the jon madsen movie commentary podcast

Simulcast of Geeking Off Empire Strikes Back Commentary.

Movie starts at 1:27.

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Simulcast of the Geeking Off Star Wars commentary.

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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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Hey, you can find this commentary over at the Geeking Off site too. Just publishing it here just in case.

Joining me: Chad "Legal Counsel" Spere, Scott "Dramatic Pau.......ze" Steele and Phil "The Imperial" Walker.

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Hey, over at J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time we did a Star Trek Into Darkness commentary.

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(It took us a few weeks to finally do it, but here it is -- the DVD commentary of Star Trek Into Darkness. The giddiness of the movie has worn off slightly, so a bit of criticism is expected. Interestingly, the two of us tend to disagree a bit more on these movie things, but the inevitable yelling match has yet to be recorded.

BTW, Jon's voice is a bit louder than J.R.'s. Hopefully that's not too annoying. If it is, let us know and we'll painstakingly adjust the levels of every single conversation.

Details of how to sync the movie with our voices is included in the mp3, BUT as a super bonus, know that the beginning of the movie starts right at the 2:00 mark.)

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Alright. Jon, Scott and Zo got together and watched Total Recall and mostly commented about that guy who got his arms ripped off and also about the merits of Sharon Stone.
Grab a copy of the Arnold classic and let us do the talking.

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Prepare ye for the 7th best Stallone movie of all time and the 300th best cop movie of all time. This movie has EVERYTHING! Supermarket shooting sprees, a greasy photographer who looks like Peter Cetera, ax tai chi, modelling robots, 30 second rooftop meetings, the oily alien in The X-files who says "pig" a lot, EVERYTHING!

Joining Jon this week is J.R. Yes, THAT J.R. The same J.R. from our other podcast J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time. Visit that site if you're curious.

"I want your eyes... PIG!"

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This commentary is for the short (but a bit longer than the last one) we made for Halloween 2010. This time around it's me (Jon) with Chad Spere and Stephanie Fowers. Chad and Stephanie are the two leads in the film. Being just a bunch of friends doing a movie together, they were also on the primary crew.

This file is the audio version.

The YouTube link to the original video is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pMEXZWYWQI

The audio sort of syncs up with the video right at the beginning of both. Good luck syncing.

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This commentary is for the short (but a bit longer than the last one) we made for Halloween 2010. This time around it's me (Jon) with Chad Spere and Stephanie Fowers. Chad and Stephanie are the two leads in the film. Being just a bunch of friends doing a movie together, they were also on the primary crew.

This file is the video version. Hopefully the RSS picks up this video just fine and you can watch the commentary with video on your iPod or whatever.

The YouTube link to the original video is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pMEXZWYWQI

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Alright, this is something of a switch on the commentary. This is the short film my friends and I made for Halloween 2009. Doing the commentary is Jon Madsen, Scott Steele and Craig Blake. As for the movie itself -- Jon did most of the post work, Scott's the story guy and Craig's the actor.

This file is the audio version. The commentary and the video start pretty much at the same time. Good luck with the sync.

The YouTube link to the original video is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2llZ5h0Vxrs

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Alright, this is something of a switch on the commentary. This is the short film my friends and I made for Halloween 2009. Doing the commentary is Jon Madsen, Scott Steele and Craig Blake. As for the movie itself -- Jon did most of the post work, Scott's the story guy and Craig's the actor.

This file is the video version. Hopefully the RSS picks up this video just fine and you can watch the commentary with video on your iPod or whatever.

The YouTube link to the original video is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2llZ5h0Vxrs

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This is another simulcast with the Geeking Off Podcast.

We're talking about Commando. If you don't bother listening to this, I implore you, at least do the following. In the next couple of minutes go ahead and watch a minute of Commando (it's currently streaming on Netflix). Specifically watch minute 24 (at least according to the Netflix version). This is the minute where Arnold jumps off of the landing gear of the plane that's taking off. Best. Editing. Ever.

Anyway, for this commentary we had Jon, Zo, Scott, Chad and Jen. Plus lots of junk food.

Movie starts at 1:03.

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Leprechaun! It's November, but this one's a leftover from Halloween season. Also, most of us were watching it for the first time. You can be the judge on whether or not this was a good idea.

This particular commentary is a simulcast of the Geeking Off Podcast. The whole Geeking Off crew is here: Chad, Jon, Scott and Zo -- plus Female Zo (Jen).

