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This week, we've got our LEGO Movie episode up - our first new release for which we have both a Fresh Pour and a regular episode! Here, we just about melt the cold. black heart of Old Man Jared, and make an awesome cocktail involving fruity LEGO ice.
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Hewlett posted:This week, we've got our LEGO Movie episode up - our first new release for which we have both a Fresh Pour and a regular episode! Here, we just about melt the cold. black heart of Old Man Jared, and make an awesome cocktail involving fruity LEGO ice.
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Jun 26, 2014 21:05
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MadScientistWorking posted:I thought the intention and theme of the Cloud cuckoo land was the fact that it was a mish mosh of discarded garbage that the father just gave to placate the kid. Even the main character from that land evoked the fact that she was just two separate Lego sets thrown together. Yeah, I was never personally satisfied with the others' opinions that "Cloudcuckooland was Fin's box of toys, so why did he have to mess up his Dad's stuff?" so I definitely see where you're coming from. At the same time, if part of the message of the movie is that you can do whatever crazy idea that comes to mind with LEGO, what is the problem with Unikitty being two separate sets thrown together? It's this kind of plurality (which, in the case of this movie, I don't necessarily see as contradictory) that is interesting to talk about in the movie.
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Jun 26, 2014 21:30
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Jared's point that the film is anti-business isn't quite right, it's against an 8-year-old's idea of what business is. Commerce is what takes his dad away and gets him frustrated, which is why Lord Business says all those grumpy old man things about trophies and whatnot. And the support of commercialism is because buying LEGO means happy playtime, hopefully with his dad. A lot of the alleged muddled-ness of movie is really straightened out when you look at it through Finn's eyes. (though it can also be a cop-out for criticism) And the punishment shots have gotten far more punishing over the course of this show. General Ironicus fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Jun 26, 2014 |
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Jun 26, 2014 22:24
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We've got our episode on The Patriot up now, because America and gently caress you, that's why.
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Jul 4, 2014 19:58
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Nothing more American than this: http://imgur.com/a/GBr1K The air fresheners are the worst thing I've ever smelled, and a utensil kit for the grill I don't own is the perfect compliment to that movie I'll never see. As you can see there are 3 corncob holders, for your one-and-a-half ears of corn. Contests are fun!
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Jul 12, 2014 02:01
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Hey, which episodes were you on Ironicus, cuase the site doesn't have a search function. Thanks in advance.
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Jul 19, 2014 00:49
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? Sucker Punch Godzilla vs. Mothra The Breakfast Club Silent Hill Dungeons & Dragons (this one is me predicting the future)
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Jul 19, 2014 01:13
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General Ironicus posted:Dungeons & Dragons (this one is me predicting the future) Why be on the Dungeons and Dragons episode when you could be on the episode about Dungeons & Dragons 3: The Book of Vile Darkness?
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Jul 19, 2014 01:37
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General Ironicus posted:O Brother, Where Art Thou? So the only ones you are in that is on itunes are the Silent hill and Godzilla ones? Sigh
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Jul 19, 2014 01:42
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Herr Tog posted:So the only ones you are in that is on itunes are the Silent hill and Godzilla ones? Sigh Sorry bout that - XML files will only be read on iTunes if they're below 512k, so I have to cap them at a certain number of results. You can still download or stream the episodes archived on our website - the 'All Episodes' page will still have them. 
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Jul 19, 2014 01:57
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Why must free entertainment be so hard...
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Jul 19, 2014 02:09
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New lineup is up! 5-Aug 150 150TH EPISODE SPECIAL: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 12-Aug 151 SHARK WEEK SPECIAL: Deep Blue Sea 19-Aug 152 Dune 26-Aug 153 Sleuth (1973) 2-Sep 154 Hard Candy 9-Sep 155 UHF 16-Sep 156 The Horse Whisperer 23-Sep 157 Wargames 30-Sep 158 HORROR OCTORBOR: Nightmare on Elm Street 3* 7-Oct 159 Saw III 14-Oct 160 The Omen III: The Final Conflict 21-Oct 161 Paranormal Activity 3 28-Oct 162 Halloween III: Season of the Witch *That's right, for our third Horror Octorbor it's all the third parts of several different horror franchises.
