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America forgot that Judge Dredd is a *satire* of fascism

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Jan 18, 202624 min

The Avatar franchise is empty spectacle

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Dec 17, 202515 min

The Epstein / Kubrick theory is worse than you think

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Dec 16, 20259 min

Plur1bus : what’s it all about?

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Nov 14, 202515 min

The 7 scifi books that ALMOST made me a believer

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Oct 5, 202533 min

The Alien franchise is finally dead

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Sep 13, 202518 min

Frankenstein : the first myth for the age of science

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Sep 7, 202515 min

Is a World State inevitable? Damien Walter vs Feral Historian

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Aug 23, 202518 min

Psychohistory : Isaac Asimov’s greatest idea

We are in a crisis… …of crises. We are in a crisis of geopolitics as we move from a unipolar world of one global hegemon to a multipolar world of competing powers. We are in a crisis of economics as our elites hoard more and more wealth, immiserating the working and middle classes. We areContinue reading "Psychohistory : Isaac Asimov’s greatest idea"

Aug 12, 202524 min

The most HATED science fiction writer

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Jul 24, 202530 min

The greatest 226 minutes in scifi television

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Jun 30, 202529 min

Star Trek is propaganda

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Jun 12, 202548 min

What are you rebelling against, Andor?

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May 13, 20251h 48m

The De-Terminator : free will vs determinism in the Terminator

Terminator is an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Arnold’s physique is the star of the film The progressive decay of the Body into the Machine is his co-star With the special effects that animated the Terminator as best supporting actor Watch the full video essay Subscribe to the Science Fiction podcast for the extended audio commentary LINKContinue reading "The De-Terminator : free will vs determinism in the Terminator"

Apr 29, 202534 min

The science fiction novel that destroyed socialism

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Apr 8, 202555 min

The cyberpunk comic that kicked neoliberalism in the nuts

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Apr 1, 202526 min

Did George Orwell see Big Elon coming?

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Mar 4, 202530 min

The only true Philip K Dick movie

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Jan 22, 202529 min

The Last Marxist

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Jan 8, 20252h 13m

10 Science Fiction books to read in 2025

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Dec 30, 202410 min

When HG Wells met Vladimir Lenin

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Dec 4, 202432 min

Modernity is done

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Oct 30, 202412 min

Joker is a masterpiece of radical cinema

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Oct 8, 202422 min

Megalopolis and its discontents

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Oct 2, 202413 min

50,000 Subscriber Question & Answer

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Sep 22, 20241h 34m

The 1970s science fiction classic that actually deserves a reboot

Watch the FULL video version on the new Science Fiction (video) Spotify channel : https://open.spotify.com/show/7lMNsoZctViqbqv8atqpK2?si=9a474bb8a9d74147 Why was the 1970s a classic era for science fiction cinema? I’m guessing many 1970s scifi movies are forgotten, by anyone who wasn’t there to see them. Dark Star. Silent Running. Rollerball! The 70s produced so much great scifi cinema it’s hard to list it all. And even when it wasn’t great, it was still interesting. It’s like every scifi movie in that decade was a unique experiment, always different, always new. And then one movie came along that ended the golden decade for strange, cool scifi movies. After Star Wars every science fiction movie was trying to be a scifi blockbuster. And Hollywood’s search for the next big corporate entertainment franchise meant that everything would eventually get a reboot. Sometimes that worked. And sometimes it didn’t. And it didn’t work enough times that, I for one, live in dread of Hollywood rebooting another 70s science fiction classic. But. There is one movie from that golden decade which, the more I think about it, actually does need a reboot. # Watch the FULL video version on the new Science Fiction (video) Spotify channel : https://open.spotify.com/show/7lMNsoZctViqbqv8atqpK2?si=9a474bb8a9d74147 Become a member of the Science Fiction community to continue the discussion Website - https://damiengwalter.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DamienWalter/membership Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/DamienWalter Subscribe to the Science Fiction podcast feed for long-form commentaries on these video essays https://damiengwalter.com/podcast/ Join the Science Fiction community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/324897304599197/

