Ep 11: The Circle

Screen Testing

In an episode best summarised as "it seemed like a good idea at the time", Neil and Dan attempt to get their teeth into Netflix's recent high-profile tech offering, The Circle, starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks, only to find there's very little meat on those plot bones.

It's light on spoilers (as there's not a lot to spoil), but we envision a story which might have been, had they decided to actually include character arcs, plot developments and meaningful conclusions.

We keep ourselves amused along the way, coming up with the rules of proper Slack and social media etiquette, deciding whether the film's irony was intentional, paying tribute to the wonder of Bill Paxton, and wondering why John Boyega got involved at all.

References:

• Neil's review of The Circle for NewOnNetflixUK
• YouTube: Bill Paxton being killed by an Alien, a Predator and a Terminator
• YouTube: Black Mirror - "The Entire History of You" trailer
• YouTube: Black Mirror - "Nosedive" trailer
• YouTube: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) trailer
• YouTube: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) trailer
• YouTube: My Scientology Movie (Louis Theroux) trailer
• Slack - Ministry of Testing
• Slack - Testers.io
• Neil's Slack @channel meme
• YouTube: Electrocution from Thunderball
• YouTube: Eye-gouging from Spectre
• YouTube: Beck - Dreams
• YouTube: Detroit trailer
• YouTube: Attack the Block trailer
• BBC News: How the world's first webcam made a coffee pot famous
• YouTube: The Incredibles trailer
• YouTube: Terminator Genisys trailer
• Twitter account for Karl The Fog (the famous San Francisco fog)
• YouTube: Apocalypse Now introduction (featuring The Doors - The End)

For our next episode, we'll be talking about HIDDEN FIGURES with two special guests - Angie Jones and Ash Coleman, all the way from San Francisco!

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Intro music: Ocean Colour Scene - The Circle (because why not) Outro music: Jónsi - Simple Gifts