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Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. I never realized how meaningful it is to have the old episodes to listen to (especially the ones with Mike, truth be told) when none of the new episodes of my 60+ current podcasts interest me till they weren't there. I seriously had anxiety that I might have lost them forever.
I'm definitely going to systematically download them all now just in case 
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Thanks for the countless hours of enjoyment you all have given me, and hope someday you all can get back together for at least a one-off, or better yet a limited series. Cheers!
Doctor Submarine wrote:...but Noah is a really good movie.
I'd say that I agree to disagree, but I bailed on it a half-hour in and thus can't in good conscientious do so. I will try to stay open minded tonight when I view the live stream (paused whilst the family and I hike around Rattlesnake Lake). Aronofsky is more miss than hit with me, and I really, really don't like the Noah story (the silliest story in a book filled with them), so I was really not coming at it with a good mindset.
Invid wrote:It's not about quality, it's about what is interesting to talk about. Failures can offer more topics for them to cover.
My missive was a direct response to the boys twitter request for "Better ideas", and as the previous tweet had mentioned netflix streaming I threw together that list. In my direct email response to the tweet I mentioned it could be very interesting to shit on such a shitty movie, and am looking forward to the shit storm.
Movies I don't think y'all have covered which are streaming on netflix and that are way better than Noah:
In Bruges
Say Anything
American Psycho
In the Loop (try and have a f word drinking game with this one…I dare you)
Heathers
Manhattan
Punch Drunk Love
Zodiac
The Grey
Mash
Trainspotting
The Usual Suspects
Glengarry Glen Ross
The Host (Joon Ho-bong)
Let the Right one In (Swedish)
I'm just trying to figure out whether I was bored with this episode because I just wanted so very badly to get to next week's killer (pun intended) episode, or because it was badly written/directed (no real overall momentum, lack of having a sense of place in the action to see how close they were to losing from the various parallel attacks, etc.). Though truth be told I never really cared very much about this battle in the books other than the Jon/Ygritte story, and I didn't feel that was well handled either.
Doctor Submarine wrote:I'm pretty strongly in the "Tyrion dies" camp. But not until the very end. I don't see him having a place in whatever the epilogue to this story will be. Tyrion dies, and he's remembered by the general citizenry as the heroic dwarf who slew the Second Mad King and helped whoever the new king is gain power.
In that scenario I picture the epilogue as having an old nan telling Rickon's son the story of the "Mad Stag and the Little Lion", and warning that winter is coming again.
If Davos can bring him back from Skagos, maybe he will end up being the one to take back the realm of Winterfell? I'd like to think he'll end up with having something real to do with the story, but then again if everyone GRRM has created needs a character arc the last two books will be thousands of pages long.
Doctor Submarine wrote:I don't think that's where Dany's arc is headed. I think she'll be consumed by madness and Barristan will be forced to kill her.
Well I'm hoping for at least couple nude scenes before then, if true. And frankly, if not true as well.
Of course with some Jamie/Daario nude scenes to balance them out for those so inclined. I'm straight/married/kids, but I'd be the first to admit those are some fine looking men.
There's a mildly interesting thread on r/asoiaf on the end game of the books/series. Any thoughts?
A fulfillment of "A Song of Ice and Fire" title could be having Dany get her batshit-crazy evil queen crown on, and with her dragons lead the white walkers to lay waste to all in her path...or not.
"In the place of *the king of the seven kingdoms* you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Morn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair!"
Zarban--thanks. After I posted I noticed that Powell's Books in Portland has back issues of Cinefex and when I'm down there next month I'm going to thumb through them looking for issues that discuss movies I love and start there.
On Bogdanovich--just ordered "Who the Hell is in it" and "Movie of the week" through the library. I absolutely love his video introduction on the Critereon "The Third Man" (one of my top ten), and I've seen all his stuff available on youtube so I'm a bit embarrassed I hadn't already gone this route. Only book I've read with him in it was Easy Riders/Raging Bulls.
