The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue GalScience Fiction University: Fish Stories
Alternate title: 'Mother Nature, USMC'. A subgenre of science fiction in which humans try to bend nature to their will, sometimes with disastrous results.
Also, an ocean creature theme. Movies discussed include
- 1973's 'The Day of the Dolphin'
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and
- The Incredible Mr. Limpet
(Yes, The Incredible Mr. Limpet). More at sciencefictionuniversity.com.
(No Fair Remembering Stuff returns next week.)
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In Sci Fi usually there is a thing, a weapon to stop the evil being or space critter.
ReplyDeleteI the Blob. They found refuge in a meat freezer which gave notion to using a fire extinguisher because it was cold that stopped the Blob.
For the Wolfman it was the silver bullet.
For Zombies, a blow to the skull.
For Dracula a stake to the heart.
War of the worlds, it turned out that the common cold virus got 'em.
Holy Water nailed those satanic possessed evil doers.
In the movie Day of the Triffids, they found salt water dissolves Triffids into mushy soup.
So I have to ask the SCI Fi Theater professor.
In the movie rise of the MAGA Cult. Might toilet water do them in?