en http://www.xenopod5000.com A Sci-Fi Flick Podcast. Mon, 23 May 2022 17:12:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 Once a month, The Screamcast's Sean Duregger discusses a Science Fiction film with a special guest host. Sean Duregger false episodic Sean Duregger 2018 Screaming Pods Entertainment 2018 Screaming Pods Entertainment podcast A Science Fiction Podcast http://www.thescreamcast.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/IMG_0581.JPG http://www.xenopod5000.com TV-MA Weekly eaf22f3f-ac55-503c-ae12-1856b41730b1 141038449 https://feedpress.me/link/18637/11188620/mortal-engines-of-the-congress Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:52:11 +0000 http://www.thescreamcast.com/?p=10146 https://www.thescreamcast.com/2019/03/26/mortal-engines-of-the-congress/#respond https://www.thescreamcast.com/2019/03/26/mortal-engines-of-the-congress/feed/ 0 ]]> On the first Xenopod of 2019, Sean is joined by Aaron Neuwirth (@AaronPS4) to discuss MORTAL ENGINES (2018) and the criminally under-seen live action/animation hybrid THE CONGRESS (2013). @AaronPS4) to discuss MORTAL ENGINES (2018) and the criminally under-seen live action/animation hybrid THE CONGRESS (2013).
]]> Sean Duregger full no 1:10:43 10146 https://feedpress.me/link/18637/10858966/xenopod-00007-watching-skies-star-wars-spielberg-and-us Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:59:10 +0000 http://www.thescreamcast.com/?p=9841 https://www.thescreamcast.com/2018/11/30/xenopod-00007-watching-skies-star-wars-spielberg-and-us/#respond https://www.thescreamcast.com/2018/11/30/xenopod-00007-watching-skies-star-wars-spielberg-and-us/feed/ 0 ]]> Author Mark O'Connell joins me to discuss his new book Watching Skies: Star Wars, Spielberg and Us. We cover our journey through Science Fiction via the lens of kids growing up in the '80s obsessed with Star Wars, Indiana Jones and action figures. About Watching Skies

Mark O’Connell didn’t want to be Luke Skywalker. He wanted to be one of the mop-haired kids on the Star Wars toy commercials. And he would have done it had his parents had better pine furniture and a condo in California.
Star Wars, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Superman didn’t just change cinema – they made lasting highways into our childhoods, toy boxes and video stores like never before.
In Watching Skies, O’Connell pilots a gilded X-Wing flight through that shared universe of bedroom remakes of Return of the Jedi, close encounters with Christopher Reeve, sticker album swaps, the trauma of losing an entire Star Wars figure collection and honeymooning on Amity Island.
From the author of Catching Bullets – Memoirs of a Bond Fan, Watching Skies is a timely hologram from all our memory systems. It is about how George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, a shark, two motherships, some gremlins, ghostbusters and a man of steel jumped a whole generation to hyperspace*.
*Action figures sold separately.
Buy on Amazon!
About Mark O’Connell
Mark O’Connell is a writer, author and cultural pundit peddler. As a comedy writer he has written for a range of actors, directors and performers, sketch shows, sitcom projects, stand-up acts, promos, online shorts and the legendary Ronnie Corbett. His writing has featured on the BBC, Channel Four, Five, various Edinburgh Fringe productions and film festivals. He has worked with comedy legends Jon Plowman, John Sullivan, Paul Mendelson, and Jonathan Harvey (who Mark featured alongside in a BBC3 documentary, THE LAST LAUGH).
]]> Sean Duregger full no 56:02 9841 https://feedpress.me/link/18637/10418832/xenopod-00006-fire-in-the-sky Thu, 27 Sep 2018 05:36:12 +0000 http://www.thescreamcast.com/?p=9760 https://www.thescreamcast.com/2018/09/26/xenopod-00006-fire-in-the-sky/#respond https://www.thescreamcast.com/2018/09/26/xenopod-00006-fire-in-the-sky/feed/ 0 ]]> After far too long of a hiatus, scheduling mishaps and sick kids, Xenopod is back! The brilliant, the lovely and the badass Anya Stanley (@BookishPlinko ) joins me to discuss FIRE IN THE SKY (1993). @BookishPlinko ) joins me to discuss FIRE IN THE SKY (1993).
Fire In The Sky is available on DVD on Amazon and Streaming in HD via Vudu.
 
