And the Winner Should Have Been...
Bob and Mark
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This week we talk about the films of Ralph Fiennes. We haven't seen all his movies, but we have seen a goodly number. If you're afraid of the sneaky and nefarious SPOILER, you probably ought to be cautious since we fear it not.
00:10 Intro and the topic
02:40 Fiennes and the theater (theatre?)
06:11 Bob attempts to categorize Fiennes' films
07:05 Bob's very wrong about Macbeth being on streaming
08:00 The bulk of Fiennes' movies
13:37 Fiennes as villain
16:03 The Avengers (1998) Bob will be wrong a few seconds later about Fiennes being the villain (it's Sean Connery); not only that, Fiennes plays the hero, which would have been a good thing to have looked up before having the rest of this conversation. Do your homework, kids!
16:51 Our discussion of The English Patient
19:18 "Never" the hero? Didn't you guys just say he was the hero of The King's Man? Tells you how forgettable that film was.
20:13 Fiennes is an actor not a star?
26:31 Work in children's films
31:46 Odds and ends
37:19 Getting off topic and talking about physical media
43:27 Favorite Ralph Fiennes film
47:25 Digression about commentaries, food, other nonsense
51:24 Least favorite Ralph Fiennes film
54:51 Winding down; upcoming episode
56:45 Quick mention of two upcoming films
Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
Bob jumps straight into the topic this episode with SPOILERS from the very start. This episode we assume that you have at least a familiarity with the basic plot of the Terminator films even if, like Mark, you've never seen them. We discuss the first three films and ignore the latter three (which neither Bob nor Mark has seen). Enjoy!
00:10 Intro
00:45 Mark had not seen The Terminator; cultural significance and Schwarzenegger
05:37 Evolution from conclusive to open-ended
08:42 The Terminator
12:30 Does James Cameron care more about technical filmmaking than the story elements?
20:04 Masking the antagonist in Terminator 2
23:10 Linda Hamilton/Sarah Connor
25:41 Which is best and supporting cast
27:43 Terminator 3 is a real step down
31:12 Schwarzenegger is inextricably linked with the Terminator
34:05 Rough story moments in the second filmmaking
35:21 Edward Furlong - American History X
36:25 Robert Patrick
37:10 Kristanna Loken
40:25 Time travel and its problems
44:07 Special effects
48:35 Mild spoilers(?) for Reacher season 2
49:27 Prosthetic effects in The Terminator
52:08 Actor miscellany
56:35 Winding down
Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
We return triumphantly with...a filler episode! Okay, they can't all be about timeless classics. This episode we look back at what we've seen so far and what is on the horizon. Mostly it's not great, but there were a few gems and several films which augur well. Minimal spoilers too! Enjoy!
00:17 Intro (and the brief return of the clicky pen!)
04:32 Bob's Top 5 of 2024 (so far)
08:32 Mark's movie-going (or lack thereof)
11:34 Bob raves about Perfect Days
13:58 What *should* movies be about? Are we jaded?
19:40 So many sequels/remakes on the horizon
23:57 The War of the Rohirrim
24:58 Writers strike and streaming
28:23 Movies we're looking forward to
31:38 Movies we *aren't* looking forward to
32:58 Back to The War of the Rohirrim
35:35 Upcoming release dates
42:14 Ralph Fiennes
44:00 Terminator(s)
45:49 Wrapping up
Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
00:00 Intro
04:54 Starting the topic
06:55 What's the key understanding?
12:10 A role departure for Denzel Washington
15:57 Mark's choice for a unique Washington role
22:20 Another, similar, actor
23:52 It's not necessarily bad...
26:10 Glory
29:02 Comparing to Tom Cruise
31:51 Man on Fire vs The Equalizer
36:02 (It was from Sicario. -Ed.)
36:29 Noble self-sacrifice
39:42 Roman J. Israel, Esq.
41:40 Inside Man
43:00 Training Day
43:22 Mojo Jojo?
45:45 Wrapping up? No, of course not quite yet.
47:39 Much Ado About Nothing
50:05 Unstoppable
51:27 Two Guns
53:44 Manchurian Candidate(s)
55:40 Wrapping up for reals this time
Back this episode to talk about Jane Austen adaptations. There are many, but we only have time to watch and discuss a handful. At first Bob and Mark seem to be on the same page, but by the end...well, you'll hear. As ever, SPOILERS, but really, these stories are 200 years old. If you don't know them already, that's on you.
00:00 Introduction
2:28 Austen adaptations
7:25 Pride and Prejudice (1995 and 2005)
14:30 Bob compares it to Ozu, because of course he does, and we discuss the stories as a group
20:58 Persuasion (1995)
25:11 Social conventions
40:29 Sense and Sensibility (1995)
47:30 Bob and Mark disagree vehemently on the relative quality of the films, then Sense and Sensibility specifically
51:47 Mark finds watching a group of similar movies back to back diminishes his enjoyment
52:36 The perils of watching a lot of movies
56:30 Wrapping up
58:31 Baseball!
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Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode