, but a now fractured Empire and its own warring factions that sought to dominate each other. The Pentastar Alignment is one such Imperial faction.
Suffice to say, Disney has made some terrible decisions lately, with great confidence, landing them in some hot water: their over priced star wars hotel, having to merge Hulu with Disney Plus, their park ticket price hikes. And the bad decision making has bled into Star Wars and Marvel as well, unfortunately.
If you're around my age, you probably grew up with a straight to VHS Disney movie called Treasure Planet and WOW was it one of the most slept on Disney movies of all time!
There are untold numbers of world wide mysteries scattered amongst history and folklore. One that I have perused as of late, is the lore and origins of the famed Leprechaun from Irish folklore. And in doing so.... may have discovered a possible origin?
There are dozens upon dozens of great science fiction shows and movies to get into if you are looking to try out the genre. But where should you start?
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I am an enormous fan of the work given to the annals of time by Howard Phillips Lovecraft and his subsequent literary followers. I highly encourage any and all to grab a short story or poem of his on a dark and stormy night, when the cold buffets your extremities and the pitch of night grasps hold of your imagination.
From powering commercial vehicles, to cities and space ships, cold fusion is the way of the future. And there have been some major break throughs in the past few years!
So when I switched my podcast over to RSS, none of my episodes were ported over. So I thought I'd re upload one of my favorites.
Suffice to say, the reviews for the newest Ant Man movie are mixed and confusing. My thoughts on the film are a little more nuanced than just thumbs up or down, what are yours?
Artificial intelligence has grown exponentially in our use of it over the past 15 years. From interactive A.I. to industrial and commercial, artificial intelligence is a monumental human creation. But do we allow it to outpace and supplant us?
Lets delve into James Camerons latest film and see if we can't pull it apart and understand it better.
We just got the end of Andor season 1 last week and WOW was it great! A lot of people felt conflicted about it being a Star Wars story instead of just another sci-fi dystopian show, but I think it adds a lot to the greater narrative of the Star Wars universe. To say the least, I am a huge fan!
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One of the most well known and beloved fantasy stories of the modern age is that of Harry Potter. But does it stand up to a good amount of scrutiny?
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This conspiracy actually has a LOT of real world ties, those mainly being the companies Clonaid and GenScript that are still operational today. But they aren't the only ones of their kind either! So the real question is: how long before the clones are unleashed?!
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Let's talk Andor. To me it feels very comic book like, beginning very slow and allowing for time to breath and take everything in from the setting, the situation our character is in, to the minor details strewn throughout the background. I'm going to go ahead and call it, this is going to be better than Kenobi, Book of Boba Fett, maybe even the second Mandalorian season!
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Does having science in fantasy stories kind of muck it up and distort the story? Is it distracting and is it needed at all? Or CAN a good fantasy story be told with the use of scientific advancement?
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The greater the science, the less people necessary. Greater advancements lead to fewer people being necessary to outright win any amount of conflict or war. I genuinely cannot wait until we get so hyper advanced that it becomes entertainment that is truly harmless to the masses. Robot army verses remote controlled gundams. Who's with me?!
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Do you ever think that death may be glorified in entertainment or story telling in general? Is there any truly timeless story without a good death? Why is that?
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I have sat back and watched Kenobi over and over again and I cannot get away from my original conclusion. That it was ALMOST something great and wonderful.
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All of humanities crises, conflicts, need for education and endless entertainment, could all be solved with the use of a STARGATE!!!
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The mother load of all conspiracies! Government coverups, astronaut testimonies, strange nuclear weapons testings, ALIENS!!!!!!
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I'm not sure why the title is the "Book" of Boba Fett. It would make a lot more sense if he was keeping a journal or something along the way.....
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Time for more Conspiracies! These are really fun to do as they are really just a quick way to unload a really terrifying idea and the thought that there MAY be some truth to it based off of proven evidence.
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Something that I alway like seeing, especially in sci-fi shows or games is a good bioweapon. You know a good portion of the time is going to be combating that bioweapon and then the traumas of that weapons aftershocks.
