This is a special episode of Themes and Memes. Adam and Aaron recap the films that they reviewed this year as they try to draw out the most important themes and memes that repeated throughout many different movies. Why might it be that certain genres, ideas and actors are so popular now?Topics include: Themes and Memes podcast, Cloud Atlas, Pacific Rim, Elysium, Assault on Wall Street, Now You See Me, Her, Transcendence, The Machine, Rosemary's Baby, Brotherhood of the Bell, Transformers 4, Divergent, The Giver, Lucy, Scarlett Johannson, Johnny Depp, agenda-driven filmmaking, audience, teen novels, dystopias
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