Host Nick Taylor talks a unique perspective on movies, television and all other things saturating popular culture in the 21st century. Tune in every 1st and 15th of the month for a new conversation with a guest host!
Introduce Daniel Hashimoto. Have you seen anything good recently? Chernobyl (HBO) / Godzilla Main Topic: VFX Work Started “Action Movie Kid” channel on YouTube 5 years ago. Almost 1m subscribers on YouTube. “Action Movie Kid Vol 1” has 86m views. “Action Movie Dad” channel goes into BTS of how the videos are created. Favorite videos: Portal, Get in the Boat (Pirate Ship) How did you get started in VFX? Dreamworks Escape Pod/ Toys ‘R’ Us Done work for Samsung, Fox’s ‘The Gifted’, CBS ‘This Morning’. Now work with Red Giant. Do you have a favorite project that you’ve worked on? What are your aspirations in the industry? Where will you take ‘Action Movie Kid’? Shipbreakers book on Amazon Action Movie Kid book on Amazon Action Movie Kid on YouTube | Action Movie Dad on YouTube Sign off.
Nick is on his own as he discusses Disney's live-action version of 'Aladdin'. It's not too long.
Jason and I, in an additional segment, lament over video games that were turned into movies. Was it a mistake? Only time will tell.
Introduce Jason. Have you seen anything good recently? Dead to Me (Netflix) / Escape Room / Robin Hood / Lego Movie 2 / Snowpiercer / Main Topic: Avengers Endgame 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. $350m domestic, $1.2b worldwide opening weekend. Fastest to $1b (previously held by Infinity War w/ $640m opening weekend) Culmination of 22 movies over 11 years ending the “Infinity Saga”. Next Marvel films will not have phases (‘Spider-Man Far From Home’ 5 July ends Phase 3). Written by Chris Markus & Stephen McFeely – Infinity War, Winter Soldier, Thor 2 Completes character arcs: Tony – from selfishness to selflessness Cap – a life of service to a life of his own Endgame sort of a “What If” film: showing Fat Thor, murdering Hawkeye, depressed Black Widow, Professor Hulk, Cap marrying Peggy, etc. Best moments: Captain America in 2012 (America’s Ass, Hail Hydra) Black Widow sacrifice on Voromir / Tony Stark sacrifice Avengers Compound battle (Act 3) Girl power moment? Time Travel: Laid out that changing past events would not alter their present, and they would return to the same timeline which they left. The Ancient One even goes into this further to explain that an alternate timeline would offshoot from their timeline due to changing things. Tony Stark creates time travel easily (without knowledge of the Quantum Realm). Steve Rogers stays in the past, but then appears at the point where he left. Criticisms: Overrated? Pandering? Fan service? Fat Thor. Misdirection in marketing? What happens now? Loki, Falcon & Winter Soldier, WandaVision D+ shows; ‘Black Widow’ movie What are you looking forward to seeing/doing in the next few months? The Hustle (10 May) / John Wick 3 (17 May) / Aladdin (24 May) Sign off.
Introduction. Have you seen anything good recently? Glass / Us / Shazam! / Star Trek Discovery (S2) / Scriptnotes Podcast Introduce Alex Lehmann. NEWS: WGA v ATA conclusion Main Topic: How did you get started Directing? “Asperger’s Are Us” Camera Operator, Cinematographer, Editor “On Tour with Asperger’s Are Us” (Apr 30 – May 2) How did this doc come about? Previous work – “Paddleton” At what point will you consider yourself “made”? What are some of your favorite films/ inspiration? Jaws, Total Recall, Die Hard, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Cohen Bros, Edgar Wright What are you looking forward to seeing in the next few months? Avengers Endgame / The Long Shot (May 3) / Aladdin (May 24) / Rocketman (May 31) Sign off.
Review of the highly anticipated Marvel Studios film, 'Avengers: Endgame'.
