Episode 913: Let’s Talk About Sex
Scott Nye and Julie Sesnovich fill in as hosts and discuss sex in movies.
Movies with sex in them include Poor Things and more!
Battleship Pretension is a movie discussion podcast started in 2007 by Tyler Smith and David Bax. Since then, we’ve done live comedy shows, written reviews, commentaries and more.
Battleship Pretension is a film discussion show and a film review website founded by Tyler Smith and David Bax. Beginning in March 2007, Battleship Pretension the show (known to fans simply as “BP”) embodies the type of laidback, free-flowing conversations had by lovers of film around the world. Battleship Pretension the website is dedicated to being a destination for those seeking worthwhile opinions on current releases, be they foreign, independent, studio pictures, theatrical, home video releases, etc. From its meager beginnings in Los Angeles, Battleship Pretension has amassed a worldwide audience and readership. From Germany to Korea to Australia, people have tuned in to share in Tyler and David’s love of film. As Battleship Pretension’s following continues to grow, the purpose remains the same: Reach out to the international cinephile community, invite them to join in the discussion and perhaps even start one of their own.
I believe “Joyland” is set in Pakistan, which is part of South Asia rather than the Middle East.
There isn’t an objective answer to normative questions, but it’s hard to sensibly claim that “the right amount” is below-replacement levels unless you’re in favor of extinction.
Challengers made less than its budget at the domestic box office.
Matthew Yglesias has similarly argued that lad-mags used to combine lefty commentary with pictures of scantily clad (or nude) women, and now the internet has bifurcated that.
You said we get “the opposite” of violence in movies and sex on TV, but it’s my impression that TV has a lot more sex now than when I was young. R-rated material used to be relegated to movies, but now TV (even if not broadcast) can do most of anything found in movies.
I never read the novel “Hannibal”, but I know the character of Margot Verger was supposed to be a very buff body-builder, which was not at all how Katherine Isabelle was in the TV show. People quipped that Bryan Fuller (a gay man) only casts slim brunettes.
I believe the HBO show you’re referring to was “Togetherness”.
AIDS seems to have been a bigger deal in terms of US mortality when erotic thrillers were most popular, so I don’t think it would make sense to blame that.
I think you would need some actual stats rather than anecdotes to claim “we’re so back”.
The Dune novels get freaky, but the Villenueve movies don’t (so far). Paul & Chani’s first child getting killed by the Harkonnens is absent (since the timeline was compressed enough that Jessica still hasn’t given birth to the daughter conceived by the late Duke Leto).