The temporal duo return this week as they take a look at “Rosa”.  Ericka and Corey discuss the historical and modern impacts this story has and decide to go off topic and talk about Law & Order.

Doctor Who: Rosa

Series: 11

Episode: 3

Air Date: October 21, 2018

Cast: Jodie Whittaker (The Doctor); Bradley Walsh (Graham O’Brien), Tosin Cole (Ryan Sinclair), Mandip Gill (Yasmin Khan)

Writer: Malorie Blackman and Chris Chibnall

Director: Mark Tonderai

Synopsis: The Doctor’s attempt to return her friends to modern-day Sheffield goes awry when the TARDIS lands in 1955 Montgomery, Alabama. The team soon encounter civil rights activist Rosa Parks, just days before she refuses to give up her seat on a bus and ignites a historic black rights movement in the Deep South. However, the Doctor soon realizes someone is meddling with history: a white supremacist from the future, determined to stop Rosa from sparking a revolution. The TARDIS team must work against the clock to put history right, and soon end up embroiled in the legendary moment themselves.

 

 

News

Rosa – Overnight Viewing Figures

Rosa – Press Reviews

The Ghost Monument – Official Ratings

 

 

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Bryan and Corey return to look at the fifth episode of Hulu’s original “The First”.  The guys sit down to talk about the questions that have been answered and what’s coming up on the show.

The First: Two Portraits

Season: 1

Episode: 5

Overall Episode: 5

Air Date: September 14, 2018 (all episodes released at once on Hulu)

Cast: Sean Penn as Tom Hagerty; Natascha McElhone as Laz Ingram; LisaGay Hamilton as Kayla Price; Hannah Ware as Sadie Hewitt; Keiko Agena as Aiko Hakari; Rey Lucas as Matteo Vega

James Ransone as Nick Fletcher, one of five astronauts chosen to be the first people to colonize Mars

Writer: Francesca Sloane

Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Synopsis: As Denise paints a portrait of her late mother, Diane, a series of flashbacks reveal the family’s history. Tom is shown to have been away during his Navy career, and struggled with parenting Denise when he returned home. He moved the family to their house in New Orleans, but Diane continued to struggled, and eventually committed suicide in the river by their house as Denise watched. Tom insisted that Denise go to New York for school, where she began abusing drugs and eventually overdosed. Tom enrolled her in rehab, but she relapsed after returning home, angering Tom and forcing her to leave. Due to Tom’s struggles with his home life, he was replaced as Providence 1 mission commander. In the present, Denise destroys her portrait of her mother and goes to a party, where she relapses into drugs.

The guys return to look at the second episode of “The Orville”.  They compare the differences between this one the first story and also look at the originality of this adventure.

The Orville: Command Performance

Season: 1

Episode: 2

Overall Episode: 2

Air Date: September 17, 2017

Cast: Seth MacFarlane as Captain Ed Mercer; Adrianne Palicki as Commander Kelly Grayson; Penny Johnson Jerald as Doctor Claire Finn; Scott Grimes as Lieutenant Gordon Malloy; Peter Macon as Lieutenant Commander Bortus; Halston Sage[13] as Lieutenant Alara Kitan; J. Lee as Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Commander) John LaMarr; Mark Jackson as Isaac.

Writer: Seth MacFarlane

Director: Robert Duncan McNeill

Synopsis: The technologically advanced Calivon imprison Mercer and Grayson in a replica of their former home as a zoo exhibit. Alara is left in command of the Orville, as Bortus has laid an egg and must incubate it. Alara is unsure of herself, but gains confidence with the help of Claire’s mentorship. Mercer and Grayson wonder if they could have made their relationship work, but finally conclude that they were never compatible for a long-term romantic relationship, despite their strong camaraderie. Admiral Tucker orders Alara to return to Earth instead of approaching the powerful Calivon; Alara violates these orders and rescues Mercer and Grayson, along with an alien child, by trading an archive of Earth’s reality television for them.

 

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The guys sit down to tackle a few Science Fiction Shorts this week.  They look at The Seam, New Politics and Good Business.  They also cover some of the latest news including more Picard updates, what to watch on Netflix and why Gallifrey isn’t a great vacation site.

