Episode 298 - The Social Network

“You don’t get to nearly 300 episodes without making a few enemies.”

Join Ian, Liam & Kev for our 298th episode as we log on, code furiously, and sue each other over The Social Network (2010). Megs? She’s not with us this week—she’s in “Facebook jail” for excessive poking (it was bound to happen). We're carrying around a chicken for a week in our 298th episode as we discuss:

• Our best day for downloads ever—and it’s not even close.
• Our trip to an award show (well… kind of).
• A new Patreon joins the fold—proof we’re building our very own social network.
• Just how much credit should the money man get vs the idea man?
• What is it that makes Aaron Sorkin’s writing so great—and why does this film feel like it moves at the speed of thought?
• What’s the one part we think the film gets wrong?
• Does the absence of errors make a film a masterpiece—or does it need a few rough edges to feel human?
• Jesse Eisenberg as Zuckerberg: sympathetic genius or socially awkward supervillain?
• Fincher’s precision—how much of the film’s impact comes from direction versus dialogue?
• And finally, whether The Social Network is the Best Film Ever—or just the sharpest film of the 2010s.

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