{"podcast":{"title":"Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review","slug":"shat-the-movies-80-s-90-s-best-film-review-573363","podcast_index_feed_id":573363,"rss_url":"https://shatthemovies.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://shatpod.com/movies/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/2/8/7/d/287dec0123ac6261/New-Shat-The-Movies-VHS-Logo-White.jpg","author":"Shat on Entertainment","episode_count":499,"summary":"What are the The Best 1980s & 1990s Movies? Do you find yourself asking if the movies we loved while growing up were really that good? Have you caught yourself thinking, \"why don't make movies like they use to?\" Can you still remember spending your Friday Nights searching for the perfect movie rental at Blockbuster Video? Do you know what Blockbuster Video is? If you answered yes, then this is the podcast for you! Website: https://shatpod.com/movies/ Email: hosts@shatpod.com","last_synced_at":"2026-06-07T06:17:53.963727+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/shat-the-movies-80-s-90-s-best-film-review-573363"},"episode":{"title":"Contact (1997)","slug":"contact-1997","published_at":"2026-01-10T08:20:06+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/shat-the-movies-80-s-90-s-best-film-review-573363/contact-1997","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/shat-the-movies-80-s-90-s-best-film-review-573363","url":"https://shatpod.com/movies/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/shatthemovies/ep-477-1997-contact.mp3?dest-id=414986","summary":"This week, Shat The Movies looks to the stars with Contact , Robert Zemeckis's thoughtful, talky, and occasionally frustrating sci-fi drama about faith, science, and whether humanity is ready for the truth. Based on Carl Sagan's novel and anchored by a career-best performance from Jodie Foster, Contact dares to ask big questions—then spends two and a half hours arguing about who gets to answer them. Gene and Big D debate whether this is smart, adult science fiction or a preachy lecture disguised as a blockbuster. They dig into Matthew McConaughey's spiritual hot takes, the movie's suspicious politics, the weirdly hostile government oversight, and one of the most memorable fake-out climaxes of the '90s. Along the way, they ask the ultimate Shat question: is Contact profound—or just very impressed with itself? Plot Summary A driven scientist discovers an alien signal containing instructions to build a mysterious machine, forcing humanity to confront the conflict between science, faith, politics, and the possibility that we are not alone. Subscribe Now Android: https://www.shatpod.com/android Apple/iTunes: https://www.shatpod.com/apple Help Support the Podcast Contact Us: https://www.shatpod.com/contact Commission Movie: https://www.shatpod.com/support Support with Paypal: https://www.shatpod.com/paypal Support With Venmo: https://www.shatpod.com/venmo Shop Merchandise: https://www.shatpod.com/shop Theme Song - Die Hard by Guyz Nite: https://www.facebook.com/guyznite","meta_description":"This week, Shat The Movies looks to the stars with Contact , Robert Zemeckis's thoughtful, talky, and occasionally frustrating sci-fi drama about faith, s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4049,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/shat-the-movies-80-s-90-s-best-film-review-573363/episodes/contact-1997/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/shat-the-movies-80-s-90-s-best-film-review-573363/contact-1997.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}