The Incomparable Mothership

Latest Episodes:

668: McGuffins & Mechanics Jun 02, 2023

Show notes

They made a better movie about Dungeons & Dragons! Can you really go wrong with Chris Pine and Hugh Grant? Two expert DMs and a roleplaying novice break it all down!

"Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves"

Host Jason Snell with Tony Sindelar, Scott McNulty, and Moisés Chiullán.

Referenced Works

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Show Notes & Links

Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

667: This Show Was Weird, Right? May 26, 2023

Show notes

We go 20 minutes into the future and 36 years into the past to discuss ABC’s cyberpunk drama “Max Headroom.” For a show with an 80s pop-culture icon as its title character, it’s actually a prescient satire about where our culture was (and still is?) headed. Even more than three decades later, its discussions of data security, the right to privacy in a technological age, artificial intelligence, and even deepfakes are still state of the art. (Non-American viewers who thought this was the show where Max Headroom introduced various music videos… uh, no.) Catch the wave and join us, won’t you?

"Max Headroom" (ABC)

Host Jason Snell with Cicero Holmes, Moisés Chiullán, Monty Ashley, Warren Frey, and Austin Rich.

Referenced Works

Max Headroom

[Amazon]

Show Notes & Links

Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

665: Defragment Your Data May 15, 2023

Show notes

They said that “Star Trek: Picard” wasn’t just going to be a “Star Trek: The Next Generation” reunion show, and that turned out to be true, at least about the first two seasons. We review the show’s just-completed third season, which brought us the emotional and nostalgic moments we craved, introduced an assortment of new characters we liked (or didn’t), and introduced some plot elements that we puzzled over.

"Star Trek: Picard" season 3

Host Jason Snell with Joe Rosensteel, Moisés Chiullán, Cicero Holmes, and David J. Loehr.

Referenced Works

Star Trek: Picard

Star Trek (franchise)

Show Notes & Links

Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

664: The Book of Bo Katan May 05, 2023

Show notes

We gripe because we love! We break down the third season of “The Mandalorian.” Is burying part of the story in another show doing a disservice to this one? Why are there so may plot threads that seem to go nowhere, or get resolved in an anticlimactic fashion? And, despite all that, how did we all still have a good time?

"The Mandalorian" season 3

Host Dan Moren with Tony Sindelar, Houman Sadri, James Thomson, and Kelly Guimont.

Referenced Works

The Mandalorian

Star Wars (franchise)

Show Notes & Links

Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

663: A Lot of Ocean Apr 28, 2023

Show notes

Our Book Club begins our walk through awards shortlist reading with two Nebula Awards nominees for best novel, “The Mountain in the Sea” by Ray Nayler and “Spear” by Nicola Griffith. One’s a near-future thriller about sentient octopi, the other’s an Arthurian fantasy with a few twists.

Next time we’ll be reading Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher and Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree. If you’re on Goodreads, you can also join our Book Club there.

Book Club: "Spear" and "Mountain in the Sea"

Host Jason Snell with Scott McNulty, Erika Ensign, Aleen Simms, and Deborah Stanish.

Referenced Works

Spear

[Amazon] [Apple]

Mountain in the Sea

[Amazon] [Apple]

Show Notes & Links

What are we reading?

Erika:

“Radcliffe Hall” by Miyuki Jane Pinckard
“can i offer you a nice egg in this trying time” by Iori Kusano
“Waystation City” By A. T. Greenblatt

Aleen:

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

Deb:

West with the Night by Beryl Markham and Sara Wheeler

Scott:

Translation State by Ann Leckie
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

Jason:

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

662: Bipedal Murder Robots Apr 21, 2023

Show notes

Everyone laughed at the title, and many laughed at the over-the-top violence, but 1987’s “RoboCop” turned into a sleeper hit that kickstarted a major franchise. We revisit Paul Verhoeven’s first and best big-budget sci-fi satire.

Host Antony Johnston with Erika Ensign, Steve Lutz, and Moisés Chiullán.

Referenced Works

RoboCop (1987)

Show Notes & Links

Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

661: Sad Banjo Apr 14, 2023

Show notes

Sure, she’s a human lie detector, but she’s also a murder magnet who’s running from a guy who seems to want her dead. We enter the world of Rian Johnson’s “Poker Face,” where Natasha Lyonne is both Columbo and The Fugitive.

