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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets'

We discuss Luc Besson's big-budget, bonkers-bananapants would-be blockbuster Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, which looks unlikely to bust any blocks.
Dane DeHaan stars as Major Valerian in Luc Besson's <em>Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. </em>

Linda Holmes hosts from L.A. again, joining regular panelists Stephen Thompson, Glen Weldon and our fourth chair this week, Slate's own Aisha Harris.

The topic: Luc Besson's gleefully schlocky, years-in-the-making science fiction ... epic? ... .

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