Episode 28: Being There... or somewhere like it.
After a break away, we return to complete our season of Peter Sellers movies with the oft-forgotten classic, Being There. George also delivers his review of the Britney Spears masterpiece... Crossroads.
Episode 27:
Episode 26: We now return you to our presentation
Episode 25: The Mouse That Roared and Supergirl
G&T Podcast Episode 25
What We’ve Been Watching.
Travis’ viewing habits:
Wayward Pines
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2618986/?ref_=nv_sr_1
The Whispers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3487410/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Daredevil
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3322312/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Orange Is The New Black
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2372162/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Watchdogs X-Box One - underwhelming
Steam Sale
South Park: Stick of Truth
George’s viewing habit
The 100
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2661044/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Merlin
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1199099/?ref_=nv_sr_3
Mr Majorium’s Wonder Emporium
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457419/?ref_=nv_sr_1
The Last Man On Earth
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230454/?ref_=nv_sr_2
The Babadook
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2321549/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Comic-Con:
Fear of The Walking Dead
https://youtu.be/yzXglr5bc3w
Han Solo movie and Chris Miller/Phil Lord
Who could be Han Solo?
Simon Pegg
Batman Vs Superman - Jessie Eisenberger
Suicide Squad
https://youtu.be/PLLQK9la6Go
Marvel/DC movies
George Terran’s review of Super-girl (1984)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088206/?ref_=nv_sr_2
Simply put… not good. 1 out of 5 Heigls
The new challenge this week…
George has to watch Simon Sez
Travis drew The Burning Dead
Review of The Mouse That Roared
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053084/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Matt Croft gives a review of Terminator: Gensys
He also delivers his Top Desert Island Movies
1) Back To The Future Part 1
2) Titanic
3) Groundhog Day
4) The Goonies
5) Flying High/Airplane
Talking about MIFF
The Tunnel
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2711738/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Episode 24: On The Beach and our Top 5 Favourite War Movies
G&T Podcast Episode 24
What We’ve Been Watching.
Travis: The Whispers remains intriguing and disturbing as mentioned last week.
Wayward Pines is still compulsive viewing and impressive.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2618986/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Mr Robot is still good but not quite as impressive as the Pilot
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4158110/?ref_=nv_sr_1
South Park: Stick of Truth
http://au.ign.com/games/south-park-the-game/ps3-123757
X-COM expansion
http://au.ign.com/games/xcom-2/linux-20038029
George: Penny Dreadful
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2628232/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Supernatural
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460681/?ref_=nv_sr_2
The Terminator
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Splatoon
http://au.ign.com/games/splatoon/wii-u-20019853
A brief detour into Nintendo Super Mario Maker and how we’re both excited to see this happen.
http://au.ign.com/games/mario-maker/wii-u-20019620
American Psycho 2 review from Travis.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283877/?ref_=nv_sr_2
“It’s a skid-mark on the underpants of Film”
It’s a mis-conjoined slasher movie that tastes completely terrible and more like a parody which isn’t funny.
Not exciting at all.
The new challenge this week…
Gaelic football and George lost.
This week he has to watch… SUPERGIRL.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088206/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
On The Beach Review
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053137/?ref_=nv_sr_1
After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months. - IMDb.
A good story but they should have focused on the Anthony Perkins storyline instead.
Next week is the final Cold War movie called The Mouse The Roared starring Peter Sellers.
We then discuss our personal Top 5 War Movies of All Time.
Travis
1) Das Boot
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082096/?ref_=nv_sr_1
2) Starship Troopers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120201/?ref_=nv_sr_1
3) Downfall
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363163/?ref_=nv_sr_1
4) Full Metal Jacket starring Matthew Modine
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/?ref_=nv_sr_1
5) Gallipoli starring Mel Gibson
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082432/?ref_=nv_sr_3
George
1) Grave of the Fireflies from Studio Ghibli
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/?ref_=nv_sr_1
2) Zulu starring Michael Caine
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058777/?ref_=nv_sr_2
3) Platoon starring Charlie Sheen
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091763/?ref_=nv_sr_1
4) Starship Troopers starring Casper Van Dien
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120201/?ref_=nv_sr_1
5) Empire of the Sun starring Christian Bale
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092965/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Episode 23: Living Daylights and our Most Wanted spin-offs
G&T Podcast Episode 23 Show notes.
We briefly discuss the Australian delicacy, The Chicken Parma. George had a beautiful Parma from the Kinglake Pub but the true effect is a little lost and requires the negative side of the spectrum.
