About this episode

The episode discusses the film Project Hail Mary, exploring its themes, cast, and emotional depth.

SPECIAL EPISODE ALERT 🚨 - this week the boys are in the same room . Yes, after the last few years of Wi-Fi delays and “you go—no, you go,” DL is officially back in town and Podcast Assemble has gone fully native for a one off episode. Tommy’s coming in hot off ' Crime 101' (which DL insists sounds like a filler elective—and apparently was), while DL has progressed to Book 3 of The Wheel of Time —so he’s roughly 2% through the series. Then it’s onto Project Hail Mary (2026) —a film Tommy absolutely loved (spoilers) and has been waiting to talk about like it’s a personality trait. Timecodes: (00:00) Intro (06:27) What Have We Been Up To? (23:55) MAIN TOPIC!! Project Hail Mary (24:26) Stupid Plot Summary (26:09) Cast & Crew (27:16) Goofy IMDB Picture (31:16) Plot (33:24) Who Stays Human While Everyone Else Are Muppets? (34:43) Thoughts & Opinions (41:18) The De-Goofying of Gosling (47:16) Costume Design (51:03) Cinematography (53:38) Tones & Themes (55:49) 3 Best & 3 Worst (59:52) Critical Reception (1:01:09) Better or Worse Than Aquaman (2018) (1:02:04) START SPOILERS!! Project Hail Mary (2026) (1:10:49) END SPOILERS!! Project Hail Mary (2026) (1:11:48) Trivia True…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tommy, DL

Topics covered

• film review
• sci-fi
• emotional storytelling
• cast and crew
• critical reception

Keywords

• Project Hail Mary
• sci-fi film
• emotional maths
• film review
• Ryan Gosling

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Project Hail Mary, Crime 101, The Wheel of Time, Aquaman

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