SciFi #81: Directors Series – John Carpenter’s SciFi

The Directors Series with Ryan and Jesse continues with a discussion of John Carpenter’s SciFi movies, focusing on Escape from New York, The Thing, Starman, They Live and Ghosts of Mars. Ryan and Jesse also discuss the merits of CGI vs practical effects. Listen to Jesse’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 mentioned in this episode: https://jessemercury.bandcamp.com/track/episode-21-guardians-2-reaction Follow this week’s guest Ryan Casey on Twitter and check out his bio. Follow Jesse’s post-apocalyptic pal Evan heard in this episode on Twitter, and check out his blog. Please leave a positive rating and review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/scifi-with-jesse-mercury/id1014844182?mt=2 Learn how to support this podcast and the rest of Jesse’s SciFi Project at http://jessemercury.com/support Listen to Jesse’s SciFi synthpop album and podcast catalog at http://jessemercury.com