The crafty carnival is back to nerd-out with impunity over the pros and cons of Sci-Fi  remakes. Are remakes a neccesary evil to keep up with the times or are they simply money grabs?

The short answer:It depends.

For the detailed answer, Maryck Allyson, Harley J aka Harely James Robinson and Mel explore:

•  Pissed off firestarters and gun happy FBI agents
• The tale of two Dunes
• Batman's remake of a remake of a remake
• How Pepsi and Coke tie into this.
• Generational remakes

The carnival is back to nerd-out with impunitiy over the awesome mind f**k that is Time Travel. We are crossing timelines over: 

• Jealous billionaires with too much time on their hands.
• Archive 81 and Netflix's version of cancel culture.
• Time traveling in Deutshland.
• That time Quark, Nog and Rom landed in Area 51.
• What to do when you find a giant black hole on your cattle ranch.
• Slavery Debate: Sink ships or arm the residents. Maybe both?

Praise Sol! Sci-Fi Carnival is back to nerd-out with impunity over Season Two of Ridley Scott's Raised By Wolves. In this episode, we go into the light over:

• Mom's cheat baby.
• Father's pet project.
• Non FDA approved fruit.
• The dangers of opening ancient artifacts.
• Marcus's cult following
• The latest Hunter Father adventure.
• Campion's plus one.
• And an ingrate named Paul.

In the spirit of shameful self promotion, Sci-Fi Carnival is nerding-out over Maryck Allyson's debut novel, "Onyx Complex."

Host Harley J. Robinson dares to travel to the mental confines of the sci-fi fantasy creator to learn the series of strange and twisted events that lead to the manifestation of her epic afrofuturistic adventure.

Trigger Warning**This episode is highly political.**

Happy New Year and welcome to the third season of Sci-Fi Carnival!  It just so happens to also be the third season of 2020.  To kick off this new hope, we are revisiting a film about an alien invasion called "Captive State". It released in theaters in March of 2019 to mixed reviews.  But due to the unrelenting series of strange and twisted events, hosts Maryck Allyson, Harley J Robinson and Mel are nerding-out with impunity over:

• Things to expect when you join "The Resistance"
• What to do when your government sells you out to an aggressive alien force.
• Signs that your government has been taken over or is about to be taken over.
• And the time PBS's Frontline told us to look up, and well...we didn't.

The Carnival called an emergency nerd-out session to unpack Netflix's new satire titled, "Don't Look Up".  Hosts Maryck Allyson, Harley J. Robinson, and Mel look up, down and straight ahead over:

• Things to know when planning your emergency visit to the White House.
• How to live life without the stress of living.
• Signs you may have said too much.
• Things to consider when the world's sexiest scientist says the "science is sound."
• When you only have six months, but you still want to play the long game.
• Call to action concerts
• Call to inaction rallies
• Things to consider when the world's sexiest scientist says the "we're all going to die."
• And the goodies that await us in 2022

The carnival is back with the Christmas Special that absolutely no one asked for.  That's right! The intrepid trio nerd-out over the sci-fi elements embedded in the lucrative holiday called Christmas.  Maryck Allyson, Harley J. Robinson and Mel bust out the spiked egg nog over:

• Santa and discriminatory practices directed at certain reindeer.
• Fu**king Krampus,
• The relevance of Festivus,
• How the green Gremilns saved Gizmo.
• Shameful Sci-fi Book plugs
• Candles vs. Fruitcakes
• Gift cards: laziness or corporate a Godsend.
• And why Christmas is necessaryas f**ck

Sci-Fi Carnival is back to nerd out with impunity over Netflix's  Midnight Mass.  "It's in the bible" takes on a whole new meaning in this Easter Horror Story. And hosts Maryck Allyson, James Robinson and Mel are here for it.  In this episode, The Carnival goes to church over:

• Signs your pastor is lying to you.
• When to question the contents of the holy wine.
• Vampires with Jim Jones undertones.
• What to do when the visiting visiting pastor has wings.  
• How to cherry pick your miracles.
• And things to do before burning down the town.

Wild things happen when you sell your soul to the soulless, and this proves true in the popular Korean Netflix series, Squid Game.  Host Maryck Allyson, and James Robinson and guest host, Mel lose all their marbles over:

• The consequences of not knowing when to quit.
• Subway games and bi**h slaps.
• The art of tug of war.
• The struggles of running your illegal side business at your soul sucking job.
• And why you shouldn't underestimate old men.

Bah weep graaahna weep ni ni bong! Yep, the universal greeting works every time. This episode of Sci-Fi Carnival is one host James Robinson has waited an eternity for. But it's NEVER over for the nostalgia of one of the greatest movies ever created. So cover your receptors with your best headphones you turbo revvin' young punks and join Maryck Allyson and James in this discussion of The Transformers: The Movie where we delve deep into:  

• The psychological damage of killing off your entire toy chest in one fell swoop.
• Existential reality of there is always something bigger than you waiting to devour your entire world,
• Fighting an enslaved super villain.
• And the beautiful wonders of animation and what it can showcase.