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On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are trying to figure out how a massive celestial body doesn\\u2019t just completely screw up our planet in the Mike Cahill film from 2011, Another Earth.

Friends, we\\u2019ve got a doozy for you here today. Not only is there a freaking second Earth zooming up right on the planet that we all know and inhabit, but there\\u2019s a pretty messed-up romantic drama afoot, as well.

I\\u2019ve got to ask, say you\\u2019ve accidentally killed a person\\u2019s partner and their children. This is a purely hypothetical scenario, of course. You\\u2019ve destroyed this person\\u2019s life. They\\u2019re wallowing in abject misery and you\\u2019ve spent a good several years in prison for what you\\u2019ve done. After being released, who in their right mind would think that it\\u2019s okay to:

1. Make contact with your victim, and
2. Develop a personal and sexual relationship with them?

I guess the \\u201cright mind\\u201d bit is the crux of the issue here. Rhoda is clearly not in her right mind. She\\u2019s boiling within her own guilt and grief. Rational thought is not going to be something with which she\\u2019s graced. And yet\\u2026

And yet.

John should just be left alone. Surely, that\\u2019s something that should break through the fog and smack you right in the face. Grief is powerful and demanding, but wow. Leave the dude alone. He\\u2019s got enough to deal with; having to face the person who ruined his life is not something he wants. I think we can all agree on that. I suppose it made for some pretty chaotic drama, though. That\\u2019s always good in a movie.

Oh, and there\\u2019s another Earth floating above our planet. It\\u2019s a mirror world or something. That\\u2019s also a thing.

(Recorded on July 19, 2021)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Another Earth - IMDb

Another Earth trailer - YouTube

Brit Marling - IMDb

William Mapother - IMDb

Bart vs. Australia | The Simpsons - IMDb

What If Each Planet Replaced Our Moon? - What If

The Russian Cosmonaut | Another Earth - YouTube

Minority Report - IMDb

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - IMDb

Tom Cruise - IMDb

Avengers: Endgame - IMDb

It\\u2019s a Wonderful Life - IMDb

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