Podcasts by Sci-Fi Malady

Symptom 300 from 2023-08-07T20:42:29

Can you believe it sickies, 300 symptoms! To commemorate this special occasion, Scott is gonna take us on a little trip, to Malady and Beyond! Hey, that’s the name of the show going f...

Symptom 299: Jurassic World Dominion, We've Got Dodgson Here! from 2023-07-31T21:07:08

If you thought Fallen Kingdom couldn’t get worse, Collin Treverrow said, “Oh yes it can!”

Symptom 298: Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom, There's Not Enough Paint Thinner In the World to Help This One from 2023-07-27T00:49:37

The title says it all. It can’t get worse than this, right?

Symptom 297: Jurassic World, the Raptor Whisperer from 2023-07-08T14:32:14

The title of today’s episode says it all. This film started with a good premise, what if the park eventually got made and turned into an attraction that was losing interest? How far w...

Jurassic July from 2023-07-08T14:24:13

Jurassic Park is a legendary sci-fi tour de force. It seemed inevitable that we would cover some of the sequels, particularly the newer ones. Though kinda fun, we can only remark at h...

Symptom 296: Dagger of the Min...nope, Infinity Chamber from 2023-06-27T00:39:05

This week’s film is what happens when, despite a low budget, you can make a film just under Nolan quality in terms of sci-fi. Stick around for the end, Ruk needs witnesses. Be sure to...

Symptom 295: Lockdown, Where's Snake Pliskin from 2023-06-20T15:56:39

Wanna see a film about a space prison that more or less rips off Escape from New York and Escape From L.A? Yeah, us neither. But, we did it anyway.

Symptom 294: Wedlock, Run Away From Partner And Your Head Pops Off from 2023-06-15T02:50:21

Rutger Hauer deserved better. This is a film about a prison based off of a lethal buddy system. It could have worked, but… Be sure to check us out at our new youtube page at Raving L...

Symptom 293: Fortress, But With The Highlander from 2023-06-07T19:58:38

These days, most people complain that films put message before story. But, what happens when you take a thin story and shove a bunch of messages which you never develop? Well, you get...

Jail June from 2023-06-07T19:53

Jail and science fiction. Those two things go together like pickles and peanut butter, chocolate and molasses, syrup and brisket, or jelly and oat flakes. If any of those combos seem ...

Symptom 292: King Kong '76, Careful Man There's a Kong Here from 2023-05-30T20:22:23

So sickies, here’s the kong. We all recorded a great episode. Then, Rage screwed up and deleted it. Then, Thomas and Scott had King Kong come through and wreck their lives. So, Rage ...

Symptom 291: Gamera, Space Monster! More Like Clip Monster from 2023-05-22T15:14:57

Ok, so we kinda stretched this one. This film was released in 1980, but was made in the 70s and still has the 70s vibe, so there. Anywhoooo, if you ever wanted to see a last ditch effor...

Symptom 290: Hanuman v. the 7 Mighty Ultramen Brothers Missle Pants Energy Stars from 2023-05-14T01:08:24

Wow, with a title like that, how can you not watch? I have to wonder, do these titles sound good in the original language? Well, the films must have at the time. Listen in to find ou...

Symptom 289: Godzilla v. Hedorah, Go Planet!! from 2023-05-06T23:18:32

This might be the last Godzilla film with a message. Unfortunately, that message, warning about pollution, is lost with psychadelic footage, strange suits, and the occasional groovy da...

Monster May, 70s Style from 2023-05-06T23:13:13

Trippy footage, bad rubbery suits indicative of slashed budgets, and studios just not trying anymore beyond keeping the kid audience. That’s right, it’s kaiju movies of the 70s; all th...

Symptom 288: A Tale of Two Tropes: Zodiac Trope Force and Trope Eater from 2023-04-29T18:02:24

We hear a lot of complaints today about too many tropes, or tired tropes. Ironically, complaining about a trope is a trope unto itself. Seriously though, when is a trope too much, or ...

Symptom 287: Cyberpunk Edgerunners, So Edgy from 2023-04-18T01:43:47

Today we review the anime of the year, Netflix’s…wait, anime of the year? I mean…it was ok at times. It had some decent moments and the setting was great, but best of the year? That ...

Symptom 286: Psycho Pass from 2023-04-12T20:06:23

We keep doing these shows about society and free will, especially with AI. You sickies seeing a trend here? For this week’s episode, a really great anime which talks about all three t...

Symptom 285: Ghost in the Shell, My Consciousness is Trapped! from 2023-04-07T20:54:49

Can you believe we haven’t reviewed this yet? Can you believe we keep doing films about women and AI? Well, here we go again for this classic anime. Also, if the audio takes a hit at...

Anime April,...Again! from 2023-03-31T00:44:46

This was such a popular month that we just had to do it again. We will also be joined by Ruk again to cover some really great sci-fi anime. In a world of sci-fi anime, you can never h...

Symptom 284: Tank Girl, Everything At the Wall from 2023-03-31T00:40:23

Wow! This movie is…something amazing, that is, if you’re Rage. Scott love hates it and Thomas will never forget it. If rocket bra boobs and sentient pet tanks are your thing, then Ta...

Symptom 283: Demon Seed, This Was...Interesting from 2023-03-22T19:55:57

What happens when you have a film that is disturbing, yet highly thought-provoking and prophetic. Tune in to find out. When you’re done with that, tune into WYS to hear a guy that sou...

Symptom 282: Advantageous, Rod Serling Did It Better from 2023-03-16T17:57:12

This was a great concept which really did a great job showing a possible issue from a woman’s point of view. Unfortunately, it was laden with plot points which aren’t needed or go nowh...

Symptom 281: Ex Machina, AI Done Right from 2023-03-16T17:47:33

These are the kind of films we love to review. It tricked us, entertained us, and begged us to look into what makes someone human. The title says it all.

Matriarch March from 2023-03-07T17:43:48

These days, whenever people talk about sci-fi and women, it usually is just repeating the names Ellen Ripley and Princess Leia. But, there are so many more women in sci-fi than we thin...

Symptom 280: Anasazi, Wind Talker Files from 2023-02-28T15:53:47

So we end the month on a cliffhanger. Really, this episode ends on a cliffhanger with Mulder being burnt alive in a fiery explosion, or so you think. The truth is out there, but you’l...

Symptom 279: Die Hand Die Verletzt- Could It Beeeee...SATAN! from 2023-02-23T16:24:07

See what happens when Mulder and Scully take on the satanic panic. Or rather, when the satanic panic turns out to be true. Or rather, when it’s true, but only half so,… oh forget it. ...

Symptom 278: The Host, the Hostest with the Mostest. from 2023-02-16T19:03:29

You ever wonder what happened to all that waste from Chernobyl? It ended up in New Jersey, sort of, along with today’s X-Files creature. There’s also apparently a Twinkie. By the way...

Symptom 277: One Breath, One Scully, Never Gone from 2023-02-07T20:00:49

Before we get into the episode, be honest; did Rage sing that song better than Bono? We think he did. Anyway, here’s an episode about Mulder trying to save Scully.

X-Files February from 2023-02-07T19:57:13

Since we only wound up covering the best of season 1 episodes in August, we decided to do season 2 this month; where the alliteration works better. Will there be a best of season 3? D...

Symptom 276: The Augments from 2023-01-31T20:36:57

We finish off Trekkin Into the New Year with not one, not two, but three episodes about augments which winds up being not only essential Trek but sci-fi in general. Are you a fan of ge...

