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This week we discover our powers with two versions of Carrie (1976 & 2013) and discuss ingrained systems of misogyny, coddling as a form of manipulation, performative martyrdom, and Notes App apologies.

Timestamps

0:04:46 - Carrie (1976)

0:47:13 - Carrie (2013)

1:24:25 - Outro

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This week we are joined by Stephanie Graye to face the outer space horrors of Alien (1979) and its prequel Prometheus (2012) and discuss fatal consequences of unsubstantiated white male confidence, xenomorphs as the manifestation of trauma, how to avoid self-congratulatory feminism, and the crucifixion of Alien Jesus.

Timestamps

0:09:24 - Alien (1979)

0:48:56 - Prometheus (2012)

1:35:19 - Outro

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• Spicy Grrrls Podcast and Hot Sauce
• Background Character band
• Earth Program band

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This week we are joined by Jake DeSersa to face the invaders of The Thing from Another World (1951) and The Thing (1982) and discuss performative masculinity as a queer suppression tactic, using violence to gain positions of power, aliens as a metaphor for othering, and Norwegian language spoiler alerts.

Timestamps

0:08:10 - The Thing from Another World (1951)

0:37:53 - The Thing (1982)

1:20:43 - Outro

Mentioned links:

• Lousy Advice band+podcast
• Lightweight band
• Dead of Night podcast
• Jake's Letterboxd page
• "Everything I Know About Men I Learned from The Thing"

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This week we save the world with Justice League (2017) and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) and discuss the importance of providing context, satisfying redemption arcs, wealth not being a superpower, and how we're basically Instagram besties with Jason Momoa.

Timestamps

0:07:12 - Justice League (2017)

0:41:48 - Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

1:32:25 - Outro

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This week we cash in our golden ticket to watch Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and discuss poverty being used as a form of control, complete exploitation of labor, shaming children as an attempt at comedy, and déjà vu about Tim Burton's daddy issues.

Timestamps

0:10:42 - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

0:53:04 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

1:29:04 - Outro

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This week we dig up the bones of Jurassic Park (1993) and Jurassic World (2015) to discuss capitalists' disregard of ethics, sexism in survival situations, gratuitous product placement, and how much we'd stan a baby dinosaur petting zoo.

Timestamps

0:05:36 - Jurassic Park (1993)

0:44:51 - Jurassic World (2015)

1:23:00 - Outro

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This week we ride the waves with the original and remake versions of Point Break (1991 & 2015) and discuss the financial cost of justice, the hero complex of cops, women being reduced to damsels, and how "going off the grid" is every problematic man's wet dream.

Timestamps

0:03:32 - Point Break (1991)

0:49:31 - Point Break (2015)

1:19:36 - Outro

Mentioned links:

• Collider: 20 Things To Know About the Point Break Remake

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This week we rev our engines with Gone in 60 Seconds (1974 & 2000) and discuss white screenwriters punching down, women being forced to participate in patriarchal violence, young people being made to look incompetent, and how some men definitely want to have sex with cars.

Also, BIG NEWS! We started our own podcast network! And we're on Patreon now! You can learn all about it in the intro and outro of this episode and by clicking the links below.

Timestamps

0:08:45 - Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)

0:45:12 - Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)

1:18:33 - Outro

1:26:31 - Announcement and description of our Patreon

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This week we look to the stars with 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and its sequel 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) and discuss intentional vagueness, the humanity of artificial intelligence, American propaganda in space, and the legalization of drugs for mimes.

Timestamps

0:07:01 - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

0:52:49 - 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)

1:30:11 - Outro

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For our first episode of 2021 we head to the sewers to watch two iterations of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 & 2014) and discuss the gross oversexualization of female characters, the dangers of all binaries, toxic masculinity as the basis of a plot, and not being a jerk to your pizza delivery person.

Timestamps

0:08:01 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

0:46:03 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

1:26:37 - Outro

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