The Emmy Campaign Starts Here!

***Regarding the film world, this is a Non-Spoiler Episode***

We WILL discuss & spoil some recent WWE plotlines.

Mike 1’s Opening Rant / Who Is Paul Heyman? - 1:56

The Interrogation - 4:33

Heyman as a Legitimate Thespian - 10:30

See, Buy, Skip - 21:45

Closing Argument - 23:21

The WWE develops popular actors, and they’ve done so throughout recent film & television history. From Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan to The Rock and John Cena, Hollywood has been scouting Vince McMahon’s sports entertainment company for their next action hero since the 80s. But what if World Wrestling’s next big cross-over to Hollywood star wasn’t even a wrestler??

From thewrap, slashfilm, & msn articles to all corners of #filmtwitter, many have praised the Emmy worthy performance of one of wrestling’s unlikeliest stars, Paul Heyman. Think boxing’s Don King or UFC’s Dana White, just give them a duster & turned up to 11. Paul Heyman is a promoter / advocate. He reps his wrestlers like lawyers, but follows them around like a sidekick. What he really does is cover for some of the worst actors in the wrestling ranks. The George to their Lenny, the Frankenstein to their Monster, when a fan favorite in-the-ring star needs a mouthpiece, that’s when Paul Heyman’s been at his best. He’s old, he’s bald, he’s fat, and he’s one of our favorite ACTORS to perform in the wrestling world in a long long while.

We certainly have a lot of fun breaking down Heyman’s recent performances leading into this past Summer Slam. A fan of wrestling, Mike 1 has quite a list of superlatives to throw out there, and Also Mike (who hasn’t watched a wrestling match in over 20 years) can’t even produce a single hardball question. Bottom Line: we’re both impressed with Heyman as a character, a theatrical performer who can sure rile up a crowd, but also as an actor who understands how to get his message across on camera.

Check out our other DatA’s (Devil and the Advocate) episodes. We’ve reviewed Solo: A Star Wars Story, and the latest Halloween and Mandy trailers. Of course, DatA’s are only a small portion of what we do here, and we have episodes of all shapes and sizes in our catalog. There’s 16 halfisodes including 10 shows on Best Original Song categories of Oscars past and the 5 Mission Impossible films leading into our full OSP of MI6: Fallout. Then we broke some Academy News with a Best Popular Film reaction pod in halfisode 16 before we compiled all our research and brain power in ep 92 to propose our fixes for the Oscars. We followed this news roll with a recap of the Moviepass Saga, and we’ve also reviewed 12 2018 oscar contenders thus far. From full episode reviews of all the contenders, trailer breakdown shows, monthly previews, recurring news commentaries, prediction pods, and good ole’ retrospectives - we make awards season go year round.

Chat with us on social media. We’re on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, and Gmail. When reality sucks, watch movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

The Emmy Campaign Starts Here!

***Regarding the film world, this is a Non-Spoiler Episode***

We WILL discuss & spoil some recent WWE plotlines.

Mike 1’s Opening Rant / Who Is Paul Heyman? - 1:56

The Interrogation - 4:33

Heyman as a Legitimate Thespian - 10:30

See, Buy, Skip - 21:45

Closing Argument - 23:21

The WWE develops popular actors, and they’ve done so throughout recent film & television history. From Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan to The Rock and John Cena, Hollywood has been scouting Vince McMahon’s sports entertainment company for their next action hero since the 80s. But what if World Wrestling’s next big cross-over to Hollywood star wasn’t even a wrestler??

From thewrap, slashfilm, & msn articles to all corners of #filmtwitter, many have praised the Emmy worthy performance of one of wrestling’s unlikeliest stars, Paul Heyman. Think boxing’s Don King or UFC’s Dana White, just give them a duster & turned up to 11. Paul Heyman is a promoter / advocate. He reps his wrestlers like lawyers, but follows them around like a sidekick. What he really does is cover for some of the worst actors in the wrestling ranks. The George to their Lenny, the Frankenstein to their Monster, when a fan favorite in-the-ring star needs a mouthpiece, that’s when Paul Heyman’s been at his best. He’s old, he’s bald, he’s fat, and he’s one of our favorite ACTORS to perform in the wrestling world in a long long while.

