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Spoilers Weekly 2005.09.25
by RickMacMerc (Podcasts NTSC)
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Evil Dead 2: The Book of the Dead Limited Edition
Family Guy presents Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story
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
by RickMacMerc (Podcasts NTSC) |
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
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
by RickMacMerc (Podcasts NTSC) |
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.
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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.
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)
Name the Spoilers Movie Screen Logos Quiz #2
by RickMacMerc (Site News)It's time once again to test your movie logo skills on our new quiz based on the logos that randomly display at the top of the Spoilers web site. Just hit the "read more" link below and type in the name of the movie you think we're trying to emulate with each logo.
Good luck!
Name the Spoilers Movie Screen Logos Quiz #1
by RickMacMerc (Site News)Test out your movie logo skills on our new quiz based on the logos that randomly display at the top of the Spoilers web site. Just hit the "read more" link below and type in the name of the movie you think we're trying to emulate with each logo.
Good luck!
Sin City: Spoilers Podcast 003
by RickMacMerc (Podcasts NTSC)Just over two hours of commentary. Our latest podcast on the site. Days after the DVD hit the streets. Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's comic anthology film noir. Sin City they call it. I'm staring at the cover. It smells like movies ought to smell ...uhm ...uhr.*cough*
Okay, enough with the hard-boiled monologue for now. Yes, our latest commentary is for Sin City, the movie based on Frank Miller's graphic novel's "The Customer's Always Right," "That Yellow Bastard," "The Hard Goodbye," and "The Big Fat Kill." If you liked the flick, they're well worth the read ...although you'll soon realize, you've seen them faithfully recreated by Rodriguez here.
Sin City is rated R for sustained strong stylized violence, nudity and sexual content including dialogue. But notably, though Sin City has very adult themes and wonderfully strong dialog it doesn't have a lot of strong language...very little in the way of swearing. It fact they use the exclamation "yeesh" more often than any other.
- Takes place on a Friday, the day before the events of Kevin Smith's first movie, Clerks.
- It was the debut film of Jason Lee, an actor who started out as a professional skateboarder.
- Numerous references to Smith's previous film, Clerks, as well as prophetic nod to his future films Chasing Amy and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back.
- The DVD comes with an excellent commentary track by Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Scott Mosier and Vincent Pereira that you should listen to if you haven't already. We'll try not to overlap too much.
- This film was rated R by the MPAA for nudity, adult themes and numerous "bad swears"
Spoilers Public Service Announcement
by RickMacMerc (Site News)Hello, Spoiler listeners! We've just recorded a bit of a Public Service Announcement regarding the new Coming Attractions page we've posted. Give the announcement a listen and visit the Coming Attractions page to get involved with the next Spoilers podcast and bask in the glow of coolness.
Coming Attractions
by RickMacMerc (Site News)This is where you get to be in the spotlight!
Watch this space for a list of films we are considering for a Spoilers Commentary. If you have any cool bits of trivia, an anecdote or a comment to make about any of these films, email us and let us know. Soon we'll have a phone number where you can call and leave us a voicemail that we'll play during the commentary so you can comment along with us.
Also, if you have any suggestions on movies you'd like us to consider for the Spoilers, email us those comments too.
Happy Birthday Kevin Smith
by RickMacMerc (Site News)Our timing couldn't have been much better: we only just posted our commentary of Kevin Smith's Mallrats when I'm informed that is day is, in fact, the man's birthday.Have a good one, dude!
Mallrats: Spoilers Podcast 002
by RickMacMerc (Podcasts NTSC)This time out the Spoilers tackle Kevin Smith's Mallrats. We attempt to look deep into the film, relax our eyes and see the sailboat. This 1995 film marked Smith's induction into mainstream Hollywood... and upon its completion, his departure from it running and screaming. Mallrats features Ben Affleck, Jason Lee and Joey Lauren Adams--three actors who would follow Smith to his third film and his masterpiece, Chasing Amy.
So get yourself a bag of chocolate covered pretzels and a dixie cup of Coke (no ice) and listen in. And now the notes...
