It's a classic romantic comedy. Lonely trash robot meets sentient space probe. You'll laugh. You'll cry. Your soul will be shattered and jettisoned into the abyss.

Our last movie of Eye of the Duck: A Space Odyssey is WALL-E. So you know we had to leave you (and ourselves) in an emotional black hole. Thanks, Pixar.

References:

• Special Features
• Where It Began: The Origins of Wall-E
• A Visit to the Pixar Living Archive
• Ralph-E: The Art of The Color Script
• The Imperfect Lens
• Building Worlds From the Sound Up
• Trash Planet
• Wall-E and Eve
• Captain’s Log: The Evolution of Humans
• Go Live
• Notes on a Score
• Robo-Everything
• Pixar Wall-E Press Kit
• Andrew Stanton A.V. Club Interview
• IGN Wall-E Making Of
• Ralph Eggleston Animation Art Conservation Interview
• Rotten Tomatoes Storyboards Exclusive
• Andrew Stanton Ain’t It Cool Interview

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced, by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Erik Gunnarsson.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich, you can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

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When Ridley Scott goes to space, we follow. That's just the rule of our podcast. If you're a longtime listener, a friend of the show, or just someone who's walked past us on the street, you can probably tell how important ALIEN is to our friendship. And this is as close as we're going to get to talking about our beloved Xenomorph in this space series.

The question is, though, you can take the Xenomorph out of the Ridley Scott space movie, but can you take the space movie out of the Xenomorph? Actually, that doesn't make any sense. Matt Damon potato poop

References:

• Special Features
• The Long Way Home: Making The Martian
• Simon Kingberg Circling The Martian
• Drew Goddard Set to Write/Direct The Martian
• Matt Damon Newsweek Interview
• Matt Damon IGN Interview
• Ridley Scott In Talks for The Martian
• Empire The Martian Production History
• Drew Goddard Creative Screenwriting Interview
• The Martian Filming in Hungary
• Collider The Martian Set Fun Facts
• Matt Damon Smithsonian Magazine Interview
• The Martian Finishes Shoot in Jordan
• Popular Science The Martian Production History
• Newsweek The Martian Production History
• LA Times The Martian Production History
• The Hollywood Reporter on NASA’s Involvement in The Martian
• President Barack Obama on The Martian
• Harry Gregson-Williams The Hollywood Reporter Interview

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced, by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Erik Gunnarsson.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich, you can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

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Hold on. There's a whole other movie from 1998 about a doomed crew rocketing to outer space to board an asteroid and cancel humanity's extinction? Really? From the SAME year? It just wouldn't be fair to do ARMAGEDDON without DEEP IMPACT. So here we are. And hey, Elijah Wood's in this one! Rad!

References:

• Special Features
• Making an Impact
• Creating the Perfect Traffic Jam
• Preparing for the End
• Parting Thoughts
• Film Scouts Deep Impact Production History
• Army Notes on Deep Impact
• MoviePhone Deep Impact Production History
• Téa Leoni The Morning Call Interview
• Téa Leoni Talent Development Resources Interview
• Jon Hamm Deep Impact Role
• Deep Impact Fun Facts

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced, by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Erik Gunnarsson.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich, you can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd or join the conversation at Eye of the Discord.

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Houston, this is a kick-ass ride. Yup, it's ARMAGEDDON week. Returning to save the world from a second extinction is our old friend, filmmaker and film programmer, Desmond Thorne! Can fracking actually save the planet? Listen to find out!

References:

• Special Features
• Commentary
• Special Effects
• Richard Hoover
• Hoyt Yeatman
• Pat McClung
• Production Design
• Vision of Armageddon
• Wardrobe/NASA
• Armadillo/Shuttles
• Asteroid Set
• Conclusion

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced, by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Erik Gunnarsson.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich, you can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd or join the conversation at Eye of the Discord.

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We all knew this day would come. You could call this a bonus. You could call it a swerve. But, listeners, let's be honest with ourselves. Jason X was going to happen on this podcast someday. And that day is today.

References:

• Special Features
• Outta Space: The Making of Jason X
• In Space No One Can Hear You Scream
• Kristi is a Headbanger
• Jason Rebooted
• Todd Farmer Jason X AV Club Interview
• Kane Hodder Bloody Disgusting Interview

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced, by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Erik Gunnarsson.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich, you can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd or join the conversation at Eye of the Discord.

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Ever watch a movie so satisfyingly repulsive that you have no choice but to claw your eyes out and enter a chaos dimension? We have.

If you haven't watched EVENT HORIZON, this is your chance. Come aboard the Lewis and Clark as we venture to Proxima Centauri and chant into an unfeeling void, "Libera Te Tutemet Ex Inferis."

