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I am really surprised that you guys didn't mention the similarities of Cloverfield and War of the Worlds. They are extremely similar disaster porn movies from the average joes perspective. WotW came out 3 years earlier and does exactly what you guys talk about early in the episode and follows Cruise without being lost footage. With you guys being big Spielberg fans and having done an episode on WotW, I figured you guys would have caught the similarities

Trying to get you guys some recognition. Come over and upvote the post.

There is a lot of discussion about movies in the r/movies subreddit most of it bad. It would be good to educate some of them on your podcast.

An ama might be a good idea also! Just a suggestion. Too much wine tonight for me.

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Just wanted to throw in and give Jeffery some props. He was fantastic. He is an added dimension that you guys have not had before: a very strait commentary without trying to be funny or a story teller, a true critic. I would love to hear him on a panel. Love all you guys also, just really liked his takes. It was refreshing and he has a great voice for the show.

Just now catching up on your intermission shows. Another good job guys.

There are some "conspiracies" that i buy that i like to call "plausable deniability" conspiracies.

example:

I believe that people inside of the Bush administration had a good idea where Osama Bin Laden was, not exactally, but knew if they spent enough resources in a certain area that they would find him. These people chose not to spend those resources because they wanted to keep their boogie man to help keep up their war on terror.

There are a lot of things like this that i believe happen in national security, where things go unmentioned or just inferred because the status quo is helping out both parties involved.

I could buy a situation where, someone was told about the 911 attacks in some level of management at the CIA / Intellegence community and didnt pass the information on due to ties to the Millitary Industrial complex. I am not sure that happend but i certainly could believe it. Conspiracy by inaction.

Conspiracy by innaction, I do think happens.

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I just started listening to the podcast "Doug Loves Movies". Edgar Wright has been a guest 3 times in the past year and has some interesting stories and is a very funny guy. He does talk about the bake off and that they knew that they had lost. The man also  knows his movies, holy crap they play the Lenard Maltin movie game and so far Edgar has destroyed all competition , very impressive.

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I just got done watching firefly the series for the 1st time. It was  one of the best sci fi shows i have ever seen. I didnt fall in love with the setting and think the world they created was so far fetched and heavy handed with the western imagery. I would have liked to see that be more subtle. That said the characters were absolutely awesome and I loved the show.

I had scene serenity a couple of years ago. It does not hold up on its own at all. There are alot of things in the movie that make assumptions that you know and care about what happens to the characters because you saw the show. It came across poorly to me. It really reminded me off b rate sci fi like Virus with Jamie lee curtis and movies of that ilk.

After seeing the show I am really glad it was made. Even you guys point out how it seemed as if they pushed a whole season into a 2 hr movie. I did enjoy it afterwards.

Just wanted to throw my 2c in as someone who had seen the movie before the show.

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I recently saw 2007s stardust. I was very pleasantly suprised. I thought it was some kind of Harry Potter knock off, ala Percy Jackson. It was not and was written by Neil Gaiman. Love to hear this one.

+1 Hackers

aww crap, i should proof read my stuff better sad

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you guys are great btw, this movie just deserved a much  better discussion about why it succeeds or fails than you guys gave it.
Just for future note: when a movie has a 90%+ on rotten tomatoes i dont care whether you agree or disagree but you really need to explore the reasons why that 90+ did like it and why they are wrong if that is your view point.

there are all kinds of movies that just dont work for me because i cant relate to the characters but even when that happens I can still generally critisise the movie objectively and say "well these lines and/or action do support the character/theme even though i can not relate to the character/characters". Just because i cant relate does not mean its bad. It just means i cant relate. If most of the actions are trying to serve the character (and in the case of this move) the theme of the movie at the same time, it is still a strong/good movie.

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Hmmm.. good question.

sci fi fantasy - starwars spiderman most comic movies that involve supernatural elements.

horror fantasy - evil dead series

tolkeen fantasy - lotr, willow, dragonheart, stuff like that.

fantasy generally means taking place in some kind of alternate reality. At least that would be my best description.

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I just brought up the IMDB stuff because the characters act like fantasy/fary tale characters in willow, star wars or the princess bride.

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I think you guys were criticizing this movie out of context. You would never try to evaluate the princess bride this way.

The movie tries to tie in theme and character through the plot constantly. I understood the and recognized the world we were in immideately. All 3 of the Marvell studios releases dont even bother with this. Ironman 1& 2, the incredible hulk have virtually no theme and if they do the creators put almost no effort into tying the theme into the details of the movies. Thats why most people like this movie and think it succeeds.

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Most of Rami's movies are silly fantasy horror hybrids. Rami was probably chosen for that very reason.

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300 takes place in a real world location and time. it is still fantasy. Location is not always the primary indicator of what genre you are in.

It is also listed in imdb as fantasy. I'm not the only one who feels this way.

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I just dont think becasue a movie is set in a real world location it cant be a fantasy film.

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The fusion reaction has its own rules that the movie sets up and it follows those rules pretty well. You guys have pointed this out in other podcasts before and am suprised of how much a tear you guys go on about it.

Spiderman 1 also intos itself by saying: "this is a story about .." It might as well have said "once apon a time". It is clearly a fairy tale/fantasy genre.

There are three major parts of story telling IMO
Plot
Theme
Character

The main strength of this movie compared to ironman and others is its theme about the personal/emotional toll of being a superhero. The plot does a very good job of connecting most of the actions in the film to its theme.

This is a big problem i have with ironman. Ironman has a virtualy non existant theme. If it does have a theme it is about privatization of war and is very very impersonal with cardboard cutout villans (Doc ock is very human and a empathetic villian.).  Without strong themes all you have is a story with nothing to really say.


I really should have just typed stuff out while i re listened to the podcast. These miandering thoughs are my attempt to add to the discussion. sorry about the orginazation