Films & Filth

Star Trek III is that one hanging on back at the party. You probably wouldn't notice them much, but if you strike up a conversation, you may be in for a good time. I hope we managed that here. Today's guest is Larry Nemecek, who straight up owns the name "Dr. Trek." He wrote the literal book on TNG in the 90's, is a consultant for a myriad of things Trek (including the loved and lamented "Star Tre...

In 2002, it all seemed so fantastically dystopian. But in 2020, it comes across more like reality spiced with a few gallows humor anachronisms. We get deep into the dark vibe that pulses from the heart of this Steven Spielberg/Tom Cruise jam. And we've got the right man to get that weird with us. Charlie Robinson is the author of the encyclopedia of spiritual skepticism, "The Octopus of Global Con...

This Beatles flick is more bizarrely fantastical than science fiction, but today's guest certainly has some serious sci-fi cred. Dan Richter is at the center of a Venn diagram of the grooviest art of the 1960's. He played Moonwatcher, the lead ape in the opening Dawn of Man sequence in "2001: A Space Odyssey," and yes, we get back to that for a bit here as well. He was a friend of Yoko Ono when sh...

SWEAR TO ME YOU WILL LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST!!! We will be getting to more Nolan films, but this is the last of our 2020 Nolan month, which ends without a new Nolan film. We get into militarized police, suicidal caterpillars, and loud bug noises. Maybe Matt should have chosen a nice snowy temple to record in like the League of Shadows' instead of this mid-summer one. Please do like, subscribe, and...

The original idea was so do a Nolan month that would be capped off by Christopher Nolan’s new sci-fi, “Tenant.” In our weird world, that one has been pushed back to mid-September or more, but we’re rolling the ball anyway with 2010 action-blasting epic puzzle box, “Inception.” Joining us today is Santiago Velasquez, who played in a punk rock band with Matt in the 90’s, and is now a man of his own...

This week we’ve decided to add some class to an intellectually superior sci-fi film, but Matt and Luke are not the ones up for that job. Fortunately, we do have Dr. Erin Macdonald on the microphone, who is fully qualified to go deep into things like gravitational waves and the different zones of black holes. She is currently science advising for - all of Star Trek. Now, this film is not Star Trek,...

Gotta Go Fast!!! - in this somewhat shorter episode of the Sci-Fi Sanctuary. How does the world of Sonic turn out in this film? Can Jim Carey still be properly wacky? We answer these questions and more in this second episode of the Dreamcast vs. GameCube Challenge! Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you happen to be h...

Luke loves Pokemon and is an expert on the topic. Matt played a few minutes of HeartGold ten years ago. Thus, we enter the world of Detective Pikachu with wildly different perspectives. Hear how it all works out in this first episode in our Dreamcast vs. GameCube challenge! Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you happe...

I think we’ve already made it clear that this is an Arnold positive podcast, and this one is about as Arnold as you can get. Director Paul Verhoven went as ultraviolent as possible (unless you count some of his other films), and we dive down into the nitty-gritty of this Martian civilizing, blood squib blasting, and absolutely tripped out mind-fragger of a film. Please do like, subscribe, and rate...

Luke is British and watches this every Independence Day. Mark is American, got sick in the theatre watching this, and would definitely not vote for Bill Pullman. Matt mostly just giggles like a loon. That’s three-fourths of the Gospel truth on ID4, and all of it if you’ll take in that Luke has “John” in his middle name. Today’s guest, Mark Malek, was involved in “Quaranstein,” a quarantined Franke...

Matt decided to make Luke watch 1967’s “Revolt in the Fifth Dimension” without mentioning what it was. Several minutes of hijinks ensued. Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you happen to be hearing us, really. Luke talks to you about true PokeLove at Luke Loves Pokemon: https://twitter.com/lukelovespkmn And Matt’s mus...

This week we chat about what is arguably the template for the 2010’s blockbuster. If our normal conversation isn’t geek enough for you, we’ve brought in Stuart Webb, who wrote “Transformation: A Personal Journey Through the British Transformers Comic,” and co-hosts “Podcast Maximus.” Find Stuart’s world at these fine links: Podcast Maximus: http://www.tfarchive.com/fandom/features/podcast/ Blog: h...