We certainly have a lot of fun breaking down Heyman’s recent performances leading into this past Summer Slam. A fan of wrestling, Mike 1 has quite a list of superlatives to throw out there, and Also Mike (who hasn’t watched a wrestling match in over 20 years) can’t even produce a single hardball question. Bottom Line: we’re both impressed with Heyman as a character, a theatrical performer who can sure rile up a crowd, but also as an actor who understands how to get his message across on camera.

Check out our other DatA’s (Devil and the Advocate) episodes. We’ve reviewed Solo: A Star Wars Story, and the latest Halloween and Mandy trailers. Of course, DatA’s are only a small portion of what we do here, and we have episodes of all shapes and sizes in our catalog. There’s 16 halfisodes including 10 shows on Best Original Song categories of Oscars past and the 5 Mission Impossible films leading into our full OSP of MI6: Fallout. Then we broke some Academy News with a Best Popular Film reaction pod in halfisode 16 before we compiled all our research and brain power in ep 92 to propose our fixes for the Oscars. We followed this news roll with a recap of the Moviepass Saga, and we’ve also reviewed 12 2018 oscar contenders thus far. From full episode reviews of all the contenders, trailer breakdown shows, monthly previews, recurring news commentaries, prediction pods, and good ole’ retrospectives - we make awards season go year round.

Chat with us on social media. We’re on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, and Gmail. When reality sucks, watch movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

The Emmy Campaign Starts Here!

***Regarding the film world, this is a Non-Spoiler Episode***

We WILL discuss & spoil some recent WWE plotlines.

Mike 1’s Opening Rant / Who Is Paul Heyman? - 1:56

The Interrogation - 4:33

Heyman as a Legitimate Thespian - 10:30

See, Buy, Skip - 21:45

Closing Argument - 23:21

The WWE develops popular actors, and they’ve done so throughout recent film & television history. From Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan to The Rock and John Cena, Hollywood has been scouting Vince McMahon’s sports entertainment company for their next action hero since the 80s. But what if World Wrestling’s next big cross-over to Hollywood star wasn’t even a wrestler??

From thewrap, slashfilm, & msn articles to all corners of #filmtwitter, many have praised the Emmy worthy performance of one of wrestling’s unlikeliest stars, Paul Heyman. Think boxing’s Don King or UFC’s Dana White, just give them a duster & turned up to 11. Paul Heyman is a promoter / advocate. He reps his wrestlers like lawyers, but follows them around like a sidekick. What he really does is cover for some of the worst actors in the wrestling ranks. The George to their Lenny, the Frankenstein to their Monster, when a fan favorite in-the-ring star needs a mouthpiece, that’s when Paul Heyman’s been at his best. He’s old, he’s bald, he’s fat, and he’s one of our favorite ACTORS to perform in the wrestling world in a long long while.

We certainly have a lot of fun breaking down Heyman’s recent performances leading into this past Summer Slam. A fan of wrestling, Mike 1 has quite a list of superlatives to throw out there, and Also Mike (who hasn’t watched a wrestling match in over 20 years) can’t even produce a single hardball question. Bottom Line: we’re both impressed with Heyman as a character, a theatrical performer who can sure rile up a crowd, but also as an actor who understands how to get his message across on camera.

Check out our other DatA’s (Devil and the Advocate) episodes. We’ve reviewed Solo: A Star Wars Story, and the latest Halloween and Mandy trailers. Of course, DatA’s are only a small portion of what we do here, and we have episodes of all shapes and sizes in our catalog. There’s 16 halfisodes including 10 shows on Best Original Song categories of Oscars past and the 5 Mission Impossible films leading into our full OSP of MI6: Fallout. Then we broke some Academy News with a Best Popular Film reaction pod in halfisode 16 before we compiled all our research and brain power in ep 92 to propose our fixes for the Oscars. We followed this news roll with a recap of the Moviepass Saga, and we’ve also reviewed 12 2018 oscar contenders thus far. From full episode reviews of all the contenders, trailer breakdown shows, monthly previews, recurring news commentaries, prediction pods, and good ole’ retrospectives - we make awards season go year round.

Chat with us on social media. We’re on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, and Gmail. When reality sucks, watch movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

Time to buy AMC?

