Category: Dan Brown

We close out the Robert Langdon Cinematic Universe with a discussion of 2016’s INFERNO—a perfectly adequate action thriller…unless you’ve read the book. Hear Thad and Carl lament what Hollywood’s Dumb-it-down-extraordinaire David Koepp does with Dan Brown’s most daring novel. Meanwhile, friend of the show and actual historian Chrissie De Clerck-Szilagyi explains all the things the film gets wrong about the plague. We also go on all the side tangents you’ve come to expect from this show and even equate this film to the mess on an adaptation that is 1997’s THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK (also written by David Koepp).

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Thad and Carl are joined once again by Chrissie De Clerck-Szilagyi for a discussion of ANGELS & DEMONS (2009), the second film in the Robert Langdon Cinematic Universe. While there are still some things that Dan Brown gets blatantly wrong (e.g., the Illuminati), we all felt that this was a much better effort by all involved. That doesn’t mean we don’t critique things like stupid airtight rooms and spend way too much time debating whether priests are allowed to “beat the bishop.”*

Editor’s Warning: For whatever reason, Thad decided to let loose that most terrifying of creatures, the Moopsy, during recording. While it makes a couple of appearances during the show, we want to put our listeners at ease by stressing that all three hosts are ok. That said, remain ever vigilant and look out for the Moopsy, because it drinks your bones.

* we promise this is 100% plot-relevant. So much so that the alternate title of this episode is “I’ve closed my masturbation tabs.”

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FACT:

Dan Brown’s penchant for historical inaccuracies inspired us to invite an actual historian to join us for a discussion of THE DA VINCI CODE (2006). Both the Priory of Scion and Opus Dei are real organizations. Neither is how they are described by Dan Brown, nor are the Crusades, the Knights Templar, and a whole lot of other things.

 

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