The Skiffy and Fanty Show

Scavengers, teenagers, and truth-stretching old dudes, oh my! Jen and Shaun are at it again with another Reading Rangers format. This time, they explore The Wild Shore, the first book in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Three Californias trilogy, recently reprinted by Tor. Together, they explore the novel’s themes of teen life, literary history, and the post-apocalypse, the political underpinnings of Robinson’s treatment of post-apocalypse California, the importance of story to survival, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: The Three Californias Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson (Tor Reprint) If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from “Sphere” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

#BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter, BLACK LIVES MATTER, oh my! Jen and Shaun return (sorta) to the Reading Rangers format to discuss our latest announcement about the direction of the show for the remainder of 2020 AND to examine Octavia Butler’s “Bloodchild” and Tochi Onyebuchi’s Tor.com essay, “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.” This one is jam packed with content, from our views on what is going on around us to its connections to Onyebuchi’s essay to an in-depth discussion of the themes and social commentary in Butler’s story! You won’t want to miss this one. Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: “Blood Child” by Octavia Butler in Bloodchild and Other Stories (Seven Stories Press) “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest” by Tochi Onyebuchi (Tor.com) Black Lives Matter Resources and Info: National Bail Fund Network The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale (Verso Books) — ebook currently free SFWA Statement on Black Lives Matter and Protests “The Pandemic is the Right Time to Defund the Police” by Melissa Gira Grant (The New Republic) Reading Lists and Other Materials to Support: “20 YA Books by Black Authors We’re Excited to Read in the Latter Half of 2020” by Farrah Penn and Ehis Osifo (BuzzFeed) Just Mercy (2019)(IMDb) Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)(Shudder) Emily Hughes’ call for black writers to write for Tor Nightfire Podcasts in Color Podcast Directory “Where is the Diversity in Publishing? The 2019 Diversity Baseline Survey Results” by Lee & Low Books Black Science Fiction Society AfroBizWorld (directory of black-owned businesses) The Mad Mommy’s list of 400+ Black-Owned Etsy Shops “47 black-owned bookstores across the country that you can support” by Seija Rankin (Entertainment Weekly) Vita Ayala’s #BlackoutTuesday thread of books, YouTube channels, Twitch channels, comics, and more by black creators /r/Fantasy Reddit’s 2020 SFF New Releases by Black Authors (by Dianthaa) If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from “Sphere” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

Magic metallic fists, human brain power, and flying Turks, oh my! Shaun Duke and Jen Zink tag team on the strangest and most incoherent Torture Cinema film we’ve ever covered:  Dünyayi Kurtaran Adam (a.k.a. The Man Who Saved the World or Turkish Star Wars). From the film’s incredibly dense and incoherent plot to its obsession with extra long, kung fu-inspired fights to its blatant theft from Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Flash Gordon, and more, Shaun and Jen have their hands full trying to make sense of this monstrosity. You’ll have to listen to find out if they enjoyed it! Also:  this episode marks the official return of skits and some of your favorite characters. More to come. We promise! 😛 We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Turkish Star Wars (IMDb) Our Grades: Shaun (D-) Jen (F+) Average (F+ish) If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from “Sphere” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

Anniversaries, cringe, and laughs, oh my! Jen and Shaun celebrate the 10th anniversary of this ridiculous podcast by jumping back in time to retread the wonders of our very first episode. Together, they share thoughts on 10 years of podcasting and some of our fans’ favorite episodes, dive into the content from our first episode to see how things have progressed, and offer some grown up opinions about a fan fiction controversy from 2010! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Your Favorite Episodes: Dan Hanson’s (Twitter): Episode 288 on Barbarella for Torture Cinema Episode 294 on Mazes & Monsters for Torture Cinema Episode 19 of Totally Pretentious on Fitzcarraldo Kathryn’s (Twitter): Episode 377 on Dragonheart for Torture Cinema Episode 376 on Willow for Into the Wardrobe Shoot the WISB #59 on Alien: Covenant with David Annandale and Jeannette Ng Alex Acks’s (Twitter): Episode 319 on The Core for Torture Cinema Torture Cinema #93 on Next, live in a hotel room in Dublin! For Torture Cinema Episode 371, the Star Wars Retrospective w/ Michael R. Underwood and Shaun Paul Weimer’s (Twitter) Episode 123 on the Star Wars Holiday Special for Torture Cinema Episode 195 on Sons of Steel for Torture Cinema Episode 153 on Birdemic for Torture Cinema  News: The Nebula Award Finalists! Neuromancer Director:  Tim Miller! Solitary (TV Show) — the Brazilian version exists! Splice Box Office J.G. Ballard’s High Rise:  the book / the movie Asimov’s and Electronic submission! <– it’s all over now! Neil Gaiman and Libraries! The article we couldn’t read. Torture Literature #1:  Modelland by Tyra Banks ModelLand Theme Park Discussion: Fan-Fiction and Moral Condundrums (Fanlore) Diana Gabaldon (Fanlore) Plugs: Seis Manos (Jen’s) Roman Colonization Under the Roman Republic by E.T. Salmon (Shaun’s) If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from “Sphere” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