***This News Update on the Moviepass Saga is spoiler FREE***

Intro / Is Pop-Punk as Dead as Moviepass? - 0:37

The Moviepass Saga Part I: Which Deserves a Subtitle After a Colon

Recent News: The New Stock Price, Lawsuits, & Mind Games - 2:14

Did Also Mike Bankrupt the Company? - 6:20

Death of the Old Movie-a-Day Plan - 10:00

Cancelled Your MP? Not so fast. - 12:40

The Moviepass Saga Part II: Take Over the Film World Or Die

MP’s “Business Model?” (w/ Mike 1 counter example on WWE) - 13:50

MP as a Bond Villain, or “We expect It to Die” - 20:20

FEUD: AMC & Moviepass - 24:00

Aaand MP Runs Out of Money in July - 27:55

The Moviepass Saga Part III: Write the Eulogy

Where Are We Today - 29:32

Can They Still Take Over The World? - 33:00

What Are We Gonna Do During MP’s Slow Death? - 35:25

Did They Create a Legacy / Leave Their Mark? - 39:22

Outro / Social Media / Our Recent Episodes- 40:47

Final Words of Wisdom - 41:23

Reality has sucked when your Moviepass card doesn’t work, but we’ve still been watching movies. It’s time we gave you a full breakdown of the Moviepass Saga, and it has been quite a “saga.” “This has been a disaster,” in the words of our host Mike 1. We chronicle each stage of what’s been happening with Moviepass.

Like every Shakespearean tragedy, this saga has three acts. There’s a meteoric rise, there’s hubris and conflict, and then of course, a terrible cathartic fall from grace. Moviepass is still alive (for now... when we recorded the episode), but does it have a chance to escape it’s nightmare on the stock market? Can it rebound, adjust it’s business model, and save what has been proven to be an attractive product? We discuss and debate it all here.

We’ve enjoyed these Hollywood News episodes and halfisodes. These two Mikes have fixed the Oscars once and for all in episode 92. We also have monthly Hollywood Hot Takes (HHTs) in our catalog. There’s also 12 Oscar Sprint Profiles where we review Academy Award contenders from Black Panther to Eighth Grade to BlacKkKlansman available now. In addition to that, we have a 12 part series on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, 7 episodes on all the Mission Impossible films, and a 10 halfisode arc on all the Best Original Song categories from Academy history that have also been a ton of off-season summer fun for us, and we hope for you. Then of course, we preview each month of theatrical releases and Oscar contender trailers.

Chat with us on social media. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Gmail. We are @MMandOscar on Twitter, where we’re most active, and you can find our show on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, and just about everywhere you can listen to podcasts. When reality sucks, when your Moviepass card doesn’t work, maybe switch to AMC’s A-List and keep watching those movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

Time to buy AMC?

***This News Update on the Moviepass Saga is spoiler FREE***

Intro / Is Pop-Punk as Dead as Moviepass? - 0:37

The Moviepass Saga Part I: Which Deserves a Subtitle After a Colon

Recent News: The New Stock Price, Lawsuits, & Mind Games - 2:14

Did Also Mike Bankrupt the Company? - 6:20

Death of the Old Movie-a-Day Plan - 10:00

Cancelled Your MP? Not so fast. - 12:40

The Moviepass Saga Part II: Take Over the Film World Or Die

MP’s “Business Model?” (w/ Mike 1 counter example on WWE) - 13:50

MP as a Bond Villain, or “We expect It to Die” - 20:20

FEUD: AMC & Moviepass - 24:00

Aaand MP Runs Out of Money in July - 27:55

The Moviepass Saga Part III: Write the Eulogy

Where Are We Today - 29:32

Can They Still Take Over The World? - 33:00

What Are We Gonna Do During MP’s Slow Death? - 35:25

Did They Create a Legacy / Leave Their Mark? - 39:22

Outro / Social Media / Our Recent Episodes- 40:47

Final Words of Wisdom - 41:23

Reality has sucked when your Moviepass card doesn’t work, but we’ve still been watching movies. It’s time we gave you a full breakdown of the Moviepass Saga, and it has been quite a “saga.” “This has been a disaster,” in the words of our host Mike 1. We chronicle each stage of what’s been happening with Moviepass.

Like every Shakespearean tragedy, this saga has three acts. There’s a meteoric rise, there’s hubris and conflict, and then of course, a terrible cathartic fall from grace. Moviepass is still alive (for now... when we recorded the episode), but does it have a chance to escape it’s nightmare on the stock market? Can it rebound, adjust it’s business model, and save what has been proven to be an attractive product? We discuss and debate it all here.

