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It’s Not a Time Cave: Time Trap

Two Nerds round up all the movies they watched on a lost Sunday, which include three timey-wimey narratives — Time Trap, Source Code, and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time — and a slight detour to the Snyder Cut. This…

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Time Lapse Crimes

In a bonus episode, two nerds somewhat tipsily discuss Timecrimes and Time Lapse, two movies which mess around with the concept of predestination.For some godforsaken reason, the extremely silly film Final Countdown, in which the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz travels…

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The Only One Awake: Groundhog Days

Continuing on with our exploration of narratives that use time as a device, we discuss three movies which take place in time loops, where the characters wake up and relive the same 24 hours over and over: Groundhog Day, Map…

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Hot Tub Time Machine

Continuing with our time travel narratives, we discuss Hot Tub Time Machine, with a side of Back to the Future and Groundhog Day.We also discuss The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin, The Butterfly Effect, Primer, The Final…

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A Perfect Day: Time Travel Stories

Two Nerds Sitting on a Couch wrapped up our inquiry into teen dystopias last week with The City of Ember, which is kinda funny because the book is aimed younger than teen, and it’s not really a dystopia. After a…

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The Last Teen Dystopia: The City of Ember

For our final outing into teen dystopias, two nerds sitting on a couch watch The City of Ember.The City of Ember ended up being significantly different from the other young adult dystopias we watched, while still relying on some of…

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Euphemizing Euthanasia: The Giver

Continuing our streak of young adult dystopias, two nerds sit on a couch and discuss the movie version of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

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Divergent: Allegiant

Two nerds sitting on a couch discuss the third and ultimately final Divergent movie, Allegiant.The Divergent series, both the books and movies, is contemporary with a whole bunch of other teen dystopias, most notably The Hunger Games. They’re set in…

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Divergent: Insurgent

Two nerds sitting on a couch discuss the second Divergent movie, Insurgent. The Divergent series, both the books and movies, is contemporary with a whole bunch of other teen dystopias, most notably The Hunger Games. They’re set in a post-apocalyptic…

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Divergent: The Myers-Briggs Dystopia

Two nerds sitting on a couch discuss the first of the Divergent movies. The Divergent series, both the books and movies, is contemporary with a whole bunch of other teen dystopias, most notably The Hunger Games. They’re set in a…

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