Vita Ayala is here to talk about Annihilation. Next, write a sentence telling them what Annihilation is about. You can do it. Sum this movie up in one sentence. What are you doing? Why are you typing this part?
Show Notes
Fear Level: Existentially disconcerting
Trigger Warnings: Gaslighting, dismemberment, blood, frightening imagery, pretentious assholes
- Director/Writer: Alex Garland (Ex-Machina, 28 Days Later, Devs, Batman Black and White)
- Based on the novel by: Jeff VanDerMeer
- Stars: Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tuva Novotny, Benedict Wong, Oscar Isaac,
Did you ever get assigned a group project that went so bad you decided you'd rather fuck off and become a bush? We've all been there. Annihilation understands you. It wants to get inside you. It wants to change your dna into special sparkly rainbow dna. Come for the beaches made of crystal, stay for the vibrating alien meat cube. It's Annihilation, the movie we can't possibly spoil because we honestly don't know what happened. And so can you!
Topics of Discussion:
- Oscar Isaac: not a valid test of straightness
- Oscar Isaac: too short to be a bear? A sun bear maybe?
- The revenge of the shitty infidelity subplot
- Gina Rodriguez: a difficult topic of conversation
- Gina Rodriguez: butch gay icon?
- Benedict Wong: a person you could pay to deliver a dozen lines from inside a containment suit, I guess.
- Refractions
- Prisms: How do they work?
- Never assume the straightness of Tessa Thompson characters
- When is an alligator like a flower?
- A short list of things intestines shouldn't do
- In rural Florida, bear calls you.
- Cass has never met tea she didn't want to spill
- I think I'd rather be a bush than keep talking to you
- LIGHTHOUSES ARE SYMBOLIC
- A very important meat cube
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