Symptom 275: Similitude, It's A Clooooone!!!! from 2023-01-23T20:48:15

This episode is kind of a combo between Tuvok and Beyond the Pale Moon Light. But, don’t let that fool you. It’s actually a well-written piece of science fiction and Trek and is worth...

Symptom 274: First Flight, Go Archer, Go Archer, Go! from 2023-01-19T17:59:13

This week, we learn how humanity achieved warp flight beyond warp two. Also, the Vulcans are jerks, again. Who knew?

Symptom 273: Enterprise, Carbon Creek. Not Saying It Was Vulcans, But Vulcans. from 2023-01-09T23:06:46

Ever wonder how velcro was invented? By a couple of Vulcans in Pennsylvania. For this Trekkin’ into the New Year, we’re starting off with episode two of season two of Enterprise, Car...

Trekkin Into the New Year- Enterprise Style from 2023-01-03T20:30:14

Some might say we are getting to the bottom of the barrel. We would contend that those people have never seen anything Kurtzman Trek. There are some hidden gems in the series Enterpri...

Symptom 272: Kin, Dennis Quaid Is In This? from 2022-12-30T22:41:20

After a contentious discussion last week, we are back to mostly agreeing. This mediocre to decent film was ruined by the ending, which brings into laser focus how little meat was actua...

Symptom 271: The Day After Tomorrow, This Movie Blows...Really. from 2022-12-25T15:31:35

Roland Emerich, you suck. On today’s Malady, we once again see how Scott can overlook the most egregious of cinema feces so long as it “brings humanity together to show the good side o...

Symptom 270: Frequency, Not That Often from 2022-12-13T19:25:18

This film was great. Despite some flaws we point out, it was great. Great symptom, nuff said. Except for that creepy sound that came through. Ruk’s looking into that.

Symptom 269: Innerspace, Honey I Shrunk the Quaid from 2022-12-03T18:12:50

This film freaked out little Rage as a kid. The thought of some pilot inside me, able to do damage, terrified me and honestly still does. At least Martin Short dances like a maniac. ...

Dennis Quaid December from 2022-12-02T23:08:54

We don’t normally dedicate a month to an actor, but this guy has starred in some neat sci-fi flicks. We saw him in November with Enemy Mine and thought, what about his other films like...

Symptom 268: Frog Dreaming. That's the Name?! from 2022-11-23T23:55:18

The term “Mary Sue” gets tossed around a lot these days. For today’s sickening symptom, it is appropriate. This film might have been good to seven-year-old Rage, Thomas, or Scott. Bu...

Symptom 267: Time Bandits, Remember, This One Was For Kids from 2022-11-21T01:18:09

Wanna see Monty Python try their hand at sci-fi? Yeah, me neither.

Symptom 266: Enemy Mine (Something, gargle gargle gargle) from 2022-11-21T01:14:09

Ever wonder how it sounds to hock a lugee why speaking? Just ask Dennis Quaid in this week’s review of Enemy Mine.

Symptom 265: The Last Starfighter, *hoarse cough/laugh* Interstellar! from 2022-11-07T01:38:32

We have wanted to do this since Juvenile June back in…a while ago. In fact, it was part of the plan. But, time makes limits of us all. Thanks to a fan submission, we bring it to you ...

Nostalgia November from 2022-11-07T01:30:56

To thank the many, or the few, who have supported us throughout the years, we introduce, courtesy of Ruk, Nostalgia November. We are covering the topics you sickies are nostalgic for. ...

Symptom 264: In the Mouth of Madness, Do you read Sutter Cane? from 2022-10-25T15:20:25

I love John Carpenter films, and this one is no exception. It is a film ripe for Scott’s deep meaning and hallmarked with great acting, superb camera work, and an engaging story that n...

Symptom 263: Dagon-Again With the Boobs from 2022-10-20T01:40:41

Boobs, blood, and Lovecraft. Does Stuart know anything else? Probably not.

Symptom 262: Reanimator: Disturbingly Bloody from 2022-10-16T22:03:54

This is a classic of 80s horror and unique to that generation. Let’s just put it this way; you won’t see a certain kind of assault perpetrated by a severed head in modern day horror. ...

Symptom 261: From Beyond, Just Flip the Flippin' Switch Already! from 2022-10-09T22:35:05

As a child, this film poster freaked me out. After today, I found out it’s just weird, boring, and nothing like the actual story. More gore and BDSM than Lovecraft himself would have ...

Horror Month- Lovecraft Month from 2022-10-09T22:32:08

It’s here, the best month of the year, for Rage anyway. It’s time for us to put down our lasers, phasers, blasters and master beams and pick up our laser scalpels, vibro-knives, plasma...

Symptom 260: Starship Troopers 4, Halo Copy from 2022-10-03T03:54:35

Bigger brain bug, boobs, and Halo copying. Yep, they were out of ideas on this one. Note: Yes, we screwed up the symptom numbering in the episode. But don’t worry, the text is right....

Symptom 259: Starship Troopers 3, The One With Topol from 2022-09-22T01:43:09

Let’s see here; brain bug, check. Crappy trench warfare, check. Media propaganda, check. Religion being used to control the masses, ok why not, check. Unnecessary nudity, what? Why...

Symptom 258: Starship Troopers 2 (Hero of the Federation). We already reviewed this topic in Symptom 59 from 2022-09-16T03:43:40

If you were to overlook this gem in the Starship Troopers lineup, or forgot it existed, you wouldn’t be blamed. Thematically, it misses the mark. Story wise, it’s boring and overdone....

Symptom 257: Starship Troopers, It Only Goes Downhill From Here from 2022-09-08T04:24:10

The first film is a cynical version of the book, which, depending on how you see it, is either sheer Paul Verhoeven brilliance or horrible bastardization of Heinlien’s original work and...

Starship Troopers September from 2022-09-08T04:16:59

Soldiers, check. Space, check. Green cheese, check. Thoughtful dialogue about topics such as patriotism, militarism, moralism, and many other -isms, check. This month is gonna have ...

Symptom 256: X-files, Eve, Enter Creepy Twins from 2022-08-30T16:52:11

What happens when a super soldier program goes wrong? If you said creepy homicidal quadruplets or more, how? Did you watch this episode already?!

Symptom 255: X-files, Squeeze, Begin Freak of the Week Episodes from 2022-08-24T22:48:39

Wanna see a freaky guy who can stretch himself like Stretch Armstrong and consume livers? Us too. Sorry about the spotty sound quality. Scott has been thoroughly beaten for it.

Symptom 254: X-Files, Beyond the Sea: The One With Brad Dourif, What else can you ask for? from 2022-08-20T00:34:07

Brad Dourif, the guy who voices Chucky, acting like a psychic criminal. If that doesn’t interest you, I don’t know what will.

Symptom 253: X-Files, Deep Throat- Insert Scott Joke Here from 2022-08-11T11:51:37

I know, it seems strange to do a “best of” series using the second episode after you’ve done the first, but this is the quintessential flavor of the show. We kinda had to. Moreover, i...

Symptom 252: X-files The Pilot- It Begins from 2022-08-02T00:39:17

Where else to start but the beginning? This pilot is a rare kind in that it shows the characters as they will be from the get go. In addition to the episode, we also discuss how much ...

The Truth Is Out There August from 2022-08-01T21:06:37

This month, we’re joining Mulder and Scully as they investigate the unexplainable with some of the best episodes of the X-files. How do we decide, tune in and check out.