Introduce Jasmine. Have you seen anything good recently? The Twilight Zone (CBS) / Pet Sematary (1989) / Dumbo NEWS: Netflix plans to buy historic Egyptian theater on Hollywood Blvd / Batman movies returning to theaters in May / Adam Sandler to host SNL for the first time on May 4 / A Dreamer’s Production Main Topic: Our aspirations in Hollywood Every working writer in Hollywood belongs to a union called the WGA – the WGA allows for Agents to negotiate salaries on the behalf of their members, but there are imposed minimums for those payments. (WGA Website / ATA Literature) A year ago, according to the current AMBA, the WGA informed the Agencies that they wanted to renegotiate their agreement and notably, impose a “Code of Conduct” that will eliminate packaging fees and call for the dissolution of Agency-owned production companies (Endeavor Content owned by WME, etc.) to make their clients the focus of an agent’s attention. WGA Explains Packaging Video “Where agents once focused on the percentage they got as job finders for their writer, actor, and director clients, those at big outfits like WME, UTA, and CAA—which represent much of the industry’s A-list—now frequently play a bigger part in the overall deal-making process. That sometimes includes producing projects and packaging, which happens when agents combine multiple clients, such as a writer, actor, and/or director, and sell them to a studio as a—you guessed it—package. In such deals, which are how most scripted TV shows come to market now, agents forego the traditional 10 percent commission on the writers’ fees, instead of being paid directly by the studios. In return, they stand to reap more from the packaging fees they get from studios (parts of which are taken directly out of the project’s budget) than from commissions for getting a writer client work.” (Vanity Fair) Mar 22 – a letter was published anonymously, outlining some glaring errors of the ATA and a Statement of Support was published by the WGA by 778 writers agreeing to fire their agents if no deal can be reached: Tina Fey, Alfonso Cuaron, James L. Brooks, Aaron Sorkin, Shonda Rhimes, Seth MacFarlane, Joss Whedon, Mike Schur, Colin Trevorrow, Mindy Kaling Not signed: J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Ava DuVernay, Lee Daniels, Dick Wolfe, Chuck Lorre, Marc Cherry, The Duffer Bros, Dan Fogelman… Talks were supposed to expire at midnight on Sat, Apr 6th but were extended to April 12th at midnight instead. What are you looking forward to seeing/doing in the next few months? Avengers Endgame (Apr 26) / Rocketman (May 31) Sign off.
Nick talks 'WREXIT' and some more with Jared that got cut from our last episode for time!
Introduce Jared. Have you seen anything good recently? Jared: I Tonya, Baahubali, Lagaan, Incident in a Ghost Land, Isle of Dogs Nick: Nate Bargatze (Netflix) / Bram Stoker’s Dracula / Shrill (Hulu) / WonderCon NEWS: Shooting at a Mosque in Christchurch, NZ (15 Mar) /// Batman is 80 years old (Mar 30, 1939) /// Apple TV+ trailer Main Topic: Disney Acquires 20th Century Fox The Walt Disney Company bought 21st Century Fox in a $71.3 Billion-dollar deal @ 12:02 am on 20 Mar 2019. Biggest media consolidation in Hollywood history. History of the merger according to Wikipedia, Comcast almost outbid them ($65B on 13Jun18). In June 2018, the DOJ approved the anti-trust approval case, so the deal was all but done. Controversy: Disney-Fox now controls about 37% of domestic box-office share power. Disney released 10 films in 2018 – Netflix released 93. Disney shuts down Fox 2000 which makes mid-level movies (1 of 4 film production companies owned by Fox) – Fight Club, The Fault in Our Stars, Life of Pi, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Hidden Figures, Walk the Line, Bridge of Spies, The Hate U Give, Love Simon What Disney owns now – 20th Century Fox Movies: Avatar, Titanic, Star Wars (Ep 4), Home Alone, Night at the Museum, Cast Away, The Martian, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Simpsons, Alien, Predator, Fight Club, Dragon Ball, Kingsman, There’s Something About Mary, Independence Day, 28 Days Later, Fantastic Voyage, The Sound of Music, M*A*S*H, Big, Rocky Horror Picture Show… 20th Century Fox TV – The Simpsons, King of the Hill, In Living Color, The X-Files, The Mick, 24, Fresh Off the Boat, The Last Man on Earth, American Horror Story Controlling stake in HULU – already owned 30%, bought Fox’s 30% totaling 60% What does this mean for Disney+ ? What does this mean for the future of Hollywood? Should we be afraid of this? What does it signify? Fox Corp / News Corp still exists, which owns Fox News, Fox TV and Fox Sports. What are you looking forward to seeing/doing in the next few months? Twilight Zone (CBS, Apr 1) Pet Sematary, Shazam! (Apr 5) / Hellboy (Apr 12) / Avengers Endgame (Apr 26) Cannes Film Festival (May 25) / John Wick Ch 3 (May 17) / Aladdin (May 24) ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ thoughts? ‘100 Bullets’ Sign off.
Nick talks with Jason and his wife, Megan, about the Netflix Marvel shows, and their rankings of MCU movies!
Introduce Jason and Megan. Have you seen anything good recently? Netflix Marvel Shows / Brooklyn Nine Nine (NBC) / The Upside Superstore (NBC) / Working Moms (Netflix) The Umbrella Academy (Netflix) / Paddleton (Netflix) / Free Solo NEWS: March is Women’s History month / March 8 is International Women’s Day WB CEO says “No more DC Extended Universe movies, only stand alone films”. The Simpsons pulls “Stark Raving Dad” in light of MJ Documentary ‘Leaving Neverland’. James Guns’ ‘Suicide Squad 2’ ramping up w/ new characters. (Idris Elba = Deadshot) Main Topic: Captain Marvel A long-awaited female led Marvel superhero film directed by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck (a couple feature films, episodes of Room 104, The Affair & Billions). In development since 2013. Captain Marvel created in 1967 (who was a man, portrayed by Annette Bening) with Carol Danvers picking up the mantle in 2012 (previously Ms. Marvel). First impressions of the film? What did you like/ not like? Ranking of MCU movies? 2 hr 4 min run time Stan Lee Marvel Studios Intro/ Cameo Depictions of females/ males Story/ Plot development Issues with story: Uniform / Flerken (Cat) / Fury loses an eye Reviews & Box Office: Rotten Tomatoes / Box Office Mojo Where do we go from here? Black Widow? Ms. Marvel? What are you looking forward to seeing/doing in the next few months? Stuber (12 July 2019) / Framing John DeLorean (7 Jun) / Good Omens (31 May) / Shazam! (5 Apr) Sign off.
