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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].

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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)

Talkie Talk Ep. 13: Desert Island Movie Draft

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Talkie Talk Ep. 13: Desert Island Movie Draft

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In this episode, we have Brent, Chris, TJ and David discuss last week’s homework (Monsters), their Watchlists, some Breezy on the Streets (Movie & TV News!) before going into the main topic: in honor of this week’s NFL Draft – we are doing our own draft – drafting desert island movies with NFL team names. But it’s more complicated than that. Delightfully arcane rules of elimination and selection are abound in this week’s podcast – even if you don’t like football, this should be fun.

Homework Follow-up: Monsters ( 0:50 – 11:56 )
Watchlist/Playlist ( 11:56 – 30:53 )
TJ: The Leftovers, Titanic, Free Fire
Chris: Fargo, playing: Yooka-Laylee
David: Girls, S-Town (podcast)
Brent: American Crime, Arrested Development
Breezy on the Streets ( 30:53 – 37:49 )
Deadwood movie script has been completed
Farenheit 451 HBO movie with Michael Shannon and Michael B. Jordan
Half Nelson directors Fleck & Boden tabbed for directing Captain Marvel
Will Smith (probably) to be the genie in Guy Ritchie’s live-action Aladdin
Joss Whedon directing Batgirl, after getting blessing from Marvel chief
Bidding war amongst studios for who gets the James Bond franchise
Best bet movie coming out this week – The Circle
Main Topic: Movie Draft ( 37:49 – 1:09:08 )
Team TJ: The Lion King, The Maltese Falcon, Under the Skin, Steel Magnolias, St. Vincent, The Jetsons, Le Chiefs, Gypsy Colt
Team Chris: Space Cowboys, Lady and the Tramp, Uncle Buck, Eddie the Eagle, Ravenous, Dolphin Tale, Bolt, The Lucky Texan
Team David: Kill Bill, The Iron Giant, Jackie Brown, Bad News Bears, Green Card, Hudson Hawk, Gentleman Broncos, Ladder 49
Team Brent: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Remember the Titans, Black Panther, The Patriot, Erik the Viking, Six Pack, Storm Over Bengal, Jaguar Lives
New Homework Assignment: The Handmaiden (Amazon Prime) ( 1:09:08 )

Slight warning: Some mild language

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “kind gentle beautiful person” courtesy of Origami Repetika, via the Free Music Archive, CC-BY)

Talkie Talk Ep. 12: The Association Game

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Talkie Talk Ep. 12: The Association Game

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The twelfth episode of The Media By Us pan-media podcast, Talkie Talk.

In this episode, we have Brent, Chris, TJ and David discuss last week’s homework (Filth), their Watchlists, some Breezy on the Streets (Trailers, returning TV, etc.) before going into the main topic (another Facebook suggestion!): checking what movie or TV show you mentally associate with an actor or actress. Like, who is Idris Elba to you? – Luther? Stringer Bell? That branch manager for two episodes of The Office? Shooter McGavin? A psychologically revealing episode this week.

Homework Follow-up: Filth ( 0:45 – 19:55 )
Watchlist/Playlist: ( 19:56 –
Brent: Man of Steel, Tangerine, The Leftovers, Survivor
TJ: Jurassic Park, Survivor
Chris: Survivor, Stranded with a Million Dollars, The Challenge
David: Win It All, 20th Century Women, Patriot, Reading: Annihilation
Breezy on the Streets:
Trailer Time (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Thor: Ragnarok, Detroit)
Josh Brolin cast as Cable in Deadpool 2
Returning TV (The Leftovers, Veep, The Handmaid’s Tale, Fargo, MST3K)
Main Topic: Actor & Actress Associations
General Discussion: Catherine O’Hara, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Scarlett Johanssen, Stanley Tucci, Natalie Portman, Harrison Ford, Matthew McConaughey, Steve Carell, Ricky Gervais, Nicholas Cage, Aiden Guillen, Tom Hardy, Liam Neeson, Kirsten Dunst, John C. Reilly, Richard Jenkins, Jude Law, Ryan Reynolds, Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Buscemi, J.K. Simmons, Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Cameron Diaz, Seth Rogen, Julia Roberts, Christopher Lee, Benedict Cumberbatch, Matt Damon, Parker Posey, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Robin Williams, Maggie Gyllenhaal, TJ Miller, Chris Pratt, Denzel Washington, George Clooney
New Homework Assignment: Monsters (Netflix)

Slight warning: Some mild language

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “5000 Candles in the Wind” courtesy of Mouserat, standard license NBC Universal)

Talkie Talk Ep. 11: Secretly Rotten

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Talkie Talk Ep. 11: Secretly Rotten

00:00 / 1:12:26

The eleventh episode of The Media By Us pan-media podcast, Talkie Talk.

