Year: 2017

Bon MOTS: Blade Runner 2049

10/9/2017

A threesome of MOTS minds gathers to discuss a threesome of artificial intelligences and many other standout elements from Blade Runner 2049, the long-awaited sequel to the highly influential original.

Literature: The White People by Arthur Machen

We venture out into the fields of the unknown to review an under appreciated classic of horror which influenced greats like H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King, among many others. First, give The White People a read, and then tune in to our newest episode.

Literature: The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe

MOTS wall themselves in with some fine wine to discuss a less famous, but no less impactful story from the master of the macabre, Edgar Allen Poe.

Bonus Points: It’s No Rock’n’Rolla

Reviewed in this episode: Until Dawn, Hue, The Surge (Demo), No Man’s Sky, Telltale Walking Dead: Season 3, The Flame in the Flood, Thomas Was Alone, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Mother Russia Bleeds, Late Shift, Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth DLC.

AFI Top 100 #027: High Noon

Join MOTS as we journey to the old west for drama and red scare commentary in AFI’s #27 feature, “High Noon.”
Don’t forget to wind your clocks. [Aggregate score: 9.75]

Literature: Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang

Join MOTS Ado as we take this episode out of linear time to change our perspective of linguistics and physics in Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life.”

Bon MOTS: IT (2017)

Bon MOTS face their childhood fears and come out the other side with high praise for the latest 2017 film version of Stephen King’s classic, IT.