Sci-fi Cross Sections (Sci-fi Cross Sections)

We're blasting off and leaving 2020 behind, much like how we started, with the Mandalorian! On this MEGA sized episode the bois talk about just a lot of stuff. You're really just better off listen to this one. We'll see you in the next year!

On our milestone 69th episode we're talking Galaxy Quest. We discuss Tim Allen, Colin has mic issues, and then we bash celebrities for like 15 minutes. Should be a good listen!

Colin & Ben talk about the highs & lows of Snowpiercer season 2, what they expect for season 3, and the very dumb science this season tried to sell us.

The bois accidentally stumble into a profound discussion about 2020's Russian sci-fi film Sputnik. We talk all about special effects, Russian acting, & government's desire to control fear.

We've got a new Netflix original movie today, Outside the Wire! Join the bois as they discuss war, robots, and Anthony Mackie.

After 100 episodes dedicated to everything science fiction, the bois take a moment to reflect on the past before looking to the distant future of 2001 to talk about & dissect the granddaddy of sci-fi films.

I bet this podcast could go at least warp nine. It's Lower Decks! Colin, Ben, and Bill talk about their favorite jokes from the show, make enemies with Italy, and just generally gush over this goofy Star Trek sendup.

Tonight the bois avoid talking about flow M. Night movies and instead hit on the James Cameron blockbuster Avatar. We discuss technological advancement, Guillermo Del Toro for some reason, and the future of the Avatar series.

Spoilers ahead! The bois finally do our first episode about Mass Effect! We reflect on our history with the franchise, ponder what could have been (and could still be), and only scratch the surface of this massive series. With special guest, Kyle Holmes!

The Bois come together for the very first time to discuss the return of a classic saga.

GET TO THE CHOPPER! When the Overlord is away, the bois will play. Ben, Mark, and Andrew get silly and talk about 80's action, buff guys, and Austrian accents as we cover Predator.

Strap in for this one because it's Blood Machines! The bois talk Carpenter Brut, organic space ships, and synthwave.

On this episode the Bois talk about the new dark comedy from HBO, Avenue 5. Get ready to take a deep dive into whether or not commercial space flights are in our future and if hilarity will insue.

PSYCHO GOREMAN! Or PG for short. Honestly, this movie is worth watching before you listen to this episode, so go do that, come back, and listen to us gush pools of blood all over this movie.

From the depths of 2013, we've got Under the Skin. The bois talk gender and sexuality, a little about the human condition, and untasteful nudity.

The special guests just keep rolling! On this one we have on Jason's sister Kristi to talk about The Girl With All the Gifts, zombies, and killer fungi.

The bois got together to talk about the TNT show Snowpiercer. On this one we've got Jennifer Connelly, communist allegories, and we continue our tireless crusade against the French. Enjoy!

Finally, after 96 episodes, the bois break down the anime sci-fi hit series Cowboy Bebop. We talk a LOT of anime, sci-fi as a subgenre, and our favorite episodes.

Godzilla & Kong save the movies, and the bois are all about it with our special guest & Godzilla expert Chris Kulik! We talk fun sci-fi, man vs. nature, and lots of monke.

Andrew's new project Taste for Adventure: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgU1ImJC9TzkcTA2qBFhXrA/videos

Set your watches, it's Synchronic! The bois talk time travel, the state of sci-fi in the 2020s, and ask the ultimate question: is Anthony Mackie a good sci-fi actor?

Mark & Ben were the only bois to watch The Bad Batch, so now they wanna talk about it! Join in as we talk about what makes people people, cinematography, and speculate our butts off in another Star Wars edition of our cast!

Colin and Bill team up to bring you their appraisal of Amazon Prime Original Solos. They break down each episode of the miniseries, talk introspection, and dig into what it means to be human.

In this episode, the Bois accidentally go back in time and have to record a podcast to prevent their parents from not getting together! We crack jokes, Marty McFly shows up, and we talk a sci-fi classic.

The first ever double feature! The Bois talk Alien and Aliens.

We're all still trapped in our houses and A Quiet Place 2 got pushed back, so we're covering Contagion. The Bois talk viral outbreaks, they don't cover their mouths while coughing, and we touch on the fragility of mankind. Stay safe friends! No better time to binge all our episodes

The bois check out the 2020 (comedy?) thriller Vivarium! We have a ton of fun breaking down the sci-fi implications throughout the film, parenthood, & the destructive trap of domestication.

