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Sci-Fi Party Line #340 10th Annual 2019 TURD OFF! Part 1 of 2 💩

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Cat (@fancyfembot) and Carl (@robominister) due their yearly “dooty” and push out the sci-fi turds of 2019! Listen to part 1 as we sort through the stinky contenders that are striving for the brown💩!

Turd Criteria:
1) Squandered Effects: Did they have a big budget and use special effects in a meaningful way to advance the story or were the special effects not compelling and misused/underutilized given the budget of the film?
2) Acting?: Did the acting contribute to the enjoyment of the film or was it painful to watch? Did the casting make sense for the film?
3) Turdage Per Dollar: Was there a big budget and nothing to show for it? Did they use the budget to create an effective film or was it wasted?
4) Fury Upon Exit: Were you pissed off when you were done watching this film? Do you still have residual fury when you talk about it?
5) Which Sequel Would Offend the Least?: Do you want a sequel? Could you tolerate a sequel?

Films of Turds Past:
2010 Last Airbender vs. Skyline*
2011 Cowboys & Aliens vs. Transformers: Dark of the Moon*
2012 Branded* vs. Lockout
2013 After Earth* vs. RIPD and The Host vs. Gallowwalkers
2014 The Signal vs. Transformers: Age of Extinction*
2015 Fantastic Four* vs. Jupiter Ascending vs. Terminator: Genisys
2016 Arrival vs. Morgan vs. Independence Day: Resurgence* vs. X-Men: Apocalypse
2017 Transformers: The Last Knight vs. Geostorm* vs. The Mummy vs. Beyond Skyline
2018 Occupation vs. Cloverfield Paradox* vs. Future World vs. The Predator
 (Listen to find out!) 

*Bold denotes the winner for the year.

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Sci-Fi Party Line #268 Logan Wolverine X Jackman

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Cat (@fancyfembot), Carl (@robominister), and Eric (@BullittWho) discuss Logan.

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Sci-Fi Party Line #263 2016 Film Review + TURD OFF Part 3

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

It’s part 3 of the SEVENTH ANNUAL SCI-FI PARTY LINE TURD OFF!
Your patience has paid off! Cat (@fancyfembot) and Carl (@robominister) wrap up the longest TURD OFF ever. Before we do, we review Star Trek Beyond. After that, we decide which was the turdiest sci-fi film of 2016: Arrival, Morgan, Independence Day: Resurgence, or X-Men: Apocalypse.

These are the criteria that we base our decision:
1) Squandered Effects: Did they have a budget and use SFX in a meaningful way to advance the story or were SFX not compelling and misused/underutilized given the budget of the film?
2) Acting?: The acting contribute to the enjoyment of the film or was it painful to watch? Did the casting make sense for the film?
3) Turdage Per Dollar: Was there a big budget and nothing to show for it? Did they use the budget to create an effective film or was it wasted?
4) Fury Up On Exit: Were you pissed off when you were done watching this film? Do you still have residual fury when you talk about it?
5) Which Sequel Would Offend the Least?: Do you want a sequel? Could you tolerate a sequel?

Films of Turds Past
2010 Last Airbender vs. Skyline*
2011 Cowboys & Aliens vs. Transformers: Dark of the Moon*
2012 Branded* vs. Lockout
2013 After Earth* vs. RIPD and The Host vs. Gallowwalkers
2014 The Signal vs. Transformers: Age of Extinction*
2015 Fantastic Four* vs. Jupiter Ascending vs. Terminator: Genisys
*Winners of past Turd Offs
 

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Sci-Fi Party Line #262 2016 Film Review + TURD OFF Part 2

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PART TWO!

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

It’s part 2 of the SEVENTH ANNUAL SCI-FI PARTY LINE TURD OFF!
Cat (@fancyfembot) and Carl (@robominister) continue our yearly tradition coaxing out the yearly sci-fi turd. We start out Captain America: Civil War. Cat was impressed that Cap kicked a whole bunch of ass in a pair of khakis. Carl merely ‘enjoyed’ the film. We, of course, mention Black Panther and its casting choices. We wrap up the show with X-Men: Apocalypse – Carl’s turd-, and Ghostbusters.

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[POLL] Vote for your Sci-Fi Party Line Turd of 2014

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It’s that time of year where we hand out the adamantium shaped turd trophy to the worst science fiction film of the year. As per our tradition, we ask YOU, the listener, for your opinion about which films you thought were the worst.

Cast your vote in the 5th annual Sci-Fi Party Line Turd Off! Comment below if we’ve forgotten a film.

What was the worst film of 2014? (You can choose more than one.)

