Podcasts about CGI

This week's experiment: a double feature of shark movies that proves the ocean isn't the only place where danger lurks. First up is Sharks N Da Hood, a movie that asks, “What if sharks invaded the streets?” and then seemingly forgot to ask literally any other question during the filmmaking process. What follows may be one of the most spectacularly awful movies ever made: baffling choices, painful dialogue, questionable acting, and a level of chaos that makes you wonder if anyone involved ever stopped to watch what they were creating.Then comes Bad CGI Sharks, which, despite a title that sounds like a warning label, is actually a surprisingly fun little low-budget shark movie. The CGI is exactly as advertised, the premise is ridiculous, and yet the movie understands something that Sharks N Da Hood apparently missed: if you're making a movie about absurd killer sharks, you should probably try to have some fun with it.The guys dive into both ends of the bargain-bin shark movie spectrum. One film is a cinematic shipwreck of nearly historic proportions. The other is goofy, self-aware entertainment that manages to rise above its limitations through sheer enthusiasm and a willingness to embrace the ridiculous.Expect terrible sharks, bad decisions, questionable effects, and one of the strangest double features to ever wash up on Breaking Brad. Be sure to subscribe to the Gentlemen's Guide to Midnite Cinema to hear more of Sammy. Also, check out Jose's podcast - Watch/Skip+ • A podcast on Anchor. Both are highly recommended.If you want to leave feedback or suggest a movie bomb, please drop us a line at NotABombPod@gmail.com or Contact Us - here. Also, if you like what you hear, leave a review on Apple Podcast.Cast: Brad, Troy, Jose, Sammy

In blackest night, Paul, Jason, June, and Paul Rust went to see 2011's Green Lantern starring Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. Then, in brightest day, they all reunited to figure out what the hell happened. They discuss the awful CGI, the soap opera quality sets, the ultra-quippy dialogue, how you can simultaneously be a Lantern and hold a lantern, and so much more. Plus, the crew read listener submitted versions of the Green Lantern's oath. (Ep. #14 Originally Released 7/12/2011) • Go to hdtgm.com for tour dates, merch, FAQs, and more• Leave us a voicemail at speakpipe.com/hdtgm• Submit your Last Looks theme song here• Join our Discord at discord.gg/hdtgm• Buy merch at howdidthisgetmade.dashery.com/• Order Paul's book about his childhood: Joyful Recollections of Trauma• Shop our new hat collection at podswag.com• Paul's Discord: discord.gg/paulscheer• Paul's YouTube page: youtube.com/paulscheer• Follow Paul on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/paulscheer• Subscribe The Dark Web w/ Paul & Rob Huebel: youtube.com/@enterthedarkweb• Listen to Unspooled with Paul & Amy Nicholson: unspooledpodcast.com• Listen to The Deep Dive with June & Jessica St. Clair: thedeepdiveacademy.com/podcast• Instagram: @hdtgm, @paulscheer, & @junediane• Twitter: @hdtgm, @paulscheer• Jason is not on social media• Episode transcripts available at how-did-this-get-made.simplecast.com/episodesGet access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using the link: siriusxm.com/hdtgm Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

If a movie was ever made for the Born to Watch treatment, this is it. In our Rambo III 1988 Review, Whitey is joined by two certified '80s action tragics, Bones and DJ Glazby, to revisit Sylvester Stallone at his biggest, most shredded and possibly most ridiculous. The Russians are back, Colonel Trautman needs rescuing, Afghanistan is the battlefield, and John J. Rambo is about to discover that retirement is apparently not an option.For Whitey, Rambo isn't simply another action franchise. John J. Rambo has basically been part of his movie-watching life forever, and Rambo III was the first instalment he saw on the big screen. Bones and Glaz have similar credentials, with all three admitting they've probably watched these movies more than 100 times. That level of unhealthy familiarity can only mean one thing: two hours of remembering lines, picking apart scenes and asking questions nobody involved in the production ever expected anyone to ask.Released in 1988, Rambo III takes everything from the previous film and turns the dial past eleven. Bigger budget. Bigger explosions. Bigger weapons. Bigger muscles. Bigger hair. Stallone is in absolutely outrageous condition, sporting a physique that sends the boys down several completely unnecessary conversational rabbit holes.The story begins with Rambo attempting to live a peaceful life in Thailand before Colonel Trautman arrives asking for help with a mission into Afghanistan. Rambo declines, Trautman heads off without him and promptly gets himself captured. Naturally, Rambo changes his mind and goes after his old mate.Simple.What follows is peak late-'80s action excess.The boys dive into Rambo's magnificent opening stick fight, that red headband, the suspiciously dangerous spectator arrangements and the logistical nightmare of figuring out who exactly everyone is betting on. There are questions about the ridiculous staircase Trautman climbs to find Rambo, Rambo's magnificent 1988 hair and whether Colonel Trautman might be one of the oldest soldiers ever voluntarily sent behind enemy lines.Then there's Stallone himself.Rambo talks considerably more this time around, although nobody is going to mistake him for Shakespeare, and the boys discuss whether Sly knew exactly what sort of movie he was making or genuinely believed there was something much more profound buried underneath all those explosions.One thing everyone can agree on is that the practical action still looks fantastic.Real explosions, squibs, stunt work, enormous military hardware and physical effects give Rambo III a weight that many modern CGI-heavy action movies struggle to recreate. The cave sequence in particular gets plenty of love, with Whitey arguing that Rambo hunting enemies through the darkness is exactly where the character is at his best. Even the sound of Rambo firing an arrow gets nominated as one of cinema's great instantly recognisable noises.There's also plenty of behind-the-scenes madness. The film carried an enormous budget for its time, went through a director change early in production and ultimately became one of the biggest action productions of its era. Somehow, the Razzies still came calling, something the boys have very strong opinions about.Because this is Born to Watch, Rambo III also leads us into the wider Rambo universe. The boys attempt to rank the entire franchise, debate First Blood versus the increasingly outrageous sequels, revisit Rambo II and discuss where Rambo III belongs among Stallone's greatest action achievements.And then comes the most important question.Does Rambo III still work?It's too long. It's incredibly stupid in places. Its politics have aged in fascinating ways. Colonel Trautman may be surprisingly useless. But when Stallone picks up the bow, the explosions start, and that glorious Jerry Goldsmith score kicks into gear, none of that seems to matter quite as much.This is Born to Watch, The Movie Review Podcast where we don't take the movies, or ourselves, too seriously.Strap yourself in, tighten the headband and prepare for peak Stallone.Rambo III is back.#RamboIII #Rambo #SylvesterStallone #80sMovies #80sAction #ActionMovies #MovieReview #BornToWatch #MoviePodcast #Stallone

Send us Fan MailGet your notes app or a fresh piece of paper ready, because this conversation with former movie executive and tech entrepreneur Steven Puri took a turn into pure gold. We went so deep into the mechanics of productivity that we completely lost track of time—proving the exact focus concepts we were discussing! If you've ever felt like modern digital distractions are stealing your workday before you even get started, this episode is your ultimate antidote.In this episode, Steven and I dive into the neuroscience of focus, master-level time-boxing, and actionable dopamine management for nurse solopreneurs. We break down why getting into a flow state isn't just about willpower, but about building the right environment, audio cues, and routines to let your creative brain excel. Tune in to discover how you can transform a single hour of daily focus into monumental progress for your health writing business.About Steven PuriSteven is the Founder and CEO of The Sukha Company with the mission to help millions of people find their focus, achieve more and have a healthy work life.Steven's career started as a newscaster/interviewer for the #1 youth news show in the DC/Baltimore market (on WTTG-TV) and then as a junior software engineer & Thomas J. Watson Scholar at IBM. After attending USC in Los Angeles, he began working in film production and produced computer-generated visual effects for 14 movies including Independence Day which won the Academy Award for Visual Effects.Steven's first tech company was Centropolis Effects that produced those CGI effects, and he eventually sold it to the German media conglomerate Das Werk when he was 28.Steven then produced some indie films and eventually went studio-side to develop and produce live-action features as a VP of Development & Production at 20th Century Fox (running the Die Hard and Wolverine franchises) and an EVP at DreamWorks Pictures for Kurtzman-Orci Productions (Star Trek 11, Transformers 1&2, Eagle Eye, Transformers: Prime, et al.).After Fox, Steven returned to building tech companies and had two failed start-ups before founding The Sukha Company – ‘sukha' means ‘happiness from self-fulfillment' in Sanskrit. The Sukha is a focus app that bundles all the tools necessary to enter into a Flow State and a have healthy, productive workday.Steven now lives in Austin, TX.Dopamine Management and Time-Boxing for Nurse WritersToday on the Savvy Scribe Podcast:Why modern tech platforms are intentionally engineered to steal your attention—and how to reclaim your life through effective dopamine managementWhat actually happens in your brain during a flow state, including fascinating neuroimaging findings from FMRI scans.How to conquer the “cold start problem” in the morning and stop reaching for quick digital hits when your work gets frustrating.Unforgettable stories from blockbuster Hollywood screenwriters on using physical environments and personal chronotypes as focus triggers.How a busy high school vice principal and dad used just one focused hour a night to complete his PhD dissertation.The brain science behind why your best ideas strike while doing laundry, walking, or taking a shower.How to harness time-boxing and Parkinson's Law to get more done in two hours than you used to get done all day.The surprising power of ambient audio triggers, from 60–90 BPM focus tracks to real Himalayan rain and Viennese coffee shop sounds.Steven's simple 30-day challenge that will completely transform your daily momentum before you even check your phone in the morning.Mentioned Resources:Sukha (Flow State AppFlow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiThe Net and the Butterfly: How to Unlock Your Inner Genius by Olivia Fox Cabane and Judah PollackWelcome to the Savvy Scribe Podcast, I'm so glad you're here! Before we start the show, if you're interested, we have a free Facebook group called "Savvy Nurse Writer Community"I appreciate you following me and listening today. I would LOVE for you to subscribe: ITUNESAnd if you love it, can I ask for a

We once again were inspired to research a location that we saw on a series. This one is Mont-Saint-Michel from "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon." The location in the series is like a safe haven for the good people, at least that is the way it appears on the surface. The castle-like main building is so beautiful and large that it seemed like it had to be a creation of CGI, so we were shocked to look it up and find that it was a real place. And when we dug a little further to see if it was haunted, sure enough, it was! Join us for the history and hauntings of France's Mont-Saint-Michel. This Month in History features the birth of Cecil B. DeMille. Check out the website: http://historygoesbump.com Show notes can be found here: https://historygoesbump.blogspot.com/2026/08/hgb-ep-651-mont-saint-michel-or-nest.html  Become an Executive Producer: http://patreon.com/historygoesbump Music used in this episode: Main Theme: Creepy Carnival Theme  Created and produced by History Goes Bump Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (This Month in History) "In Your Arms" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Halloween 2025 Vol. 7 by Sascha Ende from ende.app Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

What does it take to make beekeeping look authentic in a Hollywood movie? In this BT Short, Jeff Ott and Becky Masterman talk with Adam Hickman of Foxhound Bee Company, who served as a bee wrangler and beekeeping consultant for The Rivals of Amziah King, starring Matthew McConaughey. Adam's involvement began when a member of the production team visited his Alabama bee supply business looking for inspiration. Before long, Adam and his team were working with the filmmakers—and teaching McConaughey how to look and move like a beekeeper. Adam takes us behind the scenes of several major bee sequences, including an elaborate cutout staged with a real colony and the striking scene of McConaughey holding a queen while thousands of live bees gather on his arm. The filmmakers wanted real bees, minimal protective equipment, and no CGI substitutes, creating some unusual challenges for the bee-wrangling team. He also explains how beekeeping equipment, honey-processing gear, colonies, comb, and even the layout of the honey house were sourced and managed for production. And while Hollywood occasionally wins out over absolute accuracy—yes, actors really do run while carrying full honey supers—Adam says the filmmakers made a serious effort to portray beekeepers and beekeeping authentically. It's a fascinating look at what happens when the craft of beekeeping meets the craft of filmmaking—and how a group of Alabama beekeepers helped bring the bees to the big screen. Notes and references: The Rivals of Amziah King on IMDB:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27706593/ Behind the Scenes of the Movie: https://www.foxhoundbeecompany.com/blogs/rivals-of-amziah-king-movie ______________ Brought to you by Betterbee – your partners in better beekeeping.   Betterbee is the presenting sponsor of Beekeeping Today Podcast. Betterbee's mission is to support every beekeeper with excellent customer service, continued education and quality equipment. From their colorful and informative catalog to their support of beekeeper educational activities, including this podcast series, Betterbee truly is Beekeepers Serving Beekeepers. See for yourself at www.betterbee.com _______________ We hope you enjoy this podcast and welcome your questions and comments in the show notes of this episode or: questions@beekeepingtodaypodcast.com Thank you for listening!  Podcast music: Be Strong by Young Presidents; Epilogue by Musicalman; Faraday by BeGun; Walking in Paris by Studio Le Bus; A Fresh New Start by Pete Morse; Wedding Day by Boomer; Christmas Avenue by Immersive Music; Red Jack Blues by Daniel Hart; Bolero de la Fontero  by Rimsky Music; Perfect Sky by Graceful Movement; Original guitar background instrumental by Jeff Ott. Beekeeping Today Podcast is an audio production of Growing Planet Media, LLC ** As an Amazon Associate, we may earn a commission from qualifying purchases Copyright © 2026 by Growing Planet Media, LLC

