Science Fiction Rating System

Our journey through the history of Star Trek on the silver screen reaches its nadir, with William Shatner’s atrocious Star Trek V. Spoilers: We didn’t like it, but of course we didn’t because who does? Join us as we struggle to find a positive, wonder how the Enterprise crew has not been court-martialed by now and try our best to forget Uhura’s dance. Next week a film none of us have ever seen, Ol...

This week we stick with comedy and a trip back to the late ’80s, where the clothes were baggy, the music was radical and the casual homophobia was a shock. Join us as we travel through time and wonder did they really does say what we thought they said?? Next week we continue our Star Trek odyssey, biting the bullet watching Star Trek V: The Final Frontier because I guess we have to one day! Lame....

Following weeks of big serious blockbusters we veer into the realms of ’90s comedy with the film that killed the Muppets for a decade- Muppets From Space! We talk a lot about muppets, answering such hot button issues as our favourite muppet, favourite muppet movie and favourite idea for a muppet tv spin off. Also we spend a long time quoting Renfro the bear. THE GOAT?! Next week we continue to min...

They say life finds a way and so, like a chaotic fractal blooming into the infinite the SFRS crew finally get back to Jurassic Park, the final of the ‘pilot’ episode films to get a rewatch. This time we each bothered to watch it and so have a lot to say about park safety, the feasibility of a graphics heavy OS, and the concept of Peak Spielberg. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the W...

This week we watch 2001, chosen by Matt Fitch, co-author of the fantastic new graphic novel Apollo, in stores now! We break down the film, Alex proposes an extra act break, and then when it comes to the all important ranking the pod erupts in all-out war. Not since Ghost in the Shell has a film proved quite so divisive. Will the gang manage to reach a ranking, or is a certain co-host so angry that...

Westworld is big news again thanks to the HBO series currently airing its 2nd season, but how well does the 1973 original hold up? Is Yul Brynner still terrifying? Is it going to be as painfully slow as most painful sci-fi? And why was Sam so sure the robots had white blood? All these answers and more on this weeks pod! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so fa...

A new era of Science Fiction Ratings has dawned! From here on in its one film a week, every week, with more hard-hitting analysis, nit-picking and Star Trek references than ever before! To kick off SFRS 2.0 we revisit Indiana Jones’ unfortunate brush with science fiction, contemplate what dirt George Lucas has on Steven Spielberg and put forward a case for this film being responsible for everythin...

Hey here’s three films you’ve seen before if you’ve been following along at home! But we just weren’t happy with where they were in the list and Alex is a masochistic who likes Ender’s Game so we watched these three films again, and then argued about where they should be in the list. And then we watch a trailer because Preview Shows are DEAD and we are in the future where we watch one film a week...

Join us for an end of an era, as the last three films of SFRS mark one are reviewed. We head back in time to look at the films we've each selected for our annual re-ranking process.  Sam regrets his choice, Alex didn't think his would be so controversial, and Chris doesn't write (or probably read) these introductions and so clearly made a bad choice. We also get into what's changing about the pod,...

CREATURE FEATURE SEASON CONCLUDES! And we actually manage to get through three films without having to invoke the Poppins Clause.  Killer sheep from New Zealand, killer dogs from the US, and batshit Marlon Brando from an island in the South Pacific, this week’s podcast is so explosive the entire pod will never be the same again….DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Creature Feature season comes to a triumphant close with our third set of animal based science ficition. This week KILLER BEASTS. From Predator dogs to Marlon Brando in white face paint via killer sheep we preview three films that have something for everyone. Or maybe no one. Watch the trailers below and look forward to some top ranking next week! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the...

CREATURE FEATURE SEASON CONTINUES! We put down our copies of Playduck and take Deepest Bluest off the record player long enough to review three fishy tales!  The Poppins Clause rears it's ugly head again! No one knows what to make of Howard the Duck!  Deep Blue Sea is terrible! Limpet is strange! It's a poor week, but an entertaining one nonetheless.  GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit...

Creature Feature Season continues with three films of the aquatic persuasion. Join us and watch the trailers for three wildly different films from the sea. Also! Its Alex's birthday so we find out which film will join WALL-E and Ghost in the Shell for a re-ranking in a few week's time! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram...

Just when you thought Easter was over SFRS turns up with a trifecta of films about rabbits! One of our better weeks for actually discussing what a film is and how it works (in my opinion), with a smattering of stardust from Chris' latest LA adventures, and then controversy as we come across a film not showing many signs of sci-fi at all...Will the [Poppins Clause](https://www.sciencefictionratings...

Its our 50th episode, yay us!  Its also Easter and so we kick off CREATURE FEATURE season with three (loosely) sci-fi films about rabbits. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ready Player One  hits cinemas this week, and so lets all pretend its the '80s and this isn't happening.  We watch three films where videogames are more than just videogames, and children are in space, and in the computer, and in NORAD.  Opinions are split with no one really agreeing on anything, except that the [Death Blossom](https://youtu.be/nmPGuMGs8cg?t=2m25s) is the most ridiculous way to en...

Hey,  Ready Player One is out soon! Don't go and see it because it will be terrible. Instead, watch three films with us that Ernest Kline watched when writing his awful book.  Also we have some sci-fi news! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we rank the three films chosen by Native director Daniel Fitzsimmons, and we've got a bit of everything- depressing space station suicide drama, linguistics and angry army men in a field, and '70s insanity with Bowie. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

In a first for the podcast director of new indie sci-fi Native Daniel Fitzsimmons sends us three films to watch and rank. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex steps into the captain's chair to host a very special bumper Star Trek show.  We follow one of cinema's strangest trilogies as the crew of the USS Enterprise fight an awesome villain, a terrible villain and no villain. We also discuss ship design, Kirk's trouble with women, the problem with time travel, Scotty's expanding waist band and much, much more! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch...

This week we would have been previewing Star Trek II-IV, having a lovely quiz about Star Trek and chatting about Mr. Limpet. But instead Sam is an idiot and deleted various files that made this episode impossible to air, and so instead he rambles into a microphone for ten minutes whilst being harassed by his cat. Next week will be a bumper episode though, so dont miss it! Cheers x GIVE US 5 STARS...

We travel back in time 20 years (20 years!!!) to watch and rank three very different films that all wear their late '90s heritage proudly.  Ironic horror, gloomy miserabilism and Apollo Four Forty, this week has something for everyone!  Also a squatting child robot.  GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Facebook too!...

Let's all feel old by watching three films from 1998 because THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO! Wow.  Three very different films get the trailer treatment as Alex quizzes us on 1998's biggest export: Google. Also in this week's show: Legitimate fanmail, Apollo Four Forty, and (inevitably) a bit of Star Trek. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter...

We've got over Star Wars and followed up on our enjoyment of Snowpiercer by watching three more slices of South Korean science fiction. Monster movies, zombie movies, an eight ball hurtling into the earth and a fish man, this week has pretty much everything. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on...

This week we preview three slices of South Korean science fiction. River monsters, robot Buddha and a fish-man, we've got it all. And then we spend almost an hour locked in furious debate about the merits (or lack thereof) of  Star Wars: The Last Jedi.  In a non-binding non-rating capacity, of course. BEWARE: WALL TO WALL SPOILERS from 11:40 ! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Web...