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There have been a lot of valid criticisms lauded at Book of Boba Fett for having very little Boba Fett, for being too much fan service, for being too short for what it is and I get all of that......BUT, I think I can see whats going on......
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I KNOW everyone will automatically say the SP takes the W, but hear me out here......
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I think that overall design and integration of designs with each other in making a piece of science fiction work is FAR more important and essential in making a show or movie work than it is with any other genre.
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Whats an epic without some of our favorite characters? Gandalf, Dumledore, Uncle Iroh, all wizened old mentor characters that serve to propel the narrative to greater and more enthralling levels of intrigue. But has this trope worn out its usefulness?
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We have had a lot of progression in the past 100 years in terms of how we portray stories about monsters. I think monster stories are incredibly important for the importance of learning about fear, how to control it and especially how to recognize the monster in all of us and how to let it build us into a better person.
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There have been very mixed reviews of the Book of Boba thus far and with only a 7 episode season, criticism hit a lot harder because the show has very little time to prove them wrong if the show is able to do so at all.
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Let's dive deep into the logistics of why a government would seek to manipulate and control its people instead of doing what is in their best interest. I have always believed that imagination and by extension science fiction, has been the best way to break the psychological and even physical chains placed on us by the agents of fear and anger, allowing for greater true autonomy!
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This was a MASSIVE powerhouse of a movie! The funnies, the feels, the fan service, it had it all! But what did it ultimately mean for the future of the Multiverse that Phase 4 is focusing on?
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Doctor Who has been taking a continuous nose dive for the past few years now in terms of.....well, eveything. Was the most recent Flux string of episodes good enough to save the show runners bacon? Or bad enough to fry it blackened beyond edibility?
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Tired of plot armor? ME TOO
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What if our body housed more than one living consciousness?
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My best bud Derek and I could sit and talk for hours about things. So we did!
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We are very much in an era of flux when it comes to movies. They're either great or "meh", it happened" and Dunce 2021 is very much the latter.
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Welp. Marvel made a stinker. Was it an enjoyable stinker? Eh, I'd watch it again. Was it a Justice League/Power Rangers Abortion debate analogue? 100%
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Why hasn't this been done already? Gotti, Goodfellas, the Irishman, the Sopranos, we have dozens of examples of how to make a GREAT mob show and movie, so why has it never been adapted to science fiction?
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Which should we rely on to bring about a more prosperous future? Nature or technology?
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Sadly, we have been sorely lacking in the movie and major show departments when it comes to science fiction and what we DO get tend to be remakes, reboots or continuations. Why the lack of diversity and imagination? What could fix it? Can the answer be found in anime?
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Team tails being the general adventure of the week style show vs Quest Based, being a story with an overarching beginning and end goal.
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Like most people, my favorite part of most major sci-fi universes are the warrior characters and cultures. From Klingons to Mandalorians, they're always super stupid amounts of cool and fun. But is it getting old or becoming a crutch?
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What a sad way to end the first season of what I thought was going to be some amazing Disney Star Wars. Turns out I was kind of wrong, this is clearly not the best Disney Star Wars BUT there is some hope.
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I was lazy and needed to get both of these reviews cranked out.......aside from that, I LOVED these episodes, the show in general!
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Who would win between the terrifying Borg and the swarm based Replicators? Hit up our social media and let me know what you think!
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This being the second to last episode of this season of Bad Batch, I was expecting some amazing setup to a grand finale. What we got? Eh.....
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This was a nail biting, action packed episode with a great amount of consequences setting us up for what will hopefully be a grand slam two parter season finale!
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I've been wanting to do this episode with these guys for months and Im so incredibly glad its finally here! These are some great pals of mine, and we talk like this almost daily. We just finally got around to recording it.
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This was a surprising episode of nothing but pure filler. It did bring about some interesting questions regarding the future of the Star Wars universe.
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It's in the title......I have a billion questions........