Guillaume de Kergariou est le fondateur de NeedHelp et Octorenov. Ancien banquier en M&A devenu entrepreneur, il a créé NeedHelp, l'a vendue à un grand groupe coté… avant de la racheter quatre ans plus tard en MBO pour retrouver sa liberté, tout en construisant parallèlement une vie d'investisseur très active.Dans cet épisode, Guillaume revient sur son parcours, ses arbitrages et sa vision à long terme dans l'entrepreneuriat comme dans l'investissement :Ce qui l'a poussé à quitter le M&A pour se lancer dans une marketplace de services à domicile.Les défis invisibles derrière la construction d'une marketplace rentable et scalable.Les enjeux humains et stratégiques d'une cession à un industriel lorsqu'on a bâti son entreprise de zéro. Et comment il a procédé pour racheter sa propre société.Sa stratégie d'investissement et la manière dont il a dû repenser ses convictions face aux réalités du non-coté.Bonne écoute !Pour aller plus loin sur les sujets abordés : Business Angel : guide complet pour investir dans une start-up https://sapians.com/blog/business-angel Le cash-out : définition, fonctionnement et investissement https://sapians.com/blog/cash-out-definition-fonctionnement-avantagesLes étapes de la cession d'entreprise : bonnes pratiques et pièges à éviter https://sapians.com/blog/cession-entreprise Qu'est ce que l'apport-cession en immobilier ? (150-0 B ter CGI) https://sapians.com/blog/apport-cession-reinvestissement-immobilierGestion Passive vs Gestion Active : comment mettre en place sa stratégie d'investissement ? https://sapians.com/blog/gestion-passive-vs-gestion-active-----------------------Attention : Les performances passées ne préjugent pas des performances futures et investir comporte des risques de perte partielle ou totale en capital. Ce contenu est informatif et ne constitue pas un conseil en investissement. Toute décision doit être adaptée à votre situation. Si vous souhaitez bénéficier de conseils personnalisés, veuillez créer votre compte ou prendre rendez-vous avec un conseiller Sapians.SAPIANS - RCS n°919 330 969 - ORIAS n°23003561 en qualité de CIF et COA. Activité de démarchage bancaire et financier.

This week on Bad Dads Film Review, we review Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein's A24 sports-hustle drama starring Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser, a table-tennis prodigy with Olympic-level confidence and almost no visible concern for anyone else.Only Dan and Chris have done the homework this week, leaving Sidey and Reegs to interrogate them on the plot, the tone, the ping-pong, the Gwyneth Paltrow of it all, and whether Chalamet can truly carry a film when he still looks like a haunted Victorian child who has discovered hair product.Along the way we discuss:Chris failing to return from Romania with the promised contrabandparents discovering IMAX and immediately wanting a monthly cinema clubthe Safdie brothers going their separate ways, with Josh Safdie on this and Benny Safdie off with The RockMarty working in a shoe shop but dreaming of table-tennis glorya sperm-and-egg title sequence that nobody had quite expectedMarty robbing the family business while trying to frame it as sensible career planningLondon tournaments, The Ritz and the ping-pong federationGwyneth Paltrow as Kay Stone, a famous actress in a loveless marriageEndo, the terrifying Japanese player with the modern grip and superior paddlewhether the table-tennis sequences are CGI, doubles or just very committed editingorange ping-pong balls, champagne bills and Marty's endless self-mythologisinga hotel bath falling through the ceilingMoses the gangster dogHarlem Globetrotters-style ping-pong tricksMarty getting to Japan, losing an exhibition match, refusing to kiss a pig, and demanding one more gamewhether achieving your dream means anything if you have used everyone around you to get thereThe big question: is Marty a brilliant, driven outsider, or just a selfish arsehole with a paddle?Dan finds the character so unpleasant that it limits his enjoyment, even while acknowledging the film is very well made. Chris is more taken with the craft, the period detail, the tension and the way the film keeps moving despite its hefty runtime. Reegs hears shades of The Karate Kid, White Men Can't Jump and Uncut Gems, while Sidey remains deeply suspicious of Timothée Chalamet's pixie leading-man energy.Verdicts: Chris is on a strong recommend, Dan is somewhere between mid and strong recommend, and Sidey and Reegs are officially TBC.You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. If it hasn't been completely destroyed yet you can usually find us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review, on email at baddadsjsy@gmail.com or on our website baddadsfilm.com. Until next time, we remain... Bad Dads

Warner Bros. Pictures Animation arrived at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival with a bold message: the era of canceled releases and corporate caution may be coming to an end. In this episode, we break down WBPA's ambitious new feature slate, from The Cat in the Hat and Bad Fairies to Oh, the Places You'll Go!, Prehistoria, Margie Claus, Dynamic Duo, Hello Kitty, and The Lunar Chronicles. We also discuss the newly announced Powerpuff Girls movie, potential future projects involving Tom and Jerry, ThunderCats, and Meerkats, and whether Bye Bye Bunny could eventually return. On the Looney Tunes front, we take a closer look at Daffy Season, the first theatrical Looney Tunes short in more than a decade, which will play before The Cat in the Hat. We explore its soccer-themed premise, CGI-rendered characters, classic catchphrase humor, and the significance of Warner Bros. Animation reconnecting with the legacy of Termite Terrace. The DC animation slate is just as packed, with updates on My Adventures with Green Lantern, DC Super Powers, Krypto, Starfire!, Mister Miracle, Knightfall Trilogy, Joker: Laugh Riot, and the upcoming Absolute Batman animated series from comic writer Scott Snyder. We also discuss Adventure Time: Bubblegum and Marceline, Genndy Tartakovsky's Conan the Barbarian, and the continuing expansion of Warner Bros. Animation's television universe. Plus, we react to the latest Coyote vs. Acme 101% debut on RT and what this new slate could mean for Warner Bros.' future in animation. Topics include: Warner Bros. Pictures Animation's Annecy announcements The Cat in the Hat and Daffy Season Bad Fairies, Prehistoria, and Dynamic Duo The new Hello Kitty feature and Powerpuff Girls movie DC's upcoming animated projects Joker: Laugh Riot and Absolute Batman The legacy of Termite Terrace and the future of the Looney Tunes Coyote vs. Acme and Warner Bros.' changing animation strategy  

Read transcriptLet's talk about the year 2007, when Ubisoft looked at Konami's TMNT license, going up for grabs after three straight beat-em-ups, and said “yeah, we'll take it,” the video game equivalent of adopting somebody else's very large, very established pet. They tied the whole thing to Imagi's brand new fully CGI turtle movie and then, in an act of scheduling chaos I can only respect, shipped the game three entire days before the film hit theaters. Bold! Confusing! Possibly the result of someone losing a calendar! And then, because apparently one platform was never going to cut it, Ubisoft just kept going. PlayStation 2! GameCube! Xbox 360! Wii! PC! A PlayStation 3 version that got paraded around at trade shows like a prize pony and then quietly put out to pasture, never to be seen again! And just when you think the roster's full, Nintendo DS and PSP roll in with an entirely separate game wearing the same name tag, because why make one turtle game when you could make several turtle games and let the consumer sort it out. Also, bonus points to whoever in marketing decided the title needed zero subtitles, zero colons, zero numbers, just “TMNT,” like it's the only one that's ever existed. Confidence! Climbing out of the sewer to help me survey this multi-console fever dream is Jeremy Powers, host and creator of the Zenspath Entertainment Network, a man who apparently collects retro hardware, works as an engineer, and still finds time to run a podcast, which is either elite time management or a full refusal to acknowledge the concept of a day off. So track down whichever version of this thing actually ended up in your house back in 2007, because statistically there's a good chance it wasn't the same one as your neighbor's, and let's find out if TMNT earned its spot in the turtle hall of fame, or if it should've stayed a trade show prototype. Learn such things as: Do we ever stop to think that maybe the people making these games knew what they were doing all along? Will we ever get that chance to see Splinter and Iroh together? How much retreading is acceptable when you're the new guy making things? And so much more! You can find Jeremy on YouTube @Zenspathcom and of course at the Zenspath Entertainment Network. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you're interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. Play Comics is also part of Art Comedy Pop-Culture Network, which is a long-standing creative organization spawning from a love of Adult Swim. Be sure to check them out for all sorts of entertainment news, commentary, and just plain fun stuff. You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube, or the Play Comics website. If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children's media and how crazy it is that we're supposed to just forget about that now that we're adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out. A big thanks to Behold! and The Last Comic Shop for the promos today. Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who dips pizza in honey mustard. Check out our podcast host, Pinecast. Start your own podcast for free with no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-89f00a for 40% off for 4 months, and support Play Comics.

This week, Kelly is...gone, so Byron and a very special guest chat about the horrors of 2026 so far, before talking modern Creepy Kid™ flicks...and unfortunately AI, reviewing Eli Roth's "Ice Cream Man". Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/14ioP0zfFczK8hKPsDUmko?si=cff351ada3944a9a 0:00 Cold open 0:47 Cookie the Boston terrier and favorite ice cream truck treats 6:00 The year in horror so far: Stubs A-List, theater-only viewing 14:23 Speed round: Obsession, Backrooms, Hokum, Primate, We Bury the Dead, Undertone, and more 29:00 Staff Picks: The Stuff and Cooties 38:02 ICE CREAM MAN review begins 38:20 The Eli Roth question 46:50 The Horror Section and the Republic fan-investment angle 57:00 The look, the coloring, and the AI problem 1:12:00 Spoilers begin 1:29:00 Final ratings 1:33:00 Is there an organized hate campaign ABOUT THE FILM ICE CREAM MAN (2026) is a creepy-kid horror film co-written, produced, and directed by Eli Roth. A silent ice cream vendor arrives in a suburban town and hands out treats that turn the local children into homicidal maniacs. It is the first theatrical release from The Horror Section, Roth's new studio co-founded with Bloody Good Horror's Jon Schnaars. Made for roughly 5.5 million dollars, with about 10 percent of the company sold to around 2,500 fans through the investment platform Republic. TALKING POINTS Where Eli Roth sits now after Borderlands, the low-budget theatrical horror model and why five million is the sweet spot, the practical-versus-CGI blend, the teen paralysis lore hole, and the AI question: Roth's initial denial, the later walk-back to a sketches-handed-to-an-AI-company framing, and what that does to how genre fans watch low-budget movies going forward. STAFF PICKS Byron: The Stuff (1985, Larry Cohen) Jacob: Cooties (2015, Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion) CONNECT Discord: discord.frightday.com The Frightday Society: frightdaysociety.org Email: contact@frightday.com Bluesky / Twitter / Instagram: @frightday Phone line: 1-833-FRIGHT-9 MORE FRIGHTDAY 700+ episodes covering horror, paranormal, cryptids, true crime, and conspiracies since 2014. An Audio Wool original produced by Byron McKoy. #IceCreamMan #EliRoth #HorrorReview #Frightday #TheHorrorSection #HorrorPodcast Want more? Join the Frightday Society, at http://thefrightdaysociety.org As a Society Member, you'll have access to all Screamium content (Behind the Screams, It's Been a Weird Week, A Conversation With..., Toast to Toast PM with Wine Kelly, Cinema Autopsy, the Writers' Room, bonus episodes of Captain Kelly's Cryptids & Conspiracies, Byron's Serial Corner, and so much more! You'll also be part of our interactive community dedicated to the advancement of horror, hauntings, cryptids, conspiracies, aliens, and true crime. All things frightening. Keep our mini-fridges full of blood...I mean...not blood...normal things that people drink...by going to http://shop.frightday.com  Theme music by Yawns Produced by Byron McKoy Follow us in the shadows at the following places: @byronmckoy @kellyfrightday @frightday  This is an Audio Wool Original.

