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The thing that annoys me the most about HDTGM is that they seem to think that weird, unique, and fun moments that the filmmakers have chosen aren't intentional. Like they'll watch Death Spa and seem to come at it from the perspective that it's somehow accidental that the whole thing is a big fun gory camp comedy that knows exactly what it's doing and is pulling it off well. It's a weird punching down kind of thing where they assume they're smarter or more sophisticated than the filmmakers because the filmmakers are making "bad" movies, or that they think the filmmakers are always trying to make prestige pictures but somehow whoopsie ended up with Gymkata. It especially annoys me since they're all comics and writers and creators, and they should be celebrating the filmmakers and their interesting choices rather than talking down to them.
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feedmyleg posted:The thing that annoys me the most about HDTGM is that they seem to think that weird, unique, and fun moments that the filmmakers have chosen aren't intentional. Like they'll watch Death Spa and seem to come at it from the perspective that it's somehow accidental that the whole thing is a big fun gory camp comedy that knows exactly what it's doing and is pulling it off well. It's a weird punching down kind of thing where they assume they're smarter or more sophisticated than the filmmakers because the filmmakers are making "bad" movies, or that they think the filmmakers are always trying to make prestige pictures but somehow whoopsie ended up with Gymkata. It especially annoys me since they're all comics and writers and creators, and they should be celebrating the filmmakers and their interesting choices rather than talking down to them. Interesting. I haven't listened to those episodes in a while but I never really got that from them.
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Aug 12, 2020 15:30
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hm yes very normal feelings about a comedy podcast i haven't listened to hdtgm in a long time cause they were only doing live shows for a while, but they probably do less these days. it was fine.
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Aug 12, 2020 15:31
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Not to constantly pimp the podcast, but The Action Boyz does everything right that HDTGM does wrong. I understand that it's better for comedy to have stakes and strong specific angles to approach the subject matter, but it's exactly the attitude of punching down and assuming creative choices are bad that feedmyleg mentioned, and the live format, really killed my interest in the show.I've noticed of taking away some agency from the actresses in certain episodes, which is off-putting. "Oh this woman is so dumb for being in this, she was totally taken advantage of," etc.
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Aug 12, 2020 15:42
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I like gabrus and I like the action boys. Thanks 👍
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Aug 12, 2020 15:46
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This week's HH is also good if you want some insight about how actors approach their characters/creative choices/whether or not they like their toys etc
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Aug 12, 2020 15:48
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Franchescanado posted:Not to constantly pimp the podcast, but The Action Boyz does everything right that HDTGM does wrong. I like both for different reasons. Can you cite a examples of " taking away some agency from the actresses?" I'm not disagreeing I just haven't noticed it. Maybe I just don't generally pay that much attention to episodes.
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Aug 12, 2020 15:59
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The Ape of Naples posted:I like both for different reasons. The episode that made me notice the trend was Chopping Mall, where they talk about Barbara Crampton being tricked into the movie and how she was taken advantage of for being topless in the film, and yet never once referred to her by name, or acknowledged her career as a horror Scream Queen who has always been pretty proud to show off her body.
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Aug 12, 2020 16:05
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Franchescanado posted:The episode that made me notice the trend was Chopping Mall, where they talk about Barbara Crampton being tricked into the movie and how she was taken advantage of for being topless in the film, and yet never once referred to her by name, or acknowledged her career as a horror Scream Queen who has always been pretty proud to show off her body. I hadn’t seen Chopping Mall when I listened to the podcast, so in retrospect, if they had said her name, it would have really put things in a different light.
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Aug 12, 2020 16:47
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Scott is 100% right about Chris Farts's book being big long lists about food and concerts. It gets a little better when he's not listing the entries in Tina's tour journal but it's still very much a slog about 70% of the time.
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Aug 12, 2020 21:16
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And they're 100% wrong about the best song on the album, "Drugs".
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Aug 12, 2020 21:34
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I absolutely love the idea of someone wanting to learn about Talking Heads and hearing Scott's diatribe about horny businessmen shoving corncobs in potentially underage girls' vaginas
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Aug 12, 2020 22:13
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It’s weird to hear the Scotts talking about music that I have an emotional connection to.
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Aug 13, 2020 02:22
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Waterbed Wendy posted:I like gabrus and I like the action boys. Thanks 👍 same
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Aug 13, 2020 15:53
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Today's improv4humans with the anti-mask activists was pretty good.
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Aug 14, 2020 01:39
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They just put out a small trailer for it, Lapkus and Byer do all of Lord of the Rings, starting on the 18th. My god, they are going to hate it. The Hobbit trilogy might kill them if they don't die before.
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Aug 14, 2020 20:58
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Maybe I'll watch along with them, I keep meaning to but it just seems to always end up with me watching FOTR and then not going any further. I've seen that movie too many times now.
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Aug 14, 2020 22:50
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I really wouldn't be able to commit to watching a like three hour movie every week to keep up with the episodes. I was watching along with In Myers We Trust but fell behind at Halloween H20 because I couldn't find a stream and then once I was behind one week the idea of needing to watch multiple movies to catch up was too much but I'll go back to it at some point it's a shame because that podcast is amazing and actually watching the movies makes it so much better with all the notes they take (I listened to all the Jason ones having only ever seen Jason X once like 15 years ago) I even enjoyed most of the Halloweens I watched!!