Life, The Cineverse and Everything Mar 1st / Episode 27 Introduce Kelly Pendygraft. SAG Actress in LA, worked on many commercials, TV and movies. Originally from Louisville? Our mutual friend: Kay. Have you seen anything good recently? 91st Oscars / ‘First Man’ / ‘Roma’ / 'Cold War' Interview: Been in many commercials: Star Wars - Duracell Homegoods Honda Volkswagen KFC (Jason Alexander) Parks and Rec, M.Y.L.F. (also directed), ‘Oxalis’ (SPOILERS Discussed), ‘Magic Bullet’ (Vimeo) Do you have a favorite project that you’ve worked on? If so, which one? Worked with Ashley Judd, Chris Pratt, Rodney Dangerfield- Who is your favorite person you’ve worked with? Director, Producer, Actor – Which do you prefer? What are you looking forward to seeing/doing in the next few months? ‘Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men’ (Mar 12) Rise Website Sign off.
This is a special episode recorded for Rode's "My Rode Cast" competition where Nick talks about the controversies around the 91st Annual Academy Awards and whether or not they're still relevant. Spoiler: They're not :(
Life, The Cineverse and Everything Feb 15th / Episode 26: The REMAKE! Introduce Megan. Valentines Day recommendations: When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, 500 Days of Summer Have you seen anything good recently? Lego Movie 2 / Velvet Buzzsaw / The Kominsky Method / Bird Box / V For Vendetta / The Titan / Crashing (HBO) / Star Trek Discovery / Sorry to Bother You / Geostorm / NEWS: ‘Aladdin’ Genie Reveal in TV spot / Epix starting streaming service w/ MGM properties (Disney+, Apple, AT&T/ Warner Media, DC Universe) / Hulu’s Animated Marvel Universe / Captain Marvel’s epic 90’s website / TOP MOVIES AT BO: Lego Movie 2, What Men Want, Cold Pursuit, The Upside, Glass Main Topic: The Hollywood Remake Remakes are not new: Ocean’s 11 (1960/2001), Psycho (1960/1998), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968/1999), Scarface (1932/1983), The Italian Job (1969/2003). It all starts with an IP – Intellectual Property that a studio owns. I’m categorizing into 3 different categories: Re-Interpretation, To Improve Upon the Original, Cash Grab. Re-Interpretation (best kind, a.k.a. ‘Reboot’): Superhero - Batman (1989)/ Batman Begins (2005), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Dracula (6 times), The Mummy (1932/1999/2017) Improve Upon Original: Foreign films - 12 Angry Men (1957/1997), 3:10 to Yuma (1957/2007), The Birdcage (1996)/ La Cage a Folles (1978), The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008/1951), The Departed (2006)/ Internal Affairs (2002) Cash Grab (converting an already good movie into another version): Animated/ Horror - 101 Dalmatians (1961/1996), Beauty and the Beast (2017/1991) Good Remakes: Star Trek (2009), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), War of the Worlds (2005), The Departed (2006), Man of Steel (2013) Bad Remakes: Total Recall (2012), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), Ghostbusters (2016), The Karate Kid (2010), King Kong (2005) Remakes Currently in development – Aladdin (2019), Lion King (2019), Shaft (2019), Charlie’s Angels (2019), The Hustle (2019), The Batman (2021), Fantastic Voyage, The Howling, Inspector Gadget, The Invisible Man, Little Shop of Horrors, Masters of the Universe, Mulan Remakes we would like to see: Quantum Leap, Futurama, MIB/Independence Day? What are you looking forward to seeing/doing in the next few months? How to Train Your Dragon 3 (Feb 22), Captain Marvel/ Dumbo (Mar 8/9) Roma (Nflix), Flighting With My Family, Glass Sign off. (Bye!)
Nick is joined by his legally obligated spouse to talk about their new venture as big-shot Hollywood creative types* *We are not actually, in any way, "big" or any other sized- shots.
More interviews with my wife Megan, Jason, Jake and Daniel!
Interviews with Jared, Alex, Katy and Brian talking about our best and worst of 2018!
Nick's plan of contacting previous guest hosts gets beaugarted by Wes Singleton, who has some valid concerns on the state of Hollywood, so this episode becomes about that. More with previous guest hosts talking the best/worst of 2018 for extras next week!
