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Comfort Blanket

Films, TV, books and music that you return to again and again for comfort...


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  • 8. 2001: A Space Odyssey

    52:42||Season 6, Ep. 8
    Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C Clarke attempt to squeeze Life, The Universe, and Everything into one movie, while everyone else sits back and watches the light show.Thanks to the support of our listeners on Patreon and Substack who made this series possible. More short series coming soon!patreon.com/comfortblankpodjoelmorris.substack.com

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  • 7. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers

    42:28||Season 6, Ep. 7
    Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.This time: Don Siegel delivers the ultimate paranoid nightmare as Kevin McCarthy watches the town of Santa Mira succumb to an alien hive mind. You’re next!Thanks to the support of our listeners on Patreon and Substack who made this series possible. More short series coming soon!patreon.com/comfortblankpodjoelmorris.substack.com
  • 6. Them!

    35:56||Season 6, Ep. 6
    Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.This time: Them! The definitive American atomic big-beast picture, and the original bug-hunt (inspiring the soldiers-take-the-nest shenanigans of Aliens).Thanks to the support of our listeners on Patreon and Substack who made this series possible. More short series coming soon!patreon.com/comfortblankpodjoelmorris.substack.com
  • 5. When Worlds Collide

    38:36||Season 6, Ep. 5
    Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.This time: George Pal smash! It's When Worlds Collide, in which the puny Earth is spectacularly knocked about in a game of interplanetary billiards.Thanks to the support of our listeners on Patreon and Substack who made this series possible. More short series coming soon!patreon.com/comfortblankpodjoelmorris.substack.com
  • 4. The Day The Earth Stood Still

    40:41||Season 6, Ep. 4
    Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.This time: Robert Wise sets Michael Rennie loose with a giant robot, and teaches the world to say Klaatu Barada Nikto.Thanks to the support of our listeners on Patreon and Substack who made this series possible. More short series coming soon!patreon.com/comfortblankpodjoelmorris.substack.com
  • 3. The Thing

    39:42||Season 6, Ep. 3
    Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.This time: The Thing. Howard Hawks sends his usual capable men to deal with an intelligent carrot from outer space. It's for a Thing.Thanks to the support of our listeners on Patreon and Substack who made this series possible. More short series coming soon!patreon.com/comfortblankpodjoelmorris.substack.com
  • 2. Things To Come

    41:04||Season 6, Ep. 2
    Rewatching and reconsidering the greatest SF films according to the list published in 2000AD comic in 1980.This time: Things To Come, in which H G Wells and Alexander Korda predict the coming of The Helicopter Men.Thanks to the support of our listeners on Patreon and Substack who made this series possible. More short series coming soon!patreon.com/comfortblankpodjoelmorris.substack.com