Shelved By Genre Bonusodes
Added 2023-06-16 13:00:10 +0000 UTCHello! Here you can find the Shelved By Genre bonus episodes! Thanks so much for supporting us and listening to these episodes. Here is the
Hello! Here you can find the Shelved By Genre bonus episodes! Thanks so much for supporting us and listening to these episodes.
Here is the RSS feed that you can manually add to your podcast player of choice: https://feeds.castos.com/3d26n?uuid=648b3afd729fe
We know that some of you prefer to listen through a web interface, so below you can find a list of the episodes so that you can simply download the MP3s or listen in your browser. I will update that list every time there is a new episode. In brackets after the episode link you can see the content warnings for that episode.
1. The Lord of the Rings (1978) [CW: mentions of racism and homophobia]
2. Conan the Barbarian (1982) [CW: sexual assault and rape, racism, misogyny, homophobia, discussion of gore effects]
3. Questions and Answers [CW: racism, sexism, misogyny, body horror]
4. The Incal [CW: torture and mutilation, misogyny, body horror]
5. Jorge Luis Borges - Labyrinths [CW: racism, misogyny, Nazism]
6. Monster Manual (1977) [CW: body horror, racism, slavery, misogyny]
7. Caves of Qud [CW: body horror and medical horror)
8. BOTNS Q+A [CW: sexual assault]
9. Legend (1985) [CW: misogyny, mind control]
10. Labyrinth (1986)
11. The Dark Crystal (1982)
12. Tales From Earthsea (2006) [CW: racism, misogyny, homophobia, slavery]
13. Earthsea Q+A [CW: racism, misogyny]
14. Evil Dead 2 (1987) [CW: descriptions of extreme and cartoonish violence and gore, dismemberment, mutilation, and rape]
15. Pulse (2001) [CW: descriptions of violence, suicide, hauntings]
16. Uzumaki (2000) [CW: body horror]
17. Junji Ito Q+A
18. The Last Unicorn (1982)
19. Ladyhawke (1985)
20. The Beastmaster (1982) [CW: misogyny, animal endangerment]
21. The Last Herald Mage Q+A
22. Johnny Mnemonic
23. New Rose Hotel (1998) [CW: ableism, misogyny, sexual assault]
24. Strange Days (1995) [CW: racism, misogyny, rape, murder, body horror]
25. Sneakers (1992) [CW: misogyny, ableism]
26. The Sprawl Q+A
27. The Road Warrior (1981) [CW: misogyny, homophobia, rape, animal death, antisemitism]
28. Escape From New York (1981) [CW: misogyny, racism, ableism, sexual assault]
29. Postapocalypse Q+A
30. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) [CW: body horror, medical horror, antisemitism]
31. V for Vendetta (2005)
32. Swamp Thing (1982)
Comments
If you want a movie that went Crude and Forgot the Technical at home: Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man might be worth a watch. It's dumb but I think it's almost a cyberpunk movie without the computers and chrome. Alternately, Double Dragon has a real Panther Modern type aesthetic that might be worth a review.
John Salsa
2025-02-10 14:29:22 +0000 UTCIf you're using the Patreon app, it's a cache issue. I'd strongly recommend plugging the RSS into a podcatcher of your choice.
Ranged Touch
2024-08-11 15:46:40 +0000 UTCPlease make a dedicated Gene Wolfe podcast.
Hugh Diviny
2024-08-11 06:40:01 +0000 UTCIs Uzumaki not showing for anyone else?
Robert Wilson
2024-08-10 18:48:14 +0000 UTCBetween Borges, D&D and Caves of Qud, these bonusodes are really some of y'all's best work.
Martiana
2024-03-22 17:09:17 +0000 UTCSo does every “Fantasy” movie of the 80s only mean movies where the wardrobe people procured many puffy-sleeved shirts or does it include the Back to the Future films? Has this already been discussed in the discord? I hope this is not interpreted as a “is a hot dog a doctoral thesis” type question because I sincerely feel as though that trilogy is more fantasy than sci-fi. Also, yes, the whole trilogy because the 80s didn’t end until April 8, 1994.
