The Countdown

This week Dan and Caleb from Netflix N Swill join forces to compare their list of the very best Netflix Original programs - be they television shows or films - against a list of the same compiled by Paul and Wayne. That's right, the Shows Vs Show format is back, and once again, the guests have the advantage with a topic which is very much suited to them. Has Wayne watched enough TV to make a list? How angry will the Countdown's first choice make Caleb? And which Netflix N Swill pick causes the longest anguished cry of "loooowwww!" ever before heard on the show?

But wait! There's more! Including an explosively divisive review of the new Transformers prequel, Bumblebee, AND some big news for the future of the show going into 2019 (Spoiler: this is the last Episode in the current format!)

All this amid the usual veiled sexual innuendo, Wayne's foul mouthed disbelief, and Paul's Soundboard retorts, as The Countdown continues ...

Please thanks Dan and Caleb for guesting by checking out their weekly review of all things Netflix at https://www.netflixnswill.com/

Time Stamps:

Recount: 4:04 - 8:35

Bumblebee NON-SPOILER Review: 8:35 - 18:22

Bumblebee SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 18:22 - 24:45

Top 10 Netflix Originals: 24:45 - 1:26:17

Pop 10: 1:26:45 - 1:30:40

 

Don't forget! The boys are asking YOU for your help to make the 200th Ep a fantastic one! Simply put together a list of your favourite ten films of all time, ordered from 10 to 1 (1 being the best), and send them through to the guys at [email protected] or over on Twitter at

Check out the CC Radio Network that The Countdown is a proud part of and follow the headers to the other great shows at http://www.comicconpod.com/countdown/

Want to hear a whole bunch of extra Countdown-related material each month? Head on over to https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown and check out the various incentives on offer at the different membership levels.

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

In this week's episode, the lads go hardcore positive as they Countdown the ten films which have proven to be cinematic GAME-CHANGERS! Which is to say they're celebrating the trend-setters through the history of cinema, that films afterwards have tended to respect, emulate, homage, or flat out steal from as they search for similar success. Fear not, though, because there's still plenty of scope for sniping to take place between the hosts with Wayne in particular proving to be a bit of an ass (Editor's Note: We've talked about this, Paul. Stop picking on your host in the show-notes.)

 

Things are far nicer during this week's review though, as the guys are generally astounded by the greatness that is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Even if it must be acknowledged that this positivity and good will does not extend to the latest edition of Seagal Watch, with Steven once again proving, in multiple ways, that he is worse than the piece of doggie doo-doo you recently trod on and tracked unknowingly through the house.

 

And as a special BONUS: Make sure you listen out for an all new addition to the Soundboard which includes the world premiere of "The Wayne Song", created by patron Billy from the We Watched a Thing podcast (based on an idea by Julio from The Contrarians podcast).

 

Time Stamps:

Recount: 2:34 - 10:26

Seagal Watch: 10:26 - 15:33

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse NON-SPOILER Review: 15:33 - 24:16

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 24:16 - 33:09

Top 10 Cinematic Game-Changers: 33:09 - 1:13:49

Pop 10: 1:13:49 - 1:18:00

 

As announced last week, the boys are asking YOU for your help to make the 200th Ep a fantastic one! Simply put together a list of your favourite ten films of all time, ordered from 10 to 1 (1 being the best), and send them through to the guys at [email protected] or over on Twitter at https://twitter.com/thecountdownpc

Check out the CC Radio Network that The Countdown is a proud part of and follow the headers to the other great shows at http://www.comicconpod.com/countdown/

Want to hear a whole bunch of extra Countdown-related material each month? Head on over to https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown and check out the various incentives on offer at the different membership levels.

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

This week on The Countdown, get ready for a bit of blood and gore. No, not between Wayne and Paul, but rather in terms of the episode's topic: The Top 10 Violent Films. So Paul is in his wheelhouse, Wayne is scarred by rabbits, and both the guys are getting down and dirty with some of their chosen films as well as a review of the new WWII horror film, Overlord.

 

Time Stamps:

Recount: 5:59 - 11:51

Overlord NON-SPOILER Review: 11:51 - 23:58

Overlord SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 23:58 - 29:43

Top 10 Violent Films: 29:43 - 1:09:40

Pop 10: 1:09:40 - 1:17:15

 

As announced on this Episode, the boys are asking YOU for your help to make the 200th Ep a fantastic one! Simply put together a list of your favourite ten films of all time, ordered from 10 to 1 (1 being the best), and send them through to the guys at [email protected] or over on Twitter at https://twitter.com/thecountdownpc

Check out the CC Radio Network that The Countdown is a proud part of and follow the headers to the other great shows at http://www.comicconpod.com/countdown/

Want to hear a whole bunch of extra Countdown-related material each month? Head on over to https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown and check out the various incentives on offer at the different membership levels.

