All things SEEN-EE-MAH
The giant-sized LOTR conversation concludes with a lot of gushing over the performances. Other topics include (of course) the multiple ending meme and the series’ enduring influence over blockbuster filmmaking.
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The guys continue to rain praises on the production design, unique humanism, special features, location work, and wizard fights of the LOTR trilogy.
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The long-prophesied SnyderCut of JUSTICE LEAGUE is upon us, and the guys are not impressed. After an hour of pondering the merits of “mature” superhero stories, unfiltered artistic visions, Steppenwolf’s makeover, and the ambiguous mourning of musical Finnish fishwives, we switch to a quick recap of the WANDAVISION finale (1:04:00) and the premiere of
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The guys decamp to Middle Earth/New Zealand to talk over the crowning achievement of blockbuster filmmaking in the 2000s, Peter Jackson’s epic, maximalist adaptation of LORD OF THE RINGS. In part one, we look at the miraculous realization of Gollum, the cascading successes the production pulled off in each area of the story’s world, and
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Joon Kim returns to talk about Fincher’s most overlooked film, the Hitchcockian (if you’re feeling generous) potboiler PANIC ROOM.
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The boys welcome Gwen Sisco to the program to break somewhere between 2 and 5 rules of Fight Club, depending on how strict you get about the “two men at a time” and “no shirts” policies.
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“You know what is not an appropriate theme for a birthday party? Your Father’s Suicide.”
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Fincher’s breakout film still packs a transgressive wallop after 25 years, and the guys are here to dig into its unique blend of theatrical abstraction and sincere humanity, the interplay of banal and baroque evil, how it incepts you it thinking it is much more gory than it is, the Spacey factor, and how completely
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The guys begin a look at the filmography of David Fincher by welcoming Bill Heidrich to discuss and defend his divisive debut, a franchise sequel/ender that somehow manages to be completely compromised and utterly uncompromising at the same time.
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Before kicking off their next David Fincher series with the deeply imperfect ALIEN3, John and Al geek out over Ridley Scott’s perfect creature feature ALIEN and James Cameron’s perfect sequel ALIENS. They gush over the incredible creature design, intricate world-building, forgotten plot twists, and Cameron’s facility at making R-rated movies for kids.
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