Welcome to the Weekend Watch. Where we try to point you towards the best ways to spend your viewing time (or, at least, steer you clear of the garbage).
Movies
The Legal Proceeding of Batman v Superman: Re: DoJ
Loren: The absolute worst part about this is that we HAVE to see it. Our Weekend Watch is a movie that, as of this writing, is tracking at 33% on Rotten Tomatoes. You guys know how I feel about it, no need to rehash.
RDT: Sigh….
Rick: Even with all of its problems, I still have a soft spot for Man of Steel. I had enough faith in it to spend a month re-editing the movie to try and make it better. However, I’m not giving Warner Bros. any of my money for this or any future movies in this cycle of DC flicks. After reading a lot of early reviews and statements about the plans for the upcoming films, I’m even more comfortable with my decision.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Loren: Didn’t this already happen as a TV show? (Oh shit, it did. And it was awful! –RDT)
RDT: The first one was cute, but do we really need another Greek wedding?
Rick: Oh look! It’s another sequel no one was asking for! Ugh.
It’s a big one this week as Loren and RDT dive head first into the DCEU (that’s DC EXTENDED Universe). But first, they cover off on the below news items.
Welcome to the Weekend Watch. Where we try to point you towards the best ways to spend your viewing time (or, at least, steer you clear of the garbage).
Movies
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Loren: I didn’t see Astringent or Overindulgent so I feel like I’d be lost.
RDT: I’m desperately trying to think of a snarky comment, but this franchise is so off my radar. I think I saw the first one. Was there a maze in it?
Rick: Wait. They’re still not done with this series? Sheesh.
Miracles from Heaven
Loren: I can’t explain how “all set” I am with this movie.
RDT: The only miracle will be if I ever see this movie.
Rick: Nope. Not even the lure of a ridiculously preachy Kirk Cameron or the tax-owing desperation of Nicholas Cage has gotten me to watch one of these faith-based movies.
On the episode this week, Loren and Ryan cover all that’s happening in the world of pop culture then talk TV. While we are in a “Golden Age,” is it too much?
Welcome to the Weekend Watch. Where we try to point you towards the best ways to spend your viewing time (or, at least, steer you clear of the garbage).
Movies
10 Cloverfield Lane
Loren: We’ve said it a few times in the Podcast, the cast (of which we know) is good and this looks kinda cool. Will it be? Can’t tell. But I’m definitely cautiously optimistic about it.
RDT: Saw this Wednesday night. I don’t want to spoil it at all. The less you know the better. But it is totally worth seeing. Also, that one guy who we weren’t sure where he came from. His name is John Gallagher Jr. and he was great in Short Term 12, an amazing movie you all should see (currently streaming on Netflix).
Rick: Ever since I saw the original King Kong on WWOR-TV when I was kid, I’ve loved movies with giant monsters of every stripe. Yet, I hate Cloverfield with a passion. The reasons are too numerous to get into here (the biggest is T.J. Miller’s excruciatingly stupid character). That said, I will likely see this follow-up, but it’s going to take a lot to make me forget the sins of its predecessor.
The Brothers Grimsby
Loren: This doesn’t look funny right? I think I’m not that big a Sacha Baron Cohen fan. Ali G is kinda funny I guess. Is this a ringing endorsement of this movie?
RDT: I’d heard a little bit about it. But I had no idea it was coming out this weekend. It just looks like a dirtier, less funny, version of Spy. Also, SNL did a better therapist/”the rapist” bit 18 (yes, 18) years ago.
Rick: Nope. The only thing I want to see Sacha Baron Cohen in is a no-holds-barred Freddie Mercury biopic. Knowing that’s never going to happen makes me sad.
First and foremost let me get this out of the way. AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!1!One!!!!ExclamationPoint!! *Ahem* Sorry, I needed that.
Now, let me just say that this is what a superhero movie trailer should look like (I’m looking in your direction The Legal Proceeding of Batman v. Superman). It has everything you’ve come to expect from a Marvel movie; action, humor, Tony Stark, everything. Captain America: Civil War is shaping up to be one of, if not THE, best Marvel movies to date. Plus, SPIDER-MAN!
Here’s a brief run through of all the amazing (see what I did there?) things from this trailer.
We see what’s probably a flashback to where the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) was being held. Some sort of Arctic facility.
General “Thunderbolt” Ross (William Hurt) has the Avengers in a board room and goes over a list of places they’ve destroyed. New York, DC, Sokovia. Cap stops him after seeing the way it affects Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen).
