I Have To Return Some Videotapes

(Heads up: there were some issues with audio on Jo's end towards the last 10 mins. We sincerely apologize.)

HELLO EVERYONE! We finally have returned after an almost 2-month hiatus! It's so good to be back! To celebrate our return to film reviews and discussions, we decided to talk about one of the most beloved films of all time. Folks, it's Good Will Hunting! Strap in and get ready for your heart strings to be pulled and tugged at in one of our most emotional episodes ever!

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Hey everyone. As you can tell by the title, this is not our typical programming. 

You may have noticed that we have been quiet for the past month or so. You may have also noticed that some episodes have been taken down. Well friends, we have been dealing with a lot of personal matters in our lives to say the least. Over the last couple of weeks, we have learned that a close friend of ours who was a recurring guest on the show did some terrible things and really hurt some people over the last few years. We absolutely do not stand with that and felt uncomfortable giving him a platform, so as a result we took those episodes down out of respect to those affected by his actions.

We were also going to put out a review/discussion of the American comedy classic Idiocracy, but life has just been real chaotic not only to us but our special guests we invited. They too have had to deal with some serious personal matters in their lives and as a result, the episode will be put on hold for the time being.

We sincerely apologize for everything. We'll be going on a break to recuperate and reflect. Follow us on Instagram @videotapespodcast so you can stay updated on what happens with the show.

Other than that, please enjoy the other majority of this episode where we just shoot the shit and talk about movies and shows we've been watching lately. Thank you so much for listening. We love you all.

[CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNING: ABUSE, DRUG USE, INCEST, SELF-HARM/SUICIDE, SEX & VIOLENCE]

Happy new year everyone! We're kicking off 2022 with the anxious, nauseating and trauma-inducing film Climax! Incredible dancing, sex and violence fueled by drugs and some banging tunes. What else can ya ask for in a movie? 

We're joined again by our good friend Leech Gomez. Armand and Leech unfortunately caught COVID over the holidays. They're doing fine now. But at the time of recording this episode, they decided to say fuck it and join together in person as Jo remains safe in her home to experience the hurt and trauma together as a family. Maybe Armand needs to go to therapy after recommending these fucked up movies? Who knows? Either way, we hope you enjoy the discussion! Thank you so much for listening to us in the new year.

(Also, apologies for any audio glitches in this episode. Jo was breaking up on the Discord voice call and as a result, her voice would be delayed at times or just drop out completely. Armand did his best to edit around it but you may notice some echo in the background.)

Timecodes:

0:00 Intro

3:32 COVID & Life updates

10:53 Climax [SPOILERS]

1:11:59 Ben Shapiro & Drake are simps

1:14:58 Sad New Year (R.I.P. Betty White)

1:18:40 Jo's mini-review of The Matrix: Resurrections [Semi-spoilers?]

1:22:51 Leech almost didn't make a "Family" reference

1:24:53 Jo recommends Idiocracy (2006) for next episode. (We may have some special guests for this...)

Special thanks to Leech Gomez for hosting this conversation! Follow Leech Gomez on Bandcamp, Spotify & Soundcloud!

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Disclaimer music: Sangria by Thomas Bangalter (from the Climax soundtrack)

Intro music: Supernature (Instrumental CLIMAX Edit) by Cerrone (from the Climax soundtrack)

Outro music: Utopia Me Giorgio by Giorgio Moroder (from the Climax soundtrack)

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Happy holidays one and all! Again, we're so sorry this episode is coming to you late. This December has been an unkind and chaotic one to say the least. Fuck 2021.

This week, Armand & Jo get back together with their gang of friends and discuss the heartwarming, humorous & emotionally ass-clenching anime film Tokyo Godfathers. This may very well be our most distracted episode by far. We go off on weird tangents that were fueled by our drunkenness. And for some reason, Archie can't stop doing a Christopher Walken impression. Nevertheless, a good & entertaining conversation was still had and I think you will enjoy this one! Happy New Year everybody! Prepare for more pain to come!