**Also, Adam has a lot to say about Paul W.S. Anderson's SHOPPING(!!?)

References:

• Special Features
• The Making of Event Horizon
• Into the Jaws of Darkness
• The Body of the Beast
• Liberate Tuteme Ex Infernis
• The Point of No Return: The Filming of Event Horizon
• Shooting Wire Work
• The Dark Inside
• Secrets
• Extended Medical Bay Scene
• Fangoria Event Horizon Breakdown
• Paul W.S. Anderson Interview with Vulture 25 Years Later
• Paul W.S. Anderson Interview with Grantland
• Philip Eisner Warhammer Tweet
• Paul W.S. Anderson Entertainment Weekly Interview
• The Ringer Event Horizon Production History
• Fangoria Event Horizon Production History
• Paul W.S. Anderson Interview with San Diego Reader
• NME Event Horizon 25 Years Later
• Fandom Event Horizon 25 Years Later
• Event Horizon Series Planned at Amazon
• Event Horizon Shooting Script

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced, by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Erik Gunnarsson.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich, you can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd or join the conversation at Eye of the Discord.

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Murph. We're coming home. Join us this week for one of those "this is why we started this podcast" kind of episodes.

It's no coincidence that Nolan's space epic is coming up right smack dab in the middle of our miniseries. INTERSTELLAR somehow encompasses every space movie ever made...and yet it still manages to be such a singular achievement in the genre. So you better believe we went long this week!

References:

• Special Features
• Plotting an Interstellar Journey
• Life on Cooper’s Farm
• The Dust
• TARS and CASE
• The Cosmic Sounds of Interstellar
• The Space Suits
• The Endurance
• Shooting in Iceland: Miller’s Planet / Mann’s Planet
• The Ranger and the Lander
• Miniatures in Space
• The Simulation of Zero-G
• Celestial Landmarks
• Across All Dimensions and Time
• Empire Interstellar Making Of
• Jonathan Nolan Discusses Speaking with Spielberg
• Variety Announces Space Film from Spielberg
• Entertainment Weekly Interstellar Making Of
• The Hollywood Reporter Interstellar Cast & Crew
• Legendary Financing Interstellar
• New York Times Interstellar Cast Interview
• Matt Damon Replaces Irfhan Khan
• Assistant Editor John Lee Interview with Craft Services

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced, by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Erik Gunnarsson.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich, you can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd or join the conversation at Eye of the Discord.

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This is a space movie! It may only spend a total of like 20 minutes in outer space…but it still counts!

For our first ever Robert Zemeckis film, we’re hanging out with Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, and a very prominent Bill Clinton down on Earth, trying to decode a (potentially problematic) broadcast from far above.

Is this a bonus episode? Even we’re not completely sure.

References:

• Entertainment Weekly Contact Production History
• Vulture Contact Production History 2022 Rachel Handler
• Warner Brothers Contact Production History
• Warner Brothers Contact Production History II
• Randy Thom and Tom Johnson FilmSound Interview
• Peter Jackson: From Prince of Splatter to Lord of the Rings
• Contact Filmsite VFX Breakdown
• Contact VFXBlog VFX Breakdown
• Collider George Miller Interview
• Alan Silvestri Soundtrack! Interview

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced, by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Erik Gunnarsson.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich, you can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd or join the conversation at Eye of the Discord.

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Brad Pitt is a superhero. His superpower? Depression. On this week's episode, we travel to the outer limits of our solar system in search of a very, very, bad dad. A "bad dad-stra," if you will. Really, though, As far as space movies go, it doesn't get much better than this one.

References:

• Special Features
• To The Stars
• A Man Named Roy
• The Art of Ad Astra
• James Gray Confirms Ad Astra at Cannes 2016
• James Gray Discusses Filming Ad Astra with Collider
• Ad Astra Reshoots Increase Budget
• Charlie Kaufman on Uncredited Rewrites for Ad Astra
• Lorne Balfe and Max Richter Composing for Ad Astra
• James Gray Asks for Help From Leo Goldsmith and Gregory Zinman
• Science & Film Interview with Scientific Advisor Robert Yowell
• James Gray on Casting Brad Pitt
• James Gray Discusses Post on Ad Astra
• James Gray Interview with Los Angeles Times
• James Gray The Hollywood Reporter Quote
• Hoyte Van Hoytema Interview with IndieWire
• James Gray Instagram Live Comments
• Max Richter Slant Magazine Interview
• Ethan Gross Awards Daily Interview
• James Gray Deadline Interview
• James Gray Interview With Vulture
• Inside the World's Quietest Room

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced, by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Erik Gunnarsson.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich, you can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd or join the conversation at Eye of the Discord.

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I. Hate. Space. This week we're finally saying the quiet part out loud with Alfonso Cuaron's landmark (and weirdly...forgotten?) space disaster thriller starring Sandra Bullock, and our old friend, George Clooney. It's the 10 year anniversary of GRAVITY this year. Lets get some 3D IMAX screenings going, please!!

References:

• Special Features
• It Began With A Story
• Initial Challenges: Long Shots and Zero G
• Pre Visualizing Gravity
• The Hues of Space
• Physical Weightlessness
• Space Tech
• Final Animation
• Complete Silence
• Behind the Visor
• Sandra Bullock and Alfonso Cuarón The Guardian Interview
• Alfonso Cuarón on Angelina Jolie and Robert Downey Jr. Castings
• Variety Gravity Making Of
• Deadline Gravity Actresses
• Gravity Executive Producer Chris DeFaria Interview with The Film Stage
• Emmanuel Lubezki Interview with Time
• Steven Price Interview with Your Classical

Credits:

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced, by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Erik Gunnarsson.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich, you can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd or join the conversation at Eye of the Discord.

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