We’ve enjoyed these Hollywood News episodes and halfisodes. These two Mikes have fixed the Oscars once and for all in episode 92. We also have monthly Hollywood Hot Takes (HHTs) in our catalog. There’s also 12 Oscar Sprint Profiles where we review Academy Award contenders from Black Panther to Eighth Grade to BlacKkKlansman available now. In addition to that, we have a 12 part series on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, 7 episodes on all the Mission Impossible films, and a 10 halfisode arc on all the Best Original Song categories from Academy history that have also been a ton of off-season summer fun for us, and we hope for you. Then of course, we preview each month of theatrical releases and Oscar contender trailers.

Chat with us on social media. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Gmail. We are @MMandOscar on Twitter, where we’re most active, and you can find our show on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, and just about everywhere you can listen to podcasts. When reality sucks, when your Moviepass card doesn’t work, maybe switch to AMC’s A-List and keep watching those movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

Time to buy AMC?

***This News Update on the Moviepass Saga is spoiler FREE***

Intro / Is Pop-Punk as Dead as Moviepass? - 0:37

The Moviepass Saga Part I: Which Deserves a Subtitle After a Colon

Recent News: The New Stock Price, Lawsuits, & Mind Games - 2:14

Did Also Mike Bankrupt the Company? - 6:20

Death of the Old Movie-a-Day Plan - 10:00

Cancelled Your MP? Not so fast. - 12:40

The Moviepass Saga Part II: Take Over the Film World Or Die

MP’s “Business Model?” (w/ Mike 1 counter example on WWE) - 13:50

MP as a Bond Villain, or “We expect It to Die” - 20:20

FEUD: AMC & Moviepass - 24:00

Aaand MP Runs Out of Money in July - 27:55

The Moviepass Saga Part III: Write the Eulogy

Where Are We Today - 29:32

Can They Still Take Over The World? - 33:00

What Are We Gonna Do During MP’s Slow Death? - 35:25

Did They Create a Legacy / Leave Their Mark? - 39:22

Outro / Social Media / Our Recent Episodes- 40:47

Final Words of Wisdom - 41:23

Reality has sucked when your Moviepass card doesn’t work, but we’ve still been watching movies. It’s time we gave you a full breakdown of the Moviepass Saga, and it has been quite a “saga.” “This has been a disaster,” in the words of our host Mike 1. We chronicle each stage of what’s been happening with Moviepass.

Like every Shakespearean tragedy, this saga has three acts. There’s a meteoric rise, there’s hubris and conflict, and then of course, a terrible cathartic fall from grace. Moviepass is still alive (for now... when we recorded the episode), but does it have a chance to escape it’s nightmare on the stock market? Can it rebound, adjust it’s business model, and save what has been proven to be an attractive product? We discuss and debate it all here.

We’ve enjoyed these Hollywood News episodes and halfisodes. These two Mikes have fixed the Oscars once and for all in episode 92. We also have monthly Hollywood Hot Takes (HHTs) in our catalog. There’s also 12 Oscar Sprint Profiles where we review Academy Award contenders from Black Panther to Eighth Grade to BlacKkKlansman available now. In addition to that, we have a 12 part series on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, 7 episodes on all the Mission Impossible films, and a 10 halfisode arc on all the Best Original Song categories from Academy history that have also been a ton of off-season summer fun for us, and we hope for you. Then of course, we preview each month of theatrical releases and Oscar contender trailers.

Chat with us on social media. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Gmail. We are @MMandOscar on Twitter, where we’re most active, and you can find our show on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, and just about everywhere you can listen to podcasts. When reality sucks, when your Moviepass card doesn’t work, maybe switch to AMC’s A-List and keep watching those movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

ALL our Oscar Fixes Here!

***This is a One Spoiler Episode***

We do refer to a certain song used during a certain scene at the end of Get Out at the end of this episode.

