351 Reply by Owen_Ward

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I could never get the hang of writing with a fountain pen.

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352 Reply by Owen_Ward

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I've not got round to listening to this episode yet, but I've loved the series as a whole. It's definitely put a lot more documentaries on my radar and the ones I have yet to watch I'm looking forward to seeing.

In terms of how it fits with the others, I see it as being more esoteric than WAYDM and The Intermission and more along the lines of Uncomposed. I think this is both a strength and a weakness; it makes for great in-depth discussion on the topic that fans of documentaries will be all over, but maybe this makes it less accessible to those who aren't as well versed in documentary? Perhaps a simple recommendations episode or something could entice a few more people on board.

Stuff I'd like to hear covered? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you've said on a previous show that you're not a fan of docs along the lines of 'Indie Game: The Movie'. That style seems to be pretty popular these days, so I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on exactly why that is and why that doesn't do it for you. Maybe it could be part of a discussion on trends in documentary throughout the years?

For a specific documentary I'd like to hear you guys talk about, I'd have to go with 'Capturing the Friedmans', simply because it was the film that got me really in to documentaries. It's one of those where after I watched it, I just felt like I had to show it to so many other people.

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353 Reply by Owen_Ward

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I went through the same thing with Avatar and TDKR myself, both times probably having something to do with my expectations beforehand.

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354 Reply by Owen_Ward

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I had quite a positive reaction to the news and to be honest, I was hoping it would happen when they announced they were making new movies. I suppose I'll get in to that during the episode though.

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355 Reply by Owen_Ward

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I'm definitely gonna be the least knowledgable on this episode, aha.

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356 Reply by Owen_Ward

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Episode VII Cast Announced

The Star Wars team is thrilled to announce the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII.

Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.

Director J.J. Abrams says, "We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud."

Star Wars: Episode VII is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer. The movie opens worldwide on December 18, 2015.

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357 Reply by Owen_Ward

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I just came across this video and it brings up some pretty good points.

It is absolutely the most sincere bad movies that I get the most enjoyment out of watching. If it wasn't so obvious that Tommy Wiseau was trying to portray a serious drama, then it would be lacking exactly what makes it special.

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358 Reply by Owen_Ward

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I used to connect my old MiniDV camera to my DVD player to record clips of movies. Why I did that, I have no idea.

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359 Reply by Owen_Ward

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Yup, I made this thread a while back  tongue

http://friendsinyourhead.com/forum/view … hp?id=1216

Not played much in a while though. I really need to get round to finishing Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.

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360 Reply by Owen_Ward

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The DVD for Attack of the Clones has a pretty good feature of the previz process, it's about 30mins long IIRC. One of the LOTR extended edition DVD's has a pretty good one too.

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361 Reply by Owen_Ward

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With there being so many episodes out there, I can't really narrow it down to specific episodes. My absolute favourites though are the 'Fixing the movie' shows, I've learnt more about screenwriting and filmmaking from those episodes than I have anywhere else. Before I became a regular listener, I could barely ever manage to finish a script - now I've co-wrote a sci-fi feature! On a similar note, I'm really fond of the Intermission shows that are almost like a crash course in a certain topic, like the screenwriting (oh, how I wish that was longer!) and setiquette episodes.

On the other hand, I really dig when you do commentaries for the classics. I know universally liked movies can be tricky as finding something that hasn't already been said before isn't the easiest thing. But I think for the most part you guys pull it off well. It's just as interesting to go in depth about why a movie works as it is to why one doesn't work.

In terms of what I would recommend, that all depends on the person I guess. Commentaries are pretty niche, so I'd just go for a film you've done that they love.

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362 Topic by Owen_Ward

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Seeing as how the Chat Log isn't infinite, I thought it may be cool to make a thread in which we can post any fun stuff that happens in the chat. Preserve the sweet memories and all that jazz.

So yeah, I'll start it off with a killer kitten apocalypse that results in me and BDA becoming creative geniuses.

(Reverse order 'cos y'know...chat log. Unless I'm being stupid and there's an easy way to reverse this kinda thing.)