"Poker Face"

Host Shelly Brisbin with Antony Johnston, Annette Wierstra, David J. Loehr, and Ken Ray.

Referenced Works

Poker Face

Show Notes & Links

Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

660: The Monocle Test Apr 07, 2023

Show notes

Old Movie Club throws itself into the turning wheels of justice with two legal films from 1957, “12 Angry Men” and “Witness for the Prosecution.”

"12 Angry Men" and "Witness for the Prosecution"

Host Jason Snell with Dr. Drang, Shelly Brisbin, Randy Dotinga, and Philip Michaels.

Referenced Works

12 Angry Men (1957)

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

Show Notes & Links

Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

659: Infested With Love Apr 01, 2023

Show notes

Grab a backpack and get ready to siphon some gas—we’re setting out from the safe zone on a quest to find opinions about the first season of HBO’s video game adaptation, “The Last of Us.”

"The Last Of Us" (HBO)

Host Cicero Holmes with Annette Wierstra, Erika Ensign, and Guy English.

Referenced Works

The Last of Us

Show Notes & Links

Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

658: Nowhere In Time Mar 24, 2023

Show notes

Avoid stepping on butterflies, step into your time machine, and go kill your grandfather—it’s time for our Time Travel Movies Draft! We select favorite films from all corners of the time-travel genre, from time loops to historical shenanigans to nonsensical plot twists.

Time-Travel Movie Draft

Host Jason Snell with James Thomson, Glenn Fleishman, Erika Ensign, Moisés Chiullán, Annette Wierstra, and Monty Ashley.

Show Notes & Links

Time Travel Movies

James - Time Bandits (1981) (Incomparable 632)
Glenn - Somewhere in Time (1980)
Erika - Timecrimes (2007)
Moises - The Visitors (1993)
Annette - The Terminator (1984) (The Incomparable’s coverage.)
Monty - Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) (The Incomparable’s coverage.)
Jason - Groundhog Day (1993) (The Incomparable’s coverage.)
James - Demolition Man (1993) (Defocused 113)
Glenn - 12 Monkeys (1995) (The Incomparable’s coverage.)
Erika - Edge of Tomorrow (2014) (The Incomparable’s coverage.)
Moises - Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
Annette - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (The Incomparable’s coverage.)
Monty - Primer (2004) (The Incomparable 153)
Jason - Star Trek: First Contact (1996) (The Incomparable 317)
James - Love Story 2050 (2008)
Glenn - The Lake House (2006) (Chick Flick Fix 43)
Erika - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) (The Incomparable’s coverage.)
Moises - Long Weekend (2021) (The Incomparable’s coverage.)
Annette - 13 Going on 30 (2004)
Monty - Triangle (2009)
Jason - Back to the Future (1985)

Bring Out Your Dead

James - Palm Springs, Source Code, Looper, Run Lola Run, Army of Darkness, Happy Death Day, Kate & Leopold, Deja Vu, Idiocracy, Hot Tub Time Machine, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Avengers: Endgame
Glenn - Galaxy Quest, Freejack, Time After Time, Timescape (1992)
Erika - The Last Mimzy, The Back to the Futures, Donnie Darko, Terminator: Genisys, About Time, Flight of the Navigator, Peggy Sue Got Married, Frequency, Timeline
Moises - Star Trek (2009), Your Name, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, See You Yesterday, Escape From the Planet of the Apes, Men In Black 3, Cinderella 3: A Twist In Time
Annette - All the rest of the Terminator movies, Timecop, Doctor Who (The TV Movie)
Monty - Muppet Christmas Carol, The Butterfly Effect, Southland Tales, Minority Report, Tenet, Mr. Peabody and Sherman

Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

The Incomparable Mothership

Referenced Works

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Show Notes & Links

Referenced Works

Max Headroom

Show Notes & Links

Referenced Works

Star Trek: Picard

Star Trek (franchise)

Show Notes & Links

Referenced Works

The Mandalorian

Star Wars (franchise)

Show Notes & Links

Referenced Works

Spear

Mountain in the Sea

Show Notes & Links

Referenced Works

RoboCop (1987)

Show Notes & Links

Referenced Works

Poker Face

Show Notes & Links

Referenced Works

12 Angry Men (1957)

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

Show Notes & Links

Referenced Works

The Last of Us

Show Notes & Links

Show Notes & Links

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected