Episode Twenty-Eight: Narrative Easter-Eggs

Pop Cultural Osmosis

So what's your favorite example of pop cultural osmosis?

This week, we talk about Looper, the independent sci-fi time-travel film starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Plus, Toy Story 3!

Really big spoilers of Looper! You probably shouldn’t listen if you haven’t seen the film.

Show Links:

• Evil Angels
• “Maybe a dingo ate your baby!”
• io9 article about Looper’s Chinese funding
• Primer / xckd comic about Primer
• Rian Johnson on the Kid Blue / Abe theory (from this io9 Q&A session)

Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 - 08:00 - Favorite example of pop cultural osmosis
• 08:00 - 50:00 - Looper
• 50:00 - 1:10:00 - Toy Story 3

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