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- 072: Zombies (Creature Feature 2024)
"They're coming to get you, Barbara!" The Gang discusses 3 zombie movies for the first annual RxS Creature Feature. To watch along, check out Train to Busan, Night of the Living Dead (1968), and Shaun of the Dead.
- Featured: "Slumber Party Panic," Adventure Time S1E01, Train to Busan, Night of the Living Dead (1968), Shaun of the Dead, "Epidemiology," Community S2E06, Corpse Bride, One Cut of the Dead
- Links/Sources: "The Walking Dead: Zombies, God, and What Makes us Human," Brian Godawa, Thus Spake Godawa, September 16, 2013, Hitchcock Loves Bikinis
- Editor's Notes: Penn Ward stopped *directing* Adventure Time after Season 5 and stopped *writing* after season 7. | MINISO is a China-based company. In retrospect, shoulda guessed.
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1 hr 3 min - 071: Impastor Syndrome (Biblical Teaching for Dummies)
The guys share their experiences with and advice for teaching the Bible. If you're nervous when preparing to teach, you're in good company! Tune in and commiserate.
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1 hr 5 min - 070: Our Top 10 Disney Movies
RxS welcomes a brand new guest for a segment where we rate our top 10 Disney Films. See how your list stacks up with ours—or, if you haven't watched much Disney, you have no excuses now.
- Editor's Notes: "Hero's kiss moment" refers to the midpoint of the hero's journey, not the actual hero's kiss. For more info, see episode 056: The Hero's Journey: a May the 4th Special | Maybe Little John is burgundy, maybe he isn't. Maybe you're pedantic. The jury's still out.
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1 hr 20 min - 069: Friends in Low Places - Christian Themes in Secular Media
Sometimes secular media gets very close to the gospel. The RxS guys discuss how you can think about and enjoy secular media in light of the gospel. Tune in for a load of spicy questions: Will we watch The Godfather in heaven? Are replicants human? Would you love me if I had a xenomorph on my face? Find out (or not) on Rebel x Saint!
- Featured: Asteroid City, Pig, Plato, Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche, Perelandra, Brian Godawa
- Links/Sources: Regardless of whether Planet Narnia or Pugast was the correct source of the "baptism" thought, you can find a whole lot of good content on C.S. Lewis in the Pugcast series recorded in Oxford: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNfoJi7Ph5IO6oGXC5hbOJH7YgiLg9j3t
- Editor's Notes: To complete the quote from Matthew 5:10, "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake." | The "Unmoved Mover" is credited to Aristotle, not Plato. | "The law is written on their hearts" is found in Romans 2:15
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1 hr 2 min - 068: Cringe-CCM-Dating-Jesus Energy
Plug in your headphones for some autumn-flavored jams, courtesy of our September 2024 album swap—featuring The Oh Hellos, Jason Morant, Beirut, and a healthy dose of mid-2000s Christian culture.
- Featured: Dear Wormwood by The Oh Hellos, Open by Jason Morant, Beirut
- Links: RxS2: Did it Make the Playlist?, RxS: Fan Song Suggestions
- Editor's Notes: Oviedo is a city in Spain. Ted Dekker isn't Catholic, but he's pretty coy about his theology. We'll forgive Alex for this one.
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1 hr 6 min - 067: This Episode Is a MacGuffin
We're so back. RxS kicks off the season with our favorite segment, What Movies Have You Watched? Afterward, the guys get to the meat and potatoes of the episode—cutting loose on beloved fans, Disney remakes, and summer movie news. Remember, kids: in 100% of nostalgia-related incidents, the victim is the person with nostalgia.
- Featured: Napoleon Dynamite, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Labyrinth, The Instigators, Deadpool & Wolverine, Big Night
- Links/Sources: Tubi | Mary Kate Carr, Pixar, struggling for a new strategy, predictably turns to reboots, sequels, and "mass appeal," AV Club, May 30, 2024 (I linked to this because the original bloomberg story is behind a paywall) | Rebel X Saint on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/rebelxsaint/
- Editor's Notes: Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros came out in 1942 and 1944, respectively—well before The Jungle Book released in 1967.
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1 hr 9 min - 066: AI Is Coming for Your Feelings
Time to bring things full circle with an episode that ties up our recent dialogues about poetry, postmodern AI, and putting your feelings into art. Featuring your daily serving of C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, and everyone's favorite dystopian media. What a time to be alive.
