Geeking Off Podcast: Recent Episodes
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This was recorded like a week and a half ago, so you better hurry and listen before the Academy Awards. Also there's movie club and expired opinions on Black Panther
0:00 -- Movie Club: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
36:36 -- Black Panther
1.02:19 -- Jeremy on Jimmie Blacksmith
1.13:15 -- Next movie club discussion
1.15:13 -- Academy Awards hopes
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Mostly Sundance movie talk. Plus a new and unnecessarily complicated version of the Critic Game!
0:00 -- Sundance intro
1:45 -- Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
3:50 -- Pity
6:25 -- Generation Wealth
7:47 -- Our New President
8:53 -- Piercing
12:12 -- Three Identical Strangers
14:16 -- Mandy
15:37 -- Summer of '84
16:43 -- Hereditary
19:02 -- Revenge
22:31 -- Search
30:12 -- Madeline's Madeline
33:58 -- Burden
39:01 -- Believer
47:48 -- Eighth Grade
51:37 -- American Animals
54:48 -- The Death of Stalin
57:28 -- that one panel thing
1.00:00 -- 306 Hollywood, RBG, Studio 54, Genesis 2.0, The Devil We Know
1.02:15 -- A Futile and Stupid Gesture
1.03:41 -- Clara's Ghost, A Boy. A Girl. A Dream: Love on Election Night, I Think We're Alone Now, Ophelia, Crime + Punishment, Sweet Country, Kailash, The Miseducation of Cameron Post
1.07:07 -- The new and even wackier Critical Game picks
1.16:53 -- Oscar nominations mentions
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Several things to cover this time, so here's a handy rundown.
0:00 -- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
33:08 -- Some other movies (Darkest Hour; I, Tonya; Molly's Game; Call Me By Your Name; Atomic Blonde; The Shape of Water; The Founder; Raw; The Disaster Artist; Lady Bird; Bright; The Greatest Showman; Brigsby Bear; mother!)
49:34 -- Sundance preview
1.14:30 -- The Punisher
1.27:30 -- December Critical Game results
1.38:56 -- Movie Club: Sherman's March
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Hey click here for Jon's 2017 movie list!
Hey click here for David Ehrlich's 2017 film essay!
Just some Last Jedi talk. Obviously. What else would we be talking about right now? Apologies regarding the comments about driving toward the end.
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The big news is the new theme song. The other news is a report of summer movies including the revelation of who won the stakeless Critical Game! We also adjourn Movie Club for a forgetful report of The Friends of Eddie Coyle.
0:00 -- Summer movie review '17
43:00 -- A quick dip into television
59:40 -- The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1.19:42 -- Critical Game results/December picks
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Jon, Jeremy, Steele, Zo. Primary focus on Movie Club this time around with the 1985 William Friedkin forgotten gem, To Live and Die in L.A. Also, other stuff. See programming schedule.
Prologue -- Wonder Woman prehistory
2:00 -- Movie club: To Live and Die in L.A.
48:30 -- The end of Split
1.05:15 -- Alien: Covenant
1.20:24 -- Preliminary scores for the Critical Game
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As usual we bicker about current movies (Get Out) and go over our current movie club pick (Papillon). Stick around to the end, though, when Jeremy, Steele, and Zo make their picks for what this summer's most critically-acclaimed blockbusters will be ("they all suck").
Prologue -- The Mummy trailer
2:45 -- Guardians of the Galaxy
18:50 -- Spinal Tap money
28:00 -- Demolition Man for some reason
29:00 -- Barb Wire for some reason
30:00 -- back to Spinal Tap
31:53 -- Get Out
1.15:55 -- Movie club: Papillon
1.39:48 -- First ever summer movie critical mass game picks
Here's a link (not sure if it's THE link) to some of that Spinal Tap business.
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Oscars and coincidences first of all.
