No Gods, No Monsters

[Preview] Neon Genesis Evangelion: Episode 18

We're talking Kierkegaard, the nature of the self, the gulf between the genders (that Shinji can't see), and Charlie uncovers a hidden plot by Ikari to make his son into a man.

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Episode 105: Under the Skin (2013)

Charlie and Barto are left to their own devices and, as a consequence, there's no one to stop them from getting drawn into Scarlett Johansson's deep, dark void. While they're swimming in the inky darkness, they sing songs, discuss Das Ding, the violence of becoming a subject, and whether aliens have cars on their home world.

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[Preview] Neon Genesis Evangelion Episodes 16 & 17

Wow this show is really ramping up. We talk Holy Ghosts, our relationship with religion, prophecy, how the Rabbit that lives in your mind is just as real as the Rabbit who has to go to work and, of course, Oedipus is back.

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Episode 104: Predator (1987)

Dreads, mandibles, heat vision, and invisibility? Baby, you got a stew going! We discuss this '80s sci-fi/action/horror flick's troubled production, its waffling position on imperialism, what happens when we view the Predator as woman, and the real meaning of Shane Black's repetitive genitalia jokes.

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Episode 103 ft. Adam C. Jones: Crimes of the Future (2022)

We are talking Cronenberg yet again, and this time we're joined by a favorite thinker, author and podcaster of ours - Adam C. Jones! We discuss viral infections both biological and informational, posting as performance art, control societies, technology as an extension of ourselves, and the film's unique vision of the future.

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We are talking Cronenberg yet again, and this time we're joined by a favorite thinker, author and podcaster of ours - Adam C. Jones! We discuss viral infections both biological and informational, posting as performance art, control societies, technology as an extension of ourselves, and the film's unique vision of the future.

Listen to Adam's podcasts Acid Horizon and Pub Goth Transmission and join the Acid Horizon patreon. If you can't find a small bookstore that is already carrying his book The New Flesh: Life and Death in the Data Economy, steal it.

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Episode 102: Aliens (1986)

WARNING: This episode contains Alien³ spoilers!

We continue our Alien and Predator series with this acclaimed action sequel that falls short on carrying on the themes of the original. We discuss the film's takes on corporatism and militarism, gender and motherhood, and how its attempts at feminism reinforce the patriarchal order. We also get lost in a maze trying to figure out James Cameron's political videos and decide to print the legend when discussing how he pitched the movie.

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Episode 101 ft. Pooch: Arrival (2016)

Pooch the polyglot joins us to decipher the signs and signifiers hidden in the ideological clusterfuck that is Arrival (2016). We talk colonialism, language being (or not really being) magic, and the truly unknowable depths of the Other. We get into a big argument about what it's like to experience time all at once and reminisce about The Jeremy Renner App, a product too beautiful to survive this ugly world.

 

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Episode 100: Alien (1979)

We begin our exploration of the Alien and Predator films with the masterpiece that started it all. Join us as we bask in the horror of being biological beings, as we confuse sexual organs, are consumed by Lacan's lamella, and as we struggle with the inevitably oppressive pairing of futurist technology and present day capitalism. We also announce a new patreon tier.

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Episode 99: Godzilla vs Destoroyah

It's Godzilla's final film of the Heisei Era and we cover all your burning questions about it. Such as, how do you pronounce Destoroyah? What gender is Destoroyah and where does it fit on the Oedipal triangle? Is Godzilla.... dialectic? And what happens when you put a bunch of frozen iguanas in your car?

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Episode 98: Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

It's a No Gods holiday miracle! We're returning to the world of Gremlins to cover one of the most batshit movies ever produced. We discuss the origins of this anti-sequel sequel along with its critiques of corporatism, urban development, Orientalism, genetic research, consumerism and hierarchy. Also, is the Brain Gremlin smart? Or is he just talking?

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