- Notable Mentions: Dall-E 2, The Matrix, That Hideous Strength, I, Robot, The Abolition of Man, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Fahrenheit 451
- Links/Sources: Proverbs 6:10-11, 24:30-34 | The steak scene from The Matrix ("Ignorance is bliss"). You're welcome—and spoiler warning. | @giannis_daras, "DALLE-2 has a secret language." X, https://x.com/giannis_daras/status/1531693096458592256, May 31, 2022 |
ProZD, "Harry Potter and the Portrait of What Looked Like a Large Pile of Ash," YouTube, Dec 20, 2017 (dubbing the original story by Botnik Studios: https://botnik.org/content/harry-potter.html) | Angela Yang and Daniele Hamamdjian, "AI candidate running for Parliament in the U.K. says AI can humanize politics," NBC News, June 13, 2024 | G. K. Chesterton, "The Ethics of Elfland," Chesterton's Gateway: 14 Essays to Get You Hooked on Chesterton, ed. Ethan Nicolle- Editor's Notes: This episode references the following Rebel x Saint episodes: "064: AI Is Coming for Your Playlist" and "065: Art & Soul" | Credit to Alex: Dall-E is, in fact, named after both WALL-E and Salvador Dali. | The concept of simulacra, as discussed by Baudrillard in Simulacra and Simulation, directly influenced The Matrix. The more you know.
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55 min - 065: Art and Soul
Enjoy an episode all about feelings, art, and feelings about art. This message brought to you by the J. R. R. Tolkien Gang.
- Notable Mentions: GoldenEye (1997) (Slappers Only!); Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (1998), The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Up, Church People, Avatar, The Grizzled, The Bear, That Hideous Strength, Leaf by Niggle
- Links/Sources: J. R. R. Tolkien, "On Fairy Stories," Tales from the Perilous Realm; J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King;
John Ryan Lister and Thomas Joseph Terry,Images and Idols: Creativity for the Christian Life (Reclaiming Creativity); C. S. Lewis Apologist: An Interview with Dr. Alister McGrath : The Theology Pugcast Episode 294, The Theology Pugcast, June 24, 2024Find Alex and Andrew here: https://beacons.ai/rebel.x.saint
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57 min - 064: AI Is Coming for Your Playlists
Postmoderns hate him! The gang digs into what it means to have AI-generated art in a postmodern world, then find themselves in the weeds of a feud involving a few. Brought to you by 104.5 The SÆNT!
- Notable Mentions: Nightshade and Glaze, Mike Mignola, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Poor Bishop Hooper, "Moon at Dawn" by Blind Pilot, "Anywhere" by The Gray Havens, Stomp, The Everglow by Mae, The Lumineers, "Death of the Phone Call" by Whatever, Dad, "Vacation" by Crying, Closure in Moscow
- Links/Sources: "AI is a 'checkmate' to the postmodernist..." @Reddit_lies, X, Jan 4, 2023
Kevin Rorse, "An A.I.-Generated Picture Won an Art Prize. Artists Aren’t Happy." New York Times, Sep 2, 2022Find Alex and Andrew here: https://beacons.ai/rebel.x.saint
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59 min - 063: The Gang vs. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
The RxS Gang's monthly movie rundown, headlined by the heartful "homedy"Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. Come for the movies, stay for the friendly neighborhood mockingbird! And remember: bros don't let bros watch Garfield by themselves.
- Notable Mentions: The Accountant, Rookie of the Year, Godzilla Minus One, Clue, Shutter Island, Inside Out 2, dc Talk, The Garfield Movie, Braveheart, Gladiator, Signs, Mask of Zorro, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Glass Onion, Midsommar, One Cut of the Dead, Scavengers Reign
- Links/Sources: Philippians 4:4-7 | I quoted Brian Godawa from Babylon Bee Episode 21: Harvest Horror Episode (That Coincidentally Falls On October 31st), YouTube, October 31, 2019. For more of his thoughts on film, see his blogs, e.g., "The Walking Dead: Zombies, God, and What Makes us Human," Thus Spake Godawa, September 16, 2023; and his interview with Desiring God: "Do You Get 'It?'," Tony Reinke, desiringGod.org, September 21, 2017 - Andrew
- Editor's Notes: Let the reader understand that "Puss in Boots" will henceforth and forevermore refer to "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" unless we specify otherwise.
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Tortured artists that love Jesus cracking wise about movies, comics, and more.