Annihilation (aka Never Assume Straightness) with Vita Ayala

Fear Level: Existentially disconcerting Trigger Warnings: Gaslighting, dismemberment, blood, frightening imagery, pretentious assholes Director/Writer: Alex Garland (Ex-Machina, 28 Days Later, Devs, Batman Black and White) Based on the novel by: Jeff VanDerMeer Stars: Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tuva Novotny, Benedict Wong, Oscar Isaac, Did you ever get assigned a group project that went so bad you decided you'd rather fuck off and become a bush? We've all been there. Annihilation understands you. It wants to get inside you. It wants to change your dna into special sparkly rainbow dna. Come for the beaches made of crystal, stay for the vibrating alien meat cube. It's Annihilation, the movie we can't possibly spoil because we honestly don't know what happened. And so can you! Topics of Discussion: Oscar Isaac: not a valid test of straightness Oscar Isaac: too short to be a bear? A sun bear maybe? The revenge of the shitty infidelity subplot Gina Rodriguez: a difficult topic of conversation Gina Rodriguez: butch gay icon? Benedict Wong: a person you could pay to deliver a dozen lines from inside a containment suit, I guess. Refractions Prisms: How do they work? Never assume the straightness of Tessa Thompson characters When is an alligator like a flower? A short list of things intestines shouldn't do In rural Florida, bear calls you. Cass has never met tea she didn't want to spill I think I'd rather be a bush than keep talking to you LIGHTHOUSES ARE SYMBOLIC A very important meat cube Recommendations: The Southern Reach book trilogy by Jeff VanDerMeer Junji Ito's "Fragments of Horror" Uzimaki Take a bunch of Nyquil and play No Man's Sky Dead Space The Thing Altered States 2001: A Space Odyssey Neon Genesis: Evangelion Adolescence of Utena Mushishi Tanis (Podcast) Contact Arrival Ex Machina Under the Skin Solaris Sunshine Alan Moore's Swamp Thing Follow our guests: Vita Ayala Twitter: @definitelyvita Follow us on twitter @proghorrorpod Follow Emily on twitter @megamoth Emily's Website: Megamoth.net Follow Ben on twitter @benthekahn Pre-Order Ben's new book, Renegade Rule. Follow Jeremy on twitter @jrome58 Visit his website at JeremyWhitley.com RSS Feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/progressively-horrified Website: https://progressivelyhorrified.transistor.fm/ Join our Patreon at: patreon.com/progressivelyhorrified to support the show, get bonus episodes, early access to upcoming episodes, and a cool Progressively Horrified t-shirt. Come back next week to hear about Annihilation! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ JOIN JEREMY'S ZOOP CAMPAIGN AND HELP MAKE GREAT COMICS! https://zoop.gg/c/slay Take our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.