Sci-Fi in Color

Sci-Fi in Color

A writer and a film major discuss sci-fi TV and films that feature actors/directors/writers of color! Podcast updates on Sunday.

Episodes

ITB Ep 209 & 210 - In our final episode, we conclude season two of Into the Badlands by covering the last two episodes “Nightingale Sings No More” and “Wolf's Breath, Dragon Fire.” And as it is our last episode, we talk about why we’ve decided to ...

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February 18, 2018 34 secs

Sci-Fi in Color is ending!

Our last episode should be out on February 25, 2018.

Tell us what you thought of the podcast: did you have any favorite moments or episodes?

Let Maggie and Melissa know on social media or email your thoughts to sfincolor@gmail.com

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ITB Ep 208 - In “Sting of the Scorpion’s Tail” Sunny and co. make their glorious return into the badlands (casual name drop) and pick up the pace heading into the final few episodes of season 2.

 

Music by Evan Flury: https://soundcloud.com/musicman9492

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ITB Ep 207 - Sunny is having delusions, Bajie is being shifty, and MK is almost painfully moral. Just a usual episode in the Badlands.

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December 5, 2017 1 min

Maggie will be at PodCon this upcoming Saturday and Sunday (December 9 & 10)! Melissa can't make it, but our friend Angie from episode 51 will be there. 

PodCon is being held in Seattle at the Washington State Convention Center. You can purchase tickets to PodCon here at https://podcon.com/register/ .

Maggie and Melissa will return to Into the Badlands with “Black Heart, White Mountain.”

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YN - We tackle the widely acclaimed Japanese animated movie, Your Name, written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, and despite its misleading beginning, we highly recommend it to sci-fi fans.

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October 22, 2017 107 mins

ST: D Ep 101 & 102 - We discover Star Trek: Discovery and debate whether it’s worth the price of the CBS All Access pass, but mostly we just make horrible Star Trek puns.

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September 27, 2017 100 mins

S8 Ep 207 - In “I Have No Room in My Heart for Hate” Riley journeys to Chicago, Capheus’ father gets his first screen time, and there’s a battle between two celestial bodies (AKA Sun and Mun), just another day in the life of Sense8.

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September 18, 2017 88 mins

S8 Ep 206 - Come for the despair, stay for the passionate sex? “Isolated Above, Connected Below” was Sense8’s love episode, and oh boy, there was a lot of it. But… it worked?

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September 13, 2017 93 mins

S8 Ep 205 - Consistent themes, good feelings, and one adorable dog carry “Fear Never Fixed Anything” because when in doubt, bring out the dog. Because dog.

 

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September 4, 2017 77 mins

ITB Ep 206 - In “Leopard Stalks in Snow” Maggie finally gets her money’s worth for her English degree and Quinn is just now becoming affected by his brain tumor which is approximately the size of a fist.

 

Music by Evan Flury: https://soundcloud.com/musicman9492

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August 20, 2017 62 mins

ITB Ep 205 - Even though “Monkey Leaps Through Mist” didn’t have a lot of fight sequences, it made some really interesting plot pivots with Jade, Sunny, and MK. And the one fight we got? Excellent. The rest of the season is looking promising.

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August 15, 2017 65 mins

Firefly Ep 101 - Firefly is a sci-fi classic, but how does it hold up? We dive into the pilot episode “Serenity” along with our college friend, Angie, and cry about how Firefly was tragically cancelled.

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ITB Ep 204 - We’re back in the Badlands! “Palm of the Iron Fox” brought its A game, but is it merely a coincidence that Sunny was MIA?

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July 30, 2017 85 mins

S8 Ep 204 - We’re back! We’ve made our glorious return from our hiatus, and we’re discussing the Sense8 episode “Polyphony” (season 2, episode 4). And there’s going to be a Sense8 movie!

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June 5, 2017 71 mins

S8 Ep 203 - Even though Sense8 was cancelled, we’re continuing our discussion of the third episode of season two: “Obligate Mutualism.” It’s hard not to look at the show differently now that it’s been cancelled, but there has never been an endeavor quite like Read more

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S8 Ep 202 - “Who am I?” the episode title of Sense8 asks. But we never get much of an answer... at least the lighting and the ending were good?

Music by Evan Flury: https://soundcloud.com/musicman9492

ITB Ep 203 - The kindest thing we could say about this episode is that it… happened. Neither of us found it particularly memorable, but there’s always something to nitpick!

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April 18, 2017 76 mins

ITB Ep 202 - In “Force of Eagle’s Claw” Sunny might’ve gotten a haircut, we get more answers about MK’s past, and we struggle with the name of Quinn’s old regent. Waldo? Walter? Birdman?

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ITB Ep 201 - We’re back in the world of Into the Badlands with “Magical Rice Cooker”! In “Tiger Pushes Mountain” we’re surprised, awed, and confused by the twists, turns, and actually decent budget of season 2.  

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