Travis also offers up the next Australian challenge, The Pie Floater which may very well send us on the road to experience it.
What have we been watching?
Travis: The Whispers (produced by Spielberg) directed Mark Romanek - totally worth watching.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3487410/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Dark Matter however is more of the a-typical popcorn media with only a little going for it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4159076/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Season 3 of Orange is the New Black is excellent.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2372162/?ref_=nv_sr_1
George:
Jurassic World does a very good job of recapturing the magic from the first movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369610/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Pixar’s Inside Out is fantastic, Amy Poehler is gorgeous, Phyllis Smith is adorable as Sadness.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2096673/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Terrible Movies…
George: Battlefield Earth. Oh the horror… Profit-driven, Rastafarian aliens have enslaved the Human Race. John Travolta is a complete dick and poor, poor Forest Whitaker does whatever he can to simply survive the movie. From the box-art up, this movie is terrible.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185183/?ref_=nv_sr_4
Travis: The Ringer. Travis was very lucky comparatively but still this movie is a poor, paint-by-numbers Farrelly Brother-esque “comedy”. On one saving grace is the impressive and interesting use of the Intellectually disabled performers.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267891/?ref_=nv_sr_3
This week we bet on Women’s Beach Volleyball. Poland vs Canada. Poland won!! George is off the hook for this week. Travis must choose an envelope of shame and the “winner” is…
American Psycho 2 starring Mila Kunis and William Shatner.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283877/?ref_=nv_sr_2
Indiana was recently votes as the best character icon with James Bond in number two and Han Solo in number three.
We then talk about James Bond The Living Daylights.
A movie that has not aged very well and doesn’t impress Travis much, but George challenges him to watch Licence to Kill.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093428/?ref_=nv_sr_2
Travis asks me what I would do if I was given the rights to James Bond. Imagine an old man Bond similar to Frank Miller’s Older Bruce Wayne from The Dark Knight Returns. The ultimate strategist. Possibly, Michael Caine, Patrick Stewart or Ian McKellen cast as Bond…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_Returns
There are two more films in our Cold War series…
- On The Beach
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053137/?ref_=nv_sr_2 - The Mouse That Roared
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053084/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
And we set up the next season where we will be re-watching (or watching for the first time for Travis) Peter Sellers movies.
For those who want to follow along, the movies we will be watching are:
- A Shot In The Dark
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058586/?ref_=nv_sr_1 - The Pink Panther
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057413/?ref_=nv_sr_2 - Being There
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078841/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2 - The Ladykillers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048281/?ref_=nv_sr_2 - Murder By Death
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074937/?ref_=nv_sr_2 - or I’m Alright Jack
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052911/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Plus we will be making a stop to The Life and Death of Peter Sellers starring Geoffrey Rush
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352520/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Finally we discuss our personal Top 5 most wanted spin-off movies.
Special note of The DeLorean from Back to The Future (spin-off already discuss in Imaginarium of The Masses Season 1), Alex Keaton from Family Ties (sequel), The Smoking Man from X-Files (prequel) and John Doe from Seven (prequel), Donkey from Shrek (prequel).
Travis:
The Dixon Brother from The Walking Dead
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walking_Dead_(TV_series)
The Vega Brother from Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino#Other_potential_projects
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105236/?ref_=nv_sr_1
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Blake from The Dark Knight Rises
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_(comics)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Les Grossman from Tropic Thunder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_Thunder
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0942385/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Han Solo from the Star Wars Universe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Solo
George:
Special note of The Deloren
Kantos Kan from John Carter A Princess of Mars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Princess_of_Mars
Cheyenne from Once Upon A Time In The West
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_the_West
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064116/?ref_=nv_sr_3
Q from James Bond
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(James_Bond)
Boba Fett from the Star Wars universe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boba_Fett
Muska from Laputa: Castle In The Sky
Episode 22: Fail-Safe and our Most Wanted Reboots/Sequels
What have you been watching...