(00:00:00) Why We're Rewatching Ryan Reynolds' Green Lantern (00:03:59) Discussing the Theatrical Cut and James Newton Howard's Score (00:06:30) Critiquing the Overloaded Opening and Hal Jordan's Characterization (00:16:53) Blake Lively's Performance and Green Lantern's Development History (00:30:06) Exploring Green Lantern's Rich Comic Book History (00:39:01) Oa's CGI Problems and Hal Jordan's Training Arc (00:56:06) Sinestro's Arc, Studio Interference, and Parallax's Origin (01:06:54) Hector Hammond's Character and Green Lantern Ring Mechanics (01:26:46) Analyzing Green Lantern's Unfulfilled Thematic Depth (01:42:23) Reflecting on the Film's Legacy and Podcast Wrap-up With LANTERNS premiering Sunday on HBO Max, the MovieFilm boys mark the 15th anniversary of GREEN LANTERN! Listen separately or watch along as we revisit Ryan Reynolds' much-maligned DC Comics adventure that killed an entire franchise before it even started. Does fifteen years of hindsight soften its reputation, or is there truly nothing worth salvaging under all that glowing green CGI? Grab your copy, cue it up, and recite the oath as we head back to Oa!Listen ad-free at Patreon: https://patreon.com/MovieFilmPodcast

Phil and Emily are joined by Brooke Solomon and Jordan Gustafson, hosts of The Queer Quadrant, for Lee Tamahori's Die Another Day (2002). Pierce Brosnan's last outing as James Bond runs from a North Korean prison to an Icelandic ice palace, with Halle Berry surfacing as NSA agent Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson in the follow-up to her Monster's Ball Best Actress win. Rosamund Pike (in her screen debut), Toby Stephens, a Madonna theme song, and a famously invisible Aston Martin fill out the most gadget-drunk Bond of the early CGI era.The four dig into Jinx as the almost-spinoff that never happened, how a 40th-anniversary Bond tips all the way into digital excess, and why this particular entry burned itself so vividly into their childhood memories. There's a real case here for reading Die Another Day as the exact moment the Brosnan era buckles under its own kitesurfing, para-sailing weight. Gaudy, campy, and gloriously overblown same as the movie.Follow the show & guests:Podcast Like It's... - https://www.instagram.com/podcastlikeitsPhil Iscove - https://www.instagram.com/pmiscoveEmily St. James - https://www.instagram.com/emilystjamsBrooke Solomon - https://www.instagram.com/brookebsolomonJordan Gustafson - https://www.instagram.com/jordan_gustafsonThe Queer Quadrant - https://www.instagram.com/queerquadrant

Flight of the Navigator at 40: why this 1986 sci-fi charm still works Todd Hoffman flies solo in this episode of WSTR Galactic Public Access to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Flight of the Navigator. He breaks down the movie's plot, its 80s atmosphere, and why its mix of family drama, time travel, and alien weirdness still makes it a standout. "Flight of the Navigator may be about aliens, time travel, and flying saucers, but at the heart, it's about a kid trying to find his way home." Key topics Todd frames Flight of the Navigator as quintessential 1986 sci-fi: kid-led, practical, charming, and just spooky enough. He walks through the plot: David Freeman disappears in 1978, wakes up eight years later unchanged, and gets pulled into a government and alien mystery. He highlights the film's emotional core, especially the grief and consequences his family faces during David's absence. He talks about Max as the real star of the movie, including the ship's shape-shifting design and the robotic personality voiced by Paul Reubens. He praises the movie's practical effects, puppets, and early CGI for giving the film a tactile, memorable feel. He compares the movie's child wonder and pacing to other 80s favorites like E.T., The Goonies, and The Last Starfighter. He argues that kids' sci-fi movies worked so well in the 80s because they trusted slower buildup, imaginative premises, and relatable young protagonists. He says the film's biggest strength is that it is ultimately about a kid trying to find his way home. In News of the Week, Todd covers Star Wars Zero Company, a Marvel and Star Wars crossover comic, and rumors around Star Wars: Starfighter. In Cantina chat, he shares personal updates about storms in Illinois, Carla's upcoming wedding, a family trip to Pigeon Forge and Dollywood, and plans for Fan Expo Chicago. Timestamps (00:00) Welcome to the show and why Flight of the Navigator is the main topic (02:00) Quick Wikipedia-style refresher on the movie's release, budget, and production (04:26) Plot setup: David disappears in 1978 and wakes up eight years later (06:22) Max, the alien ship, and the time-dilation twist (07:50) David and Carolyn, plus NASA's growing interest in the mystery (08:48) How the movie ends and why the final image sticks (10:16) Why the movie still feels fun, goofy, and kid-friendly (12:00) David's emotional reaction to everyone aging around him (13:46) Family consequences and the grief behind the adventure (15:34) Why Max's ship design is so memorable (17:00) Paul Reubens as Max and the Pee-wee Herman energy (18:37) Why the 1980s produced so many great kid-focused sci-fi films (20:35) What modern movies miss about patience and build-up (22:21) Practical effects, puppets, and why the film feels less manufactured (23:22) David's brain download and whether it is genius sci-fi or 80s logic (24:46) Why the aliens chose David and what happened during the missing years (25:32) The scarier side of the movie for kids (27:24) Whether a modern Disney remake would work (28:47) Sequel ideas, prequel ideas, and what Todd would do instead (30:38) E.T. versus Flight of the Navigator and which 80s sci-fi stands above the rest (31:46) The little alien pet and Todd's favorite thing to steal from the story (34:39) News: EA's Star Wars Zero Company and its turn-based tactics approach (37:31) News: Marvel and Star Wars crossover concerns about timeline complexity (39:21) News: rumors around Star Wars: Starfighter and possible trailer timing (42:58) Cantina chat: storms, weddings, vacation plans, bears, and Fan Expo Chicago (47:17) Outro, listener reminders, and what's coming next week Mentioned links and handles: Socials: @wstrmedia Podcast archive: podcast.wstrmedia.com Merch store: store.wstrmedia.com Live stream: livestream.wstrmedia.com Email: mailbox@wstrmedia.com

Adam from  @AdamDoesMovies  joins me to talk about the late Chuck Russell's Eraser starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It is sometimes a dark tense thriller full of mystery and betrayal and sometimes it's a wacky action movie with xray guns that shoot CGI rods. It is also considered the end of the Arnold's golden era and his last good movie in the '90s.https://youtube.com/live/5H1-RGm5iwchttps://rumble.com/v7e3goc-eraser-was-the-end-of-the-arnold-era-hack-the-movies.html

Message Dan and MikeWe finally sit down to unpack Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the fourth installment in Tom Holland's run as Peter Parker and the first Spidey film from director Destin Daniel Cretton. Picking up four years after No Way Home's spell erased Peter from the world's memory, this is a noticeably darker, more isolated take on the character — Aunt May is gone, his friendships with MJ and Ned are gone, and the arachnid side of his DNA is starting to take over. We dig into how that trauma-driven tone works, and where it doesn't.One of us walks away calling this the weakest of the Tom Holland Spider-Man films, and we're honest about why: a story that feels overcrowded with characters, some shaky CGI work on the Scorpion, and a villain problem that never quite resolves who we're actually supposed to be rooting against. We also talk through the returning cast — Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Mark Ruffalo, Florence Pugh — plus the newer additions, including Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle, Tramell Tillman's William Mesker, Naomi Watts voicing E.D.I.T.H., and a genuinely strong turn from Sadie Sink as Jean Grey that surprised us both.Along the way we get into the film's stunt work and practical martial arts sequences, the choice to make Peter's webs organic again as a nod to Tobey Maguire's era, and what it means that this film is now closing in on two billion dollars worldwide and threatening box office records held by Avengers: Endgame and Titanic. We also share (in maybe too much detail) the theater experience that colored one of our first viewings, because full transparency matters around here.Whether you loved Brand New Day or walked out with the same reservations we did, we want to hear it. And with Avengers: Doomsday looming and a fifth Spider-Man almost certainly on the way, we start speculating about where this saga goes next.If you're not already following along, you can find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and everywhere else podcasts live, and subscribing to the YouTube channel helps a lot more than you'd think.Support the showOh Brother Podcast:Support the Show! (Be The First to Listen with Early Access)Listen on all podcast platformsSubscribe on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram

August 10, 2026.In this broadcast, host Tim Ozman announces the expansion of “Realville,” a conceptual and intellectual settlement designed to confront the “controlled opposition” within the truth community. Ozman argues that mainstream news and alternative conspiracy theories are both parts of a “bifurcated” world stage, a closed informational system designed to keep the public in a state of fear or “mind war”. He deconstructs the concept of the “Metascript,” identifying government officials and entertainment directors as the architects of simulated events like 9/11 and the JFK assassination. The program emphasizes a shift from “belief systems” to “media Gnosticism,” where individuals use pattern recognition to identify engineered coincidences and predictive programming in popular media.10 Topics of Discussion* The Growth of Realville: Establishing a “colony” in Trutherville to directly confront “useful stooges” and “propaganda mules”.* The “Bloody Guardrail”: A term for the psychological inability of most “truthers” to entertain the idea that nobody died in major media events.* Conspiracy Theories as PSYOPs: The assertion that spreading fear-based alternative narratives is actually a form of psychological warfare.* The “Woketown” vs. “Trutherville” Duopoly: How the media divides the public into two extreme subsets that both operate within a closed informational system.* 9/11 “Hoax-aversary”: Plans to deconstruct the 2001 events through the lens of concurrent drills and CGI “video composite overlays”.* Metascriptors: Identifying figures like James Comey, Don DeLillo, and Christopher Nolan as individuals who seed future narratives into the public consciousness.* The 8647 Pattern: Analyzing the numerical link between James Comey's book release, seashell photos, and a vandalism event at the Lincoln Memorial.* The NASA “Mind Control” Budget: The theory that the space program's true purpose is to “program the space between your ears” rather than physical travel.* Subterranean Civilizations and Hyperloop: Speculation that modern tech like Elon Musk's Hyperloop is preparing the public for simulated space travel in underground bases.* Realville as a “Wood Chipper”: Using a predictable schedule and deprogramming courses to create a “marketplace disruption” and mass defection from controlled media.10 Key Quotes* “If you reach Alex Jonestown, you've gone a little too far.”* “Strategically... It doesn't make sense to kill people during the creation of propaganda films.”* “Every time you come in here and [tell] us to be afraid... you're in fact waging sciwar against us.”* “The beginning of wisdom... is to call things by their right names.”* “There are no false flags. Nobody's dying.”* “Truthers are like 20 years behind.”* “Belief is based on low information. Skepticism is high information.”* “The purpose of the space program is to program the space between your ears.”* “Resistance is futile... what are you going to do? ...mentally step outside of their system.”* “If you can't describe the architecture of the Truman Show, you're still in it.”Host Reading Audience Comments* Reading Dr. Bass Ackwards: “The government are just... Other people have changed their names wearing government costumes.”* Reading Armin: “The world stage offers each and everyone's own worst nightmare fantasy.”* Reading Truth Hurts: “...there's a new movie coming out called The Dog Stars, post-apocalyptic genre directed by Ridley Scott.”* Reading Plane: “If you start a new channel, will they demonetize it?”* Reading Suzanne Ann: “Michael Hoffman believes the moon landings were real.”You can also now find IPS on the following Podcast platforms:APPLE:SPOTIFY:YT MUSIC: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit infiniteplanesociety.substack.com/subscribe

A young boy with his mother in hospital and a military father gone MIA pursues his footballing dream in 2015's “Golden Shoes”, a cheap-as-chips soccer film featuring shoes (boots) that aren't even golden and the hyper-prolific Eric Roberts phoning it in.Expect a bonkers plot, dreadful CGI and football scenes almost as bad as the war scenes. Never let not knowing anything about football stop you from making a football film.So sit back and enjoy the final film of this summer's edition of Pete's Film Club.Get your Football Ramble x Admiral kit here.Find us on Bluesky, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up to the Football Ramble Patreon for ad-free shows for just $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup.No cliches. No ex-pros like Peter Crouch or The Rest is Football. Just the funniest football conversation out there. Your guardian for the season, daily not weekly. Stick to the Ramble, totally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

LETHAL MULLET #320 - Top 5 War Movies Of All Time Audio Podcast Link: https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-s6wk6-1b3167a YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/6GL9Fh2iPck?si=aDffSl8vfsBTTf4X This is my hill to die on. Literally. No film school list, no box office fluff. Just the 5 war movies I'd take to the trenches. From Long Tan to Hamburger Hill, these are about the bloke next to you, not the generals behind you. Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019) Apocalypse Now (1979) The Big Red One (1980) Gallipoli (1981) Hamburger Hill (1987) Strap in. Practical stunts, real sweat, and zero CGI. Keep the action practical and keep the mullet lethal. Links & Connect: Full archive: fpnet.podbean.com Clips, carnage, behind the scenes: @thelethalmullet on Instagram / Threads / Facebook Leave a 5-star on Apple / Spotify - keeps the lights on and the tapes rewound. Tell me I'm wrong: DM @thelethalmullet or leave a voice memo on Podbean. Best takes get played next week. Content Note: War violence, language, and themes throughout.  

