Better Remembered

Better Remembered: Season 2 Episode 10
Double Team

On this episode of Better Remembered we watch the 1997 action comedy Double Team starring(?) Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, and Mickey Rourke, directed by Hark Tsui. An international spy teams up with an arms dealer to escape from a penal colony and rescue his family from a terrorist.

Join Scott and John as we rewatch this very questionable choice of a movie and ask, is this movie better remembered?

Better Remembered: Season 2 Episode 9
Far and Away

On this episode of Better Remembered we watch the 1992 action drama Far and Away starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, directed by Ron Howard. A young Irish couple flee to the States, but subsequently struggle to obtain land and prosper freely.

Join Scott and John as we rewatch this classic and ask, is this movie better remembered?

Better Remembered: Season 2 Episode 8
Con Air

On this episode of Better Remembered we watch the 1997 action flick Con Air starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, and John Malkovich, directed by SImon West. Newly-paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner-transport plane when the passengers seize control. 

Also in this episode, we enjoy an Other West Coast IPA, talk about the upcoming London Fallout mod, discuss adolescent Catan strategies, talk about roles Nicolas Cage didn’t get, go back to June 6th, 1997 in our time capsule, play a little Steve Buscemi trivia, and discuss non extradition countries.

Join Scott and John as we rewatch this cheesy classic and ask, is this movie better remembered?

Chapters:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:49 - Gaming Update
• 10:17 - Nicolas Cage - The ones that got away
• 12:48 - Time Capsule June 6th, 1997
• 17:38 - Con Air
• 1:03:33 - Our Reviews
• 1:06:20 - Next Time

Better Remembered: Season 2 Episode 7

Old School

On this episode of Better Remembered we watch the 2003 comedy Old School starring Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Will Ferrell, directed by Todd Phillips. Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.

Also in this episode, John watches Top Gun Maverick, Scott watches The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and the guys ask, what does it mean to be washed up? Everybody loves Titanic, apparently, and Scott is a bad boyfriend. 

Join us as Scott, John, and our special guest Juan rewatch Old School and ask, is this movie better remembered?

Chapters:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:13 - Recently Scene
• 3:17 - What is washed up?
• 7:36 - Juan watches Titanic with his parents
• 11:12 - Time Capsule February 21, 2003
• 24:42 - Old School
• 48:57 - Our Reviews
• 57:01 - Next Time

Better Remembered: Season 2 Episode 6
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure

On this episode of Better Remembered we watch the 1989 comedy Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, directed by Stephen Herek.

Two seemingly-dumb teens set off on a quest to prepare the ultimate historical presentation with the help of a time machine.

Also in this episode, John hikes the Appalachian Trail, Scott sits on his couch and watches Adam Scott shows, we talk about how many Batman franchises are enough, we discuss if the Beatles were a boy band, and reminisce on the beaded curtain and the local video store.

Join us as we rewatch Bill and Ted and ask, is this movie better remembered?

Chapters:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:04 - Johns Adventure
• 9:45 - Parks and Rec and Severance
• 12:50 - How many Batman’s is too many?
• 19:49 - Mountain Beer
• 20:28 - Time Capsule February 17th, 1989
• 27:33 - The Beaded Curtain
• 28:31 - Bill and Ted
• 43:04 - Our Reviews
• 51:09 - Next Time

Better Remembered: Season 2 Episode 5
50 First Dates

On this episode of Better Remembered we watch the 2004 romantic comedy, 50 First Dates staring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, directed by Peter Segal.

Henry Roth is a man afraid of commitment until he meets the beautiful Lucy. They hit it off and Henry think he's finally found the girl of his dreams until discovering she has short-term memory loss and forgets him the next day.

Also in this episode we talk about LGBTQ issues at Netflix, abandoned theme park rides and the incredible vision of Walt Disney, we have a round of TGIF trivia, and talk about why sailing sucks.

Chapters:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:57 - Netflix Layoffs: Getting What You Asked For
• 14:51 - Abandoned theme park rides
• 17:41 - Walt Disney’s vision for EPCOT
• 22:39 - John plays TGIF Trivia
• 30:10 - Time Capsule February 3, 2004
• 34:32 - 50 First Dates
• 56:40 - Our Review
• 58:03 - Next Time on Better Remembered

Better Remembered: Season 2 Episode 4
Groundhog Day

On this episode of Better Remembered we watch the 1993 comedy, Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray, Andy MacDowell and Chris Elliot, Directed by Harold Ramis.

