Woman Inherits the Earth

The movie "Children of Men" is chilling in its depiction of a future without the sound of children's laughter. Based on the P.D. James book of the same name, it walks the viewer through a harrowing and desolate dystopian landscape where society has fallen into chaos after two decades of human infertility. It's a great "what if" and a fascinating story for our times - made in 2006 but set in 2027. We discussed it on this week's "Woman Inherits the World" podcast, which you can hear at this Youtube link or on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Children of Men - What Happens to a World Without Hope? Woman Inherits the Earth: Children of MenIn this, the Children of Men episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss a movie about the bleak far-off future of…202...

After a too-brief in-person visit and a three-day roadtrip to get the remainder of her belongings from my house back to her home in Seattle, well, Tess and I are a little behind on promoting the current episode of our "Woman Inherits the Earth" podcast, where we discuss "X-Men."

We both think "X-Men" is one of the best of the Marvel universe movies, but even with Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart (favorites of ours), it falls short in one crucial area: The filmmakers still don't seem to know what to do with women characters. And, you know, it's not that hard, dudes. Give them real lines to say, maybe a few jokes, and a backstory. IOW, write women as fully as you write men.

This current episode rounds out our series on comic book movies, and we hope you'll listen in. You can find it on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, but here's the YouTube link. Next up in about two weeks, we begin a short series on science fiction films, beginning with "Terminator."

Is X-Men Proof that Art Can be Woke *and* Misogynist? Woman Inherits the Earth: X-MenIn this, the X-Men episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss their deep and abiding love for Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart,...