Two alums to The AndyPlex; Ryan Grassmeyer (Ep 2 - Judgement Dazed), and Nick Chandler (Ep 5 - We're Gonna Need a Bigger Jaws Podcast), join Andy to discuss the origin and development journey of their space comedy radio play podcast - Last Best Hope.
These two men grew up together in Colorado and then rekindled their friendship in California 15 years later after running into each other at a Halloween party. Ryan and Nick quickly realized they had similar interests and became writing and acting collaborators. In 2013 they began writing and plotting Last Best Hope. Season 1 is now available where podcasts are available!
Website: www.lastbesthoperadio.com
Instagram: @LastBestHope
Last Best Hope on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/last-best-hope/id1527343216
Last Best Hope on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/40CK6EEZRLZ3uI2H5sjx0K
Last Best Hope on Google Podcasts:
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xMjU5MTI2LnJzcw/episode/QnV6enNwcm91dC01NTU4OTky?hl=en-GB&ved=2ahUKEwiW-_iD46DsAhVjGjQIHaRfBQsQjrkEegQIDBAF&ep=6
Andy, Nick, and Ryan then take a deep dive into the 1997 Science Fiction, Fascism, satire, and action/adventure piece from Paul Verhoeven - Starship Troopers.
This bunch realize watching this film in 2020 is different than watching it before as we see a stunning rise of fascism on our home soil here in the USA. Films give us the toolset to be critical of our world, our government, and our way of life.
Starship Troopers, on the surface, is a fun action sci- fi romp; but underneath - it is anything but fluff. What is this film warning us about? Often times the line between freedom and tyranny is much thinner than we realize.
Why is this film so important and what does it ask of us?
Ryan Grassmeyer online:
Imdb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3180549/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Instagram: @grassmeyer
Nick Chandler online:
Instagram: @Cronos
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