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Talkie Talk Ep. 11: Secretly Rotten

Talkie Talk
Talkie Talk
Talkie Talk Ep. 11: Secretly Rotten
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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

Talkie Talk
Talkie Talk
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)

And Then There Were Ten: 2008, The Animated Exception

And Then There Were Ten – in which our intrepid hero goes back and expands the Academy Award Best Picture nominations to ten nominations, and goes about filling those hypothetical slots. This time – it’s 2008. Check out the previous entries here.

Chapter 3: The Pixar Touch of Gold (WALL*E)

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WALL*E, our unconventional hero (image: Pixar Wiki)

Since the days of Steamboat Willie to the CGI movies of today, very few films have received top recognition in a Best Picture nomination. But the medium has also changed considerably during this time period. It’s hard to imagine the complicated and super-sad Anomalisa up against the bright songs of The Land Before Time, also super-sad in its own right. There are the children’s singalongs, hand-drawn for Disney from yesteryear, and there are the emotionally-wrought, complex and funny character studies that Pixar makes today for Disney.

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