The Bois cover 2020's Archive. They talk robot sentiance, British actors, and spoil basically the whole movie.

On this episode, the Bois talk the 2007 film Sunshine. We cover fatalism, science, and ask Is this film a BETTER Event Horizon.

You go to your room! And while you're there, listen to the Bois cover I Am Mother. Topics on this show include philosophy, moral dilemmas, and robots.

The Bois dive into Robotics(again), discuss the next phase of life, and realize that Dylan McDermott would be great on T-Shirts.

Bwahahahaha! It's time for our super spooky Halloween 2020 episode. On this one we're talking about Re-Animator. Lovecraft, 80's gorefests, and some light psychology are all on the menu for this one and we also see the resurrections of a long dead scifi boi.

The Bois are tackling 2009's Moon, by Duncan Jones, David Bowie's son! Join us as we discuss if clones have rights, big ol' creepers, and robot hilarity!

Dive into the net with the sci-fi bois as we talk about the new game CyberPunk 2077! We talk about cyberpunk as a genre, rough development cycles, and somehow manage to be spoiler free!

On this episode the Bois enter warp speed 10 and find themselves aboard the USS Enterprise. We talk the new CBS All Access show Star Trek Picard's first 4 episodes. On this five year journey we talk where Star Trek has been, where it's going, and boldly go where no podcast has gone before.

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After a storm blew through town, many of the Bois were left without power or internet on recording night this week, so enjoy this special episode from the depths of our Patreon none of you seem interested in paying for!

Crack open a cold one with the Sci-fi Bois as we talk about the 2018 film High Life starring Robert Pattinson. The story of a single dad in space, crazy doctors, and we continue telling you what we think about the French.

The future failed to come back & warn us not to watch The Tomorrow War, so the bois break down what little sci-fi they can before they deliver a deadly toxin to this Chris Pratt-led Amazon Prime original film.

Special guest Caroline joins the scifi bois to talk about the anime movie Metropolis. We talk about robot rights, anime, ill fitting big band music.

We're back on the streets of Neo-Tokyo to talk more anime! Miller March Madness continues with Ghost in the Shell. No, the animated one. No, the movie from 1995. That's right. We talk trans-humanism, futurism, and see the return of a long lost Boi.

We have a sci-fi classic on today's episode as we talk about Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Colin isn't here so we have one of THOSE episodes, we talk potato mountains, and have a lot of fun with this one.

The Sci-fi Bois face the return of Dane DeHaan as we cover 2012's Chronicle. The Bois talk found footage, studio influence, and try to avoid C&Ds from at least 4 different sources!

What's this? A new Sci-fi Cross Sections in your feed?! That's right, we're back. And we've got a review of the 1998 Kurt Russell (not) classic, Soldier. Join Colin, Mark, Jason, Bill, and Andrew as they make some jokes, talk about late 90's sci-fi, and try to figure out what Paul W. S. Anderson is up to.

Sparse cast on this episode, but that's okay because Colin and Ben are talking about Altered Carbon; discussing such topics as transhumanism, cyberpunk noir, and whether or not this show deserves another season.

Well, there's really only way word to describe this episode: Milk. The Sci-fi Bois go on and on about Ridley Scott's weird obsession with milk and androids who bleed milk. Oh, and they talk about HBO Max's new original show Raised by Wolves.

This little episode is gonna cost us 51 years; it's interstellar! Join the bois as they talk time, space, and Luc Besson again for some reason.

Warp to another, slightly different universe with us as we talk about one of Andrew's favorite action sci-fi movies, The One. The bois talk about the multiverse, Jet Li, and listen to a LOT of Nu Metal.

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On this episode, the bois talk Tales from the Loop, depressing scifi, and finally get down to what it means to be human.

Just in time for the Fourth of July, it's Independence Day! We talk all about this classic 90s blockbuster film which we definitely all loved.

The Bois wrap up their thoughts on the return of the Star Wars saga.

The bois talk about the 2002 commercial & critical success Minority Report for Jason's birthday! We get back into an eyerolling discussion of determinism, the history of the film, and ponder how much better this already good movie could have been if it wasn't directed by Steven Spielberg.

On this one the bois checked out the 2018 movie sci-fi revenge thriller, Upgrade. They talk transhumanism, A.I. futures, and actors who look like other actors. Please forgive the audio quality in this one.

