Busy Dads Do Sci-Fi

"Mark Twain."

--Kevin

1996 might not be known as the best year in Science Fiction, or maybe it is.  I don't know.  I didn't exactly do any research on it.  However it was the year that the Philip K…

"NOPE!"

--George

What does one talk about when everything that can possibly be talked about has been talked about?  This is the dilemma that confronts the BUSY DADS as they take a long, hard (hah) lo…

"INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER"

Isn't that what we're all after?  A meaningful answer.  So, in lieu of our Wrath of Khan episode, we are instead going to be doing another dramatic reading…

"We don't know what's good for us."

--George

As though we are going to find a diamond in the rough if we just keep sifting, Kevin and George return once again to the "treasure trove" of the Netflix…

"Heinrich was my favorite character."

--George

The BUSY DADS take the plunge on the 1981 horror/thriller/sci-fi cult classic POSSESSION.  What seems to be the simple story of a spy being broken up wi…

"Sorry to bother you."

--Kevin

We are back and "better than ever!  So better in fact that we've decided to jump back into the dumpster fire that is Netflix's Science Fiction section to review ORBITER…

As if George's life wasn't busy enough, his favorite Russian film making antagonist is back from beyond the grave.  Kevin and George sit down, crack a bottle of non-flavored seltzer (thanks, Vic) and…

"I love chaos!"

--Kevin

Kevin and George talk about the movie that the entire planet has seen twice.  The culmination of 18 movies and 10 years of movie making and it, SOME HOW, did not manage to let…

"...shorter."

--Kevin

In this episode we take another look at Neil Blomkamp's Oats Studios and their new three part short series, Adam.

What did it do for us?  What could it do for you?  How does o…

"That doesn't sound right.  That sounds negative."

"It sounds fecal."

How can one movie make George go from crying during the viewing to throwing a keyboard at Kevin while discussing it the next da…

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…

"If you just wanna hear the Altered Carbon part of the podcast, skip to 33 minutes 14 seconds."

--George

Don't worry.  We certainly don't go out on a high note.  As George and Kevin attempt to remove…

"Oh, so we're still talking about the birds and the bees here."

--George

We have just recently watched WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (I know, we're late).  So, the Busy Dads decide to go back and ta…

"Is this a documentary?"

--Kevin

Guillermo Del Toro has served us up the perfect mix of Swamp Thing and Amelie that we've all been waiting for.  With a combo like that how could you possibly go wro…

"Listener drive."

--George

The Busy Dads jump into the vast world created by novelist Tim Powers in his 1997 fantasy/sci-fi/period/action/time-travel epic THE ANUBIS GATES.

Ever wonder if you can out…

"Is BLACK MIRROR the visual answer to everything that I critiqued about BRIGHT?"

--Kevin

Everyone's darling dystopian Sci-Fi series is back, but this time there's a bit of a twist.  We start off the …

"Bright is not a movie"

--Kevin

David Ayer and his best friend Will Smith can never make a movie together again after Suicide Squad.  So they have come to Netflix.  They've teamed up with Joel Edgert…

"Whatever you do don't pull your punches!"

--Kevin

Star Wars is known the world around.  It's pervasive and it's iconic.  The Busy Dads have watched the most recent entry into the Star Wars saga, THE…

"The name of this episode should be DO WE HAVE TO?"

--Kevin

After a well-written and critically acclaimed first season The Duffer Brothers return to Netflix with STRANGER THINGS 2.  Kevin and George …

"What would you do if you knew this was the last night of the world?"

For our Thanksgiving special Busy Dad George does ANOTHER reading of a great Ray Bradbury short.  This time around it's THE LAS…