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Jul 27, 2014 05:55
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I may be devastatingly alone in saying this but Dune is better than Return of the Jedi. Excited for the episode. Also, UHF!
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Jul 27, 2014 08:35
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Hewlett posted:New lineup is up! Nice! I've had to skip a lot of your episodes lately due to not having seen the movies, but I've seen almost everything on this list. Any chance you'll ever do Spring Breakers? I can't get enough of hearing people talk about that movie. I know you like it but I'm kind of curious what Jared would think of it. I can't remember if I've ever made an official request on the website or not.
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Skeevy Mcgee posted:Nice! I've had to skip a lot of your episodes lately due to not having seen the movies, but I've seen almost everything on this list. Man, I'd really love to do Spring Breakers, and I'm curious what he would think of it too. Anymore, I really try to stop hyping up movies because Jared can get curmudgeonly when people do that, but I definitely wouldn't mind trying it. Usually, it takes a pretty good reason to get us to do a movie I've already done a writeup for (and Spring Breakers was my very first Fresh Pour). SCHEDULE UPDATE: We might replace Sleuth with a different movie if we get to do a live episode at Wizard World Chicago, and Nathan Rabin (the author of Weird Al: The Book) is definitely good to go for our UHF episode.
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Jul 28, 2014 03:24
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TrixRabbi posted:I may be devastatingly alone in saying this but Dune is better than Return of the Jedi. Excited for the episode. I unabashedly love Dune to the fact that I remember staying up really, really late a couple times while spending the night at a friend's house to catch the 3+ hour version of the film. I know I've seen a version with the sandworm drowning. Hewlett, I haven't forgotten about my promise to write up a rebuttal to your "negative" review of The Black Hole. I've just been pretty swamped with work. Once it is done, you can laugh on air about my sperging out over that film. 
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Jul 29, 2014 02:35
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DarkSol posted:I unabashedly love Dune to the fact that I remember staying up really, really late a couple times while spending the night at a friend's house to catch the 3+ hour version of the film. I know I've seen a version with the sandworm drowning. Can't wait to see it! I do still have an unabashed love for the crazy risks the movie takes, I just still think it's pretty boring until the big red robot kills Norman Bates. I'm also contemplating a Twitter poll to see which version of Dune people want us to see - we'll just watch the theatrical cut unless we get enough votes/RTs to justify watching the extended cut.
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Jul 29, 2014 04:23
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Here's a special treat for those listeners who have enjoyed us for 150 episodes and counting (until it inevitably gets taken down): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlGhoyzkBuI
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Aug 8, 2014 22:57
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Oh wow, really looking forward to Dune (I hope you're going for the hyper-long extended edition, with the ten-minute "how to ride the worm" scene!), War Games and UHF. Horror October is going to be a wild ride, though I am slightly disappointed you're not going to be covering Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth, aka one of the goofiest, most 90s horror movies ever made.
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Gertrude Perkins posted:Horror OctoRber is going to be a wild ride FTFY  I finally have free time and reliable internet instead of a stupid USB stick as of August 15th, so I get to watch more movies and listen to the podcast again! Woo! Also excited about Dune. I love the book and last saw the movie when I was like 14 and remember it being weird but cool.
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Slice of life: So we're a no-go for the CFCA  . Basically, by virtue of the drinking games gimmick, they can't really let us join, as it's "not the kind of serious-minded film criticism we're looking for." Apart from that, he just had a couple notes about editing my writeups a bit/cutting out redundancies in my writing (feedback I was genuinely thankful for), and just said we cover a lot of older titles (which is the podcast in general, but doesn't apply to my new releases writing). He heavily encouraged me to apply again, but I got the impression that Alcohollywood, by sheer virtue of its concept, would never make it into the CFCA.
