SciFrights Podcast

Catching up with @scifrightspod.bsky.social
Not seen A.I. for a while and didn't really enjoy the exprience last time round as I'm not usually a fan of Spielberg's sentimentalism. However the deep dive by Liam and Dr. Hallam has made me reasses my opinion. There's a lot to like and not just Teddy! 🧸

Dirty Computers - Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) and Pulse (2001)

Thank you to @liamdunn82.bsky.social and @lindsayhallam.bsky.social for having me on the latest episode of @scifrightspod.bsky.social to discuss Colossus: The Forbin Project and Pulse, as well as AI, nuclear panic in the movies and the horror of early digital: open.spotify.com/episode/3vwp...

Mightily excited to be intro-ing the greatest Japanese horror film of the 21st century by the mighty Kiyoshi Kurosawa! Tonight at The Castle Cinema in Hackney 9pm.

Pulse (2001) - Projected Figures The blend of subtlety & indeterminacy in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's apocalyptic J-horror Pulse is an uncanny treat, full of phantom ideas & unanswered questions.

"an uncanny treat, full of phantom ideas and unanswered questions": Kiyoshi Kurosawa's alienating, quietly apocalyptic J-horror PULSE (2000) screens 9pm tonight at The Castle Cinema for Distorted Frame Film Club, intro'd by @jaspersharp.bsky.social. My old review projectedfigures.com/2017/06/27/p...

New episode out now exploring the malevolent forces lurking in our computers and the dark (possibly haunted?) depths of cyberspace. Joining us is Brogan Morris, writer, journalist and programmer for Distorted Frame, to discuss Colossus: The Forbin Project and Pulse rss.com/podcasts/sci...

Tickets still available for our screening of Pulse at the Castle Cinema on Wednesday October 29 at 9pm, presented along with @distortedframe.bsky.social

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) d. Steven Spielberg
Re-watched as prep for @scifrightspod.bsky.social podcast... 🧸

Would you like to meet a ghost?

On 29th Oct join Distorted Frame and @scifrightspod.bsky.social for a Halloween screening of PULSE, a film now routinely ranked amongst the scariest horror movies ever made.

The film will be introduced by the brilliant @jaspersharp.bsky.social.

TIX IN BIO!

Films covered: Salt Along the Tongue, Five, Mother of Flies, Serpent's Skin, Dog of God, Transcending Dimensions, Redux Redux, Cogn-AI-tive, The Home, Jimmy & Stiggs, The Red Mask, Bone Lake, Daughters of Darkness, Malpertuis, The Descent, The Toxic Avenger, the Andy Milligan doc, and The Fairy Moon

New episode out now reporting from FrightFest! We give you a rundown on what we saw & some of the recurring themes we noticed (our biggest takeaways: beware of demons, witches and shamans, and always check that you don't double book that Airbnb, folks)
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I've only watched the first two films and agree with Arnie when he says at the end of T2 'It has to end here!' Nevertheless I really enjoyed this episode of @scifrightspod.bsky.social with guest @travisjj.bsky.social ranking the terminator franchise.
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#JudgmentDay

I really enjoyed it this! My thoughts:

*You could devote entire shows to what went wrong with T3 and Salvation. They’re not interesting films but it is interesting that they missed the mark by so far.

*Is Cameron the most successful sequel director ever? It’s actually nuts how good he is.

“I know a lot of talented people worked on it… but fuck them!”

I laughed so hard hahaha @travisjj.bsky.social you just killed me man.
This Terminator ranking is absolutely my bag @scifrightspod.bsky.social

Thanks so much to @travisjj.bsky.social for being our first guest and talking Terminator with us!

Judgement Day: Ranking the Terminator Series SciFrights · Episode

The good folks at @scifrightspod.bsky.social have their first guest! Unfortunately, their options were limited, so it's me. But if you wanna here me, @liamdunn82.bsky.social and @lindsayhallam.bsky.social dig into the entire Terminator franchise, smash that link.

Don’t think I liked WEAPONS quite as much as Liam but I did enjoy listening to him enthusing about it in the latest podcast from the excellent @scifrightspod.bsky.social.

New episodes of SciFrights Bites is out now! We check out the new film everyone is talking about - Zach Creggar's WEAPONS!
We cover the film’s influences, structure, style & scares before getting into spoiler territory, going deep into the film’s villain and the societal implications of its themes.

‘Smart speaker play episode 8 from @scifrightspod.bsky.social’
Looking forward to future developments as the podcast evolves… Transmuting Liam and @lindsayhallam.bsky.social into a unified super intelligent consciousness maybe?

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Show us your favourite movie robot!

I'm going to go with a guilty pleasure... When I saw the first Transformers film (2007) in the cinema, my jaw dropped to the floor. Twenty-something me was a tiny kid again (and yes all the sequels are rubbish).

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Maria the maschinenmensch, now and forever the most alluring, frightening and ergonomic of them all 😁

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Show us your favourite movie robot!

Under the banner with podcast title SCIFRIGHTS is the poster for Demon Seed, which has a woman lying face up, her hair falls down the bottom half, over which there is the tagline "Julie Christie carries the demon seed", then further down it says "Fear for her". Next to it is the poster for Ex Machina, all black with a photo of a robot woman turning to look straight at us.

Our new episode explores how direct relationships develop between humans and A.I. We discuss one woman’s nightmare of A.I. domination in Demon Seed, and Alex Garland’s examination of human/A.I. relations (and possible robot liberation) in Ex Machina.

Please check us out & leave a review!

Excellent deep dive into 28 Years Later. If you loved the film as much as I did you should fire up your podcast machine and enjoy the fine discussion from @scifrightspod.bsky.social

Across the top is written "SciFrights Bites" underneath is the poster for 28 Years later which features the biohazard symbol in red. Underneath is the tagline "Time didn't heal anything"

Introducing SciFrights Bites, a shorter episode on a new release. First up we discuss 28 Years Later. We explore the legacy of the first 2 films, before delving into how the new film comments on the current times and expands the series mythology.

It definitely seems like the one film every dad shows their child!

My sci-fi obsessed Dad took me to see this shortly after it came out. I must have been about 9. One of the most important formative moments of my life! I was so proud of the fact that I got it and couldn't stop thinking about the experience. Analysis safe in the hands of @scifrightspod.bsky.social..

YouTube video by Netflix Frankenstein | Guillermo del Toro | Official Teaser | Netflix

youtu.be/x--N03NO130?... Only Monsters Play God…

At the top is the title of the podcast SciFrights, underneath is a poster for 2001: A Space Odyssey. The poster has a drawing of a circular spacecraft orbiting near the earth, underneath is a small photo of a man in an astronaut helmet next to the title 2001: A Space Odyssey written in yellow font.

We begin our new season on AI and technofear by focusing on just one film (which just happens to be Liam's favourite movie) - Stanley Kubrick's monumental masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey. There is so much to unpack with this film so consider this the deepest of dives - into the infinite and beyond

Always so grateful for the kind words about our podcast from @grahamthings.bsky.social ! ❤️