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Talkie Talk Ep. 42: Watchlist / Game of Thrones / News – 8/23

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Talkie Talk Ep. 42: Watchlist / Game of Thrones / News - 8/23
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The answer to everything (and the number of podcasts) is 42. We start with our Watchlists, Episode 5 (Eastwatch) of Game of Thrones, and finish up with Breezy on the Streets (News!). And a warning – we lose it part way throughout the podcast… We’re professional.

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The Watchlist (0:53)
TJ: You Don’t Mess With the Zohan (0:58), Band of Brothers (4:58)
Brent: Nerve (8:30), Nick of Time (10:39), The Sixth Day (14:13)
Chris: Atypical (17:13), Beauty and the Beast (2017) (18:21), Project: Are GoT Actors Actually Good? – Exhibit 1: Me Before You (23:23), Exhibit 2: Gold (26:25)
David: Project Runway (31:50), The Incredible Jessica James (32:26), The Founder (33:30), Rogue One (35:16), Playing: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (38:25), Until Dawn (38:35)
Cross-Talk: Game of Thrones (Eastwatch) (42:18)
Breezy on the Streets (51:31)
51:43 – Shadow of Mordor VG sequel turns spider Shelob into sexy lady
52:58 – Stand-alone movie planned for Obi-Wan character
54:16 – Lion King remake (by Jon Favreau) almost completely cast
56:23 – Porn site offers to completely fund season 3 of Sense8
57:35 – Best Bet this Weekend: Birth of the Dragon or T2: Judgment Day in 3D

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers
> Outro song “Extemporaneous  Birth” courtesy of Boo Reefa

Music Seen: “This Modern Love” and How I Met Your Mother

MUSIC SEEN – remembering some of our favorite confluences of music in movies, television, video games, anything. Pairing the moving image with musical notes is a time honored craft – about which, we will clumsily say is pretty awesome and pretty cool.

“This Modern Love” (Bloc Party) in How I Met Your Mother

I love her! I told her that the first night we went out, and here it is, eight months later, and nothing’s changed. So yes, I know this isn’t gonna work. But it HAS to work. You hear me, universe? This is Ted Mosby talking! Give me some rain! Come on! Come on! COME ON!!!!

What are you holding out for? / What’s always in the way?
Why so damn absent minded? / Why so scared of romance?
This modern love breaks me / This modern love wastes me

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Image: How I Met Your Mother Wikia

Season One of How I Met Your Mother ended with the episode “Come On” on May 15, 2006. The first season of this quirky romantic comedy ends with an extended sequence underscored with the song “This Modern Love” from Bloc Party’s debut album Silent Alarm, which came out a year earlier. However, mere facts are worthless when both of these are about FEELINGS, MAN. Let’s set the scene.

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Talkie Talk Ep. 41: 10 Things I Hate About You / High School Double Date Draft

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The whole gang talks about 10 Things I Hate About You, and then pulls a charming draft – High School Couples you’d want to have a double-date with! It’s not creepy we promise, just looking for cool couples in High School in movies, TV, and games.

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Homework Assignment: 10 Things I Hate About You (0:53)
Main Topic: High School Couple Draft (24:04)
New Homework: The Matrix (Netflix) for Talk of Fame submission (57:40)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers
> Outro song “Extemporaneous  Birth” courtesy of Boo Reefa

Talkie Talk Ep. 40: The Watchlist / Game of Thrones / News – 8/16

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Talkie Talk Ep. 40: The Watchlist / Game of Thrones / News - 8/16
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We’re talking what we’ve been watching, going into Episode 4 (Spoils of War) of Game of Thrones, and going a Breezy on the Streets (News!). We did it!

