Episode 251: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Episode 251: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Director	Luc Besson
Running Time	137 minutes
Budget	$209,000,000
Gross	$177,000,000
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	IMDb entry
Episode 251
Show Link	Flop House website
Hosts	The Peaches
Published	17 February 2018
Podcast Time	102 minutes
Previous	The Apple
Next	The Book of Henry

Tag

Dan:	On this episode we discuss Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
Elliott:	Not to be confused with: valerian root, the cure for a thousand ailments. Available at your drugstore!

Official Show Notes

"We watch one we were all honestly pretty excited about: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Were we all as excited once we were done? Meanwhile Dan introduces a new Jeff Foxworthy routine, Elliott explains Nicolas Cage's pursuit of Bernadette Peters, and 'allo 'allo? Oo's back again, then, Stuart?"

Movie Summary

Premise

A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.

Story

In the 28^th century, special operatives Valerian and Laureline work together to maintain order throughout the human territories. Under assignment from the minister of defense, the duo embarks on a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where diverse species gather to share knowledge and culture. When a dark force threatens the peaceful city, Valerian and Laureline must race against time to identify the menace that also jeopardizes the future of the universe.

Final Judgments

• Movie he kinda liked (Elliott) @1:00:50
• Between a movie he kinda liked and a bad-bad movie (Stuart) @1:02:05
• A movie he kinda liked (Dan) @1:03:30

Episode Highlights

Tangents

• Billy Zane @01:35
• Victor Garber @02:35
• Bernadette Peters @02:50
• Nicolas Cage @03:00
• Isabella Rossellini @17:30
• Draculas @17:35
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) by John Hughes @31:30
• Jeff Foxworthy @32:55
• Cultural Touchstones @34:00
• Ishtar @34:55
• RoboCop (1987) by Paul Verhoeven @39:40

Listener Mail

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Letters

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Recommendations

• Mom and Dad (2017) by Brian Taylor (Dan) @Time
• Raw (2016) by Julia Ducournau (Stuart) @Time
• Now, Voyager (1942) by Irving Rapper (Elliott) @Time