May 2017 – The Media by Us

Talkie Talk Ep. 21: The Watchlist and the Curse of Johnny Depp – 5/31

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Talkie Talk Ep. 21: The Watchlist and the Curse of Johnny Depp - 5/31

00:00 / 0:55:37

Talking what we’ve been watching – then going through some news in movies/TV (Trailers! News! Breezy on the Streets!).

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Watchlist/Playlist (1:04)
David: The Leftovers (1:19), Fargo (5:20), War Machine (6:10), American Honey (9:14), Master of None (10:53)
TJ: Beauty and the Beast (12:58), Colossal (14:25), Sherlock (15:34)
Brent: Survivor finale (17:38), Fight Club (27:15), Smokey and the Bandit (27:50), Lawrence of Arabia (29:34), Sneakers (30:27), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (30:43), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (31:22)
Chris: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (31:58), Playing: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (33:44), The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros (35:11)
Breezy on the Streets (35:51)
Trailer Roundup (Logan Lucky 36:08, Murder on the Orient Express 37:28)
Not news, but… a lot of Johnny Depp talk… Your trigger warning @ 38:05
RIP, Roger Moore – in more Bond movies than any actor (42:10)
Universal announces Dark Universe of classic movie monsters (43:16)
Box Office Results: Pirates and Baywatch (44:56)
Netflix series The Get Down cancelled after one season (in two parts) (45:54)
Top Gun Sequel announced with director Joseph Kosinski (47:40)
Laura Dern and Benicio Del Toro in The Last Jedi (48:25)
Best bet this weekend: Wonder Woman (51:40)

Slight warning: Some mild language

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “Oh! By Jingo!” courtesy of All-Star Trio, via the Free Music Archive, CC-BY)

Talkie Talk Ep. 20: A Boy and His Dog / Post Apocalyptic Team Draft

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Talkie Talk Ep. 20: A Boy and His Dog / Post Apocalyptic Team Draft

00:00 / 45:04

Brent, Chris and David discuss the homework assignment (the visually influential post-apocalypse movie A Boy and His Dog). Segue-way – the main topic is Post-Apocalyptic Survival. AND IT’S A DRAFT POD Y’ALL – we all draft post-apocalyptic characters to our 5-person survival teams. Some of the teams are moodier than others. Some are filled with sexual tension. And one has a cute li’l robot doing zip-zip-zoos!

Homework Follow-up: A Boy and His Dog (1:12)
Main Topic: Post Apocalyptic Survival Teams (10:14)
Team Brent: Jake (Adventure Time), Darryl (Walking Dead), Robert Hawkins (Jericho), Stu Redman (The Stand), Tallahassee (Zombieland)
Team David: Imperator Furiosa (Mad Max: Fury Road), Robert Neville (I Am Legend), EVA (WALL*E), Sgt. Rita (Edge of Tomorrow: Live, Die, Repeat), Craig Robinson (This Is The End)
Team Chris: Neo (The Matrix), Caprica (Battlestar Galactica), Alice (Resident Evil), Michonne (Walking Dead), Cyrus (The Warriors)
New Homework Assignment: John Dies at the End (Netflix) (41:32)

Slight warning: Some mild language

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’” courtesy of International Novelty Orchestra, via the Free Music Archive, CC-BY)

Talkie Talk Ep. 19 – Who Watches the Watchlist? – 5/23

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Talkie Talk Ep. 19 - Who Watches the Watchlist? - 5/23

00:00 / 46:02

Talking what we’ve been watching – then going through some news in movies/TV (Trailers! News! Breezy on the Streets!).

