Science Fiction Rating System

It's 2018! We made it!  Celebrate another trip around the sun by snuggling up to three more film reviews as we fight back the new ice age in  The Day After Tomorrow ,  The Colony and  Snowpiercer .  Everyone is pretty much in agreement and eager to talk about  The Last Jedi but you'll have to wait for next week for that. (also no more Emmerich films for a while, promise.) GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES...

It's Christmas Day but we've taken time out of eating mince pies and arguing about Star Wars to record a bumper Christmas special! We look back at some of our favourite (and least favourite) science fiction films and tv shows from 2017, make some predictions for 2018 and spend too long talking about Star Trek. Again. Merry Christmas from SFRS, see you in the new year for LOADS MORE RATINGS! G...

The snow is falling, its nearly christmas so let's all imagine a future where its christmas ALL the time! No, hang on, where its snowing all the time. And everything has gone terrible.  We watch three trailers but won't be rating these films till New Years Day, as next week is a christmas special!  A  real Christmas special! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list...

Star Wars: The Last Jedi hits cinema screens across the world this week, so we go back to where it all began with a thorough examination of 1977's  Star Wars , and two films that attempted to ape its success, and got it spectacularly wrong. 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....

In a galaxy far, far away nothing is probably happening, but right here we're watching A New Hope and 2 ripoffs because pretty soon there's a new Star Wars film out, and that is still an exciting thing! Also Alex brings the best quiz we've had yet, even if he doesn't realise how famous the Gonk droid is. Gonk. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we'...

We revisit Independence Day and provide a definitive ranking for (probably) the most divisive film on the list.  Why is it is so bad? The wafer thin plot? The hideous level of AMURICA? The grating attempts at a deeper meaning? And who writes these podcast notes anyway? (We also watched two other films by Roland Emmerich that were also pretty terrible) GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit...

We're back! Out of chronosleep, back from the nth Dimension, season 2 of SFRS starts with not one bang, but ALL THE BANGS as we get into three films from Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin that involve the world blowing up. And space Egypt. We also definitively decide that Alex isn't as into this stuff as Chris was, Chris was all the way into Indepedence Day, and Sam is definitely not a racist. GIVE...

This week Chris and Sam get to talk about Star Trek, something you'll have to get used to as there are at least another 12 Star Trek films to watch!  Yay! (also we discuss Serenity and Thunderbirds, which are both a little rubbish). 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/priv...

Chris celebrates his birthday by hosting his first show!  This week we discuss the new Star Trek series  Discovery , have a Star Trek quiz and then preview three films that made the transition from TV to cinema.   I mean really we are just starting a journey through 13 Star Trek films, and watching two other things that don't look too great... GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Web...

Close Encounters is re-released on 4K blu-ray so we rate it, along with two other Spielberg sci-fi joints.  Its a rare week of unity in the pod as we unanimously agree on a ranking straight off the bat for (i think?) the first time ever, and generally enjoy a week with three actual competently main films. Next time we preview three franchises that started life on tv, so tune in for that. GIVE US 5...

This week we celebrate the 4K re-release of  Close Encounters of the Third Kind by taking a look at trailers for three of Steven Spielberg's forays into sci-fi!   (There's also a quiz that took ages to come up with that doesn't go down very well :\ ) GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Fac...

The year is 1991, and science fiction is big business. Arnie comes back, Mark Hamill's career hits rock bottom, and Disney fail at making a billion dollar franchise.  This week's films are a diverse selection of sci-fi and there's something for everyone. Probably. PS when Sam keeps saying 'The four horsemen' he meant 'The Lone Gunmen'  ! Join us next time for a Spielberg special! GIVE US 5 STARS O...

Terminator 2 is back and released in 3D, which is a good enough excuse to go back to 1991 and see the original again! Also The Guyver and The Rocketeer came out that year, so why not watch those too! 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.

Computer disease and human disease can slow us down, but it can't stop us from ranking three more films. We're late but we're here and worth the wait, as we dive in to three book adaptations, with our most diverse collection of films yet. Andromeda Strain is old, I am Legend is ruined by rewrites, and Lawnmower Man is just ruined. He was my best chimp! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visi...

After an (unscheduled) summer break we are back!  This week we look to books for inspiration, and celebrate (well, more acknowledge) the release of Ron Howard's adaptation of  The Dark Tower with three more books to films. 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 mo...

There are imposters among us as we rate three more films.  Rubbish sex comedies, classic suspense thrillers and all out gorefests, this week has 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 Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trust no one! This week there are imposters among us as we preview three films where all is not what it seems.  We have extreme horror, '50s classics and '80s nonsense, something for everybody! 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.

We celebrate the 20th 30th Anniversary (god i'm old) of three 'classic' sci-fi films. From the car crash that is Superman IV, to the nostalgia fest of Batteries Not Included and beyond to a bonafide classic: Robocop. Next week: Imposters! 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.co...

This week we preview three blockbuster sci-fi films that turned 30 this year, with 1987's Robocop, Batteries Not Included and, er, Superman IV: The Quest For Peace.  Join us as we watch the trailers and Alex quizzes us on some historical facts.  Ever wondered how many people were bitten by squirrels in New York thirty years ago? The answer and so much more lies within! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! G...

This week there's a double dose of excitement! Not only do we watch three wildly different dino flicks but there's an unprecedented re-calibration of the entire Science Fiction Rating System!  Join us in this dark new timeline as we discuss Spielberg's second chomp at the Dino-fruit, Pat Boone's attempt at a scottish accent, and gawp in wonder at the car crash that is Theodore Rex. GIVE US 5 STARS...

DINOSAURS! They're great, aren't they?  I mean who doesn't like a dinosaur? No one, that's who. We preview three wildly different dino-centric movies, watch the trailers and get ready to rank them next week. 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 add three films from the red planet to the list.  There's science, aliens, more bad Ridley Scott and lots and lots of famous actors. 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.

We get our asses to Mars for the next science fiction ranking, with three films from the red planet.  Also there's a bonus quiz! Join in and watch the trailers from the links below! Mission to Mars Mars Attacks! The Martian 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 m...

The rating system remains mired in mediocre film territory, with more middling to terrible films added to the list. (Well, Alex liked Pacific Rim a lot at least) Everyone likes Hugh Jackman, no one likes Transformers and Sam still hates kids. 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 acas...

Michael Bay returns to cinemas soon with another bloody Transformers film, so we hop on another bandwagon and get ready to rate three films full of giant robots.  Sadly none of these films is the greatest of all giant robot films, 1986's Transformers The Movie, which would no doubt be top of this list were we allowed to watch it. #notmyTransformers Anyway, links to the trailers below so you can wa...