War Machine – TPToA Podcast 440

About this episode

The episode discusses the Netflix film 'War Machine', exploring its themes of propaganda and military training amidst a fictional alien threat.

War Machine Join us for your government mandated propaganda film featuring giant robots and US Ranger training procedures aplenty. It’s War Machine on Netflix , not to be confused with War Machine (2017) on Netflix … (or War Machine , not on Netflix) in THIS ONE… During the final stage of US Army Ranger selection, an elite team ‘s training exercise turns into a fight for survival against an unimaginable threat. It’s propaganda, make no mistake about that folks. it’s flag waving jingoistic, “Hoo-Rah America saves the world” propaganda, but with its blend of Predator and Metal Gear , and a hint of Aliens …is it actually any good? Dion is our drill sergeant, Jill and Peta are the New recruits and Quinny is walking down washout lane… Synopsis Alan Ritchson is a soldier in a elite Ranger unit whose training exercise becomes a fight for survival when they encounter a deadly, giant alien robot. https://youtu.be/VVw5p_TFXgY A huge thank you to all grunts and jarheads who illegally tune in to this frequency to listen to each episode of the show while they prepare their next deployment into the theatre of war… or something…

People in this episode

Host: Dion

Guests: Jill, Peta, Quinny

Topics covered

• propaganda film
• US Army Ranger training
• giant robots
• survival
• Netflix
• action film
• military

Keywords

• War Machine
• Netflix
• propaganda
• US Army Ranger
• giant robots
• action film
• survival

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: War Machine, War Machine (2017), Predator, Metal Gear, Aliens

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