About this episode

The episode discusses the infamous 2000 sci-fi film 'Battlefield Earth' and its implications for John Travolta's career and Scientology.

We discuss the notoriously bad 2000 sci fi movie, Scientology, and the effect it had on John Travolta's career. patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Rachel Fisher, Desi Jedeikin

Topics covered

• sci-fi movies
• Scientology
• John Travolta
• film criticism
• bad movies

Keywords

• Battlefield Earth
• John Travolta
• Scientology
• bad movies
• sci-fi

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scientology

Books & works: Battlefield Earth

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