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Episode 82 - The Quiet Earth (A slip into the mouth of madness)

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  MIDDLE AGE MOVIE REVIEWSEpisode 82 - The Quiet Earth(A Slip into the Mouth of Madness)Tonight's episode of the Middle Age Movie News Podcast, Matt, Tim and Rick get together to review another film from the southern hemisphere. No, we aren’t talking about Australian cinema, but just adjacent to it. A film from New Zealand. That’s right the guys are discussing the 1985 classic The Quiet Earth. In this conversation, the guys share their views on Zach Hobsons’ profound journey through isolation and madness; ultimately leading to a quest for companionship and understanding of the changing universe around him. Matt reflects on the emotional toll of loneliness and the drastic measures Zach feels compelled to take to prevent a catastrophic collapse of the sun and earth.Rick gives us the viewpoint of his thoughts on Joanne’s acceptance of Api and how people in general start liking someone within a few minutes of meeting them.  While Tim gives us his interesting viewpoint on how this movie may be set in purgatory and or a realm from Dante’s inferno.  Find out this and more on this episode of the Middle Age Movie Review Podcast as we review The Quiet Earth.Theme Song Eddies Twister provided by Open Music Archive.Org which is an open source public domain music. The Open Music Archive concerns itself with the public domain and creative works which are not owned by any one individual and are held in common by society as a whole.Middle Age Movie Reviews is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Death Clock - Death Clock 2,800 hours of moviesIs it worth taking the time to tick off your Death Clock?  1 hour and 31 minsTim:  NO        Tim's Remaining Death Clock  (2,711 hours and 02 Min)            Matt: YES       Matt's Remaining Death Clock(2,687 hours and 36 Min)         Rick: YES           Rick's Remaining Death Clock                                        (2,762 hours and 02 Min)  T-Shirt Shop

MIDDLE AGE MOVIE REVIEWSEpisode 82 - The Quiet Earth(A Slip into the Mouth of Madness)Tonight's episode of the Middle Age Movie News Podcast, Matt, Tim and Rick get together to review another film from the southern hemisphere. No, we aren’t talking about Australian cinema, but just adjacent to it. A film from New Zealand. That’s right the guys are discussing the 1985 classic The Quiet Earth. In this conversation, the guys share their views on Zach Hobsons’ profound journey through isolation and madness; ultimately leading to a quest for companionship and understanding of the changing universe around him. Matt reflects on the emotional toll of loneliness and the drastic measures Zach feels compelled to take to prevent a catastrophic collapse of the sun and earth.Rick gives us the viewpoint of his thoughts on Joanne’s acceptance of Api and how people in general start liking someone within a few minutes of meeting them.  While Tim gives us his interesting viewpoint on how this movie may be set in purgatory and or a realm from Dante’s inferno.  Find out this and more on this episode of the Middle Age Movie Review Podcast as we review The Quiet Earth.Theme Song Eddies Twister provided by Open Music Archive.Org which is an open source public domain music. The Open Music Archive concerns itself with the public domain and creative works which are not owned by any one individual and are held in common by society as a whole.Middle Age Movie Reviews is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Death Clock - Death Clock 2,800 hours of moviesIs it worth taking the time to tick off your Death Clock?  1 hour and 31 minsTim:  NO        Tim's Remaining Death Clock  (2,711 hours and 02 Min)            Matt: YES       Matt's Remaining Death Clock(2,687 hours and 36 Min)         Rick: YES           Rick's Remaining Death Clock                                        (2,762 hours and 02 Min)  T-Shirt Shop

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