340: Give the Robots Some Time

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2017

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Our walk through the films of animation master Hayao Miyazaki continues with 1986’s “Castle in the Sky.” From floating princesses to angry pink pirates to exciting train chases, this film—set in a sort of steampunk Wales—has it all. Oh, and did we mention the airships? It wouldn’t be a Miyazaki movie without flying things and lots of clouds.

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0:00.0	From George Saunders, New York Times bestselling author of 10th of December comes Lincoln and the Bardo,
0:05.7	his long-awaited first novel featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln.
0:09.8	A moving father-son story, Lincoln and the Bardo breaks free of its historical framework into a supernatural realm,
0:16.7	both hilarious and terrifying.
0:18.9	On sale now, published by Random House,
0:22.3	available wherever books are sold.
0:27.1	The incomparable.
0:33.3	Number 340, February 2017.
0:40.5	Welcome back, everybody, to The Incomparable.
0:42.4	We are continuing our journey through the films of Haya Miyazaki.
0:46.1	And this episode is going to be about 1986's Castle in the Sky, La Puta. I am joined, and I'm Jason Snell as always, I am floating in the Sky. Laputa.
0:55.2	I am joined, I'm Jason Snell as always.
0:57.5	I am floating in a castle in the sky suspended merely by the power of a crystal.
1:01.7	Joining me here are a collection of moss-covered robots led by Steve Lutz.
1:07.3	Hi, Steve.
1:08.2	I'm in love with you.
1:10.5	Hello. Merlin Man. Make your shirt explode. Oh, no. John Syracusa.
1:16.6	Based on some of the other panelists introductions, I'm thinking some of us may have listened to the dub.
1:21.8	That's quite possible. I don't recognize that long. Those are cheaters. Uh, no, I read the, I read the subs.
1:28.1	Aline Sims is here.
1:29.0	Hello.
1:29.4	Hello.
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