Journey Through Sci-Fi: A Science Fiction Film Podcast · James Payne

Predator's Back, M3GAN Upgrades & 28 Years Later - Your Summer Sci-Fi Preview

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Predator becomes an animated anthology with three stories set in Scandinavia, feudal Japan, and World War II Florida.

1. Future Frontiers previews summer sci-fi films and TV, including Predator, Elio, 28 Years Later, M3GAN 2.0, Superman, Fantastic Four: First Steps, Resident Alien, Ironheart, and The War Between the Land and the Sea. 2. The hosts are James and Matt, who frame the episode as a pre-summer check-in before the show takes a break. 3. The episode asks what sci-fi fans should watch across June and July, and which releases feel worth tracking in cinemas and on streaming. 4. Matt has been binging Invincible on Prime and says he stuck with it after trying The Boys, which he did not keep up. 5. The conversation on Invincible names Steven Yeun as Mark Grayson, J.K. Simmons as Omni-Man, Sandra Oh as Mark's mum, Mark Hamill in a small role, and Seth Rogen as a producer. 6. James says he has been watching The Studio on Apple TV+ and rewatching Twin Peaks before a screening of Fire Walk with Me hosted by Mike Munzer. 7. James says he finished The Secret History of Twin Peaks and calls it hard work because it reads like a dossier with footnotes. 8. The hosts then move to The Last of Us, where James says the season finale disappointed him and did not feel like a finale. 9. They discuss Doctor Who spoilers after a BBC News headline revealed a major event about Shooty Gatwa's Doctor within a day of the episode airing. 10. Matt says he is too far behind on Doctor Who to track the regenerations, while James suggests the show can always write itself out of a corner. 11. Predator: Killer of Killers is described as an animated anthology from Dan Trachtenberg, with three stories set in Viking-era Scandinavia, feudal Japan, and World War II Florida. 12. The hosts compare that Predator setup to putting the creature in different historical backgrounds and say the format could avoid oversaturation for now. 13. Elio, which they say may be pronounced Elio, is described as a Pixar sci-fi film about a little boy who wants to be abducted by aliens. 14. They note that Elio arrives on June 20 and may have less marketing than Disney's live-action titles because it is not a legacy property. 15. 28 Years Later is their major summer pick, and they tie that enthusiasm to a Patreon episode on 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later. 16. They say the new film revisits the rage virus and focuses on a small island setting, while also noting that sequels are already planned. 17. M3GAN 2.0 is described as coming two years after the original rampage, with Gemma resurrecting M3GAN to fight Amelia, a military-grade android built from M3GAN's technology. 18. The Jurassic World: Rebirth section mentions a five-year jump, Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, and an extraction team heading to a remote island facility. 19. The TV section adds Resident Alien season four, Ironheart, The War Between the Land and the Sea, and Foundation season three, with Foundation using large time jumps and new versions of dawn, dusk, and day. 20. People who like franchise-heavy sci-fi previews will get the most from this episode, while viewers who want one deep dive on a single title may skip it.

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