Fusion Patrol

Bonus episode discussion this week is the first episode of the 2024 Doctor Who series, Space Babies, by Russell T. Davies. Simon and Eugene discuss whether the best way to introduce the show to a new audience is a massive info dump, what Ron DeSantis would have thought of the episode, and whether it was ... Read more

This week’s episode under review: Bugs S03E10 – Renegades. Simon and Eugene discuss whether this episode was always intended to be the finale of season 3, whether it’s another sequel to the Cybernauts, and Eugene gives us his interpretation of Australian Eric Idle.

This week’s episode under discussion: the 13th episode of Space Above and Beyond, Level of Necessity. In this episode, Damphousse gets psychic powers, and Kenneth and Eugene ask, “what good are psychic powers when you’re in the military?” Level of Necessity originally aired on January 14th, 1996.

This week, John and Eugene watch Sean Connery in space as they discuss the 1981 Sci-Fi movie Outland.

This week, John and Eugene take a look at the last two episodes of Neo Ultra Q: Episode 11, Argos Democracy, which first aired March 23, 2013, and Episode 12, Hominis Dignitati, which originally aired March 30, 2013. In Argos Democracy, they discuss the sad third wheel that is Sohei, ponder pro-kaiju terrorists, and ask, ... Read more

This week’s episode under review is Bugs S03E09, Identity Crisis, which first aired September 20, 1997. Simon and Eugene discuss how a good episode can be diminished by the arc that sets it up, the emptiness of the Bugs universe, and they get nostalgic about Zip and Bernoulli Boxes.

This week’s episode under review: Space Above and Beyond, Who Monitors the Bird, which first aired January 7, 1996 and was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. Kenneth and Eugene try to make sense of Tank’s Big Adventure… once they get past his haircut.

John and Eugene take a trip back in time to post-war Japan: A time when the country was at it’s absolute lowest and then, as Steve Jobs used to say, “there is… just one more thing:” Godzilla. Next week we take a look at the Academy Award-winning sleeper International hit movie, 2023’s Godzilla Minus One.

This week features our look at two more episodes of Neo Ultra Q. First, John and Eugene look at The Tokyo Protol and ponder the very pointed commentary about the hubris of mankind in the face of climate change and ask, “Did they manage to stick the landing on this story?” Then, they look at ... Read more

This week’s episode under review is Bugs, Buried Treasure, which first aired September 13, 1997, and was written by Terry Borst and Frank De Palma. Simon and Eugene discuss the similarities of the visuals in late ’90s SciFi, the aesthetics of prison signage, and whether enough explosions, helicopters and sexy villainesses make up for Bugs’ ... Read more