197 | Harold Ramis RIP, Mutant Civil Rights, Battle Beyond the Stars

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• 00:24 - Ice Cream Social - Biggest Sci-Fi Movie of 1980 (Battle Beyond the Stars)


• 05:09 - Battle Beyond the Stars - nothing to discuss


• 10:35 - The Bad News: Harold Ramis RIP


• 14:34 - Letter: Civil Rights and X-Men/Mutants Comparison in Marvel Comics


• 22:16 - The analogy works re Professor X and Magneto


• 25:52 - Gross mutants test Don

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