Episode 1 - The Iron Giant

A discussion of The Iron Giant with Steve Akers. Some of the topics covered are the Superman motif and the archetypal makeup of the Justice League, Brad Bird's understanding of boyhood, comparisons to ET and other films, self-important bureaucrats and their place as villains, favorite individual scenes, and one of the main questions of the movie: what if a gun had a soul?

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Episode 1 - The Iron Giant is an episode from Dads Who Love Kids Movies - Analysis, Reviews, and Nerding-out over the films of Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, and more. by Matt Robison.

This episode is 53:34 long.

This episode was published on Jan 26, 2017.

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