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Sci-Fi Party Line #162 Night of the Doctor, Gravity, Thor, Walking Dead, Feedback

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“This is insane. This is totally insane.”
-Eric (@BullittWHO) watching ‘Night of the Doctor’

“What you get is a whole lot of wanking going on…”
-Eric (@BullittWHO)

“When I see blatantly ridiculous things as tears shooting off of someone’s face in Zero-G, I don’t let that bother me…”
-Carl (@robominister)

“Shirt off in the first seven minutes of the film!”
-Cat (@fancyfembot)

“I have no recollection of this money shot you’re talking about.”
-Eric (@BullittWHO)

“I do not want to like Thor films. Unfortunately, I really like this Thor film.”
-Carl (@robominister)

The band is back together for an epic THREE HOUR EPISODE! Today’s crew is Carl, Eric, and Cat. Today we discuss the BBC Doctor Who Webisode “Night of the Doctor”. Next, we talk about Gravity (@15:48) and get into a cool discussion about realistic space movies. I got those guys to stop blahblahing about space and WE WENT TO THOR! (@51:11). Cat takes a moment to rant about Christopher Eccleston and his BAD decision to not join the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. We talk The Walking Dead, Carol’s dark turn and resulting exit (@1:20:43). We also voices our concerns about Agents of SHIELD (@1:15:01). Eric compares it to Arrow. Cat is the only one excited about the new Robocop trailer (@2:14:48). Carl discusses his reaction to the pilot of The Tomorrow People. Later, Cat squees about the X-Men: Days of Future Past trailer and there’s some Star Trek: First Contact confusion. Finally, we read some of the feedback we’ve received on Twitter and thank the listeners of the show. Cat hopes @stefanlashley is a good sport because there’s some clowning going on. Thank you @MarkCockram, @crisklages, @AstralAudio, @hal2814, @starsnrain07, @Bluezfan1987, @dougrapson, and @DwightWho.

At the end of the episode, listen to Eric watch ‘Night of the Doctor’ for the first time live! He was totally fangirling it up!
BBC’s ‘Night of the Doctor‘
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Sci-Fi Party Line #100 Madness in podcast form

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“It’s a sci-fi gumbo of a lot of things from yesteryear kind of thrown in and left to simmer.”
-Eric (@BullittWHO) on ‘Super 8’.

Eric: Does anyone know who played the alien?
Carl (@robotcast): Probably the same person who played ‘Cloverfield’.

“My mouth said Bill Gates but my heart says Steve Jobs.”
-Cat (@fancyfembot) on her ‘Pirates of Silicon Valley’ flub.

“My take on the movie is that it was like ‘Inception’ if it was told by an idiot.”
-Will (@LW_Will) on ‘Sucker Punch’.

“The best part of ‘Transformers 3’ was the ‘Captain America’ trailer.”
-Charles (@hal2814)

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This is our craziest show yet!

For the 100th show, we did a live episode with nine voice participants and a handful of chat participants via Talkshoe. It was a verbal Road Warrior-styled discussion that was the most fun we’ve had on Sci-Fi Party Line history. The guests were the usual suspects of Carl, Eric, Will, Darrell, Hanako, Alex, Charles and Phineas. Thanks to some of the folks in the chat room: Merlin, Datalore, Willisgirl, Becky and more.

Today’s vocabulary words are schmaltz and Benetton.

There were some audio issues in places but power through it, they go away. We tried to be PG-13 but it ended up being R. We talked about and spoiled Super 8, X-Men: First Class (and how the “black man” always dies first), Thor, Falling Skies, Game of Thrones, Caprica, True Blood and Camelot. We mentioned Transformers 3 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows but did not spoil them. There were side discussions about The Uncanny X-Men, Michael Ironside, pickup trucks and old man Carl shows up.

Prepare for CatConOne in 2020. Easter egg at the end for those who were there.

Thank you all for helping us get to 100 episodes!

James Masters in High Plains Invaders (A Syfy Original reverse ripoff of Cowboys & Aliens.)

The Librarian franchise

Hollywood Reporter – Biggest Flops of 2011 (So Far)

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

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Celebrate the 100th episode live!

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Sci-Fi Party Line will be celebrating its 100th episode soon and YOU are invited.

When: Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
Time: TBD (See poll at the bottom. Leave the reason for your choice in the comments section.)
Where: Talkshoe (Phone Number: (724) 444-7444 — Call ID: 43422)
——->>>>Direct link to the Sci-Fi Party Line Talkshoe page
What: We well talking about the latest science fiction television shows and movies. We will take questions from you.
Topic: Super 8, X-Men: First Class, Falling Skies … or whatever sci-fi topic that pops up. (I’ll try to see Green Lantern by then.)

If you want to participate via computer you must download Talkshoe Live. If you want to participate via phone, please use the number and call ID above. Talkshoe is new to us so expect some hiccups.

Arrive to Talkshoe an hour early if you want to test your computer with us.

(Advice for Windows 7 users.)
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