The Marvel TV series “What If…?” is about alternate timelines where your favorite superheroes choose a different path which completely alters their world.  Some have devastating consequences. Others, like Peggy Carter taking Super Soldier Serum and becoming Captain Carter, represent an ideal timeline.  We are going to discuss the advantages of the butterfly effect in […]

Every human on this planet has two things in common:  We are all going to die one day.  This goes hand in hand with our other common trait:  We don’t want to.  Surviving as long as possible is built right into our DNA.  Billionaires all over the world are pouring money into life extension technologies, […]

When it comes to the perfect form of renewable energy, I think the good creatures at Monsters, Inc. have cracked the code.  Originally harnessing the power of children’s screams, they quickly found out that laughter is a much more efficient way to power a city.  There is the obvious exploitation of children angle, but we […]

In celebration of our 100th episode, The Brain Trust looks forward and makes some bold predictions about the future, and the technology that will get us there.  We cover some of the big topics we have hinted at in other episodes, including the energy revolution, living in space, and even a guess at how humanity […]

Imagine a future so bleak, where humanity is on the verge of collapse, and their only course of action is to send people back in time to change the future.  The first part of that is pretty easy to imagine, but what about that second part?  This is where Travelers is truly innovative.  Instead of […]

M.O.D.O.K. is an evil scientist who is running a tech company with aspirations to take over the world.  He also has a wife, two kids, and is going through a midlife crisis.  That is the basic story-line of this completely unique Marvel series. It does boast the strangest assortment of obscure villains, as well as […]

Since the Cold War, the American public has been obsessed with espionage.  From James Bond, to Ethan Hunt, and now Natasha Romanoff, spies have become heroes to a lot of people.  While typically known for crazy gadgets, Black Widow takes a more forceful approach.  She relies on martial arts to get the job done, but […]

Loki, the god of mischief is the misguided brother of Thor, the god of thunder.  Considering how much cooler thunder is than mischief, I can see where Loki believes he got the short end of the stick.  But what if there was an alternate universe where Loki was the god of thunder instead of Thor?  […]

A civilization ending virus, animal hybrid children, and a weird purple flower are all strangely connected in this comic book adaptation about a boy with deer antlers who is on a quest to find his mother who is a scientist that may hold the key to the entire story.  We try to connect the dots […]

What would you do if the robot apocalypse happened to coincide with your first day at college, and your family was humanity’s only hope?  That is the quandary that The Mitchell family finds themselves in.  The real question is:  Who is responsible for bringing about the robacalypse?  Was it a malicious computer programmer?  Was it […]