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Waiting for a good, realistic looking dinosaur movie as a kid was like waiting to grow up. It couldn’t happen soon enough. Specials and educational programs of dinosaurs, as well as books and puzzles galore decorated every little boy’s room, just waiting for that movie that didn’t look like stop motion to come sweep us off our feet. And no, dinobots do NOT count. Little did we know, five movies about these very creatures would soon roam our theaters, all overseen by the director who had already changed cinema forever the decade before.

After 1997's The Lost World Jurassic Park came and went, the sour taste that film left in peoples' mouths made it seem like a sequel might never reach our cinemas. But money talks, and Universal knew that a new movie would bring in some more cash. But after two films from behind the helm, Steven Spielberg decided that he was out as director. Enter his longtime behind the scenes collaborator Joe Johnston.

With a rather unimpressive directorial resume up to this point (though I would bat for 1994's The Rocketeer), Johnston would seem to be a hack whom Spielberg threw a bone to in order to keep his franchise in the limelight. But here we stand, without Jeff Goldblum. This time with William H Macy, Tea Leoni, and a returning Sam Neill. Could the third movie in the series be the creative answer to an all podcaster on this show agreed upon dismal second film?

Join me, Jim Law, and an exhausted Nate Peterson to find out the answer, while also bearing witness to another Binge sparring match with threats of tapping out of the entire series. After all, what would a series of podcasts on this network be without at least one of those? And no, it has nothing to do with killing kids.

Listen below, and be sure to tune in next week as all of us dreadingly return to Jurassic World, and then come back the week after to review Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

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Jurassic Park III (2001) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10)

 

 

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Strap in and get ready with the relaunch of Binge Media's Movie Homework!

This week we're taking a look at Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.

The boys discuss everything about the movie from breaking down the plot piece by piece to their favorite, and least favorite (Eli Roth), aspects of the film.  What makes Basterds stick as an enduring piece of cinema and can movies really change the world?  All this and more, so download now!

And so that you can watch along with us, next time on Movie Homework:

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0:00:00-Shit show.

0:02:47-New drop. Huge night ahead. Yuge. Lawlapalooza announcements right off the bat. That’s it.

0:25:18-GOOGS

0:53:10-TV ROUND UP. After a review of last week’s show and applauding Nate’s dedication to Binge (gay), Moreno talks I’m Dying Up Here and MXC (wtf). Law has Brockmire, Handmaid’s Tale, and Love Island. Pee break. Drop war.

1:26:46-MOVIE HOMEWORK: White Men Can’t Jump.

2:13:28-NATE’S IMPOSSIBLE MOVIE LIST GAME (not hosted by Nate).

2:41:42-WHAT DID YOU WATCH? Law checked out Love Simon. Moreno saw Ocean’s 8. Fight over Chad C. What?

We’re done.

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Waiting for a good, realistic looking dinosaur movie as a kid was like waiting to grow up. It couldn’t happen soon enough. Specials and educational programs of dinosaurs, as well as books and puzzles galore decorated every little boy’s room, just waiting for that movie that didn’t look like stop motion to come sweep us off our feet. And no, dinobots do NOT count. Little did we know, five movies about these very creatures would soon roam our theaters, all overseen by the director who had already changed cinema forever the decade before.

After a 1993 where Jurassic Park arrived to wide spread acclaim and box office success, followed by Schindler's List's garnering Steven Spielberg some Oscar gold, the director felt he had accomplished all he needed to accomplish in his career, and took four years off to contemplate what he wanted to do next. Would he spend the rest of his career as just a producer and/or mentor? Would he altogether retire from the business and concentrate on being a father and husband?

Nope. Rumblings of a Jurassic Park sequel were happening all the way back to the end of 1993, and Spielberg was secretly having meetings with author Michael Crichton and screenwriter David Koepp, coming up with a plan of producing the inevitable sequel. But he loved the world of dinosaurs so much that he felt he needed to come back as director. After telling future Jurassic Park III director Joe Johnston to wait his turn, Spielberg did just that, throwing almost all the ideas from Crichton's 1995 sequel novel out the window and coming up with a story of his own for 1997's The Lost World: Jurassic Park. But how do we feel about it?

