Life, the Cineverse and Everything

Nick and book mega-fan Katy Betz, talk about book adaptations in anticipation of "Ready Player One". We discuss lack of creativity in Hollywood, and what some of the best movies adapted from books have done right, as well as some that fell short.

00:00 - Avengers Infinity War Giveaway! 01:31 - Intro 02:03 - Welcome and Guest Host 06:04 - Have you seen anything good recently? 'Black Panther' 'Game Night' Noticing things you didn't before Moviepass drops to $6.95/mo 'The Men Who Made America' on History 14:18 - Book Adaptations! 14:47 - Some book adaptations throughout history 16:09 - Lack of creativity in Hollywood? 19:26 - Writing adapted screenplays 21:57 - Good acting vs good writing 24:30 - Favorite adaptations from books 'Lord of the Rings'/ 'The Hobbit' 26:47 - 'Pride and Prejudice' (not the Kiera Knightly version) 28:02 - 'Sherlock Holmes' 29:13 - 'To Kill A Mockingbird' 30:01 - Dan Brown Novels 32:25 - 'Silence of the Lambs'/ 'Memoirs of a Geisha' 33:50 - 'Life of Pi'/ 'The Alchemist' 37:40 - Dan Brown novels (yes, again) 39:02 - 'Forrest Gump' 39:29 - 'Harry Potter' series 40:26 - Read the book first, or see the movie? 43:01 - Adaptations that we would like to see? 'The Thirteenth Tale' 43:38 - Maeve Binchy books 44:36 - 'Wheel of Time' series 45:49 - 'Redeeming Love' 46:04 - 'Micro' by Michael Crichton/ 'Dragon Teeth' 48:13 - 'Armada' by Ernest Cline 49:10 - 'The Alchemist' by Paulo Cohelo 49:35 - Authors whose work is adapted a lot: Elmore Leonard/ John Grisham/ Robert Ludlum/ H.G. Wells 53:49 - Most adaptations by author: Shakespeare/ Stephen King/ Philip K. Dick/ Michael Crichton 55:23 - 'Ready Player One' book review 01:04:26 - Katy's plea to read a book 01:06:49 - Nick's trophy books 01:08:27 - What are you looking forward to? 'Outlander' series 'Avengers Infinity War' 01:11:29 - Sign off

Avengers Infinity War Giveaway: https://youtu.be/2fX6htHLu8c

I've been talking about it enough on the show, so let's see what Nick thought of Spielberg's new epic pop culture extravaganza!

Nick and Dan talk:

00:00 - Intro 00:26 - 90th Annual Academy Awards 04:15 - 'Ozark' (Netflix)/ '11.22.63' (Hulu) 03:02 - Marvel's Netflix Shows 06:11 - 'Logan Lucky' 07:30 - 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' 10:13 - Forgettable Movie Scores 17:06 - Nick's Plea for Musical Appreciation in Movies 18:39 - Composing Video Games 23:46 - Popular Musicians Composing Movies 29:00 - Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (Amazon) 30:36 - Roseanne Reunion/ John Goodman's Appeal 34:10 - Outro (See you next time!)

Nick and Guest Host Daniel Bright (co-host of The Force Sports Podcast) delve into the deep, dark world of movie scores. But before that, we talk St. Patrick's Day, Escape Rooms, and taking toddlers to the movies. Stick around, it's going to get weird!

00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Welcome and Guest Host 03:16 - Nick and Dan's High School Spanish Project 04:54 - Have you seen anything good recently? 'Game Night' 'Ferdinand' 'A.P. Bio' on NBC 'Corporate' on Comedy Central Escape Room experience (@ Eureka Escape Rooms) Netflix's 'Lost in Space' trailer 12:19 - Mail Call! 12:30 - Ultimate Anti-Hero = Walter White from 'Breaking Bad' 13:35 - Shows or movies you should be watching: 'Community' on NBC/Yahoo 'Parks and Rec'/ The redemption of Tom Haverford 'The Blacklist' on NBC 'Life in Pieces' on CBS 'Superior Donuts' on CBS 'This is Us' on NBC 'No Activity' on CBS 'Brooklyn Nine Nine' on Fox 'Jessica Jones' S2 on Netflix 19:41 - Movie Scores! 21:26 - Happy birthday Josiah! 21:42 - The Force Sports Podcast @ Rec Bar on 17 March 23:12 - Best Star Wars video games 23:50 - Movie Scores! (for real, this time)24:12 - Musical Score evolution 24:33 - Owning soundtracks to popular movies Nick: 'Dumb and Dumber', 'Me, Myself and Irene', 'Mortal Kombat' Dan: 'Top Gun', 'Space Jam', 'Remember the Titans' 26:12 - Biggest names and the most iconic scores 29:30 - My first original motion picture soundtracks Clint Mansell and Bulkhard Dullwitz 30:21 - Our favorite movie scores 38:11 - Subbing one composer for another 41:45 - Character themes in movies 43:15 - 'The Marvel Symphonic Universe' discussion 48:51 - Movie Scores by Popular Artists 54:02 - Pay more attention to the music in movies 55:37 - What are you looking forward to? Dan: 'Ready Player One', 'Incredibles II', 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' on May 25th Nick: 'Game Night', 'Avengers: Infinity War' pushed up to April 27th, 'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' on Amazon 1:01:51 - How was this experience different from Dan's podcast? 1:06:52 - Sign Off

The Force Sports Podcast - https://www.forcesports.org/ The Marvel Symphonic Universe - https://youtu.be/sJI6RlO98uA

Nick and Megan talk:

00:00 - Intro 00:27 - Dinosaur talk w/ Finn Taylor 02:48 - Nick mansplains TWOK to his wife 06:33 - Honorable Mentions/ Comedy Villains 14:52 - Nick explains 'Ready Player One' 18:37 - Outro

Nick and his wife Megan talk about their favorite villains ever created from movies, TV and even a surprise video game. What makes a good villain? How have they evolved throughout the years? And most importantly, which are the best villains ever? Our answers may shock you!

