Episode #130 – High Society

The guys went to a Horror Movie night at Rick’s this week and RDT watched the whole thing. It was impressive. Even more impressive was that he was still able to talk to Loren about the week’s pop-culture news! They talked stories like:

  • Ryan Reynolds developing Stoned Alone
  • Charlie’s Angels reboot details
  • Dune remake to be split into 2 movies
  • Fox & Disney shareholders have approved the acquisition
  • MoviePass (temporarily) ran out of money
  • Seann Williamm Scotttt will not be playing Marvin Riggs in LW season 3
  • Mercy Graves coming to Supergirl
  • Deadwood film greenlit
  • Better Call Saul season 5 picked up before season 4 debuts
  • Buffy reboot will follow a new slayer, so it’s not a reboot at all
  • Anthony Mackie is your new Takeshi Kovacs for Altered Carbon season 2
  • Mowgli goes to Netflix
  • Apple adapting Time Bandits
  • Star Wars: Episode IX cast announced
  • Dark Phoenix and New Mutants NOT cancelled
  • Venom will set up potential sequels

All that, the usual tangents, and of course the Weekly Watched!

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Weekend Watch – 07/27/18

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

Wide Release

Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Loren: I’m sorry that looks awesome. The Mission: Impossible movies are by and large pretty good. 1 still holds up, 2 and 3 are not great, but the new trilogy has so far been a lot of fun. Early word on this is it’s excellent. I’m very excited.

RDT: I like 3! Only 2 is complete garbage to me. And I think this looks awesome.

The Lady™: MUSTACHE!!!! (Also, even though it’s completely outside my wheelhouse, I’m still suuuuuuper excited for it.)

Rick: *me heading to the theater to see this* 


Teen Titans Go! To The Movies

Loren: Damnit. I don’t really like Teen Titans Go’s humor but I laughed at some of the stuff from that trailer. I’m not going to see this in the theater but I’ll watch it eventually. Plus anything to wash that Titans trailer from my mind.

RDT: I’ve never seen, or had any interest in, the show. Which is a little off for me, given the DC nerd that I am. Oh well….

The Lady™: I worked at a restaurant where for some god forsaken reason all the TVs were permanently on Cartoon Network. I’ve now seen almost every episode of Teen Titans Go! on mute. Maybe I’ll watch this on mute if I’m ever feeling nostalgic for the “weird old days.”

Rick: There are not a lot of animated shows I actively dislike, but this one is at the top of the list. WB took a high quality, well written Teen Titans series and dumped it in favor of this obnoxious garbage. The hardest of passes.


The Row

Loren: Don’t worry everybody, Randy Couture is on the case. Yikes. Even for this slasher sub genre, this looks bad.

RDT: I’m all set, thanks!

The Lady™: 

Rick: Looks like most every killer on college campus slasher movie where the final girl needs to find out the school’s buried secret. I’d be fine with that if it didn’t look like a barely ready for cable thriller.


Limited Release

The Captain

Loren: An interesting story to tell but I will have a hard time with the whole Nazi thing.

RDT: No thank you.

The Lady™: WWII was a horror movie, so putting a psychologically damaging horror story in the middle of it doesn’t seem that far of a reach for me. I’m pretty tempted to traumatize myself attempting to watch this.

Rick: That looks kind of interesting. I’ll keep it on my radar. Continue reading

Go Joe! Rebooting the GI-Joe Franchise.

If you’re a regular listener, you may know there are plans afoot to reboot the GI Joe franchise. Before Hasbro and Hollywood fuck it up though, I thought I’d take a crack at it first.

My GI Joe movie gets to the core of the (1980’s) premise. No pseudo-Iron Man suits. No Marlon Wayans. And, perhaps regretfully, no Rock. Inspired by the original 1983 mini-series, this would be a wall-to-wall action flick.

Representing the best of each military branch, GI Joe is an elite squad tasked with the most difficult of missions. Cobra works from the shadows. The less known they are, the more effective they can be.

The plot is simple. Cobra is an underground terrorist group financed by Tomax & Xamot’s Extensive Enterprises. They’ve stolen an advanced military weapons satellite. The US government, fearing public outcry, tasks General Hawk with recruiting a small team to go in and recover it, hopefully taking down Cobra along the way.

Let’s talk casting.

