281, “The Last Dragon / Lady Snowblood - The Glow of Vengeance”

One is born of Harlem; one is born of vengeance. One hopes to attain the Glow; one hopes to slake the bloodthirst of the mother she never met. For the latest Geek Challenge, Paul challenges Arlo to 1985's Motown martial arts picture The Last Dragon, while Arlo challenges Paul to 1973's Japanese exploitation classic Lady Snowblood. (The two films are obviously very similar.) As always, the boys learn more about each other and the differences in how they perceive the cinematic world. Arlo loves hilariously bad "anti-great" movies, so why does The Last Dragon leave him bored? Paul digs tales of otherworldly revenge, so what is it about Lady Snowblood that doesn't quite click for him? Plus, before the usual disagreement, the boys concur in a brief, spoiler-free discussion of Yorgos Lanthimos' The Lobster.   Next: the truth? Still out there. Continuing our sporadic discussion of Chris Carter's seminal sci-fi series The X-Files, everybody's favorite Brit Wesley "Wezzo" Mead stops by to chat season 2.