the first of three flashbacks before we begin ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
the second of three flashbacks before we begin ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
our third and final flashback before we begin ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
a reading list and a little controversy before we begin#annihilation ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
the paramount pictures logo and skydance logo offer us stars while lena (natalie portman) sits in a room with scientists looking on in annihilation, minute 1 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
character names, the ship of theseus paradox, knowledge, identity, life, and the themes of annihilation, minute 2 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
objects falling from space, self destruction, subjectivity, alien lifeforms within and without in annihilation, minute 3 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
a distracted professor, sonoya mizuno as student katie, falling stars, dividing cells, and our relationship with nature in annihilation, minute 4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
the importance of living, professor sir john sulston and gene sequencing a nematode, david gyasi as daniel, and lena has weekend plans in annihilation, minute 5 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
crosby, stills, & nash's 'helplessly hoping', photographs, poetry, and the play of memory and time in annihilation, minute 6 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
grief, memory, self-destruction, oscar isaac, and the return of kane in annihilation, minute 7 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
madness, girl interrupted, ptsd, odysseus, and the sum of our experiences in annihilation, minute 8 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
emotional numbing, doppelgangers, fingers tapping, and the quality of insanity in annihilation, minute 9 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
infidelity, a dimly understood fear, the character of kane, and whether anything matters in annihilation, minute 10 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
#bloodfromthemouth, ambulances, kane as he has changed, the staff of aesculapius, obsessing about a location, and the meaning of well in #annihilation minute 11 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
#tvtropes, #vaninblack, #meninblack, #unmarkedhelicopters, and waking up in a secret government facility in #annihilation minute 12 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
a strange hospital room, lena meets #drventress and we meet #jenniferjasonleigh in #annihilation minute 13 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
in area x ventress questions lena, as i discuss the political purpose of film, and the unsettling purpose of #annihilation, minute 14 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
fbi, cia, what is ventress and why is she questioning lena in #annihilation minute 15? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
#sciencefiction eschews stereotypical heroes and extra-terrestrials, as #annihilation minute 16 eschews an escape attempt. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★