00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Welcome and Guest Host 02:40 - Have you seen anything good recently? Thor Ragnarok Black Panther The Dark Knight Trilogy Face Off (SyFy show, not the Nic Cage film) 11:10 - Mail Call! 11:16 - Throwback Question: MCU incorporating Fox properties 13:43 - Which villains do you root for? 16:15 - Killmonger or Joker? 17:38 - BEST VILLAINS 18:39 - Bad villain = bad movie? 21:24 - Don't make the stakes too high 25:06 - The Anti-Hero 29:31 - The "Damsel in Distress" villain 31:16 - The evolution of the villain Norman Bates in 'Psycho' 32:24 - Criteria for a great villain 36:16 - Best movie villains are iconic & memorable 37:24 - Top 5 Villains! 37:40 - The Joker (Heath Ledger) in "The Dark Knight" (2008) 42:45 - Audrey II from "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986) 45:26 - T-Rex from "Jurassic Park" (1993) 47:03 - Darth Vader from "Star Wars" (1977) 49:34 - Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) from "Silence of the Lambs" (1991) 50:21 - Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) from "Die Hard" (1988) 52:41 - Ultron (James Spader) in "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2015) 55:17 - Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington) in Training Day (2001) 56:44 - Kingpin (Vincent D'Onofrio) in "Daredevil" (2015) 01:00:17 - Khan (Ricardo Montalbán) in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" 01:01:58 - What are you looking froward to? Game Night Ready Player One 3D Printing 01:06:14 - Megan gives upcoming show suggestions 01:11:40 - Sign Off

Nick and Wes talk:

00:00 - Intro 00:27 - Cinema allure/ Wes' one franchise he still watches 01:54 - James Bond franchise/ Wes' CGI rant 12:50 - The future of James Bond 17:10 - Fox and the MCU 20:17 - Spider-Man 3 22:43 - Music in movies 25:57 - Movie reviews and their impact 35:14 - A history of streaming services 42:15 - The fall of cable services 56:16 - Netflix/Hulu in trouble 57:38 - Google and Amazon 59:09 - Binging Netflix 01:05:00 - Outro

Nick and one of his oldest friend, Wes, talk about television history and the evolution through new streamable formats. Is TV better now than it used to be? Or has binging ruined the television experience? This and more, in episode 4 of Life, The Cineverse and Everything!

00:00 - Welcome 00:30 - Intro and Guest Host 04:15 - Have you seen anything good recently? Daddy's Home 2 Moviepass 06:45 - Is the Cinema business model sustainable? 10:20 - Groundhog's Day/ The Ohio Theatre 12:40 - Western research w/ Magnificent Seven (2016)/ Django Unchained (2012) 15:10 - Mail Call! 15:36 - Short film I'd like to produce 20:01 - Movie scores impacting the enjoyment of a film 26:50 - Rotten Tomatoes 29:56 - Television history and impact 31:48 - Favorite TV shows? The Office The Simpsons (the first 10 years) 39:15 - Watching TV growing up 42:38 - TV shows that still hold up today 49:42 - TV unites the family 50:20 - Cable TV 51:31 - Current TV: Better or Worse? 53:17 - Is Netflix original content crap? 1:01:56 - Netflix's shotgun approach 1:02:39 - An iTunes for video streaming 1:03:20 - What are you looking forward to? Amazon's Jack Ryan The Americans (final season) Masterclass 1:09:15 - Scorsese, Howard and McConaughey 1:11:16 - Sign off

Nick and Chad talk:

00:00 - Intro 00:26 - 'Blade Runner 2049' (SPOILERS) 02:20 - 'Only The Brave' (SPOILERS) 04:10 - 'American Made'/ 'The Mummy' (2017) 05:19 - International streaming 06:36 - 'Black Mirror' 10:13 - Editing 12:28 - 'Nick Gets Sick' 15:15 - Awards Shows 25:20 - Outro

My business partner from San Diego, Chad Butler, and I talk all things filmmaking. From our time in film school to our thoughts on the big Hollywood churning machine that makes big budget films.

00:00 - Welcome 00:31 - Intro and Guest Host 04:00 - Photography (ChadMichaelButler.com) 06:16 - Greetings from South Korea 07:12 - What have we seen recently? Dunkirk Star Wars: The Last Jedi (w/ Korean subtitles) Three Billboards This is Us Match Game LA to Vegas 14:25 - Questions/Comments Lesser known crew members Most difficult part of production 25:35 - Filmmaking What made us get into Filmmaking? Influences Favorite things about film Least favorite thing about film Awards shows 53:15 - Looking forward to... Isle of Dogs Masterclass Finishing projects 1:00:53 - Sign off

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