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No proper writ-up this week as I was really lazy and forgot to time-code everything and make notes while we recorded.
We went through the usual topics of What We've Been Watching and Terrible Movie Challenge (Disaster Movie is F*@king awful and the worst movie I've ever seen) .
Then Travis and I set Superman Returns against Man of Steel. We argue our cases as to which is the better movie. We also have some thought about what DC/Warner should do if BvS: DoJ fails.
What We've Been Watching (00:00:00 - 00:44:03)
• Lucifer TV series: Based on the masterpiece comic series by Mike Carrey, it was spawned after Neil Gaiman's Sandman run where Lucifer Morningstar quits being the King of Hell.
The comic series was a fantastic look at Lucifer away from Hell and what his true intentions were, are and will be. It is also littered with wonderful and wonderfully complex characters such as Mazikeen. Herein lies he first truly grotesque alteration to the show... They cast a beautiful woman in the role of Mazikeen and the first time you meet her, she's apparently receiving oral sex. This is totally at odds to her character in the comics where she is literally facially deformed (she wears a half-mask) but she is confident and powerful. She is then "fixed" and given a beautiful face which she completely hates, considers herself ugly from then on and it's a huge personal issue for her to understand and overcome. So casting a beautiful woman without the mask is rubbish!
I only got to watch the first episode, but this show has a serious up-hill struggle to win me over. I'll give it two more episodes and see how it progresses.
• X Files Season 10: What is going on with this new season?! The pilot worked generally rather well at re-introducting X Files and updating the concept for a more cynical era. Then episode 2 went into a more Fringe-esque area with genetic manipulation. Ok but lacking the joy of Fringe or the engagement of the characters. Then came episode 3 (as it so often does) and with it an entirely comical episode featuring Rhys Darby from Flight of the Conchords. Milder has a crisis of "faith" and Scully seemingly steals a dog. Weirdness. Sticking with the 3-episode rule... I don't know if I will go back to finish the season.
• Damien TV series: a continuation story from The Omen movies. So far there's only the pilot episode and it's not great. But at the same time, I am still curious about how it will progress. Bradley James is a charming and likeable actor, so it's going to be interesting to see him either embrace The Beast or fight against it as Damien. One of the biggest challenges I had with the first episode was that it was very heavy handed in its approach to atmosphere-building and any sense of dread. Loud, deep moaning Latin "song" being used to build fear, dread and suspense may have worked for the original movies, but it seems old and cheap now. Likewise, there was a little CGI usage, but they were clearly working on a budget and it looks rather tacky and student-project. Basically I feel that the first episode was poorly handled and executed but the pure concept of the show has me intrigued.
A sequel series to a dated gothic shocker franchise.
• The Division - Xbox One: Ubisoft have released a MMORPG-like game in The Division that seems to be in a similar vein to Destiny and WoW, but with some (not all) of the pitfalls that plagued those games early on, overcome. Set in New York after a deadly new form of the Small Pox virus has ravaged the land. You are a Division agent activated to assist in reclaiming NY from looters, gangs and general no-gooders. But with a heavy emphasis on online play. I'm not an online multi-player gamer by any stretch of the imagination. But Ubisoft continually promoting that The Division could be played solo, I jumped in straight away. I'm surprised by how intensely I want to sample the PvP Dark Zone of this game. But I have decided to run through as much of the solo game as possible before going into the Dark Zone.
• Suits: It's gets worse. People comparing it to Mad Men are totally wrong. The characters are kind of interesting but they're not really doing anything exciting or original moving onwards. A bit paint by numbers.
• 11:22:63: completely lost control of the story arc in the book. James Franco is hugely entertaining and the time travel is interesting. It's only ok.
• 10 Cloverfield Lane: anthology of sorts to Cloverfield. Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Goodman star in a very psychological thriller. Mary is a fantastic performance but Goodman is the show-stealer. A chilling and compelling story. The end is perhaps the weakest part but it is totally worth your money.
We also have a discussion about the Civil War trailer that dropped this week.
Terrible Movie Challenge Review: (00:44:04 - 01:09:18)
"You mean I'm never gonna live this movie down?!"
Travis watched one of the very worst Superhero movies to even be created... Shaquille O'Neil in Steel. For the uninitiated, Steel is a DC comics superhero who was so inspired by Superman that he strove to be the very best Man he could.
Meanwhile, the next Terrible movie to watch is Disaster Movie (2008) And thanks to Portland losing, Georgehas to watch it for next week.
We are also changing how we do the Terrible Movie Challenge. We're gonna reveal the Terrible Movie and then play to see who will have to watch it. The first Terrible Movie in the new set up will be playing for Dragonball Evolution.
Topic of Discussion: (01:09:19 - 01:41:15)
Hollywood Superstars. Do we still need them? That's the question. The answer is, as is normal with the G&T Podcast, meandering and not easily explained.
* What we've been watching.
- The Ninth Gate; Archer; Extant: The Leftovers
- Better Call Saul; The Walking Dead; 11:22:63
(00:00:00-00:30:00)
* Terrible Movie Challenge continues with Travis watching Pluto Nash. The bet this week is from the world of MMA: Royce Gracie vs Ken Shamrock. George chose Ken (former WWE wrestler) Shamrock. Because of a low blow, George has to watch Invasion USA with Chuck Norris
(00:30:01-00:48:33)
* The Guttenberg Season concludes with Diner (1982). A tour de force of (then) upcoming actors. The new season will be a People of Politics/Elections. Our first movie is the wonderful, Wag the Dog.y
(00:48:44-01:16:59)
* This week's Topic of Discussion is on the subject of Piracy.
