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Merry Christmas from your Favorite SportsOlogist! Today things get heated! One of you favorites “Freddy Bricks” is back to give his take on Tom Coughlin & the State of the Jaguars! Also Dee & Black are fired up over Kevin Garnetts interview, we talk NFL, WWE, Christmas Day NBA Games, College Football Playoffs & Recruiting plus much more!
This week we’re tackling giant movies. We start with Hitoshi Matsumoto as director and principal actor in surreal Japanese mockumentary Big Man Japan (2007) aka Dai Nipponjin. Next up is Norwegian found-footage film, and more Blair Witch than Blair Witch, Troll Hunter (2010). We finish with Anders Walter’s first feature film and study of the stages of grief through the medium of fantasy escapism I Kill Giants (2017).Also: Dee does his best Don LaFontaine impression. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958). Gantz. Ua. Attack on Titan (2013). Colossal (2016). Something is rotten in Norway. Back under the bridge. Rabies. Bridge to Terabithia (2007). Green Room (2015). Emotional support titan. Harry Coveleski. We play a game of “They Might Be Giants”
On Under The Shade Tree Ep. 132 Dee & Sarah really get into their bag of FEELINGS and talk about LOVE! Also Dee may have found the WORST Mother ever with The BAD MOTHER REPORT! Plus we check the Shade Tree Hotline to find out who's hanging out Under The Shade Tree with us! Remember The Shade Tree Hotline is ALWAYS open for you to call and leave a message at anytime 972-861-2867! Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/BVNP twitter.com/sarahBmorgan Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/mrbvnp/ www.instagram.com/sarahbmorgan/ Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/user/Deeyotch www.youtube.com/user/thesarahbmorgan Join The Shade Tree Movement! Believe The Hype
We start this week with the original stoner comedy Cheech & Chong: Up In Smoke (1978) which meanders about a bit and is basically harmless and… what was I saying, man? Is that pizza? Then its face-a-palooza with Amy Heckerling’s debut film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) including Sean Penn playing a stoner-surfer and Phoebe Cates taking her bikini off. Lastly, but certainly not leastly, adults be warned - there is a new drug menace sweeping the nation and this instructional musical PSA will tell you all about the dangers of Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005). Won’t somebody think of the children?!Also: Dee lists weed slang. American catnip is the good shit. Korn - Earache My Eye. Off topic on The Money Pit (1986). $12.50 to see Van Halen? Five point plan. Joe does Sade. Guitar smash! Off topic on The Last Boy Scout (1991). James Russo. The Galleria? Pall-malls. Randolph Scott! Neve Campbell can really dance. Joe does Walken, Dee does Wahlberg. Buddy Christ. Cat whispering. Detective Mittens. Off topic with Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989). We play a game of “Rolling Stoners”
This week we are joined by actor and voice impersonator Sebastian Knapp to discuss the influences behind Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs (1992) - SPOILER WARNING. First up is the original The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), a solid, no nonsense, authentic Sunday afternoon watch with Robert Shaw’s gang sparring against transit cop Walter Matthau. Next, John Carpenter’s under-appreciated (at the time) exercise in blending empty agoraphobia and paranoid claustrophobia The Thing (1982) puts eight guys in a room and gives them a reason to chop each other up. We finish with the one film that is less of an influence and more like a template, Ringo Lam’s City on Fire (1987), with direct plot and scene lifts.Also: Dee starts with a Pat Roach apology. The Canadian TV remake beats the all-star remake. New York isn’t just a place, it’s an attitude. Playing ping pong. Rob Bottin and Stan Winston team up to make you sick. Swedish ≠ Norwegian. The DFA fade. Joe mistakes the matte painting work of Albert Whitlock for Mike Pangrazio. The Thing video game. “Tracking’s touchy”. Shot for shot copies. Toby. Toby. Toby? We’re looking for a Buscemi type. Joe’s dog might be a Thing. Doesthedogdie.com. We play a game of “Tarantin-oh-that’s-where-I-recognise-it-from!” We fall down a Die Hard tangent.
We’re gearing up for season 2 and have a little catch up on summer movies and sportsball. Joe gives his verdict on Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Dee watches Space Cowboys (2000) unbidden and cues up Fire Birds/Wings of the Apache (1990). Mark Kermode is dead to us.Also: Dee does all the organising. Joe gets paid acting work. Dee speaks French. We do our best Clint Eastwood impressions. Our producer is still MIA.
Only two movies this week and no theme to link them. Dee’s pick is Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993) directed by Mamoru Oshii and written by Kazunori Itô, the pairing that then went on to make Ghost in the Shell (1995). Joe picks Miller’s Crossing (1990) linking back to last week’s crime noir discussion and redeems the Coens for Dee. We then recap our favorites from the entire season: The Night of the Hunter (1955), Duel (1971), Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985), Walker (1987), The Good Thief (2002), Ink (2009), Easy A (2010), Locke (2013) and Raw (2016). We try not to dwell on some of the low points and give some honorable mentions.Also: Dee plugs the fictitious Shinohara Heavy Industries. Joe can’t pronounce Arakawa. We debate the virtues of an unjust peace versus a just war. Aw, did somebody hit you? Joe tiptoes carefully around some period-accurate Jewish slurs. We play the “Ultimate Season Round-up Quiz” and #PERL the cat gets involved. Moshi moshi. Dee finally understands why he hates E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). We finish on several dramatic cliffhangers.
-The On Tap table is rounded out by BABAKAREBU!!!!!! -A special plug from Bippy Beverage Co. -The team sucks at picking wishes and celebrities to have children with -Also Dee steals the show via chat -...and how was YOUR week?