342: Sad Superman

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2017

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

In the wake of the enormous success of “The Sixth Sense”, M. Night Shyamalan’s follow-up “Unbreakable” was seen as a disappointment, but we think it deserves a critical reappraisal. 2000 was a desert for superhero movies, but “Unbreakable” actually seems more impressive after 15 years of modern takes on the genre. We discuss the film’s interesting color palette, the weight of a full paint can, the water-resisting qualities of Bruce Willis’s green poncho, why anyone would like the colors rust and brown, and the practicality of Samuel L. Jackson carrying a glass cane. And stick around—I hear this one’s got a surprise ending.

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0:00.0	The Incomparable, number 342, March 2017.
0:07.0	Welcome back everybody to The Incomparable. I am your host, Jason Snell.
0:12.0	We're here this time to talk about a film from the year 2000.
0:17.0	It is M. Night Shammelam, that's right. he's made a lot of movies that people do not like
0:23.3	he's got quite a reputation he made the sixth sense that was a kind of a phenomenon his next
0:29.6	film was a uh a sort of a secret ode to superheroes i suppose uh looking back, it's hard to even believe that it's secret.
0:41.6	But I guess that's the position you have after you've seen the movie a few times.
0:44.8	It's unbreakable.
0:46.4	And joining us to talk about unbreakable on this episode are the following superheroes of podcasting.
0:54.3	Moises Chiuyan, hello.
0:56.4	Excelsior.
0:57.5	Hi, Jason.
0:58.0	How are you?
0:58.8	It's good to have you here.
1:00.2	Dan Moran is also here.
1:01.4	Hi.
1:01.8	They call me Mr. Class.
1:03.9	Oh, do they?
1:05.5	Nope.
1:06.1	Nope.
1:06.4	No one ever has called me that.
1:07.8	All right.
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