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
