Karlo, Kurt, Chris and Pete explore the literature of the fantastic, movies and everything between. Join us! Check us out on Patreon.com/PodsidePicnic for premium content.
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Today we discuss Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury to see if it answers the question: does it serve as a bridge between Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick? And the answer's a resounding, "sure, why not?"Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Ever wanted to know all about a cool dude who got a shine job on his eyes in prison? Well, do we have the movie for you - 2000's Pitch Black, introducing us to galactic criminal, Richard B. RiddickPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Beer run time is here again. Cheers, everyone!Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Today we start talking about Naomi Kritzer's multi-award winner, Cat Pictures, Please and since it references Bruce Sterling's Maneki Neko we talk about that story, too!Check both stories out:https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_01_15/https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/maneki-neko/Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Crap Books: Weasel Words
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We return with a crap book from the past (you might recognize the cover art from a previous crap book episode!) where sometimes being a bit of a fuckup makes for fun readingPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Podside Radio returns, this time to learn about the proto-metal, proto-prog, semi-jam band. . . and their extensive lore. Tune in!Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 270: Da Burbs
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Time for another Dante! This time, it's The Burbs (1989) - a comedy about the horrors of living in suburbia with Tom HanksPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Spring has indeed sprung. What better time to talk about bunnies? Who are on an epic quest to find a new home?Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 269: Peeping Tom (Ft. Tai Black)
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Tai returns for Peeping Tom (1960), a whimsical movie about a harmless shutterbugPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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We talk about Michael Mann's historical epic, The Last of the Mohicans. Whatever may occur, Podside will find you!Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Unfrosted Takes: Great Y/N?
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We get together to wonder why Seinfeld's Netflix movie exists in the world, and talk a bit about Jenny Nicholson's video on the Galactic Cruiser experiencePete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Get ready to study the blade with us as we talk Shogun (2024)Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Crap Books: A Crapestry Of Magics
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THE RETURN OF CRAP BOOKS! We are back with another Crap Books episode - this time it's Brian Daley's A Tapestry of Magics. Imagine Zelazny's Amber, but written for a Rifts adventure and you'll not be disappointedPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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It's standing room only here at Podside as we talk about Studio Ghibli's 1997 hit, Princess MononokePete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Pete returns for another Lucius Shepard short, SalvadorPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 267: Silent Running
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Today we talk about Douglas Trumbull's other film, Silent Running (1972). All about a guy named Lowell and his robot friends in their National Park in . . . SPACEPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Get ready to study the blade with us as we talk Shogun (2024)Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 266: Havana Few Beers
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Pete comes back for a bit of a rambling discussion. Salud!Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Ever wanted to know what it was like to play a text adventure back in the day? Join us as we poke around the edges of the Great Underground Empire and promptly get lost, stumped, and even die a few times.Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 265: Small Soldiers
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Ten-HUT! Listen up, maggots: That pinko Joe Dante FINALLY made a movie about the REAL American heroes - Small Soldiers! You WILL listen to the new Podside episode, and you WILL like it! That's an ORDERPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Get ready to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon as we discuss the movie that ended Paul Verhoeven's streak of US-made movies, Hollow Man (2000)Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 264: The Marching Morons
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Eugenics - am I right? We talk today about C.M. Kornbluth's The Marching Morons, a right doozy of a tale, where you do NOT have to hand it to HitlerPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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We talk about Get Lamp (2010), along with its bonus materials, a documentary about the history of "IF" or Interactive Fiction which has its charms, but is ultimately a little unfocusedVisit the Get Lamp site: http://www.getlamp.com/Also, the full documentary (and bonus/additional material) is on YouTube.Main Documentary: https://youtu.be/TmBSYho5Gb…
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Episode 263: The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule
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Today, we talk about The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard, and follow the life of artist, and possible con-man, Meric Cattanay, in his quest to have his name as remembered as the dragon he's proposed to slayPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Aaron Thorpe returns to talk about GATTACA (1997) with us, a film that asks: what would society look like if it believed in genetic determinism?Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 262: Watership Down Pt 1
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Spring has indeed sprung. What better time to talk about bunnies? Who are on an epic quest to find a new home?Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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You can't keep a good cop dead, they say. Not even if your name is Roger Mortis, and you have mere hours to solve the mystery of your own murderPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 261: The Dauphine's Metaphysics