On Ebert--spot on there. Really liked all the books of his I've read. Can't wait to see "Life Itself" asap.
Has there been a thread on here for film book recommendations? Sorry, fairly new to spending time on the forum (finally cutting back my Reddit time to expand my online universe) and not sure what has been covered (couldn't find it using google site search). Thanks all!!
Cinefex has been mentioned at least a few times on the show (I believe by Dorkman) and on Adam Savage's podcast. It looks very, very cool but I've hesitated subscribing or buying older issues online because I'm worried it's so industry specific as to not be approachable to the layman. Any thoughts?
Whenever I hear/read someone discussing something amazing happening in LA, like a cast/crew screening, or the Jason Reitman live readings, etc., I get so very jealous that I can't partake. But as I constantly have to remind my kids, who said life is supposed to be fair?
Even growing up in Boston, with it's extremely vibrant film culture (helped by the 50+ colleges and universities in the area), just pales in comparison to having QT or Edgar Wright drop in to show their favorite movies in a great theater with some of the people who made them--which regretfully will always be a pipe dream to those outside of LA.
I'll just have to make do with the Seattle Cinerama and the SIFF (which is really great this year, btw), and live vicariously through those who can.
Cheers
Sorry if this is a repeat question (I tried to search for this topic but I've never had luck with the search function), but what websites, mags, other podcasts, etc., do y'all use to keep up with the in-depth movie knowledge that helps make this podcast such a blast.
Not necessarily movie news sites (I've got dozens of those), or dvd/blu commentary tracks (which are gold but easily available), more so hidden gems (or not so hidden to those inside the industry) that help inform your movie knowledge base. Thanks!!!
I'm in, depending on subject/timing.
One of the reasons the scenes from Sucker Punch are so re-watchable is that it takes at least a couple viewings to disconnect the sexy from all the crazy shit going on in the 'background'.
When I re-watch whole movies that I love I often try to focus on a specific aspect, such as direction, cinematography, etc., on each viewing. With Sucker Punch it's just thighs and crazy-ass cgi...and that's just enough 
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Best way to re-watch this--ff, tunnel scene, ff, bar scene, ff, street scene, ff michael gambon, out.
I do this with quite a few action movies with great fight scenes but that are not worth a full re-watch. Anyone else, and if so what are they?
Wow, the trash talk about CGI in the LOTR's films from the players who made one of the greatest film trilogies ever has been turned up to 11.
http://www.themarysue.com/viggo-mortens … the-rings/
I do, however, completely agree with Viggo about the Hobbit movies. One of the reasons the LOTR's films will stand the test of time is the incredible use of practical effects augmented only when needed with CGI, but the Hobbit films almost never feel like they are real.
When Gandalf pulled out Glamdring in the ROTK and (with his staff) kicked some serious ass it had a visceral feel to it. But in the Goblin Cave fight scene in Hobbit #1 it looked like they directed Ian to run along a path and swing his sword, and they just animated golbins wherever Glamdring passed.
It's sad that at this point Peter has almost completely gone over to the dark side, and become George 
. Guillermo is sorely missed in Middle Earth...
Thanks--I thought I had listened to all the episodes (after I found the podcast because of the LOTR ep.'s) when I went back to Phantom and listened in order, but must have missed this.
And thanks, as always, for all the great entertainment y'all put out!!
Could the boys address this 'debate' on the forum or in an upcoming episode? I realize the quote from Andy is speaking to the current use of motion capture, not what was used for LOTR, but Randall's response is really taking Andy to task for the work on LOTR so I'm not sure if there has been more bad blood between them leading up to this.
Also, beyond what was said in outstanding the LOTR ep.'s (I re-listen to them every few months--thanks!), your thoughts on how much of Gollum is due strictly to Andy's performance would be greatly appreciated.
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/motion-captu … 98868.html
http://animation.io9.com/lord-of-the-ri … /+riamisra
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