Podcast: Talkie Talk

Talkie Talk Ep. 31: Young Frankenstein / Red, White, and Blue Movie Draft

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Talkie Talk Ep. 31: Young Frankenstein / Red, White, and Blue Movie Draft
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We discuss the homework assignment (Young Frankenstein). Our main topic is in honor of AMERICA! (happy birthday, baby gurl) – we set aside our differences to draft desert island movies with the words Red, White, or Blue in them.

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Homework Assignment: Young Frankenstein (0:58)
Main Topic: Red, White and Blue Desert Island Draft (13:43)
Team TJ: Blues Brothers, White Men Can’t Jump, Red Dawn, Single White Female, Red State, The Thin Red Line, Blue Jasmine, White Fang
Team Chris: Hunt for Red October, Varsity Blues, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, White Oleander, Blue Valentine, The White Ribbon, RED, Blue Streak
Team Brent: Blue Velvet, My Blue Heaven, White Heat, Red Dragon, Three Colors: Red, Blue Ruin, Blue is the Warmest Color, White Lightning
Team David: Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, Reds, Red Shoes, Blue Chips, Dear White People, Devil in a Blue Dress, The Man with One Red Shoe, Red Cliff
Homework for your dome, jerk: Okja (Neflix) (38:00)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers)

Talkie Talk Ep. 30: Watchlist / Han Solo Drama / News – 7/5

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Talkie Talk Ep. 30: Watchlist / Han Solo Drama / News - 7/5
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Talking what we’ve been watching – then we launch into our news segment (Breezy on the Streets), where we spill about two weeks worth of new trailers, and noodle on the Han Solo solo drama drama – along with some odds & ends along the way. It’s a podcast!

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Watchlist/Playlist (1:13)
Brent: Antitrust (referenced in Brent’s Carrying a Tune article!) (1:50), Horns (2:58), Raging Bull (3:44), You’re the Worst (4:52), Split (6:32)
TJ: Power Rangers (9:18), The Office Re-Watch(13:33)
David: Moana (16:11), Fargo Finale (17:18), Orange is the New Black (18:19), Silicon Valley / Veep Finales (19:13)
Chris: House of Cards (21:16), G.L.O.W. (24:31), Playing: Dead Cells / Battlegrounds (28:54)
Breezy on the Streets (29:55)
30:23 – Trailer Roundup (Death Note, Jumanji, Greatest Showman on Earth, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later, Game of Thrones, Bad Moms Christmas, Pitch Perfect 3, Stronger, The Foreigner, Cult of Chucky)
38:05 – Han Solo movie drama – Lord/Miller out, Ron Howard in
44:59 – Best bet this weekend: The Big Sick (or Spider-Man: Homecoming)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “T Shirt Weather” courtesy of Podington Bear, via the Free Music Archive, CC-BY)

Talkie Talk Ep. 29: We Are The Best! / Non-Musical Musicals

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Talkie Talk Ep. 29: We Are The Best! / Non-Musical Musicals
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TJ, Chris, David and special guest Al discuss the homework assignment (We Are The Best!), before digging into Non-Musical Musicals – movies about music and musicians! We focus mainly on movies where bands are just starting out.

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Homework Follow-up: We Are The Best! (0:52)
Main Topic: Non-Musical Musicals, Beginning Bands (28:36)
Talking bout: That Thing You Do!, Almost Famous, 24 Hour Party People, The Commitments, A Mighty Wind, The Get Down, Sing Street, Whiplash, Flight of the Conchords, Tenacious D, We Are Your Friends, Once, Begin Again, School of Rock, Inside Llewyn Davis, Crazy Heart, Frank, Bound for Glory, Tender Mercies, 8 Mile
New Homework Assignment: Young Frankenstein (56:32)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

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

Talkie Talk Ep. 28: Shimmer Lake / NBA Team Name Movie Draft

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Talkie Talk Ep. 28: Shimmer Lake / NBA Team Name Movie Draft
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Brent, Chris and David discuss the homework assignment (Shimmer Lake, you’re welcome, Netflix). Our main topic is in honor of this week’s NBA Draft – we are drafting desert island movies with NBA team names. We maintain our delightfully arcane rules of order from the NFL movie draft – even if you don’t like basketballing, this should be fun!

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CHARITY! The Athens Area Homeless Shelter is hosting a charity trivia game (The Home Game) on June 25 at The Porterhouse Grill in Athens, GA – please support this great charity!!

