They Came From Outer Space

The Charlton Heston classic about overpopulation gets DISSECTED by President of Richmond's Virginia Production Alliance and professor Steve Taylor in this fascinating episode about the nature of cities and futuristic sexism.

This is a repost of Episode 7, recorded almost 3 years ago PRE PANDEMIC. Aired on WRIR LP 97.3 FM in Richmond.

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Sci fi anime romance? Heck yes!  Cameron is joined by directing duo Emk and Anna of Captain and Captain productions to discuss this very rare anime from the early 2000s - along with PUPPETS, Hamlet, directing as a duo and what to do when your cinematographer drops out the day of your shoot. 

Instagram: @captainandcaptain 

Released in 2011 the one season minisereis anime adaptation of “Number 6” (release by Bones studio) follows smart but privileged “Shion” who’s life in the futuristic city of “Number 6” is turned upside down by the escaped convict “Nezumi” aka “Rat”, who shows up in his room seeking aid. The two embark on a dangerous adventure of subterguge and romance to reveal what makes the supposedly perfect city tick. It leads to much more than Shion could have imagined. 

On our 44th episode of They Came From Outer Space we take alien drug dealers to task and bask in the glory of Dolph Lundgren's roundhouse kicks. That's right, we're talking about the cult classic sci-fi action flick "Dark Angel" released in 1990. Chad Farmer of the GenreBlast film festival and Nooga Underground Film Fest shares why this movie lives in a special place in his heart after watching thousands of action and genre films. His recommendations to indie action filmmakers may surprise you!

It's tribble madness as Cameron discusses a classic Star Trek episode with Dr. Joe Pesce from the National Science Foundation!

Dr. Joe is an astrophysicist who is primarily interested in the environments of the galaxies hosting supermassive black holes (also known as Active Galactic Nuclei). Today, in addition to his work with the NSF, Dr. Joe teaches courses in astronomy at GMU and the University of Colorado. His mission in life is to inspire more people across the world who are interested in space to deepen their connection to the cosmos.

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations presented in this session are those of Dr. Joe Pesce and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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Airing first December 29, 1967, the trouble with Tribbles is a fan favorite, smash hit episode of Star Trek the original series (episode 15 of season 2) that was Written by animal loving David Gerrold (23 at the time) and directed by Joseph Pevney.

Dr. Tanya Harrison, aka @TanyaOfMars a bona fide former NASA Scientist and martian geo-morphologist at Planet Labs, answers your burning questions about our cold, red neighbor planet. Is that dust storm for real? How well did Ridley Scott represent those gullies? What about water?

Released in 2015 by 20th century fox, The Martian was directed by none other than Ridley Scott. Adapted by Drew Goddard from the book by Andy Weir, it stars Matt Damon as botanist Mark Watney, one of 6 intrepid astronauts collecting samples from the surface of the red planet.

Comedy writer and director Becky Prosky shares the TRIUMPHANT joy that is "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure". Along with host Cameron Kit, they discuss phone booths, how to write a good midpoint and the tantalizing sliver of Alex Winter's navel.

ARRIVAL RULES! 👽🐙 This 21st episode of TCFOS features Director Brandon Kelley, an RVA native like myself living in New York City. We both fangirl about Denis Villeneuve's 2016 masterpiece, covering topics like casting, film language, sound and cinematography.

Brandon Kelley is a director who gets to scuba for pay as one half of the underwater videography team “as above, so below”. They were born in New Jersey, spent time in Richmond Va (WOOT) and currently live in New York City. They have worked on feature films like “Unstoppable” and to date they have written and directed 2 dramatic short films; 'Night (2014) and The Real Thing (2017), starring Michael Torpey (who you might recognize from OITNB or Law and Order) and Sophie Giannamore who is in Transparent. “The Real Thing” is a dramatic short about a father returning from active duty to find his daughter has transitioned. It has 9 laurels including winning the Virginia Film Festival’s Programmers Choice award and the LA Outfest Audience award for Best Narrative Short in 2017. WOW.

Aired on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Indie Radio 11/17/2019 (Episode 21)

Released in1975 for United Artists, Rollerball is a tale of skating, killing and standing up to a violent culture- where wars no longer exist, but rollerball does, Directed by Norman Jewison (Moonlight, Jesus Christ Superstar). 

Cameron is joined by  Brian Stillman: a prolific collector and filmmaker, Brian is known for his hand in producing Netflix’s “Movies that Made Us” and “toys that made us”. His work with the Nacelle company has brought nostalgia content to us when we all needed it most. And today we are going to wax nostalgic on this 70s futuristic sports classic. 

Learn more about Brian at:

https://www.brianstillman.nyc/

We're back with more face-melting, stabby goodness! Victor Koressel breaks down why Girder is actually his fave character. Tune in and prepare for gore talk and feminism!

Cameron and screenwriter Victor Koressel discuss Brandon Cronenberg's sci-fi horror film from 2020, and it's SO GOOD they recorded a part 2, coming soon! Yes, this is by the son of David Cronenberg and it's wildly good. Tune in.

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Victor Koressel is a screenwriter, film buff, a jeopardy auditionist and a good chunk of the reason WRIR’s 48 hour film team “face for radio” won best picture runner up in 2018 for the ghost jump scare film “Negative Space”. Victor shares a special love of Horror - his screenplay “You Will Never Walk Alone” (written in 2017) melds together plotlines from 5 of the biggest horror dynasty series to have an all in one scarefest.