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Exploring the sociopolitical aspects of science-fiction in film, television, books, and video-games
The Battle Beyond Planet X
English, TV & Video, 1 season, 101 episodes, 3 days, 20 hours, 28 minutes
The Battle Beyond Planet X
English, TV & Video, 1 season, 101 episodes, 3 days, 20 hours, 28 minutes
Decoding Ayako Fujitani - With Eyes East
Join Donovan and I in Part II of our QNA/WEE crossover, this time talking about Ritual (Shiki-Jitsu)
1/19/2024 • 1 hour, 27 minutes
The Next Great American Action Movie - With Eyes East
John Wick: Chapter 4
3/30/2023 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 44 seconds
Physical: 100 – Final Report - With Eyes East
Join Donovan and I in our discussion of Physical: 100, episodes #5-9
2/22/2023 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 1 second
Physical: 100 is a Personal Attack - With Eyes East
Join Donovan and I in our discussion of Physical: 100, episodes #1-4
2/4/2023 • 1 hour, 54 minutes, 50 seconds
My Year in K-Pop: 2022 - With Eyes East
From returning favorites like Red Velvet to returning legends like Girls' Generation and Kara, this episode will take a musical journey through the year's greatest hits, and mark my own journey as a K-pop fan.
12/14/2022 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 36 seconds
Ep. 103 - Avatar and Me (and Literally Everyone Else)
My Avatar story
11/24/2022 • 10 minutes, 47 seconds
Ep. 102 - Women of Science-Fiction: The Next Generation
Prey (2022), Resident Evil (2022)
10/4/2022 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 5 seconds
American Kung Fu Primer - With Eyes East
From Billy Jack and Enter the Dragon to The Matrix
7/24/2022 • 3 hours, 10 minutes, 56 seconds
Zombie Mad Scientist - With Eyes East
Blood: The Last Vampire (2009), Kingdom: Ashin of the North
6/27/2022 • 59 minutes, 44 seconds
My Red Velvet Spotify Playlist - With Eyes East
Ten Red Velvet songs for anyone interested in the Queens of Summer
4/29/2022 • 55 minutes, 20 seconds
South Korea Takes a Big Step - With Eyes East
Love and Leashes
2/16/2022 • 2 hours, 19 minutes, 38 seconds
Those American Godzilla Movies - With Eyes East
In this first or possibly third episode of an untitled podcast, we're taking a look at four American kaiju flicks: Reptilian, Godzilla (1998), Godzilla (2014), and Godzilla vs. Kong. What begins as a series of reviews devolves into a screed against modern Hollywood moviemaking.
1/28/2022 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 3 seconds
Studio Ghibli Retrospective - With Eyes East
Stella and I talk once more to review the grand Studio Ghibli catalogue, a continuation of our conversation at Batgirl to Oracle.
1/15/2022 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 30 seconds
Ep. 101 - Rewaking into Dream: The Matrix Resurrections
After a second viewing of The Matrix Resurrections, special guest host Stella and I attempt to piece our feelings together. It's a complicated story, isn't it? A movie that shouldn't exist but is entertaining. A good movie but maybe a bad sequel. An action movie with questionable action scenes? And this is assuming we understood it at all, which is very much up to debate.
1/9/2022 • 41 minutes, 47 seconds
12/01/2018 - The Ghost in the Shell Committee
From "The Utopia Blueprint"
9/2/2021 • 22 minutes, 58 seconds
09/16/2018 - The Next Great American Predator Movie
From "The Utopia Blueprint"
8/9/2021 • 33 minutes, 40 seconds
Ep. 100 - The Final Battle: Visions of Planet X
Metroid Prime
12/25/2016 • 40 minutes, 43 seconds
Ep. 99 - Year End Review 2016: Top 5 Media
Donovan and I look back, askance. 2016? Let's dance.
12/15/2016 • 2 hours, 41 minutes, 39 seconds
Ep. 98 - Asking Asimov How to Talk to Girls
It's so wonderful to be back here, even though I'm here singing this song… a lot
12/11/2016 • 30 minutes, 41 seconds
Ep. 97 - If Section 9 was Real, Would the World Be a Better Place?
The narratives of Stand Alone Complex points to a better tomorrow without visualizing it – the show has laid out the tools, and leaves it to us to figure it out
12/9/2016 • 2 hours, 6 minutes, 54 seconds
Ep. 96 - The Kindred Kind: Blade Runner and Naturalization
I've only you could see what I've seen with yuris
12/5/2016 • 53 minutes, 53 seconds
Ep. 95 - Future Soldiers: A Survey in Military Science-Fiction
War is Hell. Space War is Hell...A FUN!
