The Cinematica Team finishes off their series by returning to the movies that inspired, guided, and helped them to become the people they are today. Join them one last time to discuss science and storytelling within a shared love of films. Thank you so much for listening and joining us over these last few years. It has been a joy to share with all of you. TIME POINTS 00:00:57- Introduction 00:04:45- News 00:09:12- Adam's Movie (Bad Mac & Cheese Night) 00:18:24- David's Movie (Scientists Find...
Sep 08, 2022•53 min
This week, the CA Team goes into the belly of the beast, The Sea Beast (2022) that is. It's a whale of tale as we discuss all things cetaceans. What would really happen if you got swallowed by a whale? What is whale culture? How were whales hunted and why? Libby also reveals what happens if Catholics stay under water for too long. TIME POINTS 00:00:40- Introduction 00:02:44- News 00:07:13- Summary & Our Thoughts On The Film 00:14:58- Trivia 00:17:16- The Evolution Of Cetacea 00:27:39- Surviv...
Jul 28, 2022•57 min
Raise your wands, prepare your blades, and grab your magic babies and join the Cinematica Team as they explore the world of Willow (1998). What would happen to humans if they were mouse sized? Could a brontosaur evolve a taste for meat? Is the Fantasy genre still profitable? All of these questions and more will be explored in the name of Elora Danan. TIME POINTS 00:00:35- Introduction and News 00:05:00- Summary, Our Thoughts, and Trivia! 00:16:08- Brownie Physiology 00:25:00- Eborsisk and Nelwyn...
Jul 21, 2022•55 min
The Cinematica team gets "hooked" by the latest season of Love, Death, and Robots and "wade" into Bad Traveling (2022). Join them as they explore "shellfish" crews, basic "claws" of developmental ecology, and how short stories can "chitin" your day. Please don't be "crabby" and come join them. TIME POINTS 00:00:36- Introduction and News 00:03:00- Episode Summary & Trivia 00:09:24- Decapod Reproductive Strategies 00:16:45- Crab Facts 00:27:07- Short Stories 00:32:18- Final Thoughts
Jul 14, 2022•33 min
Check your sasquatch, because it's time to talk about Bigfoot. This week, the CA Team analyzes the found footage from Exists (2014). Adam walks in the creature's footsteps, exploring why these hairy Hendersons might be solitary; as well as why they ended up in North America. Dave's segment might be hard to find as he reveals the hidden patterns behind camouflage in nature and reveals some bear truths. Libby reveals why people love to believe in this elusive myth. And we all agree that no one sho...
Jul 07, 2022•57 min
The Cinematica team leaves the realm of movie adaptions and returns to the source material with an exploration of their favorite books they wish would be turned into films. TIME POINTS 00:00:38- Introduction & News 00:03:21- Literature Trivia 00:05:56- Galactic Football League Series by Scott Sigler 00:20:28- The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi 00:32:20- Elf Quest by Wendy and Richard Pini 00:42:43- The Name Of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Jun 30, 2022•55 min
What do you do when your local farm is invaded by a group of 80's aliens that don't want to phone home, help you become the last starfighter, or fight the decipticons? The answer involves homemade fireworks and a shotgun. Join the Cinematica team this week as they explore the world of Critters including the physiology of rolling, eating till your grow, and what makes a hero. TIME POINTS 00:00:36- Introduction and News 00:07:26 - Galaxy Quest Summary & Discussion 00:14:29 - Trivia 00:17:56 - ...
Jun 23, 2022•49 min
By Grabthar's hammer and by the suns of Warvan, the CA Team goes intergalactic this week with Galaxy Quest (1999). Listen to our historical document as we probe into dick-headed octopus culture and the very real city of Octlantis. Adam proposes a theory of sentience matching body plans and breaks down the difference between convergent and homologous evolution. We reveal what species is the most violent and murderous towards its own kind; spoiler, it's not us! Learn the different subtypes of sati...
Jun 16, 2022•48 min
Time to get lost in a world full of deadly dinos. Join us as this week the CA Team takes an island vacation with The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). What should you do when you find a baby T-Rex in the wild? What is a "complete ecosystem"? Does Cretaceous Park have the same ring to it? And why is Dr. Ian Malcolm brought back from the dead? More importantly, will he ever shut up? Also, bees are fish! TIME POINTS 00:00:34- Introduction 00:03:37 - News (The Fish & The Bees) 00:05:05 - Movie S...
Jun 09, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Peace green brother! This week the CA Team is pregnant with possibilities as we give birth to our worst movie yet: Carnosaur (1993). What is a T-Rex's proper posture? Do anti-viruses actually exist? What is so shocking about an experiment with snails and genetic memory? And what is a mockbuster; but more importantly, how many Kung Fu Panda mockbusters are there? TIME POINTS 00:00:41- Introduction 00: 05:48 - Stranger Things Cast Discussion 00:08:46 - Carnosaur Summary 00:20:18 - Trivia 00:24:03 ...
