Ctrl Alt Critique – Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Grab your Mül converter, plot a course for Alpha, and prepare to phase-shift with Amber and Bailey. That’s right, Critters, this week the Ctrl Alt Critique gang are firing up their Astroship and diving headfirst into Luc Besson’s 2017 visual buffet, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets!

Amber channels her inner Bubble, unpacking the pros and cons of Rihanna’s shape-shifting cabaret act, questioning whether a glamourpod is the ultimate tool for infiltrating her school bullies’ social circle. Bailey, meanwhile, gets down to brass tacks, debating the intergalactic ethics of powering an agriculture and diamond empire at the expense of an adorable space rodent.

Did you enjoy your stay in the city of a thousand ramblings? The conversation continues in our own edition of the Big Market! Phase on over to our ⁠Discord ⁠dimension, ⁠TikTok ⁠territory, and ⁠Instagram ⁠interstellar to join in on the intergalactic waffle.

Music used in this episode:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠“30-second Epic Trailer music” by Cinematic Music⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠”Careless Whisper” by George Michael⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠“Free News Intro” by Free Motion Graphics Background Animation⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠”I Will Remember” by Toto⁠

⁠”Overture” by Andrew Lloyd Webber⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wardrobe MalfunKtion” by Danya Vodovoz⁠

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