Homework Follow-up: Shimmer Lake (0:53)
Main Topic: NBA Team Name Movie Draft (15:39)
Team David: Heat, All that Jazz, Office Space, Bone Tomahawk, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Cedar Rapids, Cavalcade, The Piston: Reijo-Hen
Team Brent: The Kingsmen, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Maverick, The Rocketeer, Thunderball, Celtic Pride, The Naked Spur, Bobcat 100
Team Chris: Raging Bull, The Warriors, Uncle Buck, Grizzly Man, Lake Placid, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Nugget
Team TJ: The Wizard of Oz, The Pelican Brief, The Wolf of Wall Street, Magical Mystery Tour, 1776, The Net, The Blazer Girls, The China Clipper
New Homework Assignment: We Are The Best! (42:10)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers)

Talkie Talk Ep. 27: The Watchlist / E3 Wrap-Up

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Talkie Talk Ep. 27: The Watchlist / E3 Wrap-Up
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Talking what we’ve been watching – then the news segment (Breezy on the Streets) will be a couple trailers before a deep dive discussing E3 2017 – teasers, trailers, gameplay – looking at the good, the bad, and the weird from the video game spectacular.

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CHARITY! The Athens Area Homeless Shelter is hosting a charity trivia game (The Home Game) on June 25 at The Porterhouse Grill in Athens, GA – please support this great charity!!

Watchlist/Playlist (2:23)
TJ and Chris Tag-Team: It Comes at Night / Alien: Covenant double feature (2:34), Playing: Dead Cells (9:43), up next: Ori and the Blind Forest
Brent: The Conversation (12:57), A Single Man (14:05), The King of Comedy (16:40), Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (18:55), The Mummy (21:24)
David: Fargo (27:26), To Be or Not to Be (29:57), Polygon’s Touch the Skyrim video series (with Griffin McIlroy) (34:46)
Breezy on the Streets (39:22)
39:34 – Trailer Roundup (Flatliners, Happy Death Day)
E-Threezy in the Stree-3 (E3 Wrap-Up) (41:00)
41:49 – We duffed it… New XBox is XBox OneX.
43:33 – Brent’s Excited About… Super Mario Odyssey, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Spider-Man, Shadow of the Colossus
49:05 – David’s Excited About… Last Night, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Days Gone, A Way Out, Far Cry 5, Evil Within II
54:25 – Chris’ Excited About… Devolver Digital (E3 WINNER), Ruiner, Absolver, One Minute Hero, Anthem, Monster Hunter World, You Choose
1:00:43 – E3 2017 Wrap-Up
1:02:53 – Best bet this weekend: … Read a book or play a game… it’s rough.

Slight warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “I’m a Machine” courtesy of Glass Lux, via the Free Music Archive, CC-BY)

Talkie Talk Ep. 26: To Kill a Mockingbird / Fathers’ Day

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Talkie Talk Ep. 26: To Kill a Mockingbird / Fathers' Day
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Brent, Chris and David discuss the homework assignment (To Kill a Mockingbird, which is a sin, as we found out). Since that movie featured one of the best cinematic dads ever in Atticus Finch and to coincide with Fathers’ Day – we are talking about Fathers! In movies, TV, some games – movies our dads like, and dads would like in general. RIP Mufasa… Cat’s in the cradle… Silver spoon… All that.

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Homework Follow-up: To Kill a Mockingbird (1:09)
Main Topic: Fathers’ Day Special (24:05)
New Homework Assignment: Shimmer Lake (Netflix) (57:20)

Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “Big Poppa” courtesy of Podington Bear, via the Free Music Archive, CC-BY)

Talkie Talk Ep. 25: Watchlist / Leftovers Finale / E3 Preview / News – 6/13

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Talkie Talk Ep. 25: Watchlist / Leftovers Finale / E3 Preview / News - 6/13
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Talking what we’ve been watching – then going through some news in movies/TV (Trailers! News! Breezy on the Streets!). Just a warning, we’re going to be talking about The Leftovers finale (a lot) – and have a great preview of E3, looking at games (wow!), developers (ooh!) and consoles (wut).

