Things To Come

Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.This time: John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon make the most impressive student film of all time, by taking the piss out of their favourite space movie. Dark Star: it's like 2001 but with human beings in it.Thanks to the support of our listeners on Patreon and Substack who made this series possible. More short series coming soon!patreon.com/comfortblankpodjoelmorris.substack.comSupport us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:https://joelmorris.substack.com/or:https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpodor donate via ko-fi at:https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C Clarke attempt to squeeze Life, The Universe, and Everything into one movie, while everyone else sits back and watches the light show.Thanks to the support of our listeners on Patreon and Substack who made this series possible. More short series coming soon!patreon.com/comfortblankpodjoelmorris.substack.comSupport us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:https://joelmorris.substack.com/or:https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpodor donate via ko-fi at:https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.This time: Don Siegel delivers the ultimate paranoid nightmare as Kevin McCarthy watches the town of Santa Mira succumb to an alien hive mind. You’re next!Thanks to the support of our listeners on Patreon and Substack who made this series possible. More short series coming soon!patreon.com/comfortblankpodjoelmorris.substack.comSupport us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:https://joelmorris.substack.com/or:https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpodor donate via ko-fi at:https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.This time: Them! The definitive American atomic big-beast picture, and the original bug-hunt (inspiring the soldiers-take-the-nest shenanigans of Aliens).Thanks to the support of our listeners on Patreon and Substack who made this series possible. More short series coming soon!patreon.com/comfortblankpodjoelmorris.substack.comSupport us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:https://joelmorris.substack.com/or:https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpodor donate via ko-fi at:https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.This time: George Pal smash! It's When Worlds Collide, in which the puny Earth is spectacularly knocked about in a game of interplanetary billiards.Thanks to the support of our listeners on Patreon and Substack who made this series possible. More short series coming soon!patreon.com/comfortblankpodjoelmorris.substack.comSupport us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:https://joelmorris.substack.com/or:https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpodor donate via ko-fi at:https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.This time: Robert Wise sets Michael Rennie loose with a giant robot, and teaches the world to say Klaatu Barada Nikto.Thanks to the support of our listeners on Patreon and Substack who made this series possible. More short series coming soon!patreon.com/comfortblankpodjoelmorris.substack.comSupport us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:https://joelmorris.substack.com/or:https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpodor donate via ko-fi at:https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.This time: The Thing. Howard Hawks sends his usual capable men to deal with an intelligent carrot from outer space. It's for a Thing.Thanks to the support of our listeners on Patreon and Substack who made this series possible. More short series coming soon!patreon.com/comfortblankpodjoelmorris.substack.comSupport us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:https://joelmorris.substack.com/or:https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpodor donate via ko-fi at:https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.This time: Things To Come, in which H G Wells and Alexander Korda predict the coming of The Helicopter Men.Thanks to the support of our listeners on Patreon and Substack who made this series possible. More short series coming soon!patreon.com/comfortblankpodjoelmorris.substack.comSupport us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:https://joelmorris.substack.com/or:https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpodor donate via ko-fi at:https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.We start with Metropolis, Fritz Lang's tale of robots, big clocks, and eyeliner.Thanks to the support of our listeners on Patreon and Substack who made this series possible. More short series coming soon!patreon.com/comfortblankpodjoelmorris.substack.comSupport us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:https://joelmorris.substack.com/or:https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpodor donate via ko-fi at:https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Writer, comedian and YouTube star Jay Foreman (Map Men) returns to talk about another vivid and unique cartoon world: Cosgrove Hall’s wild and crazy Dangermouse offshoot Count Duckula, and celebrates the subversive joys of children’s television on the (gasp) commercial channels… Goodness!Support us making these podcasts by becoming a paid subscriber at:https://joelmorris.substack.com/or:https://www.patreon.com/c/comfortblanketpodor donate via ko-fi at:https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.