Cian welcomes Dr Edward Guimont back to the cabin for a chat about two seminal 1951 flying saucer movies. There'll be saucers skipping across water (whyever would you do that?), McCarthyism, and pulp-era sci-fi authors acting like jerks. Topics include:
-our history with both movies
-the short story 'Farewell To The Master' and 1930s pulp Sci-fi origins
-Robert Wise and Star Trek: The Motionless Picture
-The Star Wars Expanded Universe
-The classic flying saucer shape on film
-Klaatu and the Contactees
-Comparisons to Star Trek: First Contact
-John W Campbell and pulp sci-fi magazines
-Ancient astronauts and The Thing
-Mad scientist archetypes
-McCarthyism in 50s sci-fi
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