11/20/2016 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 22 seconds
Ep. 94 - Monster-Industrial Complex: Godzilla vs. Japan(alon)
Godzilla (2014) vs. Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, briefly
11/20/2016 • 32 minutes, 3 seconds
Ep. 93 - Rape of the Natural World: The Complete Jurassic Park
Self-defeating franchises, The Force Awakens sux, King Kong double sux, sexism in survival situations, hot German babysitters
11/8/2016 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 58 seconds
Ep. 92 - The Essentials: Deep Blue Sea
I like to think I hit on all the Deep Blue Salient points but you never know
10/30/2016 • 40 minutes, 39 seconds
Ep. 91 - If Superheroes Were Real, Would the World Be a Better Place?
The end begins, and to say laters, I'm joined by Donovan Grant. We trash on modern comics fandom, weigh the value of deconstruction in all things, and lie prostrate before Wonder Woman because it seems safer down there
10/23/2016 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 4 seconds
Ep. 89 - Evolving Culture
The End of Utopia
7/18/2016 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 24 seconds
Ep. 90 - Top Ten Favorite Characters
The Moribito clips are too long but I love listening to them
7/6/2016 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 54 seconds
Ep. 88 - Embracing Education
We have everything we need
7/6/2016 • 50 minutes, 20 seconds
Ep. 87 - Ending War
Which one, be specific
6/28/2016 • 32 minutes, 11 seconds
Ep. 86 - Erasing Race
I play these back and don't understand them
6/6/2016 • 28 minutes, 39 seconds
Ep. 85 - Equaling Genders
The privilege of only figuratively drowning in sexism
5/23/2016 • 53 minutes, 11 seconds
Ep. 84 - Like a Million Voices: Canon and Legends
Star Wars the epic pome
5/4/2016 • 51 minutes, 27 seconds
Ep. 83 - Casual Fridays: Finding Your Station
Likeliest episode to make you cry. But not for anything I've done
4/20/2016 • 20 minutes, 32 seconds
Ep. 82 - Dystopian Fiction: Challenging the Utility of Pessimism
Why so serious?
4/5/2016 • 29 minutes, 15 seconds
Ep. 81 - Black Suits or Blue Genes: Let's Talk Gattaca
The ethics of eugenics
3/21/2016 • 25 minutes, 59 seconds
Ep. 80 - Tortured Masterworks VII: Terminator Part II
Moon Bloodgood is a cool name. That much should be obvious
3/8/2016 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 46 seconds
Ep. 79 - Tortured Masterworks VII: Terminator Part I
Production history and a bit of narrative analysis on The T and T2
2/23/2016 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 31 seconds
Ep. 78 - Super Casual Fridays: Easy Listenings for Your Monday Commute
Copyright, actors and actresses, women in VGs, communication redux
2/8/2016 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 22 seconds
Ep. 77 - Mythology of Evil and the 2016 Thesis
Something of a follow-up to the last episode
1/25/2016 • 40 minutes, 31 seconds
Ep. 76 - Call of Duty: Black Ops III and the Future of Warfare
Taking a look at some of the visions for tomorrow as depicted in the latest Call of Duty game
1/19/2016 • 51 minutes, 10 seconds
Ep. 75 - Year End Review 2015: Television
Our spirits guarded, across the Steven Universe
1/1/2016 • 2 hours, 26 minutes, 20 seconds
Ep. 74 - Year End Review 2015: Movies
Special Guest Host Donovan Grant joins me to count down the best movies we saw this year! Oh my lookie there I talked about all of my movies already tee hee
12/31/2015 • 2 hours, 6 minutes, 44 seconds
Ep. 73 - Robot Roll Call: Art Design in SF
Crying Wolf, Legion, Robocop 2, Cyclon Centurion
12/21/2015 • 33 minutes, 12 seconds
Ep. 72 - The Last Survey in Horror
It Follows, but mostly Star Wars
12/14/2015 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 46 seconds
Ep. 71 - Prometheus Unbiased and the Future of Alien
Had a cold, so my Keanu Reeves impression vacillated throughout
12/7/2015 • 43 minutes, 11 seconds
Ep. 70 - Casual Fridays: Do I Make You Laugh?
Outrage culture, trigger warnings, comedians, education
11/23/2015 • 32 minutes, 16 seconds
Ep. 69 - The Essentials: Punisher War Zone
Special Guest Donovan Grant joins me this week to discuss Marvel's best movie yet/ever
11/16/2015 • 1 hour, 36 minutes, 29 seconds
Ep. 68 - Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
Batou's haircut = A+
11/13/2015 • 24 minutes, 32 seconds
Ep. 67 - If Commander Shepard was Real, Would the World be a Better Place?