Symptom 251: Around the World in 80 Days-The World's Longest Tour Film from 2022-07-29T00:50:13

This film may have been science fiction or scientific marvel in the day it was written, but for us it was just a really long tour film starring a talented bull fighter. Stick around fo...

Symptom 250: Journey to the Center of the Earth, Starring Captain Nemo from 2022-07-23T20:39:43

Are you a fan of the hollow Earth theory, sunken Atlantis, and other theories created in the 19th century? Have we got a story for you!

Symptom 249: Mysterious Island, So Mysterious from 2022-07-16T01:11:25

This is a semi-sequel to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea which proves that Jules Verne, despite having great sci-fi ideas, was a horrible chronologist and historian. Heck, the guy couldn’...

Symptom 248: 20,000 Leagues Under Da Sea from 2022-07-16T01:06:06

Despite Scott’s horrible singing, this film is iconic. Between an all-star cast, great effects, and superb acting, you can’t get more entertaining than the Disney version of this belov...

Jules Verne July from 2022-07-16T01:01:06

It’s been a long time coming, but we are finally dedicated a month to this giant of science fiction. Tune in for some of the major works of this titan and trailblazer all this month. ...

Symptom 247: Were-wolf from 2022-07-02T22:16:09

This, sickies, is the first MST3K episode that Ragemaster ever saw, and it still gives him laughs. When a werewolf skeleton is used by a psycho Slav to infect others with lycanthropy; ...

Symptom 246: Planet of the...Nope, Time of the Apes. from 2022-06-22T18:52:46

Wow is this one bad! Sorry to bury the lead, but this just plan sucks. The ape costumes would’ve been fine for the 60s, not 1987, the characters suck, the translators “didn’t care,” a...

Symptom 245: Priiiince oooooof Spaaaaaaaaaace from 2022-06-18T03:04:23

Have you ever wanted to see aliens from the planet Krankor, led by their birdman leader with a terrible laugh, try to conquer Earth with a flying turkey ship yet failing time and again ...

Symptom 244: Hobgoblins, My Favorite One is Bounce Bounce from 2022-06-09T17:41:18

So what happens when a film wants to capitalize off of aliens, the Ghoulies or Gremlins films, and can only afford toy puppets? Why, Hobgoblins of course? As a side note, adding the b...

Symptom 243: Spaaaaace Mutiny! and the many names of David Ryder from 2022-06-02T13:22:40

We’re kicking off this month with the number two fav of most MS3K fans, Space Mutiny, starring Reb Brown. Who is Reb Brown? He’s a B action star that is famous for shooting, screaming...

Jokester June from 2022-06-02T03:09:01

So what happens when you review a review, or parody a parody? We’re not really sure. But, we are gonna try by reviewing some of the best of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 and the Jokest...

Symptom 242: King Ghidora: The Three-Headed Monster, WWE Monster Smackdown from 2022-05-27T23:04:40

When Rage was just a kid, he was dying to see the Godzilla film starring King Ghidora, or that three-headed dragon monster. Well, then he saw it. It was mostly awesome. Once the monster...

Symptom 241: War of the Gargantuans. Wow! from 2022-05-18T20:57:38

Today, Ethan and Rage review quite possibly, one of the most overlooked, yet best kaiju films of all time, War of the Gargantuans. Also, it bears repeating that Rage wishes he had been...

Symptom 240: Gorgo, London Bridge is Falling Down from 2022-05-10T00:44:13

This week, we are going across the pond for the UK’s crack at a kaiju film with Gorgo. Honestly, this isn’t too bad. The roar is the best part.

Symptom 239: Gamera, Turtle Godzilla from 2022-05-03T16:37:16

Today, Rage is joined by fifth member of the Beatles and long-time kaiju fan, Ethan, as they review the film that became Godzilla’s best known knock-off cousin, Gamera. This first film...

Monster Mayhem II from 2022-05-01T16:58:41

It’s another one of our annual months, Monster Mayhem, showcasing the kaiju of sci-fi. Last time, we did the founders such as King Kong and films of the 50s. This time, we’re covering...

Symptom 238: Erased, But Not Forgotten from 2022-04-26T16:27:38

We are finishing Anime April with a Malady/Casetorium crossover. We are reviewing the crime thriller Erased, which is part sci-fi, mostly crime drama, but all entertaining. Seriously ...

Symptom 237: Akira, What's This About Again? from 2022-04-18T19:40:35

Akira. It is one of the most famous and appreciated anime of all time; responsible for breaking anime into the West. However, once you peel back the lauds and fame, you are left with ...

Symptom 236: Cowboy Bebop, like Firefly. Yeah, it's that good. from 2022-04-12T00:36:17

What can be said about this show? Other than utterly fantastic, not much else.

Symptom 235: Zodiac Task Force from 2022-04-04T14:47:02

Hey there Otaku and Weebooo sickies! For our first anime, we are promoting an audio American anime with Raving Lunatic’s own, Zodiac Task Force. What is audio American anime? Listen ...

Anime April from 2022-04-01T14:41:02

Here it is you Otaku, we are finally doing a month dedicated to just anime. We’ll be covering some sci-fi anime classics with special guest, our editor and chief, Sara. Oh, and some g...

Symptom 234: The Matrix Resurrection- Stop, It's Already Dead! from 2022-03-28T19:03:50

From out of nowhere, we got another Matrix film. What’s that, you weren’t expecting it? Neither was Lana Wachowski and by the looks of it, nor was it desired. That’s perhaps the bigg...

Symptom 233: The Matrix Repetitions and Matrix Revulsion from 2022-03-22T00:31:06

How could it have gone so wrong? The Matrix was revolutionary and amazing! It was a film that was worthy of the highest sci-fi accolades. However, the sequels spiral happened immedia...

Sci-fi Supplemental: The Animatrix from 2022-03-16T16:07:51

What do you get when you combine the Matrix and anime, the matrime? Wait, that seems wrong. What about anime and Matrix? Anim… Whatever, just listen to Rage review this.

Symptom 232: The Matrix, the Good One from 2022-03-09T21:23:29

The Matrix was a groundbreaking film which combined a new concept with groundbreaking sci-fi action effects. As great as this idea is, it is also a heartbreaking example of what can ha...

Matrix March from 2022-03-09T21:17:19

Can you believe we’ve taken this long to talk about the Matrix? Between the new film coming out recently, and the fact that we just took the red pill, it should come as no surprise. S...

Symptom 231: Klaatu, Barata, Nikto from 2022-02-28T15:25:10

We conclude First Contact February with The Day the Earth Stood Still from 1951. This classic is a warning to us which rings true today just as much as it did back then.

Symptom 230: Contact, Hello Ellie from 2022-02-23T20:47:15

Today’s symptom could just as easily be called “Theology Malady,” as this film discusses religion as much as it does sci-fi. It also is the accidental inauguration of Ragemaster’s Soap...

Symptom 229: Stargate, The Motion Picture from 2022-02-15T20:52:30

This week, Scott got lost in the Stargate, which meant Thomas and Rage had to fill in. However, thanks to distortion from the gate, we also lost half of our episode. However, the most...

Symptom 228: Arrival, Pre-Dune Denis from 2022-02-07T21:14:40

We’re kicking off this month with one of my fav new directors, Denis Villanueva of Dune and Blade Runner 2049 fame. He is proving to be quite a great sci-fi director and this film, eve...

First Contact Februrary from 2022-02-07T21:11:12

All this month, we’ll be reviewing films about Earth’s first contact with aliens. It will also be the first time in a long time that Rage as had contact with pants.

