Episode 24: THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997) [feat. Seth Zarate]

Featuring special guest and THE FIFTH ELEMENT stan Seth Zarate! What does THE FIFTH ELEMENT add to the sci-fi canon? It's certainly not the first action/comedy/sci-fi hybrid. It's also a slurry of politically unfocused mishmash that seems altogether uninterested in exploring the endpoints of those elements. If it's special, it's because of the world built around it – one that features gender-fluid talk show hosts, Middle Eastern breakbeat radio hits, whole bodies 3D printed from a single cell, and a whole lot of other ideas brought vividly to life by the teams of visual effects artist Mark Stetson and costumer Jean-Paul Gaulthier. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters.