Strangers and Aliens: Science Fiction & Fantasy from a Christian Perspective
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Alien Race SMACKDOWN (Episode I) – SA 192
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHave you ever wondered what it would be like if the Galactic Empire fought Galactus? How about the Green Lantern Corps VS the Borg? Well your wondering days are over! (Sort of). Join Evan and Steve as they put their imaginations and Sci-Fi knowledge to use, speculating the…
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Independence Day: Resurgence – SA191
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen is back! And he’s joined by Evan to talk about the 2016 summer blockbuster: Independence Day: Resurgence! Does the movie accomplish what it sets out to do? Or does it fall flat? You be the judge!
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Iteration Irritation – SA190
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWith Ben still away at camp, Steve and Evan discuss some Iterations of well-liked characters that took a left turn somewhere down the line, tainting the very things about the character they’d come to admire! They’ll tackle Captain America’s controversial new allegiance, the interpretation of the Dragonball franchise into live…
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E3 2016 – SA189
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSteve and Evan are joined by returning guest host Lucas Timmerman to discuss the recent Electronic Entertainment Expo (or E3), the most anticipated video game event of the year! We discuss the newest Sci-Fi and Fantasy games being released this year and into the next, along with the…
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The Magic Episode! – SA188
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen, Evan, and Steve talk about magic in fiction and reality. The article that got them to finally talk it through: Magic Is Not Different than Science in Fiction
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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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