Watchlist/Playlist (1:01)
Chris: Survivor (1:10), The Challenge Finale/Reunion (5:49), The Challenge: Champs vs. Pros (9:18), Playing: Player Unknown’s Battleground (11:10)
David: The Leftovers (14:20), Defending Your Life (18:51), Black Narcissus (19:48), Playing: Persona 3 FES (22:14)
Brent: City Lights (23:35), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (25:34), The Lady Vanishes (29:37)
Breezy on the Streets (31:13)
South Park video game, The Fractured But Whole, sets “final” release date in October (31:39)
Trailer Roundup (Battle of the Sexes, Okja, The Tick, How to Talk to Girls at Parties) (32:23)
Jimmy Kimmel and same producers back for 2018 Oscars (37:14)
Netflix developing new series based on The Witcher game series / books (37:46)
Bobby Moynihan and Vanessa Bayer leaving SNL (39:00)
RIP Powers Boothe, of Deadwood, Sin City and Tombstone fame (41:13)
Tom Hardy will be playing Venom in Spider-Man spin-off (41:53)
Best bet this weekend – Baywatch or War Machine (Netflix) (42:39)

Slight warning: Some mild language

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “Computer” courtesy of State Shirt, via the Free Music Archive, CC-BY)

Talkie Talk Ep. 18: The Manchurian Candidate / Jonathan Demme

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Talkie Talk Ep. 18: The Manchurian Candidate / Jonathan Demme

00:00 / 59:47

Brent, Chris, TJ and David discussing the homework assignment (the remake of The Manchurian Candidate directed by Jonathan Demme), before the main topic: Jonathan Demme – the Oscar-winning movie & TV director recently passed away, so we’re discussing the eclectic and wide-ranging movies he made. Full disclosure, we haven’t seen a lot of them, but that doesn’t stop us from talking about them. Because we’re just that good / blatant.

Homework Follow-up: The Manchurian Candidate (1:02)
Main Topic: Jonathan Demme Movies (26:38)
New Homework Assignment: A Boy and His Dog (Amazon Prime) (56:16)

Slight warning: Some mild language

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “Hustle” courtesy of Kevin MacLeod, via the Free Music Archive, CC-BY)

Talkie Talk Ep. 17: Who Watches the Watchlist? – 5/16

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Talkie Talk Ep. 17: Who Watches the Watchlist? - 5/16

00:00 / 55:23

Talking what we’ve been watching – then going through some news in movies/TV (Trailers! News! Breezy on the Streets!).

Watchlist/Playlist (0:58)
TJ: Why Him? (1:07), Kong: Skull Island (2:35), The Leftovers (3:57), Survivor (13:56)
Chris: Documentary Now! (21:38), Loser (kinda watched) (23:06), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (23:42)
Brent: The Handmaid’s Tale (first 10 minutes) (27:23) as his internet went out – and everything else was covered or is gonna be in the next podcast.
David: Hap and Leonard (27:57), Escape from New York (29:49), Big Trouble in Little China (31:31)
Breezy on the Streets (33:32)
Trailer Roundup (Thor: Ragnarok 34:24, Dunkirk 34:59, The Mummy 36:53, Spiderman: Homecoming 37:08, Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Men Tell No Tales 37:18, Cars 3 41:10, Absolutely Anything 41:51, Blade Runner 2049 43:00)
Jason Bateman officially signs on for Arrested Development Season 5 for Netflix (43:49)
Mulan set for next live action Disney movie with 2018 release date (45:54)
RIP Christopher “Big Black” Boykin of Rob & Big (MTV) fame (47:42)
RIP Michael Parks – a fave of Tarantino, Kevin Smith, and Robert Rodriguez (49:25)
New Mutants (X-Men spin-off) movie announced with Anya Taylor-Joy and Maisie Williams (50:19)
Litany of TV cancellations – including Last Man Standing (51:09)
Best bet this weekend – Alien: Covenant (53:09)

Slight warning: Some mild language

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “forward” courtesy of Northbound, via the Free Music Archive, CC-BY)

Talkie Talk Ep. 16: The Handmaiden / Mother’s Day

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Talkie Talk Ep. 16: The Handmaiden / Mother's Day

00:00 / 55:17

We have Brent, Chris, TJ and David finally discussing the last homework assignment (The Handmaiden), before the main topic: our mom’s favorite movies – in honor of Mother’s Day. Talking about how our mom’s taste in movies helped shape our taste. So, here’s your gift! … Uh, we’ll probably get a nice card too… And flowers? … And a real gift.

