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Beating a Dead Horse episodes
- King Kong (1933) & Kong: Skull Island - Racism and Reactions
One of us thought this week we'd be talking about monke and just monke. The other knew we'd be talking historical racism and the impact it has today, even up to Kong: Skull Island. Guess who was who.
57 min - Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, Blaseball, and Attack on Titan - Definitely not a Trojan Horse for DOOM (2005)
This week we talk about FMA: Brotherhood, the internet's favorite splort Blaseball, and the delayed Attack on Titan finale andalsoDOOM(2005) and discuss some of the cultural impacts of each
55 min - House (1977) - 1970s Japanese Velocipastor
Okay, bear with us because we promise we're not minimizing the classic Japanese fantasy-ghost-story HOUSE when we compare it to Velocipastor. We have our reasons, and we've backed them up with actual research. Like nerds.
57 min - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind - Dumb and Bad and Boring, Oh My!
Listen. We're not going to lie to you. Part 5 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is dumb. And bad. And boring. Maybe skip this part. But don't skip this episode, as we give it an in-depth autopsy exploring what exactly went wrong!
1 hr 32 min - Sanjuro - Akira Kurosawa's Green Eggs and Ham
Our Japanese-themed month continues as we delve back into one of the masters: Akira Kurosawa. How does Sanjuro stack up to Seven Samurai? And is comparing to Green Eggs and Ham actually a good comparison? Sean seems to think so.
46 min - Perfect Blue - Haunting Resonance
We're back with more anime nonsense except this time it's really good? Like, really good. We talk about job anxiety, idol culture, and, of course, capitalism in Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue
49 min - Shin Godzilla - Fascism Not Withstanding 2.0
Hooo boy, fascism is in the title. And we all know that means Jackson has a thing or two or ten to say. And that Sean's only role will be to come in and say something astoundingly stupid once in a while.
59 min - Adaptation - A Masturbatory Film
Yeah, we said it. But oops, we mean that as a compliment? Because Adaptation is a genuinely great movie full of heart, navel-gazing, and also two Nicholas Cages.
1 hr 1 min - Warm Bodies - Romeo & Juliet & Borderlands 2
Boy, we just keep picking movies no one remembers, huh. At least Warm Bodies is honestly pretty great! And lends itself to some real discussions on love, power dynamics, and also Borderlands 2 for some daft reason.
1 hr 3 min - Cats (2019) - A Surprisingly Serious Discussion
That's right, we're talking about Cats (2019). But rather than just dunk on it like everyone else, one of us went above and beyond in order to do some deep analysis and commentary, and maybe, just maybe, learned a little something about himself in the process. Sources:
Sideways - Why The Music in Cats (2019) is Worse Than you Thought - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3aK-EK5V2k
Lindsay Ellis - Why is Cats - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6iqAip-ZNo
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A weekly podcast talking about your favorite (and least favorite) characters who bit it in movies, video games, TV shows and more.