Podcasts about Meet Joe Black

In the 1990s, filmmakers and audiences seemed obsessed with “magic men” who caused chaos in their communities while teaching everyone an important lesson. Some of these men were angels; some of them were just weird little freaks who made a big difference. Some examples of this: POWDER, MEET JOE BLACK, PHENOMENON, and another John Travolta starring film called MICHAEL. MICHAEL is an interesting hybrid magic man/religious film where this “magic man” archetype is also the archangel Michael from the Bible. This device allows the film to be safe-religious while not directly invoking Jesus, a storytelling technique also used by popular Y2K-era television show TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL. In the film, Michael is an angel discovered living in Iowa by tabloid reporters who specialize on documenting unexplained phenomena. When they travel to meet Michael, they find out he is indeed a real angel, but not in the way that most of us would expect to experience one. He is sweet, but with bad manners, and prone to seducing earth women because he's very interested in sex with them. Michael also introduces new rules of angel encounters on earth: for instance, angels are only allowed to visit earth 26 times and they can only perform small miracles. Inventing fake angel tropes outside of the Bible is a very common device of these safe religious 90s films, usually used to tie up plot continuity issues. In the end, Michael's secret mission is to unite the characters Frank (played by William Hurt) and Dorothy (played by Andie MacDowell) in a romantic love they will treasure forever. Although it's a sweet but ultimately quite stupid film that uses half-baked angel powers as a cop out, MICHAEL is an extremely interesting study in trends of biblical imagery in mainstream pop culture of the recent past. View our full episode list and subscribe to any of our public feeds: http://boysbiblestudy.com Unlock 2+ bonus episodes per month: http://patreon.com/boysbiblestudy Subscribe to our Twitch for livestreams: http://twitch.tv/boysbiblestudy Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/boysbiblestudy Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/boysbiblestudy

To celebrate the beginning of Marathon season across America, we are going to watch a movie that completely exhausted us. Meet Joe Black!

Simon Peter: Defending (and Rebuking) the SaviourSeries: The Twelve Disciples Preacher: Rev. Dr. Russell HerbertSunday MorningDate: 11th May 2025Passage: Mark 8:27-38-------------------During the sermon, Russ made reference to a clip from the film Meet Joe Black.

Bill Horan and Matthew Leonard talk with a playwright, screenwriter, and television writer and producer, whose credits include the stage plays Key Exchange, Mr. & Mrs., and Cruise Control, and the screenplays for Working Girl, True Colors, Mr. Baseball, Junior, Meet Joe Black, and Maid in Manhattan. For television, he has served as the showrunner, executive producer, and backseat driver of the CBS drama Blue Bloods since 2011 - and he is from Long Island   His name is Kevin Wade, and he is also the author of a new novel titled “JOHNNY CARELESS.”

Welcome to another Cinema Sounds & Secrets Tribute episode! This week Janet, John, (and Pen) highlight one of the most honored American screenwriters in motion picture history… Bo Goldman! Called the “the screenwriter's screenwriter” Goldman received two Academy Awards for his screenplays of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and Melvin and Howard (1980), two Golden Globe Awards, two Writers Guild of America Awards and the Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. Listen to learn more about one of the true greats, known for films like The Rose (1979), Shoot the Moon (1982), Scent of a Woman (1992), and Meet Joe Black (1998).  To learn more about this episode and others, visit the official Cinema Sounds & Secrets website!  

We speak with screenwriter and playwright Kevin Wade, who has just published his first novel, "Johnny Careless." His credits include the screenplays for "Working Girl," "True Colors," and "Meet Joe Black."

We're going back into the shadows and listening out for footsteps on tiled floors, as we revisit a series that all of us enjoyed back in season 1. We're going back 25 years to 2000 to look at a massively influential first-person stealth game. We're talking Thief II: The Metal Age.On this episode of Stealth Boom Boom, we chat a little bit about the architecture of Meet Joe Black, co-operative thieving, and crunching to hit the release date. We also look at a trailer that Eddie Vedder (and by extension John McEnroe) would be happy with, some of the hopes developer Looking Glass Studios had for the franchise, and the closure of the studio only months after launch.Here are some of the things you're gonna hear us chat about in our review: staying in the pitch black shadows and extinguishing flames with your water arrows; walking on carpet and shooting at tiled floors with your moss arrows; the Stealth Strepsil; the guards that never shut up; many different ways to move; new magic potions; the Scouting Orb and whether there's a need for it; the golden rule: get behind ‘em; a glitchy romance; cameras and big robots with faces; combat is punishment for being spotted; Dishonored; praise for quick save functionality; more objectives for higher difficulties; framing a lieutenant at the local police station; Kevin Keegan; a fondness for worldbuilding rather than plot; Blood Omen 2; sarky Garrett; religious texts; Karras as played by Droopy Dog; one of the best arguments; a UI that didn't please Josh; and a specific sound that pleases everyone.After all that, we take you through what some of the critics were saying about the game around the time it came out, and then we give you our final verdicts on whether Thief 2: The Metal Age is a Pass, a Play, or an Espionage Explosion.For those who would like to play along at home, we'll be discussing, reviewing and dissecting Metal Gear Acid on the next episode of Stealth Boom Boom.IMPORTANT LINKS TO THINGS

For episode 32 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by FanGraphs' Meg Rowley to talk about the great Decoy Ohtani conspiracy, Bryce Harper's raw milk, northwestern beer, Waymo, Meet Joe Black, the upcoming height apocalypse, Mormon rulings on coffee, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Meg Rowley ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sean Doolittle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Trevor Hildenberger⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Richard Staff⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tom Hackimer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Episode art by Abigail Noy (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sympatheticinker.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) Edited by Italian Dave (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/theitaliandave⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) Intro: These Boots Are Made for Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders

This episode takes advantage of the classic film “Meet Joe Black” starring Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins. The podcast uses the movie to demonstrate the two guarantees in life - Death and Taxes.  The nuances of taxes can catch individuals by surprise.  As it relates to an ESOP transaction - most of the time there is a resulting seller note established.  Relative to an S-corp sale - there will be capital gains taxes that need to be estimated.  We usually look to installment sale method but if a company's transaction is large enough to create a seller note greater than $5 million there will be an additional IRS interest cost known as 453a.  We detail this issue so that listeners do not underestimate the additional cash outflow to the sellers.   This is a very important step in your personal  Journey to an ESOP!

It may not be worth dying over, but 1998's "Meet Joe Black" has levitated over the public consciousness. However, some viewers have earned an appreciation for its bizarre love story and message of enjoying life instead of dreading death. Anthony Fuentes's Socials Instagram @anthonyfuentescomedy https://www.instagram.com/anthonyfuentescomedy?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== TikTok funnyafcomedy718 https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=funnyafcomedy718&t=1726908151099 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/anthonyfuentescomedy/ Subscribe to YPA Reviews for more content. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQrUmfPvYdxuBYuvkAREhxA?view_as=public Go to https://www.ypareviews.com/ to read my written reviews and stay up to date on all of my newest podcast and YouTube content. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/youll-probably-agree/id1453935603 Subscribe on SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/user-114056851 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6poDSN5vjKFFk5XVY7SHtq?si=cc851c267d5c4182 Find me on X, Instagram, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify @ypareviews