Then some movie talk about:
Logan
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Get Out
The Greasy Strangler
Split
Split
Flash Gordon
We look forward a little bit to Kong: Skull Island
Then a Zo monologue about Robert Osborne and old Hollywood movies.
Somehow there's a divergence into Cannon movies to binge on.
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A Loving Tribute To Robert OsborneI write this tribute to Mr. Osborne through misty eyes and a heavy heart. Robert Osborne and TCM are members of the Lorenzo family. We have a TV in our master bedroom that is on almost 24/7 and it rarely changes from TCM. We are cinephiles, obsessed with the films of a bygone era, when story and romance and adventure and characters mattered. Robert Osborne taught me more about films and the spirit of films than anything or anyone else could have. Robert Osborne. What made him special? Why was he a part of our family as well as thousands of others? His passion for films, their stories, their characters and most importantly, the people behind them. The people. This was the key for Robert. He genuinely cared about the people behind the films. One of his responsibilities as the brain trust/face of TCM was profiling the actors, writers and directors of the films he so loved. His thoughtful consideration for the people behind these films, no matter how unknown or obscure, always added a genuine and very human element. No one ever made the forgotten character actors of long ago so delightfully rich and compelling as Robert did. His charisma and love of film leapt off the silver screen, and did so in the most charming manner. This love of film was so powerful and pure it spanned all generations and planted the seed of Old Hollywood in the hearts of all viewers. The work that he did in collaboration with TCM is something so wonderful, giving the gift of film, his memory will forever be treasured and held on to. Robert words can hardly express the incredible journey that you so thoughtfully took us on. We love you. We miss you. We treasure the man you were. Rest in Peace.
Here's what we got:
- Sundance best/worst
- A disagreement about the merits of La La Land
- Oscar general picks
- Etc.
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Here's part 2 of the forum results of Madbeard, Steele and Zo. This time, Zo's report on a month of terrible Halloween movies. Also some diversion dialogue regarding Doctor Strange and the current state of Marvel movies. A tangent about the upcoming Wolverine movie somehow led to a tangent of Ryan Murphy shows we don't appreciate (which obviously led to more Pitch Perfect talk. Also, Zo hates Ghostbusters. Lotta hate this time. Sorry. An apt end to 2016, maybe.
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Madbeard, Steele and Zo get a quick Sing Street chat in before resuming the grand Movie Club experiment with a discussion of Capricorn One. We get all this along with a reveal of the next Movie Club pick and, of course, the usual tangents.
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Hey I spoke to Rhett for a couple of hours the other week. Trust me, it was a great conversation that tackled a lot of elements where business and entertainment meet. Please keep in mind it was recorded just a bit ago (during the RNC), so that will explain the anachronisms.
Some topics:
- Melania speech
- The nature of podcasting
- Advertising
- Torrents and password-sharing
- Streaming vs. networks
- Netflix strategy
- Other streaming services (I mention that horror movie one. I meant Shudder, not Chiller.)
- Online shopping and delivery
- Klosterman's new book
- Robbing the millenials?
- Examples of other podcasts
- Podcast names
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So we kick off the Movie Club project with a real winner, if by winner we mean the best case of European child abuse in the 1970s. Fernando Arrabal's Long Live Death is confounding, surreal, thought-provoking, but also quite bad. Even so, it yields stimulating conversation despite mild disagreement on what the film is actually saying.
We tangent slightly toward the strength of symbolism generally in films as well as a sober wrap-up talk of our own recent filming project.
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If you're interested, the next Movie Club project will be Capricorn One.
We resume a conversation about Batman movies with a little bit of 10 Cloverfield Lane for good measure. Ultimately, however, the conversation angles more toward our culture of amateur film criticism and how that affects storytelling in the 21st century. It's our usual drivel.
This was recorded the same night as Geeking Off 154. You get Madbeard, Steele and Zo.
