A late night study session on human consciousness. The interactions between minds, the interactions between humans and machines, and the unnoticed social implications of each. The Wachowskis are probably into the Opera (or at least The Hunger Games), and thinking in those terms changes everything. An audience’s acceptance of mixing race and gender on screen. Double Feature goes even more broad into some heavy territory. What it’s like to spend every day two years in the future. Trends in personal technology and where it’s going. Her as an exceptional piece of both vision and prediction.

A late night study session on human consciousness. The interactions between minds, the interactions between humans and machines, and the unnoticed social implications of each. The Wachowskis are probably into the Opera (or at least The Hunger Games), and thinking … Continue reading →

Jim celebrates (belatedly) that you've all somehow downloaded over 50,000 episodes! Then he gets much more cynical, discussing Ida Lupino's 1953 subtle classic, The Hitch-Hiker. Sure, Lupino wasn't the first choice to direct the film, but that doesn't mean she didn't add her own personal slant, including a constant sense of claustrophobia and questions about the nature of manhood.

Jim celebrates (belatedly) that you've all somehow downloaded over 50,000 episodes! Then he gets much more cynical, discussing Ida Lupino's 1953 subtle classic, The Hitch-Hiker. Sure, Lupino wasn't the first choice to direct the film, but that doesn't mean she didn't add her own personal slant, including a constant sense of claustrophobia and questions about the nature of manhood.

Jim celebrates (belatedly) that you've all somehow downloaded over 50,000 episodes! Then he gets much more cynical, discussing Ida Lupino's 1953 subtle classic, The Hitch-Hiker. Sure, Lupino wasn't the first choice to direct the film, but that doesn't mean she didn't add her own personal slant, including a constant sense of claustrophobia and questions about the nature of manhood.

Jim celebrates (belatedly) that you've all somehow downloaded over 50,000 episodes! Then he gets much more cynical, discussing Ida Lupino's 1953 subtle classic, The Hitch-Hiker. Sure, Lupino wasn't the first choice to direct the film, but that doesn't mean she didn't add her own personal slant, including a constant sense of claustrophobia and questions about the nature of manhood.

Jim celebrates (belatedly) that you've all somehow downloaded over 50,000 episodes! Then he gets much more cynical, discussing Ida Lupino's 1953 subtle classic, The Hitch-Hiker. Sure, Lupino wasn't the first choice to direct the film, but that doesn't mean she didn't add her own personal slant, including a constant sense of claustrophobia and questions about the nature of manhood.

In this episode, Tyler and David are joined by actor Stephen Tobolowsky to discuss the listener-generated Top 25 Actors list.

Tyler and David discuss what they've been watching, including Sleeping with Other People, Black Sea, Little Men, Batman Begins, Beautiful Something, The Dark Knight, Cloud Atlas, and West Side Story.

One species manipulates another to do its bidding! The most important information presented in the PBS documentary Leave it To Beavers. Thinking about engineering. Complex questions at the end of evolution. Understanding animal lovers. Stop fucking eating fucking cows, you’re all killing the planet. John Carpenter unplugged in Village of the Damned. An alternate debatably cooler name for Village of the Damned. Imagining a world where this is a franchise – maybe even an AMC television series! John Carpenters interest in stories with great premises.