Sep 1, 202423 min

The 3 Body Problem, Problem

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Apr 7, 20242h 4m

Dune part 2 is the savior of science fiction

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Mar 10, 20241h 40m

Prof. Elana Gomel on Stanislaw Lem

00:00:57 Introduction 00:03:39 Professor Elana Gomel 00:09:55 Charles Dickens as scifi writer 00:14:17 Stanislaw Lem and The Other 00:18:59 Anti-Humanism 00:22:46 Lem vs the SFWA 00:26:27 Beyond Humanism 00:28:12 LEM and Posthumanism 00:33:37 Fear of the Posthuman 00:38:00 Lem's criticism of non-existant novels 00:40:41 Lem on AI 00:47:08 Philosophy of Posthumanism 00:51:02 Monster Fantasies 00:54:47 Dangerous utopias 00:58:34 A new mythos of time 01:03:37 Why does Elon Musk like simulation theory? 01:08:08 The dangers of Messianic myths 01:11:09 Darko Suvin and socialism 01:14:24 Communism was oppressive and boring Become a member of the Science Fiction community to continue the discussion Website - https://damiengwalter.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DamienWalter/membership Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/DamienWalter Subscribe to the Science Fiction podcast feed for long-form commentaries on these video essays https://damiengwalter.com/podcast/ Join the Science Fiction community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/324897304599197/ Equipment Camera https://amzn.to/41DpI1I Lens https://amzn.to/3tyH1nZ Microphone https://amzn.to/3RZ3sfD Laptop https://amzn.to/48eZDsf Recommendations Greatest scifi novel https://amzn.to/3GZgL9r First scifi novel https://amzn.to/41DazgK Worst scifi novel https://amzn.to/3S045FO Most overrated scifi writer https://amzn.to/3NIchI9

Feb 26, 20241h 18m

Iain McGilchrist interview

00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:50 Is Iain McGilchrist a scifi fan? 00:07:05 Iain McGilchrist's work and philosophy 00:17:34 Reason vs Rationalisation 00:22:30 Kubrick's 2001 and the hemispheres 00:27:14 Why do we take everything literally now? 00:34:41 The myths that form us 00:43:22 How do we reconnect to the mythos? 00:49:36 Campbell, Jung and the synthetic mythos 00:55:27 Creativity and the hemispheres 01:03:27 Is the right hemisphere the source? 01:07:00 The mythos and the machine 01:15:27 AI and administration 01:24:42 Is myth the true reality? 01:39:24 What does a better balanced future look like? Become a member of the Science Fiction community to continue the discussion Website - https://damiengwalter.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DamienWalter/membership Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/DamienWalter Subscribe to the Science Fiction podcast feed for long-form commentaries on these video essays https://damiengwalter.com/podcast/ Join the Science Fiction community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/324897304599197/ Equipment Camera https://amzn.to/41DpI1I Lens https://amzn.to/3tyH1nZ Microphone https://amzn.to/3RZ3sfD Laptop https://amzn.to/48eZDsf Recommendations Greatest scifi novel https://amzn.to/3GZgL9r First scifi novel https://amzn.to/41DazgK Worst scifi novel https://amzn.to/3S045FO Most overrated scifi writer https://amzn.to/3NIchI9

Jan 22, 20241h 54m

The 3 Stigmata of Elon Musk : review of the year in Science Fiction 2023

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Dec 27, 20231h 31m

The Verhoeven Paradox with Olga Yakimenko

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Dec 16, 20232h 14m

The Age of the Rockstar Critic

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Nov 11, 20231h 25m

J G Ballard vs Andreessen Horowitz

Watch J G Ballard's Towering Inferno https://youtu.be/XYjjaalZHlY Music 'Sensula' by Ralph Cree https://soundcloud.com/ralphcree/sensula The Techno-Optimist Manifesto https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/ Become a member of the Science Fiction community to continue the discussion Website - https://damiengwalter.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DamienWalter/membership Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/DamienWalter Subscribe to the Science Fiction podcast feed for long-form commentaries on these video essays https://damiengwalter.com/podcast/ Join the Science Fiction community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/324897304599197/ Read Ballard's best book https://amzn.to/40mp8oD

Nov 1, 20231h 53m

Loki Who?

