Science Fiction Rating System

Star Wars: The Last Jedi hits cinema screens across the world this week, so we go back to where it all began with a thorough examination of 1977's Star Wars, and two films that attempted to ape its success, and got it spectacularly wrong.

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In a galaxy far, far away nothing is probably happening, but right here we're watching A New Hope and 2 ripoffs because pretty soon there's a new Star Wars film out, and that is still an exciting thing!

Also Alex brings the best quiz we've had yet, even if he doesn't realise how famous the Gonk droid is. Gonk.

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We revisit Independence Day and provide a definitive ranking for (probably) the most divisive film on the list.  Why is it is so bad? The wafer thin plot? The hideous level of AMURICA? The grating attempts at a deeper meaning? And who writes these podcast notes anyway?

(We also watched two other films by Roland Emmerich that were also pretty terrible)

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We're back! Out of chronosleep, back from the nth Dimension, season 2 of SFRS starts with not one bang, but ALL THE BANGS as we get into three films from Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin that involve the world blowing up. And space Egypt. We also definitively decide that Alex isn't as into this stuff as Chris was, Chris was all the way into Indepedence Day, and Sam is definitely not a racist.

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This week Chris and Sam get to talk about Star Trek, something you'll have to get used to as there are at least another 12 Star Trek films to watch!  Yay!

(also we discuss Serenity and Thunderbirds, which are both a little rubbish).

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Chris celebrates his birthday by hosting his first show!  This week we discuss the new Star Trek series Discovery, have a Star Trek quiz and then preview three films that made the transition from TV to cinema.   I mean really we are just starting a journey through 13 Star Trek films, and watching two other things that don't look too great...

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Close Encounters is re-released on 4K blu-ray so we rate it, along with two other Spielberg sci-fi joints.  Its a rare week of unity in the pod as we unanimously agree on a ranking straight off the bat for (i think?) the first time ever, and generally enjoy a week with three actual competently main films.

Next time we preview three franchises that started life on tv, so tune in for that.

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This week we celebrate the 4K re-release of Close Encounters of the Third Kind by taking a look at trailers for three of Steven Spielberg's forays into sci-fi!  

(There's also a quiz that took ages to come up with that doesn't go down very well :\ )

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The year is 1991, and science fiction is big business. Arnie comes back, Mark Hamill's career hits rock bottom, and Disney fail at making a billion dollar franchise.  This week's films are a diverse selection of sci-fi and there's something for everyone. Probably.

PS when Sam keeps saying 'The four horsemen' he meant 'The Lone Gunmen' !

Join us next time for a Spielberg special!

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Terminator 2 is back and released in 3D, which is a good enough excuse to go back to 1991 and see the original again! Also The Guyver and The Rocketeer came out that year, so why not watch those too!

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