It's the spooky time of the year, so the sci-fi bois are here to talk about Pandorum. Join us as we discuss Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid, and late 2000s sci-fi horror movies. Happy Halloween!

The Bois step through the Upside Down to talk about Netflix's biggest hit since mailing DVDs.

Mr. Hammond, the podcast is working. We've got another sci-fi classic as we cover Jurassic Park! The bois talk chaos theory, 90's nostalgia, and generally get sidetracked a lot.

We've got a sci-fi classic for you this week, it's Signs! The Bois discuss Shyamalan, religious themes, and ask "are we alone in the universe?"

Colin took the week off for this one leave Jason, Mark, and Andrew to talk about John Carpenter's They Live! Join them as they discuss the Reagan era, alien menaces, and engage in a nearly six minute fight scene!

On this episode, the Bois take to the streets of Neo Tokyo to talk about an anime classic. Ben isn't here because he got a bad headache and was taken away by government officials, the Bois talk Japanese culture post world war 2, and ask if this movie really lives up to the hype.

The bois are back and they're trapped in some weird sci-fi prison! We're covering the new hit Spanish sci-fi film The Platform. The bois talk Don Quixote, religious imagery, and communism.

BLAST OFF! The episode you've been waiting for, the bois are talking about The Martian. They talk about Matt Damon, book adaptation, and have special guest Matt Sokol!

The Bois venture into the wasteland to...build settlements?

The bois catapult into space to talk about Netflix's Stowaway! Humanism vs utilitarianism is a major theme in this new thriller that has the bois talking about what it means to be human & considering our own mortality.

The Bois break down the new sci-fi film on Amazon Prime, The Vast of Night. We talk about homages, the film's style, and how everything we cover seems to have a universal & timeless connection to current events.

The bois reminisce about the time we watched Reminiscence & do our best to remember what happened in this forgettable Hugh Jackman sci-fi blockbuster from the mind behind Westworld.

The Bois ride a wave of drones while blasting Sabotage & talking about why Star Trek is cool again.

Here it is, the bois are covering the most incomprehensible movie of 2020, Jiu Jitsu! We talk kung fu, low budget films, and the always crazy Nic Cage! This is not one to miss.

We've covered The Terminator and Terminator: Dark Fate, but somehow we've never talked about Terminator 2: Judgement Day, until now! Taste for Adventure's own Judge Aaron joins us to talk about his favorite movie of all time, action sci-fi as a genre, and if a machine can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too.

We've got a weird one today with 2018's Sorry To Bother You. The bois discuss more communism, weirdo horse guys, and ask "was this movie really even sci-fi?"

On this mega long episode the Bois talk Rogue One.

The Bois dissect the 2005 "commercial & critical failure" Stealth, briefly revisit Outside the Wire, & ponder if a bad film can still be good sci-fi.

The bois enter a time loop until they can decipher the riddle that is Edge of Tomorrow's title. Until then, we talk about time travel, Tom Cruise, scientology, & seek the attention of yet another group who will hate us.

On this episode the bois talk about Midnight Sky, the 2020 Netflix film starring & directed by George Clooney! We talk sci-fi aesthetic, overused tropes, and dumb astronauts!

The boys take a break from sci-fi to talk about the PC game Oblivion. Wait... The Tom Cruise movie from 2013 Oblivion. Join us as we get philosophic, talk about Tom Cruise, and sci-fi blockbusters.

The boys take a trip to the cinema and catch Dune! Listen in as we talk about Denis Villeneuve, what this story means to us, and the legacy of Dune.

The bois take a deep look at A Quiet Place Part II. We discuss our personal connections to the film, get deep into the sci-fi elements, and even suggest this sequel may be better than the original.

The Bois are back underwater to cover the new movie Sea Fever. We talk about sea monsters, mysterious slime, and try not to go crazy out at sea.

Get yourself some Bliss! The bois say wow a lot, talk about the name William for some reason, and cover the very touchy subject of addiction. Listener discretion is advised.

The bois do a little off-season Halloween episode to talk about Slither. Bill and Andrew talk about body horror, parodies, and fawn over Elizabeth Banks.

We're back to Star Wars on this episode, talking about Clone Wars the animated series. It's just Colin and Ben talking about the arcs of the Clone Wars, Star Wars deep lore, and wondering when the Mandalorian season 2 will come out.

