Shows

Neophytes of Narratology: The Hero with a Thousand Faces Part 2

While the Neophytes await their call to adventure, they debate the etiquette of answering a herald, how to politely chase off the trinket-bearing elderly and what exactly Freud would say about their personal threshold guardians.

AFI Top 100 #045: Shane

MOTSterpiece tags along the ranch with a reluctant gunslinger whose name the film will never let you forget, in the titular 1953 western classic, Shane. [Aggregate score 7.5]

 

MOTS Ado About Nothing: The Gorgon by Tanith Lee

Recently we read and discussed a short story about the unpredictable nature of adventure. This is our review of The Gorgon by Tanith Lee.

AFI Top 100 #087: 12 Angry Men

This week, TLS decided to review the deliberation room classic, 12 Angry Men, and joining us to lend a whiff of legitimacy was someone with some legal experience himself, Geoff Blackwell. [Aggregate score: 9.5]

Geoff is voice of the news podcast from a legal perspective, All Too Common Law and a lawyer with American Atheists.

Literature: Mono No Aware by Ken Liu

The crew reviews this Hugo winning short story by Ken Liu about the struggle to hold onto oneself, even at the end of the world.

AFI Top 100 #004: Raging Bull

MOTS steps into the ring to tangle with the classic Scorsese flick, Raging Bull. [Aggregate score: 8]

 

AFI Top 100 #020: It’s A Wonderful Life

In the next episode of MOTSterpiece Theater, we review the Christmas classic, It’s a Wonderful Life. I wonder what the world would be like if this movie had never been made. [Aggregate score: 4.66]