Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are working backwards through film history, using STAR WARS as the starting point!

This week on EPISODE ZERO they explore Douglas Trumbull's SILENT RUNNING, a sci-fi epic starring Bruce Dern as an environmental activist who defies orders to destroy Earth's last remaining forests! With a screenplay by Michael Cimino (THE DEER HUNTER) and Stephen Bochco (NYPD BLUE), and early effects work by STAR WARS vfx pioneer John Dykstra, SILENT RUNNING inspired the creation of R2-D2 and even the tv series MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000!

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Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are working backwards through film history, using STAR WARS as the starting point! This week on EPISODE ZERO they explore Douglas Trumbull's SILENT RUNNING, a sci-fi epic starring Bruce Dern as an environmental activist who defies orders to destroy Earth's last remaining forests! With a screenplay by Michael Cimino (THE DEER HUNTER) and Stephen Bochco (NYPD BLUE), and early effects work by STAR WARS vfx pioneer John Dykstra, SILENT RUNNING inspired the creation of R2-D2 and even the tv series MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000! <a href="http://www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Subscribe on Patreon</a> at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/criticacclaim">www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork</a> for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Email us at <a href="mailto:letters@criticallyacclaimed.net,">letters@criticallyacclaimed.net,</a> so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! Follow us on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/criticacclaim">@CriticAcclaim</a>, join the official Fan Club on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/canceledtoosoonfanclub/">Facebook</a>, follow Bibbs at <a href="https://twitter.com/williambibbiani">@WilliamBibbiani</a> and follow Witney at <a href="https://twitter.com/witneyseibold">@WitneySeibold</a>, and head on over to <a href="http://www.criticallyacclaimed.net">www.criticallyacclaimed.net</a> for all their podcasts, reviews and more!

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold host a series of ongoing shows, featuring CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED (new movie reviews), CANCELED TOO SOON (retrospectives of short-lived TV shows), WE'VE GOT MAIL, CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, THE IRON LIST, and more!

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold host a series of ongoing shows, featuring CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED (new movie reviews), CANCELED TOO SOON (retrospectives of short-lived TV shows), WE'VE GOT MAIL, CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, THE IRON LIST, and more!

Critically Acclaimed Network

The podcast that only reviews TV shows that lasted one season or less! Every week, your hosts William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold will guide you through the strangest missteps in television, and decide once and for all if these TV series were... canceled too soon!

R2-D2 and C-3PO weren't the first lovable droids at the center of a deadly revolution!

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