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Just a drive to pick up some milk can go terribly wrong in the post-apocalypse. With some of the most well-crafted vehicles since KITT and the Delorean Time Machine, join Chris and Pat as they discuss one of the most made-with-love movies of the 2010's: Mad Max: Fury Road.   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com     Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)

In a film where the only enemy is the unknown, Close Encounters of the Third Kind encapsulates a time when the military was dependable, science won the day, and parenting skills were terrible. Pat and Chris discuss all of this and more in this episode.   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)

Nostalgia follows Chris and Pat as they are joined by old friend Scott and the ghost of Egon, as a new generation discovers just how awesome grandparents can be. We talk about the nature of ghosts, how stories mirror reality, and how a whole new series could be launched by the fantastic 2021 film Ghostbusters: Afterlife.   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)

Back from summer vacation, Chris and Pat have questions as we feel the cold drafts move in. Do ghosts breathe? Has the EPA improved their policies about paranormal contamination? Does Tobin's Spirit Guide have a glossary? How does Diablo feel about sharing the "Lord of Destruction" moniker with Gozer? Who you gonna call?  These and many more questions go unanswered in our discussion of one of the best comedies of all time, 1984's Ghostbusters.    Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)

Blue children, red motorcycles, high-speed chases, superpowers, and questions as to which lines should never be crossed by humanity are all prevalent in one of the most influential films in science fiction and Japanese animation: Akira.   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)

Chris and Pat discuss a fantastic coming-of-age-in-an-apocalypse film, complete with the most important things in life: dogs, robots, Love and Monsters.   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)

Chris and Pat are glad that sound was finally invented so we can discuss the 1927 silent film Metropolis, probably the first full-length science-fiction movie of all time. Join us as we explore the underground and help Maria save the children!   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)  

Mr. Spock may be a logical being, but logic has little place in this movie filled with twisty gravity, underwater spaceships, and the need to roll a starship down a hill to get it started. Awesome space battles and Beastie Boys are a pretty good trade, as Chris and Pat discuss Star Trek: Beyond.   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)

I see a starship and I want to paint it black No colours anymore, let's bring the Übers back   I see the augs hiding from Federation legal woes Khan has a plan, he said hide in these torpedos     Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)

Join Chris and Pat on the planet of Arrakis once again as we talk sandworm mating, the powers of premonition, and how if one walks without rhythm, one won't attract the worm in our discussion of the 2021 film Dune.   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)

Do lens flares increase speed? Have shields been abandoned for more cinematic explosions? Can lizards live on ice planets? Is it still the final frontier when we've visited before but now it's sexier and has more lens flares? Pat and Chris ask these and many more questions in our discussion of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek (2009).   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)

Pat and Chris question what makes one a dweeb, the relationship between superluminal velocity and time travel, and just why a super intelligent super computer would decide to store its navigational data in the mind of a 12-year-old in our discussion of Flight of the Navigator.   On another note: times have been tough, but you are not alone. If you're feeling down and need someone to talk to, please check out the links below. Even heroes need a little help from friends. If none of the links below are appropriate for your area or you need another friendly voice, contact us and we'll be glad to be a friendly voice and help find some local resources for you. No one gets left behind. Ontario - https://ontario.cmha.ca/provincial-mental-health-supports Canada - https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en US - https://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)  

After some time off at Risa, Chris and Pat are back on course and exploring the final movie of the original Star Trek franchise prior to the Kelvinverse reboot where the Remans are wrestling for power against their Romulan masters and creating bald emo clones of Federation captains. Join Chris and Pat as they discuss the 2002 film Star Trek: Nemesis.   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)  

Another Starfleet Admiral tries to ruin the day but ruins his own plans by inviting the flagship of the fleet to the badlands. Also, invisibility suits, cloaked ships in lakes, and rogue androids all play their parts in Chris and Pat's exploration of the 1998 film Star Trek: Insurrection.   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)

So if a Galaxy class ship has saucer separation, does the USS Pasteur get ball separation? Do all starships carry cetacean ops just to defend from alien whale probes? Are the whales actually in charge of the starships? And when getting their pet humans to fight borg, why didn't the whales ask us to replicate more tommy guns? Or bat'leths? Pointy sticks? Literally anything more than fisticuffs against the army of moist robot people? Chris and Pat ask these questions and many more in our discussion of one of the Next Generation's best films Star Trek: First Contact.   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook: @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)

Just why does the Enterprise crash whenever Deanna drives? Why does Soran need Gerodi's help with Trilithium - the thing Soran is an expert in? And why can the mighty flagship of the Federation be taken down by anyone livestreaming in engineering? We ask these questions and more in our talk of 1994's Star Trek: Generations.   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)

If a Veridian patch can be detected 4 sectors away, why does Starfleet not incorporate it into every uniform? If a shapeshifter changes sexes, are they also changing genders? If the Federation, Klingons, and Romulans can work together to hatch a plot to assisnate the president, why can't they hatch a plot for galactic peace? Join Chris and Pat while we explore these questions and more in our discussion of the 1991 film Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country.   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)

It's mom vs mom in the second half of our two part anniversary special on James Cameron's 1986 film Aliens.    Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)

Darren joins Chris and Pat for this weeks episode, brought to you after techical difficulties prevented our last release. So this week we present the first part of our two part 35th anniversary special on James Cameron's 1986 film Aliens. How can a cat survive space travel without cryo-sleep? Why are Weyland-Yutani employees willing to kill planets full of people to gain technology from xenomorphs? What happens when you pile-drive an alien with a mecha-forklift? Join us and find out!   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)

How can a band of 6 farmers take over the flagship of the Federation, set course for the centre of the universe, find God, and shoot him? We never really figure that out, but we suspect blue space unicorns and a naked dancing Uhura have something to do with it in our discussion of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.   Contact Love what we have to say? Disagree? We'd love to hear your feedback! Find us on Twitter and Facebook @EngagingRetros Or email us at contact@engagingretros.com   Attributions Art assets by Creative Tail - https://www.creativetail.com/free-science-icons (CC BY 4.0)