Podcasts Arts Books The Incomparable Mothership 426: Up to the Puppies

426: Up to the Puppies

Published: Sept. 29, 2018, 3:47 p.m.

b'After \\u201cThe Matrix\\u201d was a hit, we got the inevitable plague of Matrix-like tales of ultraviolent dark pop philosophy. Of these, 2002\\u2019s \\u201cEquilibrium\\u201d\\u2026 was one. At the pleading of Dan Moren, our Rocket Surgery team disassembles this tale of totalitarianism and gun-based martial arts starring Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs, and Sean Bean. It\\u2019s a movie that thinks it\\u2019s very, very smart when it\\u2019s actually really dumb. Be sure to take your Prozium, or the Grammaton Clerics will set you on fire!'