Sep 22, 2022
Is this the greatest crossover
event in history? Fresh from their individual appearances on
Infinite Loops, Trung Phan and Rob Henderson join forces to discuss
TV, film, and why Rob still hasn’t seen Apocalypse Now.
Important Links:
Show
Notes:
- Hearts of Darkness: one of the
craziest stories in Hollywood history
- The beginning of TV’s golden
age
- Breadth or depth? The two paths
to prestige TV
- What TV can teach you about elite
America
- The two ways of watching prestige
TV
- How TV shows program
us
- The decline of event
TV
- Recurring themes and
HumanOS
- Succession and
signalling
- The Great Reshuffle and
Substack
- The 70s: one of the worst
American decades of all time
- What will TV be like in 10 years’
time?
- Challenge yourself with
art
- Broaden your content
horizons
Books
Mentioned:
- Heart of Darkness; by Joseph
Conrad
- Unflattening; by Nick
Sousanis
- The Iliad; by
Homer
- The Odyssey; by
Homer
- The Da Vinci Code; by Dan
Brown
- Infinite Jest; by David Foster
Wallace
TV Shows and Films
Mentioned:
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s
Apocalypse
- Apocalypse Now
- The Shield
- The Godfather
- The Sopranos
- Seinfeld
- All In The Family
- The Wire
- The Simpsons
- The Fresh Prince of
Bel-Air
- Mad Men
- Game of Thrones
- The West Wing
- Roseanne
- Power Rangers
- The O.C.
- Breaking Bad
- Better Call Saul
- The Truman Show
- Back to the
Future
- I Love Lucy
- Succession
- Will and Grace
- Severance
- House of Cards
- Stranger Things
- Office Space
- Euphoria
- Avengers: End
Game
- Top Gun Maverick
- The Office
- Parasite