Ryan McNeil
Just one week later, we have returned.
We’re rolling on short rest this week, mostly in an effort to set up the rest of this fall’s schedule. I suppose I COULD have just waited an extra week after TIFF to get going, but four weeks in between full episodes already seemed so long.
So here you have it. If you already listened to last week’s episode, enjoy the additional content. If you haven’t, then double your pleasure!
I really do want to send out one more word of thanks to this episode’s guest. Not only did she slide into the guest chair with somewhat short-notice, but lordy does she ever bring the goods! Lots of insightful conversation is up for grabs this week, and that doesn’t even count what I had to cut out for time. Really happy that Kate made the trip up to my neck of the woods on a Saturday morning – hopefully I can get her back on the air soon.
So help yourself to some turkey and pumpkin pie and get ready for the Thanksgiving Episode.
Here’s what’s in store in episode ninety-six…
Runtime
74 minutes
Up for Discussion
1. Introduction
2. KNOW YOUR ENEMY– Q& A with this week’s guest Kate Bradford from Kate Has a Blog (2:52)
3. COME TALK TO ME – Fielding some listener feedback that gives thanks (17:01)
4. THE NEW SLANG – Review and reaction to GRAVITY (26:20)
5. THE OTHER SIDE – Kate couples YOUNG ADULT (51:33)
6. THE OTHER SIDE – Ryan couples GROUNDHOG DAY (62:02)
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Thank you again for asking me, I had an absolute BLAST and I hope I do have a chance to do it again 🙂
I saw The Broken Circle Breakdown when it screened for TIFF Members a couple weeks ago. I’m with Kurt on that one (it opens at the Lightbox Nov 8).
Great episode and I have answers to both your questions.
First the Trailer thing, the original trailer to The Social Network with the choir singing Creep over a montage of Facebook turned me off the film a bit because I did not know at the time who was directing it and the idea of a Facebook movie wasn’t really interesting and clips following clips out of context did little to inspire hope.
Secondly the Matrix hold up spectacularly and the reasons for that are baked into the plot. First the Bullet Time is actually tied into the story and isn’t just a slow motion for the sake of the effect. Secondly the Matrix itself is a construct by the Machines own admission of the peak of civilization before machines took over which allows the tech in the time period of the Matrix and the post apocalyptic tech of the future to all be meshed incredibly well into the world.
Can’t listen to the entire episode yet :/
Re: the trailer thing, I have a few recent examples since my memory sucks. Believe it or not but the trailer and the 15000 TV spots for The Avengers had me fooled. I never expected to like it as much as I did. Like the circle pan of the Avengers at the end that had be seen in everything and seemed so lame and then you watch the movie and it’s oh so awesome! Next there is Hugo whose trailer plays out like a kiddy adventure movie, but it’s obviously so much more. And most recently, the trailer of Prisoners which I had actually skipped watching because people kept talking about how it gives the entire movie away. I think the whole crime thriller thing that is shown in the trailer scratches only the surface of what makes the film so compelling.
when it comes to the trailer question i must mention: The first day of the rest of your life. It’s a great french dramedy about a family and the dificulties each member has to deal whith as they reach a new phase of their lives. The trailer is good in a way since it doesn’t reveal much of the plot, which is crucial to the complete enjoyment of the film, however it is incredibly bland and makes it look like bad James L. Broks flick (think Spanglish).