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Can you believe it's possible that there are people on Earth who haven't seen Better Off Dead? Weird. For this one we tried two microphones for the first time. Strangely they tended to get out of sync a little which I really don't understand. We made some minor adjustments so we should be good now. Also we adjusted the panning so that you hear me (Jon) in your left ear and Zo in your right. Everybody else may be sort of inbetween.

This is a popular movie so we got a full house. Jon, Zo, Jen, Scott, Chad and Dave.

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Wow! Only an hour has passed since the last commentary and already we're back with a vengeance. Is there a more perfect movie than Point Break? Maybe, maybe Raiders of the Lost Ark, but it's close.

We discuss Keanu's lack of merit, yet his ability to be in incredible movies. Also, toward the end I mention the serious/cheese overlap of the movie that makes it so fun. Tangents galore in the middle.

This time we got me (Jon), Zo, Jen, Chad, and Scott. Pretty much the exact group from the little Lost Boys fix-up from last time.

R.I.P. Patrick Swayze.

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We're back! Sort of. We recorded our Lost Boys commentary about a year ago, but large segments wound up not getting recorded (I blame Windows Vista).

Anyway, we got back together again to fill in the gaps. Hopefully it's not too confusing and somewhat insightful/entertaining.

This time we got me (Jon), Zo, Jen, Chad, Dave (in the past) and Scott (in the present).

R.I.P. Corey Haim.

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So like over at my other podcast we did a live commentary for the new J.J. Abrams Star Trek film. Normally I'd make it an official episode over here too, but since the crew I usually do commentaries with also wants to do that movie, we're probably going to do it proper JMMCP justice at a later date.

In the meantime, here is the link to this first commentary I'm talkin' about.

http://jonmadsen.net/jrwstftft/Podcast51kirk.mp3

Keep an eye out. We'll be doing a commentary of the same movie soon I'm sure.

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Whoops! The podcast doesn't start until 26 seconds or so. Sorry! Just fast forward or give it a little time.

In honor of the great Patrick Swayze we're goin' ahead and rollin' with Road House. I voted to do Point Break, but we figured this one would be funner to do, plus Swayze's got more of a starring role.

Zo and Dave join me as usual (can't get rid of those guys). We got no Jen, but Brandon joins us for the first time. He's the ginger about to join the army. Also, we brought Scott back. He actually works as a bouncer for a living, so it's pretty obvious.

Finally! A "great" Buick!

You drove across the country to work here?

Okay, this guy is making a face just like our buddy Scott Hanna. You hear Scott's voice in the podcast -- remember he's the bouncer. When you hear his voice picture him making this face.

Would you say this guy is pulling off the mustache?

The leftover silicone from her breasts went into her hair.

Check out the CGI on this guy's boot!

And there's the lovely heroine! She's sporting the picnic tablecloth look.

Yeah, this movie's got monster trucks! Jealous?

"... and he 'throat' it all away!"

This appears to be the most uncomfortable waterbed ever.

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Volume 2 was, of course, inevitable. An inevitable gargantuan assuage. We only lost Maxim between volumes (that means he still hasn't seen Vol. 2 -- weird). Loved, loved, loved this one! But I think we're all glad both volumes are finally over. Here's looking forward to volumes 3-5!

"Face to face. No telling lies."

What's the filter/lens Tarantino used for the Pai Mei training sequence?

Elle wasn't ad-libbing. We got proof.

Foot fetish?

I will pay $200 dollars to see two chicks do this in real life.

Ahh, Daryl Hannah. Why couldn't you be this sexy in Splash?

Notice the bread! No joke. Very popular brand apparently.

You just know that Bill lost his bowels during the five point exploding heart move.

All's right in the jungle.

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Finally! We're delving into my personal favorite Tarantino flick. We dug into Jen's specially ordered from Japan region 2 version. Supposedly there's only a minute of difference between Japanese and American version and most of the additional material is near the end -- so there shouldn't be too much of a problem if you watch your region 1 DVD.

Anyway, Kill Bill rocks!

Vernita Green
Elle Driver

Some love just has to be given to the sweet anime montage.

Know what the bride's name is?

O-Ren Ishii

Gogo Yubari

Anyone remember the name of the movie I mentioned in the commentary that had this blonde chick wandering around a house with her eyes bleeding? I saw it as a kid. No idea what the name of the movie is.

Crazy 88s

Check it out! Color! Technicolor!

Pretty sure this head shot wasn't in the American version.