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

This week's episode comes courtesy of top-level Patron, Cy Wezow, who wanted a focus on two action stars of the late 80s and beyond: Jean Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal. So in true Countdown style, Paul and Wayne opted to pit these two contrasting larger-than-life characters against one another to determine, once and for all, who is the superior star/martial artist/all round person.

 

Of course, regular listeners will know the boys don't think much of Steven Seagal, with Wayne once publicly proclaiming he could beat the man in a fight. Well, all that comes back into play as the lads sweat over whether they will somehow crown Seagal over JCVD - in direct contrast to the vast bulk of the listener feedback.

 

Whatever happens, along the way, you can be sure there's time for an impromptu Seagal Watch as well as much laughter and disbelief at how bad some of these supposedly good films from 20-30 years ago are.

 

The guys keep the testosterone flowing with a review of the newly released Creed II. Does lightning strike twice for Michael B Jordan and Sly Stallone? Or does it suffer from the common affliction known as Sequelitis?

 

Find out the answers to all this and more as The Countdown continues ...

 

Time Stamps:

 

Recount: 3:58 - 7:12

Creed II NON-SPOILER Review: 7:12 - 15:28

Creed II SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 15:28 - 24:09

JCVD Vs Steven Seagal: 24:09 - 1:11:29

Seagal Watch: 1:11:29 - 1:16:26

Pop 10: 1:16:26 - 1:22:39

Check out the CC Radio Network that The Countdown is a proud part of and follow the headers to the other great shows at http://www.comicconpod.com/countdown/

As mentioned on this week's show you can find the incredible gough and the films he produces at https://beernutsproductions.com/

Want to hear a whole bunch of extra Countdown-related material each month? Head on over to https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown and check out the various incentives on offer at the different membership levels.

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

The snark is back in the latest Top 10 Last 10 episode of The Countdown, as the lads rank ten recent watches they've yet to talk about from worst to best, and along the way go at each other regarding more than one film perspective. Wayne rates a film Paul loved very lowly, then Paul rips a popular film a new one, before they again clash over Wayne's placement of a big Netflix release.

And this is all after both hosts tear into the new big-budgeted version of Robin Hood. Find out just how bad this $90 million turkey is as The Countdown continues ...

Time Stamps:

Recount: 3:21 - 9:34

Robin Hood NON-SPOILER Review: 9:34 - 24:28

Robin Hood SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 24:28 - 32:16

Top 10 Last 10: 32:16 - 1:34:06

Pop 10: 1:34:06 - 1:39:32

Check out the CC Radio Network that The Countdown is a proud part of and follow the headers to the other great shows: Comic Confidential, Potter Heads and SHTI with Shad Wicka, all at http://www.comicconpod.com/countdown/

Want to hear a whole bunch of extra Countdown-related material each month? Head on over to https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown and check out the various incentives on offer at the different membership levels.

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

Disney and animation. What could be more wholesome entertainment, fit for the whole family, right?

WRONG. Because this week on The Countdown, nothing is scared as Justin and Krissy from So I Married a Movie Geek cast compete against the boys to determine who has the superior list of Disney animated films ... Except things go south fast as discussion about princesses and songs and anthropomorphic animals devolves into sex toys, twerking butts, and other general NC-17 topics.

It's as NSFW as it sounds amid a whole lot of laughs, so jump on board this Episode of The Countdown, but don't say you weren't warned ...

Time Stamps:

Recount: 2:20 - 10:58

Top 10 Animated Disney Films: 10:58 - 1:12:43

Pop 10: 1:12:43 - 1:19:48

 

Please thank Justin and Krissy for coming on the show to do battle with the lads by checking out their great podcast at https://soimarriedamoviegeek.podbean.com/

Check out the CC Radio Network that The Countdown is a proud part of and follow the headers to the other great shows: Comic Confidential, Potter Heads and SHTI with Shad Wicka, all at http://www.comicconpod.com/countdown/

Want to hear a whole bunch of extra Countdown-related material each month? Head on over to https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown and check out the various incentives on offer at the different membership levels.

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

Did you know Wayne owns a copy of Attack of the Clones on DVD and LOVES it?! That's the most shocking news to come out of Ep 189 in which the boys get a whole heap of baggage off their chests by going to town on the films which disappointed them the most in their movie-watching lives.

No franchise, cinematic universe or beloved film series is sacred in this Countdown, with the guys sinking the boot right in to ten films each which tore their hearts out and tossed them away into the gutter like cheap pieces of trash.

