Get Your Ass to March - Red Planet (2000)

Get Your Ass to March - Red Planet (2000)

From Death Don't Do Fiction by The AIPT Movies podcast

March 21, 2026 · 1h 11m · Episode 120

About this episode

The episode discusses the 2000 sci-fi film Red Planet as part of the 'Get Your Ass to March' series, exploring its themes, effects, and cast.

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s March, so that means it’s time for our “Get Your Ass to March” series! Where we cover movies that relate to the planet Mars and/or the 1990 sci-fi classic, Total Recall! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and returning guest Chrissy Kurpeski discuss the other Mars exploration movie from the year 2000, Red Planet! Cool space suits! Early thousand's internet culture! Forced acronyms! Some of the most explosions you've ever seen on Mars! Low gravity bathroom breaks! Fiery, homicidal bugs! Charmingly outdated VFX! An out of place trip hop soundtrack! One of the same writers as Virus and Barb Wire! Fun miniature effects! Zero gravity fire! Life-saving algebra! A flexi-screen IBM tablet! A whimsical Russian space mascot! Extreme efforts to terraform a dead planet when they could be fixing Earth! A behind-the-scenes feud between two actors! A great cast that includes Benjamin Bratt, a wasted Terence Stamp, Carrie-Anne Moss relegated to a single filming location, Val Kilmer playing a character (possibly) named after a prop comic, Tom Sizemore…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex, Tim

Guest: Chrissy Kurpeski

Topics covered

  • Mars exploration
  • sci-fi movies
  • 2000 films
  • movie reviews
  • special effects
  • film legacy

Keywords

  • Red Planet
  • Total Recall
  • sci-fi
  • Mars
  • 2000 movies
  • film review
  • special effects
  • Chrissy Kurpeski
  • AIPT Movies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AIPT Movies

Books & works: Red Planet, Total Recall, Mickey 17, Expend4bles

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