Episode 16 - The Matrix Movie Special Part I

A lapsed quasi-satanist, a self-proclaimed science buff (with only a GCSE grade B in Physics) and a drug-addled lunatic attempt to navigate the irradiated wastelands and shit-hills of ignorance that is the Post-Truth Apocalypse. A smorgasbord of colourful language, drunken ramblings and the occasional "fact". Fact. Hosted by Ben, Gaz and Mike. This week the lads take a trip to the movies to see The Matrix (1999). They discuss the philosophy around the film and whether Neo is in fact a Jesus Christ analogy. They contemplate whether we are in a mental prison like The Matrix and postulate the notion that we are actually human batteries in a vat of gloop somewhere being used to power evil killer robotic arachnids. They touch on Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, the Simulation Theory and the Allegory of the Cave as comparable themes throughout the movie. Also, Drunken Boxing, secret World War 2 bunkers in the arctic where scientists died from eating poisoned polar bear meat, a Russian man who claims he was born on Mars, a petrol-addicted monkey and drive-thru funerals crop up. Plus, Gaz feels the need to fight a philosopher after a philosophical deluge from Mike. www.facebook.com/cuttingthroughthebull [email protected] @cuttingthroughthebullpta Also on iTunes. Intro music: freemusicarchive.org/music/Michett/~/Lift-off Outro music: freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar /Crime_Scene/T800 all music is Podsafe Music.