Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

This time on Culturezoo, despite a bad internet connection at the beginning, we talk about the 2000 classic, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, by Ang Lee.

Return to Oz – Part 2

The recap is over, time for some discussion. On this episode we have a special guest, Steve, who bares his Oz-scarred soul for us.

Return to Oz – Part 1

On this episode we tackle the forgotten 80s gem, Return to Oz. This is a film released by Disney that Disney tried to bury in their vault. It’s actually pretty cool in a very 80s sort of way. In Part 1 we do a recap. In Part 2 we discuss the film.

The Secret of Kells

This week on Culturezoo we discuss the gorgeous 2010 animated film, The Secret of Kells. We’re joined by special guest, Jack on this one.

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Bad Book Blitz: Days of Elijah, Apocalypse

It’s the inaugural episode of our Bad Book Blitz where we read the Amazon excerpt of a “bad” book and decide if we would keep reading. Tonight we read the lengthy prologue and first chapter of “The Days of Elijah, Book One: Apocalypse” by Mark Goodwin.

Out of the Silent Planet: Chapter 22, Postscript & Closing thoughts

Our final Out of the Silent Planet episode! We chat about the literary framing device that Lewis unveils in the final chapter and then give our final thoughts on this novel.

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Out of the Silent Planet: Chapters 19-21

In our penultimate Silent Planet episode, we reach the climax of the book in which Weston confronts Oyarsa and has to take some tough medicine and we return back to Earth and England and finish up with a “pint of bitter”.

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Out of the Silent Planet: Chapters 16-18

Ransom makes it to Medilorn and comes face to face with Oyarsa. Misunderstandings abound and humans come out not looking all that great.

The short story we reference in the discussion is called “Forms of Things Unknown”. It’s released in the collection “Of Other Worlds”.

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Out of the Silent Planet, Chapters 13-15

Ransom engages in something between a hunt and a battle with an extraterrestrial shark and ends up finally meeting the dreaded Sorns. We talk a bit about the mythology of Malacandra and non-heroic protagonists.

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Out of the Silent Planet – Chapters 10-12

In these chapters Ransom gets to know the “natives” and discovers a culture that is both remarkably similar and different from anything on Earth. Conversations about life, death, religion, and pleasure ensue.

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