Hey, there’s a new “Ghostbusters” trailer! From 2011, here’s our discussion of the original 1984 film.
Rest in peace, Hans Gruber. In 2010 we declared “Die Hard” the best Christmas movie ever.
If you didn’t listen to our episode about “Inside Out” back in July, well, the movie’s available on video now. So watch it. And then listen as we draw a circle around our own parental sadness and instead focus on the joy of an instant Pixar classic.
From 2011: Turn on your flux capacitors, calculate how many “jigabytes” your hard drive contrains, and prepare for our deconstruction of the “Back to the Future” movie series. Which film reigns supreme? Plus, we talk about other time-travel movies we love. This episode recorded entirely live in a tiny, enclosed space.
“The Martian” is about to hit theaters, but we talked about the book version in early 2014. Get caught up!
We hear that sci-fi writer John Scalzi is popular. Back in 2011 we talked about a bunch of his books, especially the Old Man’s War series.
This may or may not be one of our best episodes, but it’s our best episode recorded outdoors. In the spirit of summer, please enjoy this somewhat rambly but quite amusing discussion with Steve, Greg, and Jason, along with some special surprise guests—no, seriously, we get interrupted a couple of times—at a beer garden in San Diego County.
Earlier this year we watched “Star Wars: Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith” and then reviewed it with our usual precision and cruelty. This is a special, never-before-released cut of the two-part episode, putting everything back together in a single audio file for your listening pleasure.
Back in 2014 we watched “Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace” and then reviewed it. Mercilessly. This is a special, never before released cut of the two-part episode, putting everything back together in a single audio file for your listening pleasure.
From 2013: The Incomparable’s Superhero Draft is now in session, and justice is on the clock! Hear our collection of panelists assemble several excellent super-teams. Who will inhabit the Hall of Justice? And why are Superman and Batman looking on forlornly? Are they just not team players? Take your Sharknado to the Evil Museum and ponder just why Iron Man might not be the hero you think he is.
Same as it ever was. Right now Marvel is undergoing a major comic-book reboot, and DC Comics is in the throes of its own continuity-charged event. So let’s go back to 2011 and remember the last time this happened…
We conclude our TV Fantasy Draft with the unveiling of our series pitches. Vampire and ghost detectives! Star Trek meets the West Wing! A sitcom starring a robot and an omnipotent being! A gritty techno-drama. A psychedelic drama set on a Zeppelin! And John Siracusa’s pitch seems awfully familiar somehow.
Our very own Glenn Fleishman was on three episodes of “Jeopardy!” in 2012. We debriefed him about his adventures immediately on his return, and then banked the episode until they aired. This episode also talks about game shows and their modern reality-competition show equivalents, and harkens back to the heyday of the panel show, where drunk celebrities engaged in witty repartee.
If you saw the “Batman v Superman” trailer and went eeeuuuuuuuggggh, well, enjoy our review of “Man of Steel.” We start out with a lot of praise, but then we get to the last half of the movie and start beating it up just like how Zod and Superman beat up the buildings of Metropolis.
This might have been our first fantasy draft episode! In this one we pick TV shows who died before their natural lifespan.
From 2012: An enormous list of books we think you should read. They’re all still as good as they were three years ago, so dig in!
From 2011: The second part of our “Star Wars” episode. We were so innocent then.
(You can see all our Star Wars episodes in one handy list, if you like. There’s even a podcast feed.)
From 2011: We were so innocent then.
(You can see all our Star Wars episodes in one handy list, if you like. There’s even a podcast feed.)
From 2013, part two of our celebration of Star Trek: The Original Series. What do today’s kids think of this nearly 50-year-old show? We ponder the gender politics of splitting Captain Kirk (and a little dog in a weird costume) into good and evil halves. And what about the low standards of the Enterprise’s Engineering department? Please listen: It will only take 71 of your Earth minutes!
Also, Captain Kirk thinks your civilization is stupid.
From 2013, part one of our two-part celebration of Star Trek: The Original Series. Was Dr. McCoy promoting vegetarianism? Why did Spock have such a lovely collection of hats? What does Bob Barker have to do with the Guardian of Forever? Join us as we boldly go where so many have gone before.