Exploring Recklessness and Violence in Cinematic Character Dynamics

David, Devindra, and Jeff take shelter from the 2025 remake of War of the Worlds, hunt down Xenomorphs in Alien: Earth, and navigate friendship with the second season of Platonic. Then they investigate the high-concept horror of Zach Cregger’s latest film, Weapons.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding TV: An Interview with the winner of Wings of Voice from The Rehearsal
Devindra - Ask Engadget: What to do if you’re still on Windows 10
Jeff - Jeff’s Cameo Page

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)   
What we've been watching (~00:02:01)
David - War of the Worlds (2025), Alien: Earth, Dangerous Animals
Devindra - Alien: Earth, King of the Hill S14, StuGo
Jeff - Platonic S2, WWE: Unreal

Featured Review (~01:20:07)    
Weapons
SPOILERS (~01:38:22)

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