Strangers and Aliens: Science Fiction & Fantasy from a Christian Perspective
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What If… DC Comics Had a Civil War? – SA187
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhat if DC had it’s OWN Civil War? What side would the DC heroes be on? Evan opens his DC Comics collection and explores that idea! As promised, here’s Evan’s entire list: Marvel’s Civil War is one of my favorite comic book stories of all time, and definitely my…
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CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Revisited – SA186
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSAfter the instant reaction of the road trip, Ben and Evan are joined by Steve to give Civil War another go ’round. Can Ben convince Evan that #TeamCap is the only hashtag needed for this movie? What does Steve think of this movie? What was the emotional counterpoint…
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CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Roadtrip Review – SA185
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen and Evan take another road trip to the movies, this time to see Captain America: Civil War, featuring the screen debut of Black Panther and Spider-Man and the biggest collection of Marvel heroes on the screen yet!
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The Supergirl Series – SA184
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSEvan and Steve talk about CBS’s superhero series: Supergirl!
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BLACK HOLE (Retro Movie Mission 2) – SA183
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn Retro Movie Missions the Retronauts fire the Retro-rockets on their Retro-starship to take a look back at some retro-movies! Will they discover something new? Will they retroactively change their opinion? Join Captain Ben, Sergeant Steve, and Ensign Evan as they explore the Disney sci-fi movie BLACK HOLE!
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Listener Feedback and ROGUE ONE Teaser Thoughts – SA182
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWith the new Star Wars teaser release, Ben, Steve, and Evan talk about their thoughts of the teaser and address some items from the mailbag!
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Batman v. Superman Revisited – SA181
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe whole S&A family is together, new and old, for a conversation about Batman v. Superman! Opinions are given and SOME of them are surprising! Other opinions? Not so much!
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BATMAN v. SUPERMAN Roadtrip Review – SA180
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen and Evan are joined by three friends to take another trip to the theater…this time to see BATMAN v. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE!!! Join them on the drive there as they discuss their expectations… In the parking lat as they give their instant reactions… And on the…
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BATMAN vs. SUPERMAN – What is the argument?
It’s time for some more actual articles here. Because of the big movie, there’s a lot of discussion about Batman vs. Superman or Superman vs. Batman. But the discussions are all over the place. Like Douglas Adams’ Deep Thought, when answering the question of life, the universe, and everything, he had an answer, but the…
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Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? – SA179
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHeroes battling heroes is a time honored tradition in comics, TV, and movies. But why? Ben and Evan team up to discover the answer and look into some of their favorite hero vs. hero conflicts.
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The Return of… – SA178
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSFrom Star Wars to X-Files to Heroes, old heroes have been making a return…and they make their return, well, older! In this episode we take a look at some of our favorite and not so favorite returns and what those returns bring with them! Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.…
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A Don Bluth Retrospective – SA177
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen. Steve, and Evan talk about the career of animator Don Bluth, looking back on their favorite memories from Bluth’s body of work, and on some of their least favorite work from him, from his work at Disney to his arcade video games to Fievel and The Land…
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Return of the X-Files (Pt. 2) – SA176
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe X-Files has returned, and Steve and Ben WERE pretty excited…and now they are ready to wade through the final three episodes! A monster of the week, a supernatural FBI tale, and a mythology episode again give a pretty good sampling of what the X-Files was all about, but…
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LABYRINTH (Retro Movie Mission 1) – SA175
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS In Retro Movie Missions the Retronauts fire the Retro-rockets on their Retro-starship to take a look back at some retro-movies! Will they discover something new? Will they retroactively change their opinion? Join Captain Ben, Sergeant Steve, and Ensign Evan as they explore Jim Henson’s classic movie LABYRINTH!
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League of the Gray (Interview with Sandy Brownlee) – SA174
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSA transmedia project about an secret group of multi-generational warriors in the never-ending battle against evil, League of the Gray is part Buffy the Vampire Slayer and part Golden Girls! Ben talks with Sandy Brownlee, the mastermind behind this web series, about the project’s origins, its future, and how people…
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Return of the X-Files (Pt. 1) – SA173
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe X-Files has returned, and Steve and Ben are pretty excited…although we have different reactions to SOME of these first three episodes of X-Files season 10. With a mythology episode, a mystery episode, and a humor episode, the first three episodes of this six episode series give a…
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Anything But Star Wars – SA172
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhat do Labyrinth, Longmire, and The Faerie Queen have in common? They AREN’T Star Wars! And they ARE some things we’ve been reading and watching and enjoying. And they AREN’T Star Wars. Here’s a partial list of some of the things that AREN’T Star Wars that we talked…
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The Force Awakens Revisited – SA171
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe return to Star Wars episode 7 for a longer, more focused discussion of the movie! What did they love? What did they hate? Also, Ben and Steve welcome Evan officially into the fold as the fourth “strange alien”!
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THE GOBLINS WHO STOLE A SEXTON, a Charles Dickens Christmas Story – SA170
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSFor a holiday treat, we read Charles Dickens’ precursor to A Christmas Carol, The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton, a chapter from The Pickwick Papers. In this story are all the elements we appreciate about A Christmas Carol — a grumpy curmudgeon, Christmas, supernatural creatures that teach a…
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STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Road Trip Review – SA169
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS This episode SPOILS EVERYTHING! Listen AFTER you’ve seen it! Star Wars: The Force Awakens is here, and Ben, Ben’s son, Evan, and Evan’s wife jump into the mini-van to go see the new Star Wars movie. They are joined by Ben’s high school friend and a student from…
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