Ep. 15: The Full Salvo (Buck Rogers, 1979)
The grooviest time traveler from .... the 80's, finds himself unfrozen 500 years later in the midst of a shady trade alliance between super square future Earth & a Draconian alien Empire. But does he still have the moves? This week in the Escape Pod! Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
10 Sep 20211h 2min
Ep. 14: Quip Show (Running Man, 1987)
Content warning: Brief mentions of sexual assault portrayed in the film.WE'RE BACK!!!Arnold is in all his 1987 glory along side Richard Dawson as his evilest gnaeshow host version of himself & Venesualan Diva Maria Conchita Alonso.Arnold & Maria are running for their lives in a dystopian gameshow nightmare, when the could have just gone to Hawaii.This week in the Escape Pod! is 1987's The Running Man.
25 Aug 20211h 17min
Ep. 13: Full of Red Paint (Soylent Green, 1973)
Chuck Heston's acting gets a lift from Edward G Robinson as they attempt to uncover the most diabolical secret ever kept from a society that really couldn't care less. 1973's Soylent Green.
4 Aug 20211h 11min
Ep. 0: A Barn Full of Unicorns (BSG S1E11, The Young Lords)
Pilot podcast episode... To stretch our legs we review the classic Battlestar Galactica episode containing way too many children and not enough unicorns: "The Young Lords". We poke fun, and reminisce.
21 Jul 202136min
Ep. 12: Extrapolating bell bottoms to the future (Space 1999 S1E8)
You should listen to this episode. Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Space 1999, Dragon's Domain.
7 Jul 20211h 20min
Ep. 11: DAVID DAVID DAVID (Invaders from Mars, 1986/1953)
Dan O'bannon finds his way back into the Escape Pod! with this tale of a hapless kid & a bunch of even more hapless adults battling Martians in a sand pit. They've come for our...copper???
23 Jun 20211h 11min
Ep. 10: And That's The End of Beta (The Last Starfighter, 1984)
In 1984 the fastest computer in the world was used to render polygons for 12 minutes of computer animation. More ambitious than TRON, and less appreciated, this film will someday be used down at the local outlet malls as a recruitment tool for the U.S. Space Force. It's 1984's science fiction film, "The Last Star Fighter"!
10 Jun 20211h 19min
Ep. 9: Like Narnia for Computer Nerds (TRON, 1982)
The Littlest Libowski gets scanned through the digital looking glassto fight fascism, corporate control, restore net-neutrality & play some video games while he's at it. Join us as we review the 1982 Disney classic TRON! Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man!
26 Mai 20211h 18min
