Geekfest Rants

Episode 454 - Star Trek Space Travel History - Countdown - Geek Review

What is the history of space travel according to Star Trek?  Join Carlos today at GeekFest Rants and find out.  Star Trek can be a little vague about current and near future space history but thanks to some Eaglemoss collector ships we have an insight into this fictitious narrative.   From the Botany Bay, to the Phoenix, to the Warp Delta, to many more.  Then we take a look at a moon landing sci-fi film that seems to have flown under our radar for 53 years called Countdown, starring James Caan and Robert Duvall.  What did Hollywood think the moon landing was going to be like one or two years before it happened for real?  Listen today and find out.

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Enterprise Promo: 

Star Trek Enterprise - opening credits:

Countdown (1967) Official Trailer - James Caan, Robert Altman Movie HD: 

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Episode 449 - The Rise and Fall of Laserdiscs

One day in the distant future, when everyone will get around in flying cars, movies will be watched with LASERS.  Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves.  We might not have flying cars but the home video industry runs on Lasers.  Actually it has been for almost 40 years.  And it all started with Laserdiscs.  Join Carlos today at GeekFest Rans as he covers his personal experience with the easily forgotten video format of Laserdiscs.  Was it a failed niche format for movie snobs or the beginning of a new technology that continues to this day?  Actually it was all of the above.

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Pioneer LaserDisc Demo 1989: 

Don "Mr. Wizard" Herbert explains Pioneer laserdisc (1980): 

Leonard Nimoy demonstrates Magnavision LaserDisc Player: https://youtu.be/s4pBk3-fduU

1980 RCA Video Disc Player Commercial: 

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Episode 263 - Michael Crichton's Looker

Time to once again step back into the 1980's. The heydays of HBO coming to your local towns and the endless B-movies they would play.  Today on GeekFest Rants Carlos and James dive deep into the Michael Crichton classic B movie, Looker.  Find out why this movie has remained on our host's guilty pleasure list for such a long time.  Plus, hear about some other lesser known Crichton genre films you might have missed.

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 Looker trailer

 Susan Dey 1981 LOOKER Rare Footage.wmv

"Looker" - Sue Saad (1981)

looker ( looker theme ) barry de vorzon 1981

Runaway (1984) Trailer

The Andromeda Strain (1971) Trailer

Coma (1978) Official Trailer - Michael Crichton, Michael Dougles Science Fiction Movi HD

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