PS - man with midlands accent is Alan Moore There is an ancient English ritual, performed in the grey and rainy times (which is the entire year save 2 weeks in July), when the tribes people gather around a glowing screen and politely pretend that whoever is playing Doctor Who is a great actor. They never are. But it's not their job to be. The Who actor's singular task is to depict a very particular kind of eccentric Englishness (or, now and again, Scottishness), in an ever so slightly new variety. As such Tom Hiddleston has been on the "who would make a good Who" list for some years now. The problem is the Beeb can't afford him. Tom is at the bottom of the list of the top British actors, just below Eddie Redmayne and Damien Lewis, and far behind the likes of Tom Hardy and The Cavill. Nobody on the Top list would ever play Who. Unless...Disney decided to do a Who reboot. Which is what I think Loki is. There have been dark rumours that Disney tried to buy Who itself, but were rebuffed by Aunty Beeb. So I think Disney decided to try and steal the market segment instead. They have the clout to get Hiddleston for the role, and once season one was a hit they decided to go all in and take on Who. So don't be surprised if Tom ends season two by zooming off in a faux Tardis for more adventures. Become a member of the Science Fiction community to continue the discussion Website - https://damiengwalter.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DamienWalter/membership Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/DamienWalter Subscribe to the Science Fiction podcast feed for long-form commentaries on these video essays https://damiengwalter.com/podcast/ Join the Science Fiction community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/324897304599197/

Oct 20, 20236 min

Isaac Asimov’s Foundation and Hegelian history

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Oct 11, 20232h 4m

The dangerous philosophy of Ursula Le Guin

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Sep 17, 202330 min

The mythos of Star Trek with John Vervaeke

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Sep 3, 20232h 34m

The philosophy of science fiction | Interview with Brendan Myers

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Aug 11, 20231h 42m

The deep meaning of Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE

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Aug 3, 202337 min

Oppenheimer : why do we fear intelligence?

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Jul 24, 202313 min

In search of a Metamodern mythos

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Jul 16, 20231h 20m

The postmodern destruction of Star Trek

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Jul 12, 202327 min

The neo-religions of science fiction

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May 24, 20231h 36m

Philip K Dick’s handbook of narrative warfare

Philip K Dick's The Man In The High Castle is a novel about one of the most complex ideas in our world. The way stories shape perception, and the war between narratives. This long-form audio commentary builds on ideas in the video essay Lady Gaga in The Man in the High Castle. Members of the Science Fiction community can listen to the full commentary on the member RSS podcast feed. Watch the video essay here https://youtu.be/8pSP0iXlruI Become a member of the Science Fiction community to continue the discussion Website - https://damiengwalter.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DamienWalter/membership Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/DamienWalter Substack - https://damien.substack.com/ Subscribe to the Science Fiction podcast feed for long-form commentaries on these video essays https://damiengwalter.com/podcast/ Join the Science Fiction community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/324897304599197/ Get all-you-can-eat audiobooks with a free month of Audible+ https://amzn.to/3Hb1R0P

Mar 26, 202330 min

The latent spaces of Neuromancer

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Feb 26, 20231h 28m

A very metamodern Batman

What would a metamodern Batman movie look like? Find out in this audio commentary to accompany the Incel Batman video essay on the Science Fiction channel. Become a member of the Science Fiction community to continue the discussion Website - https://damiengwalter.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DamienWalter/membership Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/DamienWalter Subscribe to the Science Fiction channel for the short video essays https://youtu.be/AQG3UVaR2cw Join the Science Fiction community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/324897304599197/ Get all-you-can-eat audiobooks with a free month of Audible+ https://amzn.to/3Hb1R0P

Feb 20, 202352 min

SEASON 1 FINALE : Writing the 21st Century Myth

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Sep 25, 20221h 19m

What does a metamodern future look like?

We’re in a civilisational war between the pre-modern, the modern, and the post-modern. Or to give them their “culture war” names – the Reactionary, the Neoliberal…and the Woke. We need a better future for our civilisation. A future some people are starting to call the Metamodern. In this episode of the Science Fiction podcast I think about what a Metamodern future might look like. It’s a not a cyberpunk dystopia or a solarpunk utopia. Instead I think our Metamodern future might look like…a theme park. Watch my original critique of Hanzi Freinacht - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJpR-TwJ-gc Read Oliver Amrowson's full question - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJpR-TwJ-gc&lc=Ugx436_Gbl2ip_plwbd4AaABAg Learn more at the Metamodern Spirituality community on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/metamodernspirituality Follow the the Science Fiction podcast and become a member https://damiengwalter.com/podcast/ Access the full podcast archive and all my courses as a member for ANY monthly donation... Advanced Scifi & Fantasy Writing https://damiengwalter.com/advanced-scifi-and-fantasy/ The Rhetoric of Story https://damiengwalter.com/the-rhetoric-of-story/ Join the discussion on the Science Fiction community https://www.facebook.com/groups/324897304599197

Aug 15, 20221h 9m

Why ‘The Boys’ failed – thoughts on mythopathic storytelling

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Aug 8, 202247 min