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Bard on the PlainsRamblin ManA Saturday morning musical meandering about me reacting to music reaction videos and the importance of music to me growing up.
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Holding Out for a HeroMax Headroom - War - S1E5Today I look at Max Headroom Episode 4 in filming order (not broadcast order) called "War". I give my commentary on the importance of Elon Musk buying Twitter and the role and responsibility of the news media.
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Bard on the PlainsMy NerdiversaryThis episode I talk about the anniversary of my 40th year of using and loving computers and techonlogy. From my beloved Radio Shack Color Computer to my Apple Watch, Fitbit and Aftershockz bone conducting headphones I take you on a trip from the tech stone age to our everchanging future.
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Holding Out for a Hero Podcast2021-10-3136 minHolding Out for a HeroMax Headroom - Blipverts - S1E1I start out a new series looking at the TV show Max Headroom. The first episode is call "Blipverts" and I will be talking advertising, the Internet and artificial intelligence.
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Holding Out for a HeroUmbrella Academy -The White Violin - S1E10The season finale has a smashing ending, literally. And I have an announcement about future episodes.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/holdingoutforahero/support2021-05-2529 minHolding Out for a HeroUmbrella Academy -I Heard a Rumor - S1E8Vanya starts to discover her past, Allison examines her past and Hazel and Agnes hope to make a past together, if the world doesn't end first.
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2021-05-0208 minHolding Out for a HeroUmbrella Academy -The Day That Was - S1E7Now that Number 5 has hit the reset button and completely change the previous episode, let's see what is going on now.
Klaus is getting sober and Luther is getting drunk. Hazel wants to get together but not with Cha-Cha. Diego is in jail and Alison has to save the day. And you know how people always say "You'll take your eye out"?. Well Harold , I mean Leonard, finally does.
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"2021-03-2810 minBard on the PlainsListen to the MusicThis episode we take a magical musical mystery tour. We start out with me listening to a finicky AM radio in bed to me wanting to pump music into my skull. Come join me on my trip down my melodic memory lane.
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2021-03-1713 minBard on the PlainsGarden of Eatin'On this episode I reminisce about gardens from my childhood and the importance of self reliance.
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McPeek Podcasting2021-01-1713 minBard on the PlainsSunset on the Prairie[From Jan. 13,2013] My cousin Bob McPeek tells how he discovered the poems that his Dad wrote during WWII and how he used them to write the song "Sunset on the Prairie". This is a tribute to his dad and to the people who fought in the war. Please check out the song and video.2019-12-2950 min
SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000200 - A Look Back... and ForwardJulie, Jeff, and Mike look back at their favorites of the past 200 episodes and look forward to so many more to come!2018-12-161h 13SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000199 - AnnhiliationJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2018 movie Annihilation:"A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply." - imdb.com2018-11-2240 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000198 - TauJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2018 movie Tau: "A woman is held captive by a scientist in a futuristic smart house, and hopes to escape by reasoning with the Artificial Intelligence that controls the house." - imdb.com2018-10-2557 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000197 - Beyond SkylineJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2017 movie Beyond Skyline: "A tough-as-nails detective embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son from a nightmarish alien warship." - imdb.com2018-10-1050 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000196 - The TitanJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2018 movie The Titan: "A military family takes part in a ground-breaking experiment of genetic evolution and space exploration." - imdb.com
2018-08-2855 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000195 - We Are Legion (We Are Bob)Julie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2016 book "We Are Legion (We Are Bob)": Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it's a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street.
Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe...2018-07-111h 10SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000194 - AnonJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2018 movie Anon:
In a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, SAL FRIELAND (Owen) stumbles onto a young woman (Seyfried) who appears to have subverted the system and disappeared. She has no identity, no history and no record. Sal realizes it may not be the end of crime but the beginning. Known only as THE GIRL, she must be found before Sal becomes the next victim.
