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I'll still frequently relisten to some of the earlier HDTGM episodes, long before the non-stop live ones. Ones where the movie is so unbelievably stupid like Trespass and 88 Minutes still make me laugh. Also, looking through its episode list and I forgot about this: Ep #92 - The 1st Annual Howdies Pt. 2 Ep #91 - The 1st Annual Howdies Pt. 1 Like Vagabundo said, a running joke is OK. Dedicating two entire episodes solely to a self-masturbatory celebration of your own running jokes is not.
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Vagabundo posted:It's not so much the running jokes. Sprinkling them here and there is one thing, but actually stopping the discussion to run the joke into the ground over and over again, ESPECIALLY when someone is mid-sentence, starts to get really loving grating for me. you forgot the part where June pops in and says "where am I, I don't know who I am, what's a movie"
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:you forgot the part where June pops in and says "where am I, I don't know who I am, what's a movie" Oh god yes. I think it was Paul Scheer who just wouldn't knock it off with the "Escape from *fart" poo poo, and I think I just switched it off and deleted it all after the second or third one. They either A) need a better editor, or B) need someone who can rein them in and keep them on topic, like a strong producer who can just say "shut the gently caress up, and get back on track." The only other film ones I'd listened to was Cinema Swirl, where a guy introduces all sorts of mainstream "classic" films that his friend has never seen and one that a friend does, where he and the co-host just have an academic discussion about the latest films, which they get to see at the cinema they work part-time at. Cinema Swirl was great because they stay on topic, and have an earnest and frank discussion about the film, what they felt worked, didn't work and why. They may occasionally go on a tangent, but they immediately get back on track and maintain focus, which is great. It's just that both podcasts have had very sporadic output recently. It was part of why I tried out The Flop House and How Did This Get Made, and loving hell. edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 06:37 on Mar 4, 2018 |
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We Hate Movies is my favorite podcast, hands down. Every time I think they're starting to lose steam a little, they put out an amazing run of episodes. Just pick a spot that seems interesting to you and enjoy. e: If you try to hunt down some of their earliest episodes, avoid anything guest starring Vinnie Brusco, and get used to the phrase "not for nothin'". DangerDummy! fucked around with this message at 10:40 on Mar 4, 2018 |
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Vagabundo posted:Oh god yes. I think it was Paul Scheer who just wouldn't knock it off with the "Escape from *fart" poo poo, and I think I just switched it off and deleted it all after the second or third one. They either A) need a better editor, or B) need someone who can rein them in and keep them on topic, like a strong producer who can just say "shut the gently caress up, and get back on track." You might like Switchblade Sisters as well, it's a film critic and female film maker talking about the filmmaker's favourite genre film. Really in-depth discussion and often an interesting look into Hollywood gender politics.
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Mar 4, 2018 11:32
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The Twinkie Czar posted:That we're asking where Martin Cinemax III has been points to a good thing about the show. It's a popular character but they're not going to force it in. They're just as likely to do something new or let each other run with what's working in the moment. I got bored with HDTGM, but I do recommend a lot of episodes like Tiptoes, Sleepaway Camp, and Reindeer Games. The moment where they realize the lead character in Reindeer Games is named Rudolph is pretty great.
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Whm is also hands down my favorite podcast, about movies or not. I recommend the Mortal Kombat episode for a first one.
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A Proper Uppercut posted:Whm is also hands down my favorite podcast, about movies or not. I would also recommend Mortal Kombat, or Mrs. Doubtfire, but it’s BECAUSE they get off on tangents in both of those. If you enjoy those episodes you can rest easy knowing they don’t really go more ‘off track’ than that. With the exception of a couple outliers like Ultraviolet where they basically announce at the beginning that there’s not enough movie here to talk about and they’re going to be riffing for 90 minutes.
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Catfishenfuego posted:You might like Switchblade Sisters as well, it's a film critic and female film maker talking about the filmmaker's favourite genre film. Really in-depth discussion and often an interesting look into Hollywood gender politics. I'll add Blank Check with Griffin and David to the list. It started off as a joke podcast where they discuss the Star Wars prequels every week, but now they take a filmmaker who had an initial success and received a blank check to make whatever movies they wanted and the results of that, good or bad are discussed generally well. Griffin can get stuck in tangents but they do a pretty good job of staying on topic. And they have guests from other movie podcasts like Andrew and Steve on Total Recall. They've done the works of the Wachowski's, James Cameron, Cameron Crow, Chris Nolan and are currently wrapping up Verhoeven.
