PEL Presents PMP#8: Spider-Man: Far From Home (and Elsewhere)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Casey, Paskin, Philosophy, Linsenmayer, Society & Culture, Alwan

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Mark, Erica, and Brian discuss the function of super-hero films and how this new one fits in. Do we need "realism" in such stories? When does a premise like this get too old to keep recycling?

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0:00.0	When it comes to helping those that really need it, action is being louder than words.
0:08.1	So here's what we've been doing at British Gas.
0:10.9	Over the past year, we've given 50 million pounds in energy debt support, including grants
0:16.2	to help with bills, and we're keeping homes powered with emergency energy credit.
0:21.5	That's enough talking.
0:23.5	Let's get on with it.
0:25.6	British Gas.
0:27.4	The possibility criteria apply.
0:39.1	This is pretty much pop covering topics of concern to the Spider American community for
0:43.4	over 35 years.
0:45.1	Our topic this time is they film Spider Man Far From Home.
0:48.4	This is Martin Tindmire not wearing my masks tonight.
0:51.1	This is Erica Spire's in Sag Harbor, and I use wear a mask of some sort.
0:55.6	Don't we all?
0:57.1	And I'm Brian Hurt, and my spider senses aren't tingling, but they do kind of itch.
1:03.1	We are talking about the film and more broadly, superhero movies.
1:08.3	We can't just talk about anything specifically at this point.
1:10.5	It's too early in the life of the podcast.
1:12.7	We have to go on and on about how this type of movie is ruining the world or something
1:17.6	like that.
1:18.6	Rooting the world.
1:19.6	Okay, that's a pretty high bar.
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