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Hewlett posted:Slice of life: So we're a no-go for the CFCA ... LET'S KICK EM IN THE BALLS
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You fuckers, I watched Clifford before listening to your podcast about it. That Dinosaur World scene is gonna give me some nightmares. Also I was expecting that the camera was going to pan out, and the world would have some smoking craters with Clifford's name in them or something, because that was the only thing that would have felt like it followed from what happened before.
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Aug 13, 2014 22:31
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The Vosgian Beast posted:You fuckers, I watched Clifford before listening to your podcast about it. That Dinosaur World scene is gonna give me some nightmares. That would have been far preferable to the ending we got. In the meantime, our latest episode is up - This time, we decided to take on Deep Blue Sea. Take a listen for some dramatic readings off the top by yours truly, some discussion as to the thought process behind the naming of evil corporations, and the idea that LL Cook J knows he's in a killer shark movie.
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Aug 14, 2014 21:05
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Nathan Rabin joins us again to talk UHF, since he literally wrote the book on Weird Al. Another casual conversation, as usual, but we get into a tangent involving George Newman plagiarizing Weird Al Yankovic that one commenter has already called "Flop House-worthy," so I'll take it as a compliment. Sidenote: It's a really weird (read: awesome) feeling to have someone you're a big fan of be a big fan of yours as well.
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 UPDATE! We've got our lineup figured out for the next three months - pretty drat excited: 11/6: My Favorite Year (1982) 11/13: Last Action Hero (1993) (w/Nathan Rabin) 11/20: A Cry in the Dark (1988) 11/27: Samurai Cop (1991) 12/4: The Postman (1997) 12/11: Paprika (2006) 12/18: CONNICKUH SPECIAL: Copycat (1995) 12/24: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: Rare Exports (2010) 1/1: 15 Minutes (2001) 1/8: The Princess Bride (1987) 1/15: City Lights (1931) (w/Peter Sobscynzki) 1/22: Detention (2011) 1/29: Legend (1985)
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Oh man that's some fun stuff. Also Some Sort of Goblin is my favorite thing about Octorbor.
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Nov 3, 2014 20:29
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weekly font posted:Oh man that's some fun stuff. We're kind of surprised/relieved at how well Goblin has gone over, so that's great to hear. I'm glad we were able to help him find love. 
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Nov 3, 2014 20:33
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I was all excited for Paprika because I love animation and not enough movie podcasts ever bother with it. Then I saw Detention on the list and holy poo poo I can't wait to hear Jared's reaction to that one.
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Nov 3, 2014 20:55
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Apparently Copycat is an "LGBT" movie, or at least Google says so. I'm not sure how, seeing as there's just one random gay best friend in it who doesn't do anything gay and he gets killed in a way that isn't properly Dahmeresque. That episode on Halloween III was excellent. I was chortling and snortling and all the rest of it at the ludicrousness of the halloween masks and that bloody silver shamrock jingle, as well as the reappearance of Some Kind of Goblin.
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You should make the guy who does Some Kind of Goblin a permanent member of the cast and never do anything with the guy who does Some Manner of Detective again.
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Nov 4, 2014 04:25
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Hewlett posted:
Which ones of these will you be in Ironicus?
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Nov 4, 2014 05:53
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You'll have to listen to all of them to find out.
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Nov 5, 2014 22:19
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General Ironicus posted:You'll have to listen to all of them to find out. I give up.
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Nov 10, 2014 05:53
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Herr Tog posted:I give up. Thanks for the support.
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Hewlett posted:12/11: Paprika (2006)
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Nov 30, 2014 01:52
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MadScientistWorking posted:I am so interested in your opinion on this movie because its odd. Thanks! It'll also be Jared's first anime, so you'll get a REALLY fresh perspective from him.
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The AV Club's Best of 2014 Readers' Poll is up, and while we didn't get covered in Podmass yet, we'd love it if you'd pop in and write us in for "The Podcast We Should Cover in 2015." We'll have our Postman episode up either later today or Friday, and it's gonna be a doozy - it's an exhausting movie to watch, so look out for us being a little cranky.
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I have noticed you now include the special guests in the title of the podcast episode. Thank you
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