"You're not Death. You're just a kid in a suit." Episode 57 of Absolute Cuts sees hosts Mark Nelson and Ryan Cullen discuss the 1998 multiple car crashing, peanut buttering, never ending horror show Meet Joe Black. Mark and Ryan talk about 9/11 jokes, which drinks belong in which receptacles and ponder what Death would ejaculate. Please get in touch and let us know if you enjoy the podcast, what guests you'd like to see on in future episodes and to suggest a film. Email : absolutecutspodcast@gmail.com You can follow the podcast on social media here - Twitter : @AbsoluteCuts Instagram : @AbsoluteCutsPod   Please leave a 5 star rating and review if you have enjoyed and recommend us to anyone you think might enjoy the pod.   The Absolute Cuts soundtrack can be found here :  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7y4PQxrbJk7PJLz3IJKIot?si=1d999a719b17409b   You can also find both Nelson and Cullen at the various places below -    Mark Links EDINBURGH FESTIVAL TICKETS : Mark Nelson: Getting Better Man | Comedy | Edinburgh Festival Fringe (edfringe.com) Twitter : @marknelsoncomic Instagram : @marknelsoncomic Facebook : MarkNelsonComic Youtube : Mark Nelson - YouTube LINKTREE : marknelsoncomic | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree   Ryan Links EDINBURGH FESTIVAL TICKETS : Ryan Cullen: Cullen in the Name Of! | Comedy | Edinburgh Festival Fringe (edfringe.com) Twitter : @RyanCullen90 Instagram : @ryancullen90 Tik Tok : @ryancullencomedy Bookings : ryancullen90 | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok | Linktree

It's the final week before maternity leave! Today on the Carpool Podcast, hosts Kelly and Lizz discuss authenticity, the challenges of public scrutiny, and the importance of self-care during life changes such as pregnancy. They talk about what is on their maternity leave watch lists and why Kelly will not be watching "Meet Joe Black" ever again.  Last three transactions are full of those last-minute baby items both Kelly and Lizz need before the baby arrives. In industry news we finally have good news for Kelly's Expedition and unsurprising changes to Ford's EV strategy. Finally in the ditch the drive-thru, Kelly and Lizz walk you through one of their favorite teenage meals, the California Chicken Sandwich, and how they have updated it for 2024.  Stop wasting money on things you don't use. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/Carpool. Visit CleanSimpleEats.com and use code CARPOOL20 at checkout for 20% off your FIRST order.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He's hot. He's got frosted tips. He loves peanut butter. His lil swimmers may or may not look like skulls. He's death, baby! And we're meeting him this week! Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson returns to the pod to chat about 1998's three hour long “symphonic metaphysical romance” MEET JOE BLACK. How does this film play in a post-Succession, “eat the rich” context? How do we feel about the infamous Jamaican patois scenes? What are our memories of the weekend the Phantom Menace trailer came out in theaters? All that and more awaits you on the other side of the bridge. Read Chad Hartigan's article on Meet Joe Black  Read Richard's work at Vanity Fair Listen to Little Gold Men Listen to Still Watching This episode is sponsored by: DrinkTrade.com/Check (CODE: CHECK) ExpressVPN (ExpressVPN.com/check) Join our Patreon at patreon.com/blankcheck Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter and Instagram! 

It's going to be a beautiful day at the ballpark today for the MCWS! Quick Jello Shot Challenge update. Who else misses CD album notes? We also went down a Meet Joe Black rabbit hole. Man, what a great movie! Thanks to our podcast partner Centris Federal Credit Union! You can rep our show! Buy some Pat and JT Podcast swag HERE! Subscribe, rate, and review our podcast wherever you get your podcasts so you don't miss an episode! Also follow up on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram This is another Hurrda t Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or the Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest Nik Duncan surprises Jimmy with a rigorous defense of the virtues of Meet Joe Black. Includes a brief interlude where they may have been visited by the ghost of Barry White. Actually the 200th episode of Back to the Balcony - just not the 200th anniversary celebration of the show.

All these answers contain the letters US in that order!  Fact of the Day: In order to see the new Star Wars trailer for The Phantom Menace, many Star Wars fans bought tickets to the movie Meet Joe Black only to walk out of the movie after watching the trailer.  THE FIRST TRIVIA QUESTION STARTS AT 01:42 SUPPORT THE SHOW MONTHLY, LISTEN AD-FREE FOR JUST $1 A MONTH: www.Patreon.com/TriviaWithBudds INSTANT DOWNLOAD DIGITAL TRIVIA GAMES ON ETSY, GRAB ONE NOW!  GET A CUSTOM EPISODE FOR YOUR LOVED ONES:  Email ryanbudds@gmail.com Theme song by www.soundcloud.com/Frawsty Bed Music:  "Your Call" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://TriviaWithBudds.comhttp://Facebook.com/TriviaWithBudds http://Instagram.com/ryanbudds Book a party, corporate event, or fundraiser anytime by emailing ryanbudds@gmail.com or use the contact form here: https://www.triviawithbudds.com/contact SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL MY AMAZING PATREON SUBSCRIBERS INCLUDING:   Linda Elswick Mom & Mac Jamie Greig Rondell Merritt Nick Vogelpohl Adam Jacoby Adam Suzan Jeremy Yoder Chelsea Walker Carter A. Fourqurean Tiffany Poplin Bill Bavar Courtney Cassal Daniel Hoisington-McArthur Paula Wetterhahn Justin Cone Steven LongSue FirstKC Khoury Keith MartinTonya CharlesBen Katelyn Turner Ryan Ballantine Justly Maya Brandon Lavin Kathy McHale Selectronica Chuck Nealen Courtney French Nikki Long Jenny Santomauro Jon Handel Mark Zarate Keiva BranniganLaura PalmerLauren Glassman John Taylor Dean Bratton Mona B Pate Hogan Kristy Donald Fuller Erin Burgess Chris Arneson Trenton Sullivan Josh Gregovich Jen and NicJessica Allen Michele Lindemann Ben Stitzel Michael Redman Timothy HeavnerHarlie WestJeff Foust Sarah Snow-BrineRichard Lefdal Rebecca Meredith Leslie Gerhardt Myles Bagby Jenna Leatherman Vernon Heagy Albert Thomas Kimberly Brown Tracy Oldaker Sara Zimmerman Madeleine Garvey Jenni Yetter Alexandra Pepin Brendan JohnB Patrick Leahy Dillon Enderby John Mihaljevic James Brown Christy Shipley Pamela Yoshimura Cody Roslund Clayton Polizzi Alexander Calder Mark Haas Ricky Carney Paul McLaughlin Manny Cortez Casey OConnor Willy Powell Robert Casey Rich Hyjack Matthew Frost Joe Jermolowicz Brian Salyer Greg Bristow Megan Donnelly Jim Fields Mo Martinez Luke Mckay Simon Time Feana Nevel Brian WilliamsJordania of Zeilingrisk

If you were Death and you had to select a vessel to explore earth with why not pick the most attractive man from the last 50 years and, hey, while you're at it, have a millionaire be your guide! this week we Meet Joe Black!!

