Hoppers & Project Hail Mary + Sci-Fi Favourites

About this episode

The episode reviews the movies Hoppers and Project Hail Mary, and discusses the best sci-fi films and series.

In this episode, we’re reviewing two very different movies that play in the same genre. First up, what’s been touted as the funniest Pixar movie ever, Hoppers tells the story of Mabel, an animal lover, whose mind is transferred into a lifelike robotic beaver to communicate with animals and save their habitat from human destruction - but along the way, she kinda sorta starts an uprising. Then, we have Project Hail Mary, adapted from Andy Weir’s novel (of The Martian fame), which tells an unusual story of human-extraterrestrial friendship, between two space travellers, each on their own missions. And then on Take Two, we return to an old favourite: What are the best sci-fi movies and series out there?  Image Credits: 1MDb See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• movie reviews
• sci-fi
• Pixar
• human-extraterrestrial friendship
• film adaptation

Keywords

• Hoppers
• Project Hail Mary
• sci-fi movies
• Pixar
• Andy Weir

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Hoppers, Project Hail Mary, The Martian

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