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So there was a meeting in the Oval Office today between leaders of the country formerly known as the United States of America and the sovereign nation of Ukraine, which went...poorly.That's right, we the people of the good ole USA are on the side of the invading Russians thanks to our compromised president.We used to fight against the Ruskies...now we defend them.How far have we fallen? Pretty damn far.-T
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The home computer market implodes, Atari announces 7800 & Console software dries up. These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM! This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in June 1984. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on Mastodon @videogamenewsroomtimemachine@oldbytes.space Or twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com Links: If you don't see all the links, find them here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/112063864 7 Minutes in Heaven: Summer Games Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-111922026 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Games_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics Corrections: May 1984 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/may-1984-108363601 Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ https://forums.atariage.com/topic/283473-coleco-industries-inc-annual-quarterly-reports-1981-to-1986/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/1181/ientertainment-network-inc/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/56/imagic/ 1954: MIDAC and MIDSAC premiered Electronic Brain Shoots Dice, Plays Mean Game, The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) · 27 Jun 1954 https://www.retrogamedeconstructionzone.com/2021/07/midsac-pool-simulator.html https://www.masswerk.at/nowgobang/2019/michigan-pool 1974: Is Pong gambling? While Pondering Decision, A Look at Evidence The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida) · 04 Jun 1974, Tue Grand Trak 10 cracks 1000 https://archive.org/details/cashbox36unse_1/page/37/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/cashbox36unse_2/page/35/mode/1up US coinop exports boom https://archive.org/details/cashbox36unse_3/page/38/mode/1up Smithsonian displays coinop machines https://archive.org/details/cashbox36unse_3/page/39/mode/1up 1984: Home computer boom busts https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/04/business/the-expected-boom-in-home-computers-fails-to-materialize.html?searchResultPosition=1 Atari HQ gets mass layoffs Atari Layoffs Start At Home Office, The New York Times, June 1, 1984, Friday, Late City Final Edition, Section: Section D; Page 3, Column 5; Financial Desk https://books.google.de/books?id=wS4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA78&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false Commodore raises prices https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-3/page/n1/mode/2up Top Commodore Execs go to Tramel Computer market is Commodore's battleground, Financial Times (London,England), June 8, 1984, Friday, Section: SECTION II; International Companies; Pg. 17, Byline: BY LOUISE KEHOE IN SAN FRANCISCO Philips announces new division https://archive.org/details/happycomputer-magazine-1984-06/page/n7/mode/2up Coleco returns to profitability No Headline In Original, The Associated Press, June 14, 1984, Thursday, PM cycle, Section: Business News Hasbro buys MB Playthings June 1984, pg. 9 Mattel gets financial boost Playthings June 1984, pg. 9 BUSINESS PEOPLE ;Mattel, Solely in Toys,Combines Management, The New York Times, June 7, 1984, Thursday, Late City Final Edition,Section: Section D; Page 2, Column 5; Financial Desk, Byline: By Kenneth N. Gilpin General Instruments revenue 66% down No Headline In Original, Communications Daily, June 13, 1984, Wednesday, Section: NOTEBOOK; Vol. 4, No. 115; Pg. 8 More hardware companies fail AT&T to introduce personal computer; Kaypro mystery; UNIX-ability; Thinking ahead, The San Diego Union-Tribune, June 25, 1984 Monday, Section: BUSINESS; Pg. C-11, Byline: Dan Berger, Staff Writer More Software companies fail https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-21/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater Argus buys Quicksilva https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-07/mode/1up?view=theater Gillette buys into Datasoft https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_4.3/page/n15/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillette Smaller publishers find strength in numbers https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_4.3/page/n15/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamix Marketing will save us! Orwell, Chaplin and the high-tech hype; U.S. personal computers, Financial Times (London,England), June 14, 1984, Thursday, Section: SECTION I; The Management Page: Marketing; Pg. 20, byline: BY LOUISE KEHOE Atari announces 7800 https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_7800 Still looking for a niche; Gearing up for battle with Apple and IBM, Industry Week, June 25, 1984, Section: NEWS ANALYSIS; Home Computers; Pg. 16, Byline: By MICHAEL A. VERESPEJ Atari introduces MindLink at CES "Retailers, Manufacturers View Gadgets At 4-Day Show, The Associated Press, June 3, 1984, Sunday, AM cycle, Section: Domestic News https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Mindlink Video Explosion On the Way For Buyers, U.S. News & World Report, June 18, 1984, Section: Pg. 56. Byline: By MARY GALLIGAN Atari announces more expensive computer for Q4 No Headline In Original, The New York Times, June 4, 1984, Monday, Late City Final Edition,Section: Section D; Page 5, Column 1; Financial Desk https://www.atari-computermuseum.de/1450xld.htm Commodore unveils Plus/4 No Headline In Original, The New York Times, June 4, 1984, Monday, Late City Final Edition,Section: Section D; Page 5, Column 1; Financial Desk Rick Dyer shows off Halcyon! Laser game's creator beams, The San Diego Union-Tribune, June 2, 1984 Saturday, Section: LIFESTYLE; Pg. D-1, Byline: Mark Sauer, Staff Writer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-rick-dyer-aftermath-of-c/86522500/ Intellivision won't make it to CES Computer games galore shown at CES https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-21/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater Digital Audio is coming to floppies https://books.google.de/books?id=vi4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA5&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false https://tekkiepix.com/compusonics-2 Konami goes to Europe Konami will tap European market, The Japan Economic Journal, June 26, 1984, Section: SERVICE/LEISURE/FOOD; Pg. 17 Animatronics may save small coinop venues Replay June 1984, pg. 129 Play Meter June 1, 1984, pg. 43 https://berksnostalgia.com/gadgets-restaurant-berkshire-mall/ Console game releases dry up https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-3/page/n12/mode/1up UK computer sales boom https://archive.org/details/home-computing-weekly-066/mode/1up?view=theater QL software drought continues https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-28/mode/1up?view=theater Imagic gets a facelift https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-3/page/n11/mode/2up https://www.mobygames.com/company/56/imagic/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/7630/bantam-software/ Spinnaker gets serious about bookware https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-21/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater https://books.google.de/books?id=wi4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA7&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false Activision to distribute Gamestar https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-3/page/n11/mode/2up Boulder Dash license worth $1.3 million https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_4.3/page/n15/mode/2up Thorn EMI gets HESWare rights https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-21/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/company/7034/thorn-emi-computer-software/ https://books.google.de/books?id=wi4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA7&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA14#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false https://www.mobygames.com/game/9358/dragonfire/cover/group-139555/cover-394849/ https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-28/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater Ultimate snubs move to budget pricing https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-07/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater Imagine sells game library https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-14/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater 20th Century Fox licenses TV shows https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-21/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/game/56197/automan/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/38810/the-fall-guy/ Epyx announces Activity Toys https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-3/page/n11/mode/2up Epyx lets the Ruskies join in Olympic fever No Headline In Original, PR Newswire, June 14, 1984, Thursday, Dateline: SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 14 Wizardry gets enhanced https://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-financial-cookbook_27176.html EA wants to help cook your books https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-3/page/n3/mode/2up https://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-financial-cookbook_27176.html Rand McNally wants to search your roads https://archive.org/details/Ahoy_Issue_06_1984-06_Ion_International_US/page/n5/mode/2up Osborne goes budget https://books.google.de/books?id=wy4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA5&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperback_Software 64er magazine interviews crackers https://archive.org/details/64er_1984_06/page/12/mode/2up BellSouth looking to team up with Commodore No Headline In Original, Communications Daily, June 18, 1984, Monday, Section: NOTEBOOK; Vol. 4, No. 118; Pg. 7 Mail Order Pro makes payments easier https://books.google.de/books?id=wS4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA78&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false https://books.google.de/books?id=wS4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA78&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false Telematch gives up on consoles https://archive.org/details/TeleMatch.N12.Computer.1984.06-KCz.pdf/mode/1up Dennis D. Groth settles DENNIS-D-GROTH; Comments on settlement of SEC complaint, Business Wire, June 05, 1984, Tuesday Atari Executive Settles Stock Sale Charge, The Associated Press, June 6, 1984, Wednesday, PM cycle, Section: Domestic News Taito settles with Entex Replay June 1984, pg. 30 FCC Gives Sanyo go ahead for antenna-less TV FCC OKs low-cost cable-only TV sets, United Press International, June 15, 1984, Friday, BC cycle, Section: Financial, Byline: By SYDNEY SHAW Tax breaks may be hurting home computer sales TAX SHIFT MAY AID SALE OF LOW-COST COMPUTERS, The New York Times, June 19, 1984, Tuesday, Late City Final Edition, Section: Section D; Page 13, Column 3; Financial Desk, Byline: By DAVID E. SANGER https://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v10n1/172_Writing_it_off_how_to_de.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deficit_Reduction_Act_of_1984 Computerland to go to China https://books.google.de/books?id=wy4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA5&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false Laserdiscs are coming to Saturday morning Playthings June 1984, pg. 54 Zap the Rise and Fall of Atari reviewed https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/24/books/thinking-machines-and-their-people.html?searchResultPosition=1 Steven Spielberg finds permanent home at Universal The Wizard of Wonderland, Newsweek, June 4, 1984, UNITED STATES EDITION, Section: MOVIES; Pg. 79, Byline: JACK KROLL with DAVID T. FRIENDLY in Los Angeles RIP Dragon 32 https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-07/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-28/mode/1up?view=theater Breaking news!! Warner negotiating sale of Atari to Paper Says Warner Negotiating to Sell Atari, The Associated Press, June 30, 1984, Saturday, AM cycle, Section: Domestic News Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/ Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play. Copyright Karl Kuras
Matt goes to NC... Doug goes to the state fair... Talk of dogs... Watching the Olympics...or not... A movie about selling secrets to the Ruskies... Matt totally blanks on an important question... Is there such a thing as a beautiful vagina...or a beautiful penis? All this, plus a reveal of Doug's last 80's movie
This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Doug on for the first time as we all discuss the 1984 action war movie Red Dawn. In this sequel to the Outsiders, Pony Boy and his brother Darry take up arms against those dastardly Ruskies (and some assorted Cubans and Nicaraguans) as World War 3 is fought on American soil. Does it make sense that the Russians invaded the middle of America? No. Does it make sense that a bunch of kids with hunting rifles outflank the Russian army for over a year? No. Does it make sense that Jed announced his presence allowing the Russian to shoot him before he unloaded into that commie? No. But did we have fun discussing this awesome Brat Pack-adjacent movie? Heck yes we did. WOLVERINES!!! Enjoy the podcast.
