Those Sci-Fi Guys

The guys open up with Mack admiring what a family member of DT’s did by going to Walden Pond in Massachusetts over the week and he was jealous. Then they talk about Marvel’s Werewolf by Midnight. They go over their thoughts and some questions about where Phase 4 is headed from here.

Mack had finally caught up to the current episodes of Lower Decks. They start the show discussing how Comic-Cons have changed and they didn’t even exist when they were teens locally to how big the Providence Comic Con is now with a lot of A-List talent. Then they discuss the revisit to DS9 in Lower Decks. What they liked and what they wished for. Then they decide what they will talk about next!

To welcome in the haunting season, the guys discuss their favorite scary sci-fi/fantasy movies. And yes Ernest Scared stupid is brought up. Which has a surprising tie in to Killer Clowns from Outer Space!

The guys choose this episode to take about big lost plot threads in sci-fi. This goes from the insect invasion in the first season of Star Trek TNG, to why the ZPM locations were ignored in Stargate Atlantis.

The guys open up discussing DT’s time in Germany when he was sick with Covid and his recovery process. They then talk about the Release date for Deadpool 3 with Hugh Jackman. Then they get into their review of Andor. DT loved it. Mack was surprised with how much he loved it. Then they discuss where the season may go.

DT talks to Mack about revisiting New England and Mack discusses the logistics of what such a visit requires which is more than just seeing family. Then the guys tackle Thor: Love and Thunder! Was it great? No. Was it fun? Some of the time. Is it a movie they would rewatch? Up for debate. There were a lot of good things about it and a lot of subtractions about it.

This is the third episode of the guys talking about uniforms. This time, it’s Nu-Trek. They first discuss DT being able to reclaim his garage from unpacking boxes. Mack talks about his unending battle to reclaim his garage. They then talk about the different uniforms in Nu-Trek and what they like and what they hate. The Consensus: Discovery’s uniforms would have been acceptable at least 30 years after the Picard era. And there would have been no controversy.

Mack is still recovering but tells an interesting story about his dinner in Beverly Hills and dealing with a restaurant patron who seemed to have zero awareness of his surroundings. They then tackle the second part of their uniform exploration analyzing the Mandalorians, The Browncoats from Firefly, and the Star Trek Legacy era. They then realize they will have to head into a part three for Nu-Trek.

Mack opens the show with the news he got The Virus while in LA and has been in recovery for the previous week. But he was able to enjoy his time in LA enough to watch John Williams conduct the LA Philharmonic and debut the new Helena’s Theme from the upcoming Indiana Jones movie. DT talks about winding down the summer with the neighborhood. Then they analyze the uniforms of different franchises ranging from The Orville, Babylon 5 and others.

Mack and DT open up talking about their mutual dislike for pumpkin spice and how the season has begun. They talk about how DT’s daughter is starting school and adjusting to a new life. Mack discloses that as of this recording this is his wedding anniversary and he and the Mrs are going to LA to watch the USC v RICE game and John Williams conduct the LA Philharmonic. Then they get into the characters in Sci-Fi who got the shaft not just in writing, but in development and really true story growth ranging from Star Trek and a mind boggling way The Last Jedi could have been salvaged.