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252 - Death Note (2017)

·1 hr 8 min

1. They Mostly Podcast at Night covers Death Note (2017), a horror movie set in Seattle and centered on a mysterious notebook. 2. Chaos and Carnage host the show, and they keep the review moving with jokes, bickering, and a few movie trivia digressions. 3. The episode asks whether Death Note works as a horror movie when viewed by someone who has not seen the anime. 4. The hosts compare the film to Final Destination, Donnie Darko, and Mean Girls while arguing over its tone and deaths. 5. They mention the movie’s 36% Rotten Tomatoes critic score, 23% audience score, and 4.5 IMDb rating. 6. The cast discussion names Nat Wolff, Lakeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Shea Whigham, Jason Lyles, Willem Dafoe, and Paul Nakauchi. 7. Chaos explains that Light Turner finds the Death Note after it falls from the sky outside his high school. 8. Ryuk tells Light that anyone named in the notebook dies, and the hosts describe the first killing as a decapitation that plays like a chain reaction. 9. Light and Mia Sutton use the notebook to target criminals and adopt the name Kira. 10. L, described as an international detective, begins tracing Kira to Seattle and to someone with police connections. 11. The hosts spend time on L’s eccentric habits, including his candy eating, his sleep pattern, and his unusual sitting posture. 12. The episode also follows James Turner, Light’s father, as he joins the task force investigating Kira. 13. Chaos says the movie’s deaths are graphic for only a moment, then quickly cut away. 14. The hosts note that Mia pushes the story in a darker direction and wants to kill more people than Light does. 15. They discuss the police task force, FBI surveillance, and L’s conclusion that Kira knows both names and faces. 16. A large part of the conversation centers on whether Light and Mia should have kept the notebook anonymous instead of creating the Kira persona. 17. The tone stays loose and sarcastic, with the hosts interrupting each other and turning details into jokes. 18. The format is a structured review with cast talk, plot recap, and side comments about high school movies and genre comparisons. 19. Best for listeners who like horror reviews, death-note lore, and banter. 20. Skip it if you want a serious spoiler-free analysis.

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A loose, funny Death Note discussion that leans on Chaos and Carnage's banter as much as the film.

Mostly Podcast at Night Episode 252 on Death Note 2017 is a messy, funny back and forth about power, bad judgment, and a movie that keeps dragging the hosts into side roads.

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You want a sour, funny Death Note talk with gym-class detours.

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