Theme: The road to war is paved with intrigue
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36:53Episode Connections
Authors, stories. Philip K. Dick “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” Asimov, “The Dead Past.”
Films.
Blade Runner. Impostor. Minority Report. The Rocketeer. Starship Trooper.
TV episodes, series.
The Man in the High Castle.
Ideas. Classic Mars and Venus tropes. Billionaires who meddle in politics. A warrior from the future. Interracial prejudice never goes out of style. Neither does war. Don’t tell me its all a bunch of red herring! War, tribalism, nationalism, patriotism. Misinformation steers populations. Not more fake news! Playing on fear. Philip K. Dick’s legacy to sci fi and popular cinema. Artificial life, androids. Relentless faith in technology. Rocketeers. This is not really a war story, per se. More of a cold war intrigue.
Whoa - Hmmm - WTF. Dan says it begins a whoa and ends a hmmm. Bill agrees it is definitely an in-betweener.
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