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This was a really fun episode that posed a lot of major questions in the end.
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This was a fun, quick episode. Not too much to go over to be honest, other than some minor character development.
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This is probably one of my favorite episodes because it deals with the wider galaxy, not just where our main characters find themselves.
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In this "filler" episode, we see a lot of growth and change in the Batch's outlook on just who their enemies are and who their potential allies could be.
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I don't know about all of you, but this is an episode that I'm going to be watching over and over again. And it's clear to see why!
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Whether it's the conversations of existential crisis or fight scenes set to Bonnie Tyler songs, this episode was a ton of fun and if I wasn't excited enough for this show before, I certainly am now!
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There have been many fears of what over population and pollution will result in, namely the demise of the human species. Could we form a sort of symbiosis with nature as we are now? Or are we too far removed in our deviant form of evolution?
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Everything about this episode was perfect to me and I have nary a critique! If anything, I just want longer episodes, especisally because we only get 16 episodes this season.
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This was a beautiful way to start off a show with such a beloved villain character! I tip my proverbial hat.
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Okay, this episode was a great deal better than the last two! It brings great hope for future episodes.
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This was the most meh episode yet but......it was still serviceable.
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Whether its Love Death and Robots, the Twilight Zone, Stargate SG-1, or Battlestar Galactica, there is a ton of great sci-fi out there to be thoroughly enjoyed! Though is there a better form of structure for sci-fi storytelling?
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This was a fun and adventurous episode. Slow in terms of the overall plot that I think people want to see more of, like whats happening with Crosshair, Kamino and the Empire. But these episodes are.....necessary.
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Ever think about how/why we would travel to other plains of existence? The idea liters pop culture and stories world wide, but should we maybe look towards traveling to lower plains rather than higher firstly so we can understand HOW to do so in the first place? Crawling before running, in a way.
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This episode was very easy and quick to review, so I go into a few speculations for the the future of the show and the franchise in general.
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This episode is rife with foreshadowing ideology and threats the Empire will pose to the galaxy at large. Im so stinkin excited!
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I don't know about you all but I have been having an absolute blast with The Boys, Invincible, Jupiter's Legacy and Doom Patrol. I highly recommend them 10/10!
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This was definitely a much slower and breather episode coming down from episode one, though I think its about to pick up like crazy in 3!
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It may seem a bit unfair at first, pitting one faction against an entire galaxy, but if you look at the sheer scale of the forces the Imperium brings to bare? I think that discrepancy can be easily forgiven.
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Need it be said? Spoilers ahead! I LOVED the premiere of the Bad Batch! I think it may be even greater a show than the Clone Wars.
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Do not get me wrong, the show is a great show for what it is......It is NOT a great show if you're a fan of the works of H.P. Lovecraft or his followers who continued his writings.
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One of my favorite topics is of course the ideas surrounding ghosts. The unknown of the afterlife, what form it might take for us as our bodies return to stardust.
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My new pal Tadd Larken drops in to cover varying Star Wars aspects and comparisons and we go off on a nerd speak blast together! Episodes like these are the ones that I have the most fun on.
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Welcome to a VERY fun episode for me, as I sit down with Luke from the Scoundrel's Cantina and discuss the state of Star Wars and the goings on in the media, at Lucasfilm, the direction of the franchise and our hopes and fears therein.
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In this episode, I go over all the characters in the Mandalorian that I consider to be the core group around which the show either revolves or at leasts pivots to a greater extent than others. I will be doing a few others covering all the other characters, there are a LOT more than one would think at first but I will get to all of them!
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I 100% LOVE this show, full stop. I'll be doing a character breakdown soon too!
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I wanted to talk about the roads not taken by our evolutionary progression. Also I REALLY like pirates.
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Oh boy do we have some big and exciting things on the horizon!
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Lee and I talk about his new book, science fiction influences, why stories are so important to us as people, how to write for society at large and everything in between! I enjoyed listening to Lee give his perspective on things as my senior in creating art in writing as we highlight the importance of authors to really understand your audience.
