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


  • Two tickets to paradise

    We’re off to paradise—Phloston Paradise, that is! PJ joins Alan to look for (and at) The Fifth Element (1997).


  • That old black magic…again

    That big black thing is back! Alan and Paul travel to an alternate past again, this time to “2010: The Year We Make Contact” (1984), the oft-forgotten sequel to Kubrick’s “2001.”


  • Strange visitor

    Strange visitor

    Is that the sound of a time machine with “Also Sprach Zarathustra” playing in the background? Derek comes from the future (i.e., Tasmania) to discuss 1968’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” with Alan and Paul.


  • Monkey business

    Monkey business

    This episode is bananas! Jim from “Savage FINCast” and “Legion of Substitute Podcasters” joins Alan and Paul to discuss the 1968 version of “Planet of the Apes.” It’s a significant film today in part because it spawned one of the first sci-fi franchises, with four film sequels, a live-action series, and a Saturday morning cartoon.


  • Science fiction…single feature…

    “Forbidden Planet” (1956) was not the first sci-fi film of the 1950s, but its influence can’t be denied, as Alan and Paul find out.