#207. Best of 2025: Cinema

On the “Fantastic Podcast,” we continue a series of episodes dedicated to reviewing the year’s results. This time we discuss fantastic cinema: Roman Faynitsky, Denis Starostin, Ilya Glazkov, Kirill Razmyslovich, and the special guest from the horror section, Elena Shchetinina, examine whether in 2025 there is still room for big-screen art.

In the episode:
- superheroics through the eyes of a naive viewer;
- dinosaurs—from expensive to budget trash;
- Jared Leto in a neural-network rendition;
- “king bingo”;
- children running around like Naruto;
- Irish as the main fashion trend;
- a sex robot with superintelligence;
- interplanetary gaslighting;
- Conan the Witcher, as if assembled in a garage;
- and the unexpected appearance of Vietnam with Indonesia.

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Mentioned works:
Captain America: New World; Thunderbolts* (New Avengers); Fantastic Four; Superman 5; Throne: Ares; Jurassic World: Rebirth; Avatar 3; Predator: Planet of Death; 28 Years Later; Minecraft; Electric State; Mickey 17; The Running Man; Monkey; A Long Walk; Chuck’s Life; Down; Death in the Elevator; Clifflanders; Bambi. Forest Nightmare; Ugly Sister; One Whole; Sinners; Instruments; Destination: Blood Ties; Unicorn Death; Companion; Exit 8; Bring Her Back from the Dead; Live to See the Dawn; The Conjuring 4: The Last Rite; Doll: Reincarnation; Presence; Nosferatu; Sacred Road; Bugonia; Frankenstein; Ash; Beasts of War; Useful Ghost; In Lost Lands 4; Ginger Sonya; The Death Catcher; Primitive War; Savannah; The Legend of Giants; Fountain of Youth; Wolfman.

Music:
1. Boe Sci-Fi FUSION — In High Orbitality
2. EXIT project — Before You Were Born
3. Living Universe — Summer Solstice
4. Paderin & Zviagin — Early Morning Taxi
5. Katya Grundan — Retrocosmos
6. Drojawih — Jungle Atmos
7. Sun Ions — The Night Sky
8. Angelo Taylor — Extraterrestrials
9. Avairaj — Melody of Rain
10. Tale of Solar — Shore of the Sea
11. LX imaginary band — Walk in the Mist
12. Vladimir Egorov — Trees Talk
13. Kussenkov Egor — Water
14. Manmara — Meditation
15. In-R-Voice — Deep Reach
16. La Rocket — We Are
17. Metaphorus — Emergency Shutdown