{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"ep4, Randall introduces a new genre: Bonkers Sci-Fi","description":"Randall pitches Chris on a new sub-genre of Sci-fi he's been working on, Bonkers Sci-fi. From Randall: Bonkers Sci-Fi is simple: It's a sub-genre of science fiction with comedy where the jokes are based on technology, especially technology malfunctioning. Most likely, it satirizes technology to some extent, which is practically unavoidable if you think about it. I started thinking about this after watching Thor: Ragnarok. I was surprised by its tone and realized its part of some sort of heretofore unnamed sub-genre of science fiction that I really love. So what was this genre? I was sure it went back to at least The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books which I loved reading as a kid. I don't think it has to be comedy, but there have to be jokes and the jokes have to be based around some sort of technology or maybe just science-fictiony concepts. The best example of this genre may be The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. To make this clear, I started a list. I have put it below. It's divided into sctions: Movies, Books, Comics, and titles which I think are questionable. I'm not sure they fit into the genre because I don't remember them well or I haven't read or watched them, rather someone described them to me. Thanks and let me know what you think. MOVIES 1960 Little Shop of Horrors 1961 The Absent Minded Professor \/ Flubber 1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1973 Sleeper 1974 Dark Star 1974 Young Frankenstein 1981 Heavy Metal (certain stories) 1981 Time Bandits 1983 The Man With Two Brains 1984 Electric Dreams 1984 Ghostbusters 1985 Back to the Future 1985 Brazil 1985 Explorers 1985 Weird Science 1986 Alf 1986 Critters 1986 Short Circuit 1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 1987 Innerspace 1987 Spaceballs 1988 Earth Girls are Easy 1988 They Live 1989 Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure 1989 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 1989 Quantum Leap 1990 Tremors series 1996 Mars Attacks 1996 Multiplicity 1997 Men in Black 1997 The Fifth Element 1999 Galaxy Quest 2004 Incredibles 2006 Idiocracy 2010 Hot Tub Time Machine 2010 Minions \/ Despicable Me movies 2012 Safety Not Guaranteed 2013 World's End 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy 2015 Ant Man 2016 Dead Pool 2017 Thor Ragnarok   TV 1948 Marvin the Martian from the Looney Tunes cartoon 1962 The Jetsons 1967 The Trouble with Tribbles Star Trek episode 1978 Mork and Mindy 1981 Greatest American Hero 1985 Small Wonder 1987 Out of this World 1989 Saved by the Bell (all the Screech inventions) 1996 Third Rock from the Sun 1999 Futurama 2017 The Orville BOOKS 1978 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1984 National Lampoon's Doon 1987 Chess with a Dragon COMICS 1983 D.R. & Quinch   MAYBE 1726 Book: Gulliver's Travels 1956 Movie: Around the World in 80 Days 1963 TV: My Favorite Martian 1964 Movie: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians 1965 TV: Flintstones (the great Gazoo) 1965 TV: Lost in Space 1968 Movie: Barbarella 1974 TV: Land of the Lost 1975 TV: Far Out Space Nuts 1975 TV: Power Rangers 1977 Movie\/SNL Sketch\/animated special: Coneheads 1977 TV: The Muppet Show: Pigs in Space sketch 1978 Movie: Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park 1978 Movie: The Cat From Outer Space 1984 Movie: Gremlins series 1984 Movie: Ice Pirates 1984 Movie: Night of the Comet 1984 Movie: Repo Man 1984 Movie: The Last Starfighter 1988 TV: Red Dwarf 1989 Book: Quozl 1994 TV: Space Ghost Coast to Coast 1996 Movie: Space Truckers 2000 Book Series: Sewer, Gas and Electric 2000 Book: Velveteen series 2001 TV: Invader Zim 2008 Movie: Space Chimps 2009 Movie: Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel 2011 Movie: Paul ","author_name":"Arts & Entertainment with Chris & Randall","author_url":"http:\/\/chrisandrandall.com","html":"