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This season/series finale didnt quite give us what we all wanted, but it DID give us a TON of awesomeness that was well worth the build up of the previous episodes.
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Really all I WANT is for Ultron to come back. We KNOW theres gunna be a big rumble battle royal going on with all the major characters. Just give me Ultron. James Spader has the time. I know he does.
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The second to last episode of WandaVision was PHENOMENAL and well deserving of all the praise its getting, serving as an awesome setup for our big season finale! Predictions episode to come later today as well.
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Im so happy that my second guest is my good buddy Zach Nanamus, one of the Warlocks from Warlock Entertainment System. Zach is one of the people I love getting into these kinds of conversations with and I can't wait to have more in the near future!
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This is my very first episode having a guest and I'm proud for it to be one of my oldest friends, Derek Kohlmeyer. A marine, zookeeper, and now future anime writer, Derek and I have been best buds since 8th grade. We're always talking nerd shop, so we figured why not do it on here as well!
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WandaVsion's first episode in the final third arc. I was right in how they were structuring this show's plot structure, because this episode answers A LOT of questions and sets us up for reveal after reveal to be made in the final two episodes as well.
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There is a lot happening for the channel and in entertainment AND I kind of just wanted to continue my rant on space and nuclear power and cold fusion.
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We've come to the end of the 2nd 3rd of the season and I think this will be it for this exposition arc, now we get into our resolution arc with episodes 7-9!
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This episode gives up a BIG reveal! Its fun and exciting and brings with it a whole slew of possibility and craziness all in itself!
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I was right! This season IS being broken up into thirds in terms of story and plot layout. Not to mention the amount of awesome each new episode is giving us weekly!
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We will have our very first booked guest here on Sci-fi Unchained on March 6th! Be sure to stick around to catch that upcoming episode!
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The last of the first third on the season and boy oh boy did it leave us with some riveting questions AND answers!
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Lets get into Episode 2 of WandaVision! This is probably my favorite show to watch at the moment and I can't get enough of the intrigue and mystery of it all!
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Heres the first WandaVision review! SPOILERS ahead if you haven't seen it yet! I tried to give the show enough time to where people could catch up on it before reviewing it.
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I know we have Multiverse of Madness coming up, but thats just a microcosm of the grander scale that is phase 4. I almost dont like this kind of speculation, but its just so much fun!
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It's on Amazon Prime, its a super fun sci-fi show, its got awesome stuffs in it. Why SHOULDNT you give it a shot?!
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I'm wrapping up talking about the Sith and what really makes them great, without going into exactly who I think stands over all.
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Darth Vader is that one character who's fame has risen above all other villains in his class. He's menacing, unpredictable, the embodiment of relentless power.
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He is the last Dark Lord we get in either legend or cannon continuity and I highly recommend the Legacy graphic novels he comes from.
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The Sith'ari, progenitor of the Rule of Two, and destroyer of the old Sith orders. Darth Bane is easily THE most important Sith in history. He might not have been the most powerful, but in terms of his significance, he was certainly the most important.
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The greatest Sith Lord of his age, Marka Ragnos is the early on personification of what makes a great Sith Lord.
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There is not much known about Darth Andeddu, but he is worth some note because of he being the first to master the art of essence transfer. The art that Sidious sought after his entire life, the art of cheating death itself.
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This is probably one of my favorite SW characters ever. He's one that I've spent my whole life growing up with, from his inception in 1991 to his fall and death in 2008. Whether as Jacen Solo or Darth Caedus, I will always believe that this was what the films needed to be truly great.
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As monstrous and evil a threat as you could want, Darth Nihilus is one of my favorite spookier characters is SW lore
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He never lost a battle, he broke the ranks of a thousand Jedi single handed, he conquered over one hundred worlds. He is the Lord of Hate, the Master of the Gathering Darkness. Tulak hord.
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A master of Sith alchemy, sith sorcery, force manipulation, and a brilliant strategist, Naga Sadow is one of the greatest Sith lords of the older eras.
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Probably one of my all time favorite Sith Warriors
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Let's start talking about MY favorite group of force wielding maniacs, the Sith, their various orders and philosophies
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Evolution successful....
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No ones wants to die young. Or Old. Or at all........right?
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What will our world governments look like in 100 years? What will it take for us to become a space fairing civilization?
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Two pillars that are almost always needed for large fictional universes, sci-fi or not, to be successful and to tell compelling stories, are cultures and myths.
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Is Rick and Rick and Morty a cautionary tale of Dostoyevsky's question of the idiot vs the genius? Or is it just a fun shrug telling us all to chill out for a while?
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Is there ever an instance where a weakness should remain a weakness? Is there ever BAD character development or personal growth? Let's talk.
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Have you ever wondered what your life would have been like if you had just made another decision?
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An in-depth look at Summer Smith and navigating the path between personal growth and social conformity at scale.
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Eh, so I'm a big UFC and Amanda Nunes fan, sue me! She is the equivalent to a Jaffa or a Klingon warrior woman and it SHOWS!!!
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We can all agree that out of the Smith family, Jerry is the stupidest character..........or IS he? Yes..........maybe?.......No, yeah, he's an idiot. But he NEEDS to be!
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"Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everybody's gonna die. Come watch tv?"- Morty. AND HE'S RIGHT! Let's dive in.
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We have a lot to look forwards to and a lot to enjoy!
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I finish up going over tactics and overall goals of my fleet. Who wouldn't want to traverse the cosmos? Build an empire? Secure a mighty legacy across the stars that future generations can look up to with pride?
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Boba Fett! Cthulu! Soviet Superman! I am very excited for he near future!
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I would like the O'Neill class Asgard ship from their fleet with the Vesta class science carrier from the Federation's Starfleet. Super brains meets versatility.
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Check out my facebook page and let me know what kind of carrier you would want!
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IT's Revenge of the 5th! Also Cinco de Mayo and Taco Tuesday! Haha
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I want a heavily modified Eclipse 2 SSD!
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What kind of ship would I want for my battlecruiser? I want one regenerative hull capabilities, a multipurpose hangar, and the biggest and baddest guns in the fleet!
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What would your ideal starfighter be? For my fleet, I want to focus on diversity and capability.
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If you're rollin out in space, you need a big ship with a couple of big guns
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What more can you say but.....ZOMBIES?!!?!
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For the most part, aliens across the board are all bipedal, or mostly humanoid and using two legs to walk. Ever wonder WHY that is if the universe is so vast and full of infinite possibility?
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What are YOU doing to be the ultimate person YOU could be today?!
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How do you guys feel about changes made to a series mid way or even after the fact?
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More ramblings and dancing around tying fiction works into philosopher Immanuel Kant and how he would have us act as heroes.
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Just me rambling on about comics, zombies and how existentialists would have us combat the monsters and strive to be gods.
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I've been super busy with work and getting a lot of things in order, but I'm back and will be putting out more content consistently!
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I grew up as a big fan of the Stephen King mini series, books, and most movies. Would you like to see an established King-verse? Let me know!
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Ever wonder what space travel would be like? Or how significant it really is to science fiction? What kind of ship you would fly?
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I am SO excited for this movie! Join me for my breakdown and speculations on the movie. Let me know what yours are too!
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Who doesn't like a good role model? Science fiction is chalk full of them!
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The dark lord, Darth Vader has been a staple of cinema for generations and I will talk about him often sooo....here we go!
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We got a lot of news from D23 today and there is more to come! Considering everything released, what are you most excited about?
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From Teal'c to Warf, the Orcs from Warcraft to the Elites from Halo, who are YOUR favorites and why? What similarities and differences can you find amongst some of your own favorite characters and factions?
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Well met, weary travelers! Thank you for joining me on my podcasting journey. I have a lot of science fiction theories, comparisons, analyses, and discussions to be had and I want to share them all with you!
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