We cover an article by man of the peoples’ philosopher Slavoj Žižek, exploring emerging ideas and the landscape of what posthumanism might evolve into via current pop culture touchstones.
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We discuss this intriguingly opaque short story, and ponder what it means to consume a god.
[Average score: 5.6]
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We head down to Cuba circa the late 70s to check out this touted foreign flick covering a range of socio-political topics. [Average 8.3]
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On the frontier as always, we define and discuss the practice of recontextualizing and/or defamiliarizing narratives in games (and some other media) framed around likely the most famous example of such found within the Nier series.
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Two kombatants enter the ring to briefly review the series’ 2021 film incarnation before turning their attention to the franchise overall.
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Grab a bat and haul ass in your Banshee, as TLS is joined by the hooligans of ASP for a whirlwind tour of the GTA series.
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In this guest ep, TLS is joined by new friends and old to reflect back 25 years later on the best/most seminal films of 1996. Featuring series regular Joe Soria and first time guest Dan Kirschenbaum.
Results of our best movies of ’96 Snake Draft
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An invigorating discussion of Asian American/Pacific Islander helmed films with great friend of the show, Morgan Goldin.
See below for the films and where to find them streaming.
Better Luck Tomorrow – Amazon Prime
The Namesake – HBO Max
Children of Invention – IMDB Streaming
Columbus – Kanopy
Minding the Gap – Hulu
BONUS The Debut – for rent on Amazon Prime
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Utopia isn’t all it’s cracked up to be in this classic story from one of the greats that is more of a thought/discussion piece. [Aggregate score: 6.75* Score reflects limits of MOTS system in this case, as expanded upon in episode]
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In grand post-Academy tradition, it’s…time! for TLS to hit up Vegas in a review of this year’s choice of infamously panned/ostracized film. [Aggregate score: 3.66]
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