Ryan McNeil
Like clockwork.
It seems like every six months or so, I go to record an episode of this show and get met with catastrophic technical difficulties. You’d think that after three years of this gig I’d have it all figured out by now…but what can I say?
The good news is that I am lucky enough to have some really great friends who drop by to do this song & dance with me, so when things do go wrong, they’re nothing but supportive and help me rebuild things…often better than it was originally!
So while I start teaching myself some new steps to the process, and say a few prayers to whatever deity lords over my MacBook Pro, take a listen to this barnburner of an episode.
Here’s what’s in store in episode seventy-seven…
Runtime
61 minutes
Up for Discussion
1. Introduction
2. KNOW YOUR ENEMY– Q& A with this week’s guest Steve Johnston (1:42)
3. COME TALK TO ME – Fielding some listener feedback on highly anticipated 2013 films (14:36)
4. THE NEW SLANG – Review and reaction to ZERO DARK THIRTY (25:06)
5. THE OTHER SIDE pt 1 – Steve couples BLACK HAWK DOWN (45:28)
6. THE OTHER SIDE pt 2 – Ryan couples STRANGE DAYS (51:39)
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Hell Boy II didn’t “get rid of” David Hyde Pearce. He was hired in the first place (by the studio) to overdub Doug Jones (since he was apparently more well known). However, Pearce refused to be credited (since he did not want to overshadow Jones).
As such, Jones got to use his own voice in the sequel.
Also, the Cornetto colour for The World’s End is green.
THERE’S A SPIKE JONZE MOVIE COMING OUT THIS YEAR??? WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THAT??? THE INTERNET APPARENTLY ISN’T DOING ITS JOB.
Great ep man.
As to your question for the following ep….
What’s an underrated Best Picture Winner?
I’m going to go ahead and nominate Million Dollar Baby. Maybe I’m making this up due to a lot of current Clint Eastwood fatigue (that’s what I’m calling it), but I feel like too many people were drinking the Aviator kool-aid that year. MDB was great and deserved it all that year.
You want a defense of an Oscar winner? I’ll defend an Oscar winner that’s always getting picked on, even though I’m pretty sure you won’t like it.
Shakespeare In Love. I will stand up and defend Shakespeare In Love over Saving Private Ryan. It’s not that I dislike Saving Private Ryan, though I definitely have some qualms with it, but that I think, plainly, Shakespeare In Love told its story better. But even if the argument is boiled down to which one was the more “important” film, as is so often the case, I will say that Shakespeare In Love, in its own way, IS important. At its core it’s a rom com but in the end it goes to show how the written word can take the most significant people of our lives and allow them to live forever.
Also, I love Black Hawk Down too. Always have, always will. And I’m generally anti-Bruckheimer.
So, McNeil, what’d you think of the soundtrack from Strange Days? I have fond memories of that film (but haven’t watched it since the theatres).
I’m with Ryan on ZDT. I haven’t written my review yet, but I may very well end up on 5/5. And I definitely would like to see it again.
Regarding your question: I’ve never understood the backlash against Forrest Gump. That was one of the things that surprised me most when I entered the film blogosphere and started to realize that you were supposed to hate that film. I think it’s very funny, touching and has a lovely performance by Tom Hanks. Magic realism at its best.