]]> Sean Duregger full no 1:09:28 9760 https://feedpress.me/link/18637/10418837/xenopod-00005-truckers-in-spaaaaace Thu, 21 Jun 2018 04:24:15 +0000 http://www.thescreamcast.com/?p=9571 https://www.thescreamcast.com/2018/06/20/xenopod-00005-truckers-in-spaaaaace/#respond https://www.thescreamcast.com/2018/06/20/xenopod-00005-truckers-in-spaaaaace/feed/ 0 ]]> Zach Long (@LightIsFading), founder of Scriptophobic (@Scriptophobics ) drops by to discuss Stuart Gordon’s PG-13 Sci-fi opus SPACE TRUCKERS! SPACE TRUCKERS is out now on a Region B locked Blu-ray available from Second Sight Films. @LightIsFading), founder of Scriptophobic (@Scriptophobics ) drops by to discuss Stuart Gordon’s PG-13 Sci-fi opus SPACE TRUCKERS!
SPACE TRUCKERS is out now on a Region B locked Blu-ray available from Second Sight Films.
]]> Sean Duregger full no 1:05:21 9571 https://feedpress.me/link/18637/9030028/xenopod-00004-through-the-maze-with-wes-ball Wed, 02 May 2018 07:27:43 +0000 http://www.thescreamcast.com/?p=9494 https://www.thescreamcast.com/2018/05/02/xenopod-00004-through-the-maze-with-wes-ball/#respond https://www.thescreamcast.com/2018/05/02/xenopod-00004-through-the-maze-with-wes-ball/feed/ 0 ]]> The Maze Runner Trilogy is well worth your time. This week I sit down with director Wes Ball as we discuss all three films and how ingenuity, determination and one short film launched his career as a respected Science Fiction director. Check out Wes Ball’s short films:
A Work In Progress
Ruin




]]> Sean Duregger full no 1:07:18 9494 https://feedpress.me/link/18637/8822058/xenopod-00003-spaced-explorers Wed, 11 Apr 2018 06:26:17 +0000 http://www.thescreamcast.com/?p=9455 https://www.thescreamcast.com/2018/04/10/xenopod-00003-spaced-explorers/#respond https://www.thescreamcast.com/2018/04/10/xenopod-00003-spaced-explorers/feed/ 0 ]]> On the third episode of XENOPOD, Tom Nix of the upcoming podcast Wrestling Is Everything joins Sean to discuss Sci-fi Kid flicks! 1990's SPACED INVADERS and Joe Dante's underrated EXPLORERS (1985). The song “Quark” by Khovatic was used in the show intro. Please check out Khovatic at khovatic.bandcamp.com.
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]]> Sean Duregger full no 1:33:18 9455 https://feedpress.me/link/18637/8462466/xenopod-00002-repo-madness Mon, 05 Mar 2018 14:00:04 +0000 http://www.thescreamcast.com/?p=9282 https://www.thescreamcast.com/2018/03/05/xenopod-00002-repo-madness/#respond https://www.thescreamcast.com/2018/03/05/xenopod-00002-repo-madness/feed/ 0 ]]> On the second episode of XENOPOD, Mike Delaney of Splathouse & THE SOVPOD joins Sean to discuss 1984’s REPO MAN as well as other “Repo” titles: REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA, REPO MEN & Alex Cox’s REPO CHICK. The song “Quark” by Khovatic was used in the show... The song “Quark” by Khovatic was used in the show intro. Please check out Khovatic at khovatic.bandcamp.com.
Please make sure you follow the show on Twitter @XENOPOD5000 & subscribe & rate over at iTunes!
]]> Sean Duregger full no 1:41:00 9282 https://feedpress.me/link/18637/8094035/xenopod-00001-the-metaluna-mutant-watusi Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.thescreamcast.com/?p=8538 https://www.thescreamcast.com/2018/01/17/xenopod-00001-the-metaluna-mutant-watusi/#respond https://www.thescreamcast.com/2018/01/17/xenopod-00001-the-metaluna-mutant-watusi/feed/ 0 ]]> Welcome to the pilot episode of XENOPOD FROM THE YEAR 5000! This is a monthly Science Fiction podcast hosted by Sean Duregger and will feature a rotating door of guest hosts. - THIS EPISODE! Brandon Medley joins me to discuss 1955's THIS ISLAND EARTH.... THIS EPISODE! Brandon Medley joins me to discuss 1955’s THIS ISLAND EARTH. We all are familiar with the Metaluna Mutant, and maybe we all saw it via MSTK3000: THE MOVIE. But Sean and Brandon discuss the film on it’s own merits.
The song “Quark” by Khovatic was used in the show intro. Please check out Khovatic at khovatic.bandcamp.com.
Please make sure you follow the show on Twitter @XENOPOD5000 & subscribe & rate over at iTunes!




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