445: It's Probably Going to Be Weird

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Tv & Film, Arts, Leisure

4.7 • 704 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2019

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Put on your fake beard and step out of a magic door, because 2004’s “Howl’s Moving Castle” is in the spotlight. Hayao Miyazaki adapts Diana Wynne Jones’s novel as an anti-war statement that also plays as a Miyazaki’s Greatest Hits collection. We discuss the choices of the English audio dub versus the original Japanese version, ponder the film’s many discarded story threads, note the lengthy scenes involving climbing and cleaning, and debate the true role of Calcifer the fire demon in Howl’s household.

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0:00.0	The Incomparable, number 445, February 2019.
0:11.2	Welcome back, everybody to The Incomparable.
0:13.1	I'm your host, Jason Snell, and in this episode we are returning to the films of Hayamiyazaki.
0:18.2	This time it is Howells Moving Castle, a film from actually kind of late in the list of Miyazaki.
0:28.8	I think this might be the most recent 2004. And joining me to talk about Howells Moving Castle, of course, John Syracusa is here. Hello.
0:38.8	There is a method to my madness, which I will explain a little bit later. In this episode,
0:44.8	or will that be like the big denouma at the end of the last Mizaki episode? In this episode,
0:48.9	I have a small opening statement and I'll explain why we're watching House Moving Castle now.
0:52.4	So everybody, stay tuned. John's opening statement is coming up in a little bit.
0:55.7	But first, let me introduce the other panelists.
0:58.3	Moises Chiyan is here.
0:59.4	Hello.
0:59.8	I feel like after this I won't be able to turn back into a human again.
1:03.0	It could be.
1:03.9	We may all be birds in the end.
1:06.6	Shannon Sutherth is here.
1:07.8	Hello.
1:08.5	Ola freickies. And Steve Lutz is here.
1:11.8	Hello, Steve Lutz.
1:13.0	I hate potatoes.
1:16.1	All right.
1:17.8	Miyazaki, How's Moving Castle, based on the book by Diana Win Jones.
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