Life, the Cineverse and Everything

Nick talks with Jason and his wife, Megan, about the Netflix Marvel shows, and their rankings of MCU movies!

• Introduce Jason and Megan.
• Have you seen anything good recently?
  • Netflix Marvel Shows / Brooklyn Nine Nine (NBC) / The Upside
  • Superstore (NBC) / Working Moms (Netflix)
  • The Umbrella Academy (Netflix) / Paddleton (Netflix) / Free Solo
• NEWS:
  • March is Women's History month / March 8 is International Women's Day
  • WB CEO says "No more DC Extended Universe movies, only stand alone films".
  • The Simpsons pulls "Stark Raving Dad" in light of MJ Documentary 'Leaving Neverland'.
  • James Guns' 'Suicide Squad 2' ramping up w/ new characters. (Idris Elba = Deadshot)
• Main Topic: Captain Marvel
  • A long-awaited female led Marvel superhero film directed by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck (a couple feature films, episodes of Room 104, The Affair & Billions). In development since 2013.
  • Captain Marvel created in 1967 (who was a man, portrayed by Annette Bening) with Carol Danvers picking up the mantle in 2012 (previously Ms. Marvel).
  • First impressions of the film? What did you like/ not like? Ranking of MCU movies?
    • 2 hr 4 min run time
    • Stan Lee Marvel Studios Intro/ Cameo
    • Depictions of females/ males
    • Story/ Plot development
  • Issues with story:
    • Uniform / Flerken (Cat) / Fury loses an eye
  • Reviews & Box Office: Rotten Tomatoes / Box Office Mojo
  • Where do we go from here? Black Widow? Ms. Marvel?
• What are you looking forward to seeing/doing in the next few months?
  • Stuber (12 July 2019) / Framing John DeLorean (7 Jun) / Good Omens (31 May) / Shazam! (5 Apr)
• Sign off.

Life, The Cineverse and Everything Mar 1st / Episode 27

• Introduce Kelly Pendygraft.
  • SAG Actress in LA, worked on many commercials, TV and movies.
  • Originally from Louisville? Our mutual friend: Kay.
• Have you seen anything good recently?
  • 91st Oscars / 'First Man' / 'Roma' / 'Cold War'
• Interview:
  • Been in many commercials:
    • Star Wars - Duracell
    • Homegoods
  • Honda
    • Volkswagen
    • KFC (Jason Alexander)
  • Parks and Rec, M.Y.L.F. (also directed), 'Oxalis' (SPOILERS Discussed), 'Magic Bullet' (Vimeo)
  • Do you have a favorite project that you've worked on? If so, which one?
  • Worked with Ashley Judd, Chris Pratt, Rodney Dangerfield- Who is your favorite person you've worked with?
  • Director, Producer, Actor – Which do you prefer?

What are you looking forward to seeing/doing in the next few months?

• 'Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men' (Mar 12)
• Rise Website
• Sign off.

This is a special episode recorded for Rode's "My Rode Cast" competition where Nick talks about the controversies around the 91st Annual Academy Awards and whether or not they're still relevant. Spoiler: They're not :(

Life, The Cineverse and Everything Feb 15th / Episode 26: The REMAKE!

• Introduce Megan.
• Valentines Day recommendations: When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, 500 Days of Summer
• Have you seen anything good recently?
  • Lego Movie 2 / Velvet Buzzsaw / The Kominsky Method / Bird Box / V For Vendetta / The Titan / Crashing (HBO) / Star Trek Discovery / Sorry to Bother You / Geostorm /

• NEWS:
  • 'Aladdin' Genie Reveal in TV spot / Epix starting streaming service w/ MGM properties (Disney+, Apple, AT&T/ Warner Media, DC Universe) / Hulu's Animated Marvel Universe / Captain Marvel's epic 90's website / TOP MOVIES AT BO: Lego Movie 2, What Men Want, Cold Pursuit, The Upside, Glass

• Main Topic: The Hollywood Remake
  • Remakes are not new: Ocean's 11 (1960/2001), Psycho (1960/1998), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968/1999), Scarface (1932/1983), The Italian Job (1969/2003).
  • It all starts with an IP – Intellectual Property that a studio owns.
  • I'm categorizing into 3 different categories: Re-Interpretation, To Improve Upon the Original, Cash Grab.
    • Re-Interpretation (best kind, a.k.a. 'Reboot'): Superhero - Batman (1989)/ Batman Begins (2005), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Dracula (6 times), The Mummy (1932/1999/2017)
    • Improve Upon Original: Foreign films - 12 Angry Men (1957/1997), 3:10 to Yuma (1957/2007), The Birdcage (1996)/ La Cage a Folles (1978), The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008/1951), The Departed (2006)/ Internal Affairs (2002)
    • Cash Grab (converting an already good movie into another version): Animated/ Horror - 101 Dalmatians (1961/1996), Beauty and the Beast (2017/1991)
  • Good Remakes: Star Trek (2009), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), War of the Worlds (2005), The Departed (2006), Man of Steel (2013)
  • Bad Remakes: Total Recall (2012), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), Ghostbusters (2016), The Karate Kid (2010), King Kong (2005)
  • Remakes Currently in development – Aladdin (2019), Lion King (2019), Shaft (2019), Charlie's Angels (2019), The Hustle (2019), The Batman (2021), Fantastic Voyage, The Howling, Inspector Gadget, The Invisible Man, Little Shop of Horrors, Masters of the Universe, Mulan
  • Remakes we would like to see: Quantum Leap, Futurama, MIB/Independence Day?
• What are you looking forward to seeing/doing in the next few months?
• • How to Train Your Dragon 3 (Feb 22), Captain Marvel/ Dumbo (Mar 8/9)
  • Roma (Nflix), Flighting With My Family, Glass
• Sign off. (Bye!)

Nick is joined by his legally obligated spouse to talk about their new venture as big-shot Hollywood creative types*

*We are not actually, in any way, "big" or any other sized- shots.

More interviews with my wife Megan, Jason, Jake and Daniel!

Interviews with Jared, Alex, Katy and Brian talking about our best and worst of 2018!

Nick's plan of contacting previous guest hosts gets beaugarted by Wes Singleton, who has some valid concerns on the state of Hollywood, so this episode becomes about that. More with previous guest hosts talking the best/worst of 2018 for extras next week!

Nick and Megan are in balmy Hawaii, getting ready for Christmas so we talk some good and bad Christmas movies. Check out our list of Christmas movies to watch, and let us know if you agree or disagree with any on our list:

Bad Moms 2 Office Christmas Party Home Alone Love Actually It's a Wonderful Life A Christmas Story National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Elf Miracle on 34th Street How the Grinch Stole Christmas A Charlie Brown Christmas Scrooged Jingle All the Way Frosty the Snowman (1969) / Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964) A Christmas Carol Die Hard Gremlins Kiss Kiss Bang Bang / Iron Man 3 Batman Returns Trading Places Edward Scissorhands The Nightmare Before Christmas