In this episode, we have Brent, Chris, TJ and David talk about The Third Man (last week’s homework), discuss their Watchlists, some brief Oscar category news (sorry… it never ends), before going into the main topic: Rotten Tomatoes again, this time Certified Fresh movies (>75%) that we don’t like. It gets pretty real. And we hope you’re in the mood to hear about Space Cowboys, because you will. A lot.

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Intro
Homework Follow-up: The Third Man
Watchlist/Playlist:
David: I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore, The Discovery, Vikings, Deadwood
Brent: Hot Fuzz, Kong: Skull Island, Coraline, Cloverfield, Survivor
TJ: Derek, Planet Earth II, Life, Mystery Alaska
Chris: Love, The Get Down (preview), Spring Breakers
Breezy on the Streets: Oscar rules changes for Documentary and Animation
Main Topic: Certified Fresh movies that aren’t that good…
General Discussion: Brent – The Tree of Life, An Education, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (remake), Space Cowboys, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Blue Valentine, TJ – Zathura, 12 Years a Slave, Paddington, Brent’s Baby Videos (Peter Travers loved them), Moon, Blade Runner, Live Free or Die Hard, Hellboy II, Stardust, Frozen, Cinderella (live action), Jackie Brown, Chris – The Santa Clause, The Informant!, Drumline, Ransom, Happy Feet, Cop Car, David – Intolerable Cruelty, The Hateful Eight, Seabiscuit, Flight, A Prairie Home Companion, Scarface, Chasing Amy, The Aviator, Star Trek Into Darkness, Waiting for Guffman, Antz, Hugo
New Homework Assignment: Filth (available on Netflix)

Warning: Some strong language

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “A1 Rogue” courtesy of Podington Bear through the Free Music Archive, CC-BY)

Talkie Talk Ep. 10: Certified Fresh

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Talkie Talk Ep. 10: Certified Fresh

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The tenth episode of The Media By Us pan-media podcast, Talkie Talk.

In this episode, we have Brent, Chris, TJ and David discuss their Watchlist/Playlist, some brand new trailers debuting (trailers!) before going into the main topic: movies with a “rotten” rating (<50%) on Rotten Tomatoes, that are worth watching. Sometimes, RT’s ratings give short shrift to some worthwhile movies (or we just like it anyway… and can’t explain it).

We go through genres and movies that you shouldn’t let your media-Oracle filter out from your viewing Obelisk. So to speak.

The direct podcast RSS feed is here. And please contact us through email, Facebook (movies, TV, games), and Twitter.

Intro
Homework Follow-up: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Watchlist/Playlist:
TJ – Red, Red 2, Collateral Beauty, Derek, Broadcast News
Chris – The Great British Baking Show (not The Great British Bake-Off)
Brent – Get Out, Casino Royale, The Skin I Live In, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Survivor, Playing: MLB The Show 2017
David – Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Goon, Coraline, Legion, Stranded with a Million Dollars
Trailer Roundup: It, American Gods, Justice League, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Fargo, Game of Thrones, The Mummy, Destiny 2
Quick Hit: Rick and Morty‘s April Fools debut
Main Topic: Rotten Tomatoes – Rotten movies we think are “fresh”
General Discussion: Hot Rod, Billy Madison, Balls of Fury, Super Troopers, BASEketball, The Dukes of Hazard, Club Dread, Joe Dirt, Three Amigos, Orange County, Evolution, Big Daddy, Brain Candy, The Internship, Wet Hot American Summer, Not Another Teen Movie, The Baxter, Down to You, Along Came Polly, Love & Other Drugs, The Holiday (half of it…), Yes Man (only David…), Can’t Hardly Wait, Serendipity, Stargate, Idle Hands, National Treasure, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Constantine, Judge Dredd, Man on Fire, Hancock, Push, Jumper, Dream Catcher, Batman vs Superman, Hook, Lady in the Water, The Village, The Bone Collector, The Skulls (only Brent…), Death to Smoochy, Fear and Loathing in Last Vegas, Saw, Man of the Year, Welcome to Mooseport, Jawbreaker, Envy, Empire Records, Fat Albert (only Chris…), The Beach, Walking Tall, Vanilla Sky, A Walk to Remember, Mystery Alaska, What Lies Beneath, The Grudge, Final Destination, Silent Hill, The Strangers, In the Mouth of Madness
New Homework Assignment: The Third Man

Slight warning: Some mild language

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “Broke for Free” courtesy of Midnight Owl through the Free Music Archive)

Talkie Talk Ep. 9: Favorite Films for Every Year

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Talkie Talk Ep. 9: Favorite Films for Every Year

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The ninth episode of The Media By Us pan-media podcast, Talkie Talk.

