Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Boston Science Fiction Marathon SF45 - Supplement

While we try to cover as much as we can in our episodes, there's always more to see, hear, and read about a movie that can enhance your viewing experience. If you enjoyed our episode on the Boston Science Fiction Marathon, here's a few extra bits you might find interesting...



Here's a video introducing the Marathon and the sense of community it has fostered:



Here's a fan-made trailer for the 'Thon:



You can view the official program for the Marathon here:



Here's the pre-game video introducing some of the Marathon traditions and noting sci-fi luminaries who have passed over the previous year:



For this year's presentation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, while the Somerville audience heard music from the great Jeff Rapsis, we listened to a score for the film composed and performed by the Devil Music Ensemble, who create wonderful, trippy soundtracks for various silent movies. Here's a sample of that score:



Here's a time-lapse video showing the entire marathon and the audience:



Thanks for listening!






4 comments:

  1. Absolutely delightful commentary through the thon! Where were you doing this? Please make this an annual show!

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    1. Thank you! Because we were still recovering from illness, we recorded from home this year but we're hoping next year we can actually record it live in Somerville with a portable version of our usual equipment.

      As for making it an annual show, you've got it.

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  2. You guys have yet to do a dedicated movie pod for 2020 and there's even a nation wide house arrest going in and still, Zippo. Big fan, I thought the pendemic would get me, but you're killing me.

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    1. Sorry for the delay. We have to concede the quarantine has hit us hard here psychologically and morale hasn't always been great but we're fighting through it.

      We will have a new episode up this weekend (if not sooner) and hope to record two more this week, including something special for episode 100! We hope you'll enjoy it!

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