Sci-Fi Carnival

Every slacker has her day, and in the case of Ensign Beckett Mariner, her day is an entire series.  Join hosts Maryck Allyson and James Robinson as we nerd-out over the Star Trek animated series "Lower Decks." 

In this episode, we cover:

• Nepotism aboard the U.S.S. Cerritos
• Every "Star Trek" series ever
• The evolution of the red shirt
• The diminishing expectations of the lower deck employees.
• And Riker

We follow the Lower Deck crew from blood bathing rage down to the final "choo." Don't underestimate the shenanigans of a die-hard underachiever.

Liberated from the Sci-Fi Carnival's 2G vault, hosts Maryck Allyson and James Robinson nerd-out over the Amazon Prime Series: "Upload". This digital paradise that masks an infinite horror story sends our overthinking hosts on tangents that include:

• The feasibility of funding the undead's virtual meal plan.
• The problems that arise when your INSIGNIFICANT other is paying for your afterlife.
• The whereabouts of Mr. Caputo.
• Corporate mergers and hr problems of the future.
• Why attending your own funeral can be a bummer.
• And when your kids want you to live forever, but you don't.

Just because your meat suit dies, doesn't mean you have to.  Join us as we get down to the nitty-gritty of living forever.

All great things must come to an end.  Sci-Fi Carnival hosts Maryck Allyson, James Robinson, and guest host 'Just Mel' conclude their Lovecraft Country journey by doing what they do best: nerding-out with impunity over the final two episodes of Lovecraft Country. In the finale, they cover:

• Multiverse time travel,
• 1921 an American Horror Story
• Shitty siblings
• Pet shoggoths 
• And the great Ruby debate

The Lovecraft Country series took on a life of its own, leaving the Sci-Fi Carnival Crew combing the pages of history to seek truths that were far stranger than fiction. Thanks for the wild ride.

 

The Sci-Fi Carnival crew is back in rare form to nerd through the madness that is episodes 7 and 8 of the HBO series Lovecraft Country. Sci-fi Carnival hosts Maryck Allyson, James Robinson, and guest host "Just Mel" navigate through:

• Hippolyta's multi-world excursions,
• Another mind-bending sex scene with Chriliam and Rulary,
• The cruel summer of 1955 and 2020.
• Diane's clingy new friends: Bopsy and Topsy
• And the return of the Shoggoth.

Come for the madness, stay for the scotch, or whatever Montrose has in that flask. Sci-fi Carnival will be your tour guide.

The intrepid trio is back to nerd-out with impunity over episodes five and six of HBO's Lovecraft Country.  Hosts Maryck Allyson, James Robinson, and 'Just Mel' wrap their foxtails around

• Magic potions 
• Shape-shifting dalliances
• Atticus's other side
• Wartime Kumiho's
• And the main reasons Montrose is so damn angry.

Keep your hands inside the ride at all times because the Lovecraft Country rollercoaster is far from over.  

You know when the kids break out the Ouija board, things are about to get real. Hosts Maryck Allyson and James Robinson are joined by special guest 'Just Mel' to break down episodes three and four of the new HBO series: Lovecraft Country. 

Continuing on the Lovecraft Country episodic journey, Sci-Fi Carnival nerds-out with impunity over:

• House parties and Freddie rides,
• Crusades across unwalkable planks,
• Hooking up with divisive sorcerers,
• And what really happened to the racist neighbors.

Nothing is held back when deciphering where the horror story truly lies: in a haunted house full of angry spirits or pioneering into an all-white community that houses the haunted house?

 

In this special memorial episode of Sci-Fi Carnival, Maryck Allyson, James Robinson and 'Just Mel' celebrate the legacy of the late Chadwick Boseman who passed away from stage 4 colon cancer on Friday, August 27, 2020.    Among some of his most notable roles included the venerable Thurgood Marshall, James Brown, Jackie Robinson, and the Black Panther.  A true master of his craft, the characters who Chadwick Boseman embodied will live on in the hearts and minds of generations to come.

The carnival is back with another guest traveler under the umbrella of the sci-fi circus.    Hosts Maryck Allyson and James Robinson are joined by special guest 'Just Mel' to break down the first two episodes of the new HBO series: Lovecraft Country.    In this episode, the intrepid trio nerds-out with impunity over:

• Multi-eyed vampiresque shoggoths,
• Cops straight outta Jim Crow,
• Cult members who don't know when to quit,
• And the Chicago South Siders surviving to the off-beat of a Lovecraftian drum.

This road trip is not for the faint of heart. How will this genre-savvy and culture-rich squad navigate the divisive, murderous roads of  Lovecraft Country? Find out in this episode of Sci-Fi Carnival.

Previously, on SCI-FI CARNIVAL... During the epic discussion of The Mandalorian, hosts Maryck Allyson and James Robinson discovered a shocking correlation. Both the heroes and villains in science fiction and fantasy have shockingly terrible parentage.    Stay tuned for today's episode where our intrepid hosts dare to delve into the minds of the characters and how they got to be either the paragons of virtue and justice or the monsters of mayhem and death.    Will Maryck or James lose themselves in the psyche of these creations? What perils will be wrought when they nerd-out over:

• The Star Wars Saga
• The Star Trek Universe
• The Bat Family and the Joker
• Absentee father Goku from Dragonball
• The self-admitted shittiness of Rick from Rick and Morty
• All that and much more.

"Who F***ked Up Their Kid the Most"...coming up next

Despite being late to the Mandalorian After Party, Sci-Fi Carnival bit the bullet and purchased viewing privileges for yet another streaming service to ride the Razor Crest into another nostalgia sick Star Wars saga.  Much like that run-on sentence, this episode of Sci-Fi Carnival will start with the Mandalorion and run on through Star Wars past, present, and future. Hosts Maryck Allyson and James Robinson as always will nerd-out  with impunity over 

• Emotionally complicated droids,
• Savage egg loving Jawas,
• A 50-year-old Baby Yoda,
• And of course, Mando’s sick ass jetpack.

~The Way has spoken.