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"Sensitive letter writer Theodore has just ended his marriage. Lonely, he goes out to buy an artificially intelligent Operating System that promises to give him everything he needs. Samantha is more than his average OS. She does secretarial work for him but also becomes his friend whenever he's lonely. They go out on adventures and travel together. He becomes the physical feet to get them places, and she the new eyes in which to see the world. Their intimate moments soon turn into love and they start an unusual relationship between OS...2018-05-1559 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000192 - Version ControlJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2016 book Version Control:
"Rebecca Wright has reclaimed her life, finding her way out of her grief and depression following a personal tragedy years ago. She spends her days working in customer support for the internet dating site where she first met her husband. But she has a strange, persistent sense that everything around her is somewhat off-kilter: she constantly feels as if she has walked into a room and forgotten what she intended to do there; on TV, the President seems to be the wrong person in the wrong place; her dreams are full...2018-04-291h 19SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000191 - The GiverJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2014 movie The Giver - "In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the 'real' world." - imdb.com2018-04-2256 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000190 - Children of MenJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2006 movie Children of Men: In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea. - imdb.com
2018-03-0446 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000189 - InfiniJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2015 movie Infini: "An elite 'search and rescue' team transport onto an off-world mining-facility to rescue Whit Carmichael, the lone survivor of a biological outbreak." - imdb.com2018-02-0438 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000188 - ArrivalJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2016 movie Arrival: "When twelve mysterious spacecrafts appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors." - imdb.com
2017-12-2559 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000187 - The Handmaid's TaleJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 1985 book The Handmaid’s Tale:
"Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she li...2017-12-191h 01SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000186 - PassengersJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2016 movie "Passengers": A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early. - imdb.com2017-11-071h 03SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000185 - Forbidden PlanetJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet: "A starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet's colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret that one of them has." - imdb.com
2017-10-221h 02SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000184 - BarbarellaJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 1968 movie Barbarella: "Barbarella is marked by the same audacity and originality, fantasy, humor, beauty and horror, cruelty and eroticism that make comic books such a favorite. The setting is the planet Lythion in the year 40,000, when Barbarella makes a forced landing while traveling through space. She acts like a female James Bond, vanquishing evil in the forms of robots and monsters. She also rewards, in an uninhibited manner, the handsome men who assist her in the adventure. Whether she is wrestling with Black Guards, the evil Queen, or the Angel Pygar, she just can’t...2017-09-1048 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000183 - 2312Julie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the book "2312": "The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future." - Amazon.com2017-08-221h 01SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000182 - The Road WarriorJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 1981 movie, The Road Warrior: “In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a band of bandits.” - imdb.com2017-07-1246 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000181 - The Man Who Fell To EarthJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 1976 movie The Man Who Fell To Earth: “Thomas Jerome Newton is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars he needs to build a return spacecraft, and meets Mary-Lou, a girl who falls in love with him. He does not count on the greed and ruthlessness of business here on Earth, however.” - imdb.com2017-06-2557 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000180 - Space WarriorsJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2014 movie "Space Warriors": “A group of kid space cadets must help in the rescue of three astronauts whose ship got stranded in space.” - imdb.com2017-06-1550 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000179 - Robot OverlordsJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2014 movie Robot Overlords: “Earth has been conquered by robots from a distant galaxy. Survivors are confined to their houses and must wear electronic implants, risking incineration by robot sentries if they venture outside.” - imdb.com
2017-05-2139 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000178 - The Abyss Beyond Dreams“The year is 3326. Nigel Sheldon, one of the founders of the Commonwealth, receives a visit from the Raiel—self-appointed guardians of the Void, the enigmatic construct at the core of the galaxy that threatens the existence of all that lives. The Raiel convince Nigel to participate in a desperate scheme to infiltrate the Void.