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Fezz posted:I'll add Blank Check with Griffin and David to the list. It started off as a joke podcast where they discuss the Star Wars prequels every week, but now they take a filmmaker who had an initial success and received a blank check to make whatever movies they wanted and the results of that, good or bad are discussed generally well. Griffin can get stuck in tangents but they do a pretty good job of staying on topic. And they have guests from other movie podcasts like Andrew and Steve on Total Recall. They've done the works of the Wachowski's, James Cameron, Cameron Crow, Chris Nolan and are currently wrapping up Verhoeven. Seconding this.
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Timeless Appeal posted:How Did This Get Made also has a Patton Oswalt episode on Punisher: War Zone where he brings on Alexi Alexander. And it's just really good radio. But I always had the feeling that Patton assumed the show was about explaining how lovely movies came to be and pitched them this idea and they just went with it. This was my first HDTGM episode I listened to and boy howdy was I ever disappointed with the subsequent episodes.
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I really enjoyed the Timecop episode of How Did This Get Made, but Nick Kroll was there to do a lot of the heavy lifting.
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There are a couple of episodes of WHM where I find it impossible to follow their description of the movie, but I think that's mainly because of the source material (I seriously still cannot unravel Boss Baby but I crack up any time Sajdak hisses "PAY ME MY PRICE" and Pottersville to mention a couple) otherwise yeah most of the time listening to them is as good as watching the movie
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Calaveron posted:There are a couple of episodes of WHM where I find it impossible to follow their description of the movie, but I think that's mainly because of the source material (I seriously still cannot unravel Boss Baby but I crack up any time Sajdak hisses "PAY ME MY PRICE" and Pottersville to mention a couple) otherwise yeah most of the time listening to them is as good as watching the movie You know occasionally it's because they skip to quickly to referring to an actor by their name instead of explaining what character the actor is playing in the movie and what they're doing, but the Boss Baby is just a real fever dream of a movie so I can't blame them for that one being confusing
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WHM is way better than the other two pods you talked about, yeah. They know to let someone get a joke out before jumping on top of it with one of their own. They actually talk about the movies. Someone else mentioned this, but I can't listen to an episode of HDTGM if I haven't seen the movie, because I will have no idea what is going on. I can listen to any episode of WHM and follow along and get the jokes without having to have seen the movie first. The Flophouse I've just never gotten into. They seem to hate actually discussing the movie at all, and try to get through that part as quickly as they can, so they can get to their other sections, like that one guy singing lovely songs. At least in the couple of episodes I tried. WHM is one of, like, 3 podcasts that are a must listen the moment I get a chance, along with Hardcore History and...well, actually I guess it's just 2. Everything else I tend to let pile up until I have a particularly long drive or something.
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Vagabundo posted:So how does this compare to How Did This Get Made or The Flop House? I gave both of those a try, but I just got sick and tired of the hosts continuously interrupting and shouting over each other and the endless riffs, resulting in it feeling like no one ever could complete a thought without someone screaming an unfunny joke that got run into the ground about 18 hours ago. I tried HDTGM and only made it through two episodes for that exact reason. WHM is substantially better, they have a great rapport and let each other talk. They will go down tangents often but it's usually pretty funny. The episodes I like the least are the ones about run of the mill 80s action movies or comedies, not the big ones but like forgettable trash that you might have seen on TBS fifteen years ago. I just don't really find them interesting, the movies themselves are so dumb and generic that it's hard to follow the riffing if I zone out for a minute (usually listen on my commute). But other people seem to love those so ymmv.
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Count me in as another that considers WHM as their favorite podcast.thrawn527 posted:The Flophouse I've just never gotten into. They seem to hate actually discussing the movie at all, and try to get through that part as quickly as they can, so they can get to their other sections, like that one guy singing lovely songs. At least in the couple of episodes I tried. I listened to The Flop House for about a year, before I just got tired of all their "antics." I don't quite remember what was the straw that broke my back but yeah, I just unceremoniously deleted it and went on my way. I do have to wonder why some of these 2+ hour podcats that have multiple distinct segments like that don't just do that and segment it into a multiple part episode?
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I'm listening to their episode on the Fantastic Four adaptations, so far, it's pretty good. Definitely very informative, and nowhere near as grating as HDTGM or The Flop House. Also, thanks for the recommendations for other podcasts. Much appreciated.
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I'm pretty sure the Fantastic Four episode gave birth to one of my favorite WHM characters, LG Yahoo.
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WHM is also one of the few podcasts I listen to where I actually repeat listen to old episodes. I don’t think that would be the case if the guys weren’t as on-point with their discussions.