Nick and Megan are in balmy Hawaii, getting ready for Christmas so we talk some good and bad Christmas movies. Check out our list of Christmas movies to watch, and let us know if you agree or disagree with any on our list: Bad Moms 2 Office Christmas Party Home Alone Love Actually It's a Wonderful Life A Christmas Story National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Elf Miracle on 34th Street How the Grinch Stole Christmas A Charlie Brown Christmas Scrooged Jingle All the Way Frosty the Snowman (1969) / Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964) A Christmas Carol Die Hard Gremlins Kiss Kiss Bang Bang / Iron Man 3 Batman Returns Trading Places Edward Scissorhands The Nightmare Before Christmas
With no "extras" material from our previous episode, Nick just rambles for a while. At least it's short. Enjoy!
Since the death of the beloved Stan Lee occurred recently, we thought we would welcome the podcast back with a talk about creativity in our first live show in California! We're back, baby!
Here's the meat and potatoes of our scary stuff sequel episode. It's basically the whole episode, let's be honest with each other.
Jared and Wade are back! To talk about more scary film and television properties that we missed on the previous episode. Nick is also here. There may not be a podcast on Nov 15th. You've been warned. 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Welcome and Guest Hosts 02:25 - Catching up w/ Jared and Wade 02:42 - Jared's Fifth Appearance - FIVE FOR FIGHTING: GOAT 07:46 - Wade's Third Appearance - FIVE FOR FIGHTING: TRILOGIES 12:18 - FIVE FOR FIGHTING: HALLOWEEN 16:28 - Seen anything good recently? 'Sicario: Day of the Soledado', 'TWD' (Wade) 'Bad Times at the El Royale', 'Scarface', 'In Bruges', 'Lie of Bryan', 'The Evil Dead', 'The Shining' (Jared) Flight of the Conchords HBO Special, 'It Follows', 'Goosebumps', 'Tusk', 'The Romanoffs', 'The Strangers', 'Death Wish' (Nick) 28:39 - Nick's last podcast in KY 29:44 - Netflix cancels 'Iron Fist' and 'Luke Cage' 31:45 - Sony plans Spider-Man villains universe 33:30 - James Gunn's 'Suicide Squad 2' 35:38 - 'Halloween' (2018) biggest opening for a slasher movie ever 38:13 - Horror movies pt 2 39:15 - Most popular horror movies (by genre) Zombie, Vampire, Werewolf, Horror-Comedy 56:36 - Wrap up and Outro
Nick, Jared and Wade continue to talk about scary movies. There's even not one, but TWO Five for Fighting segments!!!! Wow. Christmas really has come early. Listen on, if you dare...
Nick has enlisted the help of Wade and Jared, 2 experts on the horror genre, to enlighten him on what makes a good horror film and which are the best of all time. We also talk about non-horror related stuff, but that's not interesting because it's the month of Halloween - damn, October... I did it again. 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Welcome and Guest Hosts (Nick's winging it) 01:57 - Seen anything good recently? Wade: 'The First Purge' (not Purge 1, to clarify), 'Solo', 'The Walking Dead' 06:49 - Jared: 'The Nun', 'The House with a Clock in Its Walls', 'The Predator', 'The Usual Suspects' 11:26 - 'Venom', Nick's Horror Movie Marathon 12:26 - NEWS 'The Mandalorian' - First live action Star Wars show on Disney streaming service Rambo goes country 16:53 - Nick sells his house (excuses for not prepping this episode) 18:12 - Main Topic: House of Horrors Horror's beginnings Edison Studios' Frankenstein (1910) 21:30 - Universal's first shared universe 26:45 - Subgenres: demonic, zombies, slasher, paranormal, horror-comedy, torture porn 30:22 - What is it that you enjoy about horror? 38:30 - Newer horror 50:24 - What are you looking forward to? 'Bad Times at the El Royale', 'Into the Spider-Verse', 'Aquaman', 'Creed II', 57:45 - Sign Off
More with Nick and Jason talking about the Spider-man PS4 game and more!
Nick is joined by 3 time guest host Jason Teeter to talk Venom, and his origins in the Spider-Man universe! Fair warning, we talk a lot of Spider-Man before we even get around to Venom.
