In our third episode looking at fascism in media, we hone in the 1997 military/sci-fi flick Starship Troopers. Everyone fights, no one quits! Your cohosts Ace Harrison and Donovan Rico take apart the film as a work of propaganda and ask whether or not it’s entirely successful. … More What Did Starship Troopers Teach Us About Fascism?
In the lead-up to the James Gunn directed Superman film, lots of discussion has been circling about online regarding past media on the Man of Steel, with a historically odd omission. Superman: The Animated Series – the influential cartoon from the DC Animated Universe – tends to get the short shrift in internet conversation compared … More What’s the Deal with Superman: the Animated Series?
Josh returns to the show to talk about the next step in the Star Wars franchise, looking back on the last decade of the property after the Disney buyout. Is the Force really female? Or have the fans been betrayed repeatedly since Return of the Jedi? Is any of this important?!
Finally joining the 21st century, Donovan recently watched all five seasons of Breaking Bad! Bringing on the man responsible, he, Harry and Trevor discuss not only their affection for the popular show but the morality, thematic writing and creative decisions of a series that continues to take the internet by storm…but at what price??!
In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris, the guys go over familiar feelings, but this time given a new perspective on how this happened and where to go forth in the future.
With the internet coroners yearning to call time-of-death on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Dono and Harry discuss the uptick in MCU online criticism, as well as the less-than-stellar year Hollywood Franchises have had, comparing fading genres to the bygone days of Westerns.
This week the guys take on the epic quest of determining why video games movies are always perceived as bad! Is it oversimplification? Which has the better track record, fighting game movies or horror movies? Is it all Uwe Boll’s fault? Press Start to find out!
Stella returns to wax poetic on her FAVORITE Bond film, Die Another Day! After discussing feedback for the previous episode, the trio dive head-first into the ice palace that is double entendres, Rosamund Pike and the tone of the Bond franchise. Stay tuned at the end for discussion on where the series should go next!
This week Don has a hankering for a spankering, returning to the topic of when liberal media gets it wrong…or do they? What follows are old anxieties, discoveries of a new kind of storytelling genre and working to go with the flow.
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