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  • The Thirteenth Floor: Back to the Simulacron
    Oct 31 2025
    Like World on a Wire 1999s uThe Thirteenth Floor is also an adaptation of the novel Simulacron-3.And rather unfortunately released one month after The Matrix! Holger Hasse did the hard work and decided to read the book so why not join us as we compare the two versions and spend more time waxing lyrical about Werner Ranier Fassbinder.

    The Thirteenth Floor (1999). Directed by Josef Rusnak. Written by Rusnak and Ravel Centeno-Rodriguez. From the book Simulacron-3 by Daniel F Galouye. Starring Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol and Vincent D'Onofrio

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    49 Min.
  • Precoding The Matrix
    Oct 23 2025
    On it's release in 1999 The Matrix wowed audiences with its mix of kung fu action, dazzling visuals and mindbending concept of living in a virtual world. However, starting decades before on the small screen, the concept of living in a simulation has already been portrayed in the most imaginative ways. Ian is joined by Holger Hasse to review three such examples!

    World On A Wire (1973). Directed by Ranier Werner Fassbinder. Written by Fassbinder and Fritz Muller-Scherz. Based on the novel simulacron-3 by Daniel F Galouye. starring Klaus Lowitsch and Barbara Valentin.

    Red Dwarf. Season 5 episode 6. "Back to Reality" (1992). Directed by Juliet May. Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. Starring Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules and Rober Llewellyn.

    Welcome to Paradox. Episode 4 "News from D Street" (1998) Written by Miguel Tajada-Flores. Starring A Martinez and Claudette Mink
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    1 Std. und 19 Min.
  • PotA Ep 14 Up Above The World So High
    Oct 21 2025
    We reach the actual final episode of ther series, not broadcast until 1991. Ian also gives his thoughts on the series as a whole.

    Episode 14: Up Above The World So High. Written by Shimon Wincleberg. Directed by John Meredyth Lucas. Guest starring Joanna Barnes
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    17 Min.
  • PotA Ep13 The Liberator
    Oct 8 2025
    It's episode 13 and the last to be broadcast on network television. So this must be the series finale? Or is it?

    The Liberator. Written by Howard Dimsdale. Directed by Arnold Laven. Guest starring John Ireland.
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    9 Min.
  • PotA Ep12: The Cure
    Sep 12 2025
    Ian reaches the penultimate broadcast episode of the show!

    The Cure. Written by Edward J Lakso. Directed by Bernard McEveety. Guest starring Sondra Locke and David Sheiner
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    13 Min.
  • PotA Episode 11: The Tyrant
    Sep 8 2025
    A nice surprise as we get to the business end!

    Episode 11: The Tyrant. Directed by Ralph Senensky. Written by Walter Black. Guest starring Percy Rodrigues
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    11 Min.
  • PotA Ep10: The Interrogation
    Aug 29 2025
    We head back to Central City for a bit of that old 70s favourite, brainwashing!

    The Interrogation. Directed by Alf Kjelin. Written by Richard Collins. Guest starring Beverly Garland and Anne Seymour.
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    12 Min.
  • PotA: Ep9 The Horse Race
    Aug 25 2025
    Our heroes get up to some horsey highjinks but is this episode a thoroughbred or fit for the knackers yard?

    Episode 9: The Horse race. Directed by Jack Starret. Written by David P Lewis and Booker Bradshaw. Guest starring John Hoyt
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    11 Min.