Episodes
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0018: Mission to Mars, The Martian, Mars Attacks!
July 11th, 2017 | 1 hr 1 min
This week we add three films from the red planet to the list. There's science, aliens, more bad Ridley Scott and lots and lots of famous actors. See the list at sciencefictionratingsystem.com! Follow us on...
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0017: Mars Week Preview Show
July 3rd, 2017 | 34 mins 22 secs
We get our asses to Mars for the next science fiction ranking, with three films from the red planet. Also there's a bonus quiz! Join in and watch the trailers from the links below! Mission to Mars Mars Attacks! The Martian See the list at...
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0016: Transformers, Real Steel, Pacific Rim
June 26th, 2017 | 1 hr 5 mins
The rating system remains mired in mediocre film territory, with more middling to terrible films added to the list. (Well, Alex liked Pacific Rim a lot at least) Everyone likes Hugh Jackman, no one likes Transformers and Sam still hates kids. See the...
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0015: Giant Robots Week Preview Show
June 19th, 2017 | 32 mins 6 secs
Michael Bay returns to cinemas soon with another bloody Transformers film, so we hop on another bandwagon and get ready to rate three films full of giant robots. Sadly none of these films is the greatest of all giant robot films, 1986's...
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0014: The Hunger Games, Ender's Game, Divergent
June 13th, 2017 | 1 hr 6 mins
Our latest attempt to appear current and relevant backfires, as the latest Divergent film gets cancelled and we watch three middling to bad teen science fiction films for no reason at all! Still, at least they're ranked now and its out of...
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0013: Teen Sci-fi Week Preview Show
June 5th, 2017 | 29 mins 39 secs
A long time ago a film called Divergent: Ascendant was meant to be out in the cinema this week. But then the previous entry in the series flopped and it became a TV movie and then that didn't happen either... But if it had this week's trilogy of teen...
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0012: Surrogates, Armageddon, The Fifth Element
May 30th, 2017 | 59 mins 19 secs
It's Bruce Willis week! The man of a thousand vests has made a helluva lot of sci-fi films, and we pick three of the best them to add to the list. Sam has a box quote for Armageddon, Chris has real scientific problems with Surrogates and Alex...
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0011: Bruce Willis Week Preview Show
May 22nd, 2017 | 22 mins 13 secs
Another week and another three films to add to the list! This week we preview the work of Bruce Willis, who we all agree is a pretty great dude. We watch the trailers and get ready to rate stuff next week. If you want to watch along at...
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0010: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Prometheus
May 15th, 2017 | 1 hr 10 mins
When you've run out of plot with your super big film series but want some more money, what should you do? Make a prequel, of course! In "celebration" of Alien: Covenant's release this week three examples of this often most egregious of concepts are...
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0009: Prequels Week Preview Show
May 8th, 2017 | 33 mins 38 secs
Change is in the air as the Science Fiction Rating System show goes weekly! In week 1 we reveal the films, watch the trailers and go over the synopses. Then we all go away and watch the films and come back next week to see where they end up in...
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0008: Starship Troopers, District 9, The Fly
May 1st, 2017 | 1 hr 25 mins
We celebrate the 26th Annual Bug Week with three films about, er, bugs. From the satirical space war of Starship Troopers, to the body horror of the Fly, via the South African hijinx of District 9, a strong collection of films gets ranked and added to...
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0007: Guardians of the Galaxy, Dredd, Flash Gordon
April 18th, 2017 | 1 hr 16 mins
It's comic book week! Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is out this week, so we look back at three other comic books that have made the jump to the silver screen. After last week's fireworks things are more settled as everyone sort of agrees about...
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0006: A Scanner Darkly, Paprika, Ghost in the Shell
April 3rd, 2017 | 1 hr 28 mins
Our first collection of animated films join the list! From discussions of gaze theory and dualism, to all out war erupting over whether these films should even be allowed in the list, this bumper episode is hopefully worth being a bit late!...
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0005: Edge of Tomorrow, Predator 2, Aliens
March 14th, 2017 | 1 hr 25 mins
There's an upswing in quality as we add three more films to the list, celebrating the work of Bil...
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0004: Spaceballs, Silent Running, Universal Soldier: The Return
March 1st, 2017 | 1 hr 3 mins
Episode 4 and the list passes 10 entries! We shatter more good childhood memories, watch one of ...
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0003: Her, Safety Not Guaranteed, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
February 14th, 2017 | 1 hr 1 min
In this Valentine's Day Special love is in the air as we discuss three films that blend sci-fi an...