Hates jellyfish
11/2/2015 • 32 minutes, 57 seconds
Ep. 66 - Again, Survey in Horror: Venereal Edition
From Beyond, Society, The Fly (1986)
10/26/2015 • 29 minutes, 12 seconds
Ep. 65 - Top 5 Philip K. Dick Adaptations
Every new BBPXisode will now be a top ten list
10/12/2015 • 20 minutes, 40 seconds
Ep. 64 - Unrecorded Chronicle: Garm Wars Review
Finally
10/5/2015 • 17 minutes, 35 seconds
Ep. 63 - How We Became Post-9/11: Battle Royale II and Terrorism
I really hope the guys name is Kobayashi
9/28/2015 • 27 minutes, 46 seconds
Ep. 62 - Another Survey in Horror: Blade, Resident Evil, Underworld
Trinity, Apocalypse, Evolution
9/21/2015 • 52 minutes, 2 seconds
Ep. 61 - About Fast Karate for the Gentleman
And the normalization of political correctness
9/14/2015 • 35 minutes, 39 seconds
Ep. 60 - Is Samus a Transgender Character?
More thoughts on Metroid
9/8/2015 • 15 minutes, 52 seconds
Ep. 59 - Political Killzone: Jin-Roh and Militarization
The Werewolf in the High Castle
8/30/2015 • 41 minutes, 25 seconds
Ep. 58 - Something Like It's 1999: Strange Days and Race Relations
You love that red, white, blue...
8/24/2015 • 44 minutes, 57 seconds
Ep. 57 - Comedy and Utility: Additional Memories of Futurama
In Part II of our Futurama rondo, we talk Leela and the multiple series finales
8/17/2015 • 50 minutes, 22 seconds
Ep. 56 - Unrequired Love: Memories of the Futurama
In Part I of our Futurama adventure, we talk Fry, Bender, and social issues
8/10/2015 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 53 seconds
Ep. 55 - The Motorized Extremism of Bioshock Infinite
Back from my lunch, I'm here to talk about robots in the damn sky
8/3/2015 • 33 minutes, 47 seconds
Ep. 54 - Jurassic Park and Jurassic World
Weighing in on Jurassic World was it good yes
6/15/2015 • 52 minutes, 4 seconds
Ep. 53 - Movies for Children
Unscripted, unlistentoable
6/8/2015 • 47 minutes, 22 seconds
Ep. 52 - Casual Fridays: Talking it Through
Mad Max: Fury Road and the science of Internet feminism
5/25/2015 • 16 minutes, 25 seconds
Ep. 51 - The Strong Female Character
In defense of she who needs none
5/18/2015 • 41 minutes, 12 seconds
Ep. 50 - The Abstraction of Storytelling
We talk broadly to a panel of experts on literature, theatre, comics, film, television, and video-games
4/13/2015 • 2 hours, 11 minutes, 21 seconds
Ep. 49 - Tortured Masterworks VI: Spaceship to Earth
An overview of the Spaceship to Earth trilogy
4/1/2015 • 10 minutes, 47 seconds
Ep. 48 - Mass Effect 3: Moralizing on Omega
Back to the Citadel
3/30/2015 • 21 minutes, 29 seconds
Ep. 47 - Casual Fridays: Why Do All Asians Look the Same?
A pesronal episode. The second it becomes uncomfortable, just skip it
3/23/2015 • 25 minutes, 7 seconds
Ep. 46 - Batgirl and the Misery of Being a Cassandra Cain Fan
Race, gender, and superheroes with special guest Donovan Grant!
3/16/2015 • 1 hour, 52 minutes, 53 seconds
Ep. 45 - Conviction Evolved: War and Religion in Halo
The demilitarized soldier of Halo 2 and its atheism
3/9/2015 • 39 minutes, 6 seconds
Ep. 44 - Tortured Masterworks IV: Halo
Hello: Combat Evolved, Hello 2, Hello 3, ODST, Reach, Hello 4 and more!