*HOW WE GOT HERE*

Intro/Recap of the Oscar News - 2:36

A Small Retraction from our Halfisode 16 - 3:51

Will the Academy go through with this? - 6:05

Recent Best Picture Stats/Trends - 9:16

Big Films Matter (The Lady Bird /Spider-Man Argument) - 11:34

*THE BROKEN APPROACHES*

Faulty Definitions of a Popular Film - 16:51

The Preferential Balloting Debacle - 23:37

What’s in a (Category) Name? - 33:47

*Mike1’s BEST PICTURE FIX (i.e: The “Blockbuster Threshold” Pitch)*

*Aka Fix No. 1 [Heard Only Here!]*

“Traditional” Best Picture Nom Profile - 37:22

THE WORKING THESIS/CRUX OF THE PITCH - 40:35

Defining a Blockbuster + Gatekeeping Parameters - 41:19

Addressing the Counter-Arguments - 43:09

Point-by-Point Recap Why This Works - 52:55

Clarifying the Implementation - 56:30

The “Black Panther” Devil’s Advocate Discussion- 1:00:28

*FIXING THE OSCARS SHOW OVERALL*

“The Greatest Reality Competition Ever” - 1:08:11

Is There A Disney Conspiracy? - 1:10:04

Fix No. 2 (RE: Voting)- 1:13:55

Fix No. 3 (RE: Fitting The 3 Hour Deadline) - 1:18:42

Fix No. 4 (RE: Categories) - 1:24:14

Fix No. 5 (RE: The Most Imperative New Category [Heard Only Here!]) - 1:26:05

We NEEEEED Your Feedback! - 1:28:50

Make hashtag BlockbusterThreshold Happen - 1:29:26

We broke the Best Popular Film Oscar News last week with our Halfisode 16, and now it’s time for a much more in depth look at the 3 major changes to the Academy Award. The backlash from well, almost everyone has cast doubt on whether or not the Academy will go through with these proposals. If they do, we discuss the fallout. If they tweak their plans, we offer some alternatives that could help them save face. But our favorite part of this episode - we tell you what we’d do.

Our plan is built on many stats from years previous, and we also discuss how & why the Academy came to such desperate measures. Of course, we argue how & if & when these changes became necessary. Then we break down how we’d change the narrative from public relations nightmare to ummm… less of that.

OK, let’s be honest. Our solutions would be pretty radical. But damn, they’re fun to discuss and debate. You may find some of these ideas elsewhere, and we cite sources from Variety, THR, Indiewire, The Ringer, and our friends at Next Best Picture. But in totality, you won’t hear another set of outside the box solutions like these.

Whatever you may think of our suggestions, we hope you have fun with the ideas in play. We are always happy to extend the debate to film twitter and social media. We are Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, where we are most active, and we’d love to hear your two cents.

We’ll continue to offer up audio content of all sizes this coming week with a planned quickisode (15 mins), halfisode (30-45 mins), and full episode in the works. Oscar contenders continue to hit theaters, VOD, and film festivals in August, and we review them as they come our way. In fact, we just reviewed Eighth Grade, BlacKkKlansman, Isle of Dogs, and previewed two full slates of Oscar contender trailers coming soon to festivals and theaters this fall. We’ll also continue to mine Oscar history for some fun retrospectives.

Thanks for making this our most successful month in our short history. It’s been an off-season for the most part, but we’re very encouraged to see our audience continue to grow. When reality has sucked, when politics and breaking news and Boards of Governors bum people out, you’ve been watching movies with us, and we sincerely thank you for it. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

ALL our Oscar Fixes Here!

***This is a One Spoiler Episode***

We do refer to a certain song used during a certain scene at the end of Get Out at the end of this episode.

