S2E18: Catch-Up Episode #7: Sci-Fi Action Movies – A Reader's History of Science Fiction
In this episode, I give an overview of recent action movies in the sci-fi genre. Movie recommendation: Everything Everywhere All at Once Other movies discussed: Tenet Free Guy The Matrix: Resurrections
As Hollywood moved into the twenty-first century, it found a new formula for superhero stories that catapulted them to some of the most popular stories in sci-fi. In this episode, we explore the history of superheroes in film and how their modern mainstream popularity has transformed the genre.
Movie recommendation: X-Men
Other works dicussed:
The Incredibles
The Dark Knight Trilogy
The Reckoners Series by Brandon Sanderson
Worm by John C. “Wildbow” McCrae
Please Don’t Tell My Parents I’m a Supervillain by Richard Roberts
Science Meets Fiction 