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Today we discuss Eric Schwitzgebel's The Dauphin's Metaphysics, first printed in Unlikely Story's The Journal of Unlikely Academia, a story about a limited and quite disturbing form of immortality Read the story:http://www.unlikely-story.com/stories/the-dauphins-metaphysics-by-eric-schwitzgebel/Art by Diane Dellicarpini…
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Bonus Episode: Mozart In Mirrorshades
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This time, we talk about Bruce Sterling's Mozart in Mirrorshades (collected in the much-hyped cyberpunk anthology, Mirrorshades) - a story about corporate extraction with extra steps (mainly, time travel)Oh, Galactus wished he had it this goodPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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This time around, we end up in the hinterlands of southeast Texas, where the local sasquatch is making the most of Stand Your Ground lawsPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Today, we talk about the proto-cyberpunk film, Brainstorm. Directed by a SFF cinema luminary, Douglas Trumbull, and with Christopher Walken and Natalie Wood in lead roles, this is a movie that asks what if Online was your feelings made fact?Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 259: Oh Beer, It's Another Run
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It's time again to crack a few cold ones and shoot the shit about - among other things - a Japanese adaptation of The Shadow Over Innsmouth. Salud!Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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This time, we discuss Cronenberg's 1983 The Dead Zone, which asks the question: if you had the power to change the future in your clammy hands, would you?Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Podside Radio: Chaindevil Jamboree
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Jeff Martin returns to rock out to the Chaindevils playlist, a real grimphony in the key of chainsaw!Check out Jeff's comics:https://hell.rentathugcomics.com/And his games (Space Jerks, BURGERPunk, more):https://rentathug.itch.io/Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 258: The Fury
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We talk about another De Palma, this time it's The Fury (1978). Two teenagers with psychic powers pitted against one another. . . it's a real enemies-to-enemies tropePete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Mattie joins us again to close out our read-alongs of Susanna Clarke's works with the charming and funny story of John Uskglass and the Cumbrian Charcoal Burner (collected in The Ladies of Grace Adieu)Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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We talk about Andrew Bujalski's 2013 film Computer Chess, where none of the people in the movie actually play chess. Check and mate, nerdsPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 257: Bears Discover Fire
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Today we talk family, bears, and discovering fire as we talk about Terry Bisson's Bears Discover FireOriginal story:https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/bears-discover-fire/Short film adaptation:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu594ennuxIPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Gremlins! In the Big City! Any kind of gremlin you can imagine! What else could you ask for?Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 256: Legends & Lattes
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Today we check out that cozy little coffeeshop run by an orc. Who wants more cinnamon buns?Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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As the year turns, so does our taste in reading. Join us in our read-along of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and remember: This land is all too shallow/It is painted on the sky/And trembles like wind-shook rain/When the Raven King goes byPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 255: Chaindevils (Ft. Jeff Martin)
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Jeff Martin returns to help Podside pull the starter cord and cut through Matthew Mitchell's Chaindevils, part WH40K homage, part splatterpunk "there and back again" narrative, all gnarlCheck out Jeff's work: https://rentathugcomics.com/Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Today we talk about one of the recently-deceased Howard Waldrop's better-known stories, The Ugly Chickens. Part shaggy-dog (chicken?) story, part alternate history, and all good eatin!Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 254: The King Of Kong
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We talk about The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) this time. You'd better have your quarter lined up on the cabinet bezel so you can witness a rivalry for the ages - it's nerd vs. nerd action, like you've never seen it before!Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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The gang's all back and chaos reigns! Next round's on you!Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 253: Elysium
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This time we talk about Neil Blomkamp's Elysium (2013), a story where a gringo finally makes himself useful!Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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As the year turns, so does our taste in reading. Join us in our read-along of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and remember: This land is all too shallow/It is painted on the sky/And trembles like wind-shook rain/When the Raven King goes byPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 252: Pop Squad (Ft. Stephen Mazur)
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Ever wanted to find out what a world run by r/Childfree would be like? Look no further than Paolo Bacigalupi's short story, Pop Squad. Stephen Mazur returns to talk about the future the Left wantsPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Today, we right a great wrong on Podside - the fact Kurt never got to talk about Laputa: Castle in the Sky!Pete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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Episode 251: That 2024 Energy
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Oh, is it 2024 already? Pete returns to Podside to ring in the just-off-the-lot new yearPete and Connor tarafından oluşturuldu
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