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Dave, yeah I listen to FXGuide. In fact the reason I joined Twitter way back when was to follow Mike Seymour 
Going with the whole 'how did this get made' angle, how about a general episode on how films are made from the initial idea to opening weekend? I know it sounds like a bit of a 'movies for dummies' idea, but it could be worth a shot?
Supplimental: Setiquette is my favourite episode of late.
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When do ya'll reckon you'll do another live show? I wouldn't worry too much about people's criticisms of the show. Everyone has their idea of what you guys should be doing in this show. I'd rather you guys did the show the way you want it done.
If i could just say that I think the best shows are when you tear a movie apart, even if that movie was one that I enjoyed a great deal when I first saw it. The first two Spider-man films for instance. I learn a lot about why movies work the way they do.
Of course, there are other ways of telling a story. The DIF crew have never stated that their is only one way to tell a story well. That would be rather presumptuous...
And for the record, episodes like Full Metal Jacket and 2001 make specific cases for the success of movies that don't follow traditional story structure rules.
Interesting subject change here in this thread.
I guess I am curious as to where Ash is coming from because I honestly listen to DiF for their comedy and insight in to what they think of the films why they are good, bad or indifferent. Often the panelists hit me were I live because they are very sarcastic, just like I am, so really its the humor and camaraderie of the panelists that carry the show forward for me. Honestly, listen to the first episode (Episode 1-Phantom Menace)-its behind the scenes, lots of humor and comments about the movie, but the playing off each makes the podcast fun.
As for storytelling, while there is no "wrong" way to tell a story, human history and culture has demonstrated themes that matter to humanity, with archetypes and commonalities being found across the globe. Humanity is bonded by themes that matter to it.
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I don't think Ash is trying to be argumentative.
The thing is, unless the guys only discuss films they've worked on, we'll just be getting regurgitation of Cinefex articles or interviews from other sources. By only discussing films they've worked on, they're severely limited in the number of episodes they can make.
There are podcasts which focus on VFX, interviews with writers, etc. Down in Front's space touches on all these things, but tries to get at the heart of "how could this be better", and by extension "how can we be better film makers". This is different from criticism, which often doesn't provide workable solutions to the problems it raises.
If anything I'd like to hear a little more about how to do stuff better, but considering this is a free service I don't think it's my call to make. Personally I'm more than satisfied with a couple of hours of free entertainment once a week.
I think Ash feels much the same way, and interpret his earlier post as a way to start discussion.
Ash, almost all of that stuff either comes from the director's commentaries or is more appropriate to a director's commentary. I feel like the point of a fan commentary is less to discuss the "behind-the-scenes" background and more to discuss how the story, characters, and setting fit together as well as the personal reactions about what works for one panelist and doesn't work for another.
I think it's great when a panelist has worked on the movie and DOES have behind-the-scenes stories, but that's quite secondary. I do like talk about theme and motifs (and the example of the cloud motif hinting that the Rainmaker looms in the future is a good one).
It sounds like you just really liked the movie and didn't care that the plotting is clunky (which is fair) and so got impatient that the panelists kept saying the screenplay wasn't tight. I care about stuff like that and agreed with the panel, so I liked the episode.
I get where Ash is coming from and certainly have felt that way on a couple of movies, but perhaps the term "dropped the ball" is what is bothering people. I haven't listened to the commentary or watched Looper but I'm trying to determine how the commentary was any different than past episodes. I mean, I listened to Dredd and that was far more story discussion and world building with some technical aspects tossed in.
But, perhaps a new thread should be started...
Someone mentioned David Lynch in the music video thread and reminded me that DiF loves space and politics and should do Dune
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
1)Terry Gilliam
2)Heath Ledger
3)Some nobody named Andrew Garfield(...like he'll ever do anything again, pssh)
4) How to pull out of the nosedive that is your lead male dying partway through production.
I imagine many of these have been suggested before, but just to throw them out there:
The Land Before Time
Minority Report
Groundhog Day
Toy Story 3
Labyrinth
Big
A Knight's Tale
Joe Verses the Volcano
A League of Their Own
Willow
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Shrek
And some John Hughes maybe?
Ferris Beuller
The Breakfast Club
Home Alone
You guys like Miyazaki?
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
Howl's Moving Castle
Great list, Bathilda. We'll be referring to that one for sure.
RoboCop has come up before, I'm sure we'll get there. As for Stargate... I only saw it once, but don't remember having much of an opinion about it. 
Lucas? Land Before Time is Spielberg producing Don Bluth.
I'm sure you get these questions fairly frequently, but...
Any chance of you guys making another attempt at the Pirates and Potter sequels in the foreseeable future?
I actually didn't think the scrapped Pirates commentary was particularly bad, even if I wasn't a huge fan of the Keith Richards bit that everyone else seem to love.
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