Making Fetch Happen

The first episode of the new miniseries where Roos and Thijs talk their way through all eight Harry Potter movies, starting of course with Harry Potter and the Sorcere- I mean Philosopher's Stone.

Thijs and Roos leave Earth's orbit to find out on which planet Matt Damon is hiding and discuss pretty much everything except for the two movies that are the subject of this weeks episode: Interstellar and The Martian!

Thijs and Roos dive into three more movies about artificial intelligence. The Matrix, I, Robot and Eagle Eye, and discuss the dangers of technology, the probabilities of these stories becoming reality, the way they reflect the world and their makers and the many many ways these movies are connected through themes, actors, crewmembers, etc.

Seeing as it is Pride month, Thijs and Roos take the opportunity to talk about the LGBTQ+ community, Roos' personal experiences and the movies The Danish Girl, Pride and Blue is the Warmest Colour, and delve into the divide between the value of the subject matter portrayed and the filmmaking itself.

Thijs and Roos discuss all things SOLO, the latest Star Wars movie. They go through the story, the characters, the casting, the look, its droids and aliens, compare their rankings of all previous Star Wars films and while their at it, discuss toxicity in popular culture.

Thijs and Roos discuss three different movies that deal with artificial consciousness, Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Oshii's Ghost in the Shell and Scott's Blade Runner, and try to figure out what, in a world filled with artificially created self-aware entities, makes humans human.

Thijs and Roos discuss Mental Health, Borderline Personality Disorder and the movies Girl Interrupted, Silver Linings Playbook and Welcome to Me. They talk about Roos' personal stories, dealing with BPD, but also the way mental illness is portrayed in film.

Thijs and Roos sit down to discuss the 1995 cybercrime movies 'Hackers' and 'The Net', and talk about differences, what makes one better than the other, when they saw them first, whether they're progressive in their representation of women and ethnicity, how the visual effects were made, and of course Jonny Lee Miller's accent game.

Thijs and Roos dive into movies about the passion of Christ, specifically Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) and The Passion of the Christ (2004), they discuss Christianity, organised religion vs. spirituality, and Thijs' experience working with the legendary Ted Neeley on the set of his latest movie.

Thijs and Roos discuss the unstoppable blockbuster Black Panther and why its so great for so many people for a bit, and then delve into other forms of representation that are either happening in film or desperately need to happen in film, like women, the LGBT community, but also poverty.

In this first episode, Thijs and Roos introduce themselves and discuss the 2018 awards season, including Lady Bird, Logan, Mother!, The Lego Batman Movie, The Greatest Showman, Get Out, Pitch Perfect 3, The Circle and other movies from 2017.