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EPISODE · Jun 16, 2026 · 23 MIN

Which Director Has the Better Filmography? Tarantino vs Spielberg | Mass Debate

from Blank Propaganda Machine · host Kirk Wilson, Jed Craig, & Kraig Schaulin

On this week's episode, cinema's biggest heavyweights step into the ring as Jed and special guest Skyler Norwood battle over which director boasts the better filmography: Quentin Tarantino or Steven Spielberg? Jed storms in carrying a glowing golden suitcase for Team Tarantino, arguing that Quentin's films have everything a growing cinephile needs: razor-sharp dialogue, creative profanity, stylish violence, and a remarkable ability to resurrect careers that Hollywood had already buried in the backyard. To Jed, Tarantino isn't a director, he's a cinematic mad scientist blending genres together until something beautiful, bizarre, and occasionally explosive crawls out of the lab. Skyler fires back for Team Spielberg, calling him the undisputed king of cinematic wonder. He argues Spielberg invented the modern blockbuster, taught generations to fear sharks, love dinosaurs, and cry over aliens with overly phallic fingers with glowing bulbous tips. He argues Spielberg's catalog has more range than a buffet and more heart than Moderator Kirk eating a basket of gravy fries. When Jed compares Tarantino to Baskin-Robbins with endless flavors of filmmaking, Skyler points out that all 31 flavors come with an R-rating and a parental warning label. Jed admits Spielberg belongs on most people's Mount Rushmore of directors, but questions whether he's really serving meat and potatoes or just the same old bucket of popcorn.Moderator Kirk tries to keep the discussion focused on film, but it quickly devolves like Samuel L. Jackson yelling obscenities in a threateningly humorous way. Meanwhile, Hung Juror Kraig watches the debate unfold like a man trapped between a velociraptor and a katana. It's wonder vs edge, sharks vs Nazis, and enough nonsense to fill a three-hour commentary track, on this blockbuster-sized episode of Mass Debate!

On this week's episode, cinema's biggest heavyweights step into the ring as Jed and special guest Skyler Norwood battle over which director boasts the better filmography: Quentin Tarantino or Steven Spielberg? Jed storms in carrying a glowing golden suitcase for Team Tarantino, arguing that Quentin's films have everything a growing cinephile needs: razor-sharp dialogue, creative profanity, stylish violence, and a remarkable ability to resurrect careers that Hollywood had already buried in the...

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