Media Montage Podcast 107: Fan Theories

Was Doc Brown actually trying to kill himself in Back to the Future? Is everyone in Westoros the bad guy, EXCEPT the White Walkers? Do District 9 and Chappie take place in the distant past of the Halo universe?  Bruce and Larry examine the evidence and discuss fan theories. 

Fan Theories, the practice of taking evidence presented in pop culture to predict future outcomes of stories, to examine motivations for characters, or make a mediocre story a little better.

Why do fans like to speculate? Why do we try to add to existing narratives?  Why do we share in the world building by creating elaborate fan theories? They ask that and more in Episode 107 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage Podcast 94 - CHAPPiE (2015)

Artificial Intelligence is a theme that has been explored numerous times on the Media Montage Podcast, the Terminator, Google as Skynet, The Outer Limits and of Course Short Circuit!

This week Bruce and Larry look at another AI in CHAPPiE, Neil Blomkomp's 2015 sci-fi exploration of the subject.  The film stars Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Sigourney Weaver, Hugh Jackman, and Watkin Tudor Jones (Ninja) and Yolandi Visser of the South African zef rap-rave group Die Antwoord. This movie has been critically panned, but Bruce and Larry find a lot to like about it.

They look at some of the larger themes of consciousness, religion and morality presented in the film. Does CHAPPiE deserve the hate it's been getting? Find out in episode 94 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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The Topic of AI on the Media Montage Podcast

Tomorrow, Bruce and Larry take a look at CHAPPiE,   Neill Blomkamp's new Sci-Fi film tackling that very interesting topic:



The Media Montage Podcast has explored the topic of AI a number of times over the last couple of years, catch up here then listen to our CHAPPiE episode tomorrow for another in depth discussion of Artificial Intelligence!

Media Montage 38: Is Google Becoming Skynet?

Media Montage Podcast 41: Robocop(s) 2014 vs 1987

Media Montage Podcast 49: The Outer Limits Soldier and Demon With A Glass Hand

Media Montage Podcast 50: The Terminator (1984)

Media Montage Podcast 93: Short Circuit (1986) and Short Circuit 2 (1988)