Timecodes:

0:00 Intro

3:08 Tokyo Godfathers [SPOILERS]

1:39:50 Making fun of Aussies

1:43:43 The holidays

1:46:05 Leech gets confused about Kwanzaa

1:49:06 The lack of Jewish holiday movies & Adam Sandler

1:54:05 Armand recommends Climax (2018) for next episode

Special thanks to Leech Gomez for hosting this conversation! Follow Leech Gomez on Bandcamp, Spotify & Soundcloud!

leechisokay.bandcamp.com

Intro music: A Christmas Fucking Miracle (Instrumental) by Run The Jewels

Outro music: Xmas Diva by Jonwayne

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[CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNING: S*XUAL ASSAULT/R*PE scenes in this film]

First off, we want to sincerely apologize for the delay of this episode. As you can tell by the length and how many guests we had on, it took quite some time and work to edit it.

This week, we're talking about David Lynch's fiery film Wild At Heart with returning friends of the show Archie, Leech & Rebecca aka Bec! We're also joined by newcomer Susan who is an avid David Lynch fan like Armand! Is this Lynch's horniest and most violent film? Is David Lynch just a crazy old midwestern man? And most importantly, is Nicolas Cage a sex symbol? All will be discussed in this jam packed episode!

Timecodes:

0:00 Intro

3:50 Our experiences with David Lynch

13:34 Wild At Heart [SPOILERS]

1:41:55 Welcoming Jo back to town

1:43:05 Travis Scott teams up with OJ Simpson's lawyers

1:49:00 Beto O'Rourke and warm, soupy ice cream

1:50:17 Leech & Bec's rude House Of Gucci theater experience

2:03:05 Jo recommends Tokyo Godfathers (2003) for next episode

Special thanks to Leech for hosting this conversation! Follow Leech Gomez on Bandcamp, Spotify & Soundcloud!

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Disclaimer music: Wicked Game (Chris Isaak Cover) by Armand Garcia

Intro & outro music: Powermad - Slaughterhouse

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Hey everybody. I know this week our episode on Wild At Heart was supposed to drop, but due to the length and how many people were involved in the episode, it is still in the editing process. But we didn't want y'all to be empty handed this holiday season so we got a good treat for you to keep you appetized before you get that full course meal next week!

This is the first episode of Jo's own solo series where she goes thru and rewatches all the movies in the Fast & Furious franchise as a means of therapy to get her mind off the hectic life and world we live in. She does some extensive research and goes into depth on what inspired this first movie getting made, such as street racing culture, cop movies, video games and how street racing was being depicted in the media at the time. 

This series will be some exclusive content available only on our Patreon, which has yet to be made so be on the lookout for that if you love what you hear!

We will return back to our regular programming schedule after this. Thank you for your patience everyone. We love you all <3

Music featured in this episode:

J Dilla - Workinonit

Ja Rule - Furious

Crazy Town - Butterfly

Music from the Midnight Club II Soundtrack, Ridge Racer Type 4 Soundtrack, Ridge Racer 64 Soundtrack & Twisted Metal: Head-On Soundtrack

On this week's episode, we are discussing a filmmaker who has been regarded as "the worst director of all time" and is truly an OG when it comes to B-movies and the "so-bad-it's-good" genre. He truly paved the way for people like Tommy Wiseau. It's Ed Wood, baby! We watched his most infamous film "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and then cleansed our palette with the wonderful, magical & masterful biopic from Tim Burton! "Ed Wood" is the quintessential filmmaker's film. It's all about the magic and love for the film medium and should really be shown in all film school classes around the world. Truly awe-inspiring!

Timecodes:

0:00 Disclaimer / Intro

6:03 Background & history on Ed Wood

9:45 Plan 9 From Outer Space [SPOILERS]

27:07 Ed Wood (the film) [SPOILERS]

1:13:27 Podcast & life updates

1:22:35 Armand recommends Wild At Heart (1990) for next episode

Disclaimer music: End Credits from Ed Wood soundtrack

Intro music: Bela Lugosi's Dead (Bauhaus Cover) by Armand Garcia

Outro taken from The Fesh Pince of Blair 2: Uncle Phil Yiffs In Heaven Again

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Wow, this episode is our longest yet folks! This week, our friend & residential Dune expert/reader Leech Gomez returns to discuss the latest film adaptation of Dune as well as David Lynch's take on it from 1984. Which one got the feel of it right? And why is Timothée Chalamet so damn fine? All questions will be pondered in this epic & galactic episode!

