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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)

Talkie Talk Ep. 13: Desert Island Movie Draft

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Talkie Talk Ep. 13: Desert Island Movie Draft

00:00 / 1:12:52

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

00:00 / 1:36:10

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)