[04/07/14, 6:28 am] Owen Ward: Saved this chat log, it had to be done.
[04/07/14, 6:27 am] BigDamnArtist: Love it! Bank it! Moving on!
[04/07/14, 6:26 am] Owen Ward: Now bring in the cash.
[04/07/14, 6:26 am] Owen Ward: http://i.imgur.com/eWlIXbm.jpg

SPOILER Show
http://i.imgur.com/eWlIXbm.jpg[

[04/07/14, 6:26 am] Owen Ward: Done.
[04/07/14, 6:23 am] BigDamnArtist: Get our names on there, make the explosion 3 times bigger and we got us a one sheet!
[04/07/14, 6:22 am] Owen Ward: http://i.imgur.com/fcDY7Uk.jpg
SPOILER Show
http://i.imgur.com/fcDY7Uk.jpg

[04/07/14, 6:22 am] Owen Ward: The marketing guys think this will help us get even richer
[04/07/14, 6:19 am] BigDamnArtist: We;re gonna be rich.
[04/07/14, 6:16 am] Owen Ward: I couldn\'t have picked a better one myself!
[04/07/14, 6:14 am] BigDamnArtist: GENIOUS!
[04/07/14, 6:14 am] BigDamnArtist: Gary and Oscar!
[04/07/14, 6:14 am] BigDamnArtist: AHAH!
[04/07/14, 6:11 am] BigDamnArtist: Gary.
[04/07/14, 6:10 am] BigDamnArtist: All That\'s Not Fluff.
[04/07/14, 6:10 am] Owen Ward: Now all we need is a title.
[04/07/14, 6:06 am] BigDamnArtist: Beautiful! Love it!
[04/07/14, 6:06 am] Owen Ward: Because whatever it is, he better stop it right away and get down to the vocal booth.
[04/07/14, 6:06 am] Owen Ward: What\'s Tracy Morgan doing right now?
[04/07/14, 6:05 am] BigDamnArtist: Clearly Sinister Snuggles will be Jennifer Lawrence.
[04/07/14, 6:05 am] BigDamnArtist: Who\'s the voice?
[04/07/14, 6:05 am] BigDamnArtist: LOVE IT!
[04/07/14, 6:05 am] Owen Ward: OSCAR! There\'s the puppys name!
[04/07/14, 6:05 am] BigDamnArtist: Oscars! All of em!
[04/07/14, 6:04 am] Owen Ward: I smell Oscars.
[04/07/14, 6:03 am] BigDamnArtist: It\'s got it all! Vengeance, Love, family, reunions, bloodshed!!
[04/07/14, 6:03 am] Owen Ward: Kleenex shares just went up.
[04/07/14, 6:02 am] BigDamnArtist: But when they adopted the puppy Sinister Snuggles was thrown out on the street!
[04/07/14, 6:02 am] BigDamnArtist: And, oh! get this, Sinister Snuggles and our Puppy were actually adopted by the same family many years ago.
[04/07/14, 6:02 am] Owen Ward: He needs a name.
[04/07/14, 6:01 am] BigDamnArtist: LOVE IT!
[04/07/14, 6:01 am] Owen Ward: Unfortunately nobody wanted to adopt him and he was mere hours away from being put to sleep before the kittens attacked.
[04/07/14, 6:00 am] BigDamnArtist: But he\'s got a tragic backstory!... hmm., um, let\'s see, he was abandoned at the shelter!
[04/07/14, 6:00 am] Owen Ward: Together they fight the evil Emperor Kitten - Sinister Snuggles.
[04/07/14, 6:00 am] Owen Ward: Gary teams up with a stray puppy.
[04/07/14, 5:59 am] BigDamnArtist: GEEN-NIOUS!
[04/07/14, 5:59 am] Owen Ward: THE PUPPY!
[04/07/14, 5:59 am] Owen Ward: What\'s the natural enemy of the kitten?
[04/07/14, 5:59 am] Owen Ward: Great, make it happen.
[04/07/14, 5:59 am] BigDamnArtist: Hmm... we\'re going to need a villain, I don\'t think an audience will be able to connect with a horde.
[04/07/14, 5:56 am] BigDamnArtist: Not like anyone\'s going to notice
[04/07/14, 5:55 am] BigDamnArtist: No, but Bradley Cooper impersonators are a dime a dozen these days
[04/07/14, 5:55 am] Owen Ward: Does he have a cheaper brother for the spinoffs?
[04/07/14, 5:53 am] BigDamnArtist: We\'ll get Bradley Cooper to do Gary\'s voice, it\'ll be MASSIVE!
[04/07/14, 5:53 am] Owen Ward: Animated series, video games, trading cards. This\'ll be bigger than Pokemon.
[04/07/14, 5:52 am] BigDamnArtist: So it\'ll be Gary "The Fish" Johnson pitting wits against the evil forces of the Lizard Kittens!
[04/07/14, 5:51 am] BigDamnArtist: It\'ll star Gary, but we\'ll have to personify him somehow...I know! We\'ll make it an animated movie!
[04/07/14, 5:51 am] BigDamnArtist: That\'ll be the plot to the sequel!
[04/07/14, 5:50 am] BigDamnArtist: GENIOUS!
[04/07/14, 5:50 am] Owen Ward: Plot twist: The kittens killed Gary.
[04/07/14, 5:42 am] BigDamnArtist: I know!
[04/07/14, 5:41 am] Owen Ward: You\'re genius!
[04/07/14, 5:39 am] BigDamnArtist: Collect a crew sets!! We put the body parts of the main characters in cereal boxes, collect all the parts and get your very own collectible character!!
