Month: December 2017

Bon MOTS 2017: Gremlins

December 25, 2017 Steve Ormosi 0:58:49

Secure your plows, hide your dogs at the bank, and always buy American. It’s time for some holiday mayhem: Gremlins.

[Aggregate score: 9]

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AFI Top 100 #080: The Apartment

December 20, 2017 Steve Ormosi 4272

#80 on the AFI 100- The Apartment, or: Love in the Time of Toxic Patriarchal Capitalism. [Aggregate score: 10]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wZp5g3YfdVg%3Fwmode%3Dopaque%26enablejsapi%3D1

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Meta Metaphor

December 19, 2017 Scott Thurlow

[major spoilers ahead]

The Last Jedi hit theaters this past weekend, and inevitably the tidal wave of opinions, reactions and rants washed over this galaxy, ranging from the usual ‘best since the original’ to ‘sucks worse than ever’ and all shades between. Read More

Bon MOTS: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

December 18, 2017 Steve Ormosi 4715

12/18/2017

The Lost Signals brings their signature analysis to the eighth installment of the ongoing War in the Stars, featuring the titular Last Jedi.

[Aggregate score: 7]

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Bon MOTS: The Disaster Artist

December 13, 2017 Steve Ormosi 2447

12/13/2017

Having said all they can (or will) about The Room, MOTS goes even more meta with the strange story surrounding its eventual production, as portrayed by James Franco et al. in The Disaster Artist

[Aggregate score: 8]

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Bon MOTS: The Room

December 11, 2017 Steve Ormosi 3917

12/11/2017

The MOTS crew tackles the (in)famously so bad it’s good “The Room,” coming up with some interesting interpretations on the nature of this bizarre yet beloved film.

[Aggregate score: 3.75]

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Syntax Error: Interview with game designer, Ara Shirinian

December 6, 2017 Steve Ormosi 2977

12/6/2017

In a special guest interview episode, Scott and Ian chat with game designer Ara Shirinian, starting with some ideas contained in his previously covered article, and then expanding upon many more nuanced aspects of videogames and their inner workings as a medium at large.

See more from Ara at:

instagram: ara.shir
https://www.youtube.com/user/arashirinian
http://www.shirinian.net/