The Creator: A Conversation With Emanuel Pagán Colón

Now that The Creator is in theaters, you can watch Emanuel Pagán Colón and me talk about our experiences watching the film (including spoilers!) in this episode of The Austin B Media Podcast!

Watch the video version above (or listen to the audio version below or on your favorite podcast service), and let me know what you think of this new style!

You can follow Emanuel Pagán Colón on ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ @sweetthunder11 or his site, ⁠⁠⁠Movie Squad⁠⁠⁠, on ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ @moviesquadpr. You can also listen to The Movie Squad Podcast on YouTube ⁠⁠⁠@moviesquadpodcast⁠⁠⁠.

You can follow me on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠.

If you're interested in watching The Creator for yourself, you can ⁠⁠watch the film in a theater near you⁠⁠.

Chapters:

  • 00:00:00 Introduction

  • 00:00:10 Patreon Ad Read

  • 00:01:20 Guest Intro

  • 00:01:42 What Emanuel's Working On

  • 00:01:53 Puerto Rican Cinema

  • 00:06:45 Discussion Intro

  • 00:07:32 Our Expectations for The Creator

  • 00:12:07 Emanuel's Thoughts

  • 00:12:58 Hans Zimmer's score

  • 00:14:16 My Thoughts

  • 00:18:13 The Acting

  • 00:25:29 The Cultural Impact of The Creator

  • 00:28:22 Final Rating

  • 00:34:39 (SPOILERS!) - The Chapters

  • 00:38:36 (SPOILERS!) - AI

  • 00:45:02 (SPOILERS!) - The Allegory

  • 00:48:51 (SPOILERS!) - Nomad

  • 00:51:50 (SPOILERS!) - Maya

  • 00:55:03 (SPOILERS!) - Colonel Howell

  • 00:56:33 (SPOILERS!) - Heaven

  • 01:05:44 The Creator Spoiler Discussion Wrap

  • 01:10:47 Podcast Outro

  • 01:12:19 End Screen

Watch the trailer for La Pacera⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠

Watch the trailer for Érase una vez en el Caribe⁠⁠⁠.

Thanks to Ambula Bula, Brian Skuttle, Joseph Davis of ⁠⁠⁠⁠SiftPop⁠⁠⁠⁠, Matthew Simpson of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Awesome Friday⁠⁠⁠⁠, and Thom Blackburn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for supporting Austin B Media on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

If you want to become a Patron, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/AustinBMedia⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠AustinB.Media/support⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information.

This episode was produced during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, The Creator wouldn't exist.

Until next time!

Austin Belzer

My name is Austin Belzer. I’m a cynic, a perfectionist, high-strung (I’m told), and an overly anxious human being. I love to write. Whether it’s on GameSkinny, The BladedTech Show, Proven Gamer, The Vertical Slice, Movie Health Community, or SiftPop, I have always felt the need to write or create

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