Welcome back to The STARLOG Podcast!
In this episode, both of your hosts (and, judging from the box office, a lot of you) went to the theaters to check out director Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil and report back on this comedy/horror/sci-fi thriller film. Then, Jordan introduces Dave to the sad scientific realities of Pinky and The Brain. In even more Resident Evil retrospective, we dig up the first mention of the franchise in the STARLOG Archive way back in September 1997.
This week’s guest is Editor-In-Chief of Polygon and co-host of the new Point It Out show, Matt Patches. After knowing the hosts for over a decade, the writer and father asked us to reconsider the 1985 film D.A.R.Y.L., considered a flop or a cult classic depending on if your parents owned the VHS. Patches wants to talk about parenting, robot children, and baseball. D.A.R.Y.L. is a great reason to discuss all three.
Next week, author or Whalefall and 2026 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction for Angel Down, Daniel Krause comes on the podcast to talk about the wild world of his new sci-fi book, The Sixth Nik and his collaborations with George Romero that lead to his non-fiction book Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World.
Discover Polygon’s Point It Out Podcast on YouTube!
Watch Point It Out on your desktop at Polygon.com
Follow Matt Patches on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/matt.patches/
And BlueSky:https://bsky.app/profile/misterpatches.bsky.social
FORMAT:
00:00 - Welcome to Episode 14!
04:52 - What’s New in Science Fiction?
13:28 - What’s Happening in Science Fact?
21:15 - The STARLOG Archive - Resident Evil
29:08 - D.A.R.Y.L. with Matt Patches
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