This week on Sneople, the Sneople cover a genre proves a little tricky to define, spans movies, tv, books, and comics, and incites an argument (or two) amongst our hosts - Urban Fantasy!
This episode starts, as many do, with definitions - what exactly makes an urban fantasy movie, and how is it different from straight up monster movies or something with fantasy elements that takes place in modern times? After a quick but decisive discussion, the Sneople move onto some of their favorites of the genre, dig through multiple lists of āurban fantasyā media to decide if they actually count as part of the genre, and get into why itās so hard to make urban fantasy work on film. They also, as always, get severely off topic, look at a lot of weird wiki pages, and learn about new weird stuff that they now obviously have to read/watch. Not necessarily in that order.
If you disagree with their definition of urban fantasy and/or want to submit recs for good urban fantasy to read or watch, their email inbox is always open. Keep in mind that they are extremely right about what urban fantasy is, but arguing is still fun anyway!
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Forever Your Kale
Long delayed but also long in the making, this week the Sneople are finally doing a David Lynch memorial episode!
Helena and Matty go a little off the deep end this episode (as they do every episode theyāre left to their own devices), covering Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Eraserhead, Elephant Man, Dune (obviously) and so so much more. Warning, this episode is full of spoilers/discussion of a variety of Lynch films (though we avoid Twin Peaks spoilers for the most part) - if you wanna avoid that, come back at a later date. Itās okay! Weāll wait.
Thanks David - weāll be appreciating your work for years and years to come. XOXO to eraserhead baby, we love you little angel
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The Kilmer Cut
This week is a (sort of?) somber episode, beloved listeners - weāve recorded an homage to the life and career of Val Kilmer, an actor who had a big impact on all of the Sneople.
From Top Gun to Batman Forever, Willow to Tombstone, and of course Heat to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, the Sneople go through several films featuring Val Kilmer and the many many highlights in his work. Like any of our in memoriam episodes, itās tricky writing our normal jokey summaries without feeling odd about it, so itās time to be genuine for three seconds - he was a great actor who did some incredible work, and none of us would be who we are today without Kiss Kiss Bang Bang specifically. Thanks, Val.
Unrelated, but still sincere - apologies for the delayed episode! Weāll have another one out next week per our usual schedule.
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The Helena Awards 2024
Itās the most wonderful time of the year, beloved listeners - after weeks of waiting with baited breath, itās finally time for this yearās Helena Awards!
For those who donāt know, this beautiful yearly tradition has the Sneople running through a full list of categories both familiar and unique, old and new: from Best Actress and Best Picture to Tex Avery Awooga Wolf Award l and Stupidest Film (Affectionate), the Helena Awards has it all. It is, per usual, the highest of high notes to close out awards season on, and we are thrilled as always to host it. Itās also shorter than watching the actual Oscars AND thereās no ads so really, what do you have to lose?
For those who wish to view the Helena Awards document, you can join the Infinity Break discord at bit.ly/InfinityTalks - it will be shared there in the Sneople channel! Just in case you wanted to revel in the glorious document formatting which, honestly, why wouldnāt you?
The Sneople are just three queer nerds who grew up at the beginning of the digital era of fandom and are here to offer a fresh take on what movies mean to them, what it means to be represented in cinema as a queer person and who should win Best Picture this year.
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