One small step from "what is." One giant heap of "what could be."


  • Ya got trouble right here on planet Rylos

    Jim brings in another Drew to discuss 1984’s The Last Starfighter while Alan tries and fails to tie The Music Man into the conversation.


  • Let’s do the time warp again!

    Derek drops in (ouch!) from the future to talk Time Bandits (1981) with Alan.


  • Going off the rails…

    Going off the rails…

    It’s a ride on a crazy train, for sure! Drü joins Jim in an attempt to keep Alan on track while they discuss anime and the 1979 film Galaxy Express 999, but Alan keeps derailing the conversation anyway.


  • Greetings, programs!

    Greetings, programs!

    Alan and Jim dive into the matrix—sort of—to discuss the original Tron (1982). Disney’s early CGI epic was released the same year as the short story “Burning Chrome,” the novel “Neuromancer,” and, of course, “Blade Runner,” more or less birthing cyberpunk and introducing the concept of cyberspace.


  • Road rage

    Road rage

    Jim is shocked and shocked and amazed to learn that neither Alan nor Paul has ever seen Mad Max before.