Nick and Wade keep on talking about 80's movies! 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Commando? 01:34 - Cobra? (too much Stallone?) 03:37 - Jack Ryan series (John Krasinski typecast) 04:47 - New Star Trek films 05:34 - Horror kickstarts franchise films 'Friday The 13th'/ 'Halloween' Horror genre 'The Thing' 19:25 - Outro
Nick enlists the help of an old friend, Wade Cunningham, to sift through some of the 80's finest franchises. Good, bad and unnecessary, the 80's certainly had a lot to offer. Let's take a look, shall we? 00:00 - Intro 00:31 - Welcome and Guest Host 01:54 - Seen anything good recently? Walking Dead/ Watching movies at home now 02:58 - Marvel Cinematic Universe 04:30 - Netflix Subscriptions 'Ozark' (season 2) 'Jack Ryan' (Amazon Prime) 05:14 - 'Marvel's Spider-Man' on PS4 06:15 - 'Saga' (Image Comics) 07:00 - News! Colin Kaepernick and Nike 07:43 - Dave Bautista may not return for GoTG Vol 3 09:44 - Die Hard Prequel/Sequel 'McClane' 12:44 - FILM3d app, simulates 3D photos 13:23 - Henry Cavill is Superman no more?! 15:21 - 80's Franchises (with 3 or more films)16:04 - Alien 19:34 - Back to the Future 21:39 - Beverly Hills Cop 24:45 - Die Hard 26:52 - James Bond 29:42 - Lethal Weapon 32:17 - Predator 35:22 - Terminator 39:27 - Jack Ryan 41:52 - Planet of the Apes 43:50 - Star Wars 48:22 - Star Trek 50:31 - Indiana Jones 52:54 - Five for Fighting56:43 - What are you looking forward to? Captain Marvel (March 2019) Star Wars Episode 9 Cobra Kai Season 2 (YouTube) 57:44 - Venom (Oct 5) Halloween (Oct 19) Emmy Awards (Sept 17) 58:54 - Sign off
Nick and Jazz talk some more about screenwriting, and some methods they share with our studio audience.
Nick talks with Jasmine, a recent grad of Loyola Marymount University in California with a masters in Screenwriting - and how they are both selling their souls for the entertainment industry. They talk the history of screenwriting as well as personal tactics. 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Welcome & Guest Host 03:04 - Seen anything good recently? Writing & Fellowships 'Black k Klansman' (in theaters) 'Christopher Robin' (in theaters) 05:57 - Extinction (Netflix) 07:04 - 'Disenchantment' (Netflix) 07:45 - 'Saga' (Image comics) 11:05 - News Scarlett Johansson is the highest paid actress of 2018 12:58 - Jasmine submits script for the Nichols Fellowship 14:16 - Academy Awards adds a new category for Achievement in Popular Film 18:40 - Main Topic: Screenwriting20:14 - Reading/ purchasing scripts 23:44 - Different types of scripts 25:36 - Breaking screenwriting rules 27:33 - Writing specific Genres 31:19 - Case Study: 'The Princess Bride' 34:09 - # of scripts written 36:10 - Screenwriting resources 42:06 - Inspirational writers 44:33 - Favorite movies 48:50 - Director vs Writer (who should get credit?) 51:02 - Original vs Adapted screenplays 54:38 - What are you looking forward to? 'Beautiful Boy' (Oct 12) 'Boy Erased' (Nov 2) 'Mary Queen of Scots' (Dec 7) 56:30 - 'First Man' (Oct 12) 'Jurassic Park' rerelease (Sep 16) 'Jack Ryan'/ 'Ozark' S2 (Aug 31) 01:01:30 - Sign off
Nick and Alex play games with each other (no, seriously) in a couple cut for time segments from our "Mission: Improbable" episode. Thanks for listening!
Nick and Alex talk about the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise in detail, Alex defends Equalizer (against John Wick) and Nick watches new shows on Hulu. But we have a lot of fun so check it out! Even more coming on Extras next week! 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Welcome and Guest Host (Alex Betz) 02:50 - Seen Anything Good Recently? 'Equalizer II' (vs John Wick) 07:35 - 'Ant Man & the Wasp' where Michael Peña shines 08:17 - Nate Bergatze ('The Standups' on Netflix) 10:16 - 'Gran Torino' 11:38 - 'Murder on the Orient Express' 12:44 - 'Terminal' on Hulu 13:48 - 'Castle Rock' on Hulu 14:31 - 'House on Haunted Hill' (1959) 17:39 - Artemis by Andy Weir 18:57 - New News All Marvel films on Imax screens (30 Aug - 3 Sep) 21:28 - Harry Potter movies in theaters (31 Aug - 6 Sep) 22:57 - Antoine Fuqua meets with Marvel 24:16 - Moviepass swirls the toilet 26:05 - House of Cards' final season with Robin Wright 27:45 - Patrick Stewart comes back to Star Trek on CBS All Access 32:26 - Mission Improbable TV Series (1966 - 1973) 33:56 - Mission: Impossible (1996) directed by Brian De Palma 37:03 - Mission: Impossible II (2000) directed by John Woo 42:13 - Mission: Impossible III (2006) directed by J.J. Abrams 44:18 - Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) directed by Brad Bird 47:20 - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) directed by Christopher McQuarrie 49:48 - Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) directed by Christopher McQuarrie 52:23 - What Are You Looking Forward To? 'Jack Ryan' on Amazon 55:40 - 'Glass' and Alex's disdain that Nick hasn't seen 'Split' 58:21 - Jim Carrey in 'Kidding' on Showtime 59:13 - 'Maniac' on Netflix (Jonah Hill & Emma Stone) 01:02:08 - Nick on "The Force Sports" Podcast coming up 01:02:45 - Sign off
Jared brings a new segment called 'Five for Fighting' (no relation to the band, kind of) and we finish talking about John Wick and The Equalizer. This could be the funniest episode ever. Or at least the one where we laugh the most. I swear, we weren't drunk. Enjoy! The Asylum Production company - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Asylum
Nick and Jared talk all manner of things pertaining to the Equalizer series, Skyscraper, Men in Black remake, Shazam! & Aquaman, Venom and much much more! Oh, there's so much more. Misfits and Monsters - https://www.trutv.com/shows/bobcat-goldthwaits-misfits-and-monsters/index.html James Gunn firing - https://deadline.com/2018/07/james-gunn-fired-guardians-of-the-galaxy-disney-offensive-tweets-1202430392/ The Equalizer (TV Show) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Equalizer John Wick vs Robert McCall on Quora - https://www.quora.com/Who-would-win-a-fight-between-John-Wick-and-Robert-McCall-from-The-Equalizer-and-why Stay tuned next week for our Extras episode, which will wrap up our John Wick/Equalizer talk and give birth to a brand new segment which Jared created called "Five for Fighting"! It's gonna be fun!
