Science Fiction Rating System

This week we rank Alex's birthday pick, John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars. It's the only Carpenter film Alex hadn't seen...is this a lost gem? No, it's not. It's a stinker. But we watched it so you don't have to, so join us to find out just why it isn't worth your time. Public service podcast. The government should be paying us to make this, probably.
Next week we watch a 5 inch tall Matt Damon in Downsizing!
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This week we review a 'cult classic' that is truly cult, because none of us have heard of it. Join us as we watch a pretty stellar cast star in a truly bizarre film. Suicidal concert goers, questionable accents, Jeff Goldblum being Jeff Goldblum. It's a film that's got everything, except a particularly coherent plot.
Next week it's Alex's birthday pick, er, Ghosts of Mars! Sorry about that.
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Wachowski season concludes with a forensic, scientific review and rating of V for Vendetta. Join us as we discuss poorly thought out dystopias, Sam's past conflicts with Anonymous and a domino world record attempt. And then we rerank Equilibrium, too!
Next week, we escape the Wachowskis and watch cult 'classic' The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
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We return from a classic SFRS unexpected hiatus with the 2nd part of our Wachowski season, Cloud Atlas. Join us as we try and untangle six stories, 60 bad prosthetics, and 600 roles played by 6 actors. It's a mess, but is it a good mess? Hmm? (not really, no.)
Next week, we watch V for Vendetta!
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This week we begin our Wachowski season with Speed Racer, 2008's insanely colourful kid's film that at least one host has fond memories of. Join us as we discuss the film's unusual look, dental work on piranhas, and chimps on film.
Next week, we continue down Wachowski-ing it up with Cloud Atlas!
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2018 season concludes with long-time listener Colin's pick- A Quiet Place! Join us for a classic SFRS alien feasibility breakdown, great ideas for films that we should have redacted, unrelated Jack Ryan appreciation. And we re-rank Toys and end up with loads more problems with the rankings!
Next week, Wachowski season begins with Speed Racer! Prepare to feel sick.
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This week we continue 2018 season with Sam's pick, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse. We watched these films a month ago so excuse your host as he forgets what order the film took place in, and even what happened. Alex gives us some deep Marvel lore, Sam can't stop talking about the animation, and Chris is enjoying himself despite this being both a superhero film and animated.
Next week, 2018 season concludes with listener pick, A Quiet Place!
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2018 season continues with Alex's pick, Sorry to Bother You, a dystopian tale of capitalist gone mad. Join us for white voice confusion, an anti-capitalist rant from guess who, the usual concern about the state of everything and a twist nobody saw coming. And we also find time to add another film to the new list!And correspondence too? It's the podcast that keeps giving! And then ends.
Next week (hopefully) we watch Sam's pick for 2018 film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse!
[for those that have asked- a visual representation of the new list is coming very soon!]
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A new era of ranking begins, as we put our first film to the proper 2.0 test - join us for a bumper discussion of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom! We get into the rampant lack of logic on show throughout, ideas for better dino films, auction confusion, the most unlikeable cast in cinema, and much more!
Next week, 2018 season continues with Sorry to Bother You!
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WATCH THIS EPISODE IN FULL-ON HD GLORY
This week we conclude our introduction to the ground-breaking new Rating System 2.0 with six more rankings. Join us as we test the limits of the algorithm and get our TILT on.
And this week, the video worked entirely properly (ish), so join us on YouTube right here for uninterrupted footage of the three of us rating, ranking and going FULL TILT. There's even video clips and stuff playing a bit. Guaranteed ever so slightly less amateur-ish than last week.
Want more video? Not fussed? Let us know by commenting or emailing us or whatever. We may do more. We'll see.
Next week, it's back to ranking films, with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
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SEE THE FIRST EVER SFRS VIDEO PODCAST HERE!
New year, new us! We're back with a bang, starting 2023 with an entirely new list. Join us as we explain how the new science-based ranking system works and as we put the system into practice by ranking six films. It's an admin heavy week, but trust us, it will all be worth it.
And if that's not enough, this is also the first ever video version of the podcast! Predictably, it all went a bit wrong, but the episode is available to watch on YouTube, with our lovely faces and a list to gawp at in extreme amateur hour glory! Here's a link! Be warned, we really, really don't know what we're doing
Next week, a bunch more re-rankings to get the list up and running before we get back to normal!
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The year is over and tradition dictates that we see out another trip round the sun by reviewing the year that was. Join us as we discuss our high and lowlights of the year, what we're looking forward to in 2023, the 2018 films we'll be watching throughout January, and we conclude by introducing SFRS 2.0! A new era is dawning...
Thanks for listening throughout the year - we'll see you in 2023!
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