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…Take some time this week to remember your original happy hour: Saturday mornings as a kid, waking up at dawn, jumping on the couch with a bowl of chocolate cereal, turning on the ‘toons, tuning out the outside world, and working your way into a sugar hangover before noon. This week, we celebrate May the 4th and the silver anniversary The Phantom Menace with writer, podcaster Marc Bernardin. Snap hiss back to a more civilized time. A time before, the internet, podcasts, reaction videos and the scummiest & villainous of them all the  “Fandom Menace”. Star Wars had been out of theaters for 15 years. GI Joes, Transformers, TMNT and even The Power Rangers had taken over toy shelves across the USA. And then came a movie that changed it all… Meet Joe Black. Well, not exactly Meet Joe Black but rather the world debut of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace trailer and we haven't stopped talking about Star Wars since.    Have you accepted Jar Jar Binks as your holy savior? Join Grim Shea, Marke, Johnny Heck and The Retro Cool Nerd Jimmy Leszczynski as they blast back to 1999 and where they were physically & psychologically for the theatrical return of Star Wars. Recorded live from the Golden Apple Foundation booth at WonderCon 2024, our guest Marc Bernardin is a monster of modern fandom. He's written for LA Times, Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly and staff writer for Alphas, Castle Rock, Treadstone and Carnival Row. He's co-hosted Batman Beyond with Kevin Smith and The Battlestar Galacticast with Tricia Helfer but he comes to use as a comic book writer on the new Mace Windu series for Marvel. And if if his cred couldn't get any more incredulous, he's also written for DC & Image Comics where in 2018, he won an Inkpot Award by CCI. I have a good feeling about this!

Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn are a writing team responsible for many episodes of Moonlighting. They also served as Producers on the show.Their many other credits include: Duckman Private Dick/Family Man, Mork & Mindy, Meet Joe Black and The West Wing.Jeff and Ron talk about how they met in the early days and their writing relationship along the way. They also give a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Moonlighting.And of course, we talked about their process, inspiration, and approach to writing “Atomic Shakespeare” in iambic pentameter.THANK YOUA big thank you to Scott Ryan.You can purchase his book “Moonlighting, An Oral History” here:https://www.tuckerdspress.com/product-page/moonlighting-an-oral-historyMOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOWThe show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting which aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.Grace Chivell and Shawna Saari take a look at each episode in chronological order from the Pilot to the end of the fifth and final season.They discuss the direction, the production, the outfits, the lighting, the car chases, and the tumultuous relationship between Maddie Hayes and David Addison.FOR MORE INFORMATION:https://moonlightingthepodcast.comMerchandise: https://redbubble.com/people/moonpod2016Join Our Facebook Community:https://facebook.com/groups/moonlightingthepodcasthttps://facebook.com/moonlightingthepodcastJoin Our Instagram Community:https://instagram.com/moonlightingthepodcastPURCHASE:Moonlighting: An Episode Guide Bookhttps://bit.ly/episodeguidebook on TuckerDSPressOR on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/dp/1959748041/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DN6VTBF173LN&keywords=moonlighting+an+episode+guide&qid=1700733543&sprefix=moonlighting+an+episode+guide%2Caps%2C933&sr=8-1To learn more about Grace:https://gracechivell.com.auMoonlighting The Podcast YouTube Channel: bit.ly/maddieanddavidTo learn more about Shawna:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCft4ALOjBZnEt4DBUvx3HvQDonate:https://ko-fi.com/moonlightingthepodcastPersonal Instagram:https://instagram.com/grace_chivellhttps://instagram.com/saari_not.saari Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeff Reno & Ron Osborn are a writing team responsible for many episodes of Moonlighting. They also served as Producers on the show.Their many other credits include: Duckman Private Dick/Family Man, Mork & Mindy, Meet Joe Black and The West Wing.Jeff and Ron talk about how they met in the early days and their writing relationship along the way. They also give a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Moonlighting.And of course, we talked about their process, inspiration, and approach to writing “Atomic Shakespeare” in iambic pentameter.THANK YOUA big thank you to Scott Ryan.You can purchase his book “Moonlighting, An Oral History” here:https://www.tuckerdspress.com/product-page/moonlighting-an-oral-historyMOONLIGHTING THE TV SHOWThe show is all about the hit TV Show Moonlighting which aired from 1985 to 1989 starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd.Grace Chivell and Shawna Saari take a look at each episode in chronological order from the Pilot to the end of the fifth and final season.They discuss the direction, the production, the outfits, the lighting, the car chases, and the tumultuous relationship between Maddie Hayes and David Addison.FOR MORE INFORMATION:https://moonlightingthepodcast.comMerchandise: https://redbubble.com/people/moonpod2016Join Our Facebook Community:https://facebook.com/groups/moonlightingthepodcasthttps://facebook.com/moonlightingthepodcastJoin Our Instagram Community:https://instagram.com/moonlightingthepodcastPURCHASE:Moonlighting: An Episode Guide Bookhttps://bit.ly/episodeguidebook on TuckerDSPressOR on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/dp/1959748041/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DN6VTBF173LN&keywords=moonlighting+an+episode+guide&qid=1700733543&sprefix=moonlighting+an+episode+guide%2Caps%2C933&sr=8-1To learn more about Grace:https://gracechivell.com.auMoonlighting The Podcast YouTube Channel: bit.ly/maddieanddavidTo learn more about Shawna:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCft4ALOjBZnEt4DBUvx3HvQDonate:https://ko-fi.com/moonlightingthepodcastPersonal Instagram:https://instagram.com/grace_chivellhttps://instagram.com/saari_not.saari Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No olvides seguirnos en Instagram y Tik Tok! https://www.instagram.com/cineparatod... https://www.tiktok.com/@cineparatodos... Redes personales. Gerry: Twitter: https://x.com/el_lyndon?s=2 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lyndon_phot... Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/12ZBh Lyndon YouTube: https://youtube.com/@Jerrylyndon?si=w... Miguel: Twitter: https://x.com/portalmike?s=21 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maps_2208?i... Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/198Zf Axel: Twitter: https://x.com/axldario21?s=21 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/axlchalico2... Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/3Q9cn Tocayo: Twitter: https://x.com/gerry_movie?s=21 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gerry021?igsh=Z3JzMDE2djhoc2Y0&utm_source=qr Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/GLUZ Lista oficial de películas mencionadas en ZoomF7: https://boxd.it/pxHDi (00:00): Bienvenida (01:45): I'm a Cyborg, buts that's ok (03:54): Casino Royale (05:17): Meet Joe Black (05:53): Diario de una pasión (06:14): Amour (07:08): Moulin Rouge (08:31): La colina de las amapolas (10:01): El recuerdo de Marnie (11:43): Como si fuera la primera vez (13:50): Sunrise: A song of two humans (16:00): Professor Marston and the wonder women (18:42): In the mood for love (22:40): Shame (26:51): Dos fantasmas y una muchacha (29:22): Casablanca (31:36): El ilusionista (36:44): Una cama para Valentina (40:39): Titanic (44:21): Possession (47:29): Despedida #cineparatodos #ZoomF7

Alex Pettyfer joins Popcorn Podcast for a fun chat about his new 'anti-vampire' film Sunrise and shares what the future holds as he moves through a second wave of his career. The star of such hits as Magic Mike, Endless Love and Stormbreaker also fights us for ownership of co-star Guy Pearce (he's Australian!) and spoils Meet Joe Black – you've been warned. Enjoy this special interview episode from Leigh's car with talented Brit Alex Pettyfer.Know someone who loves movies? Please share Popcorn Podcast with your friends.Visit popcornpodcast.com for more movie reviews, celebrity interviews and news.Popcorn Podcast interviews the biggest stars, including Hugh Jackman and more, on YouTube: Popcorn Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 27th day of Pitts-mas, everything's gonna be Irie! (You ever see the irie scene? Have ya?  It's totally on-par with getting him by two cars.) Meet Joe Black! A super cutie meets Pitt at a Cafe and it is LOVE! An old man hears the whispers of death! Death is like hey fuc*o, you can have a few more days if we become 24/7 friends! Did you know it's 3 hours? Is it good? It is 3 hours... probably better just to listen to this podcast, cause we have data for you on its goodness. Rate, review, subscribe, call, email and get on that back catalog where we go through Billy Crudup, Ray Liotta, Keith Gordon, Robert Longstreet, John Cazale and Radha Mitchell. If you review us on Apple or whatever, let us know and you can pick a movie for us to cover. http://linktr.ee/wedoingfilmographies

