Two Nerds Sitting on a Couch

Two nerds sitting on a couch discuss the second Divergent movie, Insurgent. The Divergent series, both the books and movies, is contemporary with a whole bunch of other teen dystopias, most notably The Hunger Games. They're set in a post-apocalyptic Chicago with a rigid caste system based on personality.

We didn't think much of this installment. 

Two nerds sitting on a couch discuss the first of the Divergent movies. 

The Divergent series, both the books and movies, is contemporary with a whole bunch of other teen dystopias, most notably The Hunger Games. They're set in a post-apocalyptic Chicago with a rigid caste system based on personality. There are spoilers galore for Divergent, in addition to other Young Adult dystopias and related media.

In which two nerds sit on the couch and discuss the third and final of the Maze Runner movies: The Death Cure. We do not recap the first two movies, so this is best listed to after our recaps of The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials. The Maze Runner series, both the books and movies, is contemporary with a whole bunch of other teen dystopias, most notably The Hunger Games, and follows a group of teens in a survival situation. As always, there are spoilers.

Two nerds sitting on the couch discuss the second of the Maze Runner movies: The Scorch Trials. We do not recap the first movie, so this is best listened to after our recap of The Maze Runner. The Maze Runner series, both the books and movies, is contemporary with a whole bunch of other teen dystopias, most notably The Hunger Games, and follows a group of teens in a survival situation. As always, there are spoilers for both The Scorch Trials and related media. 

One small correction: I get Giancarlo Esposito's first name wrong -- sorry -- and incorrectly identify him as being on The Wire. I mixed up my David Simon procedurals set in Baltimore. He's probably more well known for his work on a raft of Spike Lee movies, Breaking Bad, and most recently the Mandalorian. 

Two nerds sitting on a couch discuss the first of the Maze Runner movie trilogy. 

The Maze Runner series, both the books and movies, is contemporary with a whole bunch of other teen dystopias, most notably The Hunger Games, and follows a group of teens in a survival situation. There are spoilers galore for The Maze Runner, in addition to other Young Adult dystopias and related media. 

One minor correction to something I say in the podcast: there were three Divergent movies made, not two. I was confused because I knew they never made the final movie, but had forgotten the filmmakers split the final book into two movies. The movie I'm thinking of is the third and penultimate movie in a movie series that was never finished.  

ED: the third Divergent movie was called Observant.

In which two nerds sitting on a couch discuss the movie Space Sweepers, the new Korean scifi movie available on Netflix. We discuss gender and robots, the class struggle, and the colonization of Mars, in addition to thirsting for spaceship mechanics. 

Spoiler Alert: Many, many things are spoilered, including, but not limited to, Space Sweepers, Autonomous by Annalee Newitz, Ultraviolet, Alien Resurrection, Small Wonder, and Star Wars.