*HOW WE GOT HERE*

Intro/Recap of the Oscar News - 2:36

A Small Retraction from our Halfisode 16 - 3:51

Will the Academy go through with this? - 6:05

Recent Best Picture Stats/Trends - 9:16

Big Films Matter (The Lady Bird /Spider-Man Argument) - 11:34

*THE BROKEN APPROACHES*

Faulty Definitions of a Popular Film - 16:51

The Preferential Balloting Debacle - 23:37

What’s in a (Category) Name? - 33:47

*Mike1’s BEST PICTURE FIX (i.e: The “Blockbuster Threshold” Pitch)*

*Aka Fix #1 [Heard Only Here!]*

“Traditional” Best Picture Nom Profile - 37:22

THE WORKING THESIS/CRUX OF THE PITCH - 40:35

Defining a Blockbuster + Gatekeeping Parameters - 41:19

Addressing the Counter-Arguments - 43:09

Point-by-Point Recap Why This Works - 52:55

Clarifying the Implementation - 56:30

The “Black Panther” Devil’s Advocate Discussion- 1:00:28

*FIXING THE OSCARS SHOW OVERALL*

“The Greatest Reality Competition Ever” - 1:08:11

Is There A Disney Conspiracy? - 1:10:04

Fix #2 (RE: Voting)- 1:13:55

Fix #3 (RE: Fitting The 3 Hour Deadline) - 1:18:42

Fix #4 (RE: Categories) - 1:24:14

Fix #5 (RE: The Most Imperative New Category [Heard Only Here!]) - 1:26:05

We NEEEEED Your Feedback! - 1:28:50

Make #BlockbusterThreshold Happen - 1:29:26

We broke the Best Popular Film Oscar News last week with our Halfisode 16, and now it’s time for a much more in depth look at the 3 major changes to the Academy Award. The backlash from well, almost everyone has cast doubt on whether or not the Academy will go through with these proposals. If they do, we discuss the fallout. If they tweak their plans, we offer some alternatives that could help them save face. But our favorite part of this episode - we tell you what we’d do.

Our plan is built on many stats from years previous, and we also discuss how & why the Academy came to such desperate measures. Of course, we argue how & if & when these changes became necessary. Then we break down how we’d change the narrative from public relations nightmare to ummm… less of that.

OK, let’s be honest. Our solutions would be pretty radical. But damn, they’re fun to discuss and debate. You may find some of these ideas elsewhere, and we cite sources from Variety, THR, Indiewire, The Ringer, and our friends at Next Best Picture. But in totality, you won’t hear another set of outside the box solutions like these.

Whatever you may think of our suggestions, we hope you have fun with the ideas in play. We are always happy to extend the debate to #filmtwitter and social media. We are Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. We’re @MMandOscar on Twitter, where we are most active, and we’d love to hear your two cents.

We’ll continue to offer up audio content of all sizes this coming week with a planned quickisode (15 mins), halfisode (30-45 mins), and full episode in the works. Oscar contenders continue to hit theaters, VOD, and film festivals in August, and we review them as they come our way. In fact, we just reviewed Eighth Grade, BlacKkKlansman, Isle of Dogs, and previewed two full slates of Oscar contender trailers coming soon to festivals and theaters this fall. We’ll also continue to mine Oscar history for some fun retrospectives.

Thanks for making this our most successful month in our short history. It’s been an off-season for the most part, but we’re very encouraged to see our audience continue to grow. When reality has sucked, when politics and breaking news and Boards of Governors bum people out, you’ve been watching movies with us, and we sincerely thank you for it. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

ALL our Oscar Fixes Here!

***This is a One Spoiler Episode***

We do refer to a certain song used during a certain scene at the end of Get Out at the end of this episode.

*HOW WE GOT HERE*

Intro/Recap of the Oscar News - 2:36

A Small Retraction from our Halfisode 16 - 3:51

Will the Academy go through with this? - 6:05

Recent Best Picture Stats/Trends - 9:16

Big Films Matter (The Lady Bird /Spider-Man Argument) - 11:34

*THE BROKEN APPROACHES*

Faulty Definitions of a Popular Film - 16:51

The Preferential Balloting Debacle - 23:37

What’s in a (Category) Name? - 33:47

*Mike1’s BEST PICTURE FIX (i.e: The “Blockbuster Threshold” Pitch)*

*Aka Fix #1 [Heard Only Here!]*

“Traditional” Best Picture Nom Profile - 37:22

THE WORKING THESIS/CRUX OF THE PITCH - 40:35

Defining a Blockbuster + Gatekeeping Parameters - 41:19

Addressing the Counter-Arguments - 43:09

Point-by-Point Recap Why This Works - 52:55

Clarifying the Implementation - 56:30

The “Black Panther” Devil’s Advocate Discussion- 1:00:28

*FIXING THE OSCARS SHOW OVERALL*

“The Greatest Reality Competition Ever” - 1:08:11

Is There A Disney Conspiracy? - 1:10:04

Fix #2 (RE: Voting)- 1:13:55

Fix #3 (RE: Fitting The 3 Hour Deadline) - 1:18:42

Fix #4 (RE: Categories) - 1:24:14

Fix #5 (RE: The Most Imperative New Category [Heard Only Here!]) - 1:26:05

We NEEEEED Your Feedback! - 1:28:50

Make #BlockbusterThreshold Happen - 1:29:26

We broke the Best Popular Film Oscar News last week with our Halfisode 16, and now it’s time for a much more in depth look at the 3 major changes to the Academy Award. The backlash from well, almost everyone has cast doubt on whether or not the Academy will go through with these proposals. If they do, we discuss the fallout. If they tweak their plans, we offer some alternatives that could help them save face. But our favorite part of this episode - we tell you what we’d do.