Me, Nate, and Law gather once again to talk some Jurassic Park. And after my so-called blood thirst from that first film's podcast, will I be ok with a more ways than one darker sequel, and will Nate's wish for more Jeff Goldblum be one he lives to forget? Download below to find out, and keep checking back as we lead to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

 

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10)

 

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Chad got no hours sleep to catch another triple-header and report back to Binge Media with the results. Should you skip, stream, or see any of these films? All of them? Did he fall asleep again? And why was he in a hotel room with Jodie Foster? Come get some answers. Also, don't mind my echo - I'm currently running my laptop through the dishwasher to fix it. Then the microwave. Then I'm going to slam it against the corner of my house until I see it bleed.

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We are in agreement that Baseball and the NBA Finals are annoying....So we bring our top 10 Favorite #Sport Movies. New Sounder. New Drops. We got drunk(TM Def did).

Remember to call us with your questions/comments/suggestions for the show #708-316-8822...

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On this giant-sized episode, Batch and Logan recap all the comic based tv renewals (spoiler: they all got renewed but 1).  The 2nd season of the Netflix show The Toys That Made Us and talk about their Lego collections (NERDS!).  They also try to explain just what makes those inarticulate pieces of plastic with beady eyes so great as they review the new documentary on Netflix called Making Fun: The Story of Funko.

Logan reviews Deadpool 2, Batch hasn't seen it but he reviews it anyway. Logan updates us on where he's at in Invincible, plus reviews of the comic series Nailbiter, Batman White Night, Spiderman Deadpool, and much more.

 

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0:00:00-Breaking the fourth wall as I’m on this show.

0:02:08-Moreno. Logan. Somebody else who is not here. A new Small Screen Heroes is on the way. Timestahmp!-Kupka. Googs. Teeves. Moves. Lawlapalooza stuff. Call in. Funko Pops. Collecting.

0:19:58-GOOGS. Live Goog from MJ! Nate P.!

1:19:35-RANDY RIVET SOUNDER

1:21:44-TV ROUND UP. Logan starts off with The Handmaid’s Tale and Six Feet Under. Alyx talks Westworld, a small shift to Legion, and then I’m Dying Up Here. Nate discusses Evil Genius, Agents of SHIELD, The Office, Arrested Development Season 5, The Detectorists, and Fleabag.

2:20:53-THE IMPOSSIBLE MOVIE LIST GAME

2:57:28-WHAT DID YOU WATCH? Moreno checked out Annihilation and The Last Movie Star. Logan watched Man vs. Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler and The Founder. Nate shows off with a ton: The House, A Quiet Place, The Strangers: Prey at Night, Baskin, and Raw.

The show’s over! -claps really awkwardly-

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Rosstafarians everywhere, it's another Wake & Bake, rejoice!

On today's episode Jack and Kupka talk action figures, poster collecting, Bob's ability to cut a waterfall with the deft stroke of a master painter and the early Lawlapalooza 2018 prep they're doing.

This episode the boys cover season 6 episode 4 and season 17 episode 7.

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From a career standpoint, the years 2004 - 2013 were not very kind to Keanu Reeves. Sure, The Matrix had made him very wealthy, and his internet reputation was about as good as a celebrity could get without Harvey Weinstein sized payoffs. But with the exception of 2005's IMO underrated Constantine, Reeves was having trouble finding a new franchise to stomp out of the gate with. 47 Ronin anyone? But along came 2014, and a little movie about a guy who killed two men with a pencil.

After taking a slight sabbatical with Jurassic Park, me, Alyx, and Jack finally get back together to finish out this series of John Wick films (for now) by looking at Chapter 2. We all pretty universally loved the last film. But at the end of the last podcast, Alyx teased that he was not a big fan of this one, and he was looking forward to revisiting it so that he can form an established opinion on it. Will he still feel the same way?

Listen below to find out. And keep checking back as I have more franchises to tackle, including the rest of Jurassic Park, Mission Impossible, and a little story about a Predator in the forest.

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John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10)

 

 

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