Matt "Fayda" Vayda, everyone. You'll hear his voice again soon enough.

Goldwave? Good to know.

For the record, we record on a Mac, OS X.

As we say in the episode, if we had money, we'd do almost everything differently. As it stands, OS X is what we have. Plus Audacity, plus a USB external harddrive.

Plus a $100 Guitar Center mixer board.

why this episode was good

I'm generally fascinated by making-of content and since i like DIF already, it's a bonus to hear some of the process that goes into making it; good and bad times. It's good that so much thought goes into what you do and that you're concerned with making everything better and learning from yourselves. You're all interesting (and hilarious) people, and that helps makes you enjoyable to listen to. I've heard other podcasts during which I want to punch my ipod lol

While your pov on a film is just that, it was cool that you reflected on how your views might have changed since a given podcast. In fact it's interesting, *during* a commentary, when any of you end up changing your opinion of a movie by the time you're done watching & analyzing it.

With Seth, it was cool that you'd brought (a listener) on and discussed his input as a listener. Also, since I don't personally spend a lot of time on forums in general, (and I mean at all) having a bit of feedback be part of the podcast was fun. In fact, it would be interesting if you incorporated feedback either into the podcast in some way, or maybe an occaisional podcast just to discuss feedback about a particular commentary & what you think about it. (That might not work, or it might end up being a good argument/discussion.) I know that's what the forums are meant for, but just a thought for the sake of bringing it up.

I enjoyed hearing your thoughts about the Oscars. You're all filmmakers and film lovers and it shows. You know what you're talking about and love what you're talking about, which again, keeps it interesting. You're not afraid to disagree with each other on things and It's cool hearing you guys all go off and speak your mind about everything.

why your podcast is good in general-

First off, I love commentaries. Whether fan-made, or "official", I love hearing people talk about movies. Your personalities all fit together and contrast well & I like the combination of Trey and the rest of you as far as the pov of 2 different generations of filmmakers. You always have a lot to say and it's smart & interesting & funny. It's also fun when you have Ryan, Eddie, etc on because they're also cool to listen to, & for when one of the "regulars" can't make it, it's a good alternate perspective. -  Aside from that, see my last comment ; )

I appreciate the time you guys take to do this stuff; It's fun and I always learn from it

Congratulations on your first anniversary!

Enjoyed the show, as always! You're part of my Monday routine and I get a little depressed if you've done a movie I haven't got round to seeing yet. If I don't have the DVD I'll listen around the house while doing other things, but if I'm watching along I tend to do it in bed. There's an image you may not want while recording your next commentary

I think the reason I like your show is that I don't have very finely tuned critical faculties (hear me out - I'm going somewhere with this). I know whether I like a movie or not, but I've realised that I don't often know why I feel the way I do. I've found it interesting which points you guys bring up that I agree or disagree with. I usually end up feeling like I know the film a bit better. Or I fall asleep just before the end and have to catch up the next day.

Anyway, thanks for a year of great commentaries. If I had to rate you, I wouldn't know whether to use the Goldblum Scale or the metric Walken.

P.S. Have you guys stopped doing PAL versions of the commentaries for good? I think some of the older ones weren't quite the right length - they seemed to drift off by a few seconds towards the end, but that could have been my computer. I roll my own with Audacity now anyway (Change Tempo with a percent change of 4.271).

Uh, how?

What point did I miss? Apartheid bad, everyone being the same good.

00:39:45
"The ultimate way to solve the problem is for people to not be different anymore."

00:40:05
"The melting pot only works when the melting starts happening. You get to the point where you've eliminated the different because everything's blended and everyone's on the same page."

Cultural genocide has been defined as:

"Any action which has the aim or effect of depriving them of their integrity as distinct peoples, or of their cultural values or ethnic identities"

You don't fix the problem by making everyone the same. You fix the problem by Whitey no longer having a problem with people being different.

It's like saying you're going to solve the gay marriage 'problem' by turning all gay people straight.

Last edited by Gregory Harbin (2010-03-09 02:35:26)

This was a lot of fun, guys. Congratulations on the anniversary and thanks for all the great discussion!

In my own defense, Eddie specifically said his mom was on the cover of Newsweek in February 1980 with the story "Women in the Military." It's not like I had to do anything more than Google that phrase.

The Prestige is one of the better M Night Shyamalan movies. [ducks]

It was Prince of Tides (not Yentl) that garnered noms for all kinds of Oscars, including Best Pic, but not Best Director.

Avatar stank. I was ready to love it, but the story is vintage '80s guilt, and the aliens are poorly-motivated blue humans with big eyes and kitty cat noses.

I'm in total agreement about Inglourious Basterds, Pan's Labyrinth, and the Coen Brothers.

I like Cars, but the story is fighting itself. Is it a city-boy-falls-in-love-with-small-town-life story or a young-maverick-learns-the-secret-of-winning-from-old-timer story? The ending is a mess.

I hardly ever listen to a commentary without watching the movie along with it, especially when it comes to Down in Front.

Last edited by Zarban (2010-03-09 15:53:55)

My guess for surprise movie is Pet Sematary II.

Last edited by TrowaGP02a (2010-03-09 07:38:16)

The only reason I can think off Watching this with out watching the movie is its like hearing anime in another room, it sounds like porn.....so listening to it with out the movie i suppose would be its pleasure to the ears, sweet sweet pleasure.....

Great year guys!
I also normally dont watch the movies with the commentary. Most of the movies you guys do are very popular and I have seen them 3x plus. You guys also do a great job of talking about scenes and not individual lines.

I also found you guys through zarban.com about 8 months ago. Your production quality and general style is much stronger than most of the other commentaries out there.  DiF really focuses on analyzing movies compared to other commentaries. Most try to mst3k and that gets old really quick.

Congrats guys!

P.S. - Who had the TN connections? I live in nashvegas.

Last edited by Twig24 (2010-03-13 20:43:54)

I lived in (and folks still live in) the Memphis area, I think that Trey is from Tennessee (Nashville I think), and Lowell Cunningham on the MiB commentary is from Nashville as well.