I interviewed Singing Chen about The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up on Monday, September 1, 2025 at Venice Immersive in Venice, Italy. Here is the story synopsis for The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up: "After the sudden death of his wife, Guan discovers her unfinished novel — a tale intertwining the endangered clouded leopard and the Rukai tribe's sacred origin myth, which tells of their descent from the elusive animal. Grief-stricken and seeking connection, he sets out on a surreal journey into dreamlike scenes — a maze of the subconscious, mistshrouded forests, ancient tree hollows and symbolic inner landscapes. Adapted from a short story by acclaimed Taiwanese author Wu Ming-Yi, The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up is a single-user, free-roaming VR experience that blends literature and memory into an intimate exploration of love, loss and self-reflection." Here are the contextual domains that are explored: Exploration of indigenous myths [9] as the protagonist goes on an epic journey into these imaginal (or real) realms [9]. It's a husband whose's wife [7] has died [8], and he's picking up clues from her work [10] as a writer as he explore her office [10], gets lost within a maze [12], and then he embarks on this adventure [9] deep into nature and the forest [4] Here is the Elemental Center of Gravity: 1st Center of Gravity of Earth Element / Environmental and Embodied Presence: Blends a number of different spatial capture techniques from traditional CGI modeling to Gaussian Splats. Very high resolution spatial capture. Lots of theme park type of feel whilst exporing the maze portion, and recreated a spatial journey where you feld like you had some wandering agency. But it was all still very contained and constrained, but felt like a bit of using your body movemnt to edit and pace through the piece. You're mostly an invisible ghost without any embodiment, although there are some scenes where you have agency to move around, but there's other scenes where you're more of an invisible audience. Some incredible technical breakthroughs to fuse it all together.2nd Center of Gravity of Water Element / Emotional Presence: Very narrative and story-driven overall, with a lot of influences from the cinematic tradition, especially during the first half. There's some cinematic cut scenes inspired from film. Some spatial embodied movement of spatial storytelling, The last half involves more of theatrically staged dialogue, where the overall spatial context stays static, and so the experience of time is more like being at a thearical play. Having volumetrically captured actors actually makes a huge difference in communicating the subtleness of emotionality via their facial expressions that is much harder than how emotions are captured on film. This piece stands in the volumetric capture techniques, fused with traditional CGI as well as with Gaussian Splats.3rd Center of Gravity of Air Element / Mental and Social Presence: Based upon a book, and so it has quite a literary feel, but also some scenes with extended dialogue. Overall, it's a bit of a mystery as the husband investigates the research archives of his wife, who was digging into an indigenous myth, and he comes to find out that it is completely TRUE. So there's lots of elements of magical realism, but also poetic dreamlogic and spatial storytelling. The maze scene has some post-it notes that deliver voice over. It's a single-player experience, but you share spatial contexts with some volumetrically-captured performances.4th Center of Gravity of Fire Element / Active Presence: No real narrative agency, but there's a chance to explore a room of objects, but also the maze scene gives the experience of a lot of agency as you can chose how you move through and at what pace. Archetypal Themes and Character Explored: Grief from a death and loss, and going on a spiritual adventure, to find connection. From the description about the book author that inspired the piece, they say, "he weaves dreams, memory and multiple dimensions of time and space has long inspired me." Turning inward to explore spatial contexts that symbolically represent an inner journey of discovery. "Grief-stricken and seeking connection, he sets out on a surreal journey into dreamlike scenes — a maze of the subconscious, mist-shrouded forests, ancient tree hollows and symbolic inner landscapes" Artist Statement: "Wu Ming-Yi is one of Taiwan's most influential contemporary novelists. The way he weaves dreams, memory and multiple dimensions of time and space has long inspired me. When the chance came to adapt The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up into VR, I knew it would be a daunting yet necessary journey. Wu's writing evokes vivid imagery, spatiality and bodily presence — qualities that resonate with VR's immersive nature. Through free-roaming exploration, I aimed to recreate a journey of loss, memory and Indigenous mythology. This project is a dialogue between literature, technology and emotion — one that seeks to spark empathy across cultures." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEUki2mN-ps This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

This post officially kicks off my Venice Immersive 2025 coverage, see links to all 38 episodes and 30+ hours of interviews down below. We're starting off with the interview that I did with Doug Liman (co-founder of 30 Ninjas), Julina Tatlock (co-founder of 30 Ninjas), & Jed Weintrob (co-founder of 30 Ninjas), & Max Spear (Product Lead of Android XR at Google) about Asteroid on Saturday, August 30, 2025 at Venice Immersive in Venice, Italy. Here is the story synopsis for Asteroid: "Asteroid is an immersive film and interactive story extension made for the launch of Google's new Android XR platform. The 180° immersive short film is a high-stakes action thriller about a group of strangers who take an old Russian Soyuz rocket to mine a near-earth, treasure laden asteroid for a chance at unimaginable wealth. After the film, the experience continues and the audience enters the world of Asteroid when they receive an SOS from one of the characters, DK Metcalf, who was left for dead. The viewer becomes a player when they are invited to aid in DK's rescue. Through speaking with an AI-generated version of DK — played by the NFL player as himself — the user determines the truth about what happened on the asteroid and sends his exact location to NASA for rescue." Here are the contextual domains that are explored: Long distance travel [9] where someone is left behind (de facto exile) [12], and there is a rescue mission where you as a character [1] help out the protagonist [7] in the second half, but also a lot of mystery [12] to figure out and investigate [9] Here is the Elemental Center of Gravity: 1st Center of Gravity of Emotional Presence: cinematic Virtual Reality thriller that begins as a film and continues as an immersive story game. Combination of live-action 180-video along with CGI-driven animations also in 180-video2nd Center of Gravity of Earth Element / Environmental and Embodied Presence: Worldbuilding of sci-fi extraction of asteroid, you embody a character in story in the last part, and you break the fourth wall in the onboarding talking to the actor who plays a character via AI3rd Center of Gravity of Air Element / Mental and Social Presence: Conversational-driven AI Story Extension - You talk to the actor DK Metcalf at the beginning and with the character at the end. A bit of puzzling together of the myserious aspects of the story4th Center of Gravity of Fire Element / Active Presence: continues as an immersive story game - Improv convo + slightly nudged and directed exploration Archetypal Themes and Character Explored: Everyone are anti-heroes archetypes - Power and Greed vs Limitations, constraints, boundaries, death. Doug Liman says there aren't many anti-heroes in space movies, Han Solo is an exception. What if all of the characters were Han Solos? What drama would ensue? Artist Statement: "I've always thought of myself as an immersive filmmaker. The goal was to put the audience in the action, not to be sort of passively watching it. Now that the technology has caught up with us, I really can put the audience in the rocket. Asteroid is the story of a ragtag group of astronauts who booked a ride on a used Soyuz spacecraft. An asteroid passes near Earth. It's laden with precious metals and gems. If you can get there, you can become insanely wealthy. It's a modern gold rush." Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1163762576/d0d75004c2?fl=pl&fe=vl You can find links to my 30+ hours of my coverage from Venice Immersive 2025 across 39 episodes. I've categorized the experiences according to these "elemental genres," which is looking at the top two elemental centers of gravity. You can watch this talk on "Blending the Elements on Experiential Design" for more details. #1650: Sneak Peak of Venice Immersive 2025 Selection with Curators Liz Rosenthal and Michel Reilhac #1750: Doug Liman's "Asteroid" Short Immersive Film with Google Gemini Story Extension + Kickoff of Venice Immersive 2025 Coverage #1751: "Ghost Town" Narrative Integration in Puzzle Adventure with Exquisite Worldbuilding #1752: Blending Embodied Game & Narrative Genres with "One True Path, Part 1" #1753: Mixed Reality Town-Building and Sim Game "Wall Town Wonders" #1754: Screen Life Thriller "LILI" about Surveillance Fuses Game Design, Film, and MacBeth Adaptation #1755: Hand-Tracked Sign Language as Story Beat Triggers in "Eddie and I" #1756: Exploring Narrative Potential of Generative AI in "8pm and the Cat" #1757: Embody a Geranium in Immersive Comedy about Boredom in "The Great Escape" #1758: Reckoning with Mental Health Taboos in Japan with "If You See a Cat" Immersive Animation #1759: Mother-Daughter Team Explore Personal Challenges with Depression and Anxiety in "Mirage" Immersive Animation #1760: Immersive Fairy Tale about Automation with "The Sad Story of the Little Mouse Who Wanted to Become Somebody" #1761: Unpacking the Immersive Orchestral Mix of "1968" with Massimiliano Borghesi #1762: Fusing Experimental Immersive Animation with Cutting-Edge Orchestral Spatial Audio Mix in "1968" #1763: Blending Theater and 360 Video in "Re-Launching-Luigi-Broglio" #1764: Mixing Hand-Drawn Animation with 360 Video in "The Time Before" #1765: Immersive Action Thriller "Mulan 2125" Pushes the Edge of Graphical Fidelity #1766: Formula 1 LBE Experience "Black Cats & Chequered Flags" is an Immersive Biopic of Alberto Anscari #1767: Immersive Journey through Special Effects Pioneer Carlo Rambaldi's Paintings in "Alien Perspective" #1768: Symbolic Journey through Lithuania's Artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis' Paintings in "Creation of the World" #1769: Mixed Reality Musical on Avatars and Identity in "First Virtual Suit" #1770: Eastern Philosophy-Inspired Fusion of Theater and XR with "Mnemosyne" #1771: Environmental Storytelling in "The Great Orator" VR Diorama with Generative AI Experiments #1772: Climate Change Spatial Montage "Out of Nowhere" Aspires to Move Towards Rewilding Prevention #1773: "Collective Body" Assigns Elemental Avatars Based Upon Archetypal Dance Movements #1774: Combining Live Dance and Music in Immersive LBE Performance "L'ombre (The Shadow)" #1775: The Continuous Spatial One-Shot of Backlight's "La Magie Opera" LBE #1776: The Spatial Grammar Innovations of Dialectical Contrasts and Abstraction within "The Big Cube" #1777: Active Imagination, Associative Dream Logic, & Embodied Interactions in "Sense of Nowhere" #1778: Collaborative Social Game and Story of "Happy Shadow" #1779: "Heartbeat" Immersive, 1-on-1 Biometric Synchronization and Involuntary Collective Agency #1780: Recap of VRChat Worlds Gallery at Venice Immersive 2025 with Mike Salmon #1781: Winner of Venice Immersive 2025 "The Clouds Are Two Thousand Meters Up" Innovates on Gaussian Splats & Spatial Storytelling #1782: "A Long Goodbye" Wins 3rd Place Prize at Venice Immersive with Emotionally-Moving Story on Dementia and Spatial Grammar Innovations #1783: "Less Than 5gr of Saffron" Wins 2nd Place Prize at Venice Immersive with Spatial Poem Quill Animation #1784: The Incredible Spatial Transitions of "Dark Rooms" with Radical Consent Innovations #1785: The Landmark Achievements of "Blur" in Fusing Theater, Montage, Mixed Reality, and LBE VR #1786: Collective Reading Experience of "Constantinopoliad" Provokes Discussion on Defining "Immersive" #1787: Blending the Elements of Experiential Design & Process-Relational Foundations of the Elements This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I interviewed Elisabetta Rotolo & Siobhan McDonnell about Black Cats & Chequered Flags on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at Venice Immersive in Venice, Italy. Here is the story synopsis for Black Cats & Chequered Flags: "Black Cats & Chequered Flags begins with a haunting Spatial Memory Fragment that immerses viewers in the emotional world of Alberto Ascari. Echoes of his father, legendary driver Antonio Ascari, blend with childhood flashes and the superstitions that shaped his fate. The experience then shifts into high gear with a multiplayer MR pit stop — a collaborative challenge that brings users into the adrenaline and precision of a 1950s Formula 1 team. The journey continues in a stylised VR narrative that weaves archival footage, interactive storytelling, motion capture actors, and immersive sound to explore Ascari's victories, rituals and tragic destiny. 360° films shot on location in Turin, the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, and the Monza racetrack add historical depth. Ascari — the only Italian double Formula 1 World Champion with Ferrari — was fearless, superstitious, and chivalrous: a man both heroic and haunted." Here are the contextual domains that are explored: The personal biography of Alberto Anscari [1] including his career [10] within the context of the entertainment of racing [5], but also the inspiration from his father [4] and showing him as a kid [5], but also his various beliefs and superstitions that shaped his fate [9], and ultimately his death [8]. Here is the Elemental Center of Gravity: 1st Center of Gravity of Emotional Presence: Anscari's racing career, childhood, and various supersittions. Some cinematic immersive documentary footage. Mostly a diembodied ghostly character for the story, but you do have some presence, but nothing narratively beyond the pit stop crew at the start2nd Center of Gravity of Earth Element / Environmental and Embodied Presence: Blending of CGI, VR, 360 video, theatrical elements - Most a disembodied character through most of the story, but there are some embodied interactions that places you in the garage, car, museum3rd Center of Gravity of Fire Element / Active Presence: gamified pit stop at the beginning done as a multiplayer experiene - timed context - Taking photos, handle various objects connected to Anscari4th Center of Gravity of Air Element / Mental and Social Presence: Social experience to be done with friends / family Archetypal Themes and Character Explored: Courage, competition. Fates, ultimately his death, sense of time, sense of history, sense of identity expression of living on the edge Artist Statement: "Black Cats & Chequered Flags is a tribute to the thrill of speed and the fragility of destiny. Through immersive storytelling and multiplayer MR, it brings viewers into 1950s racing — into the pit stop, the roar of engines and the shadow of myth. At its core is Alberto Ascari — fearless, superstitious, and shaped by fate. This art piece lets users race circuits, live defining moments, and step into Ascari's pit crew. A story in motion: mythical, intimate, unforgettable." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJHGVNuf9tg This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I interviewed Wuer about Mnemosyne on Sunday, August 31, 2025 at Venice Immersive in Venice, Italy. Here is the story synopsis for Mnemosyne: "Mnemosyne is an innovative immersive work that blends VR film and live theatre, offering a multi- sensory experience and a poetic exploration of love, illusion, and awakening. Inspired by Tang Xianzu's Ming Dynasty classic The Peony Pavilion, the piece draws on Eastern philosophy to evoke the notion of “ultimate 情 (Qing/emotion)”. It combines 360° animation, 180° live-action footage, and live performance, with the surrounding environment, shaping each audience member's evolving sense of presence. The layered narrative unfolds like ink in water: fluid, evocative, and open to interpretation, inviting the audience to drift between constructed memories and imagined futures. Mnemosyne seeks to create a meditative landscape of shifting emotions, centring on the intimate experience of transcending illusion to uncover genuine feeling. It views this hybrid medium of merging physical and virtual presence as a potential stage for exploring the social dimensions and future possibilities of VR/XR." Here are the contextual domains that are explored: Connecting to the earth and nature [4], but also Eastern Religiion from Daoist and Buddhist thought [9]. Focusing on and reflecting upon your own embodied experiences [1] Here is the Elemental Center of Gravity: 1st Center of Gravity of Earth Element / Environmental and Embodied Presence: Most of the experience is CGI-based VR Animation and Cinematic VR, but there's is an immersive theatrical installation of something like a Tea Room, with meditation booths, which have a number of spatial modulations over the course of the performance. There's also an actor at the end with Mixed Reality Components. So it's a real blending of the spatial contexts.2nd Center of Gravity of Air Element / Mental and Social Presence: Lots of Taoist and Zen influences, and some quoted poetry and passages, but the density of the philosohical thought create a bit of like Zen Koan type of experience, where there were lots of deeper philosophical mysteries being explored. Very poetic, if not a bit mysterious -- and even the cretor was a bit vexed to communicate what the experience would be. You have to experience it to fully understand.3rd Center of Gravity of Water Element / Emotional Presence: Spatiousness from the cinematic montage of different scenes and poetic reflections. Jumping between the pre-recorded aspects (Chronos) and the live performative elements (Kairos) of the momen.4th Center of Gravity of Fire Element / Active Presence: LIVE performance elements. But also no real narrative or spatial agency. Aiming to sort create a contemplative poetic experience. Archetypal Themes and Character Explored: Lots of Truth vs Illusion themes. "poetic exploration of love, illusion, and awakening." Also, "it offers a sensory framework where gazes, pauses, and subtle gestures shape the unfolding rhythm. Within a layered dreamscape of animation, live-action, and performance, the audience becomes not just an observer but a co-creator of emotional experience. Drawing from the Daoist idea of “breaking illusion to perceive truth”, the work uses VR as a poetic medium — an ephemeral vessel to navigate between illusion and reality, dream and awakening — until the line between the two gently dissolves." Artist Statement: "Mnemosyne is an immersive narrative experiment focused on “empowering the audience's imagination”. Rather than presenting a closed storyline, it offers a sensory framework where gazes, pauses, and subtle gestures shape the unfolding rhythm. Within a layered dreamscape of animation, live-action, and performance, the audience becomes not just an observer but a co- creator of emotional experience. Drawing from the Daoist idea of “breaking illusion to perceive truth”, the work uses VR as a poetic medium — an ephemeral vessel to navigate between illusion and reality, dream and awakening — until the line between the two gently dissolves." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEAyABepKFM This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I interviewed Kris Hofmann about Out of Nowhere on Sunday, August 31, 2025 at Venice Immersive in Venice, Italy. Here is the story synopsis for Out of Nowhere: "Out of Nowhere gently explores how preserving alluvial forests, marshes and wetlands can help us face the challenges of an ever angrier, unpredictable climate. Told through the eyes of Anna, a lifelong resident of Hallein, a historic town at the foot of the Austrian Alps, the experience flows from first-hand experience of the devastating floods that hit Europe in 2021 to reveal how reconnecting with nature may be key to protecting ourselves going forward." Here are the contextual domains that are explored: Looking at the impact of extreme weather events of nature [4] on our homes [4], communities [11], and our lives [1]. Are there ways that we could collective act [11] in order to help prevent and preserve nature through various rewilding activities.[4] Here is the Elemental Center of Gravity: 1st Center of Gravity of Earth Element / Environmental and Embodied Presence: Mostly told through montage and environmental storytelling. Switches from third-person POV and Dioramas into more first-person and embodied CGI recreations of the aftermath of extreme weather events2nd Center of Gravity of Fire Element / Active Presence: Light embodied interactions to gate the narrative3rd Center of Gravity of Air Element / Mental and Social Presence: I believe that it was mostly Voice Over Narration, but could have had some dialogue4th Center of Gravity of Water Element / Emotional Presence: immersive animation, the primarily uses a bit of spatial collaging type of technique to juxtapose these scenes together to tell a broder story. Archetypal Themes and Character Explored: Climate Change Leading to more and more Extreme Weather Events. So unexpected and catastrophic events that have utter transformative potential to bring about change. Also an account of the destruction of aspects of reality from homes to environments. A look into the Past to Prepare for the Future. "Each one of these events carries stories of personal loss, but also of inspiring resilience. If we can come together in the aftermath of a disaster, shouldn't we be able to do so in preparation?" Solution to "give nature back a little bit of room whereever possible" for "climate resilience plans" that includes rewilding efforts -- Planting trees at the table top diorama scale. Healthy riverline ecosystems can help to protect us Artist Statement: "Every other month we hear about yet another devastating extreme weather event — most recently in Nigeria, Pakistan, or Texas, and also close to home for me, with severe floods in Austria and across Europe in 2021 and 2024. Each one of these events carries stories of personal loss, but also of inspiring resilience. If we can come together in the aftermath of a disaster, shouldn't we be able to do so in preparation? The rise in extreme weather is linked to climate change. As this intensifies, it's important to remember that we have an ally in nature when it comes to protecting ourselves. Restoring healthy riverine ecosystems isn't just good ecology — it's self-preservation. I really hope the project sparks reflection — and maybe even action — on how we live with our rivers. " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20WWsJnqlWI This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I interviewed Craig Quintero & Phoebe Greenberg about Blur on Friday, August 29, 2025 at Venice Immersive in Venice, Italy. Here is the story synopsis for Blur: "Blur presents a new myth for the modern age, where science has changed how we think about life and death. With cloning and advances in resurrection biology, we have obscured the boundaries between the living and the dead — the natural and the artificial. This extended reality theatrical production unfolds as a dreamscape, shifting between real and virtual, taking participants on a journey of reflection on grief and eternality." Here are the contextual domains that are explored: Some fundamental questions around LIFE [1] and DEATH [8]. Blur born out of a "desire to explore the emotional and ethical terrain where science, loss and imagination collide." Philosophical and ethical implications [9] of the science human cloning [9] as explored through the main story of a mother [4] who's child [5] has died [8]. Explores a speculative and imaginal space of scienced-based possibilities [9] with imagery reflecting these moral and ethical dilemmas [9] around these hybrid entities [Combination of [1] Self with [7] ]. Also the implications of taking extinct animals [8] like the Wooley Mammoth or Dire Wolf, and resurrecting them through science [9], and bringing them back to life [1]. Here is the Elemental Center of Gravity: 1st Center of Gravity of Earth Element / Environmental and Embodied Presence: Blend of Immersive VR, CGI, Cinematic 360 video, 180 video, Mixed Reality. With specific architectural modulations, live performance, and integrations of your embodiment. Some Generative AI around your representations of embodied identity. There's also a LOT of invisible spatial choreography that is happening behind the scenes in order to move a number of human bodies through a physical space without colliding into each other, whilst also creating a seamless virtually-mediate spatial journey that is also A LOT MORE VAST than the constraints of the physical space. So it really feels like being taken on an expansive journey through space and time within this piece.2nd Center of Gravity of Air Element / Mental and Social Presence: Constant perversion of expectations and experience of having the "rug pulled out from underneath you." Symbolic Dream Logic, and Theatre of the Absurd. There's a lot of abstract and semiotic associative linking that Quintero describes as a "Rauschenberg-like collage" blending and blurring together lots of various archetypal forms to communicate their message. There's definitely a narrative to be parsed, but you have to sort of piece it together as there's a lot of symbolic communication, as well as expectation-perversion that either creates a deep sense of awe and wonder, or it can also be confusion for some where the overall plausibilty throughline and suspension of disbelief results more in a break in presence from a "I don't get it" experience rather than a deepening of awe from an unbounded possibility space. Overall feels a bit like waking from a dream, and then trying to parse it. There is also a moment of a theatre-for-one encounter, and then later more of a collective experience.3rd Center of Gravity of Fire Element / Active Presence: LIVE PERFORMANCE of theatrical actors. There's some constructed locomotive agency within bounds to replicate wandering. Some more interactive parts near the end. No real agency to change the flow of the narrative4th Center of Gravity of Water Element / Emotional Presence: Cinematic VR, but also a specific cadence and pacing of the narrative. Archetypal Themes and Character Explored: Blur explores "fundamental questions of identity and selfhood, and what makes 'me' me?" The strurctures of our society and science mashed up against the dissolving and dissolution of the boundaries between the science and humanity bringing questions around the archetypal qualities that make us uniquely human. The idealized image of the human form from evolution, then gets dissolved through hybrid combinations, that is also amplified by the actual blending and blurring of communication media from MR to VR to Invidual and Collective Theatrical Performances to Architecture with bit of magic thrown in. It's a seamless use of the forms of immersive and experiential to amplify the overall themes of the piece. What is Imaginal / Virtual / Synthetic / Artificial / Eternal? vs What is Real and Mortal? Life vs Death in the context of Scientific Truths and Technological Advance. "With cloning and advances in resurrection biology, we have obscured the boundaries between the living and the dead — the natural and the artificial." Artist Statement: "Blur was born from a shared desire to explore the emotional and ethical terrain where science, loss and imagination collide.Meeting in Venice, we recognised a deep alignment in poetic storytelling and a fascination with questions raised by cloning, bioengineering and de-extinction. The work examines the human urge to transcend death and the consequences of reshaping life. Combining immersive theatre, motion capture, passthrough, VR and AR, we invite audiences into a sensorial and surreal journey — where AI, myth and grief intersect. Blur is both a cautionary tale and a meditation on fragile humanity: a boundary-pushing experience that challenges perception while grounded in universal emotions." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFXTon0-tQ0 This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