News:

Exclusive: Star Trek Executive Producers Reveal Picard Series Production Details

Star Trek Discovery’ Reveals First Look at Rebecca Romijn as Number One

The 10 Best Sci-Fi Movies on Netflix Right Now

James Gunn Confirmed to Write ‘Suicide Squad 2’ and Potentially Direct, Joins the DCEU After Being Fired by Disney

Doctor Who’s Gallifrey Would Be a Nightmarishly Awful Place to Live

 

Sci Fi Shorts 1

Title: The Seam

Length: 18 minutes 56 seconds

Website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDjcWlCT8rg

Title: New Politics

Length: 5 minutes 51 seconds

Website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpZunxfrpls

Title: Good Business

Length: 4 minutes 14 seconds

Website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Ltb7sLhb0

Ericka and Corey return again this week as they look at Whittaker’s second outing as the Doctor.  How does this episode hold up to last week.  Also, they discuss the introduction that we FINALLY get to see and get to finally see the newest version of the TARDIS in all her glory.

Doctor Who: The Ghost Monument

Series: 11

Episode: 2

Air Date: October 14, 2018

Cast: Jodie Whittaker (The Doctor); Bradley Walsh (Graham O’Brien), Tosin Cole (Ryan Sinclair), Mandip Gill (Yasmin Khan)

Writer: Chris Chibnall

Director: Mark Tonderai

Synopsis: The Doctor and her new friends are rescued from deep space by Angstrom and Epzo, aliens competing in an intergalactic competition playing out across the stars. Caught up in their contest, they join them in a trek across a deadly planet to reach the ‘Ghost Monument’ – a mystical box that the Doctor quickly recognises as her TARDIS. They soon discover that the planet has been ravaged by lethal science experiments, a testing ground for the Stenza – the warrior race they previously encountered in Sheffield – to develop new weaponry. The team eventually reach the site of the Ghost Monument and the Doctor is reunited with her TARDIS, sporting a new look.

 

 

News

The Ghost Monument – Overnight Viewing Figures

The Ghost Monument – Press Reviews

 

 

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Bryan and Corey return to look at the fourth episode of Hulu’s original “The First”.

The First: Where Life Is

Season: 1

Episode: 4

Overall Episode: 4

Air Date: September 14, 2018 (all episodes released at once on Hulu)

Cast: Sean Penn as Tom Hagerty; Natascha McElhone as Laz Ingram; LisaGay Hamilton as Kayla Price; Hannah Ware as Sadie Hewitt; Keiko Agena as Aiko Hakari; Rey Lucas as Matteo Vega

James Ransone as Nick Fletcher, one of five astronauts chosen to be the first people to colonize Mars

Writer: AJ Marechal

Director: Daniel Sackheim

Synopsis: As the crew continues training, Laz speaks privately Kayla, and asks if she thinks they made the right decision to take Nick instead of Sadie on the mission. Kayla becomes angry at Laz, and feels that she is not a respected member of the crew. Speaking about the matter with her wife and Tom, she admits that much of her frustration is from being replaced as mission commander. As the crew trains, Nick struggles with the science portion, and is assisted by Sadie. Sadie, while pretending that she wants to get pregnant, has been secretly taking birth control pills. She admits this to her husband, who suspected it all along, and she realizes she has been avoiding pregnancy because she is holding out hope that she will still be on the mission. Tom and Ellen, the wife of the late Providence 1 commander, sleep together; Denise is upset with her father for bringing her into her art studio. Laz visits the bar at which Denise works, and offers her support while her father is away; Denise angrily rebuffs her attempt. While working at home, Laz identifies a possible solution to fix the Mars Ascent Vehicle.

The guys begin the descent on the Seth MacFarlane sci comedy show “The Orville”.  They look at the first episode and see how close to “Star Trek” it is without crossing any lines.

The Orville: Old Wounds

Season: 1

Episode: 1

Overall Episode: 1

Air Date: September 10, 2017

Cast: Seth MacFarlane as Captain Ed Mercer; Adrianne Palicki as Commander Kelly Grayson; Penny Johnson Jerald as Doctor Claire Finn; Scott Grimes as Lieutenant Gordon Malloy; Peter Macon as Lieutenant Commander Bortus; Halston Sage[13] as Lieutenant Alara Kitan; J. Lee as Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Commander) John LaMarr; Mark Jackson as Isaac.

