The Iron Giant (1999)
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This episode features our first ever guest - friend, filmmaker and first fan of the show, Adrian. Our 3 musketeers of film fandom tackle Brad Bird's beloved cult classic The Iron Giant. We discuss… Ted Hughes the enormous bar-steward Pete Townsend’s (s)hit musical Why Adrian hates the term ‘elevated horror’ The hierarchy of interesting action scenes (that Marvel keeps getting wrong) Vin Diesel’s Multifacial (we’ll just leave that there) and... Brad Bird’s randy objectification… no wait sorry – Brad Bird’s Randian Objectivism We also ask… Is the Iron Giant a terrorist or is he the Malian Spiderman? and... They fly now? They fly now? THEY FLY NOW! Sensitive ears beware - we be droppin ‘F’ and ‘S’ Bombs and like nobody’s business. Links... A Giants Dream (The Making of The Iron Giant) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQU5vU5ENwo Deleted scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsL0GbswF3I Pete Townsend’s Iron Man Musical - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpiYXRt5MyM The Passion of Brad Bird by David Sims - https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/06/the-passion-of-brad-bird/394487/ Lion King deepfake - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1HGgICqZ3c
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