The time has come again for us to talk about a weird, slow science fiction movie, so I reached out to my favorite guest for such films, Ben DeBono from The Sci-Fi Christian.
Thanks to Joe Smith for suggesting it, and to the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry for screening it during this year’s film festival.
Found this image on Reddit, comparing the last shot of Tarkovsky’s Solaris and Rembrandt’s “The Return of the Prodigal Son.” And I’m still pretty stoked to have picked up on this imagery. Huzzah for Survey of Art!
TMTYR Episode #22: No Penalties, No Time Limit, No Award (Rollerball)
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In Episode #22, the Pavement Pounders take up Michael Simshauser’s suggestion of the 1975 dystopian sports movie Rollerball, based on the William Harrison short story “Rollerball Murder,” and also give some due condemnation to the 2002 abomination of a remake.
It’s two hours of movie from 70 minutes of material! With bonus amazing classical music thrown in! Weird night vision panned! Extra violence requested!
Pounder Rankings!:
Seth/James:
Rollerball (1975)
“Rollerball Murder”
Rollerball (2002), a distant third
Colin:
No penalties, no time limit, and no award. Colin has abstained from the vote.
Notes:
Thanks again to Michael (@remotesimmie) for the suggestion!
TMTYR Episode #16: Two Out of Three Idiots Can't Be Wrong (Minority Report)
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Episode #16 is here and brings with it visions of the future. This time, the Pounders discuss “The Minority Report,” by Philip K. Dick, and the 2002 Tom Cruise film Minority Report adapted from it.
“In gloomy half-darkness, the three idiots sat babbling.” – Philip K. Dick, “The Minority Report”
Was there ever a more apt description of this particular podcast? Will we all agree on which was the better presentation of this material? Or will there be…a Minority Report?
