Cracking Sci-Fi! (episode 51 of the podcast)

We once claimed Tintin: Destination Moon was science fiction, because an animated white dog accompanied an animated human to the moon on a rocketship. Now we outrageously extend the concept as we explore the sci-fi worlds of another animated dog/human partnership: Wallace & Gromit!

If you've been living in another solar system these past thirty-six years, you may not be aware of these plasticine pals, but it's our job to bring you up to date as we examine the SF chops of every one of the Wallace and Gromit movies, coming bang up to date with the Oscar-nominated recent release Vengeance Most Fowl.

Our thesis essentially is that (a) Wallace (the human one) is an inventor and (b) his haphazard approach to inventing has inevitable, logical consequences which are explored within each W&G film. And in any case, they're enormous fun!

Also mentioned in this episode:

• John Green considers whether listening to an audiobook counts as reading
• Coming soon: Mary Robinette Kowal's latest, The Martian Contingency
• H.G.Wells' The Time Machine
• Star Trek: Section 31's dire score on Rotten Tomatoes
• Phil's latest audio-visual drama production premieres on 16th Feb: Terror Out Of Space by Leigh Brackett 

 

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