Symptom 227: Timeless from 2022-02-02T01:53:27

We are finishing up Trekkin’ into the New Year with, surprise, another time travel related episode. Hey, hey, hey don’t run yet. This one is unique in that Harry Kim gets to act. You...

Symptom 226: Year of Hell from 2022-01-25T20:59:13

After a year spent trapped into time due to the Malady Ray, thanks Scott, Ethan has returned to as a guest on sci-fi Malady. In honor of his historic trip, we decided it would be fitti...

Symptom 225: Latent Image from 2022-01-20T17:13:50

Scott just loves to dunk on Janeway. This week, he shows again how horrible she is by forcibly removing the memories from their holographic doctor before he loses it and risks the futu...

Symptom 224: Tuvix from 2022-01-13T19:37:55

We’re kicking off Trekkin into the New Year with our season two episode, Tuvix, in which the transporter creates a brunfly. I guess they had to do this story at some point. As as aside...

Trekkin' Into the New Year: Voyager from 2022-01-03T23:26:57

In the past, the hardest part of this month was narrowing down our top four episodes of this installment of Trek. This year, it’s narrowing down the least worst. Tune in this month to...

Sci-fi Supplemental: Where Does He Get Those Wonderful Toys? from 2022-01-03T20:54:38

Normally, we wrap up the year with a review episode. This year, we’re doing something different. In the spirit of the season of gifts, we’re talking about the sci-fi toys that shaped ...

Symptom 223: The Crazies, This Version is Crazy Better from 2021-12-24T00:40:33

So just because something is better doesn’t mean it is also good. That is the situation with the 2010 version of Romero’s 1973 film, “The Crazies.” Was it better? By most measures ye...

Symptom 222: Dune 2021, The Best One Yet from 2021-12-14T00:07:12

After a one year delay, which screwed up last year’s December topic, we are now going to review Dune 2021 from acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve. This is the film I have been waiting ...

Symptom 221: Judge Dredd, LAAAAWWWWW! from 2021-12-07T01:12:36

Starting off our good remakes is the 2012 Dredd, starring the only good character from Abrams Trek, Karl Urban. He’s so good in fact, I didn’t know it was him under that helmet, which ...

Do-Over December from 2021-12-01T14:55:38

Contrary to conventional wisdom, not every remake is a dud. Join us this month on Sci-fi Malady to see which ones are actually better than the original with Do-Over December. If that ...

Symptom 220: Stowaway: What Do You Do With a Extra Breather? from 2021-11-30T01:52:08

We are finishing off an actually satisfying month with the 2021 film Stowaway. It has everything a good sci-fi film should have; great effects, good acting, ethical human dilemma, and ...

Symptom 219: Tau, Personhood or PC from 2021-11-23T00:43:48

Netflix does it again! It seems that if you want science fiction which delves into an issue or describes the human condition, Netflix is the place to look. For today, the film Tau exp...

Timeloop: Spectral: Netflix One, Hollywood None from 2021-11-15T18:51:22

Well Sickies, we caught the sickness and couldn’t meet up this week. Fear not, we are going waaaaaay back to a time when it was Just Scott and Rage on a review of the Netflix film Spec...

Symptom 218: I am Mother, Mother May I? from 2021-11-11T23:27:38

Well this is interesting, a sci-fi film on Netflix that impressed us, gave a great conversation, checked off all of the deep dive discussions for good sci-fi, and only stars three actor...

Symptom 217: Cosmic Sin, This Film Is a Sin from 2021-11-01T22:06:55

I debated that this month could start off ok or horrible. Well, we decided to start off horrible with this film that managed to shoehorn in Bruce Willis trying to be John McClain and f...

Netflix November from 2021-11-01T22:02:30

Bereft of ideas, the Malady Men are stuck reviewing the sci-fi of Netflix. Depending on you view it, this is gonna be ok or horrible.

Symptom 216: Life, a.k.a Alien Copy from 2021-10-25T20:35:28

After a few false starts, today we are finishing up h-o-rr-o-r month by coving the 2017 film Life, finally. Scott and I said we wanted to watch this back in the dark days of early symp...

Symptom 215: Deadspace Downfall, Zombies in Spaaaaaaaace! from 2021-10-19T14:32:54

I’m gonna give up the plot right out of the gate. Though this isn’t horrible, it is yet another example of why video game plots seldom translate well into movies and vice versa. The s...

Symptom 214: Lifeforce, Saved by VHS from 2021-10-13T15:17:01

In today’s symptom we have…not another space vampire!? Oh well. At least the last one kept her clothes on. Although, this one can’t be killed by a paper cut; kind of evens out I supp...

Symptom 213: Queen of Xenomorphs...er Blood. from 2021-10-05T16:55:14

First encounter, a photosynthetic, blood-sucking alien who looks terrifying but is…surprisingly unthreatening.

Horror Month 2021 from 2021-10-04T15:34:46

Somehow, through an undisclosed wormhole, a transmission from 2090 was picked up by the Malady guys concerning a rescue vessel in distress. This month, during horror month, we’ll be li...

Motpmys 212: Tenet ro Tenet from 2021-09-27T14:19:26

Today we review the Christopher Nolan spy thriller Tenet, in reverse. Or forward depending on which side of entropy you are on.

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Symptom 211: Mission Impossible, The First One from 2021-09-22T14:11:09

Hello Agent Sicky, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to our review and comment on it. This episode will bomb in five seconds.

Symptom 210: MIB, The Inquirer Got It Right from 2021-09-16T18:27:51

This week, the Malady team and Ruk got our memories wiped, which is why we are late. But don’t worry, thanks to ancient aliens, we got our memory back. just in time to bring you our re...

Symptom 209: Moonraker: James Bond and Mr. Larsen in Spaaaaaace! from 2021-09-07T11:59:13

We finally are reviewing a James Bond film. Sadly, we are reviewing this one. Hey Shooter, where are you going? I believe that plot belongs to Dr. Evil.

Spy Fi September from 2021-08-30T19:32:40

What happens when you cross James Bond and Science Fiction? You get spy fi. Tune in all this month for spy fi action only on Sci-fi Malady. This recording will self-destruct in 3, 2,...

Symptom 208 Enthiran: OP Terminator from 2021-08-30T18:15:53

This movie is…wow. Just have a listen. Also, 207 Scott? Really? Do we have to bring out Red Foreman again?

Symptom 207: Westworld - The Less Complicated One from 2021-08-25T22:46:37

Westworld - the one from the 70’s. It is a science fiction classic and makes many essential viewing lists. It is easy to see why. It is a well paced vision of a dystopian future that t...

Supplemental: Ode to a Robot- Voltron from 2021-08-16T22:16:28

Thanks to a technical issue related to a certain soft drink which could easily be mistaken for anti-freeze, we were unable to record our regular symptom this week. However, to keep you...

Symptom 206: Rossum's Universal Robots: Haven't We Seen This Story Before? from 2021-08-09T17:49:14

Today we are going back to the beginning, literally. This is the first story about robots, using the actual word “robot.” We are reviewing Karel Capek’s play, R.O.R. Somewhere betwee...

Symptom 205: Tobor the (Not So) Great from 2021-08-03T18:14:21

What do you get when you add ESP, a giant and slow robot, and a gee whiz kid? A great robot named Tobor. Tobor the Shiny. Tobor the Bug-Eyed. Tobor the… Why don’t you listen to the...

Automaton August from 2021-08-02T23:29:07

This month, we are finally getting around to sci-fi about robots. Can’t believe it took this long.