Very few people have seen someone get hit by a car. There's a movie from 1998 called Meet Joe Black. Kind of a weird film that combines romance and fantasy. I don't remember being particularly impressed by the movie itself, but there's one scene that's stuck in my head forever. If you've seen it, you probably know the scene I'm talking about. Two young people, played by Brad Pitt and Claire Forlani, meet by chance at a coffee shop and there seems to be a rare connection between them. They leave the shop, and have a few awkward words on the sidewalk before they go their separate ways. The scene is quiet, the sound track is calm, and both of them are walking away, even though it's obvious that they have thoughts and feelings that they want to express. As Brad Pitt stands in the street and watches her disappear around the corner, he wonders about what could have been, and suddenly we hear the blast of a horn, and a car hits him, causing him to fly into the air. Before he hits the ground, another car coming from the opposite direction hits him again. I just remember that scene because it goes from being so calm to such a horrific, jarring accident. My guess is that's what it's like for most people who witness an accident such as this, when a vehicle strikes a pedestrian. It's often completely unexpected. Rosie, my guest today, can attest to this. She witnessed someone being hit by a car, and she was there afterward – trying to do whatever she could to help. But her story offers a different perspective about seeing this type of accident, because Rosie was in the car. If you'd like to contact Rosie, her email is franklynandted@gmail.com Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/161 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Go to Seed.com/WHAT and use code WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to rakuten.com or get the Rakuten app to start saving today! To get 15% off your next gift, go to UNCOMMONGOODS.com/WHATWAS Head to factormeals.com/wwtl50 and use code wwtl50 to get 50% off! For a limited time, save $10 on your first StoryWorth purchase when you go to StoryWorth.com/what Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we close out Season 3, we'd like to talk about the Grim Reaper, falling head over heels in love, discovering a life worth living, and Brad Pitt's iconic 90's hairstyle. Turns out, burnout is not exclusive to the living workforce and even the Grim Reaper desperately needs some time off.  Join Grace and Katie for the season 3 finale as we learn that life may become a little less grim if we are lucky enough to find a little thing called love in Death Takes a Holiday (1934) and its remake Meet Joe Black (1998). Find us on Instagram & Threads @theunsolicitedfilmcritics

Rewind! by Affinity Streaming features a look back at Meet Joe Black (1998) starring Brad Pitt!

Join Jeff as he challenges Michael to recall this 3 hour movie that somehow is easily forgettable. See if you can recall this one better than Michael did. 

Celebrate 700 episodes with Patrick, Adam Riske, and Death. Download this episode here. (48.8 MB) Listen to F This Movie! on Spotify and on Apple Podcasts. Also discussed this episode: The Stepfather (1987), House of Horrors (1946), The Exorcist: Believer (2023), Regarding Henry (1991), Flora & Son (2023), What Happens Later (2023), The Glimmer Man (1996), Wicker Park (2004), Subject (2023), The Killer (2023), Silverado (1985), Blink (1983)

Happy Halloween! Matt and Nate talk about Martin Brest's "Meet Joe Black," a movie about death. And peanut butter. But no chocolate.

We can all think of a bad movie accent. There's Lady Gaga in House of Gucci, Brad Pitt in Meet Joe Black, or Emma Watson in The Bling Ring. A bad accent takes you out of a movie, right? Well, Brittany sits down with New York Times columnist Kyle Buchanan who thinks a bad accent actually pulls you into a movie. Brittany and Kyle breakdown his theory and play a special game of "Where IS she from?"

This week we review the meet cute scene in the diner and Joe Black's intro and his EPIC quick exit. Lots to discuss, join us!

Episode 230: JAKE WEBER Keith Reza interviews actor Jake Weber. Jake Weber has appeared and stared in such movies like "Dawn of The Dead", "Meet Joe Black", "U-571", and "Haven". He was the star of the tv shows "Mind of The Married Man", and "Medium". He has guest stared on "Homeland", "The Following", and "NSI". Support Jake on his website www.jakeweber.com Support the show on patreon.com Anything and everything helps. www.patreon.com/rezarifts follow the show on all social media platforms @rezarifts. Book Keith on cameo! www.cameo.com/keithreza and follow Keith on all social media platforms @keithreza www.keithreza.com www.facebook.com/realkeithreza www.twitter.com/keithreza www.instagram.com/keithreza www.tiktok.com/keithreza Subscribe rate and review! Tell a friend. 

Well, it's time to dust off the old movie vault for this one. I put up a poll on IG to see if anyone has heard or even seen this film and it was a mystery to most. Now, this film I first saw ages ago at Mikey's house and seeing it again all these years later just brought me such delight. This quirky indie rom com stars Sean Hayes before he was known as Jack from Will and Grace. He's a Polaroid (ahh!) photographer who falls in love with a cute coffee barista boy (how 90s) who is a perfect facsimile of Brad Pitt in the Meet Joe Black era.  It's all but almost disappeared from the internet so I hope that this will revive your memories if you have seen it or encourage you to track it down if this is a new find. Me and Mikey get into the adorable story, the interesting storytelling, cool late 90s fashion, and the pure CAMP throughout.Off-topic rants include: Wayne's World, some gossip, JTT and 90s heartthrobs,  and more Vanderpump Rules chat --- Get BONUS episodes on 90s TV and culture (Freaks & Geeks, My So Called Life, Buffy, 90s culture documentaries, and more...) and to support the show join the  Patreon! GIVE US A 5 STAR RATING & SUBSCRIBE!Hosts: Lauren @lauren_melanie & Mikey @agentmikey007  Music by Den-Mate @imdenmateFollow Fashion Grunge Podcast Substack The Lo Down: a Fashion Grunge blog/newsletterInstagram @fashiongrungepodTwitter @fgrungepodLetterboxd Fashion Grunge PodcastTikTok @fashiongrungepod 

Hello, Hello!    In this edition of Indie Talk, Chris and Nick invite Filmmakers Kyler Wilson and Natalie Ruffino Wilson to the conversation. They talk about:    Shooting and funding their film Best Laid Plans The fairness of IMDb scoring   Their decision to hire a sales agent instead of going straight to a distributor The new era of the self-tape actor How they met each other and the challenge of working together    …and much more!   Follow Kyler and Natalie: Outside Our Means FaceBook Vimeo Instagram Outsideourmeans@gmail.com   Best Laid Plans (film) Camp Radio (web series) Kyler's FaceBook Natalie's Facebook     Shownotes: Someone Like You (film) Tiffany Boyle at Ramo Law PC Glen Reynolds Circus Road Films Triangle of Sadness (film) Princess Bride (film) Coming to America (film) Twister (film) Meet Joe Black (film)   The MAKE IT podcast is brought to you by the Voice of the Filmmaker program, which is sponsored by Women in Film and Television, Nashville (a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization).   If you like what we're doing, please donate here: https://www.bonsai.film/donate.   How you can continue to enjoy MAKE IT content: Subscribe to the MAKE IT YouTube channel. Subscribe to the MAKE IT Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. Subscribe to our newsletter at https://www.bonsai.film/subscribe.   The MAKE IT podcast amplifies the voice of the filmmaker by exploring the filmmaking journeys of actors, writers, directors, producers, and a host of other creatives from across the film industry. We provide a platform for filmmakers to provide advice, lessons learned, personal reflections, and insights through our Filmmaker Conversations, Mistakes in the Making, Industry Insights, Indie Talks, and Film Investment Series. We are the go-to film podcast for independent creatives!

