You like Predator movies, right? So do we/
How does Predator Badlands work if you only view it as a stand alone move vs a movie setting up a whole trilogy or series?  Wade and Hugh have different opinions.  
Plus, hey Wings of Desire is on Criterion maybe check it out.  
For more thoughts on criticism and politics, plus... religion? hold on.  Check out the patreon
<a href='https://www.patreon.com/posts/145381410?pr=true'>https://www.patreon.com/posts/145381410</a>

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&lt;p&gt;How does Predator Badlands work if you only view it as a stand alone move vs a movie setting up a whole trilogy or series?  Wade and Hugh have different opinions.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Plus, hey Wings of Desire is on Criterion maybe check it out.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more thoughts on criticism and politics, plus... religion? hold on.  Check out the patreon&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/posts/145381410?pr=true'&gt;https://www.patreon.com/posts/145381410&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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You like Predator movies, right? So do we/
How does Predator Badlands work if you only view it as a stand alone move vs a movie setting up a whole trilogy or series?  Wade and Hugh have different opinions.  
Plus, hey Wings of Desire is on Criterion maybe check it out.  
For more thoughts on criticism and politics, plus... religion? hold on.  Check out the patreon
https://www.patreon.com/posts/145381410
 

Predator: Badlands and our Desires, Wings of, and Otherwise

While KoE works on an upcoming project; Wade, James, and Hugh talk about the state of criticism, the state of media literacy, and how that relates to Culture, past and present.  Why don't certain people even pretend to read books anymore?  
After this the discussion switches over to recent politics.  Which you can access on the patreon if that's your thing:
<a href='https://kickersofelves.com'>https://patreon.com/kickersofelves</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;While KoE works on an upcoming project; Wade, James, and Hugh talk about the state of criticism, the state of media literacy, and how that relates to Culture, past and present.  Why don't certain people even pretend to read books anymore?  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After this the discussion switches over to recent politics.  Which you can access on the patreon if that's your thing:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://kickersofelves.com'&gt;https://patreon.com/kickersofelves&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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While KoE works on an upcoming project; Wade, James, and Hugh talk about the state of criticism, the state of media literacy, and how that relates to Culture, past and present.  Why don't certain people even pretend to read books anymore?  
After this the discussion switches over to recent politics.  Which you can access on the patreon if that's your thing:
https://patreon.com/kickersofelves
 

A Prologue, of sorts

We talk about One Battle After Another, but then get caught up in what others might think of his tenth movie *cough* Quentin, where's your last movie? *cough*
What directors are in text streams together?
Just how humane a filmmaker is Paul Thomas Anderson and how does he compare to Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, Ari Aster, Guillermo Del Toro, Martin Scorcese, and -of course- the Coen Brothers?

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&lt;p&gt;What directors are in text streams together?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Just how humane a filmmaker is Paul Thomas Anderson and how does he compare to Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, Ari Aster, Guillermo Del Toro, Martin Scorcese, and -of course- the Coen Brothers?&lt;/p&gt;
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We talk about One Battle After Another, but then get caught up in what others might think of his tenth movie *cough* Quentin, where's your last movie? *cough*
What directors are in text streams together?
Just how humane a filmmaker is Paul Thomas Anderson and how does he compare to Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, Ari Aster, Guillermo Del Toro, Martin Scorcese, and -of course- the Coen Brothers?

One Auteur After Another: PT Anderson, One Battle After Another, and more

We go back to the old ways:  Three of us having disagreements about a science fiction television show.
We talk a while about Noah Hawley as craftsman and artist, and what we think about the first four episodes of Alien: Earth on FX.
Find more of us talking over at Patreon!
<a href='https://patreon.com/kickersofelves'>patreon.com/kickersofelves</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;We go back to the old ways:  Three of us having disagreements about a science fiction television show.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We talk a while about Noah Hawley as craftsman and artist, and what we think about the first four episodes of Alien: Earth on FX.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Find more of us talking over at Patreon!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://patreon.com/kickersofelves'&gt;patreon.com/kickersofelves&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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We go back to the old ways:  Three of us having disagreements about a science fiction television show.
We talk a while about Noah Hawley as craftsman and artist, and what we think about the first four episodes of Alien: Earth on FX.
Find more of us talking over at Patreon!
patreon.com/kickersofelves
 

ALIEN? Urr...Earth! (First Half)

Why is Wade crying all the time?  What a wimp.
Was Superman good? 
How does Superman, a movie we all watched, compare with Fantastic Four, a movie only Hugh saw? 
Is Supes anti-Israel?  Does it have first act problems?
Are we as a nation ready to walk away from super hero movies?
What would Benjamin Sisko have to say about the retro futurism of the Fantastic Four?
In Kickers of Elves fashion, we let the conversation wind all over the place.
Get more of that on patreon, where you can hear us talk about Hulk Hogan and more this week:
<a href='https://patreon.com/kickersofelves'>https://patreon.com/kickersofelves</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Why is Wade crying all the time?  What a wimp.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Was Superman good? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How does Superman, a movie we all watched, compare with Fantastic Four, a movie only Hugh saw? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is Supes anti-Israel?  Does it have first act problems?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Are we as a nation ready to walk away from super hero movies?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What would Benjamin Sisko have to say about the retro futurism of the Fantastic Four?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In Kickers of Elves fashion, we let the conversation wind all over the place.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Get more of that on patreon, where you can hear us talk about Hulk Hogan and more this week:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://patreon.com/kickersofelves'&gt;https://patreon.com/kickersofelves&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Why is Wade crying all the time?  What a wimp.
Was Superman good? 
How does Superman, a movie we all watched, compare with Fantastic Four, a movie only Hugh saw? 
Is Supes anti-Israel?  Does it have first act problems?
Are we as a nation ready to walk away from super hero movies?
What would Benjamin Sisko have to say about the retro futurism of the Fantastic Four?
In Kickers of Elves fashion, we let the conversation wind all over the place.
Get more of that on patreon, where you can hear us talk about Hulk Hogan and more this week:
https://patreon.com/kickersofelves
 
 
 

Superman Vs Fantastic Four Vs Kickers of Elves

Deep dives into art and media. We did five years dissecting Deep Space Nine with The Rules of Acquisition. Star Trek will break your heart. We went all in on David Lynch and broke some of those podcasts.  That was fun. Now? Biding our time to see what else breaks. Hopefully not us.

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