𝙼𝙰𝙳 𝙶𝙾𝙳 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚍.

In production for decades, Phil Tippett’s MAD GOD is a stunningly crafted piece of mixed media that impresses on levels of both scale and detail. Its broad narrative follows an agent of the end of the world on a mission to restart the universe violently. Telling its story without dialogue, its visuals and soundscape chart several cycles of death, calcification, and rebirth in a post-apocalyptic existence structured like circles of hell, each defined by unimaginable anguish and exploitation. From wet, gloopy shit mines and cold metal corridors to desert fortresses and a literal black hole, MAD GOD is a lean, mean journey that moves and reads unlike anything you’ve seen – and despite its unimaginable cruelty, it may even end up in a kind of hopeful place.

Lotta little freaks in this one, too. Enjoy.

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Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “Long Way Down” by Dan Wool from the MAD GOD original soundtrack.

Timestamps

0:00 - Episode 199: MAD GOD (2021)

4:54 - The episode actually starts

6:36 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary

9:44 - A collection of scenes in mixed media

17:02 - Harlan Ellison, consciousness, and nature

20:41 - Worldbuilding and leaving loose ends loose

29:18 - Meanness vs the “hopeful” ending

30:41 - MAD GOD as critique of CAPITALISM

42:00 - Jason gets Beanboozled

44:58 - The live action segments

47:56 - The Little Freaks of MAD GOD

54:42 - Cody’s Noteys: DAD GOD