Get Ready to Root for the Shark! The latest shark movie from Amazon is out for blood, so listen in as Alec and returning guest Mike Molino breakdown all of the cringiest moments, worst CGI, and plot holes aplenty in The Devil's Mouth.....It's a rough one folks. Enjoy!TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wheel.of.horror7?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wheelofhorrorpodcast1802/videosApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wheel-of-horror/id1534102813Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3HnyAISG8Z8hvMFdSG60tE?si=9b785cf21c7f46a3Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wheel_of_horror/Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/HorrorWheel

Josh, Garrett, and David close out Mythology Month with Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey — five stars across the board, a case for practical effects over CGI, and a theory about the Trojan horse that reframes the whole movie.In this episode:Why The Odyssey landed five stars from all three hostsHow Nolan shot giants, a Cyclops, and a full ship's crew almost entirely practicallyMatt Damon's months of real archery training — no CGI arrowsAnne Hathaway's "I want Odysseus" scene, and the case for more PenelopeDavid's theory on what the Trojan horse really represents in this versionThe Letterboxd guessing game (David wins with a direct hit at 4.4)Black Panther 3 and Ryan Gosling's Ghost Rider news, straight from Comic-ConSo Many Sequels is your book club for movies.Follow along:Website: somanysequels.comInstagram: @somanysequelspod

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Christopher Nolan built real wooden ships and sailed 65-pound IMAX cameras into open water for The Odyssey instead of rendering the ocean in CGI. Mike Brevik breaks down what that decision means for marketing in 2026, when 71% of customers say they can spot a fake brand on sight. This is the Nolan Effect: the brands willing to carry real weight are the ones taking market share from everyone hiding behind polish.   KEY TAKEAWAYS The Nolan Effect: audiences are choosing real over perfect, in movie theaters and in their feeds, and brands that keep faking it are losing trust permanently, not temporarily. 71% of customers can spot an inauthentic brand, and 58% of those people never buy from that brand again. Technology isn't the problem. Brands are using CGI, scripts, and automation to avoid real conversations instead of using them to tell better stories. Liquid Death and Patagonia prove the case: a brand that commits fully to a real identity outperforms a brand that plays it safe. Your tangible monster is the one real, uncomfortable thing you build this week: a handwritten note, an unedited video, an honest admission of a mistake. LINKS AND RESOURCES Brand Retro Podcast: brandretro.com Cyberdogz Agency: cyberdogzmarketing.com Mike Brevik: mike@cyberdogzmarketing.com   KEYWORDS authentic marketing, brand authenticity, Nolan Effect, Christopher Nolan marketing, The Odyssey IMAX, synthetic detector, influencer marketing trust, Edelman Trust Barometer, Liquid Death branding, Patagonia Black Friday campaign, AI generated content, brand identity 2026, Brand Retro Mindset, marketing authenticity 2026, real over perfect, user generated content, sponsored content trust, brand storytelling, tangible monster, Mike Brevik EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS [00:00:30 - 00:01:03] Nolan built real wooden ships and sailed 65-pound IMAX cameras into unpredictable weather instead of rendering the ocean in CGI. [00:01:34 - 00:02:03] The Edelman Trust Barometer: 71% of customers can tell when a brand is faking it, and most of them never come back. [00:02:34 - 00:03:05] Brands are using AI bots to respond to real human pain with a coupon code, and wondering why nobody trusts them. [00:04:34 - 00:05:03] The audience feels friction. Heavy cameras, real weather, and wooden ships make what's on screen impossible to fake. [00:05:34 - 00:06:34] Liquid Death turned canned water into a $263 million brand by committing fully to a real, dangerous identity. [00:06:34 - 00:07:34] Patagonia told customers not to buy their jacket on Black Friday. It became their highest-selling season ever. [00:07:34 - 00:08:34] Nolan built practical monster effects instead of rendering them in a computer, because real fear on set creates real fear in the audience. [00:10:34 - 00:11:34] Mike's challenge: do one uncomfortable, real thing in your marketing this week, not next week.

