Movie Review: “Mickey 17” (2025), directed by Bong Joon Ho
Instead of the cliche of the female character who must be punished or killed for having sex, a la “Troopers”, “Mickey 17” gives us a couple for whom sex is an act centred in being a fun, shared exploration of joy for both people with the mature viewpoint that demonstrates talking and planning and listening to each other does not make things any less enjoyable. Heck, Mickey and Nasha’s joyful sex life is integral to everything not ending up very bad for everyone. I think that’s both pretty cool and wildly different from the kinds of choices so many movies make.
Episode 41 — Colonialism and Science Fiction
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow2.9–ColonialismAndScienceFiction/Sandf–Episode2.9–ColonialismAndScienceFiction.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSThere has been some interesting discussion lately about the intersection of colonialism and science fiction. We thought it would be a good topic to take on this month and spend a good amount of time talking about how the two intersect, what’s wrong with phrases like “colonizing space,” and examples of colonialism in science fiction (largely in the form of critique). It’s an interesting topic and we hope you enjoy it. Feel free to shoot us an email at skiffyandfanty [at] gmail [dot] com, leave a comment, or follow us on Twitter. We hope you enjoy the episode! Note: If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 41 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 40:22): “‘Colonizing Space’ is a Dirty Phrase: Stop Using It” (Shaun’s original post) “Interesting Article on ‘Colonization’” (Larry’s Response) “An Addendum: ‘Colonizing Space’ — It Really is That Bad” (Shaun’s Response) “A Brief Bit More on That Colonization Discussion” (Larry’s Response x2) io9’s Facebook Question (Clearly plagiarized :P) Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction by John Rieder (Read it!) The End: Reading and Writing (40:23 – 45:48) Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
