For the second week in a row, I bring you an episode live from Casa del Hatter (though thankfully this time, both the guest and I are much more awake).

I’ve been looking forward to bringing this particular guest in for some time now as he has been a great source of support for me over the last seven or eight months. It’s always great to have people around that are that encouraging…and even greater when they are people you work with every day.

There isn’t a whole lot of analysis this week, just a whole lot of two dudes geeking out over a cool movie. However, with the topic at hand I don’t think I would have wanted it any other way.

Here’s what’s in store in episode fifty-six…

Runtime
69 minutes, 10 seconds

Up for Discussion

1. Introduction
2. KNOW YOUR ENEMY– Q& A with this week’s guest Tim Rideout from The Mind Reels. (3:14)
3. COME TALK TO ME – Fielding some listener feedback on favorite action sequences (14:15)
4. THE NEW SLANG – Review and reaction of THE RAID: REDEMPTION (24:41)
5. THE BEST OF YOU: Ryan and Tim discuss their top five action films.  (38:40)

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14 Replies to “Episode 56”

  1. That was a lot of fun! Still not a fan of my voice, so hopefully it doesn’t scare any of your listeners away!
    We’ll totally have to return the favor and have you sit down with Sue and I and do a show for The Mind Reels

    1. I would do so happily sir, I’m likewise hoping to gather you both later this summer for a brunch episode of my own. This was good times, so thanks again!

  2. RE: Documentaries

    Over the last 2-3 years ago my love of documentaries have blossomed. I attribute this partly to the fact that one of the final courses I took for my Film Studies degree was “Studies in the Documentary.”

    Saw a film at Hot Docs for the first time last year, plan on going again this year. In addition, I saw no less than four documentaries at TIFF last year and even named one of them (Paradise Lost 3) my favourite film of the festival.

    I’ve embraced the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema when it reopened a few weeks ago and I plan to see plenty of docs there on a semi-regular basis.

    Finally, I have an on again/off again column on my blog called “The Sunday Afternoon Netflix Documentary,” where I literally spend a Sunday afternoon watching a documentary on Netflix and then writing my thoughts on it.

    So yeah, I like documentaries. 😛

  3. I was a bit wondering for a while where you were going with the “guy movie” thing, but it turned out fine eventually. No hastened conclusions about women not liking action movies, thank you for that!

    Re: documentaries – I love them and would like to see more. The troublesome thing is that there are so many of them out there and they all have so small distribution. So it’s hard to find focal points that “everyone” is talking about and once there is such a movie, you can bet that I won’t find a way to see that one anyway since it hasn’t been launched in Sweden.

    In the beginning of this year I finally caught up with Senna, which turned out to be fantastic, even for a non-motorsport fan like me. But I have yet to find Project Nim or Bobby Fisher against the world. 🙁
    I will keep bugging my library about buying them. They haven’t been up at any theatre here and they’re not available for rental.

    1. I know far too many women who are into action movies to ever go down the “guy movie” road. I only asked it with this one because of what I noticed in my own screening, and what I’ve heard from others who have gone to screenings as well.

  4. I am now going to do my best to line up investors so you can make “Freaky Marlin 3D” (because it HAS to be in 3D). Although, this probably won’t actually happen so don’t you get your hopes too high. (Also, “Titanic” is a BRILLIANT film, in spite of its dialogue. And that’s all I have to say on the matter.)

    When it comes to documentaries I will say that I do not watch near as many of them as I do regular film and that’s just because my tastes slant in that direction. That said, I always find myself loving Werner Herzog’s documentaries and that’s because he so often goes beyond the talking-heads, information-relay format to truly give it his auteur slant and make it something cinematic. There’s just something different and welcoming about the way he approaches them.

  5. Good show, Ryan. You guys covered most of the great action movies, and it was a fun conversation.

    I’m a big fan of documentaries, but I’m sad to admit that I don’t watch as many of them as I’d like. Every time that I watch a really good one, I kick myself and ask “why don’t I watch more documentaries?” Somehow it doesn’t sink in, though, and I end up missing a lot of the big ones. That said, it’s always great to see them covered on podcasts.

    1. Thanks Dan – of course if I’d done just a little bit more research, I would have been able to tell people that THE RAID is going to be playing Action-Fest in Ashville, NC this weekend…especially since I’m pretty sure I still have a listener or two in NC.

  6. Speaking up as a girl who really liked THE RAID. We actually went the week it opened here in LA (the same weekend that Hunger Games opened, which meant we watched Hunger Games the next week, heh), after being pumped up for it by Kurt and Bob’s reviews. Had a great time with it. I’m glad you didn’t go too stereotypical with the “guy movie” thing and did allow for girls who like movies like this, but on the other hand, I observed the same phenomenon as you in terms of demographics – I’m pretty sure I was the only girl in the theatre when we watched it. Now, that might’ve been exacerbated by Hunger Games releasing the same weekend. But still.

    I think it’s reductive to say “it’s a guy film,” but at the same time, anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that it is, with the requisite exceptions that prove the rule. I dunno.

    1. See – I should have had you on the show!

      I’m not so fussed about the term “guy movie” (for the same reason I don’t like the term “chick flick”). Sure, there are movies that seem to be marketing for a particular demographic, but people like what they like, right? I *am* curious why the crowds coming out to THE RAID have been 90% male. What’s keeping away all the female action fans?

      I was encouraged by the film’s staggered release, giving it a chance to build word-of-mouth, but why the studio decided that it needed to try to open opposite the HUNGER GAMES juggernaut is beyond me.

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