Caterpillars are Lone Wolves (A Bug's Life)

Really Important Fictional Things

This week we’re diving into Pixar’s 1998 A Bug’s Life. It’s still fun and cute and imaginative but as adults we’re also seeing through the cracks. Down the rabbit hole we go as we talk about colonialism, gender, Roe v Wade, capitalism, and what actually happens when caterpillars become butterflies. Before that Avery updates us on her experience with Hacks season 2 and Rosey reviews Love, Victor season 3. Then we look into a fun new kind of summer-focused list with trailers of what’s to come in 2022.

Next week we’re looking at the very fun and (hopefully still) very good Stick It!

Some Topics Covered:

• The National Women’s Soccer League & The Premier League
• Find a list of all the Pixar movies here
• John Lasseter left Pixar after a sexual harassment scandal. He’s now heading another animation studio.
• Kyle Prue’s TikTok with Facts about Abortion (definitely not advice)
• A Bug’s Life: Colonial Allegory
• What A Bug’s Life Teaches Us About Capitalism
• Someone Noticed That Brad Pitt Keeps Morphing Into His Girlfriends

Lists we did/Things we trailed:

• The 10 Highest-Grossing Summer Blockbusters, According To Box Office Mojo
• Summer Movie Calendar 2022 (Rotten Tomatoes)
• Three Thousand Years of Longing
• Fear
• Emergency
• Men

Where to Stream:

• Hacks — HBO Max
• Love, Victor — Hulu
• Sex Education — Netflix
• Conversations with Friends — Hulu
• Teen Wolf — Hulu

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1. Caterpillars are Lone Wolves (A Bug's Life) (00:00:00)

2. What we watched (00:00:34)

3. Conversations with Friends spoilers (00:11:15)

4. The rest of what we watched (00:16:03)

5. A Bug's Life (00:22:00)

6. Our lists! (01:12:02)

7. Our summer schedule (01:37:41)