The Massive Attack Podcast

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  • 12 Days of A Christmas Carol Mini Episodes Day 3 - A Christmas Carol!

    How do you make the Ghost of Christmas Past look like they stepped out of a bad Duran Duran video? Obviously by making a version of the Charles Dickens classic in 1984.

     

    Today we look at the George C. Scott as Scrooge adaptation of "A Christmas Carol", which not only features a blonde, teased hair ghost, but possibly the best Ghost of Christmas Present so far, played very well by Edward Woodward.

     

     

    21 min
  • 12 Days of A Christmas Carol Mini Episodes Day 2 - Mickey's Christmas Carol!

    For Day 2 of our Christmas Carol variants, today we went back to 1983 for the Disney animated "Mickey's Christmas Carol".

     

    In this version we see Scrooge McDuck taking on the iconic Ebeneezer Scrooge role, and Mickey as his loyal employee, Bob Cratchet. Throw in some other Disney favourites as Marley and the Ghosts, and you've got a pretty reasonable version of the original story.

     

    Sure, there's no mention of "Ignorance" and "want", but there is a shocking Tiny Tim scene neither of us were expecting.

     

     

     

    11 min
  • 12 Days of A Christmas Carol Mini Episodes Day 1 - Scrooge!

    As we roll toward the end of the year, it must mean it's time for Mitch and Joe to flood the airwaves with Christmas special cheer. However, this year there's a twist...

     

    For the last couple of years we've discussed 12 different Christmas specials in our mini episodes, but for 2016 we take it one step further and look at 12 different adaptations of the Charles Dickens classic tale "A Christmas Carol".

     

    So, after a bit of a chat about the original story itself, we dive into day 1, and go a bit traditional, looking at the 1951 classic "Scrooge", or "A Christmas Carol" as it was known in it's US release, staring Alastair Sim in the titular role. What they did well, what they missed, and what's different to the book.

     

    33 min
  • Episode 58 - 2016 Top Fives!

    As another year rolls into December, it must mean it's time for us to wrap up all that was over the last 12 months, and give you our top fives for 2016.

     

    Just like the last few years we lloked at the areas of gaming, TV, Movies, Comics and Podcasts, covering our favourites, both new or new to us, and honourable mentions of the what enjoyed most.

     

    We also take a sad look back and pay tribute to some of the celebrity deaths over the year too.

     

    1 hr 19 min
  • Welcome To My World Episode 9 - Horror Movies!
    Tonight is Halloween, so it seems pretty fitting to discuss horror movies for the minisode this month.

    Joe looks back with fond memories to the "A Nightmare On Elm Street" series, especially 3 and 4, while Mitch goes a little bit newer, and tackles the 2014 Australian favourite, "The Babadook".


    We also have a chat about what makes a good horror film, and why we have both waned on the genre a little.


    24 min
  • Episode 57 - Personal Dilemma!
    Mitch hasn't really done much this month except for picking up his new Xbox One, so we discuss his initial reactions to the console and the set-up itself, then we jump into some new TV with the HBO re-boot of "Westworld", Netflix original Marvel Universe series "Luke Cage", blood and gore with "American Horror Story - Roanoke" and animation and real world crossovers in "Son of Zorn".


    Joe then takes the helm with movies to discuss "Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children", the kids films "Zootopia" & "Astro Boy" and ambivalence of re-watching "Star Wars - The Force Awakens", while Mitch only managed to see the surfing penguins from "Surf's Up."


    We even squeeze in a little cultural diversity with Joe checking out Circus Oz at the Darebin Arts Centre over the school holidays too.



    46 min
  • Welcome To My World Episode 8 - Snow!
    It's spring here in the Southern Hemisphere, and tomorrow is the AFL grand final, the biggest day in Australian Rules football, so did we pick something that fits into either of those themes for this month's mini? Of course not, we went with teenage ski films. Obviously!


    Seeing as Mitch came up with the idea, he got to pick the good one in the John Cusack cult comedy "Better Off Dead", whereas Joe lucked out and got to watch the lesser known, and frankly not quite as good, "Hot Dog...The Movie!" for his pick.


    20 min
  • Episode 56 - Hey, Hey...They're A Weird Squad!
    In gaming this month Mitch tried "Forza Horizon" and after a bit more Pokemon Go, Joe attempted to finish "Far Cry 4" but got distracted and went back to "Lego Marvel" to collect character tokens.


    We then talk TV with "Stranger Things", "Halt & Catch Fire", the third season of "Penn & Teller Fool Us" with new host Alyson Hannigan, and Mitch does a bit of cross-promotion and talks about "Hey, Hey...It's Saturday!" and his new Geekdudes spin-off podcast Hey, Hey...It's the Podcast which drops it's debut episode soon.


    After that it's movie talk with Joe following on from last month by watching "The Karate Kid II", going all 90's with martial arts in "The Perfect Weapon", college sexual experimentation in "Threesome", and over the top magic in "Now You See Me 2". Plus Mitch looks back at the casual racism in the 60's time capsule "They're A Weird Mob" and manages to compare "Suicide Squad" with wanky coffee.


    We even manage to squeeze in a bit more nostalgia for kids on bikes in the 80's along the way too!


    56 min
  • Welcome To My World Episode 7 - Babies!
    For this month's mini we recorded early due to the impending birth of a new little Mitchell, so it only seemed fitting that we look at a couple of baby related movies.


    Joe looks at the Leonard Nemoy directed "Three Men And A Baby" while Mitch gets a lesson in parenting with Michael Keaton in "Mr. Mom".


    Hopefully it gives Mitch some reminders of what it's like having a newborn around again.



    15 min
  • Episode 55 - Quests, Karake Kicks and Catching Them All!
    In gaming this month we have a bit of a chat about "Far Cry 4" and "Mars: War Logs" on Xbox 360 before Joe jumps on the "Pokemon Go" bandwagon, then it's on to TV with Mitch finishing "Stranger Things", Joe diving into his Cornish roots with "Doc Martin" and a little bit of wrestling with our thoughts on the recent WWE brand split.


    We then look at movies with Mitch checking out the latest in the new Star Trek series, the Justin Lim directed "Star Trek: Beyond", DC's animated film "Batman: The Killing Joke" and Joe going back to the 1984 classic "The Karate Kid" and realising some things come across quite differently when you re-watch them as a parent.


    We also set up a future episode challenge, as we try to work out what year was the best for films in the 1980's.



    55 min

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