Timecodes:

0:00 Intro

2:30 The Dune-iverse (Leech's beginners guide to the Dune books)

7:15 Dune (1984) [SPOILERS]

39:58 Alejandro Jodorowsky's Dune

56:14 Dune (2021) [SPOILERS]

110:04 The Astroworld Tragedy

124:18 Jo recommends Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) & Ed Wood (1994) for next episode

Intro music by Leech Gomez

Outro music: Sardaukar Chant Rave meme

Thanks again to Leech for providing us with the sound setup!

Leech's music (follow Leech Gomez on Spotify):

https://leechisokay.bandcamp.com/

soundcloud.com/leech-is-okay

Follow us on Instagram @videotapespodcast on Instagram for the latest updates on the show!

If you like what you hear, please rate and review us on your favorite streaming app if you can and help spread the word!

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Well folks, we finally did it. We've reached the end of Spooktober and we finally talked about the damn classic movie that gave us our podcast name, American Psycho! While it may be a little hard to live up to our last episode, which is probably by far our most bananas one yet, we still had a wonderful discussion on this greatly entertaining horror satire. We hope you enjoy it. Have a happy Halloween everybody!

Timecodes:

0:00 Intro

2:27 American Psycho [SPOILERS]

65:36 The Alec Baldwin Incident

74:20 Armand's quick review of Lamb

78:45 Armand recommends Dune (1984) & the new Dune film for next episode 

Intro music: Leech Gomez - killer mommy

Outro music: Ghostspuffs (Nine Inch Nails x Reese's Puffs mashup by Armand)

Leech's music:

https://leechisokay.bandcamp.com/

soundcloud.com/leech-is-okay

Follow us on Instagram @videotapespodcast for the latest updates on the show!

If you like what you hear, please rate and review us on your favorite streaming app if you can and help spread the word!

Have any thoughts, questions, concerns or recommendations? Please send them to: [email protected]

[CONTENT WARNING! This episode contains discussion of graphic gross and sexual material.]

Holy hell folks. This was an unexpected surprise. Spooktober continues on and Armand somehow was able to convince some of our dear friends to watch and discuss this nasty abstract horror anthology film Kuso, the directorial debut of steve aka renowned groundbreaking hip hop & jazz musician Flying Lotus.

On this episode, we've got some familiar voices and some new ones you haven't heard from before. Returning is Archie, a hilarious jack of all trades in the worlds of music, comedy and writing. He also sells booze to rich white people, some of whom are filthy politicians. Julian aka Jules The Nintendo boy, our resident furry, is also back to bless us with some great opinions, game theories, and personal experiences.

As for our newbies, we got the milk man musician/audio engineer extraordinaire Leech Gomez as well as Rebecca, another lovely dear friend of ours who is an ASL interpreter! 

Armand basically traumatized and scarred everyone by showing them this disgusting and hilarious film. But you know what? It sure made for a really fun and thought-provoking conversation. Honestly, probably one of our best episodes ever. We cover a broad range of topics and really dig and dive deep into what this film may represent which at the end of day is essentially family. So please go watch this with all of your family immediately.

Timecodes:

0:00 Intro

4:46 Kuso [SPOILERS]

76:40 What we've been watching lately

82:11 Jo & Jules' uncomfortable, public Game Theory experience

95:09 Dave Chappelle's new transphobic "comedy special"

109:54 Jo recommends American Psycho (2000) for next episode

Disclaimer music: Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy Song (Dark Version)

Intro music by Archie, Armand & Leech

Outro music: Xiu Xiu + SALEM - A Knife In Da Boar (mashup created by Armand)

HUGE special thanks to Leech for hosting this discussion as well as providing us with the best sound setup! Probably our most professional sound recording yet.

Leech's music:

https://leechisokay.bandcamp.com/

soundcloud.com/leech-is-okay

Follow Jules The Nintendo Boy's Instagram: @fox_whom

Follow us on Instagram @videotapespodcast for the latest updates on the show!

If you like what you hear, please rate and review us on your favorite streaming app if you can and help spread the word!

Have any thoughts, questions, concerns or recommendations? Please send them to: [email protected]