Once inside, Nigel discovers that humans are not the only life-forms to have been sucked into the Void, where the laws of physics are subtly different and mental powers indistinguishable from magic are commonplace. The humans trapped there are afflicted by an alien species of biological mimi...2017-05-1503 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000177 - A Trip to the MoonJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 1902 classic sci-fi movie A Trip to the Moon: A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon..” - imdb.com2017-03-151h 02SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000176 - ARQJulie, Jeff, and Mike review the 2016 movie ARQ: “Trapped in a lab and stuck in a time loop, a disoriented couple fends off masked raiders while harboring a new energy source that could save humanity.” - imdb.com2017-03-0556 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000175 - Star Trek BeyondJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the movie "Star Trek Beyond" - “After stopping off at Starbase Yorktown, a remote outpost on the fringes of Federation space, the USS Enterprise, halfway into their five-year mission, is destroyed by an unstoppable wave of unknown aliens. With the crew stranded on an unknown planet and with no apparent means of rescue, they find themselves fighting against a ruthless enemy with a well-earned hatred of the Federation and everything it stands for. Only a rebellious alien warrior can help them reunite and leave the planet to stop this deadly menace from beginning a possible ga...2017-02-251h 15SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000174 - Pitch BlackJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the movie Pitch Black: “A commercial transport ship and its crew are marooned on a planet full of bloodthirsty creatures that only come out to feast at night. But then, they learn that a month-long eclipse is about to occur.” - imdb.com2017-02-101h 07SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000173 - Event HorizonJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 1997 movie Event Horizon: “A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned...with someone or something new on-board.” - imdb.com2017-01-2048 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000172 - Stranger in a Strange LandJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the book Stranger in a Strange Land: “Valentine Michael Smith is a human being raised on Mars, newly returned to Earth. Among his people for the first time, he struggles to understand the social mores and prejudices of human nature that are so alien to him, while teaching them his own fundamental beliefs in grokking, watersharing, and love.” - goodreads.com2017-01-151h 00SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000171 - Sky Captain and the World of TomorrowJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the movie Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow: “After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.” - imdb.com2016-12-251h 00SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000170 - EquilibriumJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2002 movie Equilibrium: “In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Cleric John Preston (Bale) is a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules. When he misses a dose of Prozium, a mind-altering drug that hinders emotion, Preston, who has been trained to enforce the strict laws of the new regime, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it.” Written by Anonymous - imdb.com2016-11-2151 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000169 - SynchronicityJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2015 movie Synchronicity: “A physicist who invents a time machine must travel back to the past to uncover the truth about his creation and the woman who is trying to steal it.” - imdb.com2016-11-1143 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000168 - Ready Player OneJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the book Ready Player One: “In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines, puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. When Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate pr...2016-10-111h 07SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000167 - Mars Attacks!Julie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the movie Mars Attacks!: “Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.” - imdb.com2016-10-0438 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000166 - PredestinationJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the 2014 movie Predestination: “For his final assignment, a top temporal agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time. The chase turns into a unique, surprising and mind-bending exploration of love, fate, identity and time travel taboos.” - imdb.com2016-09-2556 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000165 - WestworldJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the classic sci-fi film Westworld - “A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.” - imdb.com2016-09-1855 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000164 - Childhood's End (mini-series)“After peaceful aliens invade earth, humanity finds itself living in a utopia under the indirect rule of the aliens, but does this utopia come at a price?” - imdb.com2016-06-1957 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000163 - The Difference Engine1855: The Industrial Revolution is in full and inexorable swing, powered by steam-driven cybernetic Engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time. And three extraordinary characters race toward a rendezvous with history - and the future. - goodreads.com2016-06-081h 00SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000162 - XCOM, XCOM Enemy UnknownXCOM is a science fiction video game franchise featuring the titular fictional elite international organization tasked with countering alien invasions of Earth. 2016-05-3051 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000161 - Ex MachinaJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the movie Ex Machina - “A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breath-taking humanoid A.I..” - imdb.com 2016-05-061h 07SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000160 - World of Tomorrow“A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.” - imdb.com 2016-04-2343 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000159 - UltimaJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss Ultima, the sequel to Proxima: “In PROXIMA we discovered ancient alien artifacts on the planet of Per Ardua - hatches that allowed us to step across light years of space as if we were stepping into another room. The universe opened up to us. Now in ULTIMA the consequences of this new freedom make themselves felt. And we discover that there are minds in the universe that are billions of years old and they have a plan for us. For some of us. But as we learn the true nature of the universe we also di...2016-04-111h 07SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000158 - The ExpanseJulie, Jeff, and Mike discuss the SyFy series "The Expanse." Two