Episode 32: The “Ecstatic Truth” Just Means “Lie” Edition

This week's podcast does a lot of “checking in on the state of”: A special guest, sci-fi (and sci-sci) fan Chris Klimek, joins us to check in on the state of science-fiction movies in the wake of a long string of box-office failures for anything not connected to a franchise, a YA novel, or a superhero. Noel and Scott return from the True/False festival with thoughts on the state of documentaries and non-fiction cinema. After that—spoiler alert!—we play a game called Spoiler Alert, where panelists try to identify movies from spoiler loglines. And we wrap by trying to take the personal back out of 30 Seconds To Sell. Time Codes Segment 1: State of science-fiction (00:47) Segment 2: True/False and documentary filmmaking (18:40) Segment 3: Spoiler Alert Game (34:55) Segment 4: 30 Seconds To Sell (42:25)