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The Watchlist (0:51)
David: Get Out [Spoilers] (1:03), The Conjuring 2 (4:56), Night of the Hunter (7:55), Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (9:04)
Chris: The Challenge (9:39), Nerve (13:04), Playing: Slime Rancher (18:14)
Brent: Dunkirk (20:14), Paths of Glory (23:40), Game of Thrones Episode 4 (Spoils of War) (27:58)
TJ: The Overnight (35:57), Lovelace (37:13), What If (37:54), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Pt I & II (39:39), Vertigo (40:43), Zoolander 2 (42:06)
Breezy on the Streets (44:10)
44:25 – Doctor Who universe show Torchwood coming back
45:24 – Video game No Man’s Sky getting multi-player & story modes
46:37 – Disney leaving Netflix for its own service. Marvel? Star Wars?
48:26 – Steven King letting J.J. Abrams take the helm for Castle Rock series
48:58 – Hiyao Miyazaki bringing Studio Ghibli back for Boro the Caterpillar
49:27 – $100,000 Pyramid record set by friend of the show, Brian Darby!
50:55 – Best Bet this Weekend: Logan Lucky

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers
> Outro song “Extemporaneous  Birth” courtesy of Boo Reefa

Talkie Talk Ep. 39: Bedazzled (1967) / Remakes

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Brent, Chris, David, and TJ fill you with inertia (it’s a movie quote) as we tackle the Brendan Fraser-less Bedazzled original film from 1967 (with Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, and 7 minutes of Raquel Welch) before going into Remakes – what makes a good one, what makes a bad one, what makes an absolutely neutral one. And we tackle why people seem so bothered by them.

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Homework Assignment: Bedazzled (1967) (1:10)
Main Topic: Remakes in Movies, TV and Videogames (21:55)
New Homework: 10 Things I Hate About You (1:01:30)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers

Talkie Talk Ep. 38: The Watchlist / News – 8/9

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The gang’s all here! TJ, Chris, Brent and David do a short one, talking about what they’ve been watching, playing (and gasp… reading?), before taking a quick dip in Breezy on the Streets.

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The Watchlist (0:47)
Brent: The Lost City of Z (1:07), Beauty and the Beast 1946 Version (3:27), Boogie Nights (6:34), Grease (9:46)
TJ: Furious 7 (12:44), Central Intelligence (14:58), Keeping Up with the Joneses (16:23), The Patriot (17:46), Signs (19:51)
Chris: Macon Blair Cinematic Universe (Blue Ruin, Green Room, Small Crimes 23:01), Suspiria (25:08), Storks (26:09), Paterson (26:34)
David: The Challenge (29:36), G.L.O.W. (29:51), Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (29:58), Playing: Game of Thrones (31:28), Until Dawn (31:36), Reading: Boss Fight Books: Earthbound (32:10)
Breezy on the Streets (33:42)
33:49 – Trailer Roundup (Light week, It)
33:59 – HBO Hack and its implications
35:07 – Best Bet this Weekend: The Glass Castle or just wait to stream it…

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers
> Outro song “Extemporaneous  Birth” courtesy of Boo Reefa

Talkie Talk Ep. 37: Mr. Nobody / Nonlinear Narrative

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The episode ends. TJ, Chris and David are missing Brent Sand while talking about Jared Leto’s baby blues (in the… “film” Mr. Nobody). While we wait for a butterfly in Asia start up a hurricane in the Caribbean, we get into the main topic, Nonlinear Narrative. We talk through some heavy hitter directors (Tarantino! Nolan! Inarritu!) and the purpose this narrative serves. Does it stem naturally from the theme or the characters? Does it cover up a boring movie otherwise? …Who are you? The episode begins.

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Homework Assignment: Mr. Nobody (0:56)
Main Topic: Nonlinear Narratives in Film, TV, Games (19:25)
Media Discussed [Spoiler Warning about plot]: Pulp Fiction, Memento, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Prestige, Arrival, Donnie Darko, Blue Valentine, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Slumdog Millionaire, Joy, Cloud Atlas, Lost, Breaking Bad, True Detective, Vanilla Sky, Mulholland Drive, Rashomon, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, Final Fantasy VIII/X, Bastion, Max Payne, Titanfall 2  
New Homework: Bedazzled (1967) (Netflix) (43:08)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers
> Outro song “Extemporaneous  Birth” courtesy of Boo Reefa