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Hey guys,
We are fast approaching the end of our Steve Guttenberg Season. What we want to know is...
"What shall our next season be?"
The problem is choice.
We have a few options Travis and I have been throwing around, but we want to get your thoughts.
Our next season could be David Lynch, Tom Hanks comedies, best actor/actress winner roles, movies with 'age' in the title. If it's inspiring/interesting then let us know!
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Welcome to the notes for G&T Podcast Episode 43.
What we've been watching:
George: Archer; Leap Year; Penny Dreadful; Just Cause 3 (still)
Travis: Trumbo; Our Man In Tehran; Billions (TV show)
Both: Deadpool - our (controversial) thoughts.
Brief mentions of Argo; Haywire; Antman; Bob's Burger's; The X-Men franchise
(00:00:00 - 00:52:29)
Terrible Movie Challenge: Travis' review of Hannah Montana.
We also introduce our new Success equaliser: Paulie Shore! Connect Shore! Travis must now watch Pluto Nash!
(00:52:30 - 01:05:45)
Guttenberb Season: Cocoon
We are going to watch Diner by Barry Levinson earning a rating of 7.2 on IMDb.
(01:05:46 - 01:26:08)
Topic of Discussion: Reboots; Sequels; Spins-offs etc...
(01:26:09 - 02:07:59)
Hey guys,
Because Travis and I want to be some of the coolest kids this side of the Yarra (it's a river in Australia for those of you not down with river systems of the world), there is gonna be a slight delay on the newest episode of G&T Podcast.
we are making sure to watch Deadpool. The Merc With The Mouth demands our attention.
In this week's upcoming episode, George (@thefriedbrain) and Travis discuss reboots, remakes, sequels, prequels and everything in-between.
When is it ok? Are there any "banned" properties?
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• What we've been watching
Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; Daredevil; Seven Deadly Sins; Agent Carter season 2; Legends of Tomorrow; Room; Hateful Eight.
(00:00:00-00:31:20)
• The Terrible Movie Challenge continues with Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas.
This weeks bet is on The Groundhog. Travis must watch Hannah Montana: The Movie.
(00:31:21-00:44:00)
• Three Men and a Baby is the next stop in our Steve Guttenberg season.
(00:44:01-01:08:09)
• Then we discuss what it would likely take to creat a successful movie based on a computer game as well as some of our hopes for future adaptations:
(01:08:10-00:00:00)
• Our viewing habits.
X-Files: Re:Opened; The Voices.
(00:00:00 - 00:26:59)
• George's review of Atlas Shrugged: Part One as well as the new challenge. Saving Christmas is George's new Terrible Movie.
(00:27:00 - 00:52:40)
• We wander into the deadly theme of religious movies and TV. Noah, God's Not Dead, Passion of The Christ.
(00:52:41 - 00:59:04)
• Guttenberg Season continues with Short Circuit. Travis then challenges George to fan-fic the shit out of a sequel for Short Circuit!
(00:59:05 - 01:22:00)
After losing last week's Terrible Movie Challenge, George has to watch Ed.
Considering it is on iTunes, we can assume that it is either:
1) Better than Caffeine
2) Comically worse than Caffeine
3) A programmer at iTunes has an odd sense of humour
The question isn't if it'll be any good, but will it still be better than Spice World or Caffeine?
This Week’s Terrible Movie Challenge comes from the wonderful world of Argentinian Basketball. Sionista Vs Quimsa.
In this week's thrilling episode...
Travis is challenged to watch Gogglebox.
George has a few suggestions for new directors and actors to take over Indiana Jones
George and Travis delivery their review for Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever. The review itself may be better than the movie.
Finally, George and Travis offer up the chance for you, deal listeners, to choose which of the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" they will watch for next weeks episode.
In this weeks episode we get carried away discussing animation for the adult audience (sorry, not the porn variety). We also gush over the awesomeness of Kill Bill Vol: 1 and set ourselves the wonderfully terrible task of watching Ecks Vs Sever.
Then after the break (yeah, we've included a break in the show!), we have our first ever special guest, Trudi Rawnsley. Travis asks us about the first games that grabbed us by the balls and wouldn't let us go.
Finally, George poses the question of what does the future hold for computer games, the eco-systems they foster and where in the world does Nintendo fit in?
As always, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions about the show, we would love to hear from you!
In this episode George and Travis review the classic, Total Recall and set up the next Terrible Movie... Batman and Robin
In this episode our intrepid heroes discuss what movies they've been watching and the merits of TV verses movies. We also nominate two rarely seen movies that we feel you should watch... The Brothers Bloom and Triangle.
Finally, we begin setting out a plan for forthcoming episodes.
In this episode we introduce ourselves and get side-tracked by topics as diverse as:
George's forthcoming comic series, "Volition",
Travis' first encounters with comics,
The MCU and DCU movies,
Showing respect to source material,
Paying respect to Kevin Smith for showing us the way,
We pitch an idea for Michael Bay's "The Bible",
Philip K Dick,
Nicholas Cage,
World War Z,
The Wire,
The future of Spiderman and what we'd like to see them do,
Will we ever get a full Marvel Character roster including X-Men?
Does gender matter for lead roles?
Director Cuts
...and...
Are we about to see the computer game movie renaissance?
Wow we really get around in this episode.