What can we say about a film that has everything--love, death, a soaring score, the widest ties, a SHOCKING effort at a Jamaican accent? Plenty, as it happens! Join us!

What, and so soon after the previous episode? Yes, in what is a rare occurrence, to make up for their previous lateness on episode delivery Stuart and Jacob assembled to talk about death, a topic that is near and dear to their hearts. But what's this? Death has gone on holiday? To people in the US nowadays even know what that means? And as always, how does the original direct adaptation of the Italian play fare against a much longer and much more recent take? Also in this episode are some talks on city building games, bits on when it is that length truly hinders a movie, an ode to the character stylings of Jeffrey Tambor, and pondering on just why Death was messing with folks in the intro of the 1934 version. All this and more on They Remade It! Plot Synopsis Timestamps: 27:43 - 34:25 ---------- Socials ---------- @ItRemade on Twitter theyremadeit@gmail.com

In this one, Jerry and Eddie are back to talk cancer, Meet Joe Black, The Mandalorian and so much more.  Enjoy!

We are getting into the end of the Pretty Boy Pitt years with the Devil's Own, Seven Years in Tibet, and Meet Joe Black.

Well, listeners, we all made it through the first half of Meet Joe Black. Can we all hold each other and make it through the second half? Let's find out!

How do you follow up Titanic? Erika and Paul decided to do another long movie that is much, much worse! Come on down and listen to That Aged Well get into Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins and the Anthropomorphization of Death in the 1998…classic?

We recently shut down our Patreon but we had a lot of fun recording content there! For the Winter Holidays, we'll be releasing some of our favorite episodes from the Patreon vault. Today, it's Raheel's favorite movie - Meet Joe Black. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/therealityispod/message

In episode 1382, Jack and Miles are joined by journalist, comedian, and host of The Bitchuation Room, Francesca Fiorentini, to discuss… ACAB Includes Whatever the F*ck these Robots Are in San Francisco, Biden Christmas Decorations = Satanic Plot?  ACAB Includes Whatever the F*ck these Robots Are in San Francisco Police Use of Robot to Kill Dallas Suspect Unprecedented, Experts Say First lady Jill Biden chooses ‘We the People' as theme for White House holiday decorations Hunter Biden's love child snubbed again in White House stocking display Hunter Biden agrees to pay child support to Arkansas woman, avoids contempt hearing Is the White House really a dump? White House Christmas Decor Featuring Mao Zedong Comes Under Fire Obama's 'drag queen' ornament LISTEN: uni by 80purpppSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Filmmaker Chad Hartigan (Little Fish, Morris from America) discusses his favorite movie, Meet Joe Black.

The official trailer for ‘The Phantom Menace' was uploaded to the Star Wars website on 18th November, 1998 - a reaction to the franchise's rabid fans leaking their own camcorder footage to the web. It was the first time that an online preview of a movie trailer became a significant event in its own right. The trailer had been released into North American cinemas the day before, ahead of select screenings of ‘Meet Joe Black', ‘The Heist' and ‘The Waterboy'. Variety reported a lunch-time showing in L.A. for which as many as two-thirds of the audience attending had bought their ticket purely to view the highly-anticipated Star Wars trailer. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly revisit the glitchy, scratchy, pre-YouTube world of online trailer distribution; reveal how LucasFilm partnered with Apple to sprinkle some of their fairy-dust over a QuickTime product launch; and explain why the fan reaction to this iconic trailer remains more enthusiastic than for the actual film concerned…   Further Reading: • ‘Anticipation: The Real Life Story of Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace,  By Jonathan L. Bowen' (iUniverse, 2005): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Anticipation/S7HqPbh3uI4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=phantom+menace+trailer+%22november+18%22+%22lucasfilm%22+%22bandwidth%22&pg=PA23&printsec=frontcover • ‘How Star Wars and the internet changed movie trailers' (The Verge, 2015): https://www.theverge.com/2015/12/10/9882404/star-wars-trailers-movie-marketing-youtube-disney • ‘Trailer: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace' (Lucasfilm, 1998): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD7bpG-zDJQ&t=105s #Film #90s #Internet We'll be back on Monday - unless you join 

