On Pretty Much Pop, a philosopher, an actor, and a sci-fi writer (often with entertainment industry guests) talk about media and how we consume it: TV, film, music, novels, games, comics, comedy, theater, podcasts, and more. Most of what (other) people like is pretty weird when you think about it, so thinking about it is what we do.
What makes a film transcendently, fascinatingly bad, as opposed to merely unwatchable? A number of turkeys have become cult classics whose surviving cast members are lauded at conventions and bear witness in loving documentaries exploring how and why such movie monstrosities could have been made. Jackey Neyman Jones was six years old in 1966 when she appeared (just her body; Continue Reading …
MST3K on wishes, physics, and obsession
In anticipation of our episode on Freud, we welcome your Freudian analysis of this extremely weird short about the value of springs, presented in MST3K-vision to make it tolerable. Watch on youtube. This particular video is sort of "It's a Wonderful Life" made into a commercial about springs, and the fact that it was ever made is thoroughly astounding. What interest Continue Reading …