Phil Connors, a cynical television weatherman, is forced to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, when he becomes trapped in a time loop, forcing him to relive February 2nd, possibly forever.

Also in this episode we talk about the Kentucky Derby and how John’s father taught us to gamble, our first concerts, people who like to celebrate non-holidays, and time-loop movies, bed and breakfast’s.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Kentucky Derby
7:22 - First Concerts
14:42 - Your Birthday is not a Holiday
18:36 - Other Time Loop Movies
21:13 - Time Capsule February 2, 1993
27:21 - Groundhog Day
45:16 - Our Review
57:05 - Next Time on Better Remembered

Better Remembered: Season 2 Episode 3

The Truman Show

On this episode of Better Remembered we watch 1998’s The Truman Show starring Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, and Laura Linney. “An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.”

Released on June 6th, 1998 as America was becoming increasingly interested in reality television, The Truman Show is a look at what might happen if one man’s entire life was a reality television series, and he didn’t know it. Creepy? You bet it is. But Jim Carrey makes it an endearing story, with surprising biblical undertones.

Join us as we rewatch this funny and heartfelt tale of Truman Burbank as he tries to escape his dystopian creator's world in a search for truth.

Also in this episode, snake granules: are they legit or just snake oil in pellet form? We’ll talk about how some legislators in California want to succeed their medical authority to the CDC. We take a brief look at Aldous Huxley’s 1931 novel, Brave New World and look at examples of it in action today. And finally we’ll hop in our time machine and look at pop culture for June 1998.

Chapters:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 1:50 - California’s dystopian plans
• 5:30 - Brave New World
• 14:17 - Time Capsule: June 1st, 1998
• 19:34 - Truman Show
• 52:28 - Dystopian Society Test
• 55:30 - Our reviews of The Truman Show
• 1:01:43 - Next time…

Reference Notes:

• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1931)
• https://www.bartleby.com/lit/brave-new-world/themes 
• https://www.thoughtco.com/brave-new-world-themes-4694359
• https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/bravenew/themes
• https://medium.com/filmosophy/sympathy-for-the-devil-in-the-truman-show-e4f11659d65b 

5/9/2022
Better Remembered
Episode 15: Total Recall

On this episode of Better Remembered, we watch the 1990 sci-fi action adventure film Total Recall, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharron Stone, and Rachel Ticton. 

When a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?

Paul Verhoeven (directing) is a strange cat. He likes to make campy action movies with over the top violence and endings that don’t always tie everything up in a neat bow. At least, that is what we remember. Join us as we see how this 90’s camp classic holds up.

0:00 - Intro
2:30 - It’s confirmed, we have listeners.
3:19 - Toys from the 80’s
11:08 - Paul Verhoeven’s work reviewed
15:52 - Orwellian Societies. Are we in one?
27:38 - Time Capsule June 1st, 1990
31:43 - Movie Recap: Total Recall
1:08:33 - Our review
1:13:16 - Next time on Better Remembered

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On this episode of Better Remembered we watch 1995’s Judge Dredd starring Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, and Rob Schneider. 

“In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.”

What could have been a thoughtful critique on placing too much power into the hands of an individual is instead a pew-pew shoot 'em up that asks you not to think too much at all. But, is that how we remembered it?

0:00 - Intro

1:17 - Recently Scene: We discuss The Adam Project, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and part of one episode of Guardians of Justice from Netflix. And we wrap up with a short discussion of Parks And Recreation.

5:43 - We discuss dystopian movies. We boil it down to three main categories: Orwellian, Brave New World, and Mad Max. 

9:13 - Then we develop our criteria for the dystopian movie test.

11:29 - We debut our new time capsule segment. Join us as we go back to June 30th, 1995. Top songs, top shows, big news, and new movies.

16:39 - Synopsis of Judge Dredd

42:48 - Action Movie Test. How does Judge Dredd hold up to our great action movie criteria test. hint, not too good.

44:31 - Dystopian Movie Test. Does our movie do any better as a dystopian movie than it did as an action movie?

45:36 - The reviews

49:04 - Next time on Better Remembered

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