Highway To Mars

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Sinopsis

The Highway To Mars team explore the Universe of Science fiction, in books, movies, Television, Games, Audio and any other format they can think of.

Episodios

  • Heroine Cast – Radioactive

    07/12/2016 Duración: 02h05min

    We have only done one musical on Highway and certainly not devoted an episode to a song but after 243 episodes – why not. There is a specific reason for Radioactive to make the cut and it comes down to something else we haven’t really talked much about despite it being one of my personal […]

  • Politics – Star Trek 6 The Undiscovered Country

    04/12/2016 Duración: 03h06min

    There is something poetic in the title of the Undiscovered Country.  It speaks to pretty much every time in history and all politics.  Do we fear or embrace the future. History though tells us no matter how long we deny it, in some cases centuries, the future has caught up with us no matter how […]

  • Politics – 1984

    27/11/2016 Duración: 02h34min

    1984 is pretty much the top of the list when it comes to Politics and Science Fiction.  More than any other dystopian society thought of, 1984 demonstrates the evils of totalitarian societies. However bad the western world seems and there are problems with the ways in which institutions such as Universities have implemented policy unchallenged, […]

  • Transhumanism – Ghost In the Shell

    13/11/2016

    Ghost in the Shell is a very influential piece, having provided many pieces of motivation for the Matrix.  In truth we should have gotten to this movie before now but better late than ever.  Ghost in the Shell covers off on many of the themes we have discussed.  It goes the next step though to […]

  • Transhumanism – The Avengers

    07/11/2016 Duración: 02h53min

    Okay, the Avengers is popcorn transhumanism but it is hella fun. While the superhero genre can’t be taken as serious transhumanism because lets face it, nobody will become the hulk anytime soon, it does open up a huge discussion on what sort of form we want to take.  One only needs to attend a comic […]

  • Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – So Long and Thanks for all the Fish

    04/11/2016 Duración: 01h58min

    For the briefest of moments in the Hitchhikers Story, Arthur finds happiness and love.  It wouldn’t last but it has been earned.  This story more than any other gets into the head of Arthur and tells us what makes him tick (or fuck as the case may be). What we learn is Arthur is an […]

  • Transhumanism – Genesis of the Daleks

    30/10/2016 Duración: 03h16min

    The Daleks have been scary and ridiculous in equal measure. With their pepperpot shells and monotone robotic voice (and modern squiddy form) it’s easy to forget that they are the product of the most extreme form of transhumanist experiments. The Daleks were born for a single purpose, to ensure the Kaled race survived beyond a […]

  • Heroine Cast – Labyrinth

    19/10/2016 Duración: 02h26min

    It’s been a crazy couple of weeks and the plan to get the next heroine cast out hasn’t eventuated, even if we have recorded a lot of podcasts in the interim. Never fear, we still have a number of episodes in the archives and here is one of my favourite movies – Labyrinth. Lets face […]

  • Transhumanism – Star Trek – First Contact

    16/10/2016 Duración: 02h46min

    It’s taken us a while to make it to Star Trek but at least we picked a good story with one of the best villans of the modern era. The Borg represt both what can be achieved with cybernetic enhancements, while at the same time embodying everything that we fear.  The machine will consume us, […]

  • Transhumanism – Ayn Rand, Andrew Ryan, Bioshock and Zoltan Istvan

    11/10/2016 Duración: 02h11min

    We are entering into a time when the world of Bioshock becomes less far fetched.  Genetic editing technologies such as CRISPR have the potential to seriously change the game for all of us and as science fiction comes closer to being science fact, we need to be aware of the benefits and the dangers. While […]

  • Transhumanism – Gattaca

    08/10/2016 Duración: 02h57s

    We enter the genetics part of Transhumanism with a movie that explores the moral concerns around genetic technologies and how they might be used to favour the elite.  While it’s a shorter movie, it covers the subject really well and is very clear in how it views the issues around genetic editing. We can make […]

  • Transhumanism – The Presidential Election and Zoltan Istvan

    06/10/2016 Duración: 01h25min

    Generally we talk Science Fiction on Highway to Mars but this week I found science fiction lagging behind on what I think could well be the most important issues of our time.  If Transhumanism seems somewhat SF that is only because the developments in Transhumanism are happening largely out of the public eye. Zoltan Istvan […]

  • Transhumanism – Limitless

    03/10/2016 Duración: 01h36min

    Limitless reads like one of those dodgy clickbait adds on the internet – but it’s actually a lot smarter than that.  I like Bradley Cooper as an actor and I think that the Cooper – Deniro combination is one of my favourites in modern cinema. Limitless blends the kind of sci-fi that John Wyndham was […]

  • Making History – Star Trek

    20/09/2016 Duración: 02h06min

    In the first of our new series on how science fiction influences history we look at Star Trek. Star Trek is “THE” science fiction series.  No other series has been as influential in the real world nor has any other series taken as much effort to explore an array of complex real world issues through […]

  • Transhumanism – Lucy

    19/09/2016 Duración: 02h29min

    We had to get to Lucy at some point. In my first review of Lucy I was quite critical of the movie because it pretty much not only ignores existing neuroscience in favour of fantasy, it tries to dress itself up as good science. Luc Besson goes so far as to say he consulted top […]

  • Rick and Stefan Reunion

    15/09/2016 Duración: 50min

    “Reunion” kind of implies that Rick and I have met each other which is not quite the case.  We have talked many times over skype including video so we knew each other but this was the first time in the flesh.  It was a great experience to be sure, Rick and I are very similar […]

  • Transhumanism – Transcendence

    13/09/2016 Duración: 03h14min

    Transcendence brings to an end the main part of the Transhumanism section, though we have a good number of episodes to go, they will be exploring specific topics. Transcendence brings to light all of the issues that come both with Transhumanism and the Singularity.  Will we trust someone more powerful than us?  Will the promise […]

  • Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy – Tertiary Phase

    31/08/2016 Duración: 02h16min

    I don’t get it.  How can a book I pretty much hate go to being a radio play I adore?  That is Douglas for you.  I guess when it comes down to it, Douglas was most at home with Radio where with the help of a good producer and a dash of decent editing you end […]

  • Transhumanism – Avatar

    20/08/2016 Duración: 02h16min

    Avatar is a funny movie.  It’s the most successful movie ever, yet nobody really talks about it.  That is mostly because it’s the world building and not the story that people remember. Not that I see that as a problem.  The fact that people shelled out so much to see a world that ‘might exist’ […]

  • Interview – Nick Page

    16/08/2016 Duración: 42min

    Something different for Highway to Mars an interview.  Nick Page is the YouTuber responsible for the fantastic animated sequences that bring the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy radio series to life.  While Nicks work is essentially fan videos which with the whole Axanar debate have become somewhat controversial – the thing is they are good. […]

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