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EPISODE · Mar 26, 2022 · 1H 34M

Flying Saucer Cinema: Day The Earth Stood Still vs Thing From Another World (with Dr Edward Guimont)

from Wide Atlantic Weird · host Cian

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 LINKS: Support the show at Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic Dr Edward Guimont on Twitter https://twitter.com/edward_guimont The Impossible Archive Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-impossible-archive/id1571034015 Worker's Cauldron episode on Soviet Sasquatch https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-workers-cauldron/id1527590843?i=1000553530547

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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 LINKS: Support the show at Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic Dr Edward Guimont on Twitter https://twitter.com/edward_guimont The Impossible Archive Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-impossible-archive/id1571034015 Worker's Cauldron episode on Soviet Sasquatch https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-workers-cauldron/id1527590843?i=1000553530547

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