Featuring Blake Hester (https://twitter.com/metallicaisrad)!

PULSE is probably a pretty good movie! The boys think I would’ve given it a single thumbs up and made puns about the title instead of having genuine thoughts and insightful feelings about it. They’re probably right. I’m on vacation.

Find Blake…

At https://www.gameinformer.com/user/blake-hester

At https://twitter.com/metallicaisrad

At https://letterboxd.com/blakedtfp/

On Trylove Episode 153: POSSESSION (1981)

Shout-out to MN’s own Video Universe (1986-2023):

- https://www.videouniversemn.com/

- https://racketmn.com/video-universe-one-of-the-last-rental-stores-in-america-is-closing/

Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/.

Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music by Takeshi Haketa from the PULSE soundtrack.

Timestamps

0:00 - Episode 208: PULSE (2001) with Blake Hester

5:17 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary

7:25 - Internet as theme, generational experience, and the CURE comparison

28:00 - How PULSE navigates its genre trappings

37:22 - PULSE’s evocation of “end times” imagery

47:59 - The Kids Are Not All Right

52:04 - Michi's send-off

1:00:45 - The Junk Drawer

1:08:21 - Cody's Noteys - Trylibs: Ghost Story