Off the Record with Jon and Tim

Jon and Tim talk a little bit about the Snyder Cut of Justice League which neither can find 4 hours to watch, then dive into a conversation about physical copies of media (actual discs for games, movies, etc.) vs. just owning them digitally or enjoying through a subscription service.

That leads into a long conversation about the current console war and where both stand when it comes to Microsoft vs. Sony vs. Nintendo.

Tim then asks Jon about his weekend habits in high school (which included a lot of video games).

Also, Tim says "Chicken Cordon Bleu" a lot.

Jon and Tim talk about their love of The Midnight, a synthwave band they discovered a few years ago, as they release their Halloween EP to all platforms and discuss how the band has helped shape their lives ever since.

Are you prepared for a zombie apocalypse? We probably aren't, but we like to think we are. We discuss what we would do if zombies took over one day.

Then we gush over our favorite band, The Midnight, and everything they have done to influence us as people, as artists, as radio personalities and how their entire brand, aesthetic and mindset is something we wish we could see more of in the world.

Plus, we talk about what it's like when we get hangry, where we spent most of our time in college and how Jon's wife is awesome for finally getting her hands on a PS5.

We did a podcast two weeks in a row, it's a miracle!

Tim asks whatever happened to Titanfall, a game Jon was high on before it came out in 2014, and that leads in to a conversation about the shooter genre in general and how consoles may never have another "revolutionary" first-person shooter game like Doom, Goldeneye or Halo.

That then leads into a conversation about G4TV - what we liked about it before and why we have incredibly low expectations for the upcoming revival of it or any other gaming-based TV channel moving forward.

Finally the discussion moves into movies and how the younger generation has kept movie theaters alive (pre-pandemic) and it's up to younger people to keep the arts alive as the world evolves around emerging technologies such as social media, crypto/NFT's and more.

After another hiatus for too long, we're back...again!

We talk about:

- Tiger Woods' car accident

- Jon's favorite music duo Daft Punk breaking up

- COVID's effect on the movie industry and streaming

- Why the DCEU sucks and the MCU is better (plus WandaVision spoilers!)

Take a listen!

We're back! And with it, we have seven months of pent up energy and aggression that has built up during the COVID-19 pandemic - we were both furloughed for different amounts of time, we've been without movies and the world has lost it's damn mind. With everything that has happened, we just couldn't go on without getting political.

Jon is kinda liberal. Tim is kinda conservative. And we try to have a civil conversation about how messed up the country is right now as we inch closer to the election.

Then we talk movies...or the lack thereof and how sad it makes us.

It's a long podcast, take a listen.

0:11 - Catching up, what life has been like during COVID for Jon and Tim.

7:23 - Jon's illness keeping things from starting back up a few weeks ago.

14:20 - Jon and Tim try to have a conversation about politics following the first couple of debates. They discuss, they argue, they yell, they interrupt each other and they try to make sense of things coming from two different ideologies over the course of an hour.

1:18:26 - Jon and Tim leave politics behind (mostly) and dive into movies and review their most recent viewing, Adam Sandler's "Hubie Halloween".

1:24:06 - Discussion of how sad we are that we can't go see new movies in theaters anymore. The only film Jon and Tim have seen together in theaters post-COVID was Tenet.

1:35:07 - What is the future of new release movies in America?

1:44:51 - Jon breaks down how HBO Max is winning the streaming war, including his love of Lovecraft Country.

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The music is "Monsters" by The Midnight which released this summer.

This week, we talk about whether or not "The Way Back" with Ben Affleck will be any good (and why Jon likes Matt Damon more).

Jon then gives a way-too-in-depth explanation on the perfect TV size to watch a sporting event.

We also discuss the new pictures from "The Batman" which show off the Batmobile and Jon talks about his expectations from the movie.

Then Tim and Jon debate the postponement of the latest James Bond film "No Time To Die" due to the coronavirus and if it's an overreaction or not.

Tim talks about seeing The Invisible Man.

Jon and Tim discuss Bob Iger stepping down and what it means for Disney moving forward.  With that, Tim asks Jon about his experience with Rise of the Resistance in his third visit to Galaxy's Edge.

Jon is moving into a new management role within the company and leaving the Roundtable, so Jon and Tim reminisce on how cool the Roundtable is.

Then Tim asks Jon if he'll shave his beard off in fear of the Coronavirus.

(note, Jon is not leaving the Roundtable because he has the Coronavirus)

We talk about Jon's first Valentine's Day as a married man, and that leads into a discussion on Valentine's Day movies which leads into us recapping the Oscars.

That then leads into us talking about how bad the DCEU is but how we hope Batman can save it after the screen test came out this week.