Episode 66 - Ye Olde Tyme Sci-Fi

A long time ago people were into a thing called, “Science Fiction.” The idea was to take real - or somewhat possible - scientific concepts, apply them to fictional characters, and see how things played out. H.G. Wells, George Melies, Issac Asimov… they had a GAS with this stuff.​ Cut to today and there’s a ton of stuff called "Science Fiction" that is really just Horror (like Alien) or Young Adult Fiction (like E.T.) or Action (like Marvel anything) or Screaming Abomination (like Independence Day). These things are called science fiction, but they really only carry its set dressing - spaceships, aliens, ray guns, and futurism. In an effort to help you, our listener, understand the difference between real science fiction and poseur science fiction, we’re combing through the films,  books, shows and everything else people typically call Sci-Fi when it usually ain't. 4:45 - RBG (2018) 6:25 - The House With A Clock In Its Walls (2018) 12:15 - The Hurricane Heist is now on Netflix 13:40 - Maniac (2018) 16:50 - Ozark (season 2) 19:55 - Fight Club book vs movie 22:00 - Ye Olde Tyme Sci-Fi - definitions 29:10 - Things that people call science fiction that aren’t 36:00 - Do these count? 40:21 - Bad science fiction 53:57 - Some examples of good science fiction Clips Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat Nathan Barr - Quite Different Around Here - The House With A Clock In Its Walls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 38 Special - Caught Up In You Dan Romer - Annie and Owen - Maniac (Music from the Netflix Limited Series) Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh Roy Clark - Ol Time Religion Clip from Thor (2011) Clip from Star Trek s1e20 “Court Martial” Clip from Star Trek: Voyager s3e4 “The Swarm” Clip from Total Recall (1990) Clip from Avatar (2009) Honda Asimo at USA Science and Engineering Festival Clip from Starship Troopers (1997) Clip from Black Mirror Don Davis - Main Title - The Matrix (Original Motion Picture Score) Bernard Hermann - Twilight Zone end title theme Richard O’Brien - Science Fiction / Double Feature