The Lobot Mods: A Podcast about Sci-Fi Cinema
The future isn't what it used to be in science fiction cinema. Aaron Wood & Paul Docherty talk about sci-fi movies old and new, asking the question: are modern sci-fi movies getting worse or are we just getting old?
Two movies. Two decades. Every two weeks.
The Lobot Mods: A Podcast about Sci-Fi Cinema
THE LOBOT MODS 010: Saturn 3 (1980) / Ex Machina (2014)
Mad men make mad mechanical people. Mad horny mechanical people.
We take a look at Stanley Donen and John Barry's 1980 feature SATURN 3 starring Kirk Douglas and Farrah Fawcett, and compare that with Alex Garland's 2014 film EX MACHINA. Two wildly different takes on the Frankenstein archetype, both with wildly different takes on gender politics and libido.
In a wide-ranging conversation, hosts Aaron Wood and Paul Docherty talk about what merit if any sex scenes have in movies, and about Kirk Douglas' virility (which is what he would have wanted)...
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Music by Tony Longworth
Cover art based on a photograph taken by Jon Nicolls CC-BY-2.0
This podcast is brought to you by the feature documentary HEART OF NEON.