Travis:
The Comedians Stars Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally) and Josh Gad (Frozen)
Humans Stars Cathrine Parkinson (IT Crowd)
Daredevil Stars Charlie Cox (Stardust) and Vincent D'Onofrio (Full Metal Jacket)
Fury Stars Brad Pitt (Seven) and Shia LaBeouf (Disturbia)
**A brief detour into Shia's inspirational rant videos and tanks
George:
Miss Fisher Stars Essie Davis (The Babadook) and Nathan Page (Noise)
**Frames of reference for Austaliana. (I'm finally starting to fit in!)
Playing Splatoon on Wii U
**A detour into N64 Goldeneye and online multi-player with our excuses of why we don't normally play online with others.
A random interlude by Trudi Rawnsley and we fall in love with Fallout 4 and Just Cause 3
Next we discuss our weekly challenge where we bet on Major League LaCross (Boston vs Chicago) and George reviews S Darko. In short it is a student movie fan-fiction sequel that fails to grasp any of what made Donnie Darko a great, cult movie.
Travis won the bet but still lost because he had to spin the Wheel of Heigl!!
George has to watch... Battlefield Earth starring John Travola and Forest Whittaker... oh dear...
Travis meanwhile has to watch The Ringer starring Johnny Knoxville and Kathrine Heigl.
We are all losers this week.
George manages to finally remember the other movie he watched this week... A Time To Kill.
We have a little conversation about Uve Boll, Pixels and the gloomy future of Comedies.
We then go on to Film to of the Cold War, Fail-Safe following on from last week's Dr Strangelove...
Fail-safe is a great movie, but it has really dated and suffers the same problem again that it suffered on its original release... Dr Strangelove is better and you can't help but want Fail-safe to be funny.
We also talk about the developement of technology and hope movies from that time period vs what we are seeing now. Scientists were superheroes and there was a brilliant fear of science; the eponymous cautionary tale.
We also agree that we would like to see a a remake set in the modern day.
The next step in our Cold War series is James Bond and The Living Daylights.
Finally, we discuss our 5 Most Wanted Reboots/Sequels.
But before we being with that we explain our unanimous hatred of Ghostbusters: The Female Edition and remember fondly Rick Moranis and Spaceballs
Travis:
5) Twilight Zone/Outer Limits. Do it a bit like Black Mirror; the idea of disconnected episodes; like the ABC's of Death or Masters of Horror; possibly on a Streaming service; Fincher, The Wachowskis, Nolan. A director's choice sort of thing.
4) Firefly reboot or sequel.
3) Buck Rogers!
2) The Phantom... yeah... ...Flash Gordon.
1) He-Man and The Masters of the Universe
George:
5) Indiana Jones. NO SEQUEL! The three movies are perfect and awesome. The same period; Nazi's as bad-guys. NO SCI-FI! Not Chris Pratt. A totally new actor taking on the role. Maybe Tilda Swinton as a female Dr Jones. With a cameo from Howard Stark
4) The Crow. A total reboot.
3) The Matrix rebooted - That could even be the name. A 22-episodes-per-season TV series; Star Trek-esque with a focus on the characters and the different versions of The Matrix
2) Tarzan - an origin story. But then replaced with Harry and the Hendersons (am I joking?)
1) Reboot Red Dwarf - British; low budgets and cheap sets. Make it good again
Episode 21: Dr Strangelove and the Top 5 Great actor in Terrible movies
An all-new episode which was a little delayed in getting up on the air. Sorry about that.
Episode 20: The less than 2 hours special!
Episode 19: Anatomy of Star Wars
Episode 18: Road House and Our Top 5 Scariest Movies
Episode 17: The Big Lebowski and our Top 5 most disappointing movies
This week we get to spoil ourselves by watching The Big Lebowski (the latest in our journey through 1001 movies you must watch before you die), new challenges are set, George delivers his elevator-pitch for what he would do with Harry Potter if given complete creative control and Travis delivers his review of yet another Terrible movie.
Episode 16: The Podcast Returns!
Sorry it's been so long since we last posted, but that mysterious mistress known as life has a frustrating and frustratingly brilliant way of intervening.
Episode 14: Part 2
Episode 14: Part 1
Introductions and What We've Been Watching: 00:00:00 to 00:18:34
George's Glitter Review and this week's challenge: 00:18:35 to 00:25:40
Worst Movie Review of Assault of Wall Street: 00:25:41 to 01:01:50
The foreign film episode
What a treat of an episode this week as we get to review The Dark Knight, we go through our top 5 foreign language movies and set about a new challenge system.
The Trailer episode
Wherein we discuss our favourite trailers and teasers of all time
Episode 11... finally
Lazily updating... full show notes will be added later
The Quest for Peace
In this extended episode of G&T Podcast we discuss what we've been watching, George tried the "classic" Australian Beer, VB for the very first time, we diliver our review of Superman 4, chat about what sic-fi tech we would love to have in the real world and go through our Top 5 documentaries of all time.