Sci-Fi Party Line #364 Spooky Sunday: M. Night’s Servant

Cat (@fancyfembot) and Stephanie (@stephbystereo) continue Spooky Sunday with a discussion about the latest TV show from M. Night Shyamalan, Servant, on Apple TV+.

Note: Carl was so disappointed with Glass that he refused to watch Servant!

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

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 #219 Unbreakable – Yes, M. Night

Unbreakable © Touchstone Pictures

Unbreakable © Touchstone Pictures

“When it comes to telling the story, what is he doing? Why is he doing this to us?”
– Carl (@robominister)

“It took me awhile to watch ‘Lady in the Water’… and I didn’t hate it.”
– Cat (@fancyfembot)

This episode was recorded February 15, 2015.

Jaimel Hemphill (@JaimelHemphill) has gone and done it. He got Cat AND Carl to re-watch Unbreakable – yes, the film from 2000 – AND to record an episode of SFPL about it. Hijinks ensue.

M. Night Shyamalan Wants To Make Unbreakable 2 : Electric Boogaloo.

Wayward Pines on FOX.

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Sci-Fi Party Line #71 The Last Airbender

“The battles were so slow. By the time they were done with their dance to incarnate the force spell, you could have just walked away.”
-Carl (@robotcast)

Carl(@robotcast) and Cat (@fancyfembot) bit the bullet and gave M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender a chance.  Even though we did not watch the animated series, we tried very hard to give this movie a fair shot on it’s own artistic value.

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Sci-Fi After Party #62a Airbender, SGU, Clone Wars

Phineas (@phineas_henshaw), Carl (@robotcast) and Cat (@fancyfembot) continue the conversation in this spirited “After Party”. First we talk about the 2010 summer movie line up. We give M. Night a very hard time for Airbender. We also talk about A-Team, Tron, Inception, Super 8 and CARL MENTIONS THE UPCOMING STEP UP 3D MOVIE!

Carl tell us why he isn’t totally sold on Stargate Universe, Cat tries to tell him his expectations are not aligned with the writer’s vision, Phineas can’t get a word in edgewise.

We end the show with a Star Wars: Clone Wars discussion.

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