The Creator – AYJW145
The Creator demonstrates the role of propaganda in the dehumanization of enemies while losing its messaging to blatant agenda.
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Soul – AYJW112
The Pixar movie Soul uses a godless philosophy to chase the spark of living from before birth through death and onto the path to the Great Beyond.
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Transcendence, Part 2 – AYJW048
Transcendence inspires a discussion on what defines sentience and soul and is God created by man?
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 – AYJW023
J.K. Rowling’s series has at last come to a close and the latest Harry Potter movie has been in theaters for a while, but there’s always time for some critical thinking!
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I, Robot, Part – AYJW016
It’s been a while since we’ve posted a regular episode, but we hope you’ve enjoyed our long run of Initial Reaction episodes this summer. We bring you a critical-thinking discussion on the action-paced, science fiction thriller, I, Robot. Not based on the critically-acclaimed robot stories by Isaac Asimov (as the title would suggest), I, Robot…
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Initial Reactions 5: Avatar
Avatar‘s Pandora is a beautiful world. But underneath the overly familiar story lay philosophies of environmentalism, spiritualism, and more. Be warned that this (late) initial reactions does contain spoilers. Brief announcements We both now have press status to see movies prior to release. Hopefully, this will result in prompt initial reactions to future releases that…
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Initial Reactions 4: New Moon
The movie edition of Stephenie Meyer’s second book in the Twilight Saga, New Moon, raises issues on growing old, damnation, souls, and trusting people.
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Dollhouse, Part 1 – AYJW010
Daniel Lewis and previous guest cohost, Chris Jones, talk about Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse. Human trafficking, imprinting personalities, and the nature of the soul.
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