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The Batman/Superman conversation meandered off to Netflix, Stephen King, Spike Lee, The Cure, David Cross, Sally Field, Disney, Vanillaroma, Fantastic Four, Ant-Man and a bit of time on the Rogue One trailer.
Afterward we tell a genie joke and start up a plan for future b-movie watchings.
Then we mention David Gordon Green somehow. Also Jeremy breaks a Geeking Off record for namedrops.
Okay also, some talk about Dario Argento and Salo: 100.
Zo goes on about the panic movement and Italian neorealism.
Jeremy goes on about Peter Bogdanovich, then we mention a lot of Orson Welles stuff.
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Oh and part 2 of this conversation is likely on its way.
Jeremy, Jon and Scott discuss movies with a quickie talk about the pre-Oscars (including a very white version of some of the controversy) along with Sundance talk and anticipation of some of the upcoming movies for this year. A year from now we'll look back on all this with some pretty intense hilarity.
0:00 -- Jeremy's Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
7:18 -- Favorite movies of 2015
9:21 -- 2016 Academy Awards "should wins"
47:40 -- Sundance report
1.07:20 -- What we think might be the best movies of 2016
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Our final Star Wars commentary is behind us! We had some outside commentary suggesting that this one is the best. Admittedly, it is pretty good. Very nice to see this one again. It's actually been a lonely long time since I've seen it.
One thing that has been pointed out to me that I forgot to mention about this movie -- notice how the evil Empire always takes prisoners, but the good Rebellion always shoots to kill.
Film starts at 3:07
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Here's a link to a version of a Star Wars Battlefront commercial that has the Ewok getting shot in the face: https://youtu.be/nqX9BBaB4i0 (check out about 0:45)
Here's the link Zo sent us with the theory about Jar-Jar as the true phantom menace: https://youtu.be/8yy3q9f84EA
This one's long overdue. Fresh off our Empire Strikes Back commentary, we spill into a somewhat ignorant analysis of the main Episode VII trailer. Yeah, that one that has the Empire Strikes Back music in it -- not the international one. We also provide somewhat of a wishlist for the new movie. It's coming soon and I for one have never been more skeptical of how good the movie can possibly be.
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Jon, Scott and Phil for this movie commentary. Empire's considered the best. Does it hold up? What hasn't been said. Listen and watch if for no other reason that it's a great flick.Watch The Empire Strikes Back along with us. Movie starts at 1:27.
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Hey hey, we're taking a short break from the Star Wars commentaries just a tiny bit. This one here's a one-on-one with Jon and our visiting Geeking Off girl Stephanie to talk a couple of quick things. Salt Lake's Comic Con happened a couple of weeks ago and both of us have a mild report of what we saw. Hey, ever hear of a hot new TV show called Mr. Robot? Well, you probably should. Anyway, that's our second topic.
Mr. Robot spoilers start at 41:14
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That's right. Not Episode IV. Not A New Hope. Star Wars.
We watch the original theatrical version with its lovable flaws and all. You'll hear five voices: Madbeard, Zo, Steele, Chad and Phil. Yep. It's a Star Wars party.
I don't think Luke is that whiney. Listen in.
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We continue the Star Wars commentary with Episode III! Is this the best or worst of the prequels? It starts with a huge battle, but then again that battle has a coughing robot. It's grittier, but then again it's more CGI-y. Hayden Christensen's even whinier, but then again his hair is pretty fabulous.
Phil joins again along with Chad and Steele. Joy abounds.
(movie starts at 4:32)
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On to Episode II! This one's just a little rougher. I feel its roughness answers the question regarding whether Episode I or II is superior. This time it's just a very low key Chad, Steele and yours truly. Join us for the movie and stay for the only slightly subtle sarcasm.
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Anticipating the release of Episode VII, we're gonna try to pack in a commentary of each Star Wars movie before then. Should we have started with Episode IV? Probably, but this is our big chance to watch 'em in this order.
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(this is another Geeking Off/Jon Madsen Movie Commentary hybrid)