Science Fiction Rating System – Details, episodes & analysis
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Science Fiction Rating System
Sam Draper, Alex Humphrey, Chris Reading
Frequency: 1 episode/9d. Total Eps: 360

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Robocop 3
Episode 355
vendredi 26 septembre 2025 • Duration 51:27
Chris returns to the pod in time to watch Robocop 3! Join us as we try and work out which bits of the plot aren't in the earlier films, discuss casting via waist measurement, and promise that there are better films on the horizon.
Maybe next week's Explorers is one of them? Tune in to find out!
Also, go to Time Travel is Dangerous at the Ally Pally! Listen to find out how to get a free beer!
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War of the Worlds (2025)
Episode 354
mardi 16 septembre 2025 • Duration 01:04:22
We're still a man down as Sam takes advantage of Birthday Pick Rules to watch the recently released War of the Worlds. Join us as we marvel at this most glorious of train wrecks. Ice Cube 'acting', data-eating aliens, the word 'cyber' - JOIN THE REBELLION.
Join us soon for Robocop 3 when Chris comes back from wherever he's gone!
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Episode 345
jeudi 19 juin 2025 • Duration 54:32
Join us on the Road to the Fan Dance! This week we dodge watching Star Trek: Into Darkness by watching one of the 2 remaining OG films we haven't given the full episode treatment. Join us as we luxuriate in slow-moving ships, appreciate Scotty in all his glory, and marvel over the wonderful off-duty clothing of the Enterprise crew. also here is Leonard Nimoy looking like the coolest guy ever while directing this film.
Next week, it's probably a Predator: Killer of Killers spoilercast, or maybe 28 Days Later
And we're on Instagram and Facebook too!
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Moon (2009)
Episode 255
vendredi 11 novembre 2022 • Duration 43:47
This week we continue our impromptu Duncan Jones season with Moon, in which several Sam Rockwells wander around a cheap set. Join us for discussions of clone ethics, film-making on the cheap, and a highly implausible finale. To the film, not the pod.
Next week, we're watching The Adjustment Bureau and it's not our fault.
And we're on Instagram and Facebook too!
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Source Code
Episode 254
vendredi 4 novembre 2022 • Duration 46:10
This week we're trapped reliving the same 8 minutes over and over,as Jake Gylenhaal tries to stop a vague bomb plot in Source Code! Join us for some Chicago sightseeing, sublimnal donut purchases, Maggie Gylenhall hallucinations, mass confusion about the ending, and much more!
Next week, we stay with Duncan Jones for Moon!
And we're on Instagram and Facebook too!
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Super Mario Bros.
Episode 253
vendredi 28 octobre 2022 • Duration 01:08:05
This week, we celebrate the re-emergence of Mario on the big screen with a look at the original Super Mario Bros. movie. Join us for lots of behind the scenes drama, in front of the camera insanity, ample goomba discussion, one host desperate to move on with his life, and another doing a really pretty great Yoshi impression, if I do say so myself.
Next week it's Duncan Jones' Source Code!
And we're on Instagram and Facebook too!
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Starman
Episode 252
vendredi 21 octobre 2022 • Duration 58:16
This week, we hit our 250th episode and our 250th film: Starman! Join us for discussions of scalping dead husbands, raccoon health advice, problematic alien/human relations, and lots and lots of balls.
Next week, we watch Super Mario Bros!
And we're on Instagram and Facebook too!
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The Lobster
Episode 251
vendredi 14 octobre 2022 • Duration 51:01
This week it's Chris' birthday pick, arty dystopian love story The Lobster! Join us as we discuss animal preferences, just how arty is too arty, and why the area of your back you can't reach is the secret to true love and companionship.
Next week, we celebrate our 250th episode with, er, Starman!
And we're on Instagram and Facebook too!
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Episode 250
vendredi 7 octobre 2022 • Duration 01:11:46
This week we welcome special guest host Logan Humphrey to the pod to help us celebrate the 40th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's ET - The Extra Terrestrial. Join us for some legit filmic analysis for once, and the three normal hosts talking about ET's galactic senate commitments, modern cultural nostalgia misery (again), why Christians shouldn't put umbrellas up indoors, and why dog poo is no longer white.
Oh, and here is leather ET:
Next week it's Chris' birthday pick, The Lobster!
And we're on Instagram and Facebook too!
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The X-Files
Episode 249
jeudi 29 septembre 2022 • Duration 01:03:15
It's time for Sam's birthday pick, and it's The X-Files! Join us for contractual X arguments, the secret behind the X-Files existence, the birth of Chris' multiverse and an awful lot of Sam breathlessly explaining X-Files lore. Oh, and Agent Bee.
Also, if you ever plan to watch the TV series, watch out - this show is full of spoilers for pretty much the entire thing (although Sam hasn't seen any of this stuff in decades so probably got a lot of it wrong).
Next week, it's the 40th anniversary of E.T. The Extra Terrestrial!
And we're on Instagram and Facebook too!
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