Happy #FlashbackFriday, Listener. Are you going to celebrate America’s Independence Day tonight by seeing Independence Day: Resurgence? If so, take an hour and get this refresher course on the first ID4: Independence Day by listening to our episode from 2015 about this 1996 blockbuster.
Arthur, Dalton, Dustin, and Alexandra discuss their taste (or distaste) for this film. They then give some mildly patriotic analysis. Alexandra looks at an environmental reading of the film. Dalton gives a “junk drawer” analysis. Dustin finally discusses how this film is born on the back on othering minority racial stereotypes.
The gang wraps up their analysis by playing one of their favorite games “favorite conspiracy theories that need to be made into films.” And they discuss some pop culture in 2015 that is actually pretty entertaining to listen to.
“Do you have to get you one of these?” Listen to find out!
ID4: INDEPENDENCE DAY TIMESTAMPS
1:31 – Introductions and Welcome
3:26 – Voice of the Cinema
4:04 – Brief Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down Review
11:19 – Analysis
27:07 – Shelf or Trash/Else or Instead
33:00 – Feedback
39:15 – The Game: “Conspiracy Theories We Want to See as Movies”
48:48 – Fired Up in Pop Culture
Alexandra Bohannon just graduated with her Master’s in Public Administration, and is on the job hunt. She’s also on an a weightlifting team and podcasts way too much. Keep up with Alexandra’s most recent flicks on Letterboxd @Alexvbooks or follow her on Twitter @alexvbrohannon
