Starting off our good remakes is the 2012 Dredd, starring the only good character from Abrams Trek, Karl Urban. He’s so good in fact, I didn’t know it was him under that helmet, which he never removes. That’s just one of the good things about this film. Tune in for the rest.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, not every remake is a dud. Join us this month on Sci-fi Malady to see which ones are actually better than the original with Do-Over December. If that doesn’t strike your fancy, tune in to to hear Rage and Ruk butcher the classics in parody.
We are finishing off an actually satisfying month with the 2021 film Stowaway. It has everything a good sci-fi film should have; great effects, good acting, ethical human dilemma, and space setting. If only the linchpin premise weren’t so unbelievably stupid.
Netflix does it again! It seems that if you want science fiction which delves into an issue or describes the human condition, Netflix is the place to look. For today, the film Tau explores not only AI, but personhood, parentage, and even a bit of nature vs nurture. It may not be the best film in the world and only has a limited cast, but it qualifies as some great sci-fi.
Well Sickies, we caught the sickness and couldn’t meet up this week. Fear not, we are going waaaaaay back to a time when it was Just Scott and Rage on a review of the Netflix film Spectral. Enjoy this blast from the past and we’ll see you next week. If you are curious, this was originally symptom 10, which aired on… wait, we weren’t even calling them symptoms yet? Holy Crap we’ve been doing this for that long!
Well this is interesting, a sci-fi film on Netflix that impressed us, gave a great conversation, checked off all of the deep dive discussions for good sci-fi, and only stars three actors. Let’s just bury the lead and say it, watch this film.
I debated that this month could start off ok or horrible. Well, we decided to start off horrible with this film that managed to shoehorn in Bruce Willis trying to be John McClain and failing. There is a story here, but who cares? Jesus may save us from sin, but even he can’t save this one. Not sure He would even want to try.
Bereft of ideas, the Malady Men are stuck reviewing the sci-fi of Netflix. Depending on you view it, this is gonna be ok or horrible.
After a few false starts, today we are finishing up h-o-rr-o-r month by coving the 2017 film Life, finally. Scott and I said we wanted to watch this back in the dark days of early symptoms. We finally got to it and found out, we weren’t missing much.
I’m gonna give up the plot right out of the gate. Though this isn’t horrible, it is yet another example of why video game plots seldom translate well into movies and vice versa. The style of writing for each is too different and few have been able to cross the barrier. Deadspace Downfall is yet another example of this.
In today’s symptom we have…not another space vampire!? Oh well. At least the last one kept her clothes on. Although, this one can’t be killed by a paper cut; kind of evens out I suppose.
First encounter, a photosynthetic, blood-sucking alien who looks terrifying but is…surprisingly unthreatening.
Somehow, through an undisclosed wormhole, a transmission from 2090 was picked up by the Malady guys concerning a rescue vessel in distress. This month, during horror month, we’ll be listening to those transmissions. Some are blood curdling, others disconcerting, and still others are just plain awful. But, in the interest of transparency, we’re gonna share them. Stay tuned for Horror month on Sci-fi Malady, catch the sickness.
Today we review the Christopher Nolan spy thriller Tenet, in reverse. Or forward depending on which side of entropy you are on.
.no era uoy yportne fo edis hcihw no gnidneped drawrof rO .esrever ni ,teneT rellirht yps naloN rehpotsirhC eht weiver ew yadoT
Hello Agent Sicky, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to our review and comment on it. This episode will bomb in five seconds.
This week, the Malady team and Ruk got our memories wiped, which is why we are late. But don’t worry, thanks to ancient aliens, we got our memory back. just in time to bring you our review of Men in Black.
We finally are reviewing a James Bond film. Sadly, we are reviewing this one. Hey Shooter, where are you going? I believe that plot belongs to Dr. Evil.
What happens when you cross James Bond and Science Fiction? You get spy fi. Tune in all this month for spy fi action only on Sci-fi Malady. This recording will self-destruct in 3, 2, 1…
This movie is…wow. Just have a listen. Also, 207 Scott? Really? Do we have to bring out Red Foreman again?
Westworld - the one from the 70’s. It is a science fiction classic and makes many essential viewing lists. It is easy to see why. It is a well paced vision of a dystopian future that takes a deep dive into essential questions of human nature. It also gives us a precursor of the Terminator in the gunslinger robot that mercilessly hunts down its target. This one has everything science fiction needs including a laser focus on its core idea. The only drawback is that the characters are weak and not memorable. That weakness however is overcome by an otherwise strong story.