Adam and Aaron review both of the Dune films. These have been some of the only stand out films of the past few years, and are definitely worth talking about.

Topics include: soundtrack, movies worth watching, Bladerunner, Villeneuve, desert landscape, mining, civilization, relative scale, architecture, aristocracy, bloodlines, eugenics, empire, politics, secret societies, intelligence, manipulation, occult powers, ritual, sex magic, grooming, banned computers, analog technology, nature, sand worms, pop culture influence, high priestess, priesthood, indigenous people, esoteric sides of different religions, plans of social control, dominant minority, self-fulfilling prophecy, tragedy

Adam and Aaron have returned with a new episode of Themes & Memes recorded live on Thanksgiving, 2024. During Aaron’s holiday special, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular, they did a review of the fairly new Francis Ford Coppola movie “Megalopolis.” A very unorthodox piece, this film raises a lot of questions.

Topics include: podcast hiatus, Fall of Rome, decadence, elite, aristocracy, dominant minority, dystopia, compositing, new digital filmmaking techniques, Elon Musk, time, NYC, Manhattan, Megalon, dreams, tepid response at release, little character development, Coppola and classic cinema, classic narrative structure, David Lynch, telling story with image and sound, augmented reality, technocracy, current American politics, rabble rousing, idealism, virtual reality, we are in the future now, media is now changing, media is the message, narration, color, shot and missing one eye, Times Square, building, eugenics, future of podcast

Adam and Aaron recorded a new episode of Themes & Memes in February. It is posted here as an exclusive to the Patreon bonus podcast feed. 

Tenet, state of entertainment media, Covid, Great Reset, Club of Rome, global tensions, US and China, ethics, technology, artificial intelligence, Elon Musk, lockdowns, changing economic system, online services, QAnon, micro-targeted influence operations, Post Truth World, propaganda, data, algorithms, mistrust of all media, privacy, Capitol siege, Alex Jones, Donald Trump rally, alternate reality games, fringe political groups, War on Terror, domestic terrorism, revolution, fringe mixed with mainstream, puppet masters, denouncing conspiracy mindset while using its very methods to prove your own point, cognitive dissonance, learning from alternative sources