3/2/2015 • 1 hour, 41 minutes, 8 seconds
Ep. 43 - Three Space Expeditions
The Black Hole, Event Horizon, 2010: The Year We Make Contact
2/23/2015 • 27 minutes, 38 seconds
Ep. 42 - To Die in the Misty Blue: Peace and Love in Moribito
Negative contact. Alright boys, Sagum and Chagum
2/16/2015 • 41 minutes, 7 seconds
Ep. 41 - Furious Angels: Watching the Wachowskis
Bound, The Matrix Trilogy, Cloud Atlas, Jupiter Ascending
2/9/2015 • 59 minutes, 8 seconds
Ep. 40 - Ghost in the Shell: Arise
The final entry in our Goats in the Shell anniversary celebration
2/2/2015 • 38 minutes, 35 seconds
Ep. 39 - Ghost in the Shell SAC: Solid State Society
I too wish to become a vanishing mediator
1/26/2015 • 57 minutes
Ep. 38 - Ghost in the Shell SAC: 2nd Gig
War and revolution in Ghost's second season
1/19/2015 • 26 minutes, 46 seconds
Ep. 37 - Year End Review 2014: Television
Cassandra and I count down our Top Ten TV Shows we saw this year!
1/12/2015 • 2 hours, 56 minutes, 37 seconds
Ep. 36 - Year End Review 2014: Movies
Cassandra and I count down our Top Ten Movies we saw this year!
1/5/2015 • 2 hours, 6 minutes, 29 seconds
Ep. 35 - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Or should I?
12/29/2014 • 36 minutes, 57 seconds
Ep. 34 - Technology of Sex: Ghost in the Shell 2 and Feminism
They would scream that they did not want to become human.
12/15/2014 • 38 minutes, 47 seconds
Ep. 33 - The Ghost in the Shell (1989)
Masamune Shirow's first Ghost in the Shell volume
12/8/2014 • 24 minutes, 11 seconds
Ep. 32 - Archetype Reloaded II: 1995 Revisited
Cassandra and I Major in western feminism
12/1/2014 • 30 minutes, 1 second
Ep. 31 - The Bad Science of Jurassic Park
Could the Spinosaurus really kill the T-Rex?
11/24/2014 • 29 minutes, 59 seconds
Ep. 30 - A Voice for Trees: Avatar and Environmentalism
I just talk for a half hour about being in love with James Cameron
11/17/2014 • 26 minutes, 24 seconds
Ep. 29 - Snowpiercer: The Revolution Will Not Be Telegraphed
Class conflict and limb removal in Snowpiercer
11/3/2014 • 22 minutes, 13 seconds
Ep. 28 - Is Samus a Feminist Character?
Thoughts on the narrative of Metroid -- both within and without
10/20/2014 • 24 minutes, 33 seconds
Ep. 27 - Utopia and Appleseed Part II
Appleseed (2004), Appleseed Ex Machina, Appleseed Alpha
10/13/2014 • 59 minutes, 19 seconds
Ep. 26 - Utopia and Appleseed Part I
Appleseed Volume 1 and the OVA
9/29/2014 • 21 minutes, 49 seconds
Ep. 25 - Rust, Caution: Terminator and Future Warfare
What can Terminator teach us about the future of warfare?
9/15/2014 • 14 minutes, 3 seconds
Ep. 24 - Casual Fridays: Checking in with Video-Games
GamerGate, Tropes vs. Women, Free Speech
9/8/2014 • 26 minutes, 45 seconds
Ep. 23 - Tortured Masterworks III: Riddick
Pitch Black, Dark Fury, Chronicles of, Riddick
9/1/2014 • 27 minutes, 51 seconds
Ep. 22 - Longform Structure in The Last of Us
Story form in 2013's great zombie stealth/shooter
8/18/2014 • 19 minutes, 21 seconds
Ep. 21 - The Essentials: Doomsday
Neil Marshall's masterpiece, and the Escape Trilogy
8/11/2014 • 20 minutes, 48 seconds
Ep. 20 - Like Tears in Rain: Dying in SF Film
Death as a theme in The Fountain, Jacob's Ladder, Bonjour Galaxy Express 999, AI: Artificial Intelligence, and Blade Runner
8/4/2014 • 26 minutes, 42 seconds
Ep. 19 - Nihilism is Easy: The Purge and Violence
Modern SF satire -- many have tried...
7/21/2014 • 32 minutes
Ep. 18 - Tortured Masterworks II: Mass Effect
Retrospective of the Mass Effect trilogy
7/7/2014 • 39 minutes, 17 seconds
Ep. 17 - Orphan Black: Season 2 Review
Checking in with Sarah, Alison, Cosima, and the gang
6/23/2014 • 48 minutes, 15 seconds
Ep. 16 - Edge of Tomorrow: War, Women, and Waking Up
War movie or summer blockbuster? Can't it be both?
6/16/2014 • 18 minutes, 54 seconds