Episodes

  • Death Race 2000 [1975] & Death Race [2008] - Death Games

    Death Race 2000 [1975] & Death Race [2008] - Death Games
    May 12 2025
    one popular genre in the dystopian world is the Death Games, which usually involves rich people pitting poor people to fight to the death for their entertainment. the Death Race movies are no different.
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Akira [1988] Cyberpunk

    Akira [1988] Cyberpunk
    May 6 2025
    one of the original cyberpunk movies, Akira brings to us a world full of high tech and low life. punk street gangs and oppressive militaristic corrupt government.
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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • Total Recall [1990] cyberpunk, oppressive corporate regime, class divide

    Total Recall [1990] cyberpunk, oppressive corporate regime, class divide
    Mar 21 2025
    Did everything in this movie really happen or was it all just a dream? Well get your ass to the podcast to hear Ian, Sloan, Bert, and new guest Sam discuss Total Recall. The movie where corporations can monopolize on air while you can buy the memory of a vacation and hope not to have a schizoid ambilysom. Sam is the host of "Ideal Remake" podcast. If you'd like to hear him come up with a pitch for his own ideal vision of a remake to many Hollywood movies, check him out.
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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • The Substance [2024] - Biopunk

    The Substance [2024] - Biopunk
    Mar 10 2025
    French director Coralie Fargeat brings a gross look at social commentary about women's body standards, addiction, and self hatred mixed in a big bowl of body horror. Ian, Bree, and Jenna talk about the many different themes explored in The Substance aa well as the homage paid to great directors of the past.
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    1 hr and 52 mins
  • Judge Dredd [1995] & Dredd [2012] - Totalitarian regime, class divide, societal decay

    Judge Dredd [1995] & Dredd [2012] - Totalitarian regime, class divide, societal decay
    Mar 5 2025
    Ian is the law and he's joined by Ryan and Seth to discuss the ever so bad movie Judge Dredd from 1995 and it's much more popular reboot, Dredd from 2012.
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Blade Runner [1982] & Blade Runner 2049 [2019] - Cyberpunk, Biopunk, Corporate Dystopia, Environmental Collapse

    Blade Runner [1982] & Blade Runner 2049 [2019] - Cyberpunk, Biopunk, Corporate Dystopia, Environmental Collapse
    Feb 24 2025

    Ian is joined by Bree, Daniel, and his lovely wife Amy to discuss the classic cyberpunk dystopian film, Blade Runner and its sequel Blade Runner 2049. Is it ethical to create a race of androids specifically for slave labor? Probably not.

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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • The many sub-categories of dystopian films - Round Table Discussion - Neon Nexus

    The many sub-categories of dystopian films - Round Table Discussion - Neon Nexus
    Feb 6 2025

    In this second episode of the Neon Nexus podcast, Ian is joined by Sloan, Ryan, and Bert as they discuss the many different sub-categories of dystopian films and list the movies that fit within those sub-categories. You've got Totalitarian, post-apocalyptic, cyberpunk, biopunk, Utopian-dystopias, societal breakdown, class divide, death games, and isololation.
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    2 hrs and 5 mins
  • 1984 (1984) [Totalitarian Regime/Surveillance State] Neon Nexus

    1984 (1984) [Totalitarian Regime/Surveillance State] Neon Nexus
    Feb 6 2025

    The first episode of the Neon Nexus podcast is here! This is the podcast where host Ian is joined by his friends to review dystopian films and discuss their relevance to society, as well as the warnings for our own future.

    In this first episode, Ian is joined by friends Sloan and Aaron to discuss the classic totalitarian film, 1984, based on the novel 1984 by George Orwell. When you start a podcast based on dystopian films, you really need to come out swinging with 1984 first, as it is the influence to countless other dystopian films that have come after. Big Brother is always watching!
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    1 hr and 23 mins