Symptom 204: The Fly- The One with Jeff Goldblum from 2021-07-27T01:41:05

Today we are covering the 1986 sci-fi horror remake, The Fly. We also compare it to the 1958 version starring Vincent Price. Both films are creepy, horrifying, and end in death of the...

Symptom 203: Forbidden World- Alien Was Better from 2021-07-19T14:26:03

Today Sickies we are dipping back into the Roger Corman collection of schlock. Ahhhhh Corman, will you ever run out of movies for us to review? This particular flick, borrowing heavil...

Ragemaster Rips a Clip VIII, Rippin' on the Stupidsaurus from 2021-07-12T22:06:44

It’s been a while, but the Rage is back and ready to rip into some more smeg writing. This time, it’s from the film “Jurassic World” and concerns the I suckasaurus, I mean the I rexasa...

Symptom 202: Gattaca, Prophecy or Story from 2021-07-07T03:05:46

Salutations Sickies! The Malady Men are kicking off Genetic July with the ghastly story of Gattaca. In this film, we see a perfect future, too perfect. Everything is engineered to be ex...

Genetic July from 2021-07-06T18:06:59

Salutations Sickies to Genetic July! All this month, we’ll be examining the films that dig into our DNA! From suspicious splices to wretched recombination, we’re going to cover what h...

Symptom 201: Zathura - Jumanji In Space from 2021-06-29T01:32:10

We wrap up Juvenile June reviewing Zathura. If you haven’t seen this movie, you probably still have since everyone has seen Jumanji. This film was written by the same guy and follows t...

Symptom 200: Behind The Malady from 2021-06-23T02:05:30

Symptom 200. What an amazing journey over these last five years. For episode 200 we decided to imagine what it would be like if Sci-Fi Malady became huge and we became rich and famous. ...

Symptom 199: Flight of the Navigator from 2021-06-15T00:43:35

This week we review a much better film than Space Camp. It has a plot, a beginning, middle and end, so it already is miles ahead. More than that though, it is just a fun, well paced, fu...

Rage In The System from 2021-06-14T02:13:56

The talented Mr. Rukstar strikes again. The world debut of Rage in the System.

Symptom 198: Space Camp - This Is Not What I Signed up For! from 2021-06-07T22:46:44

Space Camp - a terrible movie with a nonsense plot powered by contrivances; contrivances which require NASA to be stupid and/or incompetent in every way. Space Cap manages to have an al...

Stay Sick Sickies Remix from 2021-06-06T20:03:34

Courtesy of the incredibly talented Ruk - a stay sick sickies dance remix, for your enjoyment.

Juvenille June from 2021-06-02T21:57:56

It’s Juvenille June all this month join use in our immaturity all this month

Symptom 197: Them! Better Than Those from 2021-05-31T19:16:29

We wrap up Monster May with a review of the 1954 film Them! This one is a fun filled action romp about mutated giant ants and humanity’s struggles to eradicate them. It continues the t...

Symptom 196, Gojira, Godzilla, Potato Potatoe from 2021-05-23T01:10:37

In this symptom we review Godzilla. We took a look at the 1954 original that spawned the legendary series. Watching this it is easy to why Godzilla endures and has been proclaimed the K...

Symptom 195: The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms - There Is A Lot To Fathom from 2021-05-21T01:30:44

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, or proto Godzilla. It is an interesting movie about a prehistoric dinosaur that is unfrozen as a result of atomic testing. The beast rampages its way to N...

Symptom 194: King Kong from 2021-05-16T22:33:34

We start Monster May with a review of the granddaddy of all monster films, the 1933 original King Kong. It is easy to see why this film became a classic and spawned a franchise running ...

Monster May! from 2021-05-15T01:55:19

Well, kind of Monster May, abduction April ran over and late, but part of May at least, and maybe some of June, is going to be spent reviewing classic monster films. We kick off with Ki...

Symptom 193: Dark Skies - It Doesn't Really Work from 2021-05-07T23:32:50

Ignore the intro, it is symptom 193, even though I say symptom 192. Dark Skies - it’s an alien abduction movie kind of, if you ignore that it was really a ghost/demonic possession haunt...

Symptom 192: Communion, Classic Walken from 2021-04-26T00:33:07

This weeks movie, unlike last weeks movie, is just bad, but not an offense to human sensibilities. It also has Christopher Walken, which is about the only redeeming aspect of the film. ...

Symptom 191: Progeny - ET Make Pregnant from 2021-04-18T22:03:40

This week Mark decided to punish us and had us review a horrible film that never should have been made. A film so bad no major streaming service carries it, and after watching it we se...

Symptom 190: Fire In The Sky from 2021-04-09T00:43:31

We kick off alien abduction April by reviewing a film whose trailer creeped me (Scott) out so much I didn’t watch this movie until - last week. Fire in the Sky is superb example of the ...

Alien Abduction April from 2021-04-06T22:28:41

This month is alien abduction April. We are discussing visitors, travelers, grays, whatever, aliens, kidnapping humans and performing experiments on them. Get ready, because the truth i...

Symptom 189: Stand - M O O N - That Spells Stand from 2021-03-31T23:28:20

We wrap up Malady March with a review of Stephen King’s The Stand. Somehow, I remembered this mini series being better, but maybe that was also my memories of the novel butting in. All ...

Symptom 188: Andromeda Strain - Jurassic Virus from 2021-03-24T01:42:53

This week we discuss The Andromeda Strain. It’s slow, plodding, and awesome. It is a tribute to old school story telling where you, the viewer, get the story at the same time the main ...

Symptom 187: I Am Legend, I Am Entertained from 2021-03-14T22:20:09

I Am Legend is Will Smith at this best. It allows him to show a great deal of his range, action hero, caring father, grieving widow, a man making the best of a rough life, man sliding i...

Symptom 186: Contagion - Film or Prophecy? from 2021-03-08T01:14:17

We kick off Malady March with Contagion - a film that uses all of the buzz words we have become sick of during COVID19’s reign of terror. This film, while off on some of the science, an...

Malady March from 2021-03-07T22:40:46

For March of 2021 Sci-Fi Malady is exploring movies dealing with pandemic outbreaks. We will explore films like Contagion, The Stand and IAM Legend. Grab your mask and suit up for Malad...

Symptom 185: The Space Between Us - Irresponsible NASA from 2021-02-28T22:59:27

What can we say about the Space Between Us. It’s a drama, hold the drama about sums it up. Seriously, this film runs away from drama every chance it gets. The result is a two hour trib...

Symptom 184: Her, Black Mirror Light from 2021-02-20T21:31:12

HER - A story about a man who falls in love with his sapient AI. It’s a high concept story that works due to excellent writing and execution by the actors/actresses and directors. It ex...

Symptom 183: Passengers, Titanic In Space from 2021-02-13T01:25:34

Passengers. A movie that features superb acting, wonderful direction, masterful scoring, beautiful sets and cinematography, and script that gets an F minus in creative writing 101. Pas...

Sanguine Sci-Fi Month from 2021-02-13T00:17:25

In February, well half of February, Sci-Fi Malady has found love. Well maybe, we know Ragemaster hates love stories and has the crew every action reviewed a pure love story? Well, they...

Symptom 182: In The Pale Moonlight from 2021-02-07T23:43:16

We arrive at our choice for the best episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine. It may surprise some that it is In the Pale Moonlight, as it is a darker version of trek. This episode however...

Symptom 181: The Visitor from 2021-01-30T01:40:21

Deep Space Nine at it’s very best? At least in my opinion (Scott) just about. This story shows an alternate future where Sisko doesn’t survive, the Klingons hold the station and drive o...