Jun 02, 2022•59 min
Things just got stranger as the CA Team take on both demi-dogs and the power of Billy's mullet in our continuation of Stranger Things (2016 - present). Could the Upside Down be a meteor impact site? What is a fungal shotgun and did Hopper take one in the face? Is a virus jumping species common? What does Jurassic Park tell us about writing from a child's point of view? Also Sam wants to know, when are we getting a Steve and Dustin buddy spin-off?
May 26, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Hold tight and flicker the light, the CA Team is upside down this week and next as we explore all the dimensions of the Stranger Things TV series (2016 - present). What type of predator is the Demigorgon and what does it lam-prey upon? Why is our bipedalism more significant than our brains as homosapiens when looking at our history? Just how powerful is nostalgia and how do you treat it? And how does Steve have such incredible hair?
May 19, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Everybody Dar-wins this week as the CA Team explores Evolution (2001). We discuss why the universe doesn't really styles itself in one direction, no matter how much it paynes us to think there is a story of our lives. We divide the facts from fiction on the subject of cellular mitosis. We divide the facts from fiction on the subject of cellular mitosis. Asexual reproduction sprouts some interesting dialogue as we take a look at "budding". And our story section reveals how to research solid scien...
May 12, 2022•57 min
Say Expecto Patronum and hopefully summon another movie as the CA team returns for hopefully the final Fantastic Beasts film in The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022). We have serious concerns about why the Qilin would bow. We ask if this is actually a Manticore? We worry about how the Wyvern would work. Finally, we explore paper thin world building. TIME POINTS 00:00:38 - Introduction and News 00:08:01- Movie Summary (Dumbledore's Dickheads)and Our Thoughts 00:19:25- Trans Rights Are Human Rights and...
May 05, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Say Accio and summon a sense of patience as the CA team returns to the world of Fantastic Beasts in the Crimes of Grindelwald (2018). We cheer with the Zouwu and its’ new found freedom. We worry about the carnivorous implications of the Kelpie. We freak out about the death of the adorable Chupacabra and WHAT KIND OF SOCIOPATH DOES THAT!? Finally, we explore how exposition drop works and how to tell a story. TIME POINTS 00:00:36- Introduction and News 00:07:30- Trans Rights Are Human Rights 00:08...
Apr 28, 2022•1 hr
Say alohamora to a menagerie of magical and mythical beasties this week as the CA Team casts themselves into part one of three fantastic episodes, starting with Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (2016). We can't get enough of Niffler and his bower bird tendencies. We harrumph at the erumpent's almost diminutive size comparative to actual giant rhinos, Paraceratherium. We flush a common goldfish myth down the toilet as we look at the occamy's trait of indeterminate growth. We chuckle that t...
Apr 21, 2022•52 min
Exactly how many monsters are in The Monster (2016)? Just like a car on an old back road, we breakdown this week's canid-like monster and ask the hard hitting questions. How can burns kill so quickly? Do wolves understand paved roads? Is it healthy to snack on other carnivores? How is an allegory different from a metaphor? Can Sam pronounce the word synecdoche? TIME POINTS 00:00:33- Introduction and News (How To Unfuck The World) 00:12:32 - The Monster Summary and How We Felt About This Movie 00...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 5 min
This week, the CA Team bares their souls in the world of Elden Ring (2022). We wrap our tentacled brains around the strange, amorphous beaked blob that is the land octopus, now known as an octoplonk. We simp for imps as we analyze ambush predation tactics and social structures. We yabby-dabby-do want to see more crayfish take the horrifying spotlight that they deserve. We scribble down some thoughts on epistolary novels and how abstruse storylines work. But most importantly, we try and put a fin...
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Out of the depths came Stephen Sommers's Deep Rising (1998) and you are in for a Treat (Williams). All aboard as the CA Team asks some unsinkable questions. How far back do human's tales of sea monsters go? What exactly are Archaea Ottoia? Why are octopi's brains located throughout their tentacles? Will this group of adults be mature enough to refrain from making jokes as we discuss penis worms? TIME POINTS 00:00:34- Introduction 00:03:46 - News (New Squid Discovery) 00:06:12 - Summary and Our T...
Mar 31, 2022•56 min
The city of Gotham flashed the CA logo in the sky and we answered. For our very special 100th episode of the podcast, we chose the nontraditional, The Batman (2022)! Breaking from analyzing monsters to create our very own DCinematica versions of a realistic Batman, Catwoman, and Penguin, with the help of a very special guest host. The original veterinarian caped crusader and catalyst of our podcast, TJ! Enjoy a Batman that pees while hanging from a pull up bar, a Catwoman that should be kept ind...
Mar 24, 2022•1 hr 20 min
You can't Cena me! It's time to make peace with CA's take on James Gunn's Peacemaker (2022). Are our flappy little foes, The Butterflies, really parasites? Where do bald eagle's fall on the eagle bad-assery scale (as ranked by an Australian)? Who are the Kazakh Eagle Hunters? What makes a redemption story redeemable? And will we ever get the song "Do You Wanna Taste It?" by Wig Wam out of our heads and do we want to? No. The answer is no. TIME POINTS 00:00:45- Introduction and News 00:04:57 - Su...
