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SFS 227 Gifts for Geeks on the Council of Great Relevance

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Thank you for listening, this is show 227. We’re convening the Council of Great Relevance for the topic “Gifts for Geeks” on December 7th, 2012.

My name is Casey, Vince is here as well and joining the council are,
SciFi Movie Blogger and resident gamer girl, Christine Myers
he’s the supervisor of dining at the Liverpool Golf Club, John Higham
and from Yonkers, New York, helping to keep the world’s codebase muddy, Michael Foley.
The following is taken from a Google hangout that was broadcast live. Because of some technical problems and personal issues, I’ve edited the original broadcast down. Let’s get started with Christine.
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SFS 226 We are winging it for Star Wars Episode VII and Doctor Who!

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We talk about a lot of great stuff. We seriously put a minimum of effort into this one.

SFS 225 Superman Rejoins Justice League and Agent Coulson Goes to TV

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Here’s what’s going on in this installment of SciFi Surplus:

  • Casey has a serious question to ask of Vince.
  • Something is going on at Marvel Studios and your life will not be complete without OUR details!!!
  • Will Stephen Colbert leave Comedy Central for an opportunity to play Gandalf’s long-lost roomate’s nephew? Only SFS has word on this election-impacting news.
  • Someone found Superman’s Green Card and now it’s okay for him to rejoin the Justice League.
  • Will Neil Gaiman be a regular writer for Doctor Who? SFS has the story that will likely cause you to continue being a Whovian.


Our host beverage for show 225 is Wasatch Beers’ 1st Amendment Lager. We drink to our right to lie to YOU! Read More »

SciFiChick Flick ‘Monsters’ Review


This is a traveling story. The main characters Andrew and Samantha need to travel from Mexico to the US. The problem is the journey will take them through the ‘Infected Zone’. Six years ago a probe returned to Earth with alien life forms that have taken over part of Mexico and the southern US. Read More »

SFS 224 Americans Believe Obama Ready for Alien Invasion

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  • New superhero movies.
  • Two different stories that I was able to sneak images from ID-4 into the show notes for.
  • Two stories with the word Snow in their title.
  • Casey’s favorite words, IMAX 3-D!
  • Outrage, outrage, outrage!
  • All the Pitbull news that’s fit to yammer about on this Podcast.

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SFS 223 Prometheus rocks and Bill Nighy was almost the Doctor

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  • RIP Ray Bradbury
  • Warner is trying to out Marvel Marvel.
  • MTV is hoping to make you Scream.
  • Community’s producers are moving to feature films.
  • Samuel L. Jackson has a job. And not just advertising Apple’s Siri feature for their iPhone.
  • ST:TNG returns to theatres.
  • Syfy wants more Fae’s.
  • Let’s all move to Mars.
  • Prometheus in IMAX 3-D is Freaking Amazing!!

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SFS 222 Star Trek misinformation, Game of Thrones characters, and Avengers ascend

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Vince takes a picture of Casey with our beer of the day for show 222.

Vince takes a picture of Casey with our beer of the day for show 222.

  • The awesome Simon Pegg has a new uniform and bitch-slaps the press
  • SFS needs a new underground base
  • Hopefully balls will go to the wall
  • We know more about Jupiter Ascending than we knew yesterday
  • Game of Thrones new details
  • The Avengers will boldly go
  • And more …

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SciFiChick Flick: ‘Cherry 2000′ Review

Basically this is the story of a man who loves a robot. Then he breaks his robot and needs to get a replacement body. He hires a tracker played by Melanie Griffith. She is going to lead him into the wasteland to find the body for his rare robot.

I don’t have much to say about this movie. It is just ridiculous! Maybe if I was a man I would found some of this movie sexy and thus entertaining. I guess there were “sexy” parts. Read More »

SFS 221 LIVE from PHXCC and Shatner’s kidney stone

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  • SpaceX begins era of private space travel
  • Defiance is not a Space Western
  • Syfy’s Sanctuary is finished
  • G.I. Joe sequel pushed back 9 months
  • Matt Smith carries Olympic Torch
  • Will Dwayne Johnson play Lobo in Thor sequel?
  • Stan Lee talks Gwen Stacey and Mary Jane

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SFS 220 New Fall Speculative Fiction TV and Nebula Award Winners

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  • 2011 Nebula Awards
  • Greendale College Shaken Up
  • New SF TV This Fall
  • Highlander
  • Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
  • Planet of the Apes Sequel

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