One small step from "what is." One giant heap of "what could be."


  • Let’s do the time warp again!

    No Google Maps here! Derek drops in (ouch!) from the future to talk “Time Bandits” (1981) with Alan, including a digression about the series on Apple TV.


  • Going off the rails…

    Going off the rails…

    It’s a ride on a crazy train, for sure! Drü joins Jim to keep Alan on track as they discuss anime and the 1979 film “Galaxy Express 999,” but Alan keeps derailing the conversation anyway.


  • Greetings, programs!

    Greetings, programs!

    Alan and Jim dive into the matrix (sort of) to discuss the original “Tron” (1982). Disney’s early CGI epic was released the same year as the short story “Burning Chrome,” the novel “Neuromancer,” and, of course, “Blade Runner,” which more or less birthed cyberpunk and introduced the concept of cyberspace.


  • Road rage

    Road rage

    Jim is shocked (shocked, we tell you!) and amazed to learn that neither Alan nor Paul has ever seen 1979’s “Mad Max” before, so he sets out to school them in dystopian car chase movies.


  • Boldly going where so many have gone before

    In this episode, Alan and Paul dive into yet another 1979 movie: the oft-maligned “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.”