What do you think you would do if you went on a retreat with your partner, and while investigating the grounds by yourself, you came across another version of your partner stuck in a house?  Would you think you were hallucinating?  In another dimension?  The center of an elaborate prank?  Well this is exactly what […]

Love, Death + Robots is an anthology series in the vein of Dark Mirror and The Twilight Zone, except animated. Every episode takes you on a sci-fi ride through new planets, advanced technologies, and cutting edge science.  Since that is exactly how I would describe our show, analyzing this one was the perfect choice!  This […]

2021 marks the 25th anniversary of the Resident Evil franchise which spans movies, television, and obviously video games.  Few properties have had this level of influence across all forms of media.  If you mention the Umbrella Corporation to most people, they will cringe and look over their shoulder, half expecting to see the Nemesis chasing […]

The mantle of Captain America is arguably the most important role in the Marvel universe.  Cap stands for the ideals of America, and his shield is a crucial symbol for the fight against injustice.  When it is vacated, the question becomes:  Who will wield the shield?  That is the important question in this series.  But […]

What would happen if we were able to find your perfect match, someone you were guaranteed to fall in love with, simply by analyzing your DNA?  This is the premise of the Netflix series The One.  This technology raises a lot of fundamental questions:  What is love?  What is happiness?  Is that encoded into our […]

When people think of dream matches throughout history, a couple of thoughts immediately spring to mind: Muhammad Ali VS Mike Tyson, Hulk Hogan VS Ric Flair, the 72 Dolphins VS the 85 Bears.  This week we tackle the obvious omission from that list:  Godzilla VS King Kong.  Kong was introduced in 1933, but these two […]

On its surface, the world of cartoon physics is extraordinarily complex.  Gravity seems to have an on/off switch, animals can move at impossible speeds, and some items seem to have a mind of their own.  Now try taking those laws and overlaying them on the live action world, the one governed by Newtonian physics.  That […]

Everybody, at some point or another, has had an interest in dinosaurs.  They are gigantic,  fascinating creatures, that are unlike anything alive today.  I makes sense that as we learn more about DNA and how it works, it will become inevitable that someone will try to bring back a T-Rex.  This week we discuss how […]

From the first time you lay eyes on the Mogwai Gizmo, it is hard to imagine that something that adorable has the potential to unleash a horde of evil gremlins simply by disregarding a few rules.  I mean, how do you exist as an animal if you can’t get wet?  Everything has to drink water […]

Indiana Jones is the man credited with making archeology cool.  A professor by day and a bullwhip toting, fedora wearing, idol snatching adventurer by night, he has more in common with a superhero than an academic.  He also gets himself in a lot of danger, and this movie is no exception.  Listen as we explain […]