In this episode, we have Brent, Chris, TJ and David discuss their Watchlist/Playlist before going into the main topic: Happy Birthday TJ! In honor of TJ, and a Facebook request, we’re coming up with our favorite movies for every year since TJ has been alive (1985-present). It is super fun, and we only reach consensus twice. The rest… is history.

(Bonus fact: TJ and Brent have the best match in favorite films with 12 out of the 32 years… Just the two of us, making castles in the sand…)

The direct podcast RSS feed is here. And please contact us through email, Facebook (movies, TV, games), and Twitter.

Intro
Homework Follow-up: I Am Big Bird: The Carol Spinney Story
Watchlist/Playlist:
David – Everybody Wants Some!!, The One I Love, Green Room, Blue Jay, Mildred Pierce, Deadwood, Legion, Playing: Final Fantasy XV
Brent – Seven Psychopaths, While We’re Young, Star Wars: The Clone Wars
TJ – Meet Joe Black, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, The Girl with All the Gifts
Chris – Survivor, Playing: Astroneers
Main Topic: Favorite movies every year since 1985

Year	TJ	Brent	Chris	David
1985	Back to the Future	Back to the Future	Back to the Future	Back to the Future
1986	Ferris Bueller’s Day Off	Ferris Bueller’s Day Off	Aliens	Aliens
1987	Raising Arizona	The Untouchables	Good Morning, Vietnam	Broadcast News
1988	Big	Die Hard	Beetlejuice	Die Hard
1989	When Harry Met Sally	When Harry Met Sally	Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure	Batman
1990	Edward Scissorhands	Goodfellas	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Goodfellas
1991	Silence of the Lambs	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Hook	Silence of the Lambs
1992	A Few Good Men	My Cousin Vinny	Glengarry Glen Ross	Glengarry Glen Ross
1993	Jurassic Park	Jurassic Park	Jurassic Park	Groundhog Day
1994	Pulp Fiction	Pulp Fiction	The Lion King	The Lion King
1995	The Usual Suspects	The Usual Suspects	Braveheart	Heat
1996	Independence Day	Mission: Impossible	Fargo	Fargo
1997	Good Will Hunting	L.A. Confidential	Grosse Pointe Blank	L.A. Confidential
1998	American History X	Saving Private Ryan	The Truman Show	The Truman Show
1999	The Sixth Sense	Office Space	Big Daddy	Magnolia
2000	Almost Famous	Almost Famous	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	In the Mood for Love
2001	Monsters Inc.	LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring	Zoolander	Spirited Away
2002	City of God	LOTR: Two Towers	Minority Report	City of God
2003	A Mighty Wind	Kill Bill, Vol. 1	28 Days Later	Lost in Translation
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	The Incredibles	Shaun of the Dead
2005	Walk the Line	Batman Begins	Kung Fu Hustle	The 40-Year Old Virgin
2006	Pan’s Labyrinth	The Departed	The Host	Children of Men
2007	There Will Be Blood	There Will Be Blood	There Will Be Blood	There Will Be Blood
2008	WALL-E	The Dark Knight	In Bruges	The Dark Knight
2009	Inglourious Basterds	Inglourious Basterds	District 9	In the Loop
2010	Toy Story 3	Toy Story 3	Scott Pilgrim vs the World	The Social Network
2011	Moneyball	Midnight in Paris	Drive	Take Shelter
2012	Cabin in the Woods	Django Unchained	Goon	Silver Linings Playbook
2013	Her	Her	Gravity	Short Term 12
2014	Whiplash	Whiplash	John Wick	Whiplash
2015	Ex Machina	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Mad Max: Fury Road	Mad Max: Fury Road
2016	Moonlight	Arrival	Kubo and the Two Strings	Manchester by the Sea

