The political economy of speculative fiction
Welcome to Season 2 of Androids and Assets! Thanks for being here with us! We’ve decided to make Luc Besson our traditional season opener so today we’re talking about The Fifth Element. It’s a movie that requires societal supervision so be sure to watch it with a diverse group of friends.
We saw Ready Player One. It’s a combination of sexism, naïveté, toxic nostalgia, and pessimism.
We’re talking 2017 movie Along with the Gods. Our good friend Jin-Ho wanted to share this movie with us and boy are we glad he did. We get into cultural differences in the afterlife and find that they’re not as different as we expected.
We’re talking Black Panther! A very important movie that talks about some urgent topics. Not your standard super hero beat em up.
We’re talking about the Matrix, hacking, russiagate, and goths. Find out about the state of the world today by looking at a movie from 18 years ago.
This fantastic alternative poster is from Timothy Anderson.
Today we carry on our conversation with Candace! We’re talking about Okja, sustainability, and animals in our food systems.
We talk Joon-ho Bong’s 2017 movie Okja with animal scientist Candace! Okja is a meat cute movie about a superpig and her girl.
We’re talking about inequality and Neill Blomkamp’s 2013 Elysium starring our best friend, Matt Damon.
Music is from An Ant and An Atom. They’re great.