Derelict spacecraft, alien goo, and confused science, oh my! Today’s episode is a special one. Most of you have never heard it before because it never appeared on the Skiffy and Fanty feeds! So go back in time with Shaun Duke and Paul Weimer for an early conversation about Prometheus! We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Prometheus (IMDb) If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from “Sphere” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

Evil houses, commercial breaks, and bucking tradition, oh my! Shaun Duke and David Annandale are back at it with a new Totally Pretentious show about Nobuhiko Obayashi’s infamous 1977 horror comedy, House / Hausu. Together, they discuss the film’s road to production, its unique presentation of horror elements, Obayashi’s production relationship with his daughter, and so much more. This film is weird, y’all, but it’s interesting! We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: House (IMDb) Criterion Collection (just get it; it has so many great features) If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from “Sphere” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

Dragon friends, creeper kings, Dennis Quaid, oh my! Shaun Duke, Paul Weimer, and Alex Acks join forces for another Torture Cinema foray into the obscene. Or is it? Together, they journey into the wild world of Dragonheart, discussing its anachronistic treatment of history, whether its CG holds up, the wonders of its casting choices, some of its creepy sexism, and more! Plus, there are dragons. DRAGONS! We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Dragonheart (IMDb) Our Grades: Shaun (A-) Paul (B+) Alex (A+) Average (A-) If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from “Sphere” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

Evil witches, quirky wizards, and Warwick Davis, oh my! Shaun and Jen go back in time for an honest and super nerdy discussion of 1988’s fantasy epic, Willow. Together, they explore the film’s production, it’s positivist approach to little people, the wonders of its world, and its exciting themes and impact. This is one of those truly open and honest conversations, so if you’ve got a lot of feelz™, this podcast is for you! We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Willow (1988)(IMDb) Little People of America “A Different View of 1988’s Willow” by Laura Cannata If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from “Sphere” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

Viruses, coping mechanisms, and rants, oh my! In today’s off-the-cuff-totally-not-normal episode, Jen and Shaun turn their attention to discussing the things they’re doing to cope with this new pandemic situation we all find ourselves in. Only, that’s not exactly what this episode is about. It’s about coping. It’s about what’s going on right now. And it’s about some very honest feels regarding the nature of U.S. society from beyond the Corrupted Curtain. You might say that making this episode was part of the coping process. So if you’re interested in our rambles about COVID-19, the U.S. response, and even some of our personal coping mechanisms, this is the episode for you! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!   Show Notes: Famous Department Store Blueberry Muffins Recipe SomeGoodNews YouTube Channel If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from “Sphere” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

Giant mechanical spiders, male boob grabbing, and nice trains, oh my! Shaun Duke, Paul Weimer, and Alex Acks join forces for this special Pandemic Edition of Torture Cinema. Together, they tackle the infamous 1990s blunder, Wild Wild West, explore through a drunken stupor the film’s approach to characterization, history, Western tropes, race, gender, and disability. This is a jam-packed show, y’all, because there’s just so much to say about this ridiculous VERY 90s movie. You’re welcome! We hope you enjoy the episode! Show Notes: Wild Wild West (IMDb) Our Grades: Shaun (D-) Paul (D-) Alex (D-) Average (D-) If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page. Our new intro and outro music comes from “Sphere” by Creo (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.