General Discussion: Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Dead Poets Society, Field of Dreams, Born on the Fourth of July, Glory, Do the Right Thing, The Little Mermaid, Home Alone, Unforgiven, Chungking Express, Babe, Seven, Out of Sight, South Park, Fight Club, The Matrix, American Beauty, Being John Malkovich, Eyes Wide Shut, The Blair Witch Project, The Big Lebowski, Memento, Amelie, Mulholland Dr, Adaptation., Punch-Drunk Love, Road to Perdition, 25th Hour, Return of the King, I Heart Huckabees, Casino Royale, Borat, Little Miss Sunshine, The Lives of Others, Brick, Michael Clayton, Slumdog Millionaire, The Master, Guardians of the Galaxy, Edge of Tomorrow, Gone Girl, Big Hero 6
New Homework Assignment: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (Netflix)

Slight warning: Some mild language

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “Mt Fox Shop” courtesy of BoxCat Games through the Free Music Archive)

Talkie Talk Ep. 8: Bill Paxton

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Talkie Talk Ep. 8: Bill Paxton

00:00 / 1:16:41

The eighth episode of The Media By Us pan-media podcast, Talkie Talk.

In this episode, we have Brent, Chris, TJ and David discuss their Watchlist/Playlist, talk about a board game (Code Names) before going into the main topic: the life and work of Bill Paxton, with general discussion as we go through his career on Rotten Tomatoes.

The direct podcast RSS feed is here. And please contact us through email, Facebook (movies, TV, games), and Twitter.

Intro
Homework Follow-up: Kung Fu Panda
Watchlist/Playlist:
Chris – Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Are You the One? Finale
TJ – Love, Logan, new previews
Brent – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Upstream Color, Crimson Peak, Midnight in Paris, Antichrist, What We Do in the Shadows, Finding Dory, The Neon Demon, The Invitation
David – Chef, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Blue Ruin, Big Little Lies, Master of None, Playing: Uncharted 4 / Fallout 4
Table Top: Code Names (Board Game)
Main Topic: Bill Paxton
General Discussion: Dynasty Warriors, Cars, Ip Man, Primer, Lars Von Trier’s Depression Trilogy (Antichrist, Melancholia,
Nymphomaniac), Dogville, Binging with Babish, Twister, True Lies, Frailty, Aliens, Club Dread, , Navy SEALs, Vertical Limit, Mighty Joe Young, Weird Science, Million Dollar Arm, 2 Guns, Indian Summer, The
Hatfields & McCoys, U-571, Tombstone, Haywire, Big Love, Stripes, Near Dark, Titanic, A Simple Plan, Edge of Tomorrow, Nightcrawler, Apollo 13, One False Move, Aliens, Terminator
New Homework Assignment: I Am Big Bird (on Netflix)

Slight warning: Some mild language

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “Royal Entrance” courtesy of Visager through the Free Music Archive)

Talkie Talk Ep. 7: Reality Competition

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Talkie Talk Ep. 7: Reality Competition

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The seventh episode of The Media By Us pan-media podcast, Talkie Talk.

In this episode, we have Brent, Chris and David (TJ is on assignment) discuss their Watchlist/Playlist before diving into Reality Competition shows to fill the media void (The Challenge, Are You the One?, Stranded with a Million Dollar, and Survivor).

The direct podcast RSS feed is here. And please contact us through email, Facebook (movies, TV, games), and Twitter.

Intro – Watchlist/Playlist:
Homework Follow-up: Swingers
David – All About Eve, Playing: Fallout: New Vegas
Chris – E.R., X-Men: Apocalypse, Logan
Brent – The Americans, The Bernie Mac Show, There Will Be Blood, Playing: Skyrim, 8-Bit Halfwit Teaser
Main Topic: Reality Competition TV
The Challenge, Are You the One?, Stranded with a Million Dollars, Survivor
New Homework Assignment: Kung Fu Panda (new to Netflix)

(Slight warning: Some mild language)

(Intro music – courtesy of Willow Walkers / Outro music – “Vagabond” courtesy of Jockers Dance Orchestra through the Free Music Archive)

Talkie Talk Ep. 6: Oscar Aftermath

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Talkie Talk Ep. 6: Oscar Aftermath

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The sixth episode of The Media By Us pan-media podcast, Talkie Talk.

In this episode, we have Brent, Chris, TJ and David discuss their Watchlist/Playlist before diving headfirst into the 89th Academy Awards, going over the winners, the kerfuffle over the last award, and general overview discussions about what this year’s ceremony means going forward.

The direct podcast RSS feed is here. And please contact us through email, Facebook (movies, TV, games), and Twitter.

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