Eugene

@Eugene@fusionpatrol.social

Host of Fusion Patrol Podcast

Lapsed raconteur.

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Eugene, to BehindTheScenes

Sometimes, writing the for the week this early in the week doesn’t make as much sense. Typically, by now (or Wednesday at the latest), we’d be done with all recording sessions, but due to external circumstances, we’ve postponed Tuesday’s recording about S01E05 until Saturday.

Last night, Kenneth and I wrapped up recording our 6-part look at 1993’s — without delving too deeply here, let’s say that I was glad to get the opportunity to go back and re-watch Space Rangers, but it doesn’t hold up. It isn’t good now; it wasn’t good then.

Not genre-related, but I recently completed a watch-through of all 271 episodes of the 1957-1966 TV series, which was a groundbreaking series in American television history. Why is this germane? Among other things, Perry Mason set the standard for what courtroom drama looks like to American audiences for decades. It still casts a long shadow over television today. Whether its depictions of courtroom procedure were accurate or not doesn’t matter; it was what the audiences came to expect.

The final (unaired) episode of Space Rangers, S01E06, known as “The Trial,” brings our protagonists into a courtroom drama in the 22nd century.

There’s one thing I can say about that: The writer of this episode did not watch enough Perry Mason.

Several times during testimony, I waited for Perry Mason or Hamilton Burger’s voice to ring out, “Objection! Leading the witness” or “Objection! Testimony is irrelevant and immaterial.” There were others. Many others.

Not getting their Perry Mason format right wasn’t the only reason this wasn’t a great episode, but it was surprisingly irritating.

This week also saw me complete the editing of our episode on S03E04 Passing Through Gesthemene. That was a fun one to record. Simon and I discussed the philosophy of criminal justice and the ideas behind capital punishment versus rehabilitation. We asked ourselves whether we’d wear a sweater that a serial killer had previously worn.

We also looked at the behind-the-scenes brouhaha that saw this B5 episode delayed initially for an entire year just because a fan posted a similar story idea online before the script had been completed. With social media now being massive compared to the online landscape in 1994, is it possible today?

Our B5 episodes are available for our patrons at Patreon. That episode drops on Wednesday, November 7. In the main feed, the episode S03E04 Hollow Man drops on Saturday, November 11.

Catch you next week, where, hopefully, things will be hotting up on the front.

Eugene, to DoctorWho

Sat down today to do the edit on episode No. 656 - Hollow Man, and realized I'd already edited it but had done the final output because when I was originally editing it, the schedule was up in the air, and I couldn't prepare the Next Time Trailer.

This is another way the BBC's scheduling (or lack thereof) has been causing ulcers.

The episode is all buttoned up now, and I'm moving on to the next episode: Our first look at , the 2013 sequel to the 1966 .

More on that later.

Podcast 656 is scheduled to drop on 11-Nov-2023.

Eugene,

No sooner did I complain then they got the word and announced the dates. That’s power.

Eugene,

As mentioned elsewhere, no sooner did I post this the BBC got off their butts and announced the dates for the 60th Anniversary specials, and they're later than most people expected.

Since we won't be able to even look at the Underwater Menace until after 13 November, our normal release schedule will continue at least through the 11th.

  1. 28/10/2023 - The Time Travelers (1976)
  2. 04/11/2023 - Space Above and Beyond - Eyes
  3. 11/11/2023 - Bugs - Hollow Man
  4. 18/11/2023 - ?TBD? - Maybe Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace.
Eugene, to BehindTheScenes

Had a really good conversation with Simon this morning about S01E03. I’m really looking forward to the release of these episodes. It’s a fascinating series with lots of interesting ideas, even if it hasn’t (yet) hit the ground running on the themes.

We’re recording only one podcast next week, and that’s Real Humans S01E04.

Dropping into the feed this coming Saturday (28 Oct) is our look at Time Travelers, and 1976 Irwin Allen (intended pilot) TV movie that was intended as a second bite at the Time Tunnel concept, but failed to materialize due to some litigation. With a story credited to , it’s got more chops than the typical Allen SciFi fare.

Eugene, (edited ) to Podcast

Although things can change, typically Fusion Patrol recording sessions happen on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, although it rarely happens that we have all three in one week, but two sessions are fairly common.

Spaced as we are in three different time zones and two different continents, for me, the Monday/Tuesday combo weeks have the shortest turnaround with a recording session Monday night and another Tuesday morning - especially if I’m not prepared.

This past week I had a surprise tooth extraction which kept me grumpy until Sunday so it’s been go-go-go prepping for this week’s podcasts. A couple hours ago Kenneth and I completed our discussion of Space Rangers, episode 5, the Entertainer and, considering the paucity of subject matter, it was a good discussion. On the back of that, I’ve had to jump in and watch the episode for tomorrow’s session.

Announcing it here for the first time, after our episodes on Series 3 of Bugs, we’ll be looking at the first season of the 2012 Swedish program, Real Humans. Tonight I watch episode 3, The Lord Shall Be Our Companion.

I think I’m getting dangerously close to losing my bet with Simon as to whether Hans or Tobbe will have sex with the robot Anita first. I’m still betting on Team Hans, but Team Tobbe took some significant steps towards the finish line tonight. Dark horse Inger jumped into the race unannounced this week, though, and that may throw things awry.

Amazed that we’re through three episodes and there’s still been no actual sex with robots. Clearly the hubots were not created by the Delos Corp.

Lots to chew on in the episode and I’m looking forward to a good conversation tomorrow morning.

“These violent delights have violent ends.”

Eugene,

@simonwood

@LoneLocust

My bad! Episode number corrected.

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    @LoneLocust I prefer capital-B Bugs.

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