Episode 213: EDGE OF TOMORROW (2014) with Dan Nagan

Welcome Dan Nagan of Everything We Learned (https://twitter.com/adapperdanman/) back to the program! Is there virtue in repetition? In EDGE OF TOMORROW, there’s a certain indignity to it – Tom Cruise’s Bill Cage dies repeatedly and violently in an inter-species war in search of a secret that could tip the scales in humanity’s favor. But in reliving a single failed decisive battle every day (thanks to a time-resetting superpower he honestly fell ass-first into), Cage’s challenge is less in losing the war and more in the threat of becoming numb to the horrors of armed combat – including the seemingly unavoidable death of Sergeant Rita Vrataski, whose proficiency and drive inspire Cage’s personal growth through the ‘fiery crucible’ of war. Find Dan… - https://twitter.com/adapperdanman/ - https://letterboxd.com/adapperdanman/ - ‘s podcast, Everything We Learned, on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-we-learned/id1184071273 - At “Hulk Smashworth” in Final Fantasy XIV on the Diablo server - On Trylove episodes about RONIN (1981), FACE/OFF (1997), MANDY (2018) - On Stoop Kidz! A Hey Arnold! Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stoop-kidz-a-hey-arnold-podcast/id1553292788 Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at [email protected] to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters/audio excerpt from EDGE OF TOMORROW. Outro music: "Angel of Verdun" by Christophe Beck from the EDGE OF TOMORROW soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 213: EDGE OF TOMORROW (2014) with Dan Nagan 3:20 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 5:56 - Is it dystopian if we’re just watching war in the future? 16:25 - Tom Cruise as a sicko who learns to be human 26:39 - How it uses the time loop concept 35:36 - Rita 38:57 - The comedy 45:19 - How close it is to mediocrity 51:03 - As an antidote to numbing action movie shit 59:19 - Good Grief, Give Me a GIF! 1:07:49 - Cody’s Noteys: Tryloop 1:31:35 - Dan's Detour: Try, Love, Repeat