The DGA Awards have spoken. We review the winners, & what it means for Oscar Sunday. Mike1 also finally blows his stack about Tarantino’s awards season, and he goes pro wrestling on all our candy asses.

Recapping the DGA Awards - Top of Show

(Where’s MMOW? - 2:39)

Will Mike1 Ever Be Wrong? - 4:22

TRADITIONAL MMO CATEGORY REVIEW FORMAT:

BEST DIRECTOR:

Snubs - 4:54

(Including AlsoMike’s Takes on For Sama)

Category Review Format - 13:33

Bong Joon-Ho:

Why He’ll Win - 14:03

Why He Won’t/Why Sam Mendes Will Win - 18:35

Sam Mendes:

Why He’ll Lose - 25:30

Todd Phillips:

Why He’ll Win - 31:00

Why He Won’t - 33:50

Martin Scorsese:

Why He’ll Win - 36:30

Why He Won’t - 38:47

Quentin Tarantino:

Why He’ll Win - 42:15

Why He Won’t - 46:48

PERFECTING PERFECTION: RE-RANKING THE NOMS:

What is Perfecting Perfection? - 48:44

The Re-Rank - 49:15

Your Homework/Our Socials - 54:14

What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 54:50

Post Episode Kobe Thoughts - 56:00

We begin the episode with a recap of the Directors Guild of America Awards. Alma Ha’rel wins Best First Feature, and we end our opening segment by talking about all our snubs. American Factory won for Best Documentary, and we discuss how it stacks up next to other contenders like For Sama, which we review here as well. But we also breakdown the main event as Sam Mendes won his second DGA Award and what it means for 1917, Mike1’s predictions this awards season, and how predictive the DGA Awards are for the Oscars.

After our snubs segment, we go into our traditional category overview format of why each nominee will win or lose before counting down how we’d rank the nominees. Will the technical achievements of 1917 win over the directors branch the way they did the DGA? Could Bong Joon Ho’s movie of the moment pull off an upset? Will a perfect storm erupt for Todd Phillips? Or could Scorsese or Tarantino defy the precursors and the stats to do the impossible?

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