Become a producer and get your name mentioned on the show! Sign up at www.themidnighttrainpodcast.com   The Grim Reaper Nothing in life is guaranteed, except for death and taxes, as the old adage goes. We boldly circle April 15th  in red on our calendars so that it stands out like a swollen thumb. Of course, there is also the Internal Revenue Service here in the US, which has taken in over 3 trillion dollars in taxes from over 250 million taxpayers and felt that we aren't paying enough and hired 87,000 more agents and gave them powers much like a government police force including lethal force. But we don't need to be on that soap box today.    What about death, though? The other certainty of being human is, for most of us, not quite as certain. Biologists define death as the complete cessation of all life processes, which eventually take place in all living organisms. Sadly, that description doesn't provide a clear picture. It doesn't describe what death feels like. How will you feel then? How will it look? What are our plans? Where are we headed?   The embodiment of death in a black robe and scythe in hand, the Grim Reaper, enters. We all know of this deity and its so-called motivations. It approaches everyone while watching for the last sand particle to fall, holding an hourglass in its hand. When that happens, it cuts the soul free with a razor-sharp slice that it has perfected over time. Although it may not be a pretty picture, it is distinct and obvious.   Putting a human face on the idea of death is ultimately the Grim Reaper's "job." But why did people feel the need to give the Grim Reaper such a gloomy appearance? Why not turn him into a welcoming and useful tour guide for the underworld? Why must he also be a man, for that matter?   We'll examine the Grim Reaper's history, the symbolism attached to his appearance, and how he's portrayed in other cultures. We'll also look at how the Reaper has been depicted in literature, film, and art. When we're done, you'll understand the identity of the Grim Reaper, his methods, and most crucially, the reason for his existence (should you see him prowling around your deathbed).   As Lewis Carroll once said, it's best to begin at the beginning. And for the Grim Reaper, the beginning can be found in the creation myths present in all cultures.   Death itself must exist before the Grim Reaper, a personification of death, can exist. Humans were initially formed as immortal creatures who descended from their level of perfection in almost all civilizations and religions. The Bible's most famous example is the story of Adam and Eve's fall. The Book of Genesis claims that God made Adam and Eve to care for the world He had made and to help populate it. The Garden of Eden was a paradise where the first man and woman resided. Adam was instructed by God to tend to the garden and gather fruit from all the trees, with the exception of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Unfortunately, Eve was duped into eating the fruit by Satan, who was speaking via a serpent. She then gave Adam the fruit, who consumed it as well despite being aware that it was wrong. Adam and Eve died physically and spiritually as a result of defying God.   In other religions, people were formed as mortals who made valiant attempts to become immortal but failed. This tale is told in The Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh, a character from Mesopotamian literature, was the progeny of a goddess and a human ruler. Gilgamesh, however, was still a mortal being, just like his closest buddy Enkidu. When Enkidu passes away, the great hero is troubled by the idea of dying and embarks on a mission to become immortal. He meets Utnapishtim, a man who has been granted eternal life by the gods, during his travels. Gilgamesh is promised immortality by Utnapishtim if he can last a week without sleeping. Gilgamesh eventually nods off, but Utnapishtim still gives him a plant that can restore its owner's health. Any hopes Gilgamesh had of becoming eternal are dashed when the plant is devoured by a hungry snake on the way home.   Gilgamesh returns home in the mythology of Mesopotamia and joyfully accepts his life as a mortal man. But most people aren't that laid back. The thought of our own mortality disturbs us. Everything we accomplish is constantly plagued by the shadow of death. Research supports this. According to a 2022 survey, 20% of Americans over the age of 50 experience anxiety when they consider their afterlife. 53 percent of respondents think ghosts or spirits exist, and 73 percent think there is life after death.   Undoubtedly, and as it has been for thousands of years, what happens to us as we die, as well as what occurs after we die, is a huge issue. Humans use a tried-and-true strategy: they give death a form they are familiar with in order to make sense of dying and mortality. As a result, a vague, invisible phenomenon becomes a concrete, observable phenomenon. You can comprehend death if you see a familiar face in it. Better yet, if you can put your anxieties aside and perceive death as a kind, gentle face.   It can, of course, also go the other way. Looking at death might reveal a frightful countenance. The terrifying visage of the Grim Reaper arose following a particularly trying period in human history, as we'll discover in the following section.   Why not give death a kind face if you're going to give it a human one? The Greeks adopted that strategy and gave death the name Thanatos. Hypnos, the deity of sleep, and his twin brother Thanatos were both shown as attractive, young males. Thanatos is depicted in some images as having wings and a put out flame. He had the responsibility of going to Hades, the Greek underworld, with the deceased. There, Charon, the ferryman on the River Styx, would receive the souls from Thanatos. In this interpretation, death is lovely and beneficial rather than fearful and ugly.   There are also feminine variations of death. The Valkyries were depicted as stunning young women in Norse mythology who carried soldiers' souls to their afterlife as well as acting as messengers for Odin. In actuality, the word "Valkyries" refers to "slain's choosers." They would ride on winged horses during battle and pick intrepid soldiers to perish by scouting the battlefield. They would then deliver these spirits to Odin's realm, Valhalla. The valiant spirits were recruited to participate in the terrible struggle known as Ragnarok after they reached the afterlife.   The Valkyries are comparable to angels, who serve as a spiritual bridge between God and people. Angels provide messages to mankind or defend them in some myths. In other tales, they converse with the dead and torture the sinners. Many religions and civilizations feature the Angel of Death, a spirit that removes a person's soul from the body at the moment of death. In Judeo-Christian tradition, the archangels Michael and Gabriel have served as death angels. The Islamic Angel of Death known as Azrael can occasionally be seen as a terrifying ghost with eyes and tongues covering every inch of his body. Every soul in the world has a birth and a death recorded in a vast ledger that Azrael keeps updated.   By the Middle Ages, the Angel of Death had been conceptually ingrained in both European religion and culture. But in the latter half of the 14th century, an epidemic occurrence changed how the common person perceived and reacted to death. The plague of the Middle Ages, one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, was that occurrence. The initial plague outbreak claimed at least 25 million lives, while subsequent plague outbreaks that recurred for centuries resulted in millions more deaths [source: National Geographic]. Fear swept the entire continent: fear of death, fear of an unknown epidemic, fear of the agony of the disease's late stages, when the skin on a victim's extremities grew black and gangrenous. All activities were characterized by a morbid atmosphere, which also had an impact on the period's writers and painters.   Unsurprisingly, skeletons started to represent death in artwork at this time. In reality, the skeletal form of death was frequently depicted in a similar manner by painters. He was frequently pictured with a crossbow, dart, or other weapon. These tools would eventually give way to the scythe, a mowing instrument with a long, curved blade attached at an angle to a long handle. Many artworks depicted the hereafter chopping down souls like grain by swinging its scythe through a throng of humanity. A young woman would occasionally stand at the grave to serve as a reminder of the connection between life and death. The idea that death might communicate with the living and lure them into the hereafter was another prevalent one. Due of this, skeletons are depicted dancing and having fun with people from all walks of life in the Dance of Death, also known as Danse Macabre.   These post-plague images of death led to the creation of the Grim Reaper. We'll look at the significance of his form and physique on the following page.   The Grim Reaper is an incredibly symbolic figure. When he eventually arrives, the items he is carrying and even the clothes he is wearing will reveal something about his character and his objectives. Let's examine some of the symbolism one symbol at a time.   Skeletons and skulls. It was common to observe piles of decaying bodies as the disease spread through Europe and Asia. One in five Londoners perished during the Great Plague of London, which struck the city between 1665 and 1666 [source: National Geographic]. Given how common death and dying are, it is reasonable that artists and illustrators started to represent death in the form of a corpse or skeleton. The skeleton figure serves as a metaphor for the decomposition of human flesh—what remains after worms and maggots have done their dirty work. It also feeds into one of the biggest concerns that people have: the dread of annihilation.   Black cloak. Black has long been connected to loss and gloom. Funeral attendees dress in black, and black hearses are used to transport the deceased. Black, however, is frequently associated with bad energies. The Reaper exudes mystery and danger thanks to his dark cloak. The Reaper hides beneath the shadows of his cloak, playing off our fears of the unknown because the things we can't see worry us just as much as the things we can see.   Scythe. The Reaper is seen clutching arrows, darts, spears, or crossbows in early depictions. These are the tools he use to kill his victim. A scythe eventually took the place of these other tools of killing. A scythe was an implement used for cutting grass or reaping grain. It made sense for this symbol to be put to death in an agricultural community where harvesting in the fall signified the end of a year. Death harvests souls for their passage into the hereafter in a similar manner to how we harvest our crops.   Hourglass. Sand pours from the upper to bottom glass bulb of the traditional hourglass over the course of an hour. It has endured into the digital age as a reminder to be patient as our computer loads a Web page or executes a command because it is such a potent representation of time and how it passes. Additionally, the Grim Reaper holds an hourglass, reminding us that time is running out. Our time is up when the sand is gone. We can only pray that we have more time to live than an hour.   It was so common to see this representation of the Grim Reaper in religious writings. The Book of Revelation in the Bible provides the best illustration. Four horsemen appear in Revelation 6:1–8 to bring about tragedies signifying the end of the world. Pestilence, war, famine, and death are the four horsemen. Only Death is expressly mentioned out of the four. He is seated on a pale horse, which is frequently mistaken for pale green, the hue of illness and decay. Most often, Death is portrayed as the Reaper himself, with a grimacing skull and scythe in hand, ready for the gory labor that lies ahead.   The Grim Reaper is still a popular subject for writers today. We'll examine at a few instances of the Reaper in popular culture in the section that follows.   Without a doubt, the Grim Reaper makes a fantastic character, which explains why he has long been a part of myths and legends. One typical tale, known as the "cheating death" tale, describes a person who tries to deceive the Grim Reaper in order to avoid dying. A well-known illustration is "The Legend of Rabbi Ben Levi" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Death for the holy man in Longfellow's poem arrives with the somber proclamation, "Lo! the time approaches near/When thou must die." Can I hold the sword of death? the rabbi enquiries. The rabbi receives the weapon from Death, who hurriedly flees and hides until God can step in to save him. Ben Levi is not killed when God appears, but the rabbi is instructed to give the sword back to its rightful owner.   Other influential works, such the Danse Macabre, or Dance of Death, a sort of drama that appeared after the Black Death, have established our contemporary understanding of the Reaper. These plays were intended to help churchgoers accept the certainty of death. A victim's encounter with death, symbolized as a skeleton, was portrayed in the performance, which typically took place in a cemetery or churchyard. The victim makes various justifications for why his life should be saved, but these are rejected, and death eventually follows him away with an entourage of other skeletal creatures. Several German engravers, like Bernt Notke and Hans Holbein, found that the scenes from this play made for interesting themes. These artists' prints depicted dancing skeletons amid people from all social classes as a message that nobody, not even royalty, could avoid death.   Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" has had a similar impact on current culture. The 1957 movie is about Antonius Block, a knight who returns from the Crusades to discover that the disease has killed many of his countrymen. Max von Sydow plays Antonius Block in the role. Block is also awaited by Death, who is portrayed by Bengt Ekerot. Having reached a standstill, the knight challenges Death to a game of chess, which Block ultimately loses. The image of Ekerot's Death, a menacing white visage disguised beneath a black cloak, endures so vividly despite the story's unsettling nature.   The Grim Reaper also plays a key role in the following works:   "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," a song released by Blue Öyster Cult in 1976 and now regarded as a rock classic "Because I could not stop for Death," a poem by Emily Dickinson, in which the narrator shares a carriage ride with Death "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, in which the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, cloaked and skeletal, appears to show Scrooge how he will die The Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett, which feature Death as an ally of mankind The Sandman by Neil Gaiman, a groundbreaking series of comic books in which Death appears as a girl "Death Takes a Holiday," a 1934 film about Death's decision to take a break from his normal business to see what it's like being mortal; a 1998 remake, "Meet Joe Black," starred Brad Pitt in the role of Death. "Scream," a 1996 homage to slasher flicks in which a murderous teen stalks his victims in a Reaper-like costume "Dead Like Me," a Showtime series that explores the lives (or afterlives) of a group of grim reapers who walk among the living   Whether he is funny or terrifying, a man or a woman, the Grim Reaper will probably always be a part of our pop culture diet. The Reaper will calmly wait in the shadows and come for each of us in the end, even if storytellers grow weary of dealing with death and dying.   Lastly, we thought since we are talking about the personification of death, we should also include some theories as to what happens after we die. Let's see how many you, the listeners, agree with; and how many we think are stupid and illogical. Let's begin!   Excretion  The idea that the universe is actually one enormous brain of a higher species has been around for many years. In certain containers, it might be one or more brains. This hypothesis states that the solar system is merely a brain cell. Humans are insignificant components of this cell as well. For that enormous brain, our thousands of millions of years of history occurred in a fraction of a second. Let's examine what it says on life after death. How are our own dead cells handled? They are discarded after being sloughed off. Similar things will happen to us if we are a small piece of a vast mind. That is, the universe will leave our consciousness where it dumps its waste when we pass away. Oh, how disgusting. I am aware that this notion is a little unusual and a little challenging to understand, but that is only because we do not fully understand it.   Just like that, my life became meaningless.   You enter the cosmic consciousness   Life: What is it? Knowing the answer to this question is crucial. We are conscious of our existence and are fully in charge of our own thinking. Only 20 watts of power are required for this by our brain. Most light bulbs use more electricity than that because this power is so low. Biologists are still unable to properly explain how our brain makes every decision so precisely. Our area of expertise is consciousness, but we do not understand its origin. And where does it go after we pass away? In accordance with Sir Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff's orchestrated objective reduction theory of the mind, coherent quantum processes in clusters of microtubules within brain neurons are biologically "orchestrated" to produce consciousness. You can imagine this universe as a sea of consciousness, according to this notion. Human mind originates from this place and travels back there once we die. Consciousness connects all things in the cosmos. You can think of it like this: If you think of the universe as a sea, then our consciousness would be a wave. It remains on the ground for some time before going back. The conclusion is that after we die, our consciousness returns to the universe, where it may remain eternally or it may temporarily inhabit another body.   Our consciousness is therefore deeply ingrained in the cosmos and is inherently perplexing.   Being Human Is just One Level   Reincarnation theory holds that after we die, our souls transfer into new bodies, giving rise to a subsequent birth. Dr. Ian Stevenson has studied incarnation and looked into countless instances of young people claiming to have lived before. He established the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia and was an academic psychiatrist. He describes incarnation as the "survival of personality after death" at times. Along with genes and environment, he thinks it can provide a plausible justification for a variety of personality traits, including phobias. However, no one's allegations have been shown to be true. When this notion first emerged, little was understood about the universe's complexity and mysticism. Because of this, they only thought that our spirit may reincarnate in a different body on earth. What if your soul has a different physical body somewhere else in the universe? What if your spirit adopts a shape that we are unaware of rather than moving into a new body? This idea holds that our Souls or conscious entities can travel anyplace in the cosmos. This implies that you could once more be a person, a cool alien, a pointless insect, or something else else. In reality, we have no idea who or what we will be after we no longer exist as humans.   The Universe Ends   Can you demonstrate the reality of this world and the cosmos? The likelihood is that you will affirm and provide the objects and people in your environment with proof. However, according to the solipsistic hypothesis, there is nothing outside of your mind and brain. For you, what you see and hear is accurate, but you can never establish the veracity of the people in your immediate vicinity. Let's use GTA 5 as an example. When you are at a specific location in this game, everything around you is functional. There are other close residents there, so nothing strange is happening to you. What about the locations where you are not? Actually, those places didn't exist back then. According to this hypothesis, there is no other life in the cosmos besides you. Therefore, the universe stops existing after you pass away. That implies that every person you know and love likewise vanishes. Simply said, everything and everyone is a projection of your subconscious mind.   Therefore, take another look at the world and stop griping about pointless things. After all, you are the one who made it all.   Life Starts over again   I'm sure you've experienced this at least once in your life. that a location or person appears familiar to you, despite the fact that you've never been there or interacted with them before. This is known as déjà-vu. What if everything feels familiar? That implies that your life keeps repeating itself? Therefore, it appears that you may be familiar with that location or that individual. Two things could lead to this. First of all, your life is like a movie that never ends. Second: Although your life is repeated, you always have more influence over it. This reminds me a lot of the film Groundhog Day. Obviously, there are some significant differences; in this case, life restarts after death rather than after a day, and you have significantly less influence than in the film. Therefore, have luckier next time, bro. God knows how many times we are experiencing a life (which stinks) without even realizing it is a déjà-vu.   You have successfully entered a loop.   The Dreamer Wakes Up   It's entirely possible that our existence is nothing more than a creature's dream, despite the fact that this may sound like some made-up stories from the 1980s. You must have all had dreams. Only until we wake up do we know that dreams were just illusions. We become unable to distinguish between reality and dreams. Since dreams come from our own subconscious minds, their reality may or may not be in question. Vital Signs: The Nature and Nurture of Passion author Gregg Levoy concurs. And some of the most well-known concepts in the modern world, including Google, the Theory of Relativity, the first periodic table, etc., had their origins in dreams. Thus, it is possible for dreams to be quite real. So it's possible that we wake up in the "actual" world after we pass away. very similar to Inception The subject of what occurs when a dreaming creature passes away now arises. For the time being, there is no clear response to this query. We have no idea if the person who is waking up from sleep is a soul, a human, or something else entirely.   You Get Re-programmed   This hypothesis proposes that our world is a computer simulation. The most prevalent option on this list is this. It's likely that you have heard of this before. Nick Bostrom, an Oxford philosopher, made the initial suggestion in 2003. It contends that either all intelligent species perish before being able to produce an ancestor simulation or choose not to do so for some reason. Or perhaps we are merely acting out a simulation. In the event that we are simulations of our ancestors, our Consciousness is programmed. We play a very small part in the simulation. So, after erasing your memories, our programmer can transport us to a different space and time in the simulation when we pass away. They only need to make a few tweaks as they already have our base code. It is really difficult to foresee what those programmers will perform. They have a wide range of options at their disposal. What a blast?   Our Consciousness Is Unreal   The simulation hypothesis is also related to this notion. Avoid saying, "There are two theories on the same hypothesis." Theo Musk believes that the odds of us actually living in the "true" world are one billion to one. It is completely believable. This side, though, is substantially darker. As your "Consciousness" is merely programming, we lack our own free will. We appear to be operating according to a code. They are free to run or remove your code whenever they wish. They might have entered your code the last time you closed your eyes. While you slept last night, all of your memories were implanted in you. Even though it has only been a few hours, you suddenly believe you have been this person for years. They can also alter or remove your code the next time you go to bed. Depending on what they need, they could simply "remove" you from the simulation or completely change who you are. This reminds me a lot of Westworld. In this case, a fictitious universe is made, and characters are formed with certain duties allocated to them. We all contribute to some larger narratives. By simply adding new memories of a different location and possibly even time to the code, they can change the role of any person according to their needs. Everything you believe yourself to be is merely an illusion. Therefore, all that we are is a collection of 0s and 1s. And we carry out our pre-programmed actions.   We can at least be glad that our life, despite appearing to have no purpose, has helped our creators in some way. Or why did they even decide to make us?   Death Is An Illusion   Humans are the only animals on Earth with understanding of time, in contrast to other animals. We are aware that Time can only advance in units of days, months, or years. But is it really this time of day? The concept of time that we have today was developed by humans. Anything we believe about time could be incorrect. We think that time always flows like a river's stream. It is not required for the Universe to function in the same manner that we perceive time to function. Along with the present, the past and the future also exist in the cosmos, but we are not able to view them. Imagine that consciousness is the projecting light that causes us to see the film and that reality is a film strip. We are unable to notice the light unless a frame is placed in front of it. Its presence, however, cannot be disputed. The same principles govern Time and Reality. The past and future are not visible to us, but they coexist with the present. Three-dimensional space-time surrounds us and binds us. So how does this relate to death? You don't actually die. Death is just a fantasy. Because you are unable to exist in frames where you are dead, you must always exist in frames where you are living. Just that other people think you are dead because this does not hinder ‘their' existence.   Anything is Possible   About what happens after death, we cannot be certain. The many-worlds interpretation hypothesis postulates that there are an almost unlimited number of realities. There are countless parallel universes, each containing every conceivable concept. There is a universe where you are a billionaire, Hillary won the election, and I am reading this essay you wrote. Therefore, in some universes, anything is conceivable after death. Reincarnation occurs in some universes, or heaven and hell exist in some as well. In some universes, after we pass away, we become zombies, whereas in others, we simply pass away. In some alternate universe, all of the aforementioned theories are plausible. We simply don't know what universe we reside in, or perhaps it hasn't been determined yet. You might pass away in the cosmos or theory you hold dear. According to the solipsism theory, your universe will come to an end when you pass away. Anything is possible, after all. 

