Monday, September 9, 2024The 70s and sci fi paranoia cinema
We always hear about those paranoid 70s political thrillers, but a similar phenomenon was happening in the sci fi of the era - and it set the pace for...
Monday, August 26, 2024Cavemen vs Astronauts
I don't know that it's an eternal one, but courtesy of Joss Whedon and Angel it is a debate - one that Mark and John bisect, trisect, and just all aro...
Monday, August 12, 20249 sci fi movies that don't know they're sci fi
Mark and John give you an underachieving top 10 list - 9 movies that don't realize they're actually science fiction. Or are maybe in denial. We define...
Monday, July 29, 2024Science, Church, and State: Revisiting 'A Canticle for Liebowitz'
Mark leads John and the audience on a discussion of the seminal sci-fi novel "A Canticle for Liebowitz" and the questions it raises about cycles of hi...
Monday, July 15, 2024SO many vampires! Our fixation on vampires
From Nosferatu to Angel to Lestat and Blade and - oh yeah, that Dracula guy. What is our obsession with vampires?
Monday, July 1, 2024Invaders - How immigration fears have fueled horror
Mark and John look at the ways fears of "the other" have informed the horror genre in the context of immigration - and it's a lot more than you think!
Monday, June 17, 2024The Complex History of Women in Star Trek
Dr. Leigh McKagen joins John and Mark (and puts up with some major audio issues) to talk about the sometimes inspiring and sometimes cringe-worthy his...
Monday, June 3, 2024Scorsese, Coppola, Tarantino and hatin' on Marvel
OPEN WORLD CHAT RETURNS! A little late to the convo, sure, but John and Mark still have a lot to say about the obnoxious disrespecting of Marvel films...
Tuesday, September 19, 2023The War Episode! Sci-fi War, Honor and Fascism with Dr. David Kyle Johnson
It's geek bingo folks. We touch on an absurd number of sci fi movies, TV series, and comics discussing the nature of war in the "progressive...
Monday, September 4, 2023Paul Cornell talks PROJECT: CRYPTID and his other projects
AHOY Comics’ latest anthology is PROJECT: CRYPTID, featuring writer Paul Cornell (and others). Jim (sans John) talks this and other projects (such as...
Monday, July 10, 2023Is the Hollywood Blockbuster on the Way Out?
Seven Days film critic and editor Margot Harrison returns to OWC where we dare to ask whether the age of the giant tentpole blockbuster is winding dow...
Monday, June 12, 2023What's with all these bad Supermen?
Jim and John are joined by Hannibal Tabu and Quinn McGowan to unpack the modern fascination with evil Supermen and how it reflects our cultural mindse...
