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The TGE crew get chatting on the mashing together of science fiction and fantasy. What is it? Why do people do it? Does it more palatable for the general public? And why isn’t Terminator 2 an example of it?

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Mentioned in the podcast

• The Disease by Paul Kane (Hellbound Media)
• The Hero With A Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell
• TV Tropes: Punk Punk
• Vox: “We’ve hit peak lens flare, here’s how it started” (A history of the lens flare)

Films & TV Series mentioned

• Star Wars
• Krull
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Clash of the Titans
• Solaris
• Sunshine
• Moon
• Gravity
• Interstellar
• I, Robot
• The Abyss
• Avatar (aka: Fern Gully In Space)
• The Terminator & Terminator 2
• The Marvel Cinematic Universe
• Star Trek: Generations, First Contact and Insurrection
• Star Trek The (Slow) Motion Picture & The Wrath of Khan
• Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit
• Doctor Who
• Babylon 5
• Stargate SG-1
• Game of Thrones

Stuffed Animals Mentioned:

Squishy, the giant squid that Chrissey made has kind of become our unofficial mascot.

A photo posted by The Great Escape (@thegreatescdotcom) on Jul 2, 2016 at 5:29am PDT

Tagged as: ben langdale, Chrissey Harrison, discussion, felek werpachowski, has anyone actually watched Babylon 5?, james cameron, Mark Adams, rich jeffery, science fantasy, science fiction, star trek, star wars, the hero's journey