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The ATMU Crew comment on 50 shades of Grey.

The ATMU crew talks fantasy! Is fantasy only for nerdy white men, or is it opening to a broader audience with more progressive views?

The ATMU crew discusses why adults watch cartoons for children, and love it! Starring Adventure Time, Steven Universe, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and The Legend of Korra, with Disney and Miyazaki films!

The ATMU crew discusses the new Halloween remake and its franchise's influence on the final girl trope in slashers.

The ATMU crew discusses all their favorite problematic pieces of media, trying to figure out what's ok and what's not when consuming media.

The ATMU crew discuss whether all spiritualities inevitably lead to cults. (With appearances by Satanism, Atheism, and Buddhism!)

The ATMU crew discusses their changing thoughts on Whedon's shows and movies. Can the artist's life be removed from their work?

The ATMU crew discusses the potential effects of social media on our psyches. Is social media making us more psychopathic than older forms of socialization?

The gang discusses whether snowflake millennials are a little too obsessed with the apocalypse. Media Mentioned: Night in the Woods, The Magicians, The Handmaid's Tale, 1984, Brave New World, Farhenheit 451, We, The Time Machine, Ed Wood Films, The Hunger Games, Battle Royale, Divergent, The Broken Earth, The Walking Dead, Dawn and Land of the Dead, Train to Busan, Resident Evil (franchise), The 100, The Road, Cargo, Harry Potter (franchise), Mad Max: Fury Road.

The gang discusses whether flipping the cast of classic franchises from male to female is killing the original heart and intent of those franchises. Media mentioned: Main course - Oceans franchise, Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Evil Dead In passing - Hereditary, Little Miss Sunshine, United States of Tara, Mad Max (all), Jurassic (all), Bridesmaids, The Hangover, Fantastic Beasts, My Hero Academia, Buffy, Marie Antoinette, Grey's Anatomy, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Date Night, Wonder Woman, I Spy, Bumblebee, Shape of Water, Iron Giant, Exorcist TV, Firefly.

The gang discusses the origins of creepypasta, arguing whether goosebumps were creepypasta before they were cool. Media Mentioned: It, The Babadook, Portlandia, Scary Stories to tell in the dark, Baroness von Sketch, Robot Chicken, Dreamcatcher, Urban Legends, Blair Witch, As Above So Below, The Descent, Session 9, The Haunting Hour Creepypasta: Cropsy, Smile Dog, Jeff the Killer, John's Spelunking Site, Stairs to Nowhere, No End House (Channel Zero), Russian Sleep Experiment, Slenderman, Candle Cove, The Killer in the Backseat, SEP Files, How to Kill a Monster. Goosebumps: The Scarecrow walks at Midnight, The Blob that ate Everything, The Haunted Mask, Calling All Creeps!, Say Cheese and Die!, The Night of the Living Dummy, Attack of the Mutant. Shoutouts: Contrapoints, Jenny Nicolson, Shaun, Believer/Skeptic Podcast, Occultae Veritatis, NoSleep Podcast

In honor of Pride month and E3, ATMU discusses the state of gaming, romance plots, lootboxes, and of course whether LGBTQ+ progress has destroyed the Industry (Spoilers: It didn't).

The gang discusses whether watching horror helps with anxiety. Media Mentioned: Saw, The City and The City, It Comes at Night, The Stand (Stephen King), Hellraiser, Scream, Paranormal Activity, The Blair Witch Project, It Follows, Children of the Corn, Halloween, A The Nightmare on Elm Street, The Children under the Stairs, The Ring, Tremors, The Frightners, Goosebumps, The Exorcist, The Strangers, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, X-files, Star Trek, The Neverending Story, Labyrinth, The Princess Bride, M. Night Shamalan, Signs, The Sixth Sense, The Happening, A Little Life, The Metamorphosis (Kafka), Spiral, The Walking Dead, Primer, Cube, Death Parade, The Dark Tower, Game of Thrones, My Hero Academia, Funny Games, Final Destination, Cloverfield.

The gang discusses why 90s cartoons are so sexy, leading them to ask the question, "did they create furries?" Media mentioned: Gargoyles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, X-Men, Tom and Jerry, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Rocko's Modern Life, Ren and Stimpy, Bugs Bunny, Space Jam, Digimon, Pokemon, Inuyasha, Dragonball Z, Robin Hood, The Lion King, He-Man, Transformers, Thundercats, Gem and the Holograms, Animaniacs, Beauty and the Beast (90s Soap), Supernatural, Thor, Twilight, Shadowhunters, 50 Shades of Grey, My Hero Academia, Ancient Magus Bride, The Wolf Among Us, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, X-Files, Batman, Superman, Spiderman, World of Darkness. References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/animals-and-us/201707/what-s-the-deal-furries https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/vvkzb8/furries-tell-us-how-they-figured-out-they-were-furries https://www.reddit.com/r/furry/comments/2hhqsk/what_made_you_become_a_furry/

The gang discusses the gendered nature of AI in modern science fiction after they are disturbed by the reveal of Google Duplex.

The gang discusses whether genocide is A-OK if you are a sexy purple man while doing it.