[04/07/14, 5:38 am] Owen Ward: The folks at Red Bull are practically throwing money at us, they can\'t get enough of it.
[04/07/14, 5:37 am] BigDamnArtist: Mouth of Hell chemistry sets!!
[04/07/14, 5:37 am] BigDamnArtist: Think of the merchandise!! Plush lizard kittens!! Dismember your own news anchour playsets!!
[04/07/14, 5:35 am] Owen Ward: Who the fuck is George R.R. Martin? BDA & Ward are all people care about now.
[04/07/14, 5:32 am] BigDamnArtist: We\'re talking George RR Martin huge here!!
[04/07/14, 5:32 am] BigDamnArtist: The hugest of huge!
[04/07/14, 5:31 am] Owen Ward: Bigger than big, it\'ll be huge!
[04/07/14, 5:30 am] BigDamnArtist: It\'s perfect, a major blockbuster in 200 counties, it\'s gonna big!
[04/07/14, 5:29 am] Owen Ward: We\'re gonna be rich, I tell ya!
[04/07/14, 5:29 am] BigDamnArtist: 8Shakes Owen\'s hand* Well done sir.
[04/07/14, 5:28 am] BigDamnArtist: Teeeaaaaggguuueee. We got a prequel for yah.
[04/07/14, 5:27 am] BigDamnArtist: -Credits-
[04/07/14, 5:27 am] BigDamnArtist: -Cut to Basement: Residential. A lone face illuminated by his monitor-
[04/07/14, 5:26 am] Owen Ward: *Cue Sad Max*
[04/07/14, 5:26 am] Owen Ward: *static*
[04/07/14, 5:25 am] BigDamnArtist: -Note to the sound designers: I don\'t know, you fucking figure it out-
[04/07/14, 5:24 am] BigDamnArtist: -off screen: a girlish scream rings out followed by the distinct sounds of reptile kittens devouring flesh-
[04/07/14, 5:24 am] Owen Ward: I wonder if they\'re gonna let the cat out of the bag?
[04/07/14, 5:23 am] Owen Ward: Coming up next, an exclusive interview with our new kitten overlords!
[04/07/14, 5:23 am] BigDamnArtist: Now if anyone needs me, I\'ll be in my dressing room, and if I don\'t get a goddamn redbull in the next 2 minutes, someone\'s getting fired!!
[04/07/14, 5:21 am] BigDamnArtist: Oh for... I am the lead anchor here at Buttfukesville, I deserve a little more respect than this.
[04/07/14, 5:19 am] Owen Ward: The kittens got them too, why do you think they\'re so amped up?
[04/07/14, 5:19 am] BigDamnArtist: *on the air
[04/07/14, 5:18 am] BigDamnArtist: For fuck\'s sake somebody get me a redbull or something.
[04/07/14, 5:18 am] BigDamnArtist: Damn. And shit there goes the light, we aren\'t even the air anymore!!
[04/07/14, 5:17 am] Owen Ward: He didn\'t make it.
[04/07/14, 5:16 am] BigDamnArtist: ..Jimmy?
[04/07/14, 5:16 am] BigDamnArtist: Guess we sure could use that rain you were predicting last week eh there Jimmy?
[04/07/14, 5:16 am] BigDamnArtist: Well, that\'s definitely a heated situation down there. Hahah.
[04/07/14, 5:15 am] BigDamnArtist: VISUAL: A giant gaping crater surrounded by fire.
[04/07/14, 5:15 am] BigDamnArtist: Well folks, it does seem that the apocalypse has in fact, come. Our lead reporter is on the scene.
[04/07/14, 5:14 am] Owen Ward: It\'s game over, man. Game over!
[04/07/14, 5:14 am] Owen Ward: The kittens got him and the cockroach too.
[04/07/14, 5:13 am] BigDamnArtist: Now that\'s too bad. In other news, a cockroach has just unseated the ruling Miss Universe, for more we head over to my co-anchor, live from the breakroom.
[04/07/14, 5:10 am] Owen Ward: I think the kittens got \'em, BDA.
[04/07/14, 5:03 am] BigDamnArtist: *Whoever you are?
[04/07/14, 5:03 am] BigDamnArtist: Sorry folks, I\'m being told that Squiggy_P is not in the field... but we do have a replacement. What can you tell about these furry balls of scale-y terror whoever are?
[04/07/14, 4:58 am] Teague: Teague Chrystie belatedly reports from the scene, is also surprised.
[04/07/14, 4:58 am] BigDamnArtist: Thanks Owen. Now turning to local news. Kittens! Little balls of cuteness or alien lizard monsters in hiding? To find out, over to Squiggly_P in the field.
[04/07/14, 4:53 am] Owen Ward: It\'s a shocking development here, back to you BDA.
[04/07/14, 4:46 am] BigDamnArtist: Breaking News: Owen Ward comments "Own Podcast Isn\'t Really Shit" More at 7.
[04/07/14, 4:36 am] Owen Ward: Listening back to the EE Lego Movie episode and it really is much better than I remember it during recording.

