Welcome back to The STARLOG Podcast!
In this episode, Jordan and Dave catch up on Lanterns on HBO (which has aired three episodes of its first season) before a discussion of the newest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ("Off-Hour") leads to a conspiracy theory about a season of genre riffs being a safe franchise choice. Then, Jordan explains how a planet can be “puffy,” and dives into the STARLOG Archive for evidence of a lost film: SFX 1140.
This week’s guest is Dean Devlin, who began his career as an actor (Real Genius) before moving into writing and directing with his creative partner Roland Emmerich in a historic 1990s run of Stargate, Independence Day, Godzilla, and The Patriot. Devlin’s currently running television franchises The Ark and The Librarians: The Next Chapter can be found on traditional television with the back-catalog available on the ad-supported streaming service Electric Now. Of course, we ask about Bill Pullman’s speech in Independence Day.
NEXT WEEK:
Next week the podcast welcomes directors Kevin Walker and Jack Auen who have made Chronovisor, a very special sci-fi film about a rumored artifact that allows the Vatican to peer through time. Get pumped for the movie and learn how the duo pulled off a sleek 16mm film on a micro-budget.
NOTICES:
New Episodes of Lanterns air Sundays on HBO and HBO Max through October 4th.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 is posting weekly to the Paramount Plus app through September 24th
Meet the Milky Way’s puffiest planets [Science News]
The Ark, season three, is currently airing on the Sci-Fi Channel
The Librarians: The Next Chapter is currently airing its second season on TNT
Check out Electric Now at www.electricnow.tv or search for the app on your smart TV.
FORMAT:
00:00 - Welcome to Episode 11!
05:10 - What’s New in Science Fiction?
19:54 - What’s Happening in Science Fact?
24:49 - The STARLOG Archive - Bob Balaban’s missing short
33:02 - Dean Devlin!
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