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Watchlist/Playlist (0:52)
Brent: Zodiac (1:06), Wonder Woman (3:28), 2 Days in the Valley (RIP Glenne Headly) (7:36), Escape from New York (8:49), 48 Hrs (9:48),
TJ: Master of None (10:51)
David: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (11:40), Parenthood (17:59)
Chris: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, also, weirdly enough… Dead Cells (20:09), PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (21:40)
ALL CHAT!: The Leftovers Finale (22:35)
Breezy on the Streets (48:48)
48:54 – Trailer Roundup (Black Panther, Coco, American Made)
52:05 – E3 (Video Game Showcase) Preview – hosted by Chris (Dragon Ball FighterZ 52:22, Ace Combat 7 52:56, Bloodstained 53:55, Far Cry 5 54:14, Bubzy 55:22, Starfield 55:45, Game of Thrones from Bethesda 56:31, Super Mario Odyssey 58:10, Sonic Mania 59:45, Final Fantasy maybe 1:01:06, Assassin’s Creed Origins 1:01:54, Naughty Dog preview 1:02:26, New XBox Console Name 1:03:09)
1:05:59 – Cowboy Bebop turning into live-action TV show
1:06:41 – Wonder Woman 2 contract fun: Patty Jenkins has leverage
1:07:52 – Videogame Everything first ever game eligible for Best Animated Short Oscar
1:09:11 – Cars 3 features unheard voice work from Paul Newman
1:10:21 – Next Ryan Coogler / Michael B. Jordan movie is about Atlanta standardized test cheating scandal
1:10:45 – Best bet this weekend: Cars 3

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. 24: On Golden Pond / Final Performances

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Talkie Talk Ep. 24: On Golden Pond / Final Performances
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Brent, Chris and David discuss the homework assignment (On Golden Pond, you old poop). Since that movie marked the final performance of Henry Fonda (legendary actor), our main topic is looking at great actors and actresses’ Final Performances. Some are great, some embarrassing, some are weird – all are most definitely final.

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Homework Follow-up: On Golden Pond (0:56)
Main Topic: Great Last Performances (19:04)
New Homework Assignment: To Kill a Mockingbird (Netflix) (43:37)

Slight warning: Some mild language

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

Talkie Talk Ep. 23: The Watchlist in the Window – 6/6

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Talkie Talk Ep. 23: The Watchlist in the Window - 6/6
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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 (0:52)
Chris: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (1:05) (check out Polygon’s Awful Squad PUBG videos) 
David: Working Girl (3:49), Down by Law (5:12), Bringing Up Baby (8:25), The Bachelorette (10:48)
TJ: Twin Peaks (11:40), The Secret Life of Pets (15:18)
Brent: Me Before You [spoiler alert!] (20:15), Lincoln (26:05), The Woman in the Window (29:57), Abraxis: Guardian of the Universe (31:45)
Breezy on the Streets (37:47)
38:10 – Trailer Roundup (Murder on the Orient Express)
38:55 – Brendan Fraser in Three Days of the Condor and FX/Danny Boyle anthology show Trust on TV
39:59 – TJ Miller leaves Silicon Valley, but everything’s okay
41:03 – Top Gun sequel delivers underwhelming subtitle: Maverick.
42:51 – Another high profile Netflix cancellation: Sense8
46:20 – Cannes Film Festival – Palm D’or to Force Majeure follow-up The Square
48:54 – PT Anderson / Day-Lewis movie has title: The Phantom Thread
49:42 – Best bet this weekend: It Comes at Night (or The Mummy)

Slight warning: Some mild language

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “I’m a Machine” courtesy of Glass Lux, via the Free Music Archive, CC-BY)

Talkie Talk Ep. 22: John Dies at the End / Fictional Drugs

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Talkie Talk Ep. 22: John Dies at the End / Fictional Drugs
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Brent, Chris and David discuss the homework assignment (the… …. … movie John Dies at the End). Taking a cue from the fictional drug Soy Sauce in that movie, we talk at length about Fictional Drugs! Tripping the light fantastic through movies, TV and even videogames (we’ll save a plasmid-laced potions for ya), we talk about weird ones, even weirder ones, and ones we might even take (going for that 100% Bradley Cooper brain, yo). Enjoy responsibly, Honda Fonda.

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Homework Follow-up: John Dies at the End (0:54)
Main Topic: Fictional Drugs in Movies, TV, and Games (17:34)
New Homework Assignment: On Golden Pond (Netflix) (44:32)

Slight warning: Some mild language

(Intro courtesy of The Willow Walkers / Outro “Ding Dong” courtesy of Simon Panrucker, via the Free Music Archive, CC-BY)