Link to the show: Young Adult Movie Ministry Episode 47 on Substack
Release date: July 7, 2021
Movie of the Week
Robocop (1987), directed by Paul Verhoeven
[Digital rental on Amazon | Hulu | iTunes ]
Who the Hosts Are This Week
Sam is reporter at large, critic, editor for hire, and officer on the edge. Alissa is Vox’s film critic and that white model of a dystopian Detroit that gets smooshed by a dying man.
Special Guest
Mark Russell is a comic writer and the author of God Is Disappointed In You and Apocrypha Now.
Other Mentions
- The article Sam wrote in The Guardian about the first time a police robot killed someone
- Summit Ministries’ Christian worldview curriculum
- Clear Pepsi
- A.C.E. School of Tomorrow
- Mark’s book Second Coming
- Paul Verhoeven’s book Jesus of Nazareth
- Verhoeven’s new movie Benedetta, showing at Cannes this month
- People by Peter Spier (a book Sam’s kid is stuck on right now)
- Amy Seimetz’ movie She Dies Tomorrow
- The Ship of Theseus thought experiment
- Ray Wise (who shows up in Robocop and also one of the God’s Not Dead movies)