"I have cut the Russian SOLARIS down to a slick 22 minutes. It's brilliant and it has a laugh track." --George "Panty dropper!" --Kevin PASSENGERS is essentially a string of missed opportunities masquerading as a sci-fi romance. Listen as Kevin and George practice their gift of being able to telegraph a better movie than the one they are currently watching. BIBLIOGRAPHY: PASSENGERS, 2016, Dir. by Mortem Tyldum SPOILER POLICY: We take a “fly on the wall” approach to our listeners. As such, some o...
Jan 18, 2017•38 min
A non-STAR WARSy Star Wars movie that somehow ends up being more STAR and WARS than any of the previous movies, you say? Is this a good thing? Do we need a world in which these stories are explored, or is ROGUE ONE just an example of Gareth Edward's and Disney using the Star Wars brand to show us just another director's take on a tired war movie trope. There are blasters. There are lightsabers. There is sand flying everywhere. Join Kevin and George, the BUSY DADDIES, as we sit down and talk abou...
Jan 04, 2017•42 min
Off the BBC and straight to Netflix. There was a time when that was NOT a good thing, but for Season 3 of the fantastic Sci-Fi series BLACK MIRROR it's a great thing. We talk about each of the six episodes of the most recent season. Which was our favorites? Which ones fell short of the standard set for storytelling by the first 2 seasons? Most importantly: is George ever going to pick a book to read? Let's find out! BIBLIOGRAPHY: BLACK MIRROR, season 3, 2016, Netflix SPOILER POLICY: We take a “f...
Dec 14, 2016•54 min
"I don't care." -- Kevin Kevin and George talk about ARRIVAL starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forrest Whitaker. They compare it to the sci-fi short STORY OF YOUR LIFE by Ted Chiang on which it is based while posing some of the bigger questions the movie sets forth to themselves. Come and listen to our best Heptapod impersonations. BIBLIOGRAPHY: ARRIVAL 2016, dir. by Denis Villenueve STORY OF YOUR LIFE AND OTHERS, by Ted Chiang SPOILER POLICY: We take a “fly on the wall” approach to our list...
Nov 30, 2016•43 min
It's okay. The world is NOT coming to and end. At least not the way you think that it's going to. Kevin and George take to the microphone to discuss Duncan Jones' 2009 epic MOON starring multiple Sam Rockwells. Somehow we make it through the entire podcast with out discussing whether or not Sam Rockwell is handsome or not. He's not. BIBLIOGRAPHY: MOON, 2009, dir. by Duncan Jones SPOILER POLICY: We take a “fly on the wall” approach to our listeners. As such, some of what we discuss falls into the...
Nov 09, 2016•37 min
Jason Voorhees' most dangerous adversary was, and always will be, a little boy in glasses that likes to make scary masks. In honor of Halloween, BUSY DADDY George takes you on a nostalgia trip through his experience growing up with the Friday the 13th movies. Specifically, the joy of searching between the cracks in those movies for the genius that lies within. Find out who Tommy Jarvis is, besides the boy that conquered a monster that no one else could. Enjoy and HAPPY HALLOWEEN! SPOILER POLICY:...
Oct 31, 2016•16 min
"Shouldn't this thing have me by now?!" -- George Kevin and George talk about whether or not it's alright to bail on a book and who the onus to continue is on: the reader or the author. Should a book be expected to hook you or not? We also talk a little bit about STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND, a Heinlen classic, and discuss what is and what is not Steampunk. Join us! SPOILER POLICY: We take a “fly on the wall” approach to our listeners. As such, some of what we discuss falls into the realm of SPOIL...
Oct 26, 2016•36 min
"It was hard to get a word in edgewise." -- George We've got a theme song thanks to the musical genius of professional musician and friend of the show Tony Fernandez. Producer Vic has apparently released his family now. So, we're all good to go about our SOLARIS episode. We agree on more points than we disagree, but still manage to fight about just about everything. Come and watch our dear friendship slowly whither over a set of movies about a ghost ocean planet and some dead wives. Go, SCI-FI! ...
Oct 12, 2016•46 min
George and Kevin back from the Ether, wherever the hell that may be. This episode is like an after school special. There are many lessons to be learned. The first of which, regardless of his height, don't take your 3 year old on Space Mountain. However, most importantly: do not commit to making even a "nano-budget" sci-fi film unless you know how to tell a competent and complete story. Also, I've actually read about 20 pages of a book and I might read more. Come watch us run. SPOILER POLICY: We ...
