<description>&lt;div&gt;We round out our month of weird dystopian cities with the darkest dystopian city of them all: the one literally called Dark City. Join us as we try to find the way to Shell Beach, and along the way finally answer the question of what makes a man: his memory, or his power level.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;CHAPTERS:&lt;br&gt;
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(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 130: Dark City (1998)&lt;br&gt;
(00:00:25) - Intro.&lt;br&gt;
(00:01:10) - Getting into our histories (or non-histories) with our movie this week: Dark City!&lt;br&gt;
(00:07:54) - What is a man? What is real? Is this The Matrix?&lt;br&gt;
(00:11:52) - Talking about the city design and its mishmash of eras and architectures.&lt;br&gt;
(00:15:00) - How this movie got made, and how it differs structurally between the theatrical and director's cuts.&lt;br&gt;
(00:27:30) - Kicking off the movie with Kiefer's Capital A Acting.&lt;br&gt;
(00:33:34) - John Murdoch has no idea what's going on.&lt;br&gt;
(00:40:40) - The Strangers.&lt;br&gt;
(00:48:30) - Emma, you may not have a future in lounge singing.&lt;br&gt;
(00:54:15) - Break!&lt;br&gt;
(00:55:02) - We're back, and we're taking a trip to the Automat.&lt;br&gt;
(00:59:39) - Meeting Inspector Bumstead.&lt;br&gt;
(01:04:26) - The Strangers first make contact with Murdoch.&lt;br&gt;
(01:12:58) - A brief divergence into Star Trek lore.&lt;br&gt;
(01:15:04) - John and Emma meet (for the first time?)&lt;br&gt;
(01:18:30) - Mr. Hand reveals his, er, hand.&lt;br&gt;
(01:23:23) - Spiral man's crazy apartment, and The Tuning begins.&lt;br&gt;
(01:35:22) - Mr. Hand takes the mind juice, and John (briefly) meets a kindred spirit.&lt;br&gt;
(01:40:07) - Mr. Hand accosts Emma.&lt;br&gt;
(01:44:20) - Visiting Uncle Karl.&lt;br&gt;
(01:48:09) - Bumstead's accordian.&lt;br&gt;
(01:53:23) - A building sandwich, and John is...under arrest?&lt;br&gt;
(02:00:09) - Schreber's big dumps, and what's on the other side of that wall.&lt;br&gt;
(02:10:36) - John is dragged to the subsurface city, and Dragon Ball Z happens.&lt;br&gt;
(02:18:53) - A terrific epilogue.&lt;br&gt;
(02:25:54) - Final thoughts.&lt;br&gt;
(02:32:55) - Some foward looking talk for the Watchcast. &lt;br&gt;
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The Nextlander Watchcast

The Nextlander Watchcast

130: Dark City (1998)

MAR 31, 2025162 MIN
The Nextlander Watchcast

130: Dark City (1998)

MAR 31, 2025162 MIN

Description

<div>We round out our month of weird dystopian cities with the darkest dystopian city of them all: the one literally called Dark City. Join us as we try to find the way to Shell Beach, and along the way finally answer the question of what makes a man: his memory, or his power level.<br> <br> <strong>CHAPTERS:<br> </strong><br> (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 130: Dark City (1998)<br> (00:00:25) - Intro.<br> (00:01:10) - Getting into our histories (or non-histories) with our movie this week: Dark City!<br> (00:07:54) - What is a man? What is real? Is this The Matrix?<br> (00:11:52) - Talking about the city design and its mishmash of eras and architectures.<br> (00:15:00) - How this movie got made, and how it differs structurally between the theatrical and director's cuts.<br> (00:27:30) - Kicking off the movie with Kiefer's Capital A Acting.<br> (00:33:34) - John Murdoch has no idea what's going on.<br> (00:40:40) - The Strangers.<br> (00:48:30) - Emma, you may not have a future in lounge singing.<br> (00:54:15) - Break!<br> (00:55:02) - We're back, and we're taking a trip to the Automat.<br> (00:59:39) - Meeting Inspector Bumstead.<br> (01:04:26) - The Strangers first make contact with Murdoch.<br> (01:12:58) - A brief divergence into Star Trek lore.<br> (01:15:04) - John and Emma meet (for the first time?)<br> (01:18:30) - Mr. Hand reveals his, er, hand.<br> (01:23:23) - Spiral man's crazy apartment, and The Tuning begins.<br> (01:35:22) - Mr. Hand takes the mind juice, and John (briefly) meets a kindred spirit.<br> (01:40:07) - Mr. Hand accosts Emma.<br> (01:44:20) - Visiting Uncle Karl.<br> (01:48:09) - Bumstead's accordian.<br> (01:53:23) - A building sandwich, and John is...under arrest?<br> (02:00:09) - Schreber's big dumps, and what's on the other side of that wall.<br> (02:10:36) - John is dragged to the subsurface city, and Dragon Ball Z happens.<br> (02:18:53) - A terrific epilogue.<br> (02:25:54) - Final thoughts.<br> (02:32:55) - Some foward looking talk for the Watchcast. <br> <br> </div>