108: eXistenZ (1999)

The Nextlander Watchcast

We close out our month of vaguely video game related movies with the goopiest game in town, eXistenZ! Join us as we dive many layers deep into the subrealities of Cronenberg's fleshy cyberpunk delight to see if it holds up to our fond memories.
CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 108: eXistenZ (1999)
(00:00:37) - Intro.
(00:02:19) - What are we doing here? We're talking about eXistenZ!
(00:03:47) - Vinny has questions, and we talk a little about when we first saw this thing.
(00:11:48) - Alex's one David Cronenberg story.
(00:14:47) - Some background on the movie's inspirations and production.
(00:19:21) - Our (shockingly young) cast.
(00:25:03) - High praise for Howard Shore and the effects team.
(00:30:39) - Our immediate introduction to the GamePod.
(00:41:37) - Death to the demoness!
(00:49:39) - Break!
(00:50:05) - We're back, and it's time to pull out a tooth bullet.
(00:58:13) - It's Gas! That guy who works at the Country Gas Station!
(01:05:58) - Let's go see what kind of accent Ian Holm has.
(01:08:53) - Time to jack into eXistenZ.
(01:19:07) - We are going Trout Farm mode, we are Chinese Restaurant maxing.
(01:31:17) - Well, the waiter's dead. Now what?
(01:37:29) - We've finished all the side-missions, let's get back to the main quest.
(01:45:54) - You are the queen of eXistenZ! Here's your VR tiara (VRa?)
(01:50:32) - A Death to the Demon encore!
(01:57:35) - Final thoughts.
(02:03:48) - Some forward-looking talk about our October theme: horror anthologies!
(02:08:14) - Outro.