Nick and Jason are reunited to complete this episode of Life, The Cineverse & Everything. Talking about 'Ant Man & The Wasp', the future of the MCU (including 'Captain Marvel') and their secret special project. Also, BIG NEWS for Nick and his family in the coming months! Thanks for listening.
Listen, the episode's late and I don't got time for timecodes. SPOILERS for 'Ant Man & The Wasp' if you haven't seen it yet. Enjoy this cliffhanger episode!
Nick and Chris are talking all things Jurassic, ranging from the original Michael Crichton novel that kicked off a series to the newest addition to the film franchise with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Welcome & Guest Host 01:40 - Seen anything good recently? 'Upgrade' / 'Hereditary' / 'Solo' 'Seinfeld' (Hulu) / 'Love' (Netflix) 07:09 - News Moviepass & AMC A-List 12:21 - Disney buys Fox 15:39 - 'Spider-Man Homecoming' Sequel 17:06 - 'Solo' underperforms, Star Wars spinoffs on hold? 19:09 - Jurassic Galaxy19:58 - 'Jurassic Park' by Michael Crichton 21:03 - 'Jurassic Park' (1993) Directed by Steven Spielberg 24:19 - 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' (1997) Directed by Steven Spielberg 27:04 - 'Jurassic Park III' (2001) Directed by Joe Johnston 31:30 - 'Jurassic Park IV' Development Hell 32:16 - 'Jurassic World' (2015) Directed by Colin Trevorrow 36:43 - 'Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom' (2018) Directed by J.A. Bayona **MILD SPOILERS** 51:50 - What are you looking forward to? 'Hereditary' / 'Upgrade' 'Welcome to Marwen' (Nov 21) / 'Ant Man & The Wasp' (July 6) / 'Dumbo' (Mar 2019) 'Disenchantment' (Aug) on Netflix 54:48 - Sign off
Nick and Megan continue rambling about various subjects such as: sexual assault in the entertainment industry, the Pixar theory, and more! 00:00 - Intro 00:26 - Chris Hardwick/ Morgan Freeman allegations 08:42 - Roseanne is a racist and her show is cancelled 12:39 - 'Infinity War' writers want to fix the DCEU 16:31 - The Pixar (Universe) Theory 22:01 - Andy's mom is Jessie's owner? (in 'Toy Story') 23:41 - Outro
Nick and wife (2nd time guest) Megan talk about the Pixar series of movies as well as some recent TV shows and some recent entertainment news. *Spoilers* for 'Incredibles 2' and pretty much all Pixar films lie ahead, so proceed with caution. 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Nick's excuses, welcome and Guest Host 03:15 - Have you seen anything good recently? Avengers Infinity War / Cloak & Dagger (Freeform) / Hotel Artemis / Y The Last Man 12:01 - Megan built a Food Truck playhouse for our son 12:57 - Stan Lee's Manager is arrested 14:44 - 'Wonder Woman 1984' photos 15:42 - Pixar Movies & History20:08 - Toy Story (1995) 21:14 - A Bug's Life (1998) 24:50 - Toy Story 2 (1999) 25:48 - Monsters, Inc. (2001) 27:06 - Finding Nemo (2003) 28:15 - The Incredibles (2004) 30:46 - Cars (2006) 32:33 - Disney buys Pixar for $7.4 billion 34:18 - Ratatouille (2007) 35:44 - Wall-E (2008) 37:00 - Up (2009) 39:40 - Toy Story 3 (2010) 41:52 - Cars 2 (2011) 43:58 - Brave (2012) 46:54 - Monsters University (2013) 48:54 - Inside Out (2015) 52:22 - The Good Dinosaur (2015) 54:36 - Finding Dory (2016) 55:32 - Cars 3 (2017) 56:20 - Coco (2017) 58:33 - Incredibles 2 (2018) - **SPOILERS** 1:04:16 - What are you looking forward to? Tag (out now) / Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom (June 22) / Disenchantment (Netflix) / Ant Man & The Wasp (July 6) Louisville Supercon (Nov 30 - Dec 2) 1:08:42 - Sign Off
Nick and Brian continue talking about superhero movies and the summer blockbuster! 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Brian is a DC Fanboy 10:21 - DC on TV (Arrow, Flash, etc.) 17:15 - Batman Telltale Series 18:18 - Avengers Infinity War Timeline 24:44 - Outro
