Welcome to the Sci-Fi Sci, a podcast about black science fiction fantasy and

staying on the same page in this marriage. I kind of like Ben. I'm one of your

incredible co-hosts Amber Wallen and you. I'm Ben. Hey Ben, I like you. And today

welcome to episode 27 of the Sci-Fi Sci. We sat down and watched Meteor Man the

19, what year did it come up in? 1993. Thank you, Booth. The 1993 hit starring

directed filmed costume makeup designed everything you can think of by Robert

Townsend. And we have to get into this movie because it's so fun and it's it's

both amazing and horrible in so many ways and we're very excited to discuss it.

So Robert Townsend directs this, stars in it, does everything that Amber you're

doing right now in your life. Yes, I am the Robert Townsend of our home. You

know what I'm saying in my career. So it's like I'm the talent. I am the the

Mike and Tech lead. I sell the tickets. I do lighting. I do you write everything. I

write everything. I do house cleanup dishes. Dog, coordinator, plant mom. So I

I definitely the spirit of Robert Townsend really speaks to me because some

of us are just out here doing it all by ourselves. And then all by ourselves. And

then ridiculously flopping, which is what this movie did. Some of us. Some of us

are flopping. Not referring to you. Right. Sure. The movie. Let's talk about the

movie a little bit. Right. So the budget was 20 million. It made 8 million at the

box office. So considered a flop. Definitely. However, I did find it quite

fascinating that the films that were being made at this time, sort of the

really big films. And the meteor man had a lot of famous characters and actors. Oh

man. A lot of actors. If you were a famous actor in the 90s, you were in

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