45 – He’s Gotta Die Ten More Times!

This week, we’re back to talk about Bong Joon Ho’s recent science fiction dark comedy, Mickey-17. It stars Robert Pattinson as Mickey Barnes, a disposable employee sent on a space expedition where he dies and is recloned again and again. Topics of discussion include the film’s satirical commentary on capitalism, some fascinating acting choices from the cast, and ugly-cute aliens. Lulu also tries not to bring up Twilight a lot and kind of fails.

Media mentioned:

• The Wheel of Time (TV series)
• The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
• The Notorious Virtues by Alwyn Hamilton
• Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
• Episode 36 – The Ballad of Cabbages and Coursework
• All the Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
• Widows dir. Steve McQueen
• Mickey-7 by Edward Ashton
• Snowpiercer dir. Bong Joon Ho
• Parasite dir. Bong Joon Ho
• Mad Max: Fury dir. George Miller
• Fargo dir. Ethan and Joel Coen
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire dir. Mike Newell
• The Boy and the Heron dir. Hayao Miyazaki
• Twilight (film franchise)
• High Life dir. Claire Denis
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker dir. JJ Abrams
• Poor Things dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
• The Incredible Hulk dir. Louis Leterrier
• Black Panther dir. Ryan Coogler
• Hereditary dir. Ari Aster
• Hearts Beat Loud dir. Brett Haley
• Minari dir. Isaac Lee Chung
• The Borgias (TV show)
• The Count of Monte Cristo dir. Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière
• A Streetcar Named Desire (2023 production)
• Firebrand dir. Karim Aïnouz
• Severance (TV series)
• Dune 2 dir. Denis Villenueve 
• Okja dir. Bong Joon Ho
• Beowulf
• Blade Runner dir. Ridley Scott
• Fire Island dir. Andrew Ahn
• Episode 27 – More Pride and Less Prejudice

Content warnings: discussions of death, human experimentation, and evil capitalism