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Aug 14, 2020 23:27
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Speaking of, I just started listening to In Voorhees We Trust and it rules. Luckily I've seen those movies enough times that I don't need to watch them to follow along (it's kinda making me antsy to rewatch them though) but it's been nice having a 2+ hour podcast that doesn't feel exhausting. Gourley as Jason's lawyer character cracks me up every time.
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Aug 14, 2020 23:40
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LesterGroans posted:Speaking of, I just started listening to In Voorhees We Trust and it rules. Luckily I've seen those movies enough times that I don't need to watch them to follow along (it's kinda making me antsy to rewatch them though) but it's been nice having a 2+ hour podcast that doesn't feel exhausting. I just did a relisten of the first season and it's a really fun podcast for sure. I love that Paul and Matt became good friends. I hope season 3 is Freddy, because their impressions of him are very funny too.
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Aug 16, 2020 14:28
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Don't know why it took me so long to get around to it, but You're the Man Now Dog is indeed a great podcast with a terrible name. If you like I4H but not Matt Besser, give it a listen. It feels a lot like a couple improv podcasts from UCB alums I listened to back in the day that fizzled out.
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Aug 16, 2020 16:30
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YTMND is back and this time it isn't a website, it's a whole rear end podcast. It's pretty funny! The best part of that show is the intro theme by far. It gets stuck in my head all the time. You. Are the man now dog. You are the man. Now. Dog.
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Aug 16, 2020 16:49
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If you're a Teacher's Lounge/Big Grande fan, do not miss the YTMND episode where Jon and Drew guest and they do a single 50 minute scene. It's amazing. "PEEE-YEWWW! IT SMELLS LIKE A SON IS TALKING IN HERE!"
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Aug 16, 2020 18:47
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Action Boyz has taken over my podcasting queue as the number 1 priority listen. It drops early monday morning and its the thing I listen to immediately and its a rare comedy podcast I can relisten to multiple times. Also in retrospect their output is insane. They haven't missed a week for like, 3 years at this point and once they started Shadow Wolves which is their higher tier patreon episode which was a Q&A thing it really just is insane. Their episodes are now averaging like two and a half hours and then with the extra one once a month you get another 2 hours. Its pretty impressive.
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Aug 16, 2020 21:29
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I'm like a month and a half behind on Action Boyz because I wanted to actually watch a few of the recent movies and haven't had the chance, and I know that if I listen to an episode on a movie I'm less invested in I'll spoil a dozen callbacks and new running jokes for myself. Gwildor.
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Aug 16, 2020 22:33
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JethroMcB posted:I'm like a month and a half behind on Action Boyz because I wanted to actually watch a few of the recent movies and haven't had the chance, and I know that if I listen to an episode on a movie I'm less invested in I'll spoil a dozen callbacks and new running jokes for myself. I still wish I could join Action Boyz if I weren't violently poor.
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Aug 16, 2020 23:41
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I'm in the middle of the Mr Majestyk episode and they are on fire. Stanger describing Bronson's mustache as two sardines laying on top of his lip was magnificent. And god I would love to see Rodgers perform some sort of one-man monologue as Bronson.
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spoilers for today's action boyz: stanger watched the wrong movie and doesn't find out until after they do the cold open and then say the name of the movie. made me laugh a lot.
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cams posted:spoilers for today's action boyz: This is why they don't give Stanger kisses
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Leave Stanger alone!
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Aug 18, 2020 14:19
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That's not my voice, Action Boyz. Thizz izz my voithe.
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Laterite posted:I'm in the middle of the Mr Majestyk episode and they are on fire. Stanger describing Bronson's mustache as two sardines laying on top of his lip was magnificent. And god I would love to see Rodgers perform some sort of one-man monologue as Bronson. This just reminded me that Wiley is a gigantic smokeshow 💨 And I'm a smokeshow buff
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Beth Stelling is fantastic on HH this week. The last three times I've heard her on a podcast she's been extremely tired and would have to keep apologizing for yawning while the hosts were talking, so when I saw her name I thought "This is gonna be great, Hayes and Sean are going to lose their poo poo when their guest starts yawning uncontrollably while they do bits," but man she really threw me for a loop this time. A HH first. Unless you count Cody wandering off to crap in the middle of the show, or was that I4H?
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Aug 18, 2020 17:34
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That was every show Cody engineered. It's a good ep.
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Waterbed Wendy posted:YTMND is back and this time it isn't a website, it's a whole rear end podcast. It's pretty funny! The best part of that show is the intro theme by far. It gets stuck in my head all the time. In related "Big Grande projects with sick theme songs" news, I highly recommend watching all the episodes of How Ya Been? on Jon Mackey's twitch stream. Here's the first ep with Ryan Rosenberg
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Aug 18, 2020 22:42
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Teen Pope holds up
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Oh nice, the unofficial stitcher RSS isn't updating today and I can't even download previous episodes.
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ArtVandelay posted:Oh nice, the unofficial stitcher RSS isn't updating today and I can't even download previous episodes. Are you on the new one at unofficialfeeds.com?
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Last week's How Did This Get Played Premium DLC is an all-timer. One of those episodes where they maybe had "Video Game Oscars?" written down in an idea doc and immediately before recording said "Yeah, let's just go with Game Oscars, we can do 30 minutes with that."
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JethroMcB posted:Last week's How Did This Get Played Premium DLC is an all-timer. One of those episodes where they maybe had "Video Game Oscars?" written down in an idea doc and immediately before recording said "Yeah, let's just go with Game Oscars, we can do 30 minutes with that." just a fuckin gong show from start to finish, and it was incredible
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