We get a quick shot of T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) getting caught in some sort of explosion/attack. This may be why he’s so intent on taking the Winter Soldier down.
An underwater prison surfaces. Is this the MCU Raft?
We start to see which sides Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) are taking.
Black Panther gets a little bit more screen time as he takes down Bucky in the chase down the tunnel.
We get a better look at Tony’s watch Iron Man armor set up and him blocking a bullet to the face from Bucky with it. It’s gonna be really hard to be friendly to a guy that tried to shoot you in the face.
War Machine (Don Cheadle) gets shot down and Tony holds his body as if he was dead. Is this the major death we’ve heard about?
Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) tells Tony that she’s not the one that needs to watch their back. But is she talking about Cap or Tony?
We get a bit more of the knockdown fight between Cap, Bucky and Tony.
Black Panther and Bucky have a fight scene at the Airport location.
Scarlet Witch uses her powers against The Vision (Paul Bettany). In the comics these two get married. If they have feelings for each other, this scene could have different connotations.
We get a really cool moment of Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) shooting an arrow that has Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) riding on it!
A shot of Crossbones (Frank Grillo) punching Cap across some sort of cafe. It’s been rumored that Crossbones is the actual perpetrator of the attacks and is setting Bucky up.
We get the second best line of the trailer Iron Man tells Cap to “Stay down, final warning.” Cap reprises his line from The First Avenger and says in the same manner, “I can do this all day.”
We get the two teams squaring off and running at each other as the penultimate shot. Which could be enough until we get:
Tony saying he’s had enough and yells out “Underoos.” Spider-Man (Tom Holland) appears, webs up Caps hands, steals his shield, and says “Hi everybody.” while standing in a classic Spidey pose to close out the trailer.
Captain America: Civil War opens in the US on May 6th and personally I can’t wait.
We want to welcome you to our newest feature, Weekend Watch. Each week, we’ll give you, the reader, a heads up on what’s new and noteworthy (or not so noteworthy) for the weekend. We won’t cover everything because it’s a lot, and we’re lazy. However, we will try to point you towards the best ways to spend your viewing time (or, at least, steer you clear of the garbage).
We also want to take this opportunity to introduce you to our newest contributor to the site. So let’s all welcome Rick with open arms. And wallets. (He thinks he’s getting paid.) Rick, say hi!
Hi everyone! Rick here. Thanks to Ryan (but not Loren, cause he’s a stinking liar) for letting me contribute to this fine web site.
Movies
Knight of Cups
Loren: Is this the one with Dinklage and the dude from True Blood?
RDT: Isn’t that Game of Thrones? Regardless, I know literally nothing about it, but I’ve never seen a Terrence Malick movie before, so why start now?
Rick: I don’t care for everything of Malick’s I’ve seen (I’m sorry but, despite the subject matter being right in my wheelhouse, Badlands bored the hell out of me), but his more recent output has been more languid and philosophical, which I kind of dig. In.
London Has Fallen
Loren: The trailer made it look kinda like a fun action movie. The reviews say it’s absolute dog shit. Didn’t see Olympus, probably won’t see this.
RDT: I didn’t care when Olympus fell. I don’t care about London falling. And I won’t care when the 3rd thing (the moon?) falls, either.
Rick: Like Ryan, I didn’t give a damn when Olympus fell. I do kind of want to see this one, though. I blame the unintentionally hilarious tagline that conjures up images of a half-assed Shaft sequel. “The Irish mob wanted London. They got Shaft instead. Get ready for bloody Hell!” (Rick, I would watch the hell out of that movie. –RDT)
This week on the podcast, Loren and Ryan cover the news:
A little bit on the 88th Annual Academy Awards (more to come next week)
Martin Freeman’s character for Captain America: Civil War revealed
Pacific Rim 2 is back on, but Guillermo is no longer directing
Powerless – DCEU sitcom?
Tye Sheridan cast as the lead in Ready Player One
The Legal Proceeding of Batman V. Superman to receive an R-Rated director’s cut
Daniel Craig out as James Bond?
Daredevil Season 2 trailer part 2 drops
Iron Fist finally cast
The Mist tv show picked up to pilot
XXX 3 The Return of Xander Cage coming 1/20/17
The apparently weekly 10 Cloverfield Lane update
Nicholas Meyer returning to the Star Trek universe
Plus our main topic is something we call “Nostalgia as a brand” where we talk remakes, reboots and rebootquels (that’s a thing now).
And, once again, we had some audio issues. So we did some shuffling and whatnot. Our apologies if the levels are a little inconsistent. But we’re working on it.
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