Lights to Low

On this episode of Lights to Low, we go Back to the Future for Ready Player One, a film that warns us against the potential evils of technology while utilizing advanced technologies. So, join us in the Stacks and or the Oasis as we search for Easter eggs, 1980s pop culture references, and the reason why anyone would want to move to Columbus, Ohio.

On this episode of Lights to Low, we go full Baby Boomer and talk Vietnam, Nixon, feminism, and many more things Spielberg had consciously avoided until this point in his career.

On this episode of Lights to Low, we talk frobscottle, whizpoppers, phizwizards, and the lamentations of children’s nightmares implanted by a giant. You know, for the kids.

On this episode of Lights to Low, we hop the Berlin Wall and cross the Bridge of Spies as Spielberg goes all Cold War as we discuss more white people doing white things.

On this episode of Lights to Low, we talk all things Lincoln, save for his childhood, early political career, first term as president, his height, his beard, his…well, I guess we talk some things Lincoln.

On this episode of Lights to Low, we talk war and horses but mostly war horses. Cue the owl calls and grab the wire cutters as Spielberg takes us back to World War I, a war apparently rated PG-13 and mostly revolved around equine animal husbandry.

On this episode of Lights to Low, we cross that Belgian border to talk ersatz Indiana Jones with The Adventures of Tintin. It may be animated and rated PG, but that doesn’t mean you won’t get a raging alcoholic, a compulsive kleptomaniac, and guns galore.

On this episode of Lights to Low, we return to Indiana Jones to swap out Nazis for Commies and the Ark of the Covenant for a nuclear bomb and some big-headed aliens. Throw that childhood of yours aside and strap in for 2008 Indy: older, wiser, irradiated.

On this episode of Lights to Low, we talk nationalism, terrorism, and antisemitism as Steven Spielberg enlists Eric Bana and Daniel Craig to solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Spoiler alert: they don’t find a solution.

On this episode of Lights to Low, we unpack the alien terrorists of War of the Worlds and reflect on Steven Spielberg’s many visions of a post-9/11 world. Is Ray Ferrier a good dad? Are the Beach Boys appropriate bedtime lullabies? What’s with all the holes in the glass? So, join us for the spiritual sequel to the Shawshank Redemption as Morgan Freeman spouts voiceover gilded in dulcet tones and Tim Robbins gets busy dyin’.