Writer: Seth MacFarlane

Director: Jon Favreau

Synopsis: 25th-century Union command officer Ed Mercer divorces his wife, Kelly Grayson, after catching her cheating on him. A year later, he accepts a position as captain of the U.S.S. Orville, a mid-level research vessel, and learns to his dismay that his ex-wife has been assigned as his First Officer. During the Orville’s first mission, the hostile alien Krill captain (Joel Swetow) attempts to steal a device that accelerates time, which has both beneficial and dangerous applications.

 

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The guys return again this week as they look at the film “Upgrade”.  They share their thoughts on this man/machine adventure and it it’s worth the effort or you should pass.  They also look at the latest trailer for Nightflyers TV show, Black Mirror season 5 premiere date, Mark Hamill giving an amazing mash up, plus so much more.

News:

‘Black Mirror’ Season 5 Eyes December Premiere on Netflix, Set to Include ‘Choose-Your-Own-Adventure’ Episode

George R.R. Martin’s Nightflyers Makes Its Terrifying Mission Clear in the Latest Trailer for the Syfy Show

Revengers (re)assemble! Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth show off their new Men in Black looks

The Long-Awaited Wheel of Time TV Series Is Heading to Amazon

Your Prime Directive: Go Watch The X-Rated Cut Of ROBOCOP On Amazon

Mark Hamill Posts ‘Star Wars’ And ‘Back To The Future’ Mashups, And Great Scott They’re Good

 

Movie of the week: Upgrade

Release: June 1, 2018

Writers: Leigh Whannell

Director: Leigh Whannell

Starring: Logan Marshall-Green as Grey Trace

Betty Gabriel as Cortez

Harrison Gilbertson as Eron Keen

Melanie Vallejo as Asha Trace

Benedict Hardie as Fisk Brantner

Length: 100 minutes

 

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Ericka and Corey Charette sit down to look at the 13th Doctor’s premiere episode to see how she stacks up with her predecessors.  They talk about the crew and try to figure out if there are too many people inside the TARDIS, and what is going on with that sonic screwdriver?

Doctor Who: The Woman Who Fell to Earth

Series: 11

Episode: 1

Air Date: October 7, 2018

Cast: Jodie Whittaker (The Doctor); Bradley Walsh (Graham O’Brien), Tosin Cole (Ryan Sinclair), Mandip Gill (Yasmin Khan)

Writer: Chris Chibnall

Director: Jamie Childs

Synopsis: In Sheffield, Ryan Sinclair accidentally calls an alien pod to the planet, leading to a strange being attacking his grandmother Grace and step-grandfather Graham. He and traffic officer Yasmin Khan attempt to stop it when the newly regenerated Doctor falls out of the sky and sees it flee. Investigating the strangeness, the five discover a second alien is tracking a local construction worker as a hunting game. The Doctor manages to rework the alien’s systems, causing it to flee home, but Grace is killed in the fight against it. After Grace’s funeral, the Doctor reworks one of the alien’s escape teleporters to find the TARDIS. She bids goodbye to Ryan, Yas, and Graham, but accidentally teleports all four of them into deep space.

 

 

News

The Woman Who Fell to Earth – Overnight Viewing Figures

The Woman Who Fell to Earth – Press Reviews

Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor Is Being Made Into an Incredible Barbie Doll

 

 

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The guys return to look at the third episode of the Hulu original “The First”.

The First: Cycles

Season: 1

Episode: 3

Overall Episode: 3

Air Date: September 14, 2018 (all episodes released at once on Hulu)

Cast: Sean Penn as Tom Hagerty; Natascha McElhone as Laz Ingram; LisaGay Hamilton as Kayla Price; Hannah Ware as Sadie Hewitt; Keiko Agena as Aiko Hakari; Rey Lucas as Matteo Vega

James Ransone as Nick Fletcher, one of five astronauts chosen to be the first people to colonize Mars

Writer: Carla Ching

Director: Daniel Sackheim

Synopsis: Tom, the new commander of the mission to Mars, is arguing with Kayla, the previous commander, as to whether he should replace Nick or Sadie for the mission. Tom is in favor of Nick, while Kayla argues on behalf of Sadie, as she feels personally responsible for Sadie becoming an astronaut. After Sadie fails a training exercise, Tom makes his decision that he should replace her. The Mars Ascent Vehicle, already on Mars, is no longer transmitting, causing concern that it may be inoperative when the crew arrives. Denise goes out with some of her coworkers, including her love interest Finn. After bringing them back to Tom’s house, he confronts her with his concerns that she will relapse into her drug use, and attends a twelve-step meeting with her.