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Talkie Talk #84: The Watchlist / Academy Awards Reactions / Marvel’s Infinity War Death Pool

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Talkie Talk #84: The Watchlist / Academy Awards Reactions / Marvel's Infinity War Death Pool
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Just the two of us (Chris and TJ) – Brent is traveling and David just had a daughter! Still on that grind with the Watchlists (playing indie games! watching stuff!) – we also talk Academy Awards Reactions and have a fun game talking Marvel Movies and some predictions for the upcoming Infinity War.

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The Watchlist (1:00)
Chris: Playing Celeste (1:42), Into the Breach (3:34), Viewing Good Time (12:40), Logan Lucky (15:50), Super Dark Times (17:40), Survivor – lite preview (19:00), The Challenge (19:45)
TJ: Playing Hearthstone (8:39), Viewing Agents of Shield (10:22), Jurassic Park (11:49), Podcasts The Message and Life.After (21:27)
Breezy on the Streets (27:00)
27:05 – Super Smash Bros announced for Switch
29:00 – Reactions to the 2018 Academy Awards
Main Topic: Marvel Infinity War Death Pool (39:08)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

Talkie Talk #82: Who Should Win 2018, Pt. 1

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Talkie Talk #82: Who Should Win 2018, Pt. 1
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Second Annual Talkie Awards! We go through an extensive town-hall style debate to see which movies should win in every category of the 2018 Academy Awards. The winners… may surprise you. The discussion… just may save your life.

Part 1 has the specialty categories and technical awards. Part 2 (later in the week) will have writing/acting/directing and Best Picture.

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Below is The Media By Us Oscar vote; we indicate a winner along with the vote totals (and the runner up, where possible):

Documentary Short: Knife Skills (2-1-1, Heroin(e), Heaven is a Traffic Jam)
Animated Short: Lou (3-1, Revolting Rhymes)
Live Action Short: Dekalb Elementary (3-1, The Silent Child)
Documentary: Faces Places (2-1-1, Icarus, Strong Island*)
Animated Film: Coco (3-1, The Breadwinner)
Foreign Language: OFFICIAL PROTEST** (1-1-1-1, The Square, On Body and Soul, A Fantastic Woman, Loveless)
Sound Editing: Dunkirk (3-1, Blade Runner 2049)
Sound Mixing: Baby Driver (3-1, Blade Runner 2049)
Visual Effects: Blade Runner 2049 (4-0)
Production Design: Blade Runner 2049 (3-1, The Shape of Water)
Costume Design: Phantom Thread (3-1, Beauty and the Beast)
Makeup/Hair: Wonder (3-1, Darkest Hour)
Original Song: “Remember Me” (Coco) (4-0)
Original Score: Dunkirk (3-1, Phantom Thread)
Cinematography: Blade Runner 2049 (2-1-1, Mudbound, Darkest Hour)
Film Editing: Dunkirk (3-1, Baby Driver)
*Quasi-Almost Protest: TJ for Strong Island.
**Official Protest: Only 2 nominees available to watch at the time. Boo.

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 #83: Who Should Win 2018, Pt. 2

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Talkie Talk #83: Who Should Win 2018, Pt. 2
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Second Annual Talkie Awards! We go through an extensive town-hall style debate to see which movies should win in every category of the 2018 Academy Awards. The winners… may surprise you. The discussion… just may save your life.

Part 2 has writing/acting/directing and Best Picture. Check out Part 1 has the specialty categories and technical awards.

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Below is The Media By Us Oscar vote; we indicate a winner along with the vote totals (and the runner up, where possible):

Adapted Screenplay: Call Me by Your Name (3-1, Logan)
Original Screenplay: The Big Sick (2-1-1, Get Out, Lady Bird)
Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project (3-1, Sam Rockwell)
Supporting Actress: Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird (4-0)
Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread (3-1, Timothee Chalamet)
Lead Actress: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards (3-1, Saoirse Ronan)
Director: Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk (2-1-1, Jordan Peele, Guillermo Del Toro)
Picture: Get Out (3-1, Lady Bird)

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 #80: Jungle / Movie Twins

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Talkie Talk #80: Jungle / Movie Twins
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Holy Radcliffes! We talk about the Amazonian survival movie Jungle – this came out the same year as another Amazonian survival movie – The Lost City of Z. This inspired us to have a trivia game about Movie Twins – similar ideas that come out within a year of each other. Volcano and Dante’s Peak – Armaggeddon and Sudden Impact. And we also talk Asylum Mockbusters. It’s fun!

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Homework Assignment: Brawl in Cell Block 99 (0:57)
Main Topic: Going Against Type (18:30)
New Homework Assignment: Metropolis (1927) – Talk of Fame Submission (Netflix) (48:22)

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 #79: Watchlist / Call Me By Your Name / Coco / Cloverfield Paradox / News – 2/14

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Talkie Talk #79: Watchlist / Call Me By Your Name / Coco / Cloverfield Paradox / News - 2/14
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We discuss what we’ve been watching and playing in the last week (Watchlists!) – and we discuss the week’s biggest film / TV / video game news (Breezy on the Street!). And somehow, while debating the merits of original Netflix movies, we talk about “Dog the Bounty Hunter.” It’s a crazy world.

