Episode 044: Beauty in Annihilation by Metamashina published on 2019-07-17T17:31:01Z Beautiful decay awaits us all in 2018's sci-fi masterpiece "Annihilation," based upon Jeff VanderMeer's 2014 book series "The Southern Reach Trilogy". We cover the first book of the series, along with the film in tandem with the lens of horror. Expect long divergences into biological evolution, well-written female protagonists, and personal foibles. As the Crawler says, "The shadows of the abyss are like the petals of a monstrous flower that shall blossom within the skull and expand the mind beyond what any man can bear..." Show notes are here: https://metamashina.com/2019/07/17/episode-044-beauty-in-annihilation/ Genre Entertainment Comment by kiri love TMOPB! 2020-05-08T16:47:09Z Comment by ThreeTailedFox hey, I'm a weenie when it comes to suspense. I'm not watching it alone. 2020-03-03T09:10:09Z Comment by Anissa / maharanis Honestly not sure either where exactly the US military worship came from...but I definitely think it's gotten wayyy more intense since 9/11 and the response to that (at least for the average citizen...the government has been interfering in other foreign countries for much longer before that so :/). 2019-08-05T20:05:33Z Comment by ThreeTailedFox aaaaaaaand the phone thought I was replying to a comment rather than joking about the screaming tree 2019-07-23T14:42:32Z Comment by ThreeTailedFox TURN BACK! GO BACK WHILE YOU STILL CAN! "aw, shut up" COME ON, IT'S BEEN SUCH A LONG TIME! 2019-07-23T09:35:22Z Comment by Metamashina @quatraquartz: Lol. 2019-07-22T20:10:27Z Comment by Metamashina @estacia-thompson: ^^^This. 2019-07-22T20:10:18Z Comment by quatraquartz Dijun is Daddy 2019-07-22T06:23:28Z Comment by ThreeTailedFox for me I feel a lot of anxiety full of "am I doing this right am I giving them enough attention am I doing this am I doing that what should I do" and later on guessed "relationships aren't for me right now I'd rather have friends before getting close 2019-07-19T16:38:00Z