Symptom 180 DUET from 2021-01-21T00:03:39

Duet is simply one of the best bottle shows in Star Trek history, as well as one of the best episodes of DS9. It examines human emotions from ranging from guilt, remorse, hate, revenge...

Symptom 179: Way of The Warrior from 2021-01-08T02:30:53

Making the list at number four for the best episodes of Deep Space Nine is Way of the Warrior. This two parter makes the list for multiple reasons, the most important being that it is t...

Trekkin Into The New Year III from 2021-01-08T01:49:37

RageMaster’s favorite month is Horror Month. Scott’s is Trekkin Into the New Year. If it was up to Scott every month and episode would be about Star Trek. This year we review Scott’s to...

Symptom 178: Bits and Pieces 2020 from 2020-12-31T02:05:18

2020 is over, thank the good lord. Well, maybe I am weird, because I have at least one fond memory of 2020 and that is getting married. Even with everything 2020 will have at least that...

Symptom 177: Jodorowsky's Dune - Better In the Byproduct from 2020-12-25T05:27:40

We wrap up our discussion of Dune with a trip down a rabbit hole of true insanity. Jodorowsky’s Dune was a monstrosity of likely drug induced hallucinations and philosophy. His goal was...

Symptom 176: Sci Fi Channel Dune, This Saga Is Forever from 2020-12-18T01:39:11

We move from the insanity that was David Lynch Dune to the much better Sci Fi Channel miniseries of Dune and Children of Dune. If you are going to watch a Dune adaptation make it this o...

Symptom 175: David Lynch Dune; there’s rain on Arakis!? from 2020-12-09T01:04:40

We begin the Dune month with David Lunch 1984 Dune what will we think of the first attempt to get Dune on the big screen?

Dune month from 2020-12-09T00:41:38

This month Sci-Fi Malady goes to Arrakis for Dune month

Symptom 173: Turkish Superman - They Tried from 2020-12-01T01:27:16

Thankfully our month long exploration of Turkish knockoff films ends this week, with Turkish Superman, or Supermen. The knockoff follows Tayfun AKA Superman and his adventures saving, ...

Symptom 172: Turkish Star Trek - Haven't I Seen This Episode Before from 2020-11-22T22:57:52

Thank you Ragemaster

Turkish Star Trek, at least, at least it has a plot, and a time travelling, out of time, clueless space tourist. That said this is a fairly faithful ...

Symptom 171: Turkish Star Wars - What Just Happened? from 2020-11-16T00:47:26

What do you get when you re-use Star Wars clips, the theme song to Indiana Jones, inject a crazy amount of hand to hand combat, trampolines and a story line about power of the synthesis...

Symptom 170: Turkish ET from 2020-11-11T05:59:56

Turkish E.T. is an experience. As best as we can tell its about a clay potato and protagonist who is leading a revolution consisting of his friends as they attempt to take over an amuse...

Turkey Month Intro from 2020-11-02T00:06:27

This month, courtesy of the Ragemaster, we are reviewing low budget knockoffs of major science fictions properties made in Turkey. Get ready for bad, horrible, terrible films. Thanks Ra...

Symptom 169: Videodrome, Now I Know Where the Cronenburg Universe Comes From from 2020-10-31T16:15:30

What do you do if you want a horror film with disturbing imagery and a sci-fi film that carries a significant meaning? Thanks to Videodrome, you can have both in one film. We are fin...

Symptom 168: Killer Klowns From Outerspace, Yes, That's the Actual Title from 2020-10-25T03:36:04

Krusty The Klown’s version, not Sinatra’s.

Send in, the Klowns. Those murder happy Klowns. Send in those space-bound and homicidal schmaltz, by the bowlful. Klowns. ...

Symptom 167: Terrorvision, Terriblevision, Swinger Vision from 2020-10-18T22:03:09

We are joined by our friend Matt from Cosmic Anomaly Productions as we discuss TerrorVision. What is Cosmic Anomaly Productions you ask? It is fan produced audio play adapted from the D...

Horror Month 2020 from 2020-10-14T01:41:31

It is our favorite time of year, Horror Month, or as Ethan calls it, Streetwalker Month. All this month we review great or not so great, or just plan terrible sci-fi horror, and make su...

Symptom 166: Galaxy of Terror, Freddy Krueger in Spaaaaaaace! from 2020-10-12T01:52:41

What happens when you mix GM seatbelts on a spaceship, Roger Corman, a violating space slug, and Freddy Kruegger all in space? Today we find out with our kick off episode Galaxy of Terr...

Symptom 165: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, That was a weird encounter from 2020-09-29T22:51:10

Today’s episode, according to Scott, is about a deadbeat dad, a mother chasing her loopy kid, and a Frenchmen trying to contact aliens through a game of Simon. What makes this possible ...

Jurassic Park symptom 165 from 2020-09-22T00:40:14

This week of Steven Spielberg September we review the original Jurassic Park

supplemental hell hath frozon from 2020-09-12T13:08:26

snowball fight in hell today.

Symptom 164 E.T. is good from 2020-09-10T01:44:28

This week we review one of Steven Spielberg more well know and loved works E.T.

september intro from 2020-09-08T00:05:47

Steven Spielberg September is here.

Symptom 163: Wall-E The Cute Side Of The Apocalypse from 2020-09-01T00:43:40

We wrap up Apocalypse August with a review of the lighthearted Pixar film, Wall-E. It is a pretty creative film that manages to tell large parts of the story without words. Knowing that...

Symptom 162: Metal Gear Escape From New York from 2020-08-24T23:12:56

Continuing on our journey through the apocalypse we take a look at Escape From New York, and briefly Escape From LA. I…..remember these movies both being better. Not to say that they ar...

Symptom 161: IO The Last On Earth - Watching Paint Dry from 2020-08-16T22:03:37

Slow. Glacial. Plodding. The adjectives don’t adequately describe the utter absence of action or drama included in the movie IO, The Last On Earth. To be fair IO isn’t supposed to be a...

Symptom 160: Book Of Eli - A Weapon For The Apocalypse from 2020-08-07T00:19:23

Apocalypse August kicks off with Book of Eli, a film in which Denzel Washington is on a quest to get a copy of The Bible to safety. The film does a great job using a simple plot, get t...

Apocalypse August - Aftermath! from 2020-08-05T22:54:18

We had so much fun with terrible movies in Apocalypse August that we decided to bring it back for 2020. It’s like Die Hard 2 - Die Harder - Apocalypse harder Sickies! We kick it off wi...

Symptom 159: Jericho - This City Has Fallen from 2020-07-29T21:48:47

Jericho, or proto Walking Dead, is an intriguing post apocalyptic drama were rogue elements within the United States government conspired to detonate nuclear weapons across major cities...

Symptom 158: 1984, It's All Orwell's Fault from 2020-07-20T23:13:19

Give Me Sci-Fi or give me death month continues with a review of 1984, George Orwell’s dystopian classic. This movie/book/story is so dystopian is has its own branch of dystopian fictio...

Symptom 157: Logan's Run from 2020-07-13T23:40:57

We continue give me Sci-Fi or give me death month with a discussion of Logan’s Run. I find this film to be underrated. It certainly has problems from a technical story telling perspect...

Symptom 156: Independence Day from 2020-07-07T01:13:44

What better way to kick off give me sci-fi or give me death month than with possibly the greatest patriotic science fiction movie ever - Independence Day! Okay maybe it isn’t the greate...

