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Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies of All Time���Part 7: (Re)Enter: The Matrix (Podcast)

Rick Mathieson and Rick Wootten discuss their #2 sci-fi movie picks of all time. Which is helpful, because while "The Matrix" made Mathieson's list lower down (see Part 3), apparently the Ricks still have a lot to say about one of their all-time favorites. Plus: Making "Contact."

 

 

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 (Approx. 3 min 15 sec)

Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies of All Time���Part 6: "Khhaaannn!" vs. The Thing (Podcast)

Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies of All Time���Part 6: 'Khhaaannn!' vs. 'The Thing' (Podcast)

Space sure can be such a pain in the ass. Just ask the crew of the USS Enterprise in "Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan" and the team from John Carpenter's "The Thing." Rick Mathieson and Rick Wootten hit their #3 Sci-Fi Movies of All Time.

 

 

 

TOP 10 SCI-FI MOVIES OF ALL TIME���PART 6: 'KHHAAAAN' VS. 'THE THING'

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(Approx. 4 min 40 sec)

 

Also, Don't Miss:

Part One: Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies

Part Two: Reality Bites

Part Three: Red Pills & Mashed Potatoes

Part Four: Luke Skywalker Meets the Last Son of Krypton

Part Five: Two Tales of Time Travel

Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies of All Time���Part 6: "Khhaaannn!" vs. 'The Thing' (Podcast)

Space sure can be such a pain in the ass. Just ask the crew of the USS Enterprise in "Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan" and the team from John Carpenter's "The Thing." Rick Mathieson and Rick Wootten hit their #3 Sci-Fi Movies of All Time.

 

 

TOP 10 SCI-FI MOVIES OF ALL TIME���PART 6: 'KHHAAAAN' VS. 'THE THING'

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(Approx. 4 min 40 sec)

 

Also, Don't Miss:

Part One: Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies

Part Two: Reality Bites

Part Three: Red Pills & Mashed Potatoes

Part Four: Luke Skywalker Meets the Last Son of Krypton

 

Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies of All Time���Part 5: Two Tales of Time Travel (Podcast)

One's coming to save, the other's coming to kill: Rick Mathieson and Rick Wootten tackle "Terminator 2" and "Looper" as their #5 movies as their countdown of the Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies of All Time continues. Bonus movie: "Primer."

 

 

 

TOP 10 SCI-FI MOVIES OF ALL TIME���PART 5: TWO TALES OF TIME TRAVEL

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 (Approx. 4 min 40 sec)

Also, Don't Miss:

Part One: Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies

Part Two: Reality Bites

Part Three: Red Pills & Mashed Potatoes

Part One: Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies

Part Two: Reality Bites

Part Three: Red Pills & Mashed Potatoes

Part Four: Luke Skywalker & The Last Son of Krypton

Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies of All Time���Part 4: Luke Skywalker Meets the Last Son of Krypton (Podcast)

Luke Skywalker meets the Last Son of Krypton as Rick Mathieson and Rick Wootten continue their countdown of the Top 10 Science Fiction Movies of All Time.

 

 

TOP 10 SCI-FI MOVIES OF ALL TIME���PART 4: LUKE SKYWALKER MEETS THE LAST SON OF KRYPTON

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(Approx. 3 mins, 44 sec)

 

Also, Don't Miss:

Part One: Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies

Part Two: Reality Bites

Part Three: Red Pills & Mashed Potatoes

Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies of All Time���Pt 3: Red Pills & Mashed Potatoes (Podcast)

Keanu Reeves, Richard Dreyfuss, Spielberg and the Wachowskis. 

That's right: We're talking "The Matrix" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

RICK & RICK RULE THE WORLD

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(Approx. 4 mins, 35 sec) 

 

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Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies of All Time Pt 2 (Podcast)

Rick Mathieson & Rick Wootten continue counting down their favorite science fiction films of all time with a look at "The 13th Floor" and "Inception." 

Both explore the nature of reality from what may appear to be very different entry points���computers and dreams. But in fact, both movies offer faithful interpretations of Plato's Idealism vs. the Materialism of Democritus.

While Democritus believed physical objects form reality���matter forms mind���Plato believed in "the world as perceived by our senses"���or, mind forms matter.

The backdrop for "The 13th Floor" is the Simulation Theory propounded by Oxford University professor Nick Bostrom and more recently by Elon Musk, who believes without a shadow of a doubt that we live in, and in fact are, a computer simulation run by a future civilization with some serious processing power.

That is to say, our experience of reality is an expression of ideas. Someone else's ideas, specifically. God's perhaps, or the Man Behind the Curtain in the "Wizard of Oz," Or maybe we're just the creations of a zit-faced computer programmer with an exalted sense of self. As Max Plank, the father of quantum theory, put it long ago:

"There is no 'matter' as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force ... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter."

The Force and The Matrix in one quote. What's not to love about that?

Meanwhile, "Inception" deals with this notion through the backdrop of dreamworlds and our influence upon them���shaping reality by force of will. As some have put it, the question the movie poses at its climax is not whether the characters are in a dream, but rather, does it matter? It becomes their reality either way.

In "Inception," Leonardo DiCaprio's Cobb explains it this way to Ellen Page's Ariadne:

"In a dream, our mind continuously does this ... we create and perceive our world simultaneously, and our mind does this so well that we don't even know it's happening."

As you'll see, this tension between Idealism and Materialism figures prominently into Rick & Rick's favorite sci-fi movies.

RICK & RICK: TOP 10 FAVORITE SCI-FI MOVIES PART 2: REALITY BITES

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(Approx. 5 mins, 14 sec)

Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies of All Time Part 1 (Rick & Rick Podcast)

 RICK & RICK: TOP 10 FAVORITE SCI-FI MOVIES

Rick & Rick Rule the Box Office: A thoroughly biased list of the Top 10 sci-fi movies ever. You're welcome. 

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(approx. 11 mins, 15 sec)

SOME OF THE MOVIES IN PART ONE

The Omega Man

12 Monkeys

 

About Time (an alternate/bonus to replace a movie that made both lists)

 

 

Men in Black

 

The Planet of the Apes (1968)

 

Alien

 

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HP TV Spot Sparks Sentimentality���And Forgetfulness (Podcast)

Rick & Rick talk about sentimental TV spots and it sparks a senior moment when they can't quite remember the name of a certain song from years gone by.

RICK & RICK CAN'T REMEMBER

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(Approx. 3 min)

 

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Gearing Up for 'Stranger Things' Season 2 (Podcast)

Winding down their conversation about the marketing for "It," Rick & Rick pivot to a show that's clearly influenced by Stephen King and 1980's horror movies: "Stranger Things," which returns to Netflix for its second season on October 27. Are you ready to return to the Upside Down?

RICK & RICK: "STRANGER THINGS" RETURNS

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 (Approx. 6 min, 41 sec)

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