Audrey Billings
2024-03-22 12:14:19 +0000 UTCI will never pass up a chance to recommend checking out 1982 The Flight of Dragons, simply because that Rankin & Bass fantasy where everything is gnarled and gnobbled has influenced my imagination since I first saw it. And it has two characters who get merged into one and a fight with a mace-wielding giant in a castle, so there's at least a tenuous connection beyond pure genre.
JennySighs
2023-12-31 04:37:02 +0000 UTCI think Angel’s Egg (1985) would make a wonderful bonusode, there are vibes and themes in that film which I feel are really of a kind with BotNS.
Matt Broadey
2023-07-22 10:54:13 +0000 UTCSeverian is basically channeling The Jerk from the movie The Jerk (1979). So that's my recommendation.
Tim Mulry
2023-07-20 02:53:58 +0000 UTCAlso, plus one for Stalker here too
Patrick Pottorff
2023-07-01 22:59:22 +0000 UTCHere’s Wolfe on his correspondence with Tolkien: https://biginjapangrayman.wordpress.com/2020/11/20/the-best-introduction-to-the-mountains-2001-by-gene-wolfe/
Patrick Pottorff
2023-07-01 22:57:30 +0000 UTC+1 for Zardoz and Tarkovsky's Stalker!
Michael H
2023-06-23 03:43:16 +0000 UTCif you don't want to do anything anyone's recommended then do Willow because it's great
Bip Burger
2023-06-22 22:41:42 +0000 UTCIt's a little early on the timeline (1971), but a couple months ago I watched THX 1138 with a friend and had an incredible time. I think it could make for a pretty interesting episode!
Richard
2023-06-22 00:59:17 +0000 UTCalso please do a full audio play of that One Chapter I think it would be so fantastic. (I did get a huge grin on my face when I saw that page in the book, knowing I would get to hear Michael talk about it ahaha)
Kel
2023-06-19 15:10:42 +0000 UTCMaybe not for a bonusodes because this would be a bit more of a lift, but after this first episode I would love it for y’all to cover a few different adaptations? A few people have already mentioned The Last Unicorn, doing the book and the movie would be really fun and interesting. Same with other stuff like Howl’s Movie Castle - the book especially would be interesting to talk about in context of BotNS and the fantasy genre.
Kel
2023-06-19 15:09:16 +0000 UTCI would love love if they do the Last Unicorn!
Kel
2023-06-19 15:04:54 +0000 UTCSelfishly pulling from my own watchlist, and remembered snippets from HMTW about Book of the New Sun, I think Wings of Desire would be an interesting bonusode. Also I''ve recently heard of Black Moon which is about a woman escaping the an apocalyptic gender based war in rural France, from 1975. You're all doing great work as always, thanks!
MuttonBandit
2023-06-19 02:02:38 +0000 UTCgah I can't add newlines on my phone. Ok, so I will assume you already have Zardoz, but if you don't then that's my vote. Otherwise it's Tarkovsky's Stalker, and if you already had that, then it's Galaxy Express 999 (1979 original Japanese release, 129 mins, subtitled. there are other versions). Thank you for making great stuff.
Bip Burger
2023-06-18 15:19:02 +0000 UTCAlso "litten" is 100% the name of a pokemon (#725, fire starter from Sun/Moon)
Begemott
2023-06-17 22:58:07 +0000 UTCMy suggestions are: -Ladyhawke (1985) -The Last Unicorn (1982) As a genre fiction nerd raised by genre fiction nerds, those two movies were a huge part of my childhood, and I think they represent interesting touchpoints for fantasy movies in the 80s. They also both are part of what I would describe as, for lack of a better term, "women's fantasy," which I feel often gets left out of these kinds of genre discussions. Fantasy that's less directly influenced by Lord of the Rings and that's still in more of the fairy-tale mode, with a greater emphasis on the Romantic (in multiple sense of the word.) Including more stories in that mode would help give a broader view of the fantasy genre as a whole, I think. People often conflate all of fantasy with "epic fantasy," which I think does a disservice to the possibilities that exist within the genre.