A fun show diving into the depths of Supreme Court Justices getting OMGed by the Left, Nancy Pelosi having a spaz attack, The Far Right making gains in the EU and the evil Ruskies behind it. A conversation about the type of political formation the United States is supposed to be modelled after and its actual manifestation. The Fight for Africa and a somber President of Serbia. Biden makes odd sounds and gaffes while wooing black voters. The control and flow of information and much much more. Your Millennial Media Offensive delivers yet another banger in episode #124. SUPPORT THE FIGHT, YOUR PODCAST NEEDS YOU! Executive Producer for MMO #124: Berlin (Danke, Sir. Ich kann an Ihrer Spende erkennen, dass Sie eine riesige Bratwurst haben) Associate Executive Producer for MMO #124: Yuri from Brooklyn Trashman (Legal Alien) Fiat Fun Coupon Donators: Sharky Shark, Day One Fish Friend Wiirdo, Tall and Roast Beef Lover This weeks Boosters: dirty_jersey_whore | 19,760 | BAG DADDY BOOSTER! Sir Jared of South Burien | 7,777 makeheroism | 6,900 trailchicken | 3,333 mrh | 1,000 trashman | 333 jasper89 | 123 Shownotes Ep 124 Breaking Points Media Consumption and Opinions Charts Form of media by age Military Aid to Israel Court Justic Recordings Nancy Pelosi J6 Recording Pelosi J6 Recording Hunter Hunter Convicted - Tiktok Chuck Todd on NBC Weissman What Seperates Us Election Juneteenth @ Whitehouse Steve Forbes on Biden Pt 1 Frank Luntz on Sky News COVID Fraud Background ADHD Mendi Intro NBC Jay Grey Europe Serbia PM on War Afreeka US Troops Training African Forces Russia in Equatorial Guinea Misc. LA Castration China Moon Landing Shark Attacks Gulf Coast Boeing Spaceship
In this episode, Erich and Javvad talk about the TikTok breach, Russians cyber attacking hospitals LockBit keys being released and much more! Stories from the show: 'Russian criminals' behind hospitals cyber attack https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxee7317kgmo FBI recovers 7,000 LockBit keys, urges ransomware victims to reach out https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-recovers-7-000-lockbit-keys-urges-ransomware-victims-to-reach-out/#google_vignette Paris Hilton among users targeted in TikTok hack https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cl770d121gro Cisco fixes WebEx flaw that allowed government, military meetings to be spied on https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/07/cisco_fixes_webex_flaw_which/
Sure NASA had those big dollars to give Stanley Kubrick to fake the moon landing, but what if they instead has a crisp five dollar note to instead hire America's favourite boys, us idiots? From confiscating TVs to filming at Bondi with Moon Babes to just straight up hijacking Sputnik footage and claiming it as our own! No stone is left unturned in finding the perfect solution to faking the moon landing. There are no nos on the path to greatness, only great ideas that may or may not start a nuclear winter. All we know is that we (and by we I mean the USA greatest nation of them all) need to beat those Ruskies in the space race by any means necessary or the American people will be so sad! The worst American is a sad American, so you better pray these boys can find an answer to this problem quick smart.Links to everything in our linktr.ee including our terrible merch, social media garbage and where to become a subscriber to Bad Brain Boys+ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
BestPodcastintheMetaverse.com Canary Cry News Talk #673 - 10.04.2023 - Recorded Live to 1s and 0s GREAT HOUSE HALT | McCarthyism 2023, More 5GW, Bananas, Peak 33 Deconstructing Corporate Mainstream Media News from a Biblical Worldview Declaring Jesus as Lord amidst the Fifth Generation War! The Show Operates on the Value 4 Value Model: http://CanaryCry.Support Join the Supply Drop: https://CanaryCrySupplyDrop.com Submit Articles: https://CanaryCry.Report Submit Art: https://CanaryCry.Art Join the T-Shirt Council: https://CanaryCryTShirtCouncil.com Resource: Index of MSM Ownership (Harvard.edu) Resource: Aliens Demons Doc (feat. Dr. Heiser, Unseen Realm) Tree of Links: https://CanaryCry.Party This Episode was Produced By: Executive Producers LX Protocol V2 Knight of the Berrean Protocol*** Lotta*** Producers Malik W Robert H Heepatrouble Sir Marti K knight of the wrong timeline DrWhoDunDat Sir Casey the Shield Knight Veronica D Sir Scott Knight of Truth Dame Gail Canary Whisperer and Lady of X's and O's Sir Morv Knight of the Burning Chariots CanaryCry.ART Submissions Sir Dove Knight of Rusbeltia MicroFiction Stephen S - “Why are our robo-rhinos in the streets?” asked Dr. Mal Content. “Ma'am, those aren't ours. Those are the ones Ruskies commandeered from Freedonia.” “They say only thing that will stop bad robots are good robots. Release the rhinos!” she ordered. CLIP PRODUCER Emsworth, FaeLivrin, Joelms, Laura TIMESTAPERS Jade Bouncerson, Morgan E CanaryCry.Report Submissions JAM REMINDERS Clankoniphius SHOW NOTES/TIMESTAMPS Podcast T- 03:04 HELLO, RUN DOWN 7:00 V / 3:56 P POLYTICKS 8:45 V / 5:41 P Kevin McCarthy Ousted as House Speaker in Unprecedented Recall Vote (Yahoo/People) Kevin McCarthy ousted as Speaker of the House (CNN) Clip: Kevin McCarthy ousted as Speaker (KTLA 5) → Matt Gaetz, 33 trillion virtue signaling! McHenry ordered Pelosi to leave her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday (Politico) Yes, Trump Could Become Speaker of the House (Vice) CLIMATE CHANGE 26:06 V / 23:02 P EU ‘bendy bananas' regulation will be dropped, says Environment Secretary (Indie UK)` DAY JINGLE/V4V/EXEC./supply 37:57 V / 34:53 P FLIPPY 57:05 V / 54:01 P A South Korean Robot Has Mastered Fried Chicken (Retail Wire) 33/BEING WATCHED/ROBOTS 1:06:34 V / 1:03:30 P I worked construction on NY City's mysterious windowless building - here's what I saw (DailyMail) → Mayor Adams named ‘Master Mason' in secret masonic ceremony, Gracie Mansion (NY Post) → Bill Clinton to migrants, 'begin working, pay taxes and pay their way' in NYC (Fox) MONEY 1:29:53 V / 1:26:49 P Wells Fargo closes two locations as 100 are set to shut down this year, going digital (The Sun) → Former Wells Fargo executive avoids prison in fake-accounts scandal (Reuters) → Anguished family of Wells Fargo employee who leaped to his death fumes at bank (NY Post) SPEAKPIPE/TALENT/TIME 1:35:51 V / 1:32:47 P ANTARCTICA 1:46:38 V / 1:43:34 P Antarctica: A Sanctuary for Peace, Says US, Countering Iran's Military Aspirations (Frontier India) V4V/TIME 1:59:18 V / 1:56:14 P END
In this episode Erich and Javvad talk about the US government email hack, an ethical hacker gone rogue, Ruskies tempting diplomats with a cheap car, and more #cybersecurity stories from this week. Stories from the show: Fewer Than 100 Scammers Responsible For Global Email Extortion https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fewer-100-scammers-global-email/ Chinese Hackers Gained Access To Some U.S. Government Emails, Microsoft Says https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/07/12/chinese-hackers-gained-access-to-some-us-government-emails-microsoft-says/?sh=5f49e30c2a37 Russian hackers lured diplomats in Ukraine with cheap BMW ad https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-hackers-lured-embassy-workers-ukraine-with-an-ad-cheap-bmw-2023-07-12/ Cybersecurity professional accused of stealing $9M in crypto https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/11/cybersecurity-professional-charged-for-stealing-9-million-in-crypto/?guccounter=1 Number of email-based phishing attacks surges 464% https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2023/07/10/evolving-cyberattack-landscape/ Indian developer fired 90 percent of tech support team, outsourced the job to AI https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/13/dukaan_ai_support_replacement/
ACTION NEWS UPDATE ACTION NEWS UPDATE!!! Your source for news on the Bitcoin mining scene. We go beyond mining stats to give you the skinny, the scoop, the low-down, the info you need to know. Red scare! Ruskies #1 in mining, not nyet. According to the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance: January-March quarter of 2023, Russia used 1 GW in mining capacity, while the United States maintained its lead with 3-4 GW. The Persian Gulf countries (700 MW), Canada (400 MW), Malaysia (300 MW), Argentina (135 MW), Iceland (120 MW), Paraguay (100-125 MW), Kazakhstan (100 MW), and Ireland (90 MW) rounds out the top 10. Russian Mining (FYI article needs translated) The right to mine; Arkansas and Montana Defend Bitcoin miners. Good news in the face of Texas Senate committee bill 1751 Arkansas and Montana both work on bills to defend Bitcoin mining. Arkansas Data Center Act Montana Senate Bill SB178 Jason Vaughn Tweet See you next week, FUCKERS!!!
The Fluffy Rabbit show continues with Richard outsmarted and out joked by the Victorian Ghost Child at every turn. He's still a bit ill, but Ally ups his game again as they discuss the new sitcom King Mother, how tightly scripted the show is, the terrible people of Manchester, the 11 words that Rupert Murdoch used to end his marriage to Jerry Hall, filling holes with Arnold Schwarzenegger and whether an ancient doll is harmless nostalgia or deeply offensive to all right thinking people. Plus the highest viewing figures for a long time, thanks to a horde of Ruskies (but nice ones).
In this episode, Erich and Javvad talk about the Ruskies hacking Ukrainian coffe shop cameras, FTX's 'cybersecurity' (quotes are on purpose), Latitude Financial's decision not to pay and the FUD around juice jacking. All of this and more #cybersecurity news and information. Stories from the show: Russian hackers ‘target security cameras inside Ukraine coffee shops' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/11/russian-hackers-target-security-cameras-inside-ukraine-coffee-shops PSA: Public Phone Charging Ports Are Malware Magnets https://www.pcmag.com/news/psa-public-phone-charging-ports-are-malware-magnets FTX's Cybersecurity Was Hilariously Bad https://gizmodo.com/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-cybersecurity-hacking-crypto-1850321150 Latitude Financial Refuses to Pay Ransom https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/latitude-financial-refuses-to-pay/
In this episode Erich and Javvad disucss the Acer hack, a story where a Russian cybercrime gang dumped naked pics of cancer patients when a hospital wouldn't pay the ransom, and how an old version of Plex lead to the latest LastPass hack. All this and more Show Notes: 'THE' Video: A Facebook message that sparked hope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OH99CFzhFM Acer confirms server intrusion after miscreant offers 160GB cache of stolen files https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/08/acer_confirms_server_breach/ LastPass Hack: Engineer's Failure to Update Plex Software Led to Massive Data Breach https://thehackernews.com/2023/03/lastpass-hack-engineers-failure-to.html Russian hackers post NAKED photos of Pennsylvania cancer patients receiving treatment to dark web https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11833591/Russian-hackers-post-NAKED-photos-Pennsylvania-cancer-patients-hospital-refused-ransom.html
This episode looks at the 1984 debut novel by Bret Easton Ellis, and its 1987 film adaptation. ----more---- Hello, and welcome to The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today. On this episode, we're going to talk about 80s author Bret Easton Ellis and his 1985 novel Less Than Zero, the literal polar opposite of last week's subjects, Jay McInerney and his 1984 novel Bright Lights, Big City. As I mentioned last week, McInerney was twenty-nine when he published Bright Lights, Big City. What I forgot to mention was that he was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut, halfway between Boston and New York City, and he would a part of that elite East Coast community that befits the upper class child of a corporate executive. Bret Easton Ellis was born and raised in Los Angeles. His father was a property developer, and his parents would divorce when he was 18. He would attend high school at The Buckley School, a college prep school in nearby Sherman Oaks, whose other famous alumni include a who's who of modern pop culture history, including Paul Thomas Anderson, Tucker Carlson, Laura Dern, Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, Alyssa Milano, Matthew Perry, and Nicole Richie. So they both grew up fairly well off. And they both would attend tony colleges in New England. Ellis would attend Bennington College in Vermont, a private liberal arts college whose alumni include fellow writers Jonathan Lethem and Donna Tartt, who would both graduate from Bennington the same year as Ellis, 1986. While still attending The Buckley School, the then sixteen year old Ellis would start writing the book he would call Less Than Zero, after the Elvis Costello song. The story would follow a protagonist not unlike Bret Easton Ellis and his adventures through a high school not unlike Buckley. Unlike the final product, Ellis's first draft of Less Than Zero wore its heart on its sleeve, and was written in the third person. Ellis would do a couple of rewrites of the novel during his final years at Buckley and his first years at Bennington, until his creative writing professor, true crime novelist Joe McGinness, suggested to the young writer that he revert his story back to the first person, which Ellis was at first hesitant to do. But once he did start to rewrite the story as a traditional novel, everything seemed to click. Ellis would have his book finished by the end of the year, and McGinniss was so impressed with the final product that he would submit it to his own agent to send out to publishers. Bret Easton Ellis was only a second year student at the time. And because timing is everything in life, Less Than Zero was being submitted to publishers just as Bright Lights, Big City was tearing up the best seller charts, and the publisher Simon and Schuster would purchase the rights to the book for $5,000. When the book was published in June 1985, Ellis just finished his third year at Bennington. He was only twenty-one years and three months old. Oh… also… before the book was published, the film producer Marvin Worth, whose credits included Bob Fosse's 1974 doc-drama about Lenny Bruce starring Dustin Hoffman, 1979's musical drama The Rose, Bette Midler's breakthrough film as an actress, and the 1983 Dudley Moore comedy Unfaithfully Yours, would purchase the rights to make the novel into a movie, for $7,500. The film would be produced at Twentieth Century-Fox, under the supervision of the studio's then vice president of production, Scott Rudin. The book would become a success upon its release, with young readers gravitating towards Clay and his aimless, meandering tour of the rich and decadent young adults in Los Angeles circa Christmas 1984, bouncing through parties and conversations and sex and drugs and shopping malls. One of those readers who became obsessed with the book was a then-seventeen year old Los Angeles native who had just returned to the city after three years of high school in Northern California. Me. I read Less Than Zero easily three times that summer, enraptured not only with Ellis's minimalist prose but with Clay specifically. Although I was neither bisexual nor a user of drugs, Clay was the closest thing I had ever seen to myself in a book before. I had kept in touch with my school friends from junior high while I lived in Santa Cruz, and I found myself to have drifted far away from them during my time away from them. And then when I went back to Santa Cruz shortly after Christmas in 1985, I had a similar feeling of isolation from a number of my friends there, not six months after leaving high school. I also loved how Ellis threw in a number of then-current Los Angeles-specific references, including two mentions of KROQ DJ Richard Blade, who was the coolest guy in radio on the planet. And thanks to Sirius XM and its First Wave channel, I can still listen to Richard Blade almost daily, but now from wherever I might be in the world. But I digress. My bond with Less Than Zero only deepened the next time I read it in early 1986. One of the things I used to do as a young would-be screenwriter living in Los Angeles was to try and write adaptation of novels when I wasn't going to school, going to movies, or working as a file clerk at a law firm. But one book I couldn't adapt for the life of me was Less Than Zero. Sure, there was a story there, but its episodic nature made it difficult to create a coherent storyline. Fox felt the same way, so they would hire Michael Cristofer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, to do the first draft of the script. Cristofer had just finished writing the adaptation of John Updike's The Witches of Eastwick that Mad Max director George Miller was about to direct, and he would do a literal adaptation of Ellis's book, with all the drugs and sex and violence, except for a slight rehabilitation of the lead character's sexuality. Although it was still the 1980s, with one part of the nation dramatically shifting its perspective on many types of sexuality, it was still Ronald Reagan's 1980s America, and maybe it wasn't a good idea to have the lead character be openly bisexual in a major studio motion picture. Cristofer would complete his first draft of the script in just one month, and producer Marvin Worth really loved it. Problem was, the Fox executives hated it. In a November 18th, 1987, New York Times article about the adaptation, Worth would tell writer Allen Harmetz that he thought Cristofer's script was highly commercial, because “it had something gripping to say about the dilemma of a generation to whom nothing matters.” Which, as someone who had just turned twenty years old eight days after the movie's release and four days before this article came out, I absolutely disagree with. My generation cared about a great many things. We cared about human rights. We cared about ending apartheid. We cared about ending AIDS and what was happening politically and economically. Yeah, we also cared about puffy jean jackets and neon colored clothes and other non-sensical things to take our minds off all the other junk we were dealing with, but it would be typical of a forty something screenwriter and a fiftysomething producer to thing we didn't give a damn about anything. But again, I digress. Worth and the studio would agree on one thing. It wasn't really a drug film, but about young people being destroyed by the privilege of having everything you ever wanted available to you. But the studio would want the movie version of the book to be a bit more sanitized for mainstream consumption. Goodbye, Marvin Worth. Hello, Jon Avnet. In 1986, Jon Avnet was mostly a producer of low-budget films for television, with titles like Between Two Women and Calendar Girl Murders, but he had struck gold in 1983 with a lower-budgeted studio movie with a first-time director and a little known lead actor. That movie was Risky Business, and it made that little known lead actor, Tom Cruise, a bona-fide star. Avnet, wanting to make the move out of television and onto the big screen, would hire Harley Peyton, a former script reader for former Columbia Pictures and MGM/UA head David Begelman, who you might remember from several of our previous episodes, and six-time Oscar nominated producer/screenwriter Ernest Lehman. Peyton would spend weeks in Avnet's office, pouring over every page of the book, deciding what to keep, what to toss, and what to change. Two of the first things to go were the screening of a “snuff” film on the beach, and a scene where a twelve year old girl is tied to a bedpost and raped by one of the main characters. Julian would still hustle himself out to men for money to buy drugs, but Clay would a committed heterosexual. Casting on the film would see many of Hollywood's leading younger male actors looked at for Clay, including a twenty-three year old recent transplant from Oklahoma looking not only for his first leading role, but his first speaking role on screen. Brad Pitt. The producers would instead go with twenty-four year old Andrew McCarthy, an amiable-enough actor who had already made a name for himself with such films as St. Elmo's Fire and Pretty in Pink, and who would have another hit film in Mannequin between being cast as Clay and the start of production. For Blair, they would cast Jami Gertz, who had spent years on the cusp of stardom, between her co-starring role as Muffy Tepperman on the iconic 1982 CBS series Square Pegs, to movies such as Quicksilver and Crossroads that were expected to be bigger than they ended up being. The ace up her sleeve was the upcoming vampire horror/comedy film The Lost Boys, which Warner Brothers was so certain was going to be a huge hit, they would actually move it away from its original Spring 1987 release date to a prime mid-July release. The third point in the triangle, Julian, would see Robert Downey Jr. get cast. Today, it's hard to understand just how not famous Downey was at the time. He had been featured in movies like Weird Science and Tuff Turf, and spent a year as a Not Ready For Prime Time Player on what most people agree was the single worst season of Saturday Night Live, but his star was starting to rise. What the producers did not know, and Downey did not elaborate on, was that, like Julian, Downey was falling down a spiral of drug use, which would make his performance more method-like than anyone could have guessed. The Red Hot Chili Peppers, who were hot in the Los Angeles music scene but were still a couple years from the release of their breakout album, 1989's Mothers Milk, were cast to play a band in one of the party scenes, and additional cast members would include James Spader and Lisanne Falk, who would become semi-famous two years later as one of the Heathers. Impressed with a 1984 British historical drama called Another Country featuring Colin Firth, Cary Elwes and Rupert Everett, Avnet would hire that film's 35 year old director, Marek Kanievska, to make his American directing debut. But Kanievska would be in for a major culture shock when he learned just how different the American studio system was to the British production system. Shooting on the film was set to begin in Los Angeles on May 6th, 1987, and the film was already scheduled to open in theatres barely six months later. One major element that would help keep the movie moving along was cinematographer Ed Lachman. Lachman had been working as a cinematographer for nearly 15 years, and had shot movies like Jonathan Demme's Last Embrace, Susan Sideman's Desperately Seeking Susan, and David Byrne's True Stories. Lachman knew how to keep things on track for lower budgeted movies, and at only $8m, Less Than Zero was the second lowest budgeted film for Twentieth Century-Fox for the entire year. Not that having a lower budget was going to stop Kanievska and Lachman from trying make the best film they could. They would stage the film in the garish neon lighting the 80s would be best known for, with cool flairs like lighting a poolside discussion between Clay and Julian where the ripples of the water and the underwater lights create an effect on the characters' faces that highlight Julian's literal drowning in his problems. There's also one very awesome shot where Clay's convertible, parked in the middle of a street with its top down, as we see Clay and Blair making out while scores of motorcycles loudly pass by them on either side. And there's a Steadicam shot during the party scene featuring the Chili Peppers which is supposed to be out of this world, but it's likely we'll never see it. Once the film was finished shooting and Kanievska turned in his assembly cut, the studio was not happy with the film. It was edgier than they wanted, and they had a problem with the party scene with the Peppers. Specifically, that the band was jumping around on screen, extremely sweaty, without their shirts on. It also didn't help that Larry Gordon, the President of Fox who had approved the purchase of the book, had been let go before production on the film began, and his replacement, Alan Horn, who did give the final go-ahead on the film, had also been summarily dismissed. His replacement, Leonard Goldberg, really hated the material, thought it was distasteful, but Barry Diller, the chairman of the studio, was still a supporter of the project. During all this infighting, the director, Kanievska, had been released from the film. Before any test screenings. Test screenings had really become a part of the studio modus operandi in the 1980s, and Fox would often hold their test screenings on the Fox Studio Lot in Century City. There are several screenings rooms on the Fox lot, from the 53 seat William Fox Theatre, to the 476 seat Darryl Zanuck Theatre. Most of the Less Than Zero test screenings would be held in the 120 seat Little Theatre, so that audience reactions would be easier to gauge, and should they want to keep some of the audience over for a post-screening Q&A, it would be easier to recruit eight or ten audience members. That first test screening did not go over well. Even though the screening room was filled with young people between the ages of 15 and 24, and many of them were recruited from nearby malls like the Century City Mall and the Beverly Center based off a stated liking of Andrew McCarthy, they really didn't like Jami Hertz's character, and they really hated Robert Downey Jr's. Several of the harder scenes of drug use with their characters would be toned down, either through judicious editing, or new scenes were shot, such as when Blair is seen dumping her cocaine into a bathroom sink, which was filmed without a director by the cinematographer, Ed Lachman. They'd also shoot a flashback scene to the trio's high school graduation, meant to show them in happier times. The film would be completed three weeks before its November 6th release date, and Fox would book the film into 871 theatres., going up against no less than seven other new movies, including a Shelley Long comedy, Hello Again, the fourth entry in the Death Wish series, yet another Jon Cryer high school movie, Hiding Out, a weird Patrick Swayze sci-fi movie called Steel Dawn, a relatively tame fantasy romance film from Alan Rudolph called Made in Heaven, and a movie called Ruskies which starred a very young Joaquin Phoenix when he was still known as Leaf Phoenix, while also contending with movies like Fatal Attraction, Baby Boom and Dirty Dancing, which were all still doing very well two to four months in theatres. The reviews for the film were mostly bad. If there was any saving grace critically, it would be the praise heaped upon Downey for his raw performance as a drug addict, but of course, no one knew he actually was a drug addict at that time. The film would open in fourth place with $3.01m in ticket sales, less than half of what Fatal Attraction grossed that weekend, in its eighth week of release. And the following weeks' drops would be swift and merciless. Down 36% in its second week, another 41% in its third, and had one of the worst drops in its fourth week, the four day Thanksgiving holiday weekend, when many movies were up in ticket sales. By early December, the film was mostly playing in dollar houses, and by the first of the year, Fox had already stopped tracking it, with slightly less than $12.4m in tickets sold. As of the writing of this episode, at the end of November 2022, you cannot find Less Than Zero streaming anywhere, although if you do want to see it online, it's not that hard to find. But it has been available for streaming in the past on sites like Amazon Prime and The Roku Channel, so hopefully it will find its way back to streaming in the future. Or you can find a copy of the 21 year old DVD on Amazon. Thank you for listening. We'll talk again real soon, when our final episode of 2022, Episode 96, on Michael Jackson's Thriller, is released. Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, The80sMoviePodcast.com, for extra materials about Less Than Zero the movie and the novel, and its author, Bret Easton Ellis. The 80s Movies Podcast has been researched, written, narrated and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment. Thank you again. Good night.
This episode looks at the 1984 debut novel by Bret Easton Ellis, and its 1987 film adaptation. ----more---- Hello, and welcome to The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today. On this episode, we're going to talk about 80s author Bret Easton Ellis and his 1985 novel Less Than Zero, the literal polar opposite of last week's subjects, Jay McInerney and his 1984 novel Bright Lights, Big City. As I mentioned last week, McInerney was twenty-nine when he published Bright Lights, Big City. What I forgot to mention was that he was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut, halfway between Boston and New York City, and he would a part of that elite East Coast community that befits the upper class child of a corporate executive. Bret Easton Ellis was born and raised in Los Angeles. His father was a property developer, and his parents would divorce when he was 18. He would attend high school at The Buckley School, a college prep school in nearby Sherman Oaks, whose other famous alumni include a who's who of modern pop culture history, including Paul Thomas Anderson, Tucker Carlson, Laura Dern, Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, Alyssa Milano, Matthew Perry, and Nicole Richie. So they both grew up fairly well off. And they both would attend tony colleges in New England. Ellis would attend Bennington College in Vermont, a private liberal arts college whose alumni include fellow writers Jonathan Lethem and Donna Tartt, who would both graduate from Bennington the same year as Ellis, 1986. While still attending The Buckley School, the then sixteen year old Ellis would start writing the book he would call Less Than Zero, after the Elvis Costello song. The story would follow a protagonist not unlike Bret Easton Ellis and his adventures through a high school not unlike Buckley. Unlike the final product, Ellis's first draft of Less Than Zero wore its heart on its sleeve, and was written in the third person. Ellis would do a couple of rewrites of the novel during his final years at Buckley and his first years at Bennington, until his creative writing professor, true crime novelist Joe McGinness, suggested to the young writer that he revert his story back to the first person, which Ellis was at first hesitant to do. But once he did start to rewrite the story as a traditional novel, everything seemed to click. Ellis would have his book finished by the end of the year, and McGinniss was so impressed with the final product that he would submit it to his own agent to send out to publishers. Bret Easton Ellis was only a second year student at the time. And because timing is everything in life, Less Than Zero was being submitted to publishers just as Bright Lights, Big City was tearing up the best seller charts, and the publisher Simon and Schuster would purchase the rights to the book for $5,000. When the book was published in June 1985, Ellis just finished his third year at Bennington. He was only twenty-one years and three months old. Oh… also… before the book was published, the film producer Marvin Worth, whose credits included Bob Fosse's 1974 doc-drama about Lenny Bruce starring Dustin Hoffman, 1979's musical drama The Rose, Bette Midler's breakthrough film as an actress, and the 1983 Dudley Moore comedy Unfaithfully Yours, would purchase the rights to make the novel into a movie, for $7,500. The film would be produced at Twentieth Century-Fox, under the supervision of the studio's then vice president of production, Scott Rudin. The book would become a success upon its release, with young readers gravitating towards Clay and his aimless, meandering tour of the rich and decadent young adults in Los Angeles circa Christmas 1984, bouncing through parties and conversations and sex and drugs and shopping malls. One of those readers who became obsessed with the book was a then-seventeen year old Los Angeles native who had just returned to the city after three years of high school in Northern California. Me. I read Less Than Zero easily three times that summer, enraptured not only with Ellis's minimalist prose but with Clay specifically. Although I was neither bisexual nor a user of drugs, Clay was the closest thing I had ever seen to myself in a book before. I had kept in touch with my school friends from junior high while I lived in Santa Cruz, and I found myself to have drifted far away from them during my time away from them. And then when I went back to Santa Cruz shortly after Christmas in 1985, I had a similar feeling of isolation from a number of my friends there, not six months after leaving high school. I also loved how Ellis threw in a number of then-current Los Angeles-specific references, including two mentions of KROQ DJ Richard Blade, who was the coolest guy in radio on the planet. And thanks to Sirius XM and its First Wave channel, I can still listen to Richard Blade almost daily, but now from wherever I might be in the world. But I digress. My bond with Less Than Zero only deepened the next time I read it in early 1986. One of the things I used to do as a young would-be screenwriter living in Los Angeles was to try and write adaptation of novels when I wasn't going to school, going to movies, or working as a file clerk at a law firm. But one book I couldn't adapt for the life of me was Less Than Zero. Sure, there was a story there, but its episodic nature made it difficult to create a coherent storyline. Fox felt the same way, so they would hire Michael Cristofer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, to do the first draft of the script. Cristofer had just finished writing the adaptation of John Updike's The Witches of Eastwick that Mad Max director George Miller was about to direct, and he would do a literal adaptation of Ellis's book, with all the drugs and sex and violence, except for a slight rehabilitation of the lead character's sexuality. Although it was still the 1980s, with one part of the nation dramatically shifting its perspective on many types of sexuality, it was still Ronald Reagan's 1980s America, and maybe it wasn't a good idea to have the lead character be openly bisexual in a major studio motion picture. Cristofer would complete his first draft of the script in just one month, and producer Marvin Worth really loved it. Problem was, the Fox executives hated it. In a November 18th, 1987, New York Times article about the adaptation, Worth would tell writer Allen Harmetz that he thought Cristofer's script was highly commercial, because “it had something gripping to say about the dilemma of a generation to whom nothing matters.” Which, as someone who had just turned twenty years old eight days after the movie's release and four days before this article came out, I absolutely disagree with. My generation cared about a great many things. We cared about human rights. We cared about ending apartheid. We cared about ending AIDS and what was happening politically and economically. Yeah, we also cared about puffy jean jackets and neon colored clothes and other non-sensical things to take our minds off all the other junk we were dealing with, but it would be typical of a forty something screenwriter and a fiftysomething producer to thing we didn't give a damn about anything. But again, I digress. Worth and the studio would agree on one thing. It wasn't really a drug film, but about young people being destroyed by the privilege of having everything you ever wanted available to you. But the studio would want the movie version of the book to be a bit more sanitized for mainstream consumption. Goodbye, Marvin Worth. Hello, Jon Avnet. In 1986, Jon Avnet was mostly a producer of low-budget films for television, with titles like Between Two Women and Calendar Girl Murders, but he had struck gold in 1983 with a lower-budgeted studio movie with a first-time director and a little known lead actor. That movie was Risky Business, and it made that little known lead actor, Tom Cruise, a bona-fide star. Avnet, wanting to make the move out of television and onto the big screen, would hire Harley Peyton, a former script reader for former Columbia Pictures and MGM/UA head David Begelman, who you might remember from several of our previous episodes, and six-time Oscar nominated producer/screenwriter Ernest Lehman. Peyton would spend weeks in Avnet's office, pouring over every page of the book, deciding what to keep, what to toss, and what to change. Two of the first things to go were the screening of a “snuff” film on the beach, and a scene where a twelve year old girl is tied to a bedpost and raped by one of the main characters. Julian would still hustle himself out to men for money to buy drugs, but Clay would a committed heterosexual. Casting on the film would see many of Hollywood's leading younger male actors looked at for Clay, including a twenty-three year old recent transplant from Oklahoma looking not only for his first leading role, but his first speaking role on screen. Brad Pitt. The producers would instead go with twenty-four year old Andrew McCarthy, an amiable-enough actor who had already made a name for himself with such films as St. Elmo's Fire and Pretty in Pink, and who would have another hit film in Mannequin between being cast as Clay and the start of production. For Blair, they would cast Jami Gertz, who had spent years on the cusp of stardom, between her co-starring role as Muffy Tepperman on the iconic 1982 CBS series Square Pegs, to movies such as Quicksilver and Crossroads that were expected to be bigger than they ended up being. The ace up her sleeve was the upcoming vampire horror/comedy film The Lost Boys, which Warner Brothers was so certain was going to be a huge hit, they would actually move it away from its original Spring 1987 release date to a prime mid-July release. The third point in the triangle, Julian, would see Robert Downey Jr. get cast. Today, it's hard to understand just how not famous Downey was at the time. He had been featured in movies like Weird Science and Tuff Turf, and spent a year as a Not Ready For Prime Time Player on what most people agree was the single worst season of Saturday Night Live, but his star was starting to rise. What the producers did not know, and Downey did not elaborate on, was that, like Julian, Downey was falling down a spiral of drug use, which would make his performance more method-like than anyone could have guessed. The Red Hot Chili Peppers, who were hot in the Los Angeles music scene but were still a couple years from the release of their breakout album, 1989's Mothers Milk, were cast to play a band in one of the party scenes, and additional cast members would include James Spader and Lisanne Falk, who would become semi-famous two years later as one of the Heathers. Impressed with a 1984 British historical drama called Another Country featuring Colin Firth, Cary Elwes and Rupert Everett, Avnet would hire that film's 35 year old director, Marek Kanievska, to make his American directing debut. But Kanievska would be in for a major culture shock when he learned just how different the American studio system was to the British production system. Shooting on the film was set to begin in Los Angeles on May 6th, 1987, and the film was already scheduled to open in theatres barely six months later. One major element that would help keep the movie moving along was cinematographer Ed Lachman. Lachman had been working as a cinematographer for nearly 15 years, and had shot movies like Jonathan Demme's Last Embrace, Susan Sideman's Desperately Seeking Susan, and David Byrne's True Stories. Lachman knew how to keep things on track for lower budgeted movies, and at only $8m, Less Than Zero was the second lowest budgeted film for Twentieth Century-Fox for the entire year. Not that having a lower budget was going to stop Kanievska and Lachman from trying make the best film they could. They would stage the film in the garish neon lighting the 80s would be best known for, with cool flairs like lighting a poolside discussion between Clay and Julian where the ripples of the water and the underwater lights create an effect on the characters' faces that highlight Julian's literal drowning in his problems. There's also one very awesome shot where Clay's convertible, parked in the middle of a street with its top down, as we see Clay and Blair making out while scores of motorcycles loudly pass by them on either side. And there's a Steadicam shot during the party scene featuring the Chili Peppers which is supposed to be out of this world, but it's likely we'll never see it. Once the film was finished shooting and Kanievska turned in his assembly cut, the studio was not happy with the film. It was edgier than they wanted, and they had a problem with the party scene with the Peppers. Specifically, that the band was jumping around on screen, extremely sweaty, without their shirts on. It also didn't help that Larry Gordon, the President of Fox who had approved the purchase of the book, had been let go before production on the film began, and his replacement, Alan Horn, who did give the final go-ahead on the film, had also been summarily dismissed. His replacement, Leonard Goldberg, really hated the material, thought it was distasteful, but Barry Diller, the chairman of the studio, was still a supporter of the project. During all this infighting, the director, Kanievska, had been released from the film. Before any test screenings. Test screenings had really become a part of the studio modus operandi in the 1980s, and Fox would often hold their test screenings on the Fox Studio Lot in Century City. There are several screenings rooms on the Fox lot, from the 53 seat William Fox Theatre, to the 476 seat Darryl Zanuck Theatre. Most of the Less Than Zero test screenings would be held in the 120 seat Little Theatre, so that audience reactions would be easier to gauge, and should they want to keep some of the audience over for a post-screening Q&A, it would be easier to recruit eight or ten audience members. That first test screening did not go over well. Even though the screening room was filled with young people between the ages of 15 and 24, and many of them were recruited from nearby malls like the Century City Mall and the Beverly Center based off a stated liking of Andrew McCarthy, they really didn't like Jami Hertz's character, and they really hated Robert Downey Jr's. Several of the harder scenes of drug use with their characters would be toned down, either through judicious editing, or new scenes were shot, such as when Blair is seen dumping her cocaine into a bathroom sink, which was filmed without a director by the cinematographer, Ed Lachman. They'd also shoot a flashback scene to the trio's high school graduation, meant to show them in happier times. The film would be completed three weeks before its November 6th release date, and Fox would book the film into 871 theatres., going up against no less than seven other new movies, including a Shelley Long comedy, Hello Again, the fourth entry in the Death Wish series, yet another Jon Cryer high school movie, Hiding Out, a weird Patrick Swayze sci-fi movie called Steel Dawn, a relatively tame fantasy romance film from Alan Rudolph called Made in Heaven, and a movie called Ruskies which starred a very young Joaquin Phoenix when he was still known as Leaf Phoenix, while also contending with movies like Fatal Attraction, Baby Boom and Dirty Dancing, which were all still doing very well two to four months in theatres. The reviews for the film were mostly bad. If there was any saving grace critically, it would be the praise heaped upon Downey for his raw performance as a drug addict, but of course, no one knew he actually was a drug addict at that time. The film would open in fourth place with $3.01m in ticket sales, less than half of what Fatal Attraction grossed that weekend, in its eighth week of release. And the following weeks' drops would be swift and merciless. Down 36% in its second week, another 41% in its third, and had one of the worst drops in its fourth week, the four day Thanksgiving holiday weekend, when many movies were up in ticket sales. By early December, the film was mostly playing in dollar houses, and by the first of the year, Fox had already stopped tracking it, with slightly less than $12.4m in tickets sold. As of the writing of this episode, at the end of November 2022, you cannot find Less Than Zero streaming anywhere, although if you do want to see it online, it's not that hard to find. But it has been available for streaming in the past on sites like Amazon Prime and The Roku Channel, so hopefully it will find its way back to streaming in the future. Or you can find a copy of the 21 year old DVD on Amazon. Thank you for listening. We'll talk again real soon, when our final episode of 2022, Episode 96, on Michael Jackson's Thriller, is released. Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, The80sMoviePodcast.com, for extra materials about Less Than Zero the movie and the novel, and its author, Bret Easton Ellis. The 80s Movies Podcast has been researched, written, narrated and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment. Thank you again. Good night.
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For the left, we have arrived at juris-thermo-geddon. If the Ruskies don't nuke us, then the Supreme Court is going to nuke the Constitution! The Doomsday Clock at leftist institutions everywhere is striking midnight, yet somehow the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists “official” Doomsday Clock hasn’t budged, because apparently it is just a climate change clock […]
For the left, we have arrived at juris-thermo-geddon. If the Ruskies don't nuke us, then the Supreme Court is going to nuke the Constitution! The Doomsday Clock at leftist institutions everywhere is striking midnight, yet somehow the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists “official” Doomsday Clock hasn't budged, because apparently it is just a climate change clock now. Anyway, before taking up the legal... Source
For the left, we have arrived at juris-thermo-geddon. If the Ruskies don’t nuke us, then the Supreme Court is going to nuke the Constitution! The Doomsday Clock at leftist institutions everywhere is striking midnight, yet somehow the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists “official” Doomsday Clock hasn’t budged, because apparently it is just a climate change clock now. Anyway, before taking up the legal... Source
A comedian gets fired from Carnival Cruise. A president—whose brain is in a wheelchair— is asking where in the world is Jackie SanDiego! It's raining Russians out of windows. They keep drinking too much and slipping out of windows. Slow down on the vodka, Ruskies. Did you know that Vlad Putin became president of Russia with a 2% approval rating. He owes his grind to Gary Vee. It's a wholesome origin story filled with hustle and a little murder. Finally, Yanni begs Nike to make another hijab commercial. Iran needs it right now. The Ukraine/Russia conflict, threat of nuclear war and the Iran uprising can all be solved with a few simple commercials that Yanni writes for you on this episode. Tune in to hear em. Sponsors Bon Charge https://ca.boncharge.com Promo code: fumes Mint Mobile https://www.mintmobile.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=mint_podcast&utm_content=fumes&dnfemfkahqkdlf=fumes True classic https://trueclassictees.com/en-ca Promo code: fumes Watch Yanni's stand up special: https://youtu.be/ArlCFemEDvQ Join our Patreon for hilarious bonus episodes each week: https://www.patreon.com/yannilongdays Join our highlights page for podcast highlight clips: https://youtube.com/channel/UCfMy34qIYYy7XiRaHKO1ykw Longdays is your news show that's not news. Come cheat on your beliefs with the delicious maniac. New episodes every Saturday and new bonus every Thursday on Patreon.com/yannilongdays Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Eric and Dave are back to talk about the recent (repeated) threat by Russia to engage in the use of "tactical" nuclear weapons. With the destruction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, are we closer than ever to nuclear combat toe-to-toe with the Ruskies?
The Queen is dead and you shouldn't give a damn, Ukraine opens up a can of whoopass on Ruskies and oligarchs are calling for Putin's head, the media is beating the civil war drum, Florida Man says “gator got my arm” then wanders the wood for three days, Bible Belt states jail pregnant women for fun, and several other things we been right about all along.
Sage is back from fighting the Ruskies and is in full form. In last week's episode, Paddington 2 was mentioned not just in Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, but in our review as well. This week, Tate, Sage, and Jacob sit down to watch the family movie classic, Paddington 2. There are tears, many laughs, tangents, and more! This movie was directed by Paul King. GD4AM: 85/100 IMDb: 7.8/10 Metacritic: 88/100 RT: 99% Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen. This movie is currently streaming on HBOMAX. NEXT WEEK'S REVIEW: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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We hear from Sean Maloney from Tom's WTIC show on Ukraine. Also, Trump is picking YMCA and Facebook says it's okay to hate the Ruskies. Here is that Maloney interview: https://21153.mc.tritondigital.com/OMNY_THEWILLMAROTTISHOW1_P/media-session/abba32cb-0709-402a-beae-2ca2a1a2f085/d/clips/4b5f9d6d-9214-48cb-8455-a73200038129/a5ab875b-1248-426b-9a0c-abfa00e485cd/18dca2e5-512f-4935-9a2e-ae5401558b7b/audio/direct/t1646945477/Tom_Shattuck_w_Sean_Maloney.mp3?t=1646945477 Find us at www.burnbarrelpodcast.com Email us: burnbarrelpodcast@gmail.com Follow on Parler: @burnbarrelpodcast On Gab: @burnbarrelpodcast Facebook: facebook.com/burnbarrelpodcast And Twitter: @burnbarrelpod Rumble: rumble.com/c/burnbarrelpodcast YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCWhLuhtutKdCmbHaWuGg_YQ Follow Tom on Twitter: @tomshattuck You can follow Alice too: @aliceshattuck More Tom stuff at www.tomshattuck.com Tom's "Insta" as the zoomers say: www.instagram.com/tomwshattuck/ Join us at Locals: burnbarrel.locals.com (subscriber based) Join us at Patreon: www.patreon.com/burnbarrel (subscriber based) The opening theme music is called Divine Intervention by Matthew Sweet. The closing theme music to this podcast C'est La Vie by Derek Clegg. Excelsior
We are going to begin covering stories like we used to before the amazing two-year parade of solution-based guests. We have decided to do two shows a month centered on current events or subjects that interest us. The other two weeks, we will continue interviewing the lovers of liberty we are proud to build a coalition with. This week we are going to cover Lent, Numerology/Astrology, and the huge distraction which was the State of the Disunion and the nonsense of getting rid of everything from the Ruskies. Through God, the numbers, or the stars, we need some help to save us all from the incompetence of the state and its moronic "leaders". Transcript of the SOTU - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/03/01/remarks-of-president-joe-biden-state-of-the-union-address-as-delivered/ AA Links- https://aquariananarchy.com/ Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/AquarianAnarchy Anchor- https://anchor.fm/aquarian-anarchy Twitter- https://twitter.com/AnarchyAquarian Store- https://teespring.com/stores/aquarian-anarchy Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/Aquarian-Anarchy-330230257841428/ Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/aquariananarchy/ Mewe- https://mewe.com/i/marcuspulis Marcus Cash app- $AnpuAzrael Chad Twitter- https://twitter.com/chadlismyname Chad Cash app- $ChadLemoine Nicco Twitter- https://twitter.com/Nic_Ave23 Nicco Cash app- $NiccoAugustave Support the channel- send donations to Marcus Pulis PO Box 673 Lapel IN, 46051 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/aquarian-anarchy/support
Max and Riedl talk about the hustle culture crisis in the world of entrepreneurship. They also can't help but talk about the Ruskies. Who can?
Got some comics and something I didn't plan on getting but had to and reminisce about war and even run out to nellis the top gun school of military aviation and saw something rad
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Rabbi Dave has been banned from Facebook because of the Ukraine situation? Well… not exactly, but maybe? The Russians have gone full Putin, and now the world is sitting on the edge of a nuclear madman's stability. Dave lives just a few miles from a major target, but in the era of Mutal Assured Destruction (MAD), is anybody really safe from one mans insanity? John Kerry, who served in Vietnam, has made it clear that he is unhappy about the way the Ruskies are throwing up a bunch of CO2 which is bad. Especially if you're trying to seduce your young wife with a romantic evening of love… Gal Gadot once sang the John Lenin hit, “Imagine” to try and achieve world peace. Oddly enough it did not work. But not AnnaLynn McCort, who apparently was once on TV, is bemoaning that she did not get the chance to be Vlads mommy. And all of this is because of the Ukraine Situation…
Rabbi Dave has been banned from Facebook because of the Ukraine situation? Well… not exactly, but maybe? The Russians have gone full Putin, and now the world is sitting on the edge of a nuclear madman's stability. Dave lives just a few miles from a major target, but in the era of Mutal Assured Destruction (MAD), is anybody really safe from one mans insanity? John Kerry, who served in Vietnam, has made it clear that he is unhappy about the way the Ruskies are throwing up a bunch of CO2 which is bad. Especially if you're trying to seduce your young wife with a romantic evening of love… Gal Gadot once sang the John Lenin hit, “Imagine” to try and achieve world peace. Oddly enough it did not work. But not AnnaLynn McCort, who apparently was once on TV, is bemoaning that she did not get the chance to be Vlads mommy. And all of this is because of the Ukraine Situation…
In this episode, Javvad recovers from COVID, the US adds water supply to important things to protect, QNAP is getting attacked, China hijacks Aussie PM's account and Americans should expect the Ruskies to attack (in the cyberz) All of this and more today. Don't miss this episode! Stories from the show: QNAP warns of new DeadBolt ransomware encrypting NAS devices https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qnap-warns-of-new-deadbolt-ransomware-encrypting-nas-devices/ DHS: Americans should be prepared for potential Russian cyberattacks https://www.zdnet.com/article/dhs-warns-critical-infrastructure-orgs-local-governments-of-potential-for-russian-cyberattack/ China accused of hijacking Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison's WeChat account https://www.zdnet.com/article/china-accused-of-hijacking-australia-prime-minister-scott-morrisons-wechat-account/ Unmasking Poopsenders, The Anonymous Website That Sends People Fake Poop https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7w3dx/unmasking-poopsenders-the-anonymous-website-that-sends-people-fake-poop
From "The Adventures of Clark Chesterfield: American Extraordinaire". Watch, with your ears, as America battles to maintain its perfect winning streak of wars.
So much can happen in so little time. They have nothing to fall back on besides Russia. Payoff operations nicely defined on a hard drive. Where was the FBI? The incredible censoring techs. Schiffing all over himself. A lotus in the swamp. POTUS holds nothing back, and why should he? Suddenly, all those SGate contracters are hard to find. What is coming will shock many citizens. Connecting olympic dots. The MSM defines hypocrisy. Now, it's back to our roots for the power of truth and freedom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this week's episode, the guys run in terror from the 1988 remake of The Blob. It's a tongue-in-cheek monster movie with a lot of gory practical effects.Pete explains how the only chance we stand against the Ruskies is with uncontrollable, mindless monsters that devour everything in sight. How this helps is still lost on him, but damn it this is America!Kevin tries to figure out why this Blob menace seems intent on breaking up as many teenage dates as possible. Maybe it was scorned by a past lover? Maybe it believes that sex should wait until marriage? What kind of a broken heart dwells within the pink, gooey mass that is The Blob??So join us as we face the unimaginable horror that is, THE BLOB. And remember, don't get too scared...
Yeehaw, Episode 2 baby! Join us as we discuss Stanley's Kubrick's film... Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb! All I know is they could have used some reefer in that war room. For more hit the subscribe button and follow us at Instagram @letsgetluckypod --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/letsgetluckyfilmpod/support
Holy mackerel, we only went and did it! TJ hits the half century mark and boy howdy have we got a show you! Keep your guard up as those October fellows are back. We get a rootin', tootin' space adventure for the ages. Joes, Ruskies, killer robots and mad professors! On the ground the big CC has invasion on his mind. Elsewhere, Chief moans about slippers (lack off), his back and burns whilst Chris tells us about Auto Assembly and gets quizzed on Marvel heroes.
Development: Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, known as Final Fantasy Gaiden in Japan, is a Role Playing Game developed by Matrix Software and published by Square Enix on October 29, 2009 in Japan, and October 5th, 2010 in the States. You may remember Matrix Software from their IOS ports of Final Fantasy II, IV, V, VI, After Years, and even Dragon Quest V. This is the second Final Fantasy game to wield the Gaiden, or spinoff title, in Japan; The other being the aforereviewed Final Fantasy Adventure. The game’s directors were Takashi Tokita and Hiroaki Yabuta. Tokita you may remember as the director of Chrono Trigger and Parasite Eve. He also worked as lead designer for Final Fantasy IV. The game was produced by Tomoya Asano, the lead artist was Akihiko Yoshida; Yoshida worked on background art and main character design for the Ivalice games, where Mizuta worked on FFXI with Uematsu, and that god awful Parasite Eve 2. The development team had begun to consider a sequel to this game, and that’s why we’re going to play Bravely Default; which is what that “sequel” eventually became. The entire game was meant to be a throwback to the original titles in the Final Fantasy series, and you can definitely tell. The game featured an interesting storybook style art design, similar to Chocobo’s Tales, and also features a pretty bitchin version of the job system from FF III and V. The development team looked to DQ games, and other popular NES era RPG’s for inspiration as well as previous FF titles. Plot: The game starts out in the city of Horne with our main hero Brandt. Brandt is presenting himself to the king to enter manhood, and discovers that the Princess, Aire, has been taken by the Witch of the North, named Louhi. Along the way, Brandt meets up with his moody friend Jusqua and the princess’ personal bodyguard, and savior of us all, Yunita. Together they journey to the witche’s house, and eventually slay Louhi. When we trudge back to Horne, we find that the entire town has been turned to stone by some curse, and the king is missing. This is when our little fellowshiop breaks for the time being. Brandt and Yunita try to restore Horne’s villagers, while Jusqua and Aire flee to Liberte, a seafaring town. Brandt and Yunita meet a fellow named Krinjh in a nearby desert, who leads them to the magic kingdom of Guera. The King of Guera asks them to deal with the fucking Sandman, since Spiderman is busy, and you agree. But of course, he annihalates you, because you need water spells and the LEADER ORDERS A FUCKING FREEZE ON WATER SPELL SALES! Anyway, you win the fight, but the sand creature is revealed to be Araidne, who Krinjh runs away with. Aire meets up with a fairy named Lilibelle, and gets turned into a cat. Aire leaves Jusqua’s grumpy ass behind, and finds Brandt, who also left Yunita behind for some reason… Anyway, they head to Arbor forest, where the Queen of the forest turns Brandt into a plant, because she doesn’t trust humans after the events of Ferngully 1, and dare I say 2. Aire then teams up with a mouse named Tortehhhh to find an Animal Staff in order to turn Brandt into a dog, thus making him more trustworthy. But before we get this taken care of, we must defeat Arbaroc; the guardian of Arbor. We knock him out, and the Queen of Arbor turns the Animal Staff into the Transformation Staff, which allows us to go transspecial with a mere three menu clicks. We then first learn of Rolan, who searches for the Dark Towe…. Wait, no. He’s just a dude from Spelvia who may know how to help Horne. The two animals Aire and Brandt climb the great tree of the arbor and leap to the super FF-esque floating island of Spelvia, but Aire is the only one who makes it across. Jusqua finds a regular cat, who he mistakes for Aire somehow, and travels to Urbeth; finding Yunita and a sorcerer who claims to be able to lift the curse from “Aire”. We earn some dough by completing some quests for the locals, and then we find out that the dirty sorcerer was nothing more than a con artist, who promptly escapes to the six teraflop city of Invidia. Jusqua leaves warrior princess Yunita behind and pursues the sorcerer on a boat. He’s soon reunited with Brandt, and learns that Aire was with him the whole time. When our two heroes arrive in Invidia, they meet up with a girl named Rekoteh who helps them get the dragon harp, which allows the party to summon a dragon to fly to Spelvia. Yunita has climbed the tower to the Sky to reach the town, and meets up with Aire as they arrive. We then visit Rolan, who also dislikes humans, and has locked himself away in solitude. Then we get a sweet sequence where Yunita and Aire travel into Rolan’s unconcious mind with the help of the Witch of the Sky to destroy the monsters controlling him. This, however, causes Rolan to ulneash the darkness that was locked away inside him, and warp the very fabric of reality. Ardyn, anyone?? At this point, the heroes search for the Weapons of Light to save the world from the Dark Lord that the ancient hero Rolan defeated and sealed away. In the kingdom of Guera’s past, Krinj is a servant of their past king, who turns out to be Asmodeus, or as Joe and I call him, Assdemon, the demon of lust; and he lusts after your juicy asscheeks, to be sure. Yunita prevents his evil plans from being completed by using the Merkmal, or Merkin, to reveal his true identity, and then the group fights him, gets fucking wrecked, and darkness wins the day. 40 times. Until eventually he doesn’t fuck you over instantly, and you defeat him. Krinjh then rewards you with the Shield of Light, which I actually didn’t take at first, which led me to be lost for about three hours last night. Krinjh eventually becomes king, and makes peace with the nearby nations. In Liberte’s past, and artist is looking to create the most beautiful piece of art ever, and wants to incorporate Lillibelle into it. A bunch of pirates steal the work, and we find out they were being possessed. ONce we free them, we awaken Cetus, an ancient whale, and use him to defeat Leviathan, the demon of envy. Urubeth was once a city of faith, but a recent plague turned it into a commerce town. Thazund, one of the high merchants of the town, has a daughter who has fallen ill to the plague. Jusqua is determined to prevent this, and finds a cure, but we also find out that the town apothecary is causing the plague, and selling the medicine at an absurdly high markup. We reveal him to be Beelzebub, the demon of Gluttony, and rip him apart. For our good deeds, Thauzand gives us the Cape of Light, and Urbeth becomes balanced between commerce, and faith. We then move to Arbor. Torte, once a human rather than the rat we know him as, releases Belphegor, the demon of sloth, or ass to ass, in order to obtain the super OP spell Lux. His punishment is being turned into a mouse, and he is the catalyst for the Arbor Queen’s distaste towards humans. Belphagor attempts to posses Aebaroc to destroy Arbor. Originally, Belphagor wins, but our time warp intervention prevents it. But not before he fucks you over, and over, and over, and over again. With Belfaggot dead, we receive the spell Lux; and my god is it useful. Now we turn to Invidia, home of the Ruskies. We help the daughter of Rekoteh, and journey to the Sun Temple to defeat Mammon, the demon of greed. Once we return to the village, spring finally arrives, and we are awarded with the Armor of Light. We also visit Spelvia in the past, and save Rolan from the darkness. We dive into his soul, and defeat Lucifer himfuckingself, the demon of pride, and free Rolan’s soul. He awards us with the Sword of Light. We finally make it back to Horne, who is suffering a drought. This extreme situation called for extreme measures, and the town voted to ask the witch Louhi for help. This is also, oddly, the day of Aire’s birth. Her father agrees to give her away to break the seal on the legendary black magic. Our defiance of the deal by saving Aire, and killing Louhi, caused the curse in the first place.We eventually use the lamp of truth to question the shitlord king of this place, and find out that he’s Satan, demon of wrath. Brandt’s parrot shows up, and reveals himself as the actual mayor. This is when we find out that we were played in the beginning, and serving evil. The king thanks us, and gives us the overpowered black magic Desolator. Once our for heroe’s have the weapons of light, they use Cletus to enter the Dark World, and not the one from that crap Thor movie, either. We, of fucking course, lose all of our jobs, and have to earn them back by defeating all the douche bosses that the game offered; first and foremost are Assdemon and Belfaggot. This is a very similar idea to FFVIII’s final dungeon, tbh. We then face off against Chaos, who shatters our job creating crystal, and still loses to us. But again, not after making me spend hour after hour journeying to fight him again and again. We then embark on our world tour, returning the sacred weapons. Everything is good to go, and we finally return home.
Do you ever look up on a clear night at the eternal vastness and wonder of the cosmic heavens? Ever pondered the monumental, and seemingly impossible achievement it must have been to land a man on the moon? Ever think of mankind's greatest accomplishment that marked the pinnacle of human achievement that forever changed the course of human history and thought, "Nah..."?You're not alone. A surprisingly large number of Americans still think we didn't go to the moon in 1969. It's now been 50 years and "The Moon Hoax Theory" is still going strong. In some polls, upwards of 20% of Americans still think that they are not being told the whole truth about NASA, the Moon and the Apollo 11 program. This kind of questioning of the official historical narrative (that is almost unanimously agreed upon) is usually met immediately with eye rolling and a big sigh. It is easy to arbitrarily dismiss these questions as just crazy. However, if one were to simply take a little time, they would see that there actually are logical reason for all the doubt and distrust. A fifth of Americans can't just be crazy, right? In this episode, we take you through the many reasons why people still think we are not being told the whole truth about NASA, Apollo 11, and the Moon. From motives to means, we discuss the many (many) points that naysayers cite as proof that we didn't go to the moon. That the landing itself was actually filmed on a soundstage with the help of legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. And that the US gov't faked it all to beat those pesky Ruskies. Some of the evidence doubters cite are admittedly laughable and easy to dismiss. However, there are a handful of questions that are much harder to answer. The type of things that makes one of your eyebrows raise and ask yourself, "Really?"Join us on our cosmic journey through the history of the Space Race, the monumental undertaking of the Apollo 11 mission, and finally on the strangeness of the Moon itself. It is our mission to discover & discuss some of the real reasons why people think it didn't happen the way we're told. Would our own government ever lie to us? Did NASA really have the balls to fake something that big? Listen, then ask yourself...if you believe they put a man on the moon.You decide. Please note: This episode features explicit language and content(Thanks for listening and check out our later episodes where our sound quality gets exponentially better.)***WITH YOUR HELP- Markus and Drew can improve bringing you more of this kind of electrifying information with better equipment, software, etc. If you liked what you heard and can afford to help us grow, please throw a couple bucks our way ...and if your budget is too tight but you still want to help please Like, Share and/or leave us a good review.***SUPPORT- https://paypal.me/phase2phase?locale.x=en_US Deleted/Missing Telemetryhttps://www.npr.org/2009/07/16/106637066/houston-we-erased-the-apollo-11-tapeshttps://www.space.news/2017-07-27-why-did-nasa-just-destroy-apollo-tape-recordings-found-in-a-basement.htmlhttps://youtu.be/SC2Qj8HsMK8 Fake Moon Rocks https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/6105902/Moon-rock-given-to-Holland-by-Neil-Armstrong-andSupport the show (https://paypal.me/phase2phase?locale.x=en_US)
Stranger Things Season 3 Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy? So much going on. Check in time. Kissing. 3 inches.
Chief and Chris are back with another rip roaring episode of Talking Joe. This week the boys see what the Joes are doing post the Cobra Civil War (hint - it's not good goings on), the Jugglers make their move and we're not talking circus hijinks, Joes pose as Ruskies and Ruskies pose as Joes and finally Roadblock dons a bowler hat and pinstripes! It can only mean one thing. You've guessed it, issues 77-78 of ARAH and 9-10 of Special Missions! On top of all that, this episode sees the long awaited return of Inside Chief's Mind and Chief asks Chris a Question. Plus.....a new segment in the form of Chris Talks Toys! We spoil you, we really do.
Part of a conversation I had with ArmageddonUVC recounting an experience a friend and I had at Little 500
Lady Mary's vacation of exploration winds down as drama at the manor winds up. Who saw her leave Liverpool with Gillingham? Who stays out too late with a male companion? Who foolishly oversteps her boundaries for the thousandth time? Find out this week on the LoG Podcast! Also, we pitch a new and potentially safe way to hashtag our favorite Downton dog! Support the Lords on Patreon @ http://patreon.com/lordsofgrantham
President Trump is pulling out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Does this mean the Ruskies will start cranking out nukes? What about us? Or the Chinese? Jason Buttrill, Chief Researcher at The Blaze, joins Heaton to explain what we should and should not be worried about.
Dan, Dave, and Geoff are here as a mystery sewage smell invades Dan's fridge. None of us can figure out where it is coming from.The trailer for The Russian 5 movie is out!! It looks outstanding. We go over the importance of those Red Wings teams to the formative years of our sports fandom! You would not be listening to this show if not for those five, wonderful Ruskies! The trailer for "Goalie" was also released and looks equally as awesome. Terry Sawchuck died in the dumbest way imaginable and nobody remembers. Chris Osgood is a Hall of Famer. STOP IT!You can hunt Big Foot with Jose Canseco!The Freep writing staff tells us who each of them thinks will be the next pro, Detroit sports team to win a title will be. Guess who gave the dumbest answer. Hint: It wasn't Carlos?!Glob is a really gross word.And British dudes have got to learn how to watch out for and take better care of their penises. Third story in one month. It's an epidemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hello dear listeners! We knew we could understand what happens in this movie! *CLAPS* We told you! *Claps* Weeeee told you! Ahem. Yes, this week Mathieu and Edgar conclude their review of 1987's film adaptation The Living Daylights. With the same brimming confidence Koskov demonstrates when assuming that 007 will assassinate Pushkin, the hosts make heads and tails of this movie's plot. Hold on, Bond doesn't actually end up killing Pushkin…Umm, anyways, with virtually the film's entire second half to discuss, there is plenty of material to wade through. We try on our best Goofy imitations, rejoice in watching a film from the good old days when the Ruskies were clearly the bad guys, appreciate a solid, manly bromance, and learn that live organs can hide just about anything provided its sufficiently vomit-inducing. Sit back, opium pipes at the ready, relax and enjoy the conclusion to our TLD film review. You won't want to miss this performance!
The Gov shutdown breaks records with lawyers, guns and money. Trump and the Ruskies. Mecca's crawling with critters. Bird Box teen crashes car. Is your female sig-other hear ignoring you? Maybe she's got reverse-slope hearing loss.
Sure the Ruskies have been meddling in our elections, but they also make some good beers...or can. Are the four in this episode enough to stand up for 'Merica?
Did the Soviet Union release a bioweapon upon the world on 1977, and if so, why? Join me on this episode where I ask the question, just what sort of shady stuff were the Ruskies up to?
This week’s episode answers a critical question: if we didn’t start the fire, who did? Probably those damned Ruskies, that’s who! A companion piece to last week’s episode on REM’s “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine),” this week we delve deep into another list song: “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by one William Joel. The whole song is basically just as many political and pop culture references as you can pack into a 3:30 pop song, including some really obscure pulls. We also discuss the iconic music video including Richard being shocked that there was a different mom for each decade. Like our show? Make sure you subscribe on your favorite pod catcher. You can also review and rate us on iTunes and connect with us on social media. SHOW NOTES 2:35 – The Ghostly Apparition of Billy Joel (Richard’s Choice) 8:55 – The Music Video Being Centered Around the Kitchen (Michael’s Choice) 12:50 – Rock and Roller Cola Wars (Richard’s Choice) 13:22 – Two Moments of Anger Amongst the Sea of Monotony (Michael’s Choice) 21:05 – Syngman Rhee (Richard’s Choice) 28:42 – New Versions of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” With Updated Lyrics (Michael’s Choice) 32:10 – The “Psycho” Strings When He Says the Word “Psycho” (Richard’s Choice) 34:28 – The Song Feeling Like It’s the End of Billy Joel’s Career (Michael’s Choice)
Russia, Russia, Russia! So much hot air and so little understanding in the wake of Donald Trump's rise, especially with the hyperbole leveled at the new president. But what ideology or strategy actually explains the motives and plans of the Russians? One name stands out: Aleksandr Dugin, the man behind Duginism. As nuts as this guy may be, the Ruskies listen and have even given him prominent official positions in foreign policy. To make sense of this man and Russian policy, we have the prolific YouTuber and analyst Lucian Valsan on the show, all the way from Romania. Show notes: http://goldnewsletter.com/podcast/what-motivates-the-russians/.
Episode 4 of the Tales From the Loop storyline. Other possible titles for this episode were. Goonies Achieved Row-butts So Let's go start a fire con one Encylopedia Brown Mr Roboto Dance Black Magic 88 What Anime is This? It's the Ruskies
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Ricochet Editor-in-Chief Jon Gabriel and Heatstreet’s Stephen Miller talk about Trump spilling the beans to the Ruskies, Comey slipping a memo to the New York Times, and whether we think Trump lasts another year. Our intro and outro music is “Crawling After You” by Bass Drum of Death. Stephen’s song of the week is “Punk” by Gorillaz, and Jon’s is “No Shade” by Wavves. To listen to all the music... Source
Ricochet Editor-in-Chief Jon Gabriel and Heatstreet's Stephen Miller talk about Trump spilling the beans to the Ruskies, Comey slipping a memo to the New York Times, and whether we think Trump lasts another year. Our intro and outro music is “ Crawling After You” by Bass Drum of Death. Stephen's song of the week is “Punk” by Gorillaz, and Jon's is “No Shade” by Wavves. To listen to all the music... Source
Where to start. Wire taps. Pence on AOL. Sessions and the Ruskies.
We’re all living in crazy town, apparently. This time around, Alex and I discuss the Ruskies “hacking” the election, the recount, the bombing in Egypt, and, of course, we wander all over the place. We spent a little time laughing … Continue reading →
Movie Meltdown - Episode 369 This week we are joined by our special guest co-host comedian Justin Golak, as we discuss one of his favorite movies - Rocky. We look at not just the movie itself, but also it's impact on pop culture - and just how much we actually remember based on how much Rocky has seeped into the public consciousness. Plus we also look at how this first installment fits into the long-running series that will continue over the next 40 years. And as we discuss Stallone-adjacent characters, we also mention... comedy or baseball, cable the way it used to be, arm wrestling is the thing, reading comprehension, Ghostbusters 2, organized crime, garblyness, it's very different going back and rewatching it now... having not seen it in years, how do you fight you, creating a rig for the scene, the sub-genre of boxing movies, Survivor, escaping Cleveland, music video culture, Cobra, drinking raw eggs, on VHS taped from TV, I want to be better, Thunderlips, being weird and awkward, Over the Top, three pages of dialogue in ten seconds of body language, spattered with training, running with your girlfriend up the stairs, at every turn... he makes a different choice, Copland, going heel, it's essentially an origin story... but you didn't know that if you didn't know there's be sequels, novelizations, outsourcing the property, Apollo Creed, being literal, Irwin Winkler, forceps, Ruskies, office sign dialogue, Batman Begins, this is like a thing everyone will do forever now, losing the right way, getting your hands bloody, that's a real person and all art is drug-fueled from the beginning of time. Spoiler Alert: Spoilers for Rocky... and the entire franchise. You have been warned. "I'm a huge fan... it's the only thing I geek out about... it's like my Star Wars." For Justin's links, tour dates, etc., go to: http://justingolak.com/ Special thanks to Gallery K, for more info go to: http://www.galleryk.net/
America's relationship with Russia wasn't always as bad as it is now (or was during the Cold War). Thanks to help from Czarist Russia, for example, England had a tough time controlling the colonial rebellion during the Revolutionary War. And who can forget the alliance with Stalin during World War II? In this episode of the Mandatory Fun podcast, our hosts explore the on-again, off-again relationship with the Ruskies.
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Michael Phelps owns the Olympics that is until the Russians invaded Georgia. Natalie has a warning for those Ruskies.
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