S1E44 - Toon Water

Does anybody read these? This week Jesse and Kevin talk about magicians, movies, podcasts, animation, movies about other movies, movie posters, video art, centering your shots, real fake shots, going to space, new social networks, toots, open source software. (Recorded on April 17, 2017.) Links Apollo Robbins is a famous pick- pocket, but Kevin doesn't think he's very good. Neuro-linguistic programming is a pseudo-science used by the seduction community. Poe's Law explains why some people can't tell The Onion is satire. Kevin explains the plot of Death Proof. John Wick: Chapter 2 is no John Wick. People sure did get excited about the S-Town podcast. The Thief and the Cobbler has had a famously long production history. Room 237 is a documentary about The Shining's conspiracy theories. This poster for 2001: A Space Odyssey does a bad job selling the movie. Mark Lewis's Galveston exhibit at the Austin Contemporary made Jesse very frustrated. Our buddy Neil runs Film School Rejects and now One Perfect Shot. The long take from Panic Room is a little too perfect. Kendrick Lamar's video for Humble is filled with amazing techniques. Birdman was not the first film to be presented as one long take. Chris Pratt basically plays a red-piller in Passengers. Mastodon (no not that kind) is a cool new social network protocol that is (mostly) free of Nazis. Check out Sarah Jeong's Motherboard article about it. App.net was a failed Twitter replacement. According to a study, people rate women's coding higher when they don't know that they're women.