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This month GLoP is literally all over the place and time: the guys discuss a time traveling Podhoretz, Back To School, the curious courtship of Alan Bloom and Susan Sontag, the Oscars — including Poor Things (they’re not fans) and Killers of The Flower Moon (ditto), some little known productions of the Odd Couple and more.
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John: “…She has sex with Mark Ruffalo, she has sex with a vegetable…” Isn’t that redundant?
Am I the only one who noticed that the Oscar-nominated sci-fi/horror film, Poor Things, is propaganda for pedophilia?
When Emma Stone’s character attains enlightenment and liberation taking on all comers in a Parisian whorehouse, her transplanted brain is — the film is intentionally vague — about five years old.
Evidently, if your body is ready for sex, your mental age is irrelevant.
Ew. I did not, would not, could not, will not see that film, but thanks for that bit of news.
What a terrible thing to do to the Time Tunnel!
Meanwhile, in the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” episode “Little Rascals,” the situation was essentially reversed. Due to a weird transporter accident (what else?!?!?) Keiko O’Brien’s mind/consciousness was unaffected, but her body was that of a 12-year-old, approximately. Husband Miles O’Brien was not happy.
Regarding JPods use of time machine to save himself form asking out a girl who said “no”, in Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams, a scientist invents a time machine and uses it to watch television because he can’t figure out how to program his VCR.
No surprise, JPod ignores one of the most well-known rules of time travel/sci-fi: “everyone knows” that trying to STOP Hitler is what CAUSES Hitler.
Nah, Keith Gordon’s character as the son was right for that movie. He wasn’t supposed to have charisma etc.
Really? Nobody mentioned that Ned Beatty’s character was called Dean Martin? And that was a recurring joke in the movie.
He’s not a Muslim, I take it …
In my Rotten Tomatoes review, I wrote : “Stone, it must be admitted, is decorative — but her sexual partners will leave scars on your retina.”
Haven’t seen it, likely never will, but from the previews etc I figure that it might be pornographically enjoyable if Emma Stone looked like Emma Stone in it, but she doesn’t.
I always thought the point was that Hitler is the best case scenario – in his absence, things are worse.
Well he certainly nailed it!
That’s one of the conclusions from those who figure that if time travel is/was/will-ever-be created, and assuming those future time travelers actually did do their best to make the past as good as possible – which assumes that it’s possible to CHANGE the past, not just observe it – we’re already living in the best possible option. Or at least the best that various people could agree on… e.g., if it turned out that not having Hitler means also not having Russia, the future Russians might object.
Although if you believe in “multiverses” etc, you could believe we’re just living in one of the less-than-optimal timelines.
The point was made in the podcast too. Putting Robert Downey Jr into that role would have been a mistake. As it was, Gordon’s character wound up with the girl, too. (Terry “Lt. Jadzia Dax” Farrell.)
A recent joke I saw was:
Art student: I’m going back in time to get Hitler kicked out of art school so I don’t have to study his horrible paintings.
The boys will enjoy this one, ha.
Yes, that goes with the “trying to STOP Hitler is what CAUSES Hitler” story/joke about Hitler didn’t hate Jews until so many Jewish time-travelers were trying to kill him.
Why was this episode NOT named “The Greeting Hole?”