All aboard the pod vessel!

Rob Jan takes a look at the latest season of Marvel's Loki (Season 2), discussing its use of sci-fi narrative conventions and its place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

Rob also discusses the 1979 anime film Galaxy Express 999, an adaptation of its manga counterpart which centres around an orphaned boy's adventure on an interstellar steam train.

Rob Jan finally talks the uncaging of Nick Cage, where Cage takes on his most meta project yet- playing himself in the goofy but satirical, trope-defying movie, ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ (NETFLIX) from 2022.

Plus, Rob dives into the gory world of the animated anthological, Sci-Fi series, ‘Love, Death & Robots’ (NETFLIX), where things get a little dystopian.

Content warning: brief mentions of suicide and sexual assault in relation to the films discussed.

Megan speaks about Totally Killer, a black comedy/horror film, in which Jamie (Kiernan Shipka) must travel back in time to the 80s to prevent the murders of her mother's high school friends.

Megan also discusses Ballerina, a South Korean revenge film which follows Okju (Jeon Jong-seo) as she sets out to take revenge for the death of her best friend.

Join us, child, as we enter an authenthic totalitarian abyss. In this week's edition of Zero G, Rob Jan dicusses Albert Pintó's introspective yet somewhat poorly received 'NOWHERE'(2023), the story of a pregnant woman, Mia (played by Anna Castillo), attempting to flee her war-torn country for the safety of herself and more importanty, her child, a situation sadly all too real to our own world.

To conclude a darker episode than usual, Rob once more explores the playfully dense and rich lore of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, more specifically the comics!

NOT THE ANIMATED MOVIES!

Join Rob Jan in today's installment of Zero G - as we stumble into a empty void of extraterrestrial despair and destruction. Wrangling apart legendary stop-motion animator & filmmaker, Phil Tippet and his absurd, horror-science fiction magnum opus, 'MAD GOD' (2021).

IF YOU DISOBEY ME AND REMAIN HOSTILE TO ME, I WILL ACT AGAINST YOU IN WRATHFUL HOSTILITY.

Rob Jan bids farewell to Scottish actor David McCallum, known for The Man from U.N.C.L.E, The Invisible Man, The Great Escape, and many more. Then, go rogue with Gareth Edwards' new brooding, thoughtful sci-fi flick, THE CREATOR.

Rob Jan discuss the film "A Haunting In Venice" and their music scores and composition, as well as other movies. This movie is based in post WW2 Venice and follows a retired detective who wants to live a quiet life but is reluctantly lured back into a mystery surrounding a haunted Palazzo.

Plus a discussion about the incoming season of Doctor Who and more.

Rob Jan and Megan McKeough pour (goo) over TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM… in cinemas now! Plus, they get into the wondrous WONDER WOMAN HISTORIA: THE AMAZONS graphic novel, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick.

Sing on, Pod on, Klingon

Rob Jan talks through all the wondrous musical episodes of science fiction shows from times gone by - notably Xena Warrior Princess, Supernatural and Buffy the Vampire Slayer among many other otherwordly examples of genre musicals!

Apologies that we can’t include the music talked about throughout this weeks episode…

In this special Radiothon 2023 edition of Zero G, Rob Jan administers a number of fictional degrees and scholarships to incoming Triple R subscribers whilst reminding listeners of the importance of supporting the station.