Give Me Sci-Fi Or Give Me Death! from 2020-07-05T22:26:09

July - in America we celebrate our independence from Great Britain. So it seemed like this month should all about Patriotism or seeking freedom from oppression. Or something like that. ...

Symptom 155: Flat Earther's, Getting Behind The Curve from 2020-06-29T22:42:51

We conclude conspiracy month with the most nerve wracking, confusing, ignorant and absurd of them all - flat earthers. Yes, there is a growing, vocal, crazy movement of people who belie...

Symptom 154: Moonbase! from 2020-06-21T22:04:35

Wacky, wacky skeptics. Last week we explored the conspiracy theory that the Moon landing was faked. Once those conspiracy theorists were thoroughly and resoundingly debunked, they chang...

Symptom 153: The Moon Landing Was Fake! from 2020-06-14T23:12:18

If you make a short list of the most famous and most enduring conspiracy theories nearly all of those lists will contain this one. Somehow, starting almost immediately after July 20th, 1969, thi...

Symptom 152: Bigfoot and Me from 2020-06-07T00:54:49

Bigfoot - why can’t we ever find him? Well according to the Ancient Aliens crew it is because Bigfoot is a transdimensional alien. Or maybe he is a creature made by aliens to mine gold for them...

Conspiracy Month Intro from 2020-06-06T22:50:54

June is conspiracy month, but not the good ones, the crazy ones, like Bigfoot is real and an alien, the USA didn’t land on the moon, or we did and aliens made us leave and finally, the Earth is ...

Symptom 151: Undersea Kingdom from 2020-05-31T01:55:40

We have talked about him all month, and for this symptom we are joined by Don O’Malley from Don’s Breakfast Serial on YouTube! He helps us review Undersea Kingdom - which stars Crash Corrigan. I...

Symptom 150: Flash Gordon from 2020-05-23T01:50:12

Symptom 150. Doesn’t’ seem like it has been that long, but it has. It has been a labor of love, certainly not profit. Here we are though, 150 Symptoms in and it is time to review the 1936 Flash...

Symptom 149: The Fighting Devil Dogs from 2020-05-15T21:17:37

For this weeks episode we review The Fighting Devil Dogs from 1938. This serial is fantastic. It has a villain that inspired Darth Vader, a lackey/henchman who is every henchman stereotype but p...

Symptom 148: The Phantom Creeps from 2020-05-07T18:17:06

The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 serial. It has everything old science fiction is about, mad scientist trying to conquer the world, revenge, robots, invisibility cloaks and an underground secret lab...

Matinee May from 2020-05-07T17:12:01

In the month of May we are going really old school - reviewing serials. For of you that don’t know what that is the movie theaters used to show portions of a movie before the main movie. Maybe n...

Symptom 147: Spaceballs, The Review from 2020-04-30T22:09:28

We conclude sci-fi comedy month with a review of possibly the highest form of the craft - Spaceballs. It has Rick Moranis at his best and Mel Brooks’ formidable skills in satire, slapstick and i...

Symptom 146: Red Dwarf - Weren't We Just On This Ship from 2020-04-21T23:58:42

When you think of science fiction comedy Red Dwarf should be high on the list. If you haven’t seen it just picture over the top zany British humor and you have Red Dwarf. It is light hearted, f...

Symptom 145: Dark Star - John Carpenter In Space from 2020-04-14T23:27:08

Dark Star - released theatrically in 1975 - is the earliest of master filmmaker John Carpenter’s work. It started as a film school project on a budget of $1000, and then $6000 and then $60,000. ...

Symptom 144: The Velocipastor from 2020-04-08T21:42

Everyone once in a while there is a movie that is so bad you have to watch it. The Velocipastor is one of those movies. I could spend time explaining why it is so bad it is good, or I could leav...

The End Of Sci-Fi Malady from 2020-04-08T21:24:05

As Q once told Jean Luc Picard - all good things must come to an end. after 143 symptoms has Sci-Fi Malady com to an end?

Symptom 143: Games For The Apocolypse from 2020-03-22T18:46:11

COVID19 is here. Most of us are shelter in place or stay at home. Seems like a great time to play some awesome science fiction games!. With that in mind we are discuss our favorite sci...

Supplemental - Interview With Brandon from 2020-03-16T21:56:57

While at Gamer’s Haven playing Firefly we had a chance to interview the owner Brandon. He runs a really cool place. Go check it out if you are in the area.

Symptom 142: Firefly from 2020-03-15T18:46:08

Firefly was an amazing science fiction series. Maybe one of the best. If you say otherwise you are WRONG! WRONG I SAY!

Well, they also made a pretty cool board game that manages to capture...

Symptom 141: Space Alert from 2020-03-09T00:17:42

For the month of March we are discussing games. Mostly board games, but maybe a video game. We kick this month of with a discussion of a little known but completely awesome and amazing ...

march game into from 2020-03-09T00:17:35

This month we play and review some sci-fi board-games and card games

symptom 140 best of both worlds from 2020-02-10T00:08:19

It has arrived. There was never any doubt as to what the best episode of TNG was going to be. Resistance is futile. Of course it is The Best of Both Worlds. Acting, writing, score, sound, cinema...

Symptom 139 The Measure of a Man from 2020-02-02T22:36:25

It is largely considered the first “great” episode of Star Trek The Next Generation and rightly so. Melinda Snodgrass wrote a powerful examination of what constitutes life and how our treatment ...

Symptom 138 Tapestry from 2020-01-22T22:46:57

We continue Trekkin Into The New Year. This week we are discussing the season 6 episode of Star Trek the Next Generation Tapestry find out why this is scott’s favorite appearance of Q. It is a...

Symptom 137: Defector from 2020-01-18T17:34:20

We kick off Trekkin Into The New Year with a Rick Roll! Just kidding, well not really, but seriously we are discussing the season three episode of Star Trek the Next Generation Defector. Scott c...

Supplemental: The Best Episodes of Star Trek The Next Generation from 2020-01-15T01:34:36

I can’t limit my favorite episodes of TNG to four. No possible way. The result of that effort is this 45 minute supplemental that explains why The Inner Light, though a near perfect and...

Trekkin Into the New Year - Next Generation from 2020-01-15T01:22:31

It is my (Scott’s) favorite theme of the year. Each January we get to discuss my four favorite episodes of a series of Star Trek. This year we discuss my favorite series every - The Ne...

Symptom 136: The Ghost Of Sci-Fi Future from 2020-01-09T02:49:31

This week is the first ever Sci-Fi Malady Crossover Podcast. We are changed by Trent, Curt, Stormy and Bob from The Lunatic Parade and 1st Table Gaming to talk about the future of scien...

Symptom 135: Star Wars Episode 9 from 2020-01-01T02:47:18

It is here! Finally! We get to see the legendary Star Wars on the big screen one more time. The culmination of 42 years of story telling and the end of the Skywalker Saga. We find out t...

Supplemental: The Madalorian from 2019-12-19T22:44:13

Sometimes there is a ton riding on a series. Sometimes, somehow, someway, the future of the great American Film Franchise that could do no wrong and was box office, comic book and toy g...

Symptom 134: Metropolis - The Ghost of Sci-Fi Past from 2019-12-15T23:23:42

We kick off our discussion of science fiction through the years with a review of 1927’s Metropolis. First off, this is a silent film, so it is a completely different experience to watch...

Sci-Fi Christmas - Intro from 2019-12-15T23:10:45

It is Christmas and so that means a Christmas theme. This season we are going to discuss the ghosts of sci-fi past, present and future. What does that mean? It means a discussion of sc...