hundred years in the future, in a fully colonized Solar System, police detective Josephus Miller, born in the asteroid belt, is given the assignment to find a missing young woman, Julie Mao. Meanwhile, James Holden, the first officer of an ice freighter, is witness to an unprovoked attack upon the ship, by attack craft believed to be from Mars (MCRN Federation). As news of the attack spreads throughout the System, the incident's flow-on threatens to destabilize already tenuous relations between Earth, Mars and The Belt. Far away from the...2016-04-081h 02SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000157 - Alien OutpostJulie, Jeff, and Mike review the movie Alien Outpost: "A documentary crew follows an elite unit of soldiers in the wake of an alien invasion." - imdb.com2016-03-171h 00SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000156 - Johnny MnemonicIn 2021, the whole world is connected by the gigantic Internet, and almost a half of the population is suffering from the Nerve Attenuation Syndrome (NAS).Johnny with an implanted memory chip in his brain was ordered to transport the over loaded information from Beijing to Newark. While Pharmakom Industries supported by yakuza tries to capture him to get the information back, the Low-tech group led by J-Bone tries to break the missing code to download the cure of NAS which Johnny carries. - Written by Miho Ishimine on imdb.com2016-03-081h 01SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000155 - ProximaThe very far future: The galaxy is a drifting wreck of black holes, neutron stars, and chill white dwarfs. The age of star formation is long past. Yet there is life here, feeding off the energies of the stellar remnants, and there is mind, a tremendous galaxy-spanning intelligence each of whose thoughts lasts a hundred thousand years. And this mind cradles memories of a long-gone age when a more compact universe was full of light... The 27th century: Proxima Centauri, an undistinguished red dwarf star, is the nearest star to our sun. How would it be to live on such...2016-03-0159 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000142 - JF Dubeau Interview RevisitedJulie and Mike interview JF Dubeau about his new project "A God in the Shed" as well as a few other things.2015-09-091h 07SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000140 - Rendezvous With RamaAt first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at an inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object. It is, incredibly, an interstellar spacecraft. Space explorers and planet-bound scientists alike prepare for mankind's first encounter with alien intelligence. It will kindle their wildest dreams... and fan their darkest fears. For no one knows who the Ramans are or why they have come. And now the moment of rendezvous awaits — ju...2015-08-241h 03SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000139 - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionBrilliant brain surgeon-rock star-and comic book hero Buckaroo Banzai just made scientific history! Shifting his Oscillation Overthruster into warp speed, he’s the first man ever to travel to the Eighth Dimension and come back sane. But when his sworn enemy, the demented Dr. Lizardo, unleashes an evil army of inter-dimensional aliens, Buckaroo goes cranium with the madman in a battle that could result in the annihilation of the universe! - iTunes2015-07-2038 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000138 - The Man From EarthOn a cold night in a remote cabin, Professor John Oldman gathers his most trusted colleagues for an extraordinary announcement: He is an immortal who has migrated through 140 centuries of evolution and must now move on. Is Oldman truly Cro-Magnon or simply insane? Now one man will force these scientists and scholars to confront their own notions of history, religion and humanity, all leading to the final revelation that may shatter their world forever. - iTunes2015-07-0947 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000137 - Invasion of the Body SnatchersIn San Francisco, a group of people discover the human race is being replaced one by one, with clones devoid of emotion. - imdb.com2015-06-3046 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000136 - LucyA woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic. - imdb.com2015-06-1740 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000135 - DaemonDaemon and Freedomᵀᴹ comprise a two-part novel by the author Daniel Suarez about a distributed, persistent computer application, known as The Daemon, that begins to change the real world after the original programmer's death. - wikipedia.org2015-05-311h 06SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000134 - JF Dubeau InterviewMike and Jeff interview sci-fi author JF Dubeau about his book The Life Engineered.2015-05-271h 06SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000133 - InterstellarA team of explorers travel through a wormhole in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival. - imdb.com2015-05-211h 04SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000132 - Flash GordonA football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth. - imdb.com2015-05-1056 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000131 - E.T.A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home-world. - imdb.com2015-05-0549 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000130 - BattleshipA fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals. - imdb.com2015-04-2742 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000129 - TronA computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program. - imbd.com2015-04-2143 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000128 - Apollo 18Officially, Apollo 17, launched December 17th, 1972 was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later, in December of 1973, two American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies its authenticity, others say it's the real reason we've never gone back to the moon. -- (C) Official Site2015-04-1241 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000127 - The Crosstime EngineerOne moment Conrad Schwartz was a hungover hiker in the mountains of modern Poland, the next he was running for his life from an angry Teutonic knight. At first Conrad just thought he'd stumbled across a mad hermit. But several days of ever stranger events convinced him that he had somehow been stranded in A.D 1231. And that meant Conrad had to turn Medieval Poland into the most powerful country in the world. Otherwise the Mongols were destined to destroy it--in just ten years! -- amazon.com2015-03-2958 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000126 - Dark CityA man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans. - imdb.com2015-03-2252 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000125 - Real SteelIn the near future, robots have taken over for humans in the boxing ring. A former boxer and small-time promoter (Hugh Jackman) struggles to make a living with patched-up robots in shady venues. When he discovers he has an 11-year-old son who believes that a robot found in the junk heap has what it takes to win, he finds himself with a shot at the big time.