Nick and guest host Brian O'Banion (Nick's cousin) dive into the wonderful world of the summer blockbuster. We learn how it originated, what constitutes a blockbuster, and which ones we saw growing up or will not watch again *Transformers*... excuse me! 00:00 - Finn talks with Brian 00:49 - Intro 01:22 - Welcome and Guest Host 03:10 - Have you seen anything good recently? Brian is a long standing DC Fan 03:50 - Deadpool 2 (Spoilers) 06:50 - Avengers Infinity War (Spoilers) 14:00 - Solo A Star Wars Story (Spoilers) 25:30 - Mail Time25:50 - Nick has to roll his windows up (starts raining) 26:30 - Video Game Movies 32:00 - Portal ('Portal' Short Film by Dan Trachtenberg) 34:42 - Star Wars Holiday Special Review? 36:24 - Summer Blockbusters Film School Rejects article1:00:39 - What are you looking forward to? 1:09:19 - Louisville Supercon 2018 1:13:48 - Sign off
Nick, Alex, Wes and Jared continue their rants on things they used to watch. Wes tries to wrangle Nick into an argument about 'The Tonight Show' and more! Stick around. 00:00 - Intro 00:26 - Avengers Infinity War and Jared playing catch-up 01:59 - The Tonight Show wars 06:26 - Recording on VHS and 90's commercials 08:14 - Disney and Musicals 10:38 - Video Game TV Shows (Megaman, Sonic, Mario Bros, etc.) 12:14 - Jared makes up a show about a Mannequin 13:34 - The Stupid Joke (Middle School memories) 17:10 - 'Wolf', 'Willow' and 'Labyrinth" 18:38 - 'Naked Gun' and 'Airplane' 18:58 - Wes' Theorem (a.k.a The Quotable Lines Theorem) 20:54 - 'U.S. Marshals' (taped over 'Top Secret') 23:40 - 'Major League', 'Down Periscope' & 'McHale's Navy' 26:14 - 'Bad Boys' & 'Demolition Man' 27:27 - JCVD 29:40 - Outro
Nick is joined by 3 guest hosts, including the elusive Alex Betz, the recent Jared Kelley, and the mostly silent Wes Singleton as they discuss remembering what TV shows and movies they watched growing up. 00:00 - Mic check 00:09 - Intro 00:41 - Welcome & Guest Hosts 02:00 - Have you seen anything good recently?02:31 - 'Better Call Saul' / 'Sneaky Pete' (Alex) 04:29 - 'Rampage' / 'A Quiet Place' / 'Bad Samaritan' (Jared) 07:36 - 'Isle of Dogs' / 'Barry' / 'Silicon Valley' (Nick) 09:54 - Main Topic: TV and Movies we used to watch TMNT, G.I. Joe, He-Man (Alex) Bobby's World (Nick) 12:26 - Batman The Animated Series / He-Man / The Simpsons / Ren and Stimpy 14:06 - Dinosaurs / The Wonder Years / Saved by the Bell 15:24 - Home Improvement / Last Man Standing 17:02 - Married with Children / Dino Riders? / Thundercats / Johnny Quest 18:21 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Blossom / Unsolved Mysteries 19:05 - Walker Texas Ranger 19:48 - The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. / Jack of All Trades / Martin / Wings 20:55 - Full House / Saved by the Bell (again) 21:25 - 90's Wrestling / Hercules / Xena Warrior Princess 21:53 - The Tick 22:33 - Coach / Baywatch 24:11 - Dr Katz / The Critic 24:53 - Family Guy / The PJ's / The Drew Carey Show 25:46 - Animaniacs / Tiny Toons 26:13 - Third Rock From the Sun / Family Matters (not Family Ties) 26:55 - Rugrats / Quantum Leap (and what's Scott Bakula doing now?) 28:45 - Frasier 29:52 - Murphy Brown 30:49 - Mad About You / Something So Right / Boston Common 31:50 - HBO repeat viewings The Assignment / JCVD movies 33:51 - The Late Shift / Chairman of the Board / Ghost in the Darkness / The Saint 35:35 - The Cherokee Kid / Houseguest 36:18 - Office Space 36:44 - Stephen King's made for TV movies It / The Stand / The Tommyknockers / Storm of the Century / Rose Red 37:49 - The Olsen Twins 38:19 - Salem's Lot (more Stephen King) 38:36 - Gulliver's Travels / Made in America 39:55 - Short Circuit 1 & 2 40:16 - The Neverending Story Trilogy 42:18 - The Dark Crystal / Labyrinth / Dreamchild 45:36 - The Mandela Effect51:55 - What are you looking forward to? 57:13 - Sign off
More from Nick and Jared, including Jared's "Call Back" section, where he weighs in on previous episodes. Sorry to have to cut that from our regular episode, but it proves he was greatly prepared to guest host our podcast!