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363 Reply by Owen_Ward

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I'm rooting for eyebrow.

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364 Reply by Owen_Ward

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Now I can't unsee Tennants nose and upper lip playing pong.

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365 Reply by Owen_Ward

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I feel like the day Trey stops saying 'You guys need to watch The Cowboys' will be a major turning point in Earth history.

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366 Reply by Owen_Ward

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The episode where Stokes went for a colonoscopy and it turned out Tokes was acting undercover as the doctor was a laugh a minute.

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367 Reply by Owen_Ward

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Oh dear, that was the best thing ever.

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368 Reply by Owen_Ward

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Awesome, thanks for the help. I'm still preparing questions and such right now, so I'll shoot you an e-mail in the middle of the week or so once that's all sorted.

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369 Reply by Owen_Ward

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Good timing that you've bumped this thread. I'm actually working on a research project for university at the minute in which the end result will basically be a 'how-to' guide on becoming a professional editor. It's more of a career-based thing than technical, but if anybody is interested I'll post it here once it's done.

However, to do this thing I actually need to y'know...speak to some working editors! So if there's anybody here who would be willing to help out and answer a few questions, that would be awesome. Also, if you know anybody who'd be happy to help out, that would be equally as awesome.

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370 Reply by Owen_Ward

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Leak? Should I call a plumber?

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111128123659/thesupergaming/images/a/a7/3DS_Mario.png

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371 Reply by Owen_Ward

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Rashomon

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hgArvKqmxrQ/TMQkzneM5oI/AAAAAAAABl0/V_1F4Kd021I/s1600/rashomon_sp2.jpg

I've seen a few Kurosawa films before (Seven Samurai, Hidden Fortress and Throne of Blood) and this is one I've been meaning to get round to watching for quite a while. Going in to it I knew pretty much nothing apart from the title and it being supposedly good - I'm glad I went in cold.

This film got me hooked within minutes and held my interest all the way through. What I first thought would be a simple samurai tale became so much more. There are twists and turns at every corner, but they themselves aren't what makes this movie great - it's the questions it brings.

Definitely check this out.

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372 Reply by Owen_Ward

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Whoops, changed it. I don't pop in this thread much, didn't know it was an issue. Took a good few tries to get an image that worked.

I think you hit the nail right on the head there., it's a hollow movie that tries to give itself more depth than it has. A lot of these type of flicks seem to be that way, where it seems like the idea of simply being philisopphical is more important than y'know...actually saying something.

Also, white balance guys!

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373 Reply by Owen_Ward

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http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/thegeekfiles/Another%20Earth%20quad%20poster.jpg

Another Earth

Had this recommended by a friend. It sounded like something that would be right up my alley, but it just ended up really annoying me. The idea behind the film has a lot of promise, but the execution just did not deliver for me. It seemed to fall in to the trap of 'show character looking sad = DRAMA!!!' way too much. I'm glad I checked it out though, but I can't say I'd recommend it.

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374 Reply by Owen_Ward

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Zack and Miri is actually one of my favourites of his. Sure it's Apatow-inspired, but for me it still has enough of Smith's own flavour to it and I would have been totally fine with him going down that route for a few more flicks.

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375 Reply by Owen_Ward

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I did enjoy both The King's Speech and The Social Network, but the latter wins for me. I didn't see The King's Speech until a few years after it winning Best Picture though, so I may have been 'Oscar-hyped' a bit too much for it.

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