minutiae ex machina

autistic shutdown, creative block, covid-19, and thoughts about what won't be talked about.#exmachina ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

alex garland as director vs writer; nice guy vs manic pixie dream girl; blue book's internet bros; tropes as programming.guest: derick mcduff (underrated)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

benjamin franklin effect, different camera angles for caleb and ava, and caleb's inability to converse.guest: tyler boudreau (amateur nerds)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

ava's drawing, confronted tropes, levels of programming, defining genre and expectations... and some beef over #bladerunnerguest: austin prior (malkovich malkovich minute minute)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

how do you test a chess computer, and how do we define human, normal?#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

caleb is unsettled, kyoko is precise, nathan is pretending, philosophy is problematic, and it's all political.guest: evan (left of the projector)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

trying not to upset the boss, focus pulling on a silhouette, and introducing sonoya mizuno as kyoko.guest: eric deutsch (flash gordon minute)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

how many levels deep is nathan's manipulation, blade runner and why it matters that caleb is human, ghostbusters and holding your reference over someone's head, star trek's bynars and motivation.guest: austin prior (malkovich malkovich minute minute)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

biblical names, anti-eden themes, nathan's sense of history, his art installations, his conscience, pollock's no. 5 1948, and what it is to be human.guest: father david mowry#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

choosing sides--caleb or ava; garland cuts; about time, annihilation, men, last night in soho, tusk, antichrist, born on the fourth of july, xtro; masks and masking.guests: luke allen & chloe griffiths (please be seated)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

rewatchability, fragmentary story structure, voyeurism, 2001, nathan's decor, ava's room, and who is the real nathan?guest: parker johnston (dick tracy minute)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

transformation; sleep, light, and noise; angel number 226; caleb's shirt, panopticon and privacy; and access to natural spaces.guest: sarah black (life as a playlist)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

book spine database, giorgio morandi, enola gay, bhagavad gita, lucifer, and symmetrical scars.guest: brian boucher (top gun minute)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

wittgenstein, caliban, searle, turing, the chinese room, philosophy and the meaning of character names.#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

citing me; disappearing into a role; nudity and the male gaze; AI, the soul, and the meaning of life; and auteurship.guest: luke allen (two minutes about time)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

is caleb an earlier model, was caleb picked to be gullible, will true AI ever exist, are we born with language, and what is nathan's purpose?guest: sean german (next scene podcast)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

programming, caprica, what ava knows about what's going on, and transparency in ava's designguest: molly bailen (escape from new york minute)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

star wars actors, pornography, the physical design of ava, slavery and the purpose of androidsguest: curtis bloes (time bandits minute)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

caleb's nationality, organic patterns, post-it notes, minimalism as a sign of wealth, surveillance, titian's 'allegory of prudence', nathan as the devil, joe rogan, and the cracked glass.guest: chris frain (open the podcast doors, hal)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

what if caleb didn't sign, alan turing, nathan's sexuality, oscar isaac's head, nathan's self-imposed torture, how little time caleb spends with ava, and what tv ava would watch.guest: niall mcgowan (bat-minute)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

watching mature content on flights, too many light sources, brutalist design, contracts and consent, sunlight in the arctic circle, how convoluted or not nathan's plan is, and removing choice.guest: david forsythe (edge of tomorrow minute)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

the actors, oscar isaac, nathan, charisma, manipulation, programming, and belu water.guest: james anderson (she's all that minute)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

mentalism, american psycho, 28 days later, doublethink, a rat in a maze, silicon valley, ian malcolm, the born sexy yesterday trope, caleb's fate, and ex machina the musical.guest: austin prior (malkovich malkovich minute minute)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

caleb's expectations, orchestrating the first meeting, sexual objectification, programming of gender, and packaged individualism. guest: sarah black, my cohost on pump up the minute and five minute arrival, host of life as a playlist, and my wife. #exmachina #moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

i am alone this week, discussing my old after the film youtube reviews, my recent one dollar review of tick, tick... boom!, and nathan's manipulative introduction to caleb and to the audience. #exmachina #moviesbyminutes the tick, tick... boom! review: https://www.patreon.com/posts/one-dollar-tick-59733156 the ex machina scene breakdown video: https://youtu.be/ugiuxvntrce support my shows on patreon at https://www.patreon.com/lemmingdrops ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

android neck noises, doomsday tiny homes, the jurassic park theme and schubert's sonata 21, men and women playing each other, and the male gaze. guest: podcast socialite alice lauren #exmachina #moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

societal programming, religion, the film's reputation, Species, nudity and the male gaze, and film age ratings. guest: luke allen (the love, rosie podcast) #exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

helicopter travel, large estates, on-set accidents, alex garland's directing tics, the lack of characters named nathan, and caleb as a.i.guest: bubbawheat (it's time to rewind)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

oscar isaac's looks, office divisions, bad coding, and supply runs, among other things, as caleb gets an important email.guests: dave pallas (five minutes of mystery) & sean german (next scene podcast)#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

an overview of three levels of programming in film as well as connecting this podcast to two others, with passing reference to the allegory of the cave.#exmachina#moviesbyminutes ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★