We lost the episode on Sphere so the The Bois talk about Denis Villeneuve's Arrival! Colin, Bill, and Ben talk language, physics, and reignite our war with the French.

The penultimate episode in Miller's March Madness, the bois cover Dark City! We talk, over the internet, about existentialism, Jennifer Connelly, and what it means to be human. And let's all wish Miller a happy 30th birthday!

The Bois open a portal to hell and all we got was a weird Sam Neill role.

The bois reconvene their sci-fi discussion on the Mass Effect franchise. Today we dive deep into the sci-fi elements, talk about fan backlash, & speculate about the future.

Sorry to say we had technical difficulties recording this week's episode, so enjoy one more pull from the Patreon vault!

Ben & Jason are joined by a special guest this episode to talk about one of the most groundbreaking video games of our time. It's a long one that's all about violence, revenge, and hating gamers. We also give our spoiler-free impressions at the beginning of the cast for those of you who may still be on the fence!

We dug deep for this one, it's Prospect! Join the bois as they talk Pedro Pascal, galactic mining, and The Wire for some reason.

We're taking a little break this holiday season, everyone. Little Billy Jarvis is pursuing acting, Jason is getting acclimated to his new job, and Andrew is swamped at work. But we'll be back with a long list of great new topics in 2022!

On this one we discuss the film Children of Men. We talk socioeconomics, a bit about cinematography, and ask the question "Is this a modern masterpiece?"

On this episode the Bois get real drunk and silly and talk about Starship Troopers.

The Bois dissect the protomolecule when they discuss the first season of The Expanse.

Covid-19 is still going on and the Bois are still remoting in! In this episode, Bill was assimilated by the Borg, and Mark and Matt were calling in from a payphone in the 70's. The Bois talk a lot about artificial intelligence and robot rights.

Travel with us roughly 10 years into the future with us and listen to us talk about Demolition Man! The Bois discuss utopias, justice philosophy, and surprisingly little about Sting. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio https://whitebataudio.com/

The bois break down Daisy Ridley & Tom Holland's new movie Chaos Walking, take a deep dive on toxic masculinity, and geek out over David Oyelowo.

Come back in time with us to 1998 to go forward in time to 2058 and beyond for Lost in Space! Colin, Jason, and Andrew talk about 90's techno, CGI spider men, and ask "does this movie hold up?"

Ya bois are back to talk about Devs, the new limited series on FX on Hulu. Gonna be real honest here; Bill talks a lot about quantum computing and philosophy and generally outclasses us all.

On this episode the bois talk about the 90s blockbuster Men in Black. We talk about whether it holds any significant impact on science fiction, our 90s nostalgia, and Ben's weird utter hatred for Danny Elfman.

We've got a long one for you today, it's the fifth season of The Expanse! The bois talk spoilers, audiobooks, and Lord of the Rings. What else would you expect?

The Bois took a week off, so this week we're bringing you some Patreon goodies: An episode from Bill's series on Futurism & a sneak peek at our cast on The Last of Us 2! To listen to more, visit Patreon.com/SciFiCrossSections!

The bois hunt down the elusive 2010 sci-fi indie flick Hunter Prey, say nice things about Sandy Collora, and struggle to make a 20 minute podcast episode 1 hour long.

Loop back to 2017 with us as we talk about The Endless! The Bois talk Lovecraftian sci-fi, cult activity, and ask the question: How good can a low budget movie be?

Loop back to 2017 with us as we talk about The Endless! The Bois talk Lovecraftian sci-fi, cult activity, and ask the question: How good can a low budget movie be?

Loop back to 2017 with us as we talk about The Endless! The Bois talk Lovecraftian sci-fi, cult activity, and ask the question: How good can a low budget movie be?

Loop back to 2017 with us as we talk about The Endless! The Bois talk Lovecraftian sci-fi, cult activity, and ask the question: How good can a low budget movie be?

Loop back to 2017 with us as we talk about The Endless! The Bois talk Lovecraftian sci-fi, cult activity, and ask the question: How good can a low budget movie be?

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The bois took a week off so you get some content that's been gathering dust in our Patreon! Ben & Bill sit down to dissect the very dense third season of the hit HBO sci-fi drama Westworld. The bois talk determinism (again), identity, free will, and the destruction of the human race. Needless to say, it's a fantastic conversation.