The Neon Nexus podcast

Death Race 2000 [1975] & Death Race [2008] - Death Games

one popular genre in the dystopian world is the Death Games, which usually involves rich people pitting poor people to fight to the death for their entertainment. the Death Race movies are no different.

Akira [1988] Cyberpunk

one of the original cyberpunk movies, Akira brings to us a world full of high tech and low life. punk street gangs and oppressive militaristic corrupt government.

Total Recall [1990] cyberpunk, oppressive corporate regime, class divide

Did everything in this movie really happen or was it all just a dream? Well get your ass to the podcast to hear Ian, Sloan, Bert, and new guest Sam discuss Total Recall. The movie where corporations can monopolize on air while you can buy the memory of a vacation and hope not to have a schizoid ambilysom. Sam is the host of "Ideal Remake" podcast. If you'd like to hear him come up with a pitch for his own ideal vision of a remake to many Hollywood movies, check him out.

The Substance [2024] - Biopunk

French director Coralie Fargeat brings a gross look at social commentary about women's body standards, addiction, and self hatred mixed in a big bowl of body horror. Ian, Bree, and Jenna talk about the many different themes explored in The Substance aa well as the homage paid to great directors of the past.

Judge Dredd [1995] & Dredd [2012] - Totalitarian regime, class divide, societal decay

Ian is the law and he's joined by Ryan and Seth to discuss the ever so bad movie Judge Dredd from 1995 and it's much more popular reboot, Dredd from 2012.