The Spoilers - Alternate DVD Commentaries

Watch Serenity and help a good cause

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:48:43 -0400

Hey Spoiler fans! We got an interesting note in the mailbag today (much from which I will be copying and pasting right here) about some special theatrical screenings of Serenity across 6 countries in the next few days. Fellow fans are relaunching the movie to theatres to benefit Equality Now (a gender equality charity) and other charities. Which is a move, by the way, has never happened before in the history of cinema.

One theatre has already screened the movie -- in Ann Arbor -- and made over $1600. 46 more theatres are to follow within the next week worldwide.

Raiders of the Lost Ark: Spoilers Podcast 006 (PAL)

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:40:10 -0400

Knowing that Indiana Jones has fans (and enemies) all over the world, we have reprocessed our Raiders of the Lost Ark commentary creating a second version for our listeners with PAL DVD equipment and the Region 2 disc.

Enjoy!

Stay tuned to the PAL RSS feed for more such files and all the Spoilers announcements.

Raiders of the Lost Ark: Spoilers Podcast 006 (NTSC)

Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:50:18 -0400

We are back!!

After a prolonged absence brought on by the 10 Plagues of the Spoilers. Bill and I have returned with another commentary: Raiders of the Lost Ark, the 1981 Spielberg blockbuster classic starring Harrison Ford and Karen Allen that started the Indiana Jones trilogy... or "quadrilogy" if they ever get Indy 4 going.

Joining us this time is the recently Slashdotted singer/songwriter Jonathan Coulton, famous for his cover of Baby Got Back and, recently, Code Monkey. We take an exploratory look at Raiders as a movie the three of us grew up with pointing out actors who have gone on to bigger careers, bloopers and errors and other bits of trivia.

After you're finished listening to our illuminating discourse, you'll want to visit the Spoilers Swag Shop where we have just added a Top Secret T-Shirt.

New shirts in the Spoilers Shop

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:24:49 -0500

In addition to our original "stop kicking my seat" Spoilers Shirt, we have added several new items. Sticking with the seat kicking theme we have a new radioactive glow in the dark variation of our popular shirt that will get the message across after the lights have gone down and the curtain has opened.

Some are based on the films we have "spoiled," like the previously announced "Wash dies" Spoiler Shirt, the "Leave it to Reaver" Shirt (both from the Serenity commentary) and the WarGames inspired "20 Grand Palace" Shirt.

Lastly, we have given you the chance to make your own Spoilers Shirt with the "Spoil it Yourself" Shirt. Just plug in the secret plot twist form your favorite movie and make your own one of a kind Spoilers T-Shirt.

Check out these and more in the Spoilers Swag Store.

Serenity: Spoilers Podcast 005 (PAL)

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:38:19 -0500

In an effort to accommodate listeners using PAL DVD equipment, we have reprocessed a second version of our Serenity commentary to better synchronize with the Region 2 disc.

Enjoy!

Stay tuned for a new RSS feed just for these files and all the Spoilers announcements.

New Serenity themed Spoilers shirt on sale now!

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:07:02 -0500

For months prior to its release, Browncoats privileged enough to have caught a preview screening of Serenity kept quiet about the shocking events depicted in the film.

But now, a month after the release of the DVD, all bets are off and now we can scream the details of the film from the rooftops and discuss them in detail. Heck, we can even wear a spoiler for all to see.

If you haven't seen the film by now and don't want to know what happens in it, going to a site called "The Spoilers" may not have been the wisest move on your part. The news is out.

Serenity: Spoilers Podcast 005

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:05:37 -0500

We're back! We've got a brand new commentary waiting for you to sync up and enjoy--Joss Whedon's Serenity!

The Spoilers, as always, is hosted by Rick Yaeger and Bill Douthett but we had the privilege and the pleasure of having the hosts of The Signal, Les Howard and Kari Haley, join us and offer their unique perspective and experience to the show.

The Signal is a very popular fan created podcast that was originally started to spread awareness of the movie Serenity while it was still in production. The podcast became so successful, though, that they are preparing a second season of programming even though the film has come out, left the theaters and been released to DVD--the popularity of the Firefly 'Verse is a powerful thing.

For you fans of Firefly and Serenity, we hope you will give your copy of the Serenity DVD another viewing while listening to this commentary. But our greatest wish is that those who have never seen the TV series or the movie will be encouraged to to so and allow us to come along for the ride the second time you watch what us Browncoats affectionately call "The Big Damn Movie".

Note: Our new Serenity themed Spoilers shirt, mentioned in the commentary, is now on sale.
Also, an additional copy of our commentary that has being reprocessed to synchronize with the Region 2 DVD is now available.

We assure you, we're open.

Sat, 17 Dec 2005 21:47:05 -0500

Okay. It has been a while since our last Spoilers Weekly and even longer since our last commentary. But we are not through yet. We have many more commentaries in mind for the new year. Please refer to our Coming Attractions page to see what we've got in mind and let us know if you have any comments, trivia or suggestions for the shows we have planned.

Thank you for all your support this year, seatkickers! We'll be back to spoil new movies as soon as we can.