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On this episode: Pratt v Ford: a battle for the ages, a Thor review dripping with maple syrup, and Cartoon Network royalty brings us a new animated movie. Plus! Listeners have seen it a thousand times, Shots fired at Baby Yoda, and a friendly Hawaiian alien gets a live action rebootIn news: Reincarnation, Gen Z meme humor, Boomer humor, natural disasters in movies, Titanic, tornado, Krakatoa, Yellowstone, Pitch Black, Chronicles of Riddick, California, Florida, air conditioning, freon, cruise ships, Bill Burr, SF Bay Area, Alameda, San Francisco Oakland, Battle of the Bay, Battle of the Bay, Oakland A's, The Day After Tomorrow, Mark Wahlberg, The Happening, Twister, Chris Pratt, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, Parks and Recreation, Guardians of the Galaxy, Lego Movie, Wanted, Elvis, Winnie the Pooh, Blood and Honey, Happy Sad Confused, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Alden Ehrenreich, Aaron A. Aaronson, Listener Stephen, The Maple Syrup Don, Montreal, Thor: Love and Thunder, Chris Hemsworth, Ghostbusters, Avengers: End game, Natalie Portman, Kat Dennings, Christian Bale, Guns and Roses, Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi, Genndy Tartakovsky, Dexter's Laboratory, Powerpuff Girls, Cow and Chicken, Johnny Bravo, Fixed, Hotel Transylvania, Samurai Jack, Sausage Party, Phil Tippett, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Mad God, Ren and Stimpy, The Tick, Freakazoid, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Rocket Power, Rugrats, Doug, Ahh Real Monsters, Are you Afraid of the Dark, Catalog, Kablam, All That, Seen It A Million Times, Joel Shinneman, A Knight's Tale, Bruce Purkey, Joe vs the Volcano, Meet Joe Black, Get Out, Gremlins, Joe Dante, The Mandalorian, John Favreau, baby Yoda, Grogu, Gizmo & Grogu, Marcel the Shell with Shoes on, Lilo and Stitch, Disney, The Lion King, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Under Wraps, Bill Fagerbakke, Jungle Book, Christopher Walken, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong'o, Giancarlo Esposito, Garry Shandling, Elf, Iron Man, M. Night Shyamalan, Dave Filoni, Tomcats, Top Gun, Liam Neeson, Mel Gibson, Mission Impossible, Hocus Pocus 2, Orphan: First Kill, Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg, The Day Shift, Luck, Amsterdam, Christian Bale, The Woman King, Clerks 3, See How They Run, The Reef: Stalked, #metoo, She Said, Pray For The Devil, Fall, David O Russell, Margot Robbie, Anya Taylor-Joy. Robert De Niro, Zoe Saldana, Timothy Olyphant, Andrea Riseborough, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Taylor Swift, John David Washington, Chris Rockhttp://www.MCFCpodcast.comEmail us at MCFCpodcast@gmail.com    Leave us a voicemail (209) 730-6010Get some merch:https://middle-class-film-class.creator-spring.com/Joseph Navarro    Pete Abeytaand Tyler Noe    Streaming Picks:The Bear - HuluBob's Burgers Movie - Hulu, HBO MaxIncantation - NetflixUrban Legend - HuluThe Wedding Singer - HBO MaxSpeed - Amazon Prime

Kiel from AVWORLDUK takes a break from talking about audio visual solutions and joins Sean to defend Meet Joe Black (1998). -What is it with Americans and peanut butter? -What did you think of Brad Pitt's Jamaican accent? -Kiel and Sean get lost in VHS tape and polyphonic ringtone nostalgia. Sean and Kiel then talk about superhero films and the associated TV series and debate production quality-versus-story quality.  Thanks for listening!

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Bill Parrish (Anthony Hopkins), a devoted businessman, is about to celebrate his 65th birthday. But before he can, he is visited by Death (Brad Pitt), who has taken human form as a man named Joe Black. The two strike a deal where Bill will be given a few extra days of life if he can be Death's guide and teaching him what it is like to be human. it's the perfect arrangement, until Joe falls in love with Susan (Claire Forlani), who is one of Bill's daughters. Release Year: 1998Genre: RomanceStarring: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Claire Forlani.TrailerSummary: Death, who takes the form of a young man, asks a media mogul to act as a guide to teach him about life on Earth, and in the process, he falls in love with his guide's daughter. Join Our Community Sign Up for Email Updates | Patreon | Facebook | Twitter | Reddit Visit our online shop! https://shop.screenriot.net