• THE LOBOT MODS 008: Rollerball (1975) / Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

  • Sep 17 2024
  • Length: 56 mins
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THE LOBOT MODS 008: Rollerball (1975) / Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

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  • Two future sports that tease the prospect of freedom. One is a meat grinder on wheels, the other is barely a game at all.

    We take a look at the classic 1975 feature ROLLERBALL starring James Caan, and compare that with Robert Rodriguez's big budget cyberpunk-ish 2019 manga adaptation film ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL. Do these films represent the future of death sports? Or the death of future sports..?

    In a wide-ranging conversation, hosts Aaron Wood and Paul Docherty lament the lack of narrative velocity and question whether there is actually a playable game in either movie...

    For more details and background info on these movies, visit The Lobot Mods Facebook page:
    https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Lobot-Mods/61560413766188/

    Music by Tony Longworth
    Cover art based on a photograph taken by Jon Nicolls CC-BY-2.0

    This podcast is brought to you by the feature documentary HEART OF NEON.
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