Qatsi
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If we could have made this episode a tone poem we would have.
Robocop
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Dead or alive you’re coming with us.
xXx
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No not that kind of xXx.
Cars
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Remember how All-Star became a meme? So did Life is a Highway.
Taken
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Taken’s first moment of relevance since 2008.
The Godfather
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It’s Ca-POLE-ah and not COP-a-la.
Once Upon A Time…
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Both Kiyan and I are upstanding citizens, I swear.
Fred
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Take a trip down YouTube memory lane.
Despicable Me
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Surrealism is making a come back.
Men in Black
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You won’t even remember this episode when it’s done.
It’s Ca-POLE-ah and not COP-a-la.
We recorded this in January of 2020 which means basically all of the cultural references are outdated. Also just listen to how optimistic we sound! This was also, fun fact, one of the very last episode we recorded both in person and in the old office we used to record in as we no longer have access to it. So this is quite a monumental episode. It’s The Godfather saga, Francis Ford Coppola’s magnum opus.
Show-notes:
0:35: Check out our classic sci-fi podcast, Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast.
6:45: It was Robert Evans.
26:05: It was the Italian-American Civil Rights League.
36:50: The Godfather is so wizard, Ani.
Sources and other stuff:
The New Yorker on The Godfather
Tales from The Godfather reunion
Listicle of things you didn’t know about The Godfather. Maybe.
Time on the 40th anniversary of II.
Quick NY Times article
A bit on Sofia Coppola.
1979 script for III.
Why III makes more sense in the streaming era.
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