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Oct 21, 2026
Ben PearsonHOST
And with that, we're gonna take a quick break, and then we'll get into the rest of the show.
Ben PearsonHOST
With me now is Slashfilm editor and chief film critic, Chris Vangelista.
Chris EvangelistaPANELIST
Hello.
Ben PearsonHOST
And Slashfilm editor, Brad Oman.
Brad OmanPANELIST
Hey, that's me.
Ben PearsonHOST
Guys, we're gathered today to talk about the new documentary, "You Can See Everything." And before we get into it, I have two very quick things to say.
Ben PearsonHOST
And then the only other thing is that this movie is co-directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, and I just wanna give Oppenheim the credit that he deserves and shout him out here at the top of this conversation 'cause people are naturally gonna be talking a lot about Nathan Fielder because he's a major character in the movie, and I just didn't want us to be one of those places that kind of like never mentions Lance in this whole thing.
Ben PearsonHOST
So, uh, respect to him at the top of this conversation.
JamesHOST
Nick, I'm going to be reading some quotes from the producers, the writers, some of the actors and whatnot, people from Trans World Entertainment.
JamesHOST
Most of this is going to be from slashfilm.com and the article is How Did This Get Made? Call in Teen Witch in brackets and oral history.
JamesHOST
Writers Robin Menken and Vernon Zimmerman developed three treatments for stories and one of them was a raunchy teen comedy series called Teen Witch.
JamesHOST
And Robin Menken, one of the writers, says, "...the way we came up with it was very simple.
speaker_8HOST
We do.
speaker_8HOST
Our guide for this exploration is a highly compelling July 2026 article from Slash Film by Ryan Scott.
speaker_7HOST
It's a great piece.
speaker_8HOST
It really is.
8 MINS LATER
speaker_7HOST
But the specific events of Luceno's novel, the decades of meticulous political plotting, technically never happened in the current official timeline.
speaker_8HOST
They haven't.
speaker_8HOST
But the argument from the Slash film piece, which I completely agree with, is that Lucasfilm needs to explicitly re-canonize Luceno's narrative.
speaker_7HOST
Just bring the whole plot back.
Cameron LouisHOST
That's crazy.
RaveyHOST
Slash Film says, "It's a brilliant match of manipulators that makes for one of the most riveting movies of 2026."
Cameron LouisHOST
Wow.
Cameron LouisHOST
I mean-
speaker_4HOST
which is exactly our mission for this deep dive.
speaker_4HOST
If you're joining us today, we are getting into a comprehensive ranking provided by SlashFilm, brilliantly written by Hunter Cates, that evaluates every single Michael Crichton movie adaptation.
speaker_5HOST
It's a great list.
speaker_4HOST
Very thorough.
speaker_4HOST
But for today's deep dive, we're anchoring our discussion on an incredibly comprehensive feature that was published this past April.
speaker_3HOST
Right, in Slashfilm.
speaker_4HOST
Yes, by Debopriya Dutta.
speaker_4HOST
She basically mapped out the entire blueprint of this 2026 Netflix reboot.
speaker_3HOST
If you, like, sat down to binge that today, it would take you weeks of nonstop viewing.
speaker_4HOST
Just absolute nonstop television.
speaker_3HOST
But what the Slashfilm piece points out, which I found so fascinating, is that the 1974 series didn't actually premiere to universal acclaim.
speaker_4HOST
Wait, really?
speaker_4HOST
And there is this incredible piece of pop culture journalism by Jeremy Smith.
speaker_4HOST
It was published over at Slashfilm in January of 2026.
speaker_5HOST
Such a good piece.
speaker_4HOST
It really is.
speaker_4HOST
Yeah.
speaker_4HOST
True.
speaker_5HOST
His sole onscreen appearance in a live action superhero film is exactly what that Slashfilm piece describes it as, an amusing blip of a cameo.
speaker_4HOST
Right.
speaker_1HOST
So our guide for this exploration is a really detailed retrospective written by Ryan Scott.
speaker_1HOST
It was published in December of 2025 for Slashfilm.
speaker_2HOST
It's a great piece.
speaker_1HOST
It really is.
35 MINS LATER
speaker_2HOST
It powerfully demonstrates the lasting impact of the thematic world building we discussed earlier with the control rooms and the rose gardens.
speaker_2HOST
The brutal bureaucratic machinery of Panem is structurally interesting enough to sustain entirely new cinematic narratives that don't even involve the original protagonist.
speaker_1HOST
And the Slashfilm article leaves us with a glimpse even further ahead, detailing an upcoming project that proves just how deep this creative partnership runs.
speaker_1HOST
There's a brand new follow up centered on the beloved, deeply flawed character Hamish Abernathy, and it's entitled Sunrise on the Reaping.
speaker_0HOST
And more importantly, we're looking at the wildly bizarre, deeply human stories that could actually bring it back to life.
speaker_0HOST
We're pulling from a fantastic piece by Whitney Seibold over at Slash Film, published on June 7, 2026, which pitches five classic, unadapted YA sci-fi novels.
speaker_1HOST
It's a really fascinating cultural autopsy to perform, honestly, because if you look at the trajectory of young adult science fiction on screen, particularly from the late 2000s through the 2010s, you just see this massive homogenization.
speaker_0HOST
Totally.
speaker_0HOST
We do.
speaker_0HOST
We're pulling from a really compelling feature analysis by Devin Meenan over at Slash Film.
speaker_0HOST
And he focuses on a novel by Christopher Buhlman called Between Two Fires.
speaker_1HOST
Such an incredible book.
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