- Written by Movie Critic Next Door on imdb.com2015-03-1550 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000124 - Guest: Roy MathurJulie, Mike, and Jeff chat with guest Roy Mathur from Roy's Rocket Radio about scifi and podcasting and everything in between.2015-03-111h 05SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000123 - The Final CountdownA modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. - imdb2015-03-0343 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000122 - City of EmberFor generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing ... and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. - imdb2015-02-221h 02SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000121 - PaprikaWhen a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients' dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika. - imdb2015-02-1550 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000120 - The MartianSix days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.
Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.2015-02-081h 05SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000119 - Short CircuitNumber 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes. - imdb.com2015-02-0144 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000118 - Back to the Future IIAfter visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985... without interfering with his first trip. - imdb.com2015-01-2659 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000117 - The MachineTwo artificial intelligence engineers come together as they work to create the first ever self-aware artificial intelligence. 2015-01-181h 01SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000116 - Deep ImpactUnless a comet can be destroyed before colliding with Earth, only those allowed into shelters will survive. Which people will survive? - imdb.com2015-01-1159 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000115 - AscensionIn 1963, the U.S. government launched a covert space mission sending hundreds of men, women and children on a century-long voyage aboard the starship Ascension to populate a new world. Nearly 50 years into the journey, as they approach the point of no return, a mysterious murder of a young woman causes the ship’s population to question the true nature of their mission.2015-01-041h 14SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000114 - "First Contact" MusingsSo, first contact. How do we think it will actually go down?2014-12-211h 05SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000113 - StargateAn interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra. - imdb.com2014-12-1652 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000112 - Forward Unto DawnUNSC Cadet Thomas Lasky must conquer his inner fears and join forces with super-soldier John-117 to take down a massive faction of the Covenant. - imdb.com2014-12-071h 04SciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000111 - Attack the BlockAttack the Block follows an unlucky young woman and and a gang of tough inner-city kids who make an unlikely alliance to try to defend their turf against an invasion of savage alien creatures, turning a South London apartment complex into a war-zone. Written by GK - imdb.com2014-11-3050 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000110 - TranscendenceDr. Will Caster is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. High highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him a prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him. However, in their attempt to destroy Will, they inadvertently become the catalyst for him to succeed - to be a participant in his own transcendence. For his wife Evelyn and best friend Max Waters, both fellow...2014-11-2355 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000109 - The RocketeerA young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high flying masked hero. - imdb.com2014-11-1639 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000045 - Science Fiction vs. FantasyThis week we did something a bit different. What separates science fiction from fantasy? Why are some movies/shows/books classified as one or another? Julie, Mike, and Jeff talk through this topic and their favorite sci-fi properties.2013-05-1949 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000012 - ClothingTrying the different approach to the podcast yet again this week. Julie, Jeff, and Mike discuss clothing/fashion and how it's depicted in scifi. And a bit of real science slips in a bit too.2012-09-1449 minSciFi Tech TalkSciFi Tech Talk #000011 - MarsTrying the different approach to the podcast yet again this week. Julie, Jeff, and Mike discuss Mars and how it's depicted in scifi. And a bit of real science slips in a bit too.2012-09-0748 min