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And prescient. RIP Paul Walker.
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Fezz posted:I'll add Blank Check with Griffin and David to the list. I listened to the first few episodes and I'm enjoying it so far, but does that one guy settle down with the Seth Romatelli impression at any point?
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My friend who reccomended We Hate Movies way back when recently reccomended The Last Podcast on the Left and it's similarly entertaining.
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Fart City posted:WHM is also one of the few podcasts I listen to where I actually repeat listen to old episodes. I don’t think that would be the case if the guys weren’t as on-point with their discussions. It's part of the reason I donate on patreon for them. I even listen to the backcatalog constantly at work. I usually listen to new episodes multiple times throughout the week they come out due to not paying full attention which is really unusual for me. I think the lack of pandering to the audience helps but even their reoccurring bits seem more organic.
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What was the episode where they had a bit with like either a really bad actor or really bad CG and they imitate George Lucas, after several episodes in a row of doing the Sebulba bit, desperately apologizing to Sebulba because no one would hire him or something like that
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Calaveron posted:What was the episode where they had a bit with like either a really bad actor or really bad CG and they imitate George Lucas, after several episodes in a row of doing the Sebulba bit, desperately apologizing to Sebulba because no one would hire him or something like that It's gotta be a really early episode, because the Sebulba bits have been there in episodes longer than I have been subscribed, which was like December 2014 or something
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The Film Sack is the only other movie podcast that I can stand to listen to, but even then only in small doses. http://filmsack.com
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He doesn't appear that often but my favorite character they do has to be Dahmer. Lose it every time. Has he appeared recently? I've missed a few episodes.
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There’s an amazing bit about Chris Cabin’s... unique... prank call method on The Jerky Boys episode.
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I would have never expected Cabin to be such a prank call fanatic. The Jerky Boys were a bit before my time and even in the age of Napster I didn't care much for a lot of those amateur prank call mp3s but the WHM talking about obscure Jerky Boy rip offs got me thinking about all the two-bit Jackass ripoffs my friend showed me as a teen and how awful they were.
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Fart City posted:There’s an amazing bit about Chris Cabin’s... unique... prank call method on The Jerky Boys episode. Greatest username post combo I've seen in months.
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DoubleCakes posted:got me thinking about all the two-bit Jackass ripoffs my friend showed me as a teen and how awful they were. Kenny Rogers was an artist, how dare you
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Death Wish 5 is one of their best episodes. I was rewinding the part about Eric wanting the movie to just be Bronson having sex for 90 minutes. Their Oscar episodes are great too. I like Andrew and Cabin’s expert opinions about best foreign films and documentaries.
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Tender Bender posted:The episodes I like the least are the ones about run of the mill 80s action movies or comedies, not the big ones but like forgettable trash that you might have seen on TBS fifteen years ago. I just don't really find them interesting, the movies themselves are so dumb and generic that it's hard to follow the riffing if I zone out for a minute (usually listen on my commute). But other people seem to love those so ymmv. I think their weakest episodes are the worst of the previous year episodes, since they are more fresh in their mind, and they always play up their anger more than the average episode. There's a certain joy and energy to the episodes of something they saw a hundred times on cable as kids. Like, The Jerky Boy is perfect WHM material because it's an extremely time and place specific movie that could have only been made in the early nineties, of something as niche as prank phone calls. They have an extra connection to stuff like that, which they don't with recent trash. I still thought all their Worst of 2017 episodes were really strong though, even if they didn't do Book Of Henry.
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Anyone know which episode the Christopher Lambert punch card comes up in? Highlander 2?
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charismaslover posted:Anyone know which episode the Christopher Lambert punch card comes up in? Highlander 2? Probably Mortal Kombat.
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Catfishenfuego posted:You might like Switchblade Sisters as well, it's a film critic and female film maker talking about the filmmaker's favourite genre film. Really in-depth discussion and often an interesting look into Hollywood gender politics. I second the rec for Switchblade sisters. I really enjoyed the recent ep on Night of the Comet. I've also started listening to the war movie podcast Friendly Fire. They talk more about the politics of the films and how accurate the films are to the periods and conflicts they depict.
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Jerk McJerkface posted:Probably Mortal Kombat. It's definitely not that one because I've listened to it like a dozen times.
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Oh man, I really want to see them live do Jason X. But, I'm not sure if I want to drive 6 hours for it.
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charismaslover posted:Anyone know which episode the Christopher Lambert punch card comes up in? Highlander 2? It is highlander 2
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