We explore a goofy premise well executed in Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall"...usually I try and pick three things that happen, but mostly we just try and figure out how this story happens. And yet, we kind of liked it.
Richard parsed out a 7.75 and Ryan a flat 7.
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This week we (eventually) tackle X Minus One's erstwhile Elon Musk taking on space travel. Richard gets what he wished for Monkey Paw style; we discuss the relative lack of merit in poorly formed internet debates about economics, and we wonder out loud if engineers move in herds. It's 4s all around as we decide that's the worst thing we can say about an episode.
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We take on a Bradbury two-fer that may not have actually happened and definitely contains both the X Minus One intro and part of the Dimension X intro. In the combining spirit we get the house death of "There Will Come Soft Rains" and the killer kid invasion story "Zero Hour" where we don't mention The Whispers once because we didn't know it was a show based on "Zero Hour" when we recorded the episode.
Topics include narrative GIFs, more neglectful parents, and Godzilla.
Combined ratings go to Richard with an 8 and Ryan with a 7.
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Today we learn that aliens have a bad grasp of the idea of 'quarantine' and 'warning' as we travel into the Outer Limit. On deck is people bad at science, weird alien morality, the Fantastic Four, and Richard all but invites you to sucker punch him.
Ryan suffered from fatigue giving it a 5, Richard liked the characters enough to give it a 6.
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Since Ryan doesn't know why his files are too big, we need to make a mini episode to fill a five-Wednesday December. This month we play "Who Wore it Best," comparing stories adapted by other radio anthologies. Up first is Escape's version of "Mars is Heaven" from 1950. We discuss story efficiency, pointless town hall meetings, and who not to reveal your misgivings to.
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