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This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 2011 space Western action thriller film, Cowboys & Aliens.
Thomas crunches the Numbers a second time. Colin goes all "Fantastic Voyage" inside his own body. He gets a case of the Yeahnahs.

Battery Point Sculpture Trail: https://landscapeaustralia.com/articles/battery-point-sculpture-trail-1/ And here's a map: https://www.trailhiking.com.au/hikes/battery-point-sculpture-trail/

The "Mongrel" was played by two Border Collies or two Australian shepherds (there are big internet arguments) named Dart and Arrow, both apparently trained by handler Eadie McMullen. 

Yeah, maybe Colin can live without looking at C&A's source material, if this is to be believed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqLaVNYn7j0&t=1749s

Cliff Hanger, hanging from a cliff: https://youtu.be/zlcmdx3MF6I

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This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 2003 American comedy-drama film, Secondhand Lions.
Thomas announces a shakeup! Colin is Aluminated!

Thomas lied(!): since the closure of one end of Jeffreys Track ( https://newnorfolknews.com/2026/02/ownership-dispute-closes-jefferys-track/ ), vehicular routes travelling North from Huonville that DON'T go through Hobart are even rarer, but DO(?!?) exist still: https://maps.app.goo.gl/dyeD8fpCbzPc2dP18 [Sure, if you're willing to take a Forestry road that's probably closed to the public. -Ed.]

Lady Jane Franklin is widely credited with establishing the settlement of Franklin in 1838, and the locality was formally renamed Franklin in her honour in 1850. Her husband, Sir John Franklin, then Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), actively championed its early development. It is he that the federal and state electoral division of Franklin in Tasmania is named after. Aluminium was first produced in its pure, elemental form in 1825 by Danish physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted, who reduced aluminium chloride with a potassium-mercury amalgam to create tiny amounts of the metal. Although identified earlier, it was originally more valuable than gold due to the difficulty of separating it. French chemist Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville initiated the first industrial production of Aluminium in 1856. 

The lifecycle of the Waverley Donut, and Tuesday's blood moon: https://misc.tantusar.au/clf/192/

Fun Fact: In 2013 Secondhand Lions: A New Musical, based on the 2003 movie of the same name, premiered in Seattle, Washington.

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This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 2023 American action film, Fast X.
Thomas writes a sequel. Colin and Thomas determine where the submissions come from. Colin DEGLOVES HIS TOE! He also lies; he HAS been to Stonehenge: https://maps.app.goo.gl/nvExtZRU24nhpWeS9 .
Darth Vader's home: https://www.starwars.com/news/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-mustafar

Exquisite corpse was raised in the F9 episode.

The Bank Heist - Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales: https://youtu.be/0NVkoJz8H7c

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This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 2014 American action thriller film, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.
Thomas goes for the "usefulness" angle. Colin makes a spectacle of himself. He also recalls a tender parenting memory. Colin picks on Kevin. Thomas picks on Keira.

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This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 2025 espionage black comedy thriller film, The Phoenician Scheme.
Thomas gesticulates and tremblates! Colin does more Animal Rescue! Thomas' Plot Synopses are not to be sniffed at!

Monkey!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_(TV_series)

Arthur C. Clarke's short story "The Nine Billion Names of God": https://hex.ooo/library/nine_billion_names_of_god.html

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This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 2001 Hong Kong sports comedy film, Shaolin Soccer (Chinese: 少林足球).
Thomas goes on an Epic Quest! Colin has a massive encounter with some Tasmanian Wildlife!

Geeveston's "Gateway", the giant poles of which were supplied by Thomas' Grandfather: https://maps.app.goo.gl/b7o8u7F5kxWxYSwp6

The original 1h48m Cantonese edit is available to watch on SBS On Demand in Australia, returning 19 minutes (Including bloopers) to the English Dub that Thomas and Colin Watched.

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This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 2021 American action film, F9.
Thomas misses out on Ice Cream at MIT. Colin witnesses a mass beaching event, and is contaged with a strange icthyoviral enplaguenation.

Ice cream maker still sweet on MIT: https://news.mit.edu/2007/toscanini

Exquisite corpse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exquisite_corpse

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This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 1990 American psychological horror thriller film, Misery.
Thomas has a catastrophic Christmas Eve. Colin loses his non-existent notes. That's nice.

Sand Seal, Delivered: https://pulsetasmania.com.au/news/giant-sand-sculpture-of-neil-the-seal-appears-on-bellerive-beach/

THIS! THIS was the meme music Colin is now sure came from Misery's Soundtrack!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIiTKLe83Ic&t=154s

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)  recognises Ingenuity helicopter's flight on Mars. https://canadacommons.ca/artifacts/28283167/icao-assigns-codes-to-first-flight-on-another-planet/29183020/

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⁠Thomas very occasionally posts standalone movie-based audio to his podcast Uninhibited Meat Noises: ⁠https://anchor.fm/meatnoises

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This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 1988 American action (Christmas) film, Die Hard.
Thomas is a published writer (again!) He has a sour, fig-filled ending to this year's highly controversial Advent of Code.  Colin wrestles with technology, and realises upon re-listening to Thomas' plot synopsis that it was, indeed, sourced from where he said it was.

How the lyrics REALLY go: https://youtu.be/vgiDcJi534Y

Thomas Chick's submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters' Inquiry into the 2025 federal election can be found here, listed as submission 235: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Electoral_Matters/2025federalelection/Submissions

StarFlight was selected to provide helicopter emergency air services in Tasmania from 12 January 2026. https://tasmaniantimes.com/2025/08/starflight-wins-12-year-aeromedical-contract/

Romancing the Stone End Credits (I'd forgotten they cheated a bit at the end!): https://youtu.be/ALKFpuCzEMw

Here We Come A-wassailing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_We_Come_A-wassailing

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⁠Thomas very occasionally posts standalone movie-based audio to his podcast Uninhibited Meat Noises: ⁠https://anchor.fm/meatnoises

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This week, Thomas and Colin watch the 1995 American submarine action thriller film, Crimson Tide.
Thomas talks in code. He creates a Tachyon Splitter and has a décor emergency.  Colin offers his particular set of skills to assist, and gets the response he deserves. The Deranged Cat Studios experiences Paranormal Activity!

ERRATA: Colin kept referring to Parkrun as a "Race". It is a RUN, not a RACE.

A quick Google certainly shows that Colin isn't the only one seeing a Fail Safe/Crimson Tide similarity.

Learn more about the good ol' SAT Solver Z3: https://theory.stanford.edu/~nikolaj/programmingz3.html

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