Science Fiction Rating System

This week we would have been previewing Star Trek II-IV, having a lovely quiz about Star Trek and chatting about Mr. Limpet. But instead Sam is an idiot and deleted various files that made this episode impossible to air, and so instead he rambles into a microphone for ten minutes whilst being harassed by his cat. Next week will be a bumper episode though, so dont miss it! Cheers xGIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We travel back in time 20 years (20 years!!!) to watch and rank three very different films that all wear their late '90s heritage proudly.  Ironic horror, gloomy miserabilism and Apollo Four Forty, this week has something for everyone!  Also a squatting child robot. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's all feel old by watching three films from 1998 because THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO! Wow.  Three very different films get the trailer treatment as Alex quizzes us on 1998's biggest export: Google. Also in this week's show: Legitimate fanmail, Apollo Four Forty, and (inevitably) a bit of Star Trek.GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've got over Star Wars and followed up on our enjoyment of Snowpiercer by watching three more slices of South Korean science fiction. Monster movies, zombie movies, an eight ball hurtling into the earth and a fish man, this week has pretty much everything.GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we preview three slices of South Korean science fiction. River monsters, robot Buddha and a fish-man, we've got it all. And then we spend almost an hour locked in furious debate about the merits (or lack thereof) of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In a non-binding non-rating capacity, of course. BEWARE: WALL TO WALL SPOILERS from 11:40 !GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's 2018! We made it!  Celebrate another trip around the sun by snuggling up to three more film reviews as we fight back the new ice age in The Day After Tomorrow, The Colony and Snowpiercer.  Everyone is pretty much in agreement and eager to talk about The Last Jedi but you'll have to wait for next week for that. (also no more Emmerich films for a while, promise.) GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Christmas Day but we've taken time out of eating mince pies and arguing about Star Wars to record a bumper Christmas special!  We look back at some of our favourite (and least favourite) science fiction films and tv shows from 2017, make some predictions for 2018 and spend too long talking about Star Trek. Again. Merry Christmas from SFRS, see you in the new year for LOADS MORE RATINGS! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The snow is falling, its nearly christmas so let's all imagine a future where its christmas ALL the time! No, hang on, where its snowing all the time. And everything has gone terrible.  We watch three trailers but won't be rating these films till New Years Day, as next week is a christmas special!  A real Christmas special!GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi hits cinema screens across the world this week, so we go back to where it all began with a thorough examination of 1977's Star Wars, and two films that attempted to ape its success, and got it spectacularly wrong.GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a galaxy far, far away nothing is probably happening, but right here we're watching A New Hope and 2 ripoffs because pretty soon there's a new Star Wars film out, and that is still an exciting thing! Also Alex brings the best quiz we've had yet, even if he doesn't realise how famous the Gonk droid is. Gonk.GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We revisit Independence Day and provide a definitive ranking for (probably) the most divisive film on the list.  Why is it is so bad? The wafer thin plot? The hideous level of AMURICA? The grating attempts at a deeper meaning? And who writes these podcast notes anyway? (We also watched two other films by Roland Emmerich that were also pretty terrible)GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back! Out of chronosleep, back from the nth Dimension, season 2 of SFRS starts with not one bang, but ALL THE BANGS as we get into three films from Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin that involve the world blowing up. And space Egypt. We also definitively decide that Alex isn't as into this stuff as Chris was, Chris was all the way into Indepedence Day, and Sam is definitely not a racist.GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Chris and Sam get to talk about Star Trek, something you'll have to get used to as there are at least another 12 Star Trek films to watch!  Yay! (also we discuss Serenity and Thunderbirds, which are both a little rubbish).GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris celebrates his birthday by hosting his first show!  This week we discuss the new Star Trek series Discovery, have a Star Trek quiz and then preview three films that made the transition from TV to cinema.   I mean really we are just starting a journey through 13 Star Trek films, and watching two other things that don't look too great...GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Close Encounters is re-released on 4K blu-ray so we rate it, along with two other Spielberg sci-fi joints.  Its a rare week of unity in the pod as we unanimously agree on a ranking straight off the bat for (i think?) the first time ever, and generally enjoy a week with three actual competently main films. Next time we preview three franchises that started life on tv, so tune in for that.GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we celebrate the 4K re-release of Close Encounters of the Third Kind by taking a look at trailers for three of Steven Spielberg's forays into sci-fi!   (There's also a quiz that took ages to come up with that doesn't go down very well :\ ) GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!!GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The year is 1991, and science fiction is big business. Arnie comes back, Mark Hamill's career hits rock bottom, and Disney fail at making a billion dollar franchise.  This week's films are a diverse selection of sci-fi and there's something for everyone. Probably. PS when Sam keeps saying 'The four horsemen' he meant 'The Lone Gunmen' ! Join us next time for a Spielberg special!GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Terminator 2 is back and released in 3D, which is a good enough excuse to go back to 1991 and see the original again! Also The Guyver and The Rocketeer came out that year, so why not watch those too! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Computer disease and human disease can slow us down, but it can't stop us from ranking three more films. We're late but we're here and worth the wait, as we dive in to three book adaptations, with our most diverse collection of films yet. Andromeda Strain is old, I am Legend is ruined by rewrites, and Lawnmower Man is just ruined. He was my best chimp!GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After an (unscheduled) summer break we are back!  This week we look to books for inspiration, and celebrate (well, more acknowledge) the release of Ron Howard's adaptation of The Dark Tower with three more books to films.GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Get in touch!Visit the Website!See the list so far!And we're on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.