Live Aug 7, 2026 | Yaron Brook Show(Season 12, Episode 132)The Odyssey -- Movie Review | Yaron Brook ShowWatch Now: https://youtube.com/live/qp8JLCXYjyMNolan Erased Odysseus's Mind — And Nobody's Talking About ItIs Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey a spectacular film — or a philosophical bait-and-switch? Christopher Nolan spent $250M turning the smartest man in Greek mythology into a guilty, brooding penitent who needs forgiveness — not intelligence — to get home. Homer's Odysseus survived by outsmarting gods and monsters. Nolan's Odysseus survives by feeling bad enough about it. In this episode, Yaron dissects where the film is a visual triumph — and exactly where it quietly rewrites 2,800 years of Western storytelling into a Christian redemption arc. Homer's original Odysseus felt no guilt at all; his flaw was pride, and his superpower was his mind. Nolan's Matt Damon, by contrast, plays a man crushed by guilt and sin. Yaron argues Nolan strips out the intelligence that made Odysseus the founding hero of Western civilization, replacing it with atonement, renunciation, and "trust the gods."Along the way, Yaron covers the aesthetics, the IMAX cinematography, the casting-controversy nonsense, the Bronze Age history behind the myth, and what it means that Nolan himself has admitted audiences won't accept an unflawed hero anymore.

"Send me that so I can send it to all my friends!" Winterfresh vs. Wintergreen, the elephant vs. the mouse, the 3 walks vs. the base hit, the blue raspberry vs. the blueberry, the Hays rule vs. the cinema, the stunt double vs. CGI, and the white guy vs. the Hispanic phrases. This hour has a little bit of everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

INTRO:I'm Hank, longtime podcaster, filmmaker, and YouTuber, and this is my review of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. This is a spoiler-filled review of the movie so you've been warned.BUDGET:225 million dollars.You want to hit a 2.5x to 3x for profitability.The movie hit a billion dollars worldwide in six days.SETTINGS:New York City feels alive, populated, expansive, and adds character to the film unlike many other films that feel so much smaller. Even the interior shots of Damage Control and even apartments, felt larger than life and realistic. The damage caused in the environment also feels like it will put other people in danger.CHARACTERS:Tom Holland: Peter ParkerZendaya: MJJacob Batalon: Ned LeedsSadie Sink: Jean GreyJon Bernthal: Frank CastleMark Ruffalo: Bruce BannerLiza Colon-Zayas: Det. Jean DeWolffFlorence Pugh: Yelena Belova Tramell Tillman: William MetzgerPlease follow the Facebook Page for our next movie called Not Scared. The page is titled Not Scared Movie. You can get your name in the credits of the film by donating. Head to NotScaredMovie.com for more information. I've lowered the amount to get your name in the credits.HITS:This movie lands on all emotional fronts.Happy, sad, fear, anger, disgust, surprise.I was finally invested in Peter Parker and MJ.Real Hulk returns!The Punisher and Spider-Man team up exceeded my wildest expectations!Why was The Hand there? Who cares, because the set pieces with them were next-level!Location, location, location. I felt like we were going all over New York and everything was interactive.Someone was cutting onions when we did the Aunt May flashbacks.The set pieces in this movie will be copied for years to come.The overall depth of Peter Parker/Spider-Man was something we haven't seen from Tom Holland's version of the character.MISSES:I hate when super hero movies add government oversight (save for Captain America Winter Soldier). Once you add the government you start asking questions that the story can't answer.The writing in some spots is clunky. Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, and rewrite contributions by Justin Kuritzkes. You have to do substantial re-writes in order to get credited.I am not a fan of Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner.I dislike the Jean Grey introduction and casting.She does not feel like the character at all to me.Plays a dislikable character.It was far too easy to see who the villain was going to be.Some of the swinging CGI scenes took me out of the movie.They lingered on the shots too long.CHECK OUT MY NEW SHOW CALLED: Low-Budget Movie ReviewsLINK: https://feeds.captivate.fm/low-budget-movie-reviews/MOVIE SCORE: 8/10DIRECTION: A Destin Daniel CrettonWRITING: B Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, and Justin KuritzkesCINEMATOGRAPHY: APOST PRODUCTION: (score/sfx/edit/color grade) AREWATCHABILITY: A1 Awful content = Fails on every single level.2-4 Poor = Terrible on almost every front.5 Mediocre = Some of the content is worthwhile but mostly broken.6 Average = Okay writing, acting, storytelling and execution.7 Good = Solid writing, acting, storytelling and execution.8 Great = Great writing, acting, storytelling and execution.9 Almost Perfect = Very minor nitpicks but otherwise excellent.10 Perfect = A masterpiece! No writing, acting or storytelling flaws. Would hold up against all time classics (e.g. M.A.S.H., Lost, Game of Thrones etc).

David and Jean cover the penultimate episode, packed with small scenes and big questions about power. The dragon fight gets its due, from the direction and CGI to what the outcome means for every rider involved. Helaena's dream sequences get a close reading, with the pale horse, the eclipse, and the snow pointing toward Game of Thrones' final chapter in ways the community is already debating. Daemon's plea for his daughter's life marks a genuine moment of growth, while the Rhaena's storyline draws pointed criticism from both hosts, who feel the show has sidelined her agency in service of someone else's character arc.Contact UsQuestions or comments? Send emails to: hotd@thelorehounds.comOr, send us a voicemail! You can use the voicemail tool on our website, thelorehounds.com/contact OR record a note on your smartphone and email it to us at the same address.Links to Patreon, Supercast, Discord, and Network Affiliateshttps://linktr.ee/thelorehoundsAny opinions stated are ours personally and do not reflect the opinion of or belong to any employers or other entities.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

主播：Flora（中国）+ Erin（美国） 音乐：Suite New Day 最近，《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》（Spider-Man: Brand New Day）在国内上映，收获了不少好评。不少观众表示，这是近年来最好看的一部蜘蛛侠电影。主播Flora表示，自己已经“二刷（watched it twice）”了。不过，如果你还没有观看这部电影，可以先简单回顾一下上一部《蜘蛛侠：英雄无归》（Spider-Man: No Way Home），因为这两部电影的故事是紧密联系的。当然，大家不用担心，今天我们不会有太多spoilers（剧透），只是借着这部电影，聊聊几个特别有意思的英语表达，以及片名背后真正想表达的含义。01. Why Is It Called Brand New Day? 为什么叫《崭新之日》？电影还没开始聊，很多人第一眼看到片名时，就已经产生了一个疑问：Brand New Day为什么不用简单的New Day？很多人看到brand，第一反应都是"品牌"。但其实，brand new是英语里一个非常常见的固定搭配，表示"全新的、崭新的"。这里的brand不是品牌，而是起强调作用，相当于completely（完全地）new。比如，你刚买了一个包，就可以开心地说：Look at my brand new purse!“快看我新买的包！”相比单纯的new，brand new更强调“刚刚拥有、崭新无比”的感觉，语气也更强烈。除此之外，它还有一个特别温暖、也特别常见的用法。当今天过得并不顺利时，很多英语母语者都会安慰自己：Tomorrow is a brand new day.“明天又是崭新的一天。”02. More Than Spider-Man 不只是蜘蛛侠，更是Peter Parker《崭新之日》最打动人的地方，并不是某一场惊险刺激的打斗，而是Peter Parker这四年来所经历的成长。为了保护身边的人，Peter主动选择让所有人忘记自己。他原本以为，失去了家人和朋友，就不会再有那些让他变得“脆弱”的东西（what makes him "weak"），也就能够成为一个更好的Spider-Man。然而，现实却远比他想象得更加复杂。It's actually really lonely.四年来，Peter几乎失去了一切。他不能告诉MJ真相，也不能和最好的朋友重新建立联系。曾经最熟悉的人，如今都成了Strangers（陌生人）。也正因为如此，这部电影最让人揪心的地方，不是Villain（反派）有多强，而是Peter所承受的那份loneliness（孤独）。This is probably the most heartbreaking（令人心碎的） part of the entire movie.Peter一直认为，自己的选择能够保护所有人，却没有意识到，这份成长最终付出的代价和经历的internal conflict（内在冲突、内心挣扎），远比想象中更加沉重。电影里有一个非常经典的片段。当“反派”问他：Are you Peter Parker or Spider-Man?Peter坚定地回答：I'm both.这个也是整部电影最重要的转折点。那一刻，他终于意识到，自己既是Spider-Man，也是Peter Parker；真正的英雄，并不是抛弃真实的自己，而是学会接受完整的自己。他开始真正理解love（爱）、relationships（人与人之间的关系），也开始接受自己的vulnerability（脆弱）。过去，他把亲人和朋友看成自己的软肋（what makes him "weak"）；如今，他终于明白，真正给予自己力量的，也正是这些看似让自己“变弱”的人和情感。因此，Spider-Man: Brand New Day最让人惊喜的一点，就是它并没有继续歌颂“孤胆英雄”式的自我牺牲，而是带来了一种崭新的英雄主义。Sometimes, sacrificing yourself for others isn't a grand heroic gesture（为他人牺牲自己并非伟大的英雄行为）. You should also put yourself at the forefront of your priority list（把自己放在人生优先考虑的位置）.很多人认为，责任意味着不断付出、不断牺牲自己。但这部电影却告诉我们：Taking care of yourself is also a responsibility（照顾好自己，同样是一种责任）。成长，并不一定意味着变得无坚不摧；有时候，愿意承认自己的局限，接受自己的脆弱，也是一种成长。Peter最终学会的，并不是如何一个人承担一切，而是明白了：真正完整的Spider-Man，从来都离不开Peter Parker。03. Jackie Chan's Stunt Team 成家班让蜘蛛侠"拳拳到肉"除了剧情之外，《崭新之日》的动作戏（action scenes）同样成为不少观众讨论的焦点。这次电影邀请了成家班参与动作设计。节目中提到，原来我们常说的“成家班”，英语可以说成Jackie Chan's stunt team，其中stunt team就是“特技团队、动作团队”的意思。成家班多年来一直以香港动作电影风格闻名，而这一次，他们也把这种风格带进了蜘蛛侠的世界。The action was choreographed(设计) with the help of Jackie Chan's stunt team.在他们的设计下，这部电影的动作戏少了一些超级英雄电影中常见的夸张特效，多了一份真实感：The fights feel grounded（贴近现实的）, physical（充满力量感的）, and almost acrobatic（如同杂技般灵活的）.相比近年来越来越依赖CGI-heavy action（大量依赖电脑特效的动作场面）的超级英雄电影，《崭新之日》的每一场打斗都显得更加流畅，也更有“拳拳到肉”的质感。不少漫画迷都表示，这一次终于看到了漫画里的Spider-Man真正“动起来”的样子。就连一些对电影剧情持保留意见的观众，也一致认为：The action scenes were the best part of the movie.动作戏是整部电影最大的亮点之一。除了动作设计之外，这次还有一位新演员的加盟让不少影迷感到惊喜。曾在《怪奇物语》（Stranger Things）中饰演Max的Sadie Sink也出现在了这部电影中。She is amazing in the movie!如果你本身就是Sadie Sink的粉丝，那么这部电影绝对值得期待。影片上映后，观众和媒体的评价也相当亮眼。根据知名电影评分网站Rotten Tomatoes（烂番茄）的数据，截至节目录制时，影评人（critics）给出了90%的新鲜度，而观众评分（audience score）更是达到了惊人的98%。其中有一条特别打动人的观众评价："A beautiful movie about mental health, which taught me you don't have to go through life alone."这位观众认为，这不仅是一部超级英雄电影，更是一部关于mental health（心理健康）的电影。它告诉我们，没有人需要独自面对人生，也没有人必须一个人承担所有责任。也许正因为如此，《崭新之日》真正打动观众的，并不仅仅是精彩的动作场面，而是它在英雄故事之外，讲述了一个关于成长、陪伴与自我接纳的故事。04. With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility 能力越大，责任越大Peter曾经努力尝试独自承担一切，认为只有远离家人和朋友，才能真正保护他们。但经历了四年的孤独之后，他终于意识到：doing it alone（独自承担一切）并不是解决问题的方法。蜘蛛侠在电影里说到：I tried, but I can't.（我试过了，但做不到）正如节目中所说，成长并不一定意味着变得越来越坚强，有时候，accepting your own vulnerability（接纳自己的脆弱），也是成长的一部分。Erin也分享了一句特别喜欢的话：Sometimes the strongest thing you can do is admit that you can't do everything alone.有时候，一个人最勇敢、也最强大的时刻，恰恰是承认自己并不能独自完成所有事情。这也让人重新理解了蜘蛛侠系列最经典的一句话：With great power comes great responsibility.我们把它翻译成“能力越大，责任越大”。但《崭新之日》赋予了这句话新的意义。Responsibility doesn't mean isolation（责任并不意味着孤独）.那些你想保护的人，其实也一直在保护着你。The people around you aren't just people you need to protect（你身边的人不仅是你要保护的人）, they're also the ones who protect and give you your power（他们同样会保护你，并给予你力量）.这或许也是《崭新之日》区别于很多超级英雄电影的地方。它没有继续歌颂孤军奋战，也没有把自我牺牲塑造成唯一的英雄主义，而是告诉我们：真正的英雄，不仅有勇气保护别人，也有勇气接受别人的帮助。Being a hero isn't about having superpowers. It's about choosing to do the right thing. Every ordinary person can be a hero.英雄并不一定拥有超能力，而是在每一次选择中，坚持做正确的事情。每一个普通人，都可以成为自己的英雄。那么，你已经看过《蜘蛛侠：崭新之日》了吗？你最喜欢电影中的哪一幕？是Peter成长后的那句"I'm both."，还是精彩的动作戏，又或是那些关于成长与责任的思考？欢迎在评论区分享你的观影感受，也告诉我们，你最喜欢哪一部蜘蛛侠电影！