Why does she even need to make a list? Can't she remember the five people she wants to kill?

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Okay, usually at this point in the blog we throw in there a bunch of screenshots from the movie with some witty comments. Unfortunately, this one was a rental, so we didn't have time to get the screenshots. Here's a cute one of Mia Sara downloaded from somewhere. The fact that it's a rental says a lot. None of us are actually fans of the movie, but we knew that this was a commentary that needed to be done. Of course most of us are still in the dark(ness) about what this flick is actually about. I think most of us are still unsure about whether or not we even like the movie Legend. Speaking for myself, I think I'm a fan. It's a lot like when I read Wuthering Heights in high school and absolutely loathed it, but for some reason it stayed with me for years. That's what this movie is. It's bad in ways, but far far far from forgettable.

Joining this time we got Zo, Jen, Dave and Mark. Joe joined us for the beginning while we got Regan and Rhett for the end.

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Who wants to live forever? I think it was Woody Allen who said something like "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying." This time we set records again with how many of us there were. Joining me this time: Dave (our Highlander expert), Joe (our Highlander virgin), Jaime (our commentary virgin), Jen (quiet, but cute), Zo (the boundary breaker) and Mark (mumbly guy). Making quick cameos, we had Rhett and Regan. Freakin' love this movie. In my opinion "there can only be one" Highlander movie. Too good of a story to spread out over a half dozen other movies and TV shows.

So few people understand this movie that it needs a title card explaining what Sean Connery will eventually explain anyway.

This little girl actually made this tongue gesture to the greasy '80s wrestler.

Christopher Lambert. Is it Lambert or Lam-bear?

First rule of sword fighting. Don't ever hit the overhead steam pipe.

"Don't lose your head!" "Stay ahead of the game!" "Head-on, don't apply directly to the forehead!" Zo could go on and on.

The Rocky III training montage.

Introducing Beatie Edney as Heather, the movie's hot chick!

The production designer really loved bowls of apples.

Is your Highlander sense tingling? That's Venom right behind you!

Lambert is of course fighting Clancy Brown as The Kurgan. He's freakin' awesome. You realize he also played Kelvin in Lost? Yeah! Blows my mind.

The quickening in effect... the quickening sure hates glass.

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Come one come all to our longest commentary yet: the Zack Snyder film Watchmen. Maybe we should say the Alan Moore film, since Snyder pretty much lifted the images from the pages of the graphic novel. We would say that, but Moore would undoubtedly get really mad at us since he didn't want his name anywhere near this movie. Joining me for this very full commentary are stalwarts Jen and Zo, plus Joe Evans plays Watchmen convert. Also there's Mark, a complete Watchmen virgin. Showing up late (someone always does) is Maxim.

Here of course is the image of the Comedian falling out the window at the beginning of the movie. If somehow you haven't seen this image in the past year -- here it is.

Just about my favorite image in the movie. The lady who hardly gets any screen time at all is named Silhouette.

Don't you just love these brilliant, cheery opening credits?

Public service: screengrabbing these magazines so that you have time to look at them beyond the 1.2 seconds of screentime they get.

Silk Spectre: The Velocitang.

Capturing screen images from this movie was the funnest ever. So much imagery not seen everywhere already.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the Comedian. Lookin' quite studly.

Laura Mennell as Janey Slater. She wins the award for hottest chick in the movie.

If you look very carefully on Rorschach's aerosol can, you might be able to see "VEIDT."

"Hmm! I wonder what this button does!"

We DO amount to a hill of beans!

The OTHER face on Mars.

Use the force, Nite Owl!

Hey, isn't there supposed to be an ugly, alien squid in this image?

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Through much peer pressure I've given in. It was demanded that we do Predator 2 since Zo and Jen hate it while Maxim and Scott love it. Fortunately both parties (finally) made it to the debate. Conclusion: neutral. Is the "urban jungle" a nice evolution of the franchise or a silly gimmick? Is the sequel automatically bad for simply being a sequel to something so good? What is the best Gary Busey movie? Zo and Jen don't pop in until a half hour into the movie, so be patient.

I think we missed this title card. We were pretty confused about when the flick takes place.

Caught in the act!

My favorite Predator weapon? Definitely the net gun.

Bill Paxton sweating THROUGH HIS COAT! Why even wear a coat? Also, the conchita from The Running Man.

"There can only be one!" Watch for our commentary of Highlander -- hopefully coming soon.

Glowy KY

Alien head! Alien head!

"Who's next?"

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