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What? A Mickey 17 review, but no review of Oscar Winner "No Other Land"?

Consider me shocked.

There's biased coverage, and then there's Bulwark coverage: condemnation of all things Palestinian, or silence on all Israeli atrocities.

You are leaving your listeners uninformed.

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BTW, I listen to every episode. 🥰

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I don’t usually comment, but I love Across the Movie Aisle and Sonny Bunch. Even if you’re more capital L libertarian than me! :)

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For the record I’m more of a lower l libertarian and even more of a neoconservative. I sometimes describe myself as a neoconertarian. (I think the government should mostly leave people alone and also that we should export that ideal around the world.)

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Bong Joon Ho trying to force Mickey 17 into a limp Trump allegory instead of embracing the bizarre existential horror of the book? Tragic. The beauty of Snowpiercer and The Host was their commitment to over-the-top absurdity wrapped in engaging genre storytelling. But Mickey 17 sounds like a disjointed, humorless lecture that forgot to entertain. When a movie about immortal space-clone laborers feels boring, something has gone horribly wrong. Bong traded sharp satire for lazy symbolism, and it sounds like the audience is left paying the price in sheer disappointment.

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Sounds like a semi-ripoff of the idea behind Duncan Jones' 2009 excellent film "Moon."

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Grrrrr ... I really enjoyed the book (and its sequel) and was (am still?) looking forward to the movie. Guess I'll see how it goes for me.

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One note though for Mickey 17: Pattinson was clearly having fun playing Mickey 17/18 against each other. The scene in the room where they discuss "the dinner" gives us Pattinson at his both most pathetic and devious

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I love your reviews! Keep up the good work!

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Thank you!

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A cacophony of pointless dialogue to distract the audience from the zero content of this snoozefest. Perhaps the worst movie of the 21st century. I must have fallen asleep 20 times omfg

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Clearly you have not seen Cats

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Thanks for the review. I found the trailer interesting and was hoping to hear something about it. I did not know there was a book and now glad to grab it as my next read instead of seeing the movie

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Excellent reviews, thanks!

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Snowpiercer is just the best and I get so happy when someone appreciates it properly

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I loved the book, was looking forward to the movie but since I don't watch the ElDon show in real or reality time, I'll skip the movie and continue the fight. I love your reviews/discussions, your good friends, and even your spoilers. I was a novice when I started listening to your podcast. Now I am at least a 3rd grader. Thank you and continue the good work.

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