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Jonathan Frohlinger, CEO of Big Happy, shares why creative remains advertising's biggest competitive advantage. From building high-impact 3D and CGI campaigns to discussing the future of mobile, digital out-of-home, and AI, Jonathan explains how brands can stand out in an increasingly crowded marketplace. Takeaways Jonathan shares his journey from Starcom and Verve to founding Big Happy. Why creative is still the biggest driver of advertising effectiveness. How CGI and 3D advertising help brands stand out and improve recall. Why emotion is processed before logic and what that means for marketers. The role of mobile and digital out-of-home in modern media strategies. Why creative matters more than targeting once the right audience is reached. How AI should enhance creativity instead of replacing it. Why brands should focus on outcomes instead of simply being "AI-powered." Leadership lessons from growing Big Happy over the past seven years. Advice for marketers looking to build successful careers in advertising and technology. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Jonathan Frohlinger & Big Happy 01:08 Jonathan's journey into advertising and founding Big Happy 03:18 What Big Happy does and its unique value proposition 04:02 Why high-impact creative and CGI capture attention 06:45 The emotional science behind memorable advertising 08:03 Why brands buy on emotion but stay for performance 09:22 Mobile and digital out-of-home as growth channels 10:55 Creative vs. targeting: Which matters more? 12:20 The future of mobile advertising and media investment 15:25 What's next for mobile, DOOH, and ad tech 16:02 AI's impact on creativity and advertising workflows 19:40 AI hype versus real business value 24:20 Scaling Big Happy and building a strong company culture 27:02 Closing thoughts and farewell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Commentary Booth takes its first side quest in the Star Wars journey as Jamie Apps and Corrina Mabey revisit Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as the film hits its 10th anniversary. Directed by Gareth Edwards, this 2016 space opera swaps lightsabers and Jedi for a gritty spy-espionage thriller, following Jyn Erso and a crew of morally grey rebels on a suicide mission to steal the Death Star plans.Jamie and Corrina break down why Rogue One still stands as one of the strongest entries in the Star Wars canon: its unconventional cast of unknowns, the grounded, dirty aesthetic that separates it from the rest of the saga, and the way it threads the needle between spin-off and essential canon without ever feeling like a cash grab. They dig into K2SO's unscripted slap, the uncanny valley CGI resurrection of Peter Cushing's Tarkin, the "save the dream" mishearing debate around Forest Whitaker's Saw Gerrera, and the multi-layered chaos of the Battle of Scarif. They also weigh in on Rogue One's box office haul, its origins as a scrapped Star Wars Underworld pitch, and where it lands in their personal Star Wars rankings.Highlights Breakdown: - Why Rogue One might be the BEST Star Wars spin-off ever - The emotional gut-punch of the Battle of Scarif - K-2SO's ad-libbed slap that broke Diego Luna - Do CGI recreations work? - Where does Rogue One rank against the original trilogy? - Plus: Ewok movies, Andor talk, and hot takes galore!Where does Rogue One rank for you in the pantheon of Star Wars films?This week's episode is brought to you byAustralian Wrestling CardsCheck out more great content from Pario Magazine on our website.-------------------------------------------------------------SUPPORT PARIO MAGAZINE & THE COMMENTARY BOOTH- PATREON- BUY MERCH- AMAZON PRIME VIDEO- TUBEBUDDY- Subscribe to AEW Plus using my code (q0yydoz) to earn $10 in FITE credit- Shop Online With Honey- Shop Online With SatechiMY EQUIPMENT- Elgato Facecam- Rode PodMic- Elgato Wave Mic Arm LP- Streamlabs Talk StudioFOLLOW JAMIE ON SOCIAL MEDIA- Twitter- Facebook- Instagram- TikTokFOLLOW PARIO MAGAZINE ON SOCIAL MEDIA- Twitter- Facebook- Instagram

Take a trip through the incredible rise of computer-generated imagery as Jay and Shua explore the groundbreaking movies, visionaries, and technological leaps that forever changed filmmaking. From Westworld and TRON to Terminator 2 and beyond, it's a nostalgic look at the digital revolution that brought impossible worlds to life. Before CGI became invisible, audiences couldn't stop talking about it! Join us as we celebrate the artists, programmers, and filmmakers who transformed movie magic one pixel at a time.   News Amiga Freeware Archive for the Commodore 64 - A massive archive featuring more than 18,000 downloadable demos, scene releases, disk magazines, and software celebrating the legendary Commodore community.   Knight Rider: Declassified - A new five-part documentary explores the history of the classic television series with new interviews, rare footage, and an in-depth look behind the scenes of KITT and Michael Knight.   Blade Runner 2099 Trailer - Prime Video released the first trailer for the long-awaited continuation of the Blade Runner universe, premiering November 25, 2026.   Matchbox: The Movie Trailer - Apple TV unveiled the first trailer for its live-action adaptation of the iconic die-cast toy line, arriving October 9.   Electronic Plastic Museum – An impressive online museum showcases more than 900 handheld electronic games, preserving the history of one of gaming's most nostalgic eras. Check out our TeePublic store for some enjoyable swag and all the latest fashion trends What we're Enjoying Shua has been diving into Dungeon Crawler Carl, a wildly entertaining fantasy adventure recommended by listener Tim. Combining tabletop RPGs, video games, dark humor, and a talking cat named Princess Donut, the series follows Carl as he battles through a deadly dungeon that's broadcast across the galaxy as a reality show. The unique premise and fast-paced storytelling made it an easy recommendation, and Shua is looking forward to continuing the series. Jay has been revisiting Marvel's Netflix shows Luke Cage and Iron Fist while adding even more filming locations to MCU Location Scout. Luke Cage follows Harlem's bulletproof hero protecting his neighborhood from crime, while Iron Fist tells the story of billionaire Danny Rand returning with mystical martial arts abilities after years away. Although Iron Fist didn't quite live up to expectations, Jay enjoyed revisiting both series and expanding the MCU Location Scout database. MCU Location Scout MCULocationScout.com is Jay's ongoing project documenting and exploring real-world filming locations used throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe and related Marvel television productions. Through detailed research, photos, and travel guides, fans can discover where their favorite Marvel moments were filmed. Lately Jay has been adding locations from Spider-Noir, with some familiar locations that were used in other noir films. And don't forget to check out all of Jay's Sci-Fi Saturdays on RetroZap. You can also tune in to SHIELD: Case Files where Jay and Shua breakdown Marvel properties and Superhero Suite for news on comics, movies, TV and more.   Enjoy Evolution Before computers could create entire galaxies, superheroes, and photorealistic dinosaurs, filmmakers were experimenting with pixels, mathematics, and imagination. Jay and Shua trace the fascinating rise of computer-generated imagery from its earliest appearances in classic films like Westworld, TRON, and Star Trek II through the groundbreaking visual effects that forever changed Hollywood.   Along the way, they celebrate the pioneers who made it all possible, including Industrial Light & Magic, Pixar's founders, James Cameron, George Lucas, and Ed Catmull, while exploring how CGI evolved from obvious visual spectacles into the nearly invisible effects that modern audiences rarely even notice. It's a fun, nostalgic look at one of the biggest technological revolutions in movie history. Do you like early versions of CGI? Has it gone too far in filmmaking? Let us know! First person that emails me with the subject line, "That's a real dinosaur" will get a special mention on the show.  Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to EnjoyStuff@RetroZap.com 

Andrew Garfield & Emma Stone Shattered Us! With Spider-Man: Brand New Day now out, Paige Kimsey & Jackie Bonsignore continue their Spidy journey by watching The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) for the first time! In this The Amazing Spider-Man 2 full movie reaction, review, and breakdown, they experience Andrew Garfield's second Spider-Man adventure alongside Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy, Jamie Foxx's Electro, and Dane DeHaan's Harry Osborn. Paige & Jackie react to the spectacular web-swinging, Times Square showdown, Peter and Gwen's incredible chemistry, and the ambitious expansion of Marc Webb's Spider-Man universe—all spoiler-free right here! The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Full Movie Reaction Watch Along:   / thereelrejects   Directed by Marc Webb, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker / Spider-Man (The Social Network, Hacksaw Ridge), Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy (La La Land, Poor Things), Jamie Foxx as Max Dillon / Electro (Django Unchained, Ray), Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborn / Green Goblin (Chronicle), Sally Field as Aunt May (Forrest Gump), and Paul Giamatti as Aleksei Sytsevich / Rhino (The Holdovers). Paige & Jackie discuss Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone's celebrated chemistry, Jamie Foxx's electrical performance, the impressive CGI and visual effects, Hans Zimmer's iconic score, and how the film contributes to Garfield's Spider-Man legacy leading into Spider-Man: Brand New Day! Follow Jackie Bonsignore: https://www.instagram.com/jackiebonsignore/ Follow Paige Kimsey https://www.instagram.com/paige.popcorn?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the greatest movies ever made... and somehow Ryan Brown had NEVER seen it. In this special Watch Party episode of The Next Reel, Lance Taylor and Tyler Johns sit down with their desk colleague, Ryan Brown, as he experiences Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park (1993) for the very first time. Along the way, they react to every iconic moment while diving deep into the fascinating behind-the-scenes stories that made this groundbreaking blockbuster a cinematic masterpiece. During this two-hour watch party, we discuss:

Oh no! That dastardly Thing is creeping around another Antarctic outpost, and this time he's a CGI abomination! Tune in to hear the highs and many, many lows of this studio-mutilated prequel to Carpenter's most legendary horror film. The Thing (2011) is directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. and stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, and Adewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeMusic: “Fractals” by Kyle Casey and White Bat Audio

In this episode of Kids Learning Lab, we'll learn how movies are made and how animations and CGI are used to create movies. We'll also learn how some movie scenes were made in famous movies.Download Pear AI today for free on the Apple App Store: https://kidslearninglab.com/pearSign up for the free newsletter at news.kidslearninglab.comCredits: All episodes created, edited, recorded by Eshaan Buddhisagar. Select sound effects and episode art @ attributions page: https://go.kidslearninglab.com/attributions/how-movies-are-made

Welcome back to Not A Bomb, the podcast where we resurrect cinema's most infamous box office disasters and ask the burning question: is it a bomb? This week, Troy and Brad strap into the chaotic, nitro‑fueled world of the 2001 racing epic Driven. And before we go any further, yes, Troy is back from surgery and only slightly a little high on pain medication, which honestly might be the perfect state of mind for revisiting a movie this unintentionally wild.Driven arrived during the era when Hollywood believed the cure for every script problem was “more CGI, more speed, more Stallone.” The film promised high‑octane racing, intense rivalries, and behind‑the‑scenes drama in the world of CART. What audiences got instead was a dizzying mix of digital car mayhem, melodramatic speeches, and physics‑defying crashes.Troy and Brad dig into the film's over‑the‑top action sequences, the baffling script choices, and one of the worst displays of “acting” this podcast has ever seen…. cough, cough - KIP! They also explore how the film's reputation has evolved, why some viewers have embraced its unintentional charm, and whether Driven deserves a second look or remains a cautionary tale about letting Stallone write his own sports movies.Buckle up, avoid the flying manhole covers, and prepare for a ride that makes absolutely no sense. This is one cinematic spinout worth revisiting.Want to help support the show? Head over to the Not A Bomb Tee Public store and check our merchandise. Special thanks to Ted Blair for the amazing designs!We're committed to hearing your feedback and suggestions. If there's a cinematic flop you'd like us to delve into, please reach out to us at NotABombPod@gmail.com or through our contact page. Your reviews and feedback are what drive us. If you enjoy our content, consider leaving a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify.Cast: Brad, Troy