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The Watchlist (0:49)
TJ: Quiz Show (1:04), Pottersville (1:44), Call Me by Your Name (5:54), Playing Hearthstone (15:57)
Brent: Coco (17:00)
Chris: Playing Celeste (25:03)
David: Three Billboards (28:36), The Cloverfield Paradox (29:21)
Breezy on the Streets (40:34)
40:52 – Trailer Roundup (Solo, Mission Impossible: Fallout)
43:30 – David Benioff and D.B. Weiss making new Star Wars trilogy
44:39 – Viacom (MTV, Comedy Central, etc.) streaming app to launch
45:06 –  RIP John Gavin, Reg. E. Cathey, John Mahoney
45:46 – George R.R. Martin confirms only seven GoT books
46:30 – Timeframe and episode count revealed for Stranger Things 3 
47:03 – Best Bet this Weekend: Black Panther, a-doy

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 #77: The Watchlist / The Square / War for the Planet of the Apes / News – 2/7

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Talkie Talk #77: The Watchlist / The Square / War for the Planet of the Apes / News - 2/7
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We discuss what we’ve been watching and playing in the last week (Watchlists!) – and we discuss the week’s biggest film / TV / video game news (Breezy on the Street!).

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The Watchlist (1:05)
David: Kong: Skull Island (1:15), The Boss Baby (4:27), The Square (5:51)
TJ: The Summit (16:00), The Last Men in Aleppo (17:44), War for the Planet of the Apes (19:56), Blade Runner 2049 (25:18), The Breadwinner (29:03), Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 (32:35), Strong Island (33:56)
Brent: Starting Mad Men (41:53), Playing Madden (42:17) 
Chris: Congratulations on watching over a hundred 2017 movies! Icarus and Abacus (42:41), Loving Vincent (46:44), Victoria & Abdul (52:12), Playing Breath of the Wild (55:09)
Breezy on the Streets (56:00)
56:18 – Tom Hanks will be Mr. Rogers in upcoming biopic
56:45 – Guild Update: Annie (Animation) and Directors Guild winners
59:38 – Solo: A Star Wars Story / Mission: Impossible Fallout trailer previews
1:00:55 – Special Super Bowl Halftime HQ trivia ($20,000)
1:01:14 – Red Dead Redemption 2 release date announced
1:03:42 – Best Bet this Weekend: Peter Rabbit, 15:17 to Paris, Fifty Shades Freed (if you’re feeling masochistic)

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 #76: Talk of Fame – Beetlejuice (1988)

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Talkie Talk #76: Talk of Fame - Beetlejuice (1988)
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It’s showtime! Let’s turn on the juice and see what shakes loose as we put Beetlejuice through the gauntlet of The Talk of Fame.

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Homework/Main Topic: Beetlejuice Talk of Fame (1:25)
New Homework: Brawl in Cell Block 99 (Amazon) (58:26)

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 #75: Watchlist / Molly’s Game / Oscar Nom Reactions – 2/1

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Talkie Talk #75: Watchlist / Molly's Game / Oscar Nom Reactions - 2/1
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We discuss what we’ve been watching and playing in the last week (Watchlists!) – and we discuss the week’s biggest film news – reactions to the 90th Academy Award nominations! Punctuation!

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The Watchlist (1:00)
Chris: Logan (1:09), Playing Super Mario Odyssey/Breath of the Wild (1:14), HQ (1:29), Top Chef  (4:22), The Challenge: Vendettas (6:47)
David: Paddington (9:27), A Futile & Stupid Gesture (10:54), Beauty and the Beast (12:53), Strong Island (16:05), Icarus (17:29), Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (20:58), The Magicians (23:56)
Brent: Zach Morris is Trash (25:38), Playing Uncharted 3 (26:47) 
TJ: Playing Framed 2 (26:58), Watching The Skeleton Twins (28:09), No Escape (28:41), What Happened to Monday (29:12), Loving Vincent (29:42), Phantom Thread (31:38), Molly’s Game (33:34), [the Vanity Fair Oscar cover 34:33]
Breezy on the Streets (39:28)
39:41 – Guild Results: Editing, Art Direction and Visual Effects winners
42:11 – Sundance Film Festival 2018
43:51 – Oscar Nomination Reactions
1:08:53 – Best Bet this Weekend: Winchester

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 #74: The Polka King / Biopic Games

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Talkie Talk #74: The Polka King / Biopic Games
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Strike up the polka, the band is in town, it’s The Polka King, based on the real life Jan Lewan. We use that film to talk about Biopics, and have fun doing our little quizzes! It’s a blast.

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Homework Assignment: The Polka King (1:00)
Main Topic: Biopics Quizzes (14:23)
New Homework Assignment: Talk of Fame consideration Beetlejuice (Crackle) (38:09)

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 #73: Watchlist / News – 1/24

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Talkie Talk #73: Watchlist / News - 1/24
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Back to normal, which is great! We discuss our watchlists from the previous two weeks, and then the week’s news.

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The Watchlist (1:00)
TJ: Dunkirk (1:08), The Post (1:36), Battle of the Sexes (4:48), Killing of a Sacred Deer (6:05), Mudbound (10:09), The Travelers (12:42)
Brent: A Ghost Story (15:08), The Game (16:36), Donnie Brasco (16:59), Terror in Beverly Hills (18:19), Drunk, Stoned, Brilliant, Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon (22:02)
Chris: Planet of Dinosaurs (23:31), Wonder Wheel (24:36), Bright (29:18), Justice League (32:15), I Tonya (39:13), Rough Night (40:51), The Shape of Water (43:28), Playing Breath of the Wild (45:58), Snipperclips (46:22), Top Chef (47:58)
David: Mr. Roosevelt (51:37), Blade Runner 2049 (53:19), Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (53:59), The Assassination of Gianni Versace (57:00)
Breezy on the Streets (59:11)
59:26 – Secret Crocodile Dundee movie coming out?
1:01:22 – Paddington 2 – the best movie of all time?
1:02:36 – Scarlett Johansson’s salary on Black Widow
1:04:59 – Nintendo Switch cardboard accessories

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

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