Ridley Scott's follow-up to his award-winning Thelma & Louise is... a terrible Christopher Columbus movie. Lame. We talk about  1492: Conquest of Paradise and why exactly this movie just doesn't work and what that means for our understanding of Ridley Scott. Then, we watched the first three episodes of Obi-Wan and have some thoughts.   Also, Scott saw Top Gun: Maverick! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com! SHOW NOTES: 1:40 - 1492: Conquest of Paradise 50:41 - Obi-Wan Kenobi is...ok? 1:14:47 - Tom Cruise saves the movies

#182 - Deconstructing Scott: 1492

Scott and Matt and maybe a guest discuss and analyze movies, TV, books, and anything else we feel like talking about.

TV & Film

Part 4 of our series on the films of Darren Aronofksy sees us take on the award-winning The Wrestler. It's an incredible movie but very different from the types of films Aronofsky made before. . Then we chat about the trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's Trap and how movies are marketed these days. Next week: Deconstructing Aronofsky continues with The Wrestler Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com! Show Notes: 2:17 - The Wrestler 59:18 - Trap and movie trailers

#264 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: THE WRESTLER

Brandon Sanderson is back on the book club and it's possibly our favorite! We're chatting about Tress of the Emerald Sea Note: This is an unedited audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube, so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit. Click here to submit a book for the Book Club Our next book club will be covering James Clavell's Shogun. NOTE: Due to the extreme length of this book, we're going to be skipping May. We'll be meeting to discuss it on Friday, June 28th at 9:30 PM Central Time!!! Support us on Patreon Matt’s Twitter: @moridinamael Scott’s Twitter:@scottdaly85 Stay updated with Doof Media: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at www.doofmedia.com

April Book Club - TRESS OF THE EMERALD SEA by Brandon Sanderson

In part 3 of our Aronofsky series we take a look at the director's 2006 film: The Fountain. This one didn't do good on release, but Scott and Matt find something to love in it.  Then we talk about our favorite Hugh Jackman performances and compile our top 5 favorite Next week: Deconstructing Aronofsky continues with The Wrestler Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com! Show Notes: 2:17 - The Fountain 59:54 - Top 5 Jackman

#263 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: THE FOUNTAIN

This week we chat about the absolutely incredible FX TV show Shōgun!  Next week: Deconstructing Aranofsky continues with The Fountain  Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com!

#262 - Shōgun

In part two of our series on the films of Darren Aronofsky we take a look at the incredible and disturbing 2000 film Requiem for a Dream. Drugs are bad, but this movie is very, very good.  Next week: Shogun! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com! Show Notes: All Requiem this week

#182 - Deconstructing Scott: 1492

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