Nick and Jared dive into the wonderful world of comic books to commemorate the release of 'Avengers: Infinity War' in theaters. It's no secret who is more of a comic book fan, as Jared brought pages of notes to our recording session and I was reading from only one sheet, but we touch on a bunch of cool topics never-the-less. 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - AVENGERS INFINITY WAR GIVEAWAY WINNER 03:29 - Guest Host Intro 07:02 - Have you seen anything good recently? 'Unsane' / 'Death Wish' / 'Strangers Prey At Night' / 'Tomb Raider' 'A Quiet Place' / 'Star Trek Discovery' / 'Jurassic World 2' Trailer May 4th (Star Wars Day) / May 5th (Free Comic Book Day) 17:40 - How Comic Books Touch Our Lives21:54 - Reading comics growing up Marvel's 2099 series / DC vs Marvel 41:12 - Comic Book Popularity 44:45 - How Comic Books change from External forces 57:18 - What Comics We're Reading Now 01:07:29 - Comic Book Recommendations 01:13:54 - What are you looking forward to? 'A Quiet Place' / 'Rampage' / 'Sicario' / 'Tag' 'Venom' / 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' 01:21:28 - Sign off
More from Nick and Jake talking "New Girl", overrated actors, and character actors. Stay tuned for more opinions!
Nick and long time friend/ Renaissance man Jake Minton talk about their favorite modern actors. Well, kind of. Jake got confused about the subject and spouted some nonsense about it being an impossible task, but we rant on for a bit anyways. We also brush on Jake's new stage show, some good new TV and what it takes to be an actor. Stick around, it's bound to get interesting! 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Welcome Avengers Infinity War Giveaway 01:43 - Guest Host 03:10 - Who is Nick, anyway? Star Wars: Hand of the Empire My Rode Reel 06:05 - Have you seen anything good recently? 'The Post' / 'The Darkest Hour' (or 'Churchill Cometh') What's on Jake's DVR? 'Ready Player One' (sequel) / 'Armada' (mild spoilers) 'Alex, Inc' (ABC) / 'Good Girls' (NBC) 15:49 - Mail Call! Budgetary issues / Independent Filmmaking Actors aging out of roles (Schwarzenegger/ Stallone) 26:10 - Favorite Modern Actors! Why we chose modern actors 30:16 - Are Comedians better actors? 36:30 - What makes someone a good actor? 41:14 - Top 5 actors (who Jake would pay to watch them do push ups) 42:58 - Oscar Isaac 44:46 - Tom Hanks 46:27 - Emily Blunt 48:38 - Robin Williams 51:08 - Taraji P. Henson / Viola Davis 54:07 - Hugh Jackman 59:44 - Miles Teller 01:01:04 - Robert Downey Jr. 01:07:38 - Denzel Washington 01:12:13 - What are you looking forward to? 'All New People' (Jake's new show, opening 12 April @ The Alley Theater) 'Deadpool 2' / 'Avengers Infinity War' / 'Venom' 'Locke' (how did we forget Tom Hardy?!) / 'Buried' 'Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot' / 'Solo' 'Incredibles 2' / 'Halloween' / 'X-Men: Dark Pheonix' 'Oceans 8' / 'Silicon Valley' Season 5 01:23:30 - Sign off See Jake Parker Band @ The Bards Town (Wing Ding Thurby party) on May 2nd Twitter: @JakeParkerBand Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jakeparkerband/ Avengers Infinity War Giveaway (it's over April 28th!)
Nick and Katy talk: 00:00 - Intro 00:26 - Young Adult Revolution 04:34 - Adaptations that weren't as good as the book Twilight / Jason Bourne Series (Ludlum) / To Kill a Mockingbird / A Time to Kill (Grisham) Cloud Atlas / Tuesdays with Morrie / The Kite Runner 17:06 - More adapted authors 17:32 - Movies you may not know were based on books: Die Hard (or 'Nothing Lasts Forever' by Roderick Thorp) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (or 'Who Censored Roger Rabbit' by Gary K. Wolfe) Mrs. Doubtfire (or 'Alias Madame Doubtfire' by Anne Fine) Slumdog Millionaire (or 'Q&A' by Vikras Swarup) Psycho (or 'Psycho' by Robert Bloch) 20:11 - Douglas Adams' 'Starship Titanic' by Terry Jones 24:07 - Outro
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
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