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Arrival (2016) - Commander-exclusive bonus episode
🕑 Added 2025-08-20 05:00:05 +0000 UTCThings fall apart. The centre cannot hold.
The mere anarchy loosed in this particular instance being a community poll to find the best genre movie made in the Marvel Era ("...before the dark times, before the Empire") in which we included options for actually properly good films alongside the 7/10 exploitation faves which this pod series was initially, kinda, sorta, about.
Anyway the final result was a tie between the well-known genre cinema stalwarts Interstellar and Arrival, which together took over a quarter of the votes. Please help us, we've gone intellectual by mistake ("stop saying that, of course he's the fucking farmer" - us arguing in front of Matthew McConaughey, probably).
ANYWAY we've always wanted to watch Arrival on the pod, we're just surprised it happened like this, with us casting the deciding vote so we can save up for a Nolan series like all the other cool podcasts have. Denis Villeneuve (pronounced "D E N N I SSSSSSS") has loomed large through our Dune/Alien/Blade Runner journey, and 2049 is one of the best things we've watched so far (surely, surely, we'll find a way to watch his Dune - maybe we'll run a poll on the best films featuring absolutely zero giant worms, which it will surely win).
So enjoy! Watch the film! Make some jokes about precognition! Or don't bother, Bill and Ted did it best anyway. Party on, Abbott and Costello!
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RedShirt Cinema
Hello Cait - past us is sending this message to you actually right before you commented, not several weeks later as it may seem. The answer - yes on the radar, but office word of mouth was not great so we've ducked it so far...
Jennifer
I fucking cannot believe that (though I can, so no judgement though, honestly) Dave and Rob haven't played Control. Guys pls carve out time for it. But I agree Nath -- I didn't consider it at all, till you said, but you're totally right! Jessie/Dylan/Boss we give weapon/tool/banana 🤣 Excellent point
Jennifer
I just finally started listening to this ep, and I just want to say that I appreciate the way you all slip so easily into existentialism, and then BAM traffic complaints. I just relate so well to you guys 💚
Cait Brown
hey guys, wondering if the film Mickey 17 is on your radar, considering the tangent about cloning- the trailer looks mental
