The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are working their way through the kickass 1990s and this week's episode places them square in the middle, 1995, and both movies are about sci-fi future worlds about downloadable experiences that nefarious forces are after. It's the Keanu Reeves pre-"Matrix" vehicle, "Johnny Mnemonic," and the slightly classier yet still sordid "Strange Days" starring Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett.
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Episode 398 includes:
-Trailer reactions: "Abigail," "Spaceman," "The First Omen," and "Lisa Frankenstein."
-They've used A.I. to reanimate George Carlin for a "new" "comedy" "special," and it's an ehtnically troubling brave new world for any dead celebrity.
-Nate runs through thoughts over "Maestro," "Leave the World Behind," "Poor Things," "The Zone of Interest," "Bottoms," and "American Fiction."
-Ben discusses "Aproia," "Nimona," "Corner Office," and "The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster."
-By the Decade -- 1995 -- "Johnny Mnemonic" / "Strange Days"
-The guys tackle the schlocky cyberpunk future that has Keanu Reeves as a human courier where his brain is the flash drive that a lot of weirdos want and Kathryn Bigelow and James Cameron's collaboration about a scary future world where humanity is prone to paying for voyueristic experiences catered to them, plus a noir-style murder mystery and police brutality conspiracy at no extra charge.