Symptom 133: Hidden Figures from 2019-12-08T20:42:18

Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday our production and editing schedule fell behind. This review concludes NASA November. Hidden Figures discusses the role of three women in the Gemini and Apollo pr...

Symptom 132: Apollo 13 from 2019-11-26T22:29:47

Hollywood, we don’t have a problem.

In what we think is a first all three members of the Sci-Fi Malady crew have rated a movie a 10. We all agree that this movie is the perfect mix of dra...

Symptom 131: First Man from 2019-11-17T18:22:38

For our theme we have chosen to discuss Space Exploration films. I would say it is NASA November, but we are more than halfway through November. So it is really a series of films about ...

Supplemental: The Mummy And The Monkey from 2019-11-09T17:52:20

We met a lot of awesome people at : What happens when you mix a mummy and a monkey. The answer, the Mummy and The Monkey’s Very Scary Hairy Hangout!

Supplemental: Don's Breakfast Serial from 2019-11-08T11:09:24

While we take a short break before getting into NASA November we are going to start uploading some of our interviews from Ghoulardifest. While there we met Don O’Malley from Don’s Break...

Symptom 130: Chopping Mall from 2019-10-28T21:45:25

Horror month concludes with a review of a lovely little film called Chopping Mall. If the robot from Rocky IV and Short Circuit had an evil love child, the protectors are it. It is a fu...

Symptom 129: They Came Without Exposition, But With A Pretty Good Host from 2019-10-20T22:09:48

Ignore the fact that i say this is symptom 130, it is 129. This week is a dual review, first we review the 1967 disaster They Came From Beyond Space, but we are also reviewing Horror Ho...

Symptom 128: Don't Muck With The Chuck from 2019-10-11T11:16:43

The remake era is going strong. This it was the 80’s classic slasher film Child’s Play that has been remade. It probably should have been left dead. This film feels lacks an identity. I...

Horror Month Is Back! from 2019-10-11T11:07:44

It is back. It is October so we are reviewing horror movies all month!

Symptom 127: Tremors 4, 5 and 6 - Gummer and Gummer from 2019-10-02T23:18

What’s new, we finish off September’s topic in October but its very early in October for once and October is Horror Month - so Tremors fits. right?

This week we review T...

Symptom 126: What Blasters? from 2019-09-24T00:30:20

We continue or exploration of the Tremors film franchise, sans Rage Master this week. This week gets a double review of Tremors 2 and 3. Tremors 2 is an attempt to reboot the franchise...

Symptom 125: Tremors, Graboids With A Side of Bacon from 2019-09-18T00:59:20

Tremors. Undeniably the first movie is the best of them all. It is an action/horror/.comedy. Oh sure it has contrivances and the Graboid makes zero evolutionary sense. It is a creature ...

Graboids, Shriekers and A$$Blasters, Oh My from 2019-09-18T00:43:51

Apocalypse August has ended, in September as usual. So rather than call this the theme of the month I’ll just our next theme is the Tremors series. In case you didn’t know there are six...

Symptom 124: Evacuate Earth, Apocalypse Soon from 2019-09-09T00:51:05

We wrap our discussion of Apocalypse stories with a review of a National Geographic documentary called Evacuate Earth. It is a generally well done and scientifically accurate. They do a...

Symptom 122: Geostorm, To The Extreme from 2019-09-01T20:41:20

Welcome to GeoStorm, The crappiest craptastic crapfest ever crapping crapped. Also known as GeoStorm.

You may think I am being harsh. If you are, watch the movie. Seriou...

Symptom 123: 2012 The Worst Ending Ever from 2019-08-28T00:24:08

2012 - An action movie that pits mankind in a desperate race to save the world from the certain destruction that awaited us when the Mayan calendar ended. It’s the opposite of Smuckers,...

Symptom 121: Look! In The Sky, A Super Volcano! from 2019-08-18T23:38:12

Fact: Yellowstone National Park contains a Super Volcano

Fact: Super Volcanoes are many times more deadly than a Volcano

Fact: Yellowstone has had super er...

Apocalypse August! from 2019-08-18T23:28:04

Our Theme for this August, or what is left of it (Sorry, I am just a little, or a lot behind) is disaster movies. Explosions, volcanoes, more explosions, Mayan calendar, even more explo...

Symptom 120: Solaris, Not Love In Space from 2019-08-04T23:01:40

We conclude James Cameron July with a discussion of the film Solaris. If you like slow, heady, philosophical looks at the human condition, the criteria of life, love and mental realitie...

Symptom 119: Cameron Under The Sea from 2019-07-24T01:26:33

James Cameron July continues as we discuss The Abyss. This movie isn’t dated at all. Fears of Russian military attacks, nuclear submarines, it doesn’t scream 1980’s at all. That aside, ...

Symptom 118: Avatar, Lakota In Space from 2019-07-17T03:06:54

We kick off James Cameron July by discussing the blockbuster hit Avatar. You can blast this movie for many things, ripping of Dances With Wolves, a weak plot, average acting, boring and...

James Cameron July from 2019-07-17T02:20:46

July, or the last half of July and part of August, is James Cameron month at Sci-Fi Malady. We have already looked at ALIENS and Terminator, but this month we will look at his other fil...

Symptom 117: Next Stop, District B13 from 2019-07-06T00:26:38

This one really isn’t a Sci-Fi movie, despite the Ragemaster’s best attempts to convince us. However, it is a well done action movie. District B13 is Taken meets Die Hard, meets Escape ...

Symptom 116: Next Stop, The Host from 2019-07-03T02:08:48

Sci-Fi Malady’s summer vacation continues with our review of The Host. It is a monster movie that makes a commentary on the evils of big government, society as a whole, and the goodness...

Symptom 115: Next Stop, The Wandering Earth from 2019-06-19T12:32:48

Explosions. Bad science. An idiotic premise. Generic, repetitive score. Bad acting. A weak, clunky plot. The Wandering Earth has it ALL. Or nothing. I guess it depends on what you are l...

Symptom 114: 1st Stop, Welcome Home from 2019-06-12T02:07:28

Well here is the thing, I don’t know anything about this film, because I didn’t get to watch it and because I had half my teeth removed the day before recording it, I wasn’t involved in...

Vacation June - Intro from 2019-06-12T02:02:51

It is summer and that means vacations for many people. Sci-FI Malady is no different. In the month of June we are travelling around the world reviewing different sci-fi films from diffe...

Symptom 113: Avengers Endgame from 2019-05-20T00:32:52

A little late, but we wanted to give everyone time to see the movie so that we could do what we do and give spoilers. Ok, if you haven’t seen the movie, stop reading, seriously, stop re...

Symptom 112: Captain Controversy from 2019-05-05T18:00

Captain Marvel. Its, not bad. Its not great. Scott thinks it is above average, Mark calls it average and Thomas says, meh. Considering the...

Supplemental: Avengers Endgame Reaction from 2019-05-03T01:56:43

Due to a hectic schedule it will be potentially a month before the whole crew is together to discuss Endgame. The good news is that we will have time to unpack all that we saw and have ...

Symptom 111: Alita Boring Angel from 2019-04-28T16:07:40

Well, anything April is running behind. See, we told you were out of ideas.

Actually, it has just been a busy time for the Sci-Fi Malady crew and will continue to be so....

Supplemental: Star Wars Episode 9 Trailer from 2019-04-18T23:21

Well, it is a sad day. A trailer for a new Star Wars Movie has dropped and even nerds don’t care. The consensus of the Sci-Fi Malady crew is, meh. Great, we brought Lando back for fan service a...