Teddy Asplund
2023-06-17 21:28:27 +0000 UTCHave u tried “follow show by url”? Not sure how that works elsewhere, but im able to add the bonus feeds on apple podcast app that way.
Yumewaru
2023-06-17 10:42:56 +0000 UTC"This podcast is marked as private Access to the content of this podcast is limited to private subscribers only" is what I see when opening the episode from the rss feed (same happens with the King bonus feed)
A sudden absence of bees
2023-06-17 06:34:47 +0000 UTCAlso, things that would fit well but were outside of the date range: Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968) [Super stylish Japanese practical effects film about yokai who help the residents of a tenement get revenge after a greedy land developer drives them out of their home to demolish it for a massive profit.], Viy (1967) [Soviet folk horror/comedy/fantasy film with great practical effects about a young philosphy student who runs afoul of a witch and the demons she can summon while on break from the seminary where he lives.], Quatermass and the Pit (1967), Planet of the Vampires (1965) [Mario Bava-directed space horror (not about real vampires) that was a huge influence on Alien (1979)], X, the Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) [Very fun movie but possibly better served in connection to Just King Things because of the Danse Macabre connection.]
Nigel Spudes
2023-06-17 03:18:48 +0000 UTCThoughts on possible sf/fantasy movie bonusodes: Phase IV (1974), Horror Express (1972) [interesting precursor to Carpenter's Thing adaptation mixed with a Trans-Siberian train mystery], Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) [really interesting hippie countercultural/environmentalist take on Godzilla that tragically got its director blackballed in the Japanese film industry for being so radically outside of what the series had done up to that point].
Nigel Spudes
2023-06-17 03:06:00 +0000 UTCAnyway, I loved this episode. I had a lot of both the Rankin Bass Hobbit and Bakshi's Lord of the Rings in my childhood; I think the way it uses live action to both become more naturalistic and more uncanny is fascinating. Great discussion! The Last Unicorn absolutely holds up on a revisit, hope you can spare the time sometime. Thank you!
David Bednar
2023-06-17 00:45:41 +0000 UTCOkay, here's the thing: Vampire Hunter D is a 1985 anime film about a sickass goth vampire in the year 12,000 when all of humanity has been reduced to medieval peasants by their horrible vampire lords. Its as close to what I imagine BotNS's world looks like as possible-- in fact, the character designer, Yoshitaka Amano (yes! the same that works on Final Fantasy!) also did the covers for the Japanese editions of BotNS. BUT-- and this is just outside your scope, but I think its WELL worth your breaking rules for this-- In 2000, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is essentially a redo at the same source material, gorgeously directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri (who did some of the best segments of The Animatrix among other great 90s films and OVAs), its just such a wonderful gorgeous fundamental upgrade and one of the last great cel animated anime films... look, compare the trailers, I think you'll agree, this fits, I hope you consider it!
David Bednar
2023-06-17 00:43:12 +0000 UTCYou guys should do The Neverending Story again. Cover it from a different angle this time.
Begemott
2023-06-16 20:24:35 +0000 UTCAnother contribution to the experimentalism of this film: Treebeard's gait.
Ryan Johansen
2023-06-16 17:57:50 +0000 UTCGood ep. I really liked hearing your thoughts on more than just the movie, but on LotR and how you see it relating to BotNS; looking forward to more. Also, cool genre films that may work well for bonusodes somewhat related to BotNS but also I dunno: • Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) • Mad Max (1979) • Excalibur (1981) • Dragonslayer (1981)
Lucas
2023-06-16 17:57:49 +0000 UTCProbably already on the list, but I would LOVE a bonusode on Ridley Scott's Legend.
Kyle Schlahta
2023-06-16 17:24:35 +0000 UTCShoutout to whoever chooses the podcast art for the ranged touch bonus pods
Joe Marquez
2023-06-16 14:20:42 +0000 UTC
