Jul 8, 2026 · 2 min · 1 segments
Frank and Rivka come together for an MVC duet to discuss one of the podcast's most requested movies: *FernGully: The Last rainforest*. Often referred to as the "Millennial *Silent Spring*," the duo…
I think there was also, like, there was some sort of...
I mean, the, the, the deforestation pollution, uh, hexis, you know, malevol- malevolent-
[laughs]
... entity of it all, I think-
It's a little scary
...
I'm guessing a little scary, and I think maybe, like, stuck out in the cultural memory of our generation because when I brought this movie up to my partner-
Yeah
...
Angelica, she was like, "Oh, I don't wanna..." She was like, "I wa- I don't wanna watch that depressing movie about the rainforest-"
[laughs]
"... getting destroyed." So, like, that's how she remembered it.
Yeah.
You know what I mean? Like-
That is true.
It is a de- it is, yeah.
It's, it's interesting-
So I wonder if-
... yeah.
Right? We were watching that, so I kind of, like, had memories of, like-
Yeah.
It was kind of a vague memory of how nature was represented and how oil, you know? And it's certainly, like, as we start digging into it, like, this is the beginning of sort of this l- particularly, like, politically liberal capturing and consciousness of-
Mm
... a neoliberal consciousness of, like, how are we going to talk about oil? And oil probably being like, "How do we control the conversation about oil?" And so it's fascinating to, to really look at this film through that lens and, and be like, "Yeah, it is fucking vague.
I think there was also, like, there was some sort of...
I mean, the, the, the deforestation pollution, uh, hexis, you know, malevol- malevolent-
[laughs]
... entity of it all, I think-
It's a little scary
...
I'm guessing a little scary, and I think maybe, like, stuck out in the cultural memory of our generation because when I brought this movie up to my partner-
Yeah
...
Angelica, she was like, "Oh, I don't wanna..." She was like, "I wa- I don't wanna watch that depressing movie about the rainforest-"
[laughs]
"... getting destroyed." So, like, that's how she remembered it.
Yeah.
You know what I mean? Like-
That is true.
It is a de- it is, yeah.
It's, it's interesting-
So I wonder if-
... yeah.
Right? We were watching that, so I kind of, like, had memories of, like-
Yeah.
It was kind of a vague memory of how nature was represented and how oil, you know? And it's certainly, like, as we start digging into it, like, this is the beginning of sort of this l- particularly, like, politically liberal capturing and consciousness of-
Mm
... a neoliberal consciousness of, like, how are we going to talk about oil? And oil probably being like, "How do we control the conversation about oil?" And so it's fascinating to, to really look at this film through that lens and, and be like, "Yeah, it is fucking vague.
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