This week the Bad Dads go big. Very big. City-smashing, helicopter-swatting, nuclear-lizard big.Sidey has been watching the modern Warner Bros / Legendary MonsterVerse with his daughter, and the results are a full kaiju download covering Godzilla, Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Kong, and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.What We CoverSidey's family MonsterVerse marathon and why his daughter was hookedThe difference between classic Japanese Godzilla, the 1990s Matthew Broderick version, and the modern Legendary / Warner Bros seriesKong: Skull Island and its excellent mix of Vietnam-era war movie, lost-world adventure and giant ape carnageSamuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, John C. Reilly, and why Kong looks “like a badass”Godzilla: King of the Monsters, including Mothra, Rodan, King Ghidorah, Monarch, Charles Dance, and Ken Watanabe's heroic nuclear sacrificeGodzilla vs. Kong and the eternal playground question: giant lizard or giant monkey?Mechagodzilla, Apex Cybernetics, and why the monsters teaming up is exactly the kind of nonsense we came forGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Scar King, little ape business and the expanding Hollow Earth mythologyWhy the human drama in these films often feels like an interruption between monster fightsGodzilla Minus One and the contrast between Godzilla as hero and Godzilla as terrifying destructive forceWhy huge CGI monsters smashing things remains deeply satisfying when done properlyChoice Quote / Pull Line“They're obviously completely stupid, but I really love big kaiju, big monster movies. They're so cool.”Episode AngleA loving, sweary, spoiler-friendly defence of the MonsterVerse as premium switch-your-brain-off blockbuster entertainment: not always smart, not always coherent, but frequently brilliant at giving audiences exactly what they paid for — enormous creatures battering each other while humans explain things near laptops.You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. If it hasn't been completely destroyed yet you can usually find us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review, on email at baddadsjsy@gmail.com or on our website baddadsfilm.com. Until next time, we remain... Bad Dads

Irene Fernando, chair of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners, joins me for a blockbuster conversation as we walk around Wirth Lake (using only practical effects, no CGI). We talk about what she's been up to in the 8 years since we last spoke; why she's running for a third (and final) term as a county commissioner; Blue Line vs the bus; the county's progress on street designs; what matriarchal leadership means; why she's earned "jeers" from the Star Tribune for using the title "Dr. Commish"; Hennepin County Sheriff overspending; her criticism of Mayor Frey and MPD over handling of domestic violence cases; why she craves stillness; how as a teenager she used an actual physical book called an "encyclopedia" to research Minnesota weather before moving here; and so much more.Watch: https://youtube.com/wedgeliveJoin the conversation: https://bsky.app/profile/wedge.liveSupport the show: https://patreon.com/wedgeliveWedge LIVE theme song by Anthony Kasper x LaFontsee

Grab your pagers and strap on your safety harnesses, because Dave, Rob, and Kurt are teaming up with Jason to head straight into "the Suck Zone!" This week on the podcast, the guys are chasing down Jan de Bont's 1996 disaster masterpiece, Twister. From the iconic, physics-defying flying cow to the relentless rivalry between Helen Hunt's ragtag group of storm-chasing geniuses and Cary Elwes' corporate-funded "nightmares," the crew breaks down why this movie took the summer box office by storm. They'll debate whether the ground-breaking CGI still holds up, share some legendary behind-the-scenes chaos, and ask the ultimate question: would you actually survive hiding under a wooden bridge during an F5 tornado? Whether you're a die-hard fan of Dusty's (Philip Seymour Hoffman) unparalleled energy, or you just really love a good cinematic debris field, this episode is packed with the signature banter, deep-cut trivia, and nostalgic laughs you've come to expect. Find out how Twister redefined the disaster genre for the '90s and why we're still talking about Aunt Meg's famous steak and gravy plate all these years later. Fire up your favorite podcast app, hit subscribe, and join the guys as they try to drop Dorothy right into the eye of the storm—just remember, "it's the wonder of nature, baby!" Chapters 00:00 - Opening of show   Connect with Totally 80s and 90s Recall  Website: https://bleav.com/shows/totally-80s-and-90s-recall/  Email: 80s90srecall@gmail.com  Voicemail: (509) 426-4542  Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/acfoster/list/totally-80s-and-90s-recall/  Linktree: https://linktr.ee/80s90srecall Send Us Actual Mail! PO Box 506, Sunnyside, WA 98944   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Send us Fan MailOriginally from Venice Beach, California, Kelly Bolton is a former professional BMX athlete who rode for Eastern Bikes and DC Shoes. Now, he owns and operates Dumont Creative alongside his wife, Angela, creating CGI, motion graphics, and design work for clients such as Paramount, NFL, Starbucks, NIKE, and more. In today's episode, we dive into Kelly's early years growing up in an era of Venice Beach and the South Bay area that was quite rough, splitting his time between his mom and dad, how bikes become part of his life, becoming a professional BMX athlete, the struggles of the industry (both mentally and financially), how and why his time with Eastern Bikes ended, starting Dumont Creative with his wife, and so much. This was a really wonderful conversation with so many stories about Kelly's personal life, his BMX career, and more. A part two is absolutely warranted as there was so much more to get into. I hope all enjoy and thank you so much Kelly for such a wonderful conversation. Follow Kelly Bolton on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellyboltoncoFollow Dumont Creative on Insagram: https://www.instagram.com/dumontcreativeDumont Creative Web site: https://www.dumontcreative.com/Follow The Failed Experiment on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_thefailedexperiment/Support the the Failed Experiment: https://account.venmo.com/u/kylecowlingFollow The Failed Experiment on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@_TFEFollow Kyle Cowling on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylecowling/Support the show

You're in luck, because we have a true Bonus Drop for you this week. I got time with Anne Hathaway and Matt Damon to talk about the summer blockbuster "The Odyssey" and boy was it epic (as was the movie!). We got into so much: shooting all over the world, doing action sequences wearing gladiator sandals, using practical effects vs CGI, plus some scoop on "The Princess Diaries 3" & which reality shows they love. For more interviews and behind-the-scenes tea, tune in to Andy Cohen Live weekdays on Radio Andy by subscribing to SiriusXM. Use my link https://sxm.app.link/AndyCohen for a free trial! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Daddy Diaries ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Always a wonderful day when Dan Acton finds a pod at his gym to join Michelle on the show. And today, they unpack much of what is in the current cultural zeitgeist. Dan gives an honest man's review of The Odyssey, which Michelle hopes to catch at a "quiet hours" screening for the neurodivergent among us. Married at First Sight is back on Peacock and has us asking the tough questions like "wait, what DID happen on January 6?" They also both watched Obsession, but sadly didn't have their "pit diapers" on for it, and while Christopher Nolan may not be a fan of CGI, Bubbles the Monkey definitely was! Speakerphones, Uggs, and male tenderness round out this episode that may teach you a little something* *no refunds.And don't forget to get tickets to Mich's upcoming shows! Joe's Pub in NYC Sept 2 & 3 and the Elysian Theater in LA Sept 24 (2 shows!)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Selective Ignorance, Mandii B is joined by Jason “Jah” Lee—with A-King and Jayson Rodriguez out this week—and special guest Antoinette, co-host of Around the Way Curls and Can't Afford Therapy, for a conversation spanning film, music, politics, pop culture, climate, and current events. The episode kicks off with a preview of the week's biggest topics [ 00:44 ], before Antoinette joins the crew to share stories from her Atlanta visit and the group's weekend adventures [ 02:57 ]. Their chemistry shines through while joking about Type A personalities, travel planning, and vacation dynamics [ 04:36 ], before diving into a full recap of J. Cole's The Fall Off Tour [ 08:47 ]. The hosts recount an unforgettable onstage fan interaction gone wrong [ 11:21 ], followed by Mandii's backstage experience, including a memorable selfie with J. Cole and reflections on the Dreamville atmosphere [ 14:49 ][ 21:12 ]. The conversation then shifts from music to cinema as the crew shares their reactions to a late-night 70mm screening of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey [ 21:40 ]. They debate the value of going into blockbuster films without watching trailers [ 22:02 ], vent about disruptive moviegoers and theater etiquette [ 23:11 ], and praise Nolan's commitment to practical effects over CGI [ 24:05 ]. The discussion explores the technical artistry behind 70mm filmmaking [ 25:04 ], the importance of understanding Greek mythology before experiencing the film [ 26:14 ], and their differing opinions on the movie's storytelling, sound mixing, emotional impact, and place within Nolan's celebrated filmography [ 27:46 ][ 32:16 ]. The hosts even give the ancient epic a humorous modern reinterpretation while debating some of its most unforgettable moments [ 35:29 ][ 39:46 ], before sharing their final emotional takeaways [ 41:17 ]. In this week's "Double Down or Take It Back," Antoinette responds to criticism over attending Jay-Z concerts while participating in the Target boycott, opening a thoughtful discussion about capitalism, consumer activism, organizing, and the realities of ethical spending [ 43:04 ]. The conversation explores whether Jay-Z should be viewed primarily as a cultural icon or a capitalist [ 44:52 ], examines the relationship between wealth, freedom, and influence [ 46:42 ], and questions the effectiveness and limitations of modern boycotts as tools for meaningful social change [ 50:30 ]. The debate expands to include the controversy surrounding Toast on Lenox and other businesses navigating consumer activism [ 55:56 ]. The latter portion of the episode turns toward pressing public issues, beginning with reports of a foodborne parasite outbreak linked to contaminated produce [ 01:01:17 ]. The hosts examine concerns surrounding Taylor Farms, reductions in federal food safety oversight, and the role of government regulation [ 01:04:46 ], while breaking down how lobbying influences public policy [ 01:08:13 ]. The discussion broadens into conversations about extreme weather, natural disasters, climate change, and society's dependence on convenience culture [ 01:10:57 ][01:14:27 ]. Closing out the episode, the crew reacts to the WNBA controversy involving Angel Reese and Toronto Tempo head coach Sandy Brondello, unpacking the comments that referred to Reese as a "protected species" and examining the broader conversations around race, gender, media narratives, and physicality in women's basketball [ 01:16:01 ][01:17:17 ][ 01:17:57 ][ 01:18:42 ][ 01:19:25 ]. They also discuss Vic Mensa's commentary on how society treats women in hip-hop, exploring respectability politics, dating safety, and the cultural standards placed on women [01:20:49 ][ 01:25:46 ][ 01:28:07 ]. After a few signature tangents touching on Boosie and DJ Vlad's rhetoric, the FIFA Finals, and an upcoming conversation surrounding Diddy [ 01:31:48 ][ 01:34:17 ][ 01:35:19 ], the episode concludes with reflections on domestic violence, self-defense, and accountability [ 01:36:59 ], before wrapping with final thoughts and credits [ 01:42:33 ]. Blending humor, cultural analysis, and nuanced debate, this episode delivers another thought-provoking conversation on the stories shaping entertainment, politics, and everyday life. No Holes Barred: A Dual Manifesto Of Sexual Exploration And Power” w/ Tempest X! Sale Link Follow the host on Social MediaMandii B Instagram/X @fullcourtpumps Follow the crew on Social Media @itsaking @jaysonrodriguez @mrhiphopobama @antoinettewashere Follow the show on Social MediaInstagram @selectiveignorancepodTiktok @selective.ignoranceX/Twitter @selectiveig_podSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey a true cinematic masterpiece—or an impressive visual epic that falls just short of Nolan's best work? On this episode of The Next Reel, Tyler Johns and Lance Taylor break down one of the most anticipated movies of 2026: Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey After seeing the film twice during its premiere weekend, Tyler shares his complete review of Nolan's ambitious adaptation of Homer's legendary Greek epic. The discussion covers the movie's enormous scale, stunning IMAX cinematography, emotional themes, major performances and the importance of choosing the right theatrical format. Tyler explains why watching The Odyssey outside of a full 70mm presentation can affect the film's aspect ratio, visual impact and overall sense of immersion. They also discuss Matt Damon's performance as Odysseus, including how he handles the character's guilt, shame, exhaustion and helplessness throughout the journey. Tyler also highlights Jon Bernthal's performance as Menelaus, praising Bernthal for stepping outside the aggressive, hot-headed roles audiences often associate with him. While many early viewers have called The Odyssey a masterpiece, Tyler offers a more measured reaction. He considers the film a powerful visual spectacle and gives it 4 out of 5 stars, but does not rank it among Christopher Nolan's very best movies. The review also examines several creative decisions made in adapting Homer's original story, including notable pieces of dialogue and mythology that were changed, shortened or removed. Did Nolan's version capture everything that makes the original epic so memorable? Should audiences prioritize seeing it in IMAX, or could waiting for the digital and streaming release provide a more complete visual experience? Before getting into The Odyssey, Lance recaps a scorching weekend trip to New Orleans that unexpectedly became a New Orleans-themed movie marathon. That includes Nicolas Cage's bizarre and completely over-the-top performance in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, along with a viewing of the 1975 Paul Newman thriller The Drowning Pool. Then, Tyler and Lance take a trip through movie history as they reveal their personal *op five nostalgic summer movies. These are not simply the biggest blockbusters or the most critically acclaimed summer releases. They are the movies connected to unforgettable theater experiences, childhood friendships, family memories, music, vacations and specific moments from their younger years. Which films made their lists? Which summer classics still hold up decades later? Which movie memories are about more than just the movie itself? Watch the full episode to hear both countdowns and see which selections earn the number-one spots. Let us know in the comments: What did you think of Christopher Nolan's *The Odyssey*? Is it one of Nolan's best movies? Should moviegoers see it in 70mm IMAX? What are the five summer movies that bring back the strongest memories for you?