Sep 28, 2016•40 min
"Jackie Chan was NOT in Wild, Wild West." -- George Adam may be dead for all we know. However, Kevin and George soldier on in his stead. After a brief interlude into Supermanism, we talk about William Gibson's BRIDGE TRILOGY of books and compare them to Young Adult Literature. Specifically, UNWIND by Neal Shusterman. After discovering that Keanu Reeves has played a lot of Jesus allegories, we watch the trailer for the upcoming HBO series WESTWORLD and talk about how different it will be from the...
Sep 14, 2016•37 min
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer is like punk fans saying they love The Smiths." -- Kevin We essentially eat ice cream and talk about how bad a job we are doing. So, essentially an episode of Sex & The City. Somewhere in there we manage to talk about the Sci-Fi television series DARK MATTER and how it is a "slow burn". SPOILER POLICY: We take a “fly on the wall” approach to our listeners. As such, some of what we discuss falls into the realm of SPOILERS. Consider yourself warned. WHAT THE HELL WERE...
Aug 31, 2016•40 min
"Is that how movies work?" -- Kevin We talk about Stranger Things. That is literally all that I can write because my wife is having a baby RIGHT NOW! Enjoy the show! SPOILER POLICY: We take a “fly on the wall” approach to our listeners. As such, some of what we discuss falls into the realm of SPOILERS. Consider yourself warned. If you enjoyed BUSY DADDIES DO SCI-FI, please take the time to rate and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, Tune In, Google Play or wherever you may find your podcasts. You ca...
Aug 18, 2016•33 min
This time BUSY DADDIES Kevin & George walk through the quiet cult film MAN FROM EARTH. Kevin discusses the vast differences between sci-fi authors Yoss and Richard K. Morgan. George lavishes praise upon the podcast WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE and how it reminds him of some of his favorite, humor filled, Sci-Fi works. We come full circle back to MAN FROM EARTH in a breakdown of laughter and celebration of the shittyness of that movies ending. Hope you enjoy. SPOILER POLICY: We take a “fly on the wa...
Aug 03, 2016•34 min
Busy Daddy George recently attended Comic Con, as he does every year. This is a short tribute to walking through those front doors, into a haven of geekdom. How did it used to feel? How does it feel now? How might it in the future? We consistently ask here at BUSY DADDIES DO SCI-FI, "what is Sci-Fi?". This is one fans attempt at answering a slightly deeper, more personal question. Not the what, but the why of it all. Why do I keep on going back to these fictional realms? Where is it all going an...
Aug 01, 2016•8 min
"No seltzer this week. You get water." --Producer Vic After a chiding from our producer, we're back to George and Kevin in the booth as Kevin is still off fighting for the future of the Horse Crab Nebula and their ability to marry outside their caste system. It's a noble effort. On the show we talk about Jennifer Phang's ADVANTAGEOUS and whether or not we'd be into the deal presented. POKEMON GO and the phenom it's becoming in our neighborhood is briefly discussed. Also a discussion about the 90...
Jul 20, 2016•34 min
"I think I've said enough." -- Kevin George is on a family vacation with no cell service. Adam is off in the Antares System fighting a multi-generational, multi-dimensional war strangely with FULL BARS. Kevin takes the reigns on this episode of BUSY DADDIES DO SCI-FI PODCAST to talk about Richard K. Morgan's Takeshi Kovac's novels. Also, how he managed to survive 1600 pages or Patrick Rothfuss, who may or may not be in rehab. SPOILER POLICY: We take a “fly on the wall” approach to our listeners....
Jul 06, 2016•22 min
It's JUST George on this one, friends. So, enter at your own risk and may God have mercy on us ALL! First we lost Adam to the busy nature of the human world and now Kevin has taken a turn for the worse in his battle with the inevitable illnesses that come with being a father. So, George puts down his shotgun and shovel and picks up a microphone to record a quick episode by his lonesome. This is a different take on what BUSY DADDIES DO SCI-FI can be. You could say that we're entering our "experim...
Jun 22, 2016•22 min
Adam is still fighting the evil clone of Chuck Norris in Syria, so it's just George and Kevin once again. This time we start off with a philosophical discussion about what does and does not matter before continuing with our Sci-Fi Short Story Experiment. This time we read AMICAE AETERNUM by Ellen Klages, which turns out to be totally YA and totally good. Randomness ranging from more Cyberpunk to Buffy the Vampire Slayer to other podcasts and all the way back to the days of VHS and why the hell t...
Jun 08, 2016•49 min
