Inspired by the US release of The Girl with All the Gifts, a fantastic British zombie movie that offers an exciting and emotionally complex take on the genre, Ed is joined by John Hunter to talk about the film, as well as the ongoing dominance of zombies in pop culture. They also try to explain the success of TV shows like The Walking Dead and iZombie, draw parallels between the rise of zombie fiction and the concurrent rise of superhero cinema, and discover unusual parallels between the zombie and Western genres.
Note: The zombie cop show Ed was trying to remember towards the end of the episode was Babylon Fields.
00:00:00 - 00:05:27 - Intro & News
00:05:28 - 00:20:25 - Ed & John discuss The Girl with All the Gifts
00:20:26 - 00:54:51 - Ed & John discuss Zombies in pop culture
00:54:52 - 00:59:19 - SRS Recommends & Outro
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203. Jurassic Park at 25
202. Ready Player One
201. Movie Stars
200. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (with Emily Benita)
199. Best Best Directors
198. Watching Old Shows in the Age of Peak TV
Star Trek Discovery Redux
197. Black Panther
196. The Netflix Paradox
195. The Good Place
194. Oscar Nominations 2018
193. The Best Actors Working Today
192. 2018 Preview
191. 2017 Wrap-Up
190. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
189. The Disaster Artist (with Louise Le Cornu)
188. Justice League
187. Matt's Birthday 2017
186. Dirty Dancing at 30 (with Michaela Livingstone-Banks)
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