196: 196: The Substance (2024)

About this episode

Another week, another dark temptation for all you Watchcasters! This week's comes in the form of the Academy Award-nominated goop-fest, The Substance, a movie with lots to say (and show) about body image, self-hatred, and the necessity to always follow the provided instructions for anything you inject into yourself or your other self. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 196: The Substance (2024) (00:00:20) - Intro. (00:10:48) - On Coralie Fargeat, and what inspired the movie. (00:16:04) - Cast chat. (00:24:47) - Remaining production notes. (00:34:05) - Break! (00:34:29) - We're back. Egg. (00:41:43) - Elizabeth is introduced to The Substance. (00:57:11) - Birth of the Sue. (01:08:48) - Elizabeth's not quite sure what to do with herself, and Sue is extremely sure what to do with herself. (01:14:24) - May cause Hag Finger in some rare cases. (01:21:36) - Things escalate significantly. (01:27:53) - We have reached the creature stage of the make-up. (01:34:13) - We are at creature threat level orange. Teeth and nails are falling out. Bad ideas are being considered. (01:36:51) - We have reached full creature. I repeat, full creature has been reached. (01:43:23) - W