Annihilation (aka Never Assume Straightness) with Vita Ayala

Fear Level: Existentially disconcerting
Trigger Warnings: Gaslighting, dismemberment, blood, frightening imagery, pretentious assholes 

Director/Writer: Alex Garland (Ex-Machina, 28 Days Later, Devs, Batman Black and White)Based on the novel by: Jeff VanDerMeerStars: Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tuva Novotny, Benedict Wong, Oscar Isaac, 

Did you ever get assigned a group project that went so bad you decided you'd rather fuck off and become a bush? We've all been there. Annihilation understands you. It wants to get inside you. It wants to change your dna into special sparkly rainbow dna. Come for the beaches made of crystal, stay for the vibrating alien meat cube. It's Annihilation, the movie we can't possibly spoil because we honestly don't know what happened. And so can you!

Topics of Discussion:

Oscar Isaac: not a valid test of straightnessOscar Isaac: too short to be a bear? A sun bear maybe?The revenge of the shitty infidelity subplotGina Rodriguez: a difficult topic of conversationGina Rodriguez: butch gay icon?Benedict Wong: a person you could pay to deliver a dozen lines from inside a containment suit, I guess.RefractionsPrisms: How do they work?Never assume the straightness of Tessa Thompson charactersWhen is an alligator like a flower?A short list of things intestines shouldn't doIn rural Florida, bear calls you.Cass has never met tea she didn't want to spillI think I'd rather be a bush than keep talking to youLIGHTHOUSES ARE SYMBOLICA very important meat cube

Recommendations:
The Southern Reach book trilogy by Jeff VanDerMeer
Junji Ito's "Fragments of Horror"
Uzimaki
Take a bunch of Nyquil and play No Man's Sky
Dead Space
The Thing
Altered States
2001: A Space Odyssey
Neon Genesis: Evangelion
Adolescence of Utena
Mushishi
Tanis (Podcast)
Contact
Arrival
Ex Machina
Under the Skin
Solaris
Sunshine
Alan Moore's Swamp Thing

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