Our plan is built on many stats from years previous, and we also discuss how & why the Academy came to such desperate measures. Of course, we argue how & if & when these changes became necessary. Then we break down how we’d change the narrative from public relations nightmare to ummm… less of that.

OK, let’s be honest. Our solutions would be pretty radical. But damn, they’re fun to discuss and debate. You may find some of these ideas elsewhere, and we cite sources from Variety, THR, Indiewire, The Ringer, and our friends at Next Best Picture. But in totality, you won’t hear another set of outside the box solutions like these.

Whatever you may think of our suggestions, we hope you have fun with the ideas in play. We are always happy to extend the debate to #filmtwitter and social media. We are Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. We’re @MMandOscar on Twitter, where we are most active, and we’d love to hear your two cents.

We’ll continue to offer up audio content of all sizes this coming week with a planned quickisode (15 mins), halfisode (30-45 mins), and full episode in the works. Oscar contenders continue to hit theaters, VOD, and film festivals in August, and we review them as they come our way. In fact, we just reviewed Eighth Grade, BlacKkKlansman, Isle of Dogs, and previewed two full slates of Oscar contender trailers coming soon to festivals and theaters this fall. We’ll also continue to mine Oscar history for some fun retrospectives.

Thanks for making this our most successful month in our short history. It’s been an off-season for the most part, but we’re very encouraged to see our audience continue to grow. When reality has sucked, when politics and breaking news and Boards of Governors bum people out, you’ve been watching movies with us, and we sincerely thank you for it. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

SPIKE IS BACK!

***This OSP of BlacKkKlansman has a Spoiler Section***

Our spoiler section will also contain plot details for Get Out, but we are full non-spoilers for the first (39) minutes of our review.

**NON-SPOILER Review**

Production Profile - 2:13

Movie Specs - 12:45

Expectations - 18:47

Production Values - 23:48

(Non-Spoiler Oscar Lens Reviews of...)

…Director - 24:58

Cinematography & Editing - 28:21

Adapted Screenplay - 29:58

Performances - 31:50

Original Score - 35:15

Best Picture? - 37:26

Spoiler Warning Music - 38:45

**SPOILER-FILLED Review**

Carryovers - 40:06

Plot Overview + Analysis - 48:32

Best Scenes - 1:06:27

Worst Scenes - 1:15:53

Final Grades - 1:20:25

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND LEAVE US AN iTUNES REVIEW. PLEASE! - 1:21:43

Spike Lee is back and perhaps better than ever with his newest film, BlacKkKlansman. From the stories behind the scenes to the box office, it’s one of the more jam packed production profiles. Then although we bounce around from topic to non-spoiler topic, we do cover all of the major Oscar categories and if this film will contend. The spoiler music plays, and after some carryover conversation from non-spoilers, we must break down the plot to get our heads around the story and themes being put across to us.

Honestly, we are still wrestling with this film. It’s a massive undertaking with a deceptive amount of depth - depth of feeling certainly, but also a depth in terms of all those English Exam vocabulary words we could use to analyze the story. Although, we’re not at our most articulate, this debate between Mikes brings forth a thesis from Mike 1, and we break down his main takeaway in spoilers.

BlacKkKlansman is our 12th Oscar Sprint Profile of 2018. We’ve also reviewed Isle of Dogs (ep 90), Eighth Grade (89), Mission: Impossible - Fallout (86), Sorry To Bother You (85), Ant-Man and the Wasp (83), The Incredibles 2 (ep 78), Hereditary (75, 77), Deadpool 2 (ep 70), Avengers: Infinity War (68), A Quiet Place (62), and Black Panther (42,43). We’ve also kept you up to date on all the Oscar buzz, the news of the Best Popular Film category, and several episodes predicting the winners, handicapping the race, and of course, reviewing all of the trailers for upcoming contenders.

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To correct something we’d said during our recording, the numbers we achieved this week actually beat our previous 7-day best, and we owe it all to you. So thanks for listening. When reality sucks, keep watching those movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!