Episode 105: Bad Education and Battlestar Galactica
Release Date: 09/03/2020
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So as it becoming custom, we open this episode with an apology for the delay in posting! 2020 has been...eventful. And we are now living in country Victoria after escaping Melbourne's COVID-lockdown. In a funk of post-move fatigue, we binged five Fast & Furious movies. Turns out we have a lot to say about these films, from Vin Diesel's self-insert fantasy of an indomitable and virile hero-figure, to Lucas Black aging ten years in a scene, James Wan's prominence in Australian cinema and that bloody plane runway in Fast & Furious 6. , featuring a story by Emmet O'Cuana and...
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We follow up on the Emmy-nominated HBO series Bad Education and revisit Battlestar Galactica.
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We talk about Schitt's Creek, Succession and Watchmen, all up for Emmy awards.
info_outlineIn our Emmy Awards round-up episode we mentioned the Hugh Jackman vehicle Bad Education. Here we go into the story of Frank Tassone – and shout-out to Laci Mosley's excellent show Scam Goddess which brought the Roslyn school district scandal to our attention.
But like everyone in Melbourne, we are still in lockdown, so instead of risking our lives to go see Tenet, we binged seasons 1 & 2 of Battlestar Galactica.
(Seriously don't risk your life to see a movie, it's not worth it).
Does the show live up to our memories of it? How about the controversial ending to the show, or how it handles politics, religion and paranoia as a genre show in a time before Game of Thrones mainstream plaudits?
Also:
- we're watching The Boys and Emmet stupidly reread the entire comic run by Ennis and Darrickson in two days
- Emmet's story 'The Physical Impossibility of British Art' is out
- Aurealis magazine - issue 135 will feature Emmet's article on Michael Shea.