Talkie Talk Ep. 36: The Watchlist / Game of Thrones / News – 8/2

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Justice for Brent! It’s a 3-man with TJ, Chris and David talking about stuff they’ve watched, talk Episode 2 of Game of Thrones, then hit some news items and trailers. We’re cutting up bell peppers on this one (if you know what we mean…)

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The Watchlist (1:29)
Chris: The Tick Amazon Pilot (1:45), Iron Fist (3:02), Life (9:12), 50 Shades Darker (14:54)
David: Ozark (18:43), Man Up (23:33), Playing: Breath of Fire 3 (25:02), Game of Thrones (Telltale Games) (26:15), Until Dawn (28:32)
TJ: It Miniseries (30:25), Batman (32:06), Nightmare on Elm Street (32:51), Iron Giant (34:49)
Cross-Talk: Game of Thrones, Ep. 2 “Stormborn” (38:22)
Breezy on the Streets (55:54)
56:08 – Dunkirk gets great reviews… but is 70mm IMAX necessary?
59:14 – Trailers (It, Suburbicon, Three Billboards…, Detroit)
1:01:37 – SNES Classic pre-order debacle at Walmart
1:02:56 – Mahershala Ali will be in Season 3 of True Detective
1:03:25 – Best bet this weekend: Detroit (2 votes), nothing (1 vote)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers
> Outro song “Extemporaneous  Birth” courtesy of Boo Reefa

Talkie Talk Ep. 35: I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore / Spoiler Alert

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TJ, Brent, Chris and David don’t feel at home in this world anymore while talking about the homework (I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore) – then, inspired by both a scene in that movie (IDFAHITWA for short) and by the guardedness around Game of Thrones, we dip our toes into the choppy waters of Spoiler Culture… What constitutes a spoiler, our personal takes, worst spoilers, etc. [Spoiler alert].

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Homework Assignment: I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore (0:50)
Main Topic: Spoiler Culture (15:27)
New Homework: Mr. Nobody (Netflix) (55:31)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers
> Outro song by TJ, CC-BY

Talkie Talk Ep. 34: Watchlist / Game of Thrones / Trailer-palooza / News – 7/26

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Here’s what it is… TJ, Brent, Chris and David talk what they’ve been watching… Then, talk Episode 1 of Game of Thrones… Then, talk about a bunch of high-profile trailers… THEN, a couple news items (Breezy on the Streets much?). Even after an extended vacation break, we always come original, Tootsie… It gets punchy at the end.

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The Watchlist (0:54)
Chris: The Fast and Furious Franchise box set (1:00), Riverdale (4:41), The Challenge: Dirty XXX (8:43), Get Out (22:47)
Brent: The Tenant (11:25), The Big Sick (12:58), A Bucket of Blood (13:37), The Apartment (15:29), Police Academy (16:30), Mrs. Doubtfire (16:53), Party Down (21:52)
TJ: Bring It On Trilogy (25:46), Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (27:14), Rogue One (29:43), Better Call Saul (30:42), TJ’s Lion King Shirt (31:17)
David: Downward Dog (32:29), The Lego Batman Movie (36:09), Car Boys (Griffin McElroy/Nick Robinson Polygon series) (38:18)
Cross-Talk: Game of Thrones, Ep. 1 “Dragonstone” (40:32)
Breezy on the Streets (47:51)
48:06 – Trailer Roundup (Ready Player One, Stranger Things 2, The Defenders, Jigsaw, A Wrinkle in Time, The Disaster Artist, It, Walking Dead, Thor: Ragnarok, The Shape of Water, Bright )
57:33 – Outrage! Doctor Who has a female doctor (Jodie Whittaker)!
1:00:48 – Pre-Outrage! Benioff & Weiss’ post-GoT show Confederate
1:04:39 – Best bet this weekend: Atomic Blonde (or Person to Person if you’re in NY/LA, or Hotel for Dogs if you hate this segment)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

> Intro theme courtesy of The Willow Walkers
> Outro song “Extemporaneous  Birth” courtesy of Boo Reefa
> Second Secret Outro song “The Royal Vagabond” courtesy of Jockers Dance Orchestra through the Free Music Archive, CC-BY)