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1,627 2010-04-13 23:52:38
Re: Suggest a movie! (2,061 replies, posted in Episodes)
Any Kurosawa movie is good. Hidden Fortress on the basis of its Star Wars influences (GL used it again for TPM) and Yojimbo for its influence on For a Few Dollars More (or is it Fistful of Dollars? I always get them muddled up) are the easy choices.
But I think Sanjuro has a lot to offer and High And Low is good too.
Continuing the classics theme, I'd suggest Spartacus - a Kubrick film like no other.
Rashomon and SS are my go to favorites but I like Ran, Yojimbo and Throne of Blood quite a bit. Also some of his earlier, non Samurai stuff is great too. Sanshiro Sugata, Shubun, and No Regrets for Our Youth, which in and of itself is a forgotten little gem, hold up quite well.
I personally never got much into Spagetti Westerns, as I always learned more towards Peckinpah than Sergio Leone, (although Once Upon a Time in America is one of my favorite films of all time with the single saddest post production hack job, ever). I see the value in them.
For Kubrick it makes perfect sense for our next one to be Dr. Strangelove since we all, well, love it. But I would totally be down for The Shining, as well. It goes without saying that as a DiF reservist I suggest movies at the leisure of the main four.
1,628 2010-04-07 00:09:56
Re: The Hurt Locker (16 replies, posted in Episodes)
Lemme try that again.
Ha! Nice! There's a photo or two of me driving that fucker around. My favorite feature was that you could reduce or increase the tire pressure WHILE DRIVING IT.
If a HumVee can be used for Civvy use, so should that.
1,629 2010-04-06 07:46:53
Re: Suggest a movie! (2,061 replies, posted in Episodes)
Has anybody suggested "Pitch Black" yet?
You just did. And it was AWESOME.
We've recorded Alien 3 and we make reference to that being very similar to Pitch Black. I'd like to do more underrated Sci Fi. Moon, Sunshine, The Fountain, etc.
Another thing Trey and I have talked about is doing more classic cinema. I was raised on 40's Noir, 50's Sci Fi, 60's samurai classics, 70's Kung Fu movies, and 80's Fuck Yeah crap movies. My DVD/Blu Ray collection reflects this...and it waits. Oh....it waits.
1,630 2010-04-06 07:31:05
Re: The Hurt Locker (16 replies, posted in Episodes)
I would be very much down for a calender.
I'm curious what people think of our opinion of the movie. Matt and I did wax nostalgic about the Army, sure, but I think we landed on a solid critique of the movie and I'd like to know what our listeners think about the film.
1,631 2009-11-23 22:45:46
Re: Re-Introductions! (27 replies, posted in Off Topic)
I'm Eddie, and I guest star from time to time. Fan of the work that gets put into the show.