American – Fusion Patrol

John and Eugene look at two more episodes of Logan’s Run. In Night Visitors, they contemplate the role of Satan in science fiction, and in Turnabout, they ask if the writer had an axe to grind about Saudi Arabia. Night Visitors Synopsis In an homage to Bulwer-Lytton, it was a dark and stormy night.  The ... Read more

Many people say Marcus is just a spare part, and this week that’s proven, and then it’s political hijinks on the High Seas – or the outer space equivalent thereof. Kenneth and Eugene discuss The Heir and the Spare & Just Politics. As we wind down our coverage of Starhunter Redux this week and for ... Read more

John and Eugene look at the 1955 George Pal classic movie Conquest of Space and its attempt at a realistic look at space exploration. We ask the questions, “is space for mankind or the exclusive domain of God?” and “will religion screw up space, too?”

John and Eugene look at two more episodes of Logan’s. First, it’s Futurepast, a story about androids in love, and then Carousel, the episode where Logan returns to the City of Domes to die. Futurepast Synopsis Two of Francis’ minions are hot on the tail of Rem and his pets, but through a bit of ... Read more

Travis just isn’t scratching Callie’s itch, so she’s off with another band of plucky corporate bounty hunters. Will Travis find his scratcher in time? Kenneth and Eugene discuss Rivals. Episode Synopsis Callie is having a bad day.  Not only are the rolling blackouts and malfunctions of the Trans-utopian getting her down, but she’s got a ... Read more

This week John and Eugene look at two more episodes of Logan’s Run. First up, Fear Factor, the episode where Rem and his pets visit an upscale sanitarium thriving in a post-apocalyptic world, and we ask, “who thought that the first order of reestablishing a post-apocalyptic world was to set up an insane asylum?” Then ... Read more

Caravaggio is damaged, and Percy replaces him with Kate, the crew’s new holographic pal that’s fun to play with, designed by Percy. Would could possibly go wrong? Find out as Kenneth and Eugene look at the Starhunter Redux episode: Kate. Episode Synopsis Percy is having a conniption fit.  She wanted to use some hot water during the ... Read more

John and Eugene tackle two more episodes of Logan’s Run.  This week we contemplate the nature of good and evil and look at another of the masterpieces from the pen of legendary writer Harlan Ellison. Half Life Synopsis Logan and the gang encounter electronic interference in their car and then get captured by a bunch ... Read more

The Divinity Cluster rears its ugly head once more, and like night follows day, so does The Orchard.  This time their subject is the human guinea pig, Travis Montana.  Kenneth and Eugene discuss The Prisoner. Episode Synopsis Travis is being a grumpy puss, and the events that make him a grumpy puss haven’t even happened ... Read more

This week John and Eugene look at two more episodes of Logan’s Run.  In the Innocent: Take one awkward, socially-isolated teenage girl, place her in close proximity to a TV series’ hunky lead, and watch the television inevitable happen.  Oh, did I mention she has superpowers?  Then, in Man out of Time: A time-traveling researcher ... Read more

Just in time to spread some holiday cheer, John and Eugene are taking a look at 1968’s The Green Slime. Synopsis A member of the crew aboard the UNSC Gamma 3 space station utters those inevitably fateful words, “nothing exciting ever happens around here,” and fast than you can say, “sir, I’ve got something on ... Read more

WARNING: Subjectively, I feel like this may be the harshest episode of Fusion Patrol ever.  It may not be suitable for listeners of a nervous disposition. Dimension hopping? Time displacement? Body/Soul swapping? We don’t know what’s going on here, and we daresay no one else does, either.  Kenneth and Eugene ponder A Stitch in TIme. ... Read more

Two episodes.  First, John and Eugene ponder which of Logan and Jessica’s biological functions inconveniences him the most in The Collectors.  Second, in Capture, they discuss how many times they’ve both seen TV remakes of The Most Dangerous Game. The Collectors Synopsis The legendary quality of 1970s American cars shines as the solar car has ... Read more

When someone starts blowing up planets in another solar system, it’s Travis and the Gang to the rescue! Kenneth and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis Evil Scientists aboard Keres Station are doing evil things, in this case, blowing up a planet – in secret. Elsewhere, the Trans-Utopian experiences a space earthquake which decreases the efficiency of ... Read more

Join John and Eugene as they journey to fantastical sights and dangers of the 24th century as we follow Logan’s Run. Episode Synopsis In the year 2319, 200 years after a devastating nuclear war, the people in the City of Domes live a perfect life.  Perfect, that is until their 30th birthday. That day they ... Read more

John and Eugene take a look at what may be the last of Hollywood’s Pre-Star Wars Sci-Fi spectacles.  It all changes after this one, folks. Synopsis The Domed City is a closed- oasis in a world destroyed by war.  Logan 5 is one of the elite Sandmen who enforce the ultimate law of the Domed ... Read more

For some of us, Star Trek is where it started, and where Star Trek started was The Cage.  To celebrate our 600th episode of Fusion Patrol, Simon and Eugene go where no podcast has ever gone before (I’m pretty sure about that claim, I couldn’t find any other podcasts that have ever taken a look ... Read more

It’s the sequel to the episode you couldn’t get enough of!  Kenneth and Eugene discuss, Supermax Redux. Episode Synopsis Travis and Callie return to the Trans-Utopian with a prisoner.  They’re carrying a crazy person who hears voices from the Quantum Federation in his ears, which he claims are technologically enhanced.  He’s nuts, so they don’t ... Read more

Beauty is only skin deep, or so they say, so what’s a little plastic here and there?  Grounds for murder, that’s what! Kenneth and Eugene discuss Skin Deep. Episode Synopsis An episode in two stories Leena’s tale. Back before Callie was in the military, she went to university, and there she knew a woman she ... Read more

“It’s easier to keep existing customers than make new ones,” said no one in this episode, as Travis and the gang are investigating a deadly new illegal drug on the market. Of course, Sherlock Percy has to try it herself. Kenneth and Eugene discuss. Episode Synopsis Titan City, Titan, Saturn Federation.  Two morons take drugs ... Read more

Kidnapping at the speed of light?  Is this the cunning and lucrative crime bonanza of the future?  Kenneth and Eugene discuss Torment. Episode Synopsis Old man Santiago’s got a problem.  His parents were kidnapped 50 years ago, and now the kidnapper, Darnell, wants ransom to return them unharmed.  They’re just a pair of scared kids, ... Read more

Kenneth and Eugene ponder the notion, “how bored does a holovision audience have to be to sit and watch a completely unedited feed?” and also, “do they watch when they go to the bathroom?” It’s Starhunter Redux’s Third Thing. Episode Synopsis Matilda is the saccharine, bitchy host of a holovision program called the Third Thing.  ... Read more

John and Eugene ask the question, “why not vampires,” consider if racial prejudice goes away if you lose your pigmentation, and why Chuck Heston never gets a good ending in a film. It’s the Omega Man! Synopsis Col. Dr. Robert Neville is a man with a problem:  He’s the last man on Earth, roaming the ... Read more

Kenneth and Eugene discuss the Starhunter Redux episode Becoming Shiva and ask the question, are the terrorists playing Grand Master-level chess or deaf, dumb, and blind pinball? Episode Synopsis In a disused, restricted section of Ring Shepard Station, in orbit around Saturn, Salvatore and Nailson, two terrorists from Terra’s Children plant a bomb, and they ... Read more

Percy gets some lovin’ from a spaceman. Kenneth and Eugene discuss.