Exploring Humanity Through Sci-Fi

Exploring Humanity Through Sci-Fi

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Exploring Humanity Through Sci-Fi episodes

  • This Week On Sci-Fi Talk Episode 16

    A look at the week;s podcasts including stunt performer Michelle C Smith, Trek Tuesday's Jess Bush and Babs Olusanmokun, Prehistoric Planet's Elliot Newman and Arrowverse episode on Supergirl season three.

    22 min
  • The Arrowverse Supergirl Season Three

    Roundtable interviews taped at SDCC 2017 include Melissa Benoist, Mehcad Brooks, David Harewood, and Jeremy Jordan talking the new season and costume changes. Special thanks to Justin Cavender 

    15 min
  • Sci-Fi Talk Weekly Episode 57

    News on Tor.Com’s Molly Templeton looks at the trailer for Kraven The Hunter. Michael Shannon turns down Star Wars, Gal Gadot things are being worked on for Wonder Woman return,The Blackening Review.Seven Best Star Trek Mirrorverse episodes and 10 Hermaine Granger Heartbreaking Moments.

    17 min
  • Eliot Newman Prehistoric Planet

    I welcome Elliot Newman, EFX Supervisor for the groundbreaking series Prehistoric Planet. Elliot shares his experiences working on this challenging, three-year-long project that aims to bring the prehistoric world to life in a documentary-style setting. From matching real water properties to animating deep snow scenes and building 58 new dinosaurs, Elliot and his team faced a host of technical and procedural challenges. Join the conversation as he discusses the use of visual effects and virtual production techniques in creating realistic environments, and how the team managed to blend real location photography with CGI assets for a seamless viewer experience. Elliot also shares his insights on the role of previsualization, refining processes, and much more. So, get ready for a fascinating deep dive into the world of virtual production and visual effects!

    Elliot Newman

    "Previs is kind of the starting point. The storyboards give you a sort of rough idea, the previs gives you a slightly better rough idea, but that kind of really informs the story that you're trying to go for. So it kind of gave us the grounding 

    then to say, okay, we know the type of location. It's a snowy environment, or it's a desert scene."

    25 min
  • Trek Tuesday And Babs Olusanmokun

    On this episode, I  join in on a roundtable conversation with Jess Bush and Babs Olusanmokun,

    who play Nurse Christine Chappell and Dr. M'Benga respectively in Star Trek Strange New Worlds.
    They share their experiences with fight choreography training, the portrayal of Majel's character,
    and the love for their jobs on Star Trek. The conversation includes the embracing of history and
    respect in the workplace, the complex interplay between ambition and avoidance in Chapel's
    character, and a desire for further exploration of queer representation on the show. 

    Jess Bush

    "The main thing that I took from Magel's character and also from Majel herself, I think, is that she is, like, 
    she's pretty Badass, like, the way that she got her way into Star Trek and what she wanted for Nurse 
    Chapel, which  probably wasn't fully satisfied."

    Babs Olusanmokun (On being physical)

    "Just to be clear. Intellect plus physicality, just to be clear. Yes. Right. Yeah. No, it's exciting. It's exciting, 
    it's lovely, it's dynamic and it's interesting and it's kicking ass. But there is more under it than just 
    kicking ass. It's protecting those around him. It's protecting his shipmates. 

     

    9 min
  • Stunt Performer Michelle C Smith

    She has worked in the Arrowverse, was the fight coordinator for Motherland Fort Salem, and her video using dual lightsabers went viral and caught the attention of Daisy Ridley. She even made a short playing Clone Wars villain, Asajj Ventress in an indie short. 

    32 min
  • Byte The Flash Red Carpet Two

    Back to the carpet with Erza Miller on his director Andy Muschietti, Ben Affleck on Bruce's mentorship of Barry, Mchael Shannon's hopes for the audience, with Sasha Calle praising her stunt team. Thanks for Warner Bros for the audio from the red carpet. 

    5 min
  • This Week On Sci-Fi Talk Episode 15

    On this episode recapping the week's podcasts are Jennifer Reeder, writer and director of "Perpetrator," a coming of age film that brings fresh angles to horror tropes. Trek Tuesday has Paul Wesley and Ethan Peck talking Vulcan harps and befriending Uhura..Author Katie Keridan joined me to discuss wold building and I finish off with teh second part of my roundtable of season one of Fear The Walking Dead from SDCC. 

    28 min
  • Byte The Flash Red Carpet

    Interviews include  Sasha Calle, who plays Supergirl, including her love for the character,. Erza Miller on the two different versions of Barry Allen, Michael Shannon's return as General Zod, and Ben Affleck's cameo appearance as Batman. Rounding things out are director Andy Michietti and producer Barbara Muschietti , talking meeting fans' expectations. Special thanks to Warner Bros for the audio we hear.

    7 min

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