Homework Follow-up: The Handmaiden (1:07)
Main Topic: Movies our Moms Love (23:40)
New Homework Assignment: The Manchurian Candidate (2004 Remake) (Netflix) (50:22)

Slight warning: Some mild language

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “Red Hot Mama” courtesy of Sophie Tucker, via the Free Music Archive, CC-BY)

Talkie Talk Ep. 15: Who Watches the Watchlist? – 5/9

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Talkie Talk Ep. 15: Who Watches the Watchlist? - 5/9

00:00 / 0:49:48

We’re trying something new – splitting our podcast IN TWAIN. First pod for the week will be Watchlist and Breezy on the Streets (News) – second pod will be Homework and a main topic. Same RSS feed – no change needed from your end, but these will end up being more digestible [but let us know your thoughts].

Watchlist/Playlist (1:44)
Brent: Frenzy (2:10), Clerks (3:14), Raiders of the Lost Ark (4:21), The Handmaid’s Tale (5:07), Survivor (6:07)
David: Captain America: Civil War (11:49), Ant-Man [TJ] (13:22), Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (13:59), Feud: Bette and Joan (14:59), Dear White People (16:05)
Chris: Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (20:06), The Simpsons Movie (24:48), The Challenge (25:42), S-Town (27:08), Playing: Player Unknown’s Battleground (28:51), Skyrim check-in [Brent] (30:17), Persona 3: FES Portable [David] (30:50)
TJ: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (33:07), The Life Aquatic (34:14), The Monster (35:18)
Breezy on the Streets (38:10)
New(ish) Trailers (The Dark Tower 38:37, Kingsmen: Golden Circle 41:07, The Big Sick 41:47, Blade Runner 2049 teaser 42:37)
HBO announces there will be GoT spinoffs (of course) (43:38)
M. Knight announces “Glass” follow-up to Unbreakable (47:42)

Slight warning: Some mild language

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “Onions” courtesy of Mega Gem, via the Free Music Archive, CC-BY)

Talkie Talk Ep. 14: Small Talk #1

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Talkie Talk Ep. 14: Small Talk #1

00:00 / 59:34

In this very special mini-episode (we’re calling it Small Talk), we have Brent, Chris and David discussing their Watchlists and deliver some Breezy on the Streets (Movie & TV News!) that goes off the rails. We got a homework extension for The Handmaiden – we’ve all seen it, we just want the whole crew here to be talk about it – same with a main topic. TJ is on assignment at the Sands Resort, fighting the good fight.

David is trying out a sieve jammer – Chris is becoming a Maester – and Brent reconfigures the Oracle. Makes sense to me.

Watchlist/Playlist ( 1:35 )
David: Fargo (1:40), Silicon Valley (4:10), Veep (5:09), Stranded with a Million Dollars finale (6:08), RuPaul’s Drag Race (8:05), Don’t Think Twice (11:15)
Chris: The Good Dinosaur (14:30), The Leftovers (18:10), The Get Down (20:22), Alt+Shift+X (Youtube series) – Valyrian Steel: Where are these swords currently in GoT? (21:39)
Brent: Two for the Road (25:03), Suspicion (28:33), Fantasia (30:15), American Gods (33:08), The Handmaid’s Tale (40:30), Survivor (44:19)
Breezy on the Streets ( 48:33 )
Avatar sequels 2-5 announced starting 2020. Okay…
New X-Men sequel title: Dark Phoenix
New Narnia film (#4) – Jay Johnston doing The Silver Chair
David Fincher doing a World War Z sequel? Z2?
Best bet coming out this week – Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2

Slight warning: Some mild language

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “Cantina Rag” courtesy of Jackson Smith, via the Free Music Archive, CC-BY)