Annihilation Minute

the credits end, the script ends, and finally our host speaks of himself. annihilation minute 115.find links to my other shows at http://www.lemmingdrops.com/ and support lemming drops studio at https://www.patreon.com/lemmingdrops★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

as the credits roll, we take one last look at climate change. annihilation minute 114.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The credits roll and we make an effort to tie Garland's themes into Vandermeer's. Annihilation minute 113.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The credits roll and we look back on how Garland adapted the the story like a dream. Annihilation minute 112.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A different transformation comes over Saul. The above-the-line credits and the Biologist's last will and testament conclude. Annihilation minute 111.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The above-the-line credits continue, Saul's transformation continues, the biologist's last will and testament continues. And we look at the environmentalist messaging of the book and the film, the Anthropocene, and the hyperobject climate change. Annihilation minute 110.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Saul's lighthouse discovery, Lena's bright eyes, and the Biologist's owl friend. Annihilation minute 109.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Saul experiences something strange in the local bar, Lena and Kane question one another, and the Biologist explores the island. Annihilation minute 108.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Lena goes to see Kane, the biologist finds a mutation, the lighthouse keeper records his daily goings on. Annihilation minute 107.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Lomax questions Lena and we explore more of what happened to the biologist in Annihilation minute 106.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

As Lomax questions Lena, we start to look at what happened to the biologist in the novels. #Annihilation minute 105.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We look at the biologist's relationship with her husband in the novel as Lena walks away from the burning lighthouse and collapsing crystalline trees. #Annihilation minute 104.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Lena leaves, the Biologist finds herself in an empty lot, and the Humanoid is left behind to burn. Annihilation minute 103.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

from goblin market to a burning lighthouse, Lena exits and the Humanoid turns to Kane's burned body in Annihilation minute 102.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Humanoid becomes Lena but Lena tricks it into destroying itself in Annihilation minute 101.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Lena and the Humanoid get up and face one another; depression, self, and suffering; #Annihilation minute 100.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Lena and the Humanoid fall to the floor in Annihilation minute 99.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Lena strikes the Humanoid, the Humanoid strikes Lena, Lena tries to escape, the Humanoid pins her against the door, and we look at choreographer Bobbi Jene Smith and the dance language Gaga, in #Annihilation minute 98.

The dance between Lena and the Humanoid begins, Doctor Who interrupts, and it's all very straightforward in #Annihilation minute 97.

We start to delve into details from the second #SouthernReach novel, #Authority, as the mandelbulb transforms into a featureless humanoid and Lena reacts violently in #Annihilation minute 96.

As Lena stares into the alien light in #Annihilation minute 95, we delve into Ballardian fiction, the history of fractal geometry, plus Groundhog Day and masculine vs feminine quests.

Ventress explodes into living light and Lena looks on, in #Annihilation minute 94.

Beneath the lighthouse, Ventress (as solificatio, as death's head, as the sun) speaks for the last time as the shimmer takes over. #Annihilation minute 93.

An eyeless Dr Ventress quotes Samuel Beckett, and Lena enters the alien chamber in #Annihilation minute 92.

In the script, Lena finds strange living sculptures beneath the lighthouse, flashback to the biologist finding the living writing in the tower in the novel; in the film Lena enters the biomechanical space where a transformed Ventress waits. #Annihilation minute 91.

From Cain & Abel to phosphorous grenades, the birth of elements within stars to Buddha on a lotus flower, Kane burns, Lena watches, and others linger nearby in #Annihilation minute 90.

One Kane sits contemplating his self, another Kane waits out of frame to be revealed, and we begin to explore the Jungian shadow self in #Annihilation minute 89.

From Shakespeare to Virginia Woolf to Aristotle to the Tao, from infant recognition of self to depersonalization, and from Kane to Kane to Lena, #Annihilation minute 88.

Lena finds camcorder footage of the previous expedition, and in the script we see a lot more of what happened to them, in #Annihilation minute 87.

Lena enters the lighthouse and finds something unexpected in #Annihilation minute 86.

In the novel, Lena sees a pair of dolphins; in the script, she picks up a skull at the scene of a massacre; in the film she marches past crystalline trees and a makeshift graveyard to reach the lighthouse. #Annihilation minute 85

From Lena's past to her present, alone on the shore, samsara, dukkha, and the crystalline structures that connect us together. Annihilation minute 84.

Lena, future, past, present, alone. And we discuss the inclusion of #HenriettaLacks in #Annihilation minute 83.

Radek gives in to the shimmer and Lena is left alone in #Annihilation minute 82.

Lena and Radek talk, and we delve into the calm before ending things in Annihilation minute 81. We can all help prevent suicide. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals. 1-800-273-TALK.

Lena sits beside Radek and we look into the Tao of water and self harm in Annihilation minute 80. IN A CRISIS? Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a Crisis Counselor Free 24/7 support at your fingertips US and Canada: text 741741 UK: text 85258 | Ireland: text 50808

Ventress leaves. We linger on plant people. Radek settles in. Annihilation minute 79.

Radek kills the bear, the bear has a name, and Ventress prepares to leave on her own, in Annihilation minute 78.

Lena struggles with her bindings, Thorensen battles with the bear, and we get sidetracked by Ungnyeo and the Korean origin myth in #Annihilation minute 77.

The bear enters, and we explore behind-the-scenes details and what the bear means, in Annihilation minute 76.

the women hear sheppard screaming and the bear enters the house in annihilation minute 75.

We run from Penelope to alcoholism as Thorensen's last prayer comes to its end in Annihilation minute 74.

Thorensen continues to rant, the other three women bound and gagged, and we explore more on Penelope, on Homer being female, and what constitutes women's work. Annihilation minute 73.

Lena, Radek, and Ventress tied to chairs and gagged. Women silenced. Annihilation minute 72.

Echoes of Daniel, echoes of Kane, as Thorensen lashes out in her moment of pain. Annihilation minute 71.

More DNA poetry and Orpheus begins to blend with Odysseus as Daniel challenges Lena regarding their affair in Annihilation minute 70.

Lena examines her own blood, and we examine modern manipulation of DNA before finding Lena in bed with Daniel in Annihilation minute 69.

Settling into a familiar house, Thorensen sees something in her own hands and Lena starts a secret examination in Annihilation minute 68.

The remaining women enter a familiar, but strangely different, house, in Annihilation minute 67.

Radek figures out what is happening in the shimmer, but neither Lena nor Thorensen are happy about it, in Annihilation minute 66.

Thorensen fumes, Lena examines a topiary child, Radek begins to figure things out, and we get sidetracked by Swamp Thing, in Annihilation minute 65.