Wilma recovery taking a little longer than expected

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:20:07 -0500

Unfortunately, there will be no Spoilers Weekly this week either. Bill Douthett, the technically gifted half of the Spoilers team, is without power and internet access after having weathered hurricane Wilma last week. Bill is unharmed, but until such time as he can find power for the studio, there is no show. We will hopefully be back next week, but there is currently no reliable estimate for the restoration of services necessary to produce the show, so we'll just have to wait and see.

Spoilers Weekly 2005.10.16

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:07:31 -0400

Holy bowling balls, Batman! As promised this week, we bring you Batman and Bowling Balls. The Batman part is pretty easy to figure out with all the ads on TV about the upcoming release of Batman Begins. But we have so much more BatContent and you still have to figure out where Bowling Balls fit into all this. So check out this edition of The Spoilers Weekly and the show notes below:

Also mentioned
and recommended

Batman: 2 Disc Special Edition

Batman Returns: 2 Disc Special Edition

Batman Forever: 2 Disc Special Edition

Batman & Robin: 2 Disc Special Edition

Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology

Batman Begins: 2 Disc Special Edition

Batman: The Complete 1943 Movie Serial Collection

The Big Lebowski: Special Edition

The Big Lebowski: Achiever's Edition

The Coen Brothers Collection

Click on the links above to be taken to the Amazon page to buy these titles.

If you aren't convinced that these TV compilations are worth buying, you can always give them a test drive them by signing up for a NetFlix account in the US or, for our Canadian listeners, sign up for a Zip account. (see the sidebar for details)

Spoilers Weekly 2005.10.09

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:30:47 -0400

Due to the utter lack of decent feature films being released on DVD this week, we have decided that for this episode of The Spoilers Weekly, we would check out a different genre of the DVD showcase--TV on DVD:

Also mentioned
and recommended

Arrested Development: Season 2

South Park: Season 6

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Season 2

Veronica Mars: Season 1

The Jeffersons: Season 4

Soap: Season 4

Click on the links above to be taken to the Amazon page to buy these titles.

Spoilers Weekly 2005.10.02

Sun, 02 Oct 2005 22:08:33 -0400

The Spoilers have to take this week off from DVD reporting, but we wanted
to make sure you got our list of recommendations we had planned to talk about.
We'll be back next Sunday with our weekly review of new DVDs, and of course
we're still working on new commentaries for you, including: The Planet of the
Apes (1969), Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and The Princess
Bride. If you have questions of fun facts on any of these flicks, drop us
a line at spoilermail@spoilermail.com.

In the mean time, follow the "read me" for this week's hot DVDs, and links
to Amazon to buy them (it doesn't cost any more, and it helps us pay the
bills!)

Spoilers Weekly 2005.09.25

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:08:48 -0400

This week in our run-down of upcoming DVD releases known as The Spoilers Weekly, we have hand picked for you 6 DVDs that we think are worthy of your attention. Strangley, half of the titles this week are for animated features and two are television related:

Also mentioned
and recommended

Evil Dead 2: The Book of the Dead Limited Edition

Robots: Widescreen Edition

Family Guy presents Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Heartbreak Ridge

Seuss Celebration

Click on the links above to be taken to the Amazon page to buy these titles.

If you aren't convinced that these movies are worth buying, you can always give them a test drive them by signing up for a NetFlix account in the US or, for our Canadian listeners, sign up for a Zip account. (see the sidebar for details)

WarGames: Spoilers Podcast 004

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:09:22 -0400

This will be a true geek commentary. We're covering John Badham's 1983 film, WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood and Ally Sheedy. Your commentators as usual are Bill Douthett and myself, Rick Yaeger, but we will be channelling our "alternate identities" more on this commentary than we have previously. Bill is better known as Digital Bill from the podcast "the Wizards of Technology" and "The Update Wizard" and I have my own web site for Macintosh professionals at MacMerc.com.

The Spoilers will not be geeking unassisted this time around. We have enlisted the help of another technology expert and movie buff, Andy Ihnatko. Andy is best known for his technology column in The Chicago Sun-Times as well as Macworld Magazine's back-page opinion articles. If you doubt is movie commenting powers, consider that Roger Ebert credits him for writing "at least a third" of his Ebert's Little Movie Glossary (highly recommended little book) In short, whether it's technology or cinema, Andy knows his stuff and we are thrilled to have him as our guest on this commentary. (check out The Mac OS Tiger Book by Andy Ihnatko)

Also new for this podcast, we will not be providing notes on the website. We had intended to--we did the research. We even tried to pepper the commentary with it every so often, but once Andy got going it was hard to jump in to talk about some bit of trivia that was not nearly as interesting as what he was saying...or singing. We ended up just winging it and having a hell of a good time. Hope you do too.

Spoilers Weekly 2005.09.18

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:09:59 -0400

Today we bring you the first episode of what will be a weekly run-down of a selection of cool and/or interesting DVDs about to release in the coming week -- The Spoilers Weekly. Rick Yaeger and Bill Douthett riff on 5 new soon-to-be releases and let you decide whether they're worth adding to your library.

Also mentioned
and recommended

This week's selection includes:

Battlestar Galactica: Season 1

Mallrats X: Tenth Anniversary Extended Edition

From the Earth to the Moon: The Signature Edition

Penn and Teller's Magical Mystery Tour

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D

Click on the links above to be taken to the Amazon page to buy these titles.