We rolled tape on this Blaxploitation, Afro-Futurist jam on May 24th, not knowing that the next day the whole world was gonna straight up open that putrid can of worms called “racism,” that had been taking up way too much space on the shelf. It’s not that we regret what we said here, but we obviously omit George Floyd, who was still thankfully walking at the time, and we jokingly dismiss white sup...

Everyone loves this one, right? It’s like a Platonic solid of a movie. Luke and Matt needed some heavy artillery to do this one justice, so we are joined by Dave Turner of “The Computer Game Show” and “Star Call's” podcasts. Geek love is thrown at the flick, uncomfortable questions about yo’ momma are asked,and we try to flux capacitate our brains into the weird mechanics of time travel. David Tur...

Achtung! Das ist nicht ein Deutsches podcast! Wir sind nicht Deutsch sprechen auf Spider Man 2. Mattias und Lukas sind bose Deutsch sprechen. Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you happen to be hearing us, really. Luke talks to you about true PokeLove at Luke Loves Pokemon: https://twitter.com/lukelovespkmn And Matt’s...

Matt and Luke take on this monster of a flick from atop a rugged Japanese mountaintop. Be warned, the original is not one of the fun Godzilla flicks, but it happens to be the legitimately great one. You may have not even seen this as the original cut went unavailable in the west until 2014 or so. Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouT...

It’s like the color, maaannn. And the space. And crazy Nic Cage having a go with Lovecraftian sci-fi horror. The movie pretty much came out of nowhere, but Matt and Luke find it a great jumping of point to talk about the weirds. Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you happen to be hearing us, really. Luke talks to you...

Is he mad because he’s angry?…. crazy? Probably because he’s both? But hey, Matt and Luke are here to compare this film about a slow apocalypse in progress with your current experience living a slow apocalypse in progress. One thing this film definitely has is top notch vehicular action, Mel Gibson when he still had charm, and the creepiest villain this side of, uh, modern Mel Gibson. Please do li...

Bruce Dern pulls off the greatest social distancing, self-isolating hat trick ever as he murders his crewmates on the cargo ship Valley Forge, and heads off into deep space with only a couple of cute drones for company. Oh yeah, and the last vestiges of nature as the Valley Forge had been commanded to destroy its biodomes and return home (hence the murdering). How will Luke and Matt take on this p...

We is getting ballz deep in these Dragonballz!! Should I have used those Z's? You'll find that our view is that a few rectified mistakes might have made this a charming film, but those few mistakes made a lot of poopy in the bed. Ending April Ain't Sh!t with this very questionable film. Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Where...

Maybe this bit of Monkey Magic isn't so much bad, but horribly misguided. It's like a puzzle where none of the pieces fit together, but a few of them are still quite pretty on their own. Is it enough to finally make monkeys out of Matt and Luke? Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you happen to be hearing us, really. L...

Taking a break from our bad movie month to do a really good movie - with really good guests. The sci-fi geek who would besmirch the name of Khan is a rare breed indeed, and none of the four fellers in this discussion would dream of doing that. John Champion and Normal Lao join us from "Mission Log: A Star Trek Roddenberry Podcast" to get under the hood of this sci-fi classic with us and do Shatner...

Are you to live free, or not? Matt doesn't like this reference heavy dystopian fantasy. Luke sees the bet, raises, and profanely rages against this movie with his fist in the air. Now, this month is April Ain't Sh!t. - movies at least one of us actively dislikes. We didn't know that this one about lost people in a crumbling world - escaping into the digital - would end up being quite this relevant...

This week, our latex-rubber nipple firm up for a discussion about Joel Schumacher's magnum opus. Matt is still pissed about his opening night impressions, while Luke is blinded by the Schwartz. But it's all in good gay fun. Why not have a gay time with straight men who like to wear pink? Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wher...

Matt and Luke, joined by Andrew Shearer from GOnZoRiFFiC, bop this train wreck of a film over the head with a shovel, toss it in the boot of a ‘79 Oldsmobile named “Bitch,” and sink it in the cold waters of Lake Erie. Or do they? Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you happen to be hearing us, really. GOnZoRiFFiC actua...