All this AND a review of The Girl in the Spider's Web, which, it has to be said, fits the theme of this week's episode very nicely.

Time Stamps:

Recount: 2:13 - 7:46

The Girl in the Spider's Web NON-SPOILER Review: 7:46 - 17:19

The Girl in the Spider's Web SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 17:19 - 22:58

The 10 Most Disappointing Films of All Time: 22:58 - 1:21:36

Pop 10: 1:21:36 - 1:32:35

Check out the CC Radio Network that The Countdown is a proud part of and follow the headers to the other great shows: Comic Confidential, Potter Heads and SHTI with Shad Wicka, all at http://www.comicconpod.com/countdown/

Want to hear a whole bunch of extra Countdown-related material each month? Head on over to https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown and check out the various incentives on offer at the different membership levels.

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

This week the boys are all about music in their movies as Patron Geordie Davidson directed them to countdown the very best movies about music! Now, to be clear, this is NOT a countdown of musicals which many have asked for, but rather films which focus on music in some (major) way throughout their run time. Should The Blues Brothers count? How annoyed will Wayne be when he realises he's forgotten three films he should have put on his list? And how many romances will Paul, completely against type, end up with on his list?

The answer to all these questions are just part of the Ep though, as the boys also get busy reviewing the much hyped but critically mixed Bohemian Rhapsody, while Paul has a big announcement to share with everyone.

So warm up those vocal chords, strum out a few power chords, and get ready to bang the drum as The Countdown continues ...

Time Stamps:

Recount: 2:07 - 8:28

Bohemian Rhapsody NON-SPOILER Review: 8:28 - 23:17

Top 10 Movies About Music: 23:17 - 1:09:55

Pop 10: 1:09:55 - 1:17:48

Check out the CC Radio Network that The Countdown is a proud part of and follow the headers to the other great shows: Comic Confidential, Potter Heads and SHTI with Shad Wicka, all at http://www.comicconpod.com/countdown/

Want to hear a whole bunch of extra Countdown-related material each month? Head on over to https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown and check out the various incentives on offer at the different membership levels.

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

Holy crap, this one turned out to be a thinker! 

 

Join Paul and Wayne this week for a heated countdown of the top ten reboots! Part of the reason it gets so prickly is a fair degree of consternation over just what constitutes a reboot? Is it the same as a remake? And where do prequels fit in? The answer may make you throw the damn phone across the room as Wayne decides to break one of the show's long agreed upon rules to compile his list; while Paul utilises his crystal ball and resorts to the intent of a film to justify his.

And that's all after the guys come at the 2018 "rebootaquel" (copyright, trade mark, it's ours, damnit!), Halloween, from very different perspectives. Could this be another horror that Wayne begrudgingly digs? Find out as the Countdown continues!

Time Stamps:

Recount: 3:14 - 9:22

Halloween (2018) NON-SPOILER Review: 9:22 - 23:12

Halloween (2018) SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 23:12 - 35:28

Top 10 Movie Reboots: 35:28 - 1:13:19

Pop 10: 1:13:19 - 1:21:35

Check out the Comic Confidential Radio Network that The Countdown is a proud part of and follow the headers to the other great shows: Comic Confidential, Potter Heads and SHTI with Shad Wicka, all at http://www.comicconpod.com/countdown/

Want to hear a whole bunch of extra Countdown-related material each month? Head on over to https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown and check out the various incentives on offer at the different membership levels.

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

Crime is bad. Unless it's fictional and entertaining as hell.

 

This week, Paul and Wayne are joined by Billy and Topher from the We Watched a Thing podcast to get criminal on each other's asses! Cackle along as the fellers rag on each other's choices and go head to head counting down the top ten movie crimes!

 

Which crimes were impressive purely due to cleverness? How complex does a caper have to be to hit their lists? And can a crime be good simply because the folks doing it are just so damn cool?

  

Find out as The Countdown continues!

 

Please thank Billy and Topher for coming on the show to do battle with the lads by checking out their great podcast at https://www.wewatchedathing.com/

Check out the Comic Confidential Radio Network that The Countdown is a proud part of and follow the headers to the other great shows: Comic Confidential, Potter Heads and SHTI with Shad Wicka, all at http://www.comicconpod.com/countdown/

Want to hear a whole bunch of extra Countdown-related material each month? Head on over to https://www.patreon.com/thecountdown and check out the various incentives on offer at the different membership levels.

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/117845618778882/?fref=nf so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

 

Time Stamps:

 

Recount: 2:12 - 10:20

Top 10 Movie Crimes: 10:20 - 1:11:17

Pop 10: 1:11:17 - 1:19:20