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr 6 min
For this week's episode, the CA Team rolls with the first season of The Wheel of Time series (2021). We call bollocks on Trollocs and discuss the real world examples of persistence hunters and pursuit predation. We discuss how blight ain't right by exploring the inner workings of mangroves plus the ecosystem they support and protect. And finally, we take a chill pill and examine the dangerous story trope of "fridging". TIME POINTS 00:00:37- Introduction and News 00:09:18 - Summary (No Man Magic)...
Mar 10, 2022•1 hr 9 min
We don't talk about Bruno, no, no, but we do talk extensively about the magical house known as Casita in Disney's latest Encanto (2021). This week we look at mobile ecosystems and dirty sloths, learn two new $5 words (pyriscence and serotiny), find that Nemo is probably a pretty slimy boi, and ask the question, do stories really need a villain? Dave and Libby also confirm that Adam's heart is indeed, missing. DISCORD LINK: https://discord.gg/heU2FWka TIME POINTS 00:00:41- Introduction and News 0...
Mar 03, 2022•1 hr 7 min
This week, the CA team collectively places one hand on The Book of Boba Fett (2021) and swear to protect the perpetually poorly treated rancor. We look at what a spin off actually is, sexual imprinting (not the Twilight kind), real life 6 meter/19.7 foot giant sloths, and why keeping a rancor on a desert planet, much less a dungeon, is excessively cruel. Takeaway questions: would Luke Skywalker drink rancor milk and do you whisk eggs with milk or a platypus? TIME POINTS 00:00:40- Introduction an...
Feb 24, 2022•58 min
What does hentai-light, vengeful Jesus, and mislabeled fog have in common? All creep out of Stephen King's The Mist (2007). This week we are suckers for how tentacles suckers physically work. We theorize exactly how one might get caught in a caustic web. We are frank about four winged fabulously flying freaks that already exist in real life. We ask about alternative alternate endings. But unanswered, why does Thomas Jane straight up cap a grandma?! TIME POINTS 00:00:32- Introduction News (Deer a...
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr 5 min
As a Last Resort, we welcome our audience this week to the Valhalla that is the Halo franchise (2001-2021?) We look at Covenant species with their methane breathing, wormy boi bridge building bodies, and birthday skulls; why Adam gives sentient culture two tactile thumbs up; and whether or not decades long stories should be self contained. You really needler to listen to this one. TIME POINTS 00:00:43- News (Drone Planting) 00:05:37 - Plot Summary (Halo Story Speed Run) 00:18:13 - Trivia (How Mu...
Feb 10, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Take a field trip to the Field Museum with us as the CA team analyzes the Kothoga from 1997's The Relic. Answered questions this week: Is our poor monster actually an addict? How did this movie get academia right and how did it get it very, very wrong? What are some real world South American cryptids? And what is a tepui? Gesundheit. TIME POINTS 00:44:00 – Introduction and News 00:05:08 – Movie Introduction, Discussion, and Trivia 00:22:25- Science Discussion 01:04:23- Story Discussion 01:15:57-...
Feb 03, 2022•1 hr 19 min
What's kraken CA fans? Take an epic journey this week with our double snake header, Clash of the Titans (2010) and Wrath of the Titans (2012). We look, but not directly at, Medusa's possible use of tetrodotoxin, djinns using advanced prosthetic technology, how civilization, not heroes, were the downfall of Greek monsters, the origins of Olympus, and how Nanny McPhee shares this cinematic universe. TIME POINTS 01:00:00 – Introduction and News 00:05:06 – Movie Introduction, Discussion, and Trivia ...
Jan 27, 2022•1 hr 16 min
When a worn out Bounty Hunter with dubious credentials gets lost in the sands of Tatooine, what happens? He meets a collection of creatures with dessert adaptations of course! Join the Cinematica team this week as they explore giant lizards, environmental catastrophes, and reptile-mammals in Disney's new The Book of Boba Fett. TIME POINTS 00:00:39 – Introduction and News 00:08:17 – Movie Introduction, Discussion, and Trivia 00:17:28- Organism Discussion 00:39:37- Dessert Planet Discussion 00:45:...
Jan 20, 2022•49 min
This week, we turn out all the lights as the CA team, aka our little psycho fuck family, flies blind alongside the bio-raptors of Vin Diesel's breakout role, Pitch Black (2000). How does an entire species develop a sun allergy? What came first for bats: echolocation or flight, and why? What exactly is an antihero? Why the hell do we keep saying "hand shark!"? TIME POINTS 00:00:39 – Introduction and News 00:04:07 – Movie Introduction, Discussion, and Trivia 00:21:02- Science Discussion 00:56:43- ...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 10 min
