Beating a Dead Horse

This week we finally get to the long-promised 2001: A Space Odyssey, where Sean goes off the rails and links together every death in the movie into a grand theme. Is he right? Probably not. Is he proud of himself for it? Sure is.

Playboy - Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey (TEXT ONLY - link may not work, seems spotty)

The Sentinel - Arthur C. Clarke

Deactivation of Hal 9000

Roger Ebert - "2001" -- The Monolith and the Message

Look, Kingsman, we need to talk. We're not mad, just disappointed (Okay, Sean is a little mad). You had so much potential. And then you go and do something like this? I thought we raised you better. Did we not love you enough? Is that it?

References:

Matt Singer (ScreenCrush) - How Colin Firth Comes Back to Life in 'Kingsman: the Golden Circle' is kind of Ingenious

Kevin Jagernauth (IndieWire) - Matthew Vaughn Has Idea To Bring Colin Firth Back For 'Kingsman 2'; Wanted Young Wolverine for 'Future Past"

John DiLillo (NYULocal) - In My Tisch Opinion: "Kingsman 2" Loves To Punish Its Female Characters

We finally take a break from the mediocre-to-bad movies and dive into a movie that we both genuinely love. Its a solid romp with some solid class commentary.

References - 

Film Critic Hulk Smash: KINGSMAN And The Maybe-Genius Of Non-Winking Satire

KINGSMAN Church Massacre - WARNING: GRAPHIC (But also very very good)

This week we spend a lot of time trashing on a movie that, in all honesty, isn't nearly as terrible as we make it out to be.

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Information - 

Suicide Hotline - 1-800-273-8255

Crisis Text Line - 741741

Suicide Prevention Lifeline

NAMI - Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

This week, we talk about the Netflix Original Movie, Utter Schlock. Is it good? No. Is it enjoyable? Ehh? Do people die? You betcha.

References:

Netflix's Death Note - A Good Film Cut Tragically Short - Mother's Basement

Who Was 'Death Note' For? - Film School Rejects

Death Note, Chapter 00

As a heads up, we get into some pretty rough stuff in this episode, so if you're not a big fan of discussion of assault/sexual assault, you may want to skip this one.

This week, Sean learns some really upsetting things about the Alien franchise and we debate whether fear of the many outweighs fear of the few.

In honor of MatsuriCon, we're doing another anime epsiode! This time, it's all about the first part of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. We talk all about meatball pies, vampires, zombies and dumb, dumb names.

References - Super Eyepatch Wolf: Why You Should Watch Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgIuhkG63_s 

We're going to be at MatsuriCon as well! Come find us wandering the floor and yell at us for not understanding Atomic Blonde or missing the true art of Undertale. Or just say hi. We'd prefer that.

http://matsuricon.org/

In honor of Undertale arriving on the Playstation 4, we give you this extended length episode where we talk about... a lot. From our complex love for this game to conversations about Earthbound, we cover it all. (Editors note: We do not cover it all).

Join us as we dive into the mountain with Undertale!

This week, we're talking about the thoroughly enjoyable Atomic Blonde and asking wait, I'm, sorry, what? quite a bit as we try and figure out what exactly happened. We really liked it though, we promise. 

NOTE: We incorrectly state that Harry Styles plays the lead soldier on the beach. He does play a major role in that story line, but the soldier is actually played by Fionn Whitehead. We are sorry for the misinformation, but will be leaving the episode up as a (totally intentional) meta-commentary on how the soldiers were intentionally designed to look similar to one another.

This week, we watched Dunkirk and spent most of the episode talking about ticking noises. Was it relevant to the podcast? For sure. Did we need to spend so much time debating it? Probably not.

References:

http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/07/26/film-crit-hulk-smash-christopher-nolan-the-cruelty-of-time