The Joes:

 

 

 

 

 

Gung-Ho – Michael Rooker

 

 

 

 

 

 

RoadBlock – Mike Colter

 

 

 

 

 

Lady Jaye -Zoey Saldana

 

 

 

 

 

Scarlett – Jessica Chastain

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snake Eyes – Stunt guy (no flashbacks, never seen with his mask off, no talking)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duke – Chris Pine

 

 

 

 

 

General Hawk – Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Cobra:

 

 

 

 

Tomax/Xamot – Armie Hammer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zartan – Joel Edgerton

 

 

 

 

 

Zarana – Isla Fisher

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baroness – Haley Atwell

 

 

 

 

 

 

Destro – Idris Elba

 

 

 

 

Storm Shadow – Jay Chou

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Mindbender – Ben Kingsley

 

 

 

 

 

Cobra Commander – Ben Mendelsohn

Director: Fuck it, James Gunn. I think he’d really nail the tone, have some fun with it.

So there you go, Joe!

Thoughts?

From Culver City,

–RDT

Episode #129 – We’ll get there, but first, some trailers!

Do you guys like trailers? Cause, boy do we have some trailers for you if you do. (Thanks, Comicon!) But first, the news.

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Weekend Watch – 07/20/18

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

Wide Release

The Equalizer 2

Loren: More of the same from the first. Having just seen the original the character is fresh in my mind, but I still don’t see myself rushing out to see this.

RDT: I enjoyed the original (if you can call a remake of a tv show “original”) a lot more than I thought I would. But, I’m so behind on movies, if I make it to the theater this weekend, it likely will not be to see this.

The Lady™: This looks pretty bad ass. However, I didn’t even know there was a first one. So the chances of me seeing the second are about 0.00002%.

Jen: The original TV “Equalizer” was Edward Woodward. I so enjoy saying that name ‘Edward Woodward’ it just rolls off the tongue. No offense to Denzel Washington. In regards to the movie, I never saw the first one and I don’t feel remiss.


Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again

Loren: The big question is; is the threequel called Mamma Mia: My My, How Can I Resist You? Or Mamma Mia: Does It Show Again?

RDT: I saw the first one once, in a free screening, 10 years ago. Apparently, there was a reel missing (back in the days before digital projection). I didn’t notice. So, yeah…..

The Lady™: I’m neither old enough nor young enough to have any interest in this movie.

Jen: They are reusing a lot of the same songs from the first one, which is fine, I guess. I just think maybe they could have done the sequel set to some other band’s greatest hits catalog instead. Why not an Ace of Base musical? I’d watch Cher sing “The Sign” any day of the week.


Unfriended: Dark Web

Loren: This looks cheap but also ok. I guess you can do that sometimes. I’m definitely not seeing this in the theater, probably ever if I’m being honest.

RDT: Horror + “didn’t see the first one” = No RDT.

The Lady™: It’s really difficult to get into a horror movie when you don’t care if the people die. This is why you don’t touch other people’s stuff!

Jen: I’m sure a lot of teens will see this and it will make its money back. Good for them, because I’m out. Continue reading

Episode #128 – You Were Up With The Kids Last Night!

The guys are here once again to fill you in on all the Pop-Culture news from the last week. They’re talking stories like:

  • RoboCop returns kills off original sequels
  • Prophet movie in development
  • M:I – Fallout is apparently really good
  • Zombieland 2 moving forward
  • Bill & Ted 3 back up in the air
  • Duncan Jones making Rogue Trooper movie?
  • Y: The Last Man casting
  • Pose renewed at FX
  • Joss Whedon is coming back to TV HBO!
  • Christina Applegate is coming to Netflix
  • Elasti-Woman cast in Titans/Doom Patrol
  • West Wing reboot?
  • Queer Eye picked up for season 3
  • First look at Freddy Freeman and Shazam
  • Joaquin Phoenix officially signs on to Joker Origins movie
  • We’re getting a Black Widow movie!!!

All that, the usual tangents, and of course the Weekly Watched!

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Weekend Watch – 07/13/18

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

Wide Release

Skyscraper

Loren: Look I’m not out or anything but this just looks silly. However, if I didn’t have a backlog of movies I want to see in the theater, this might be the perfect flick to beat the heat that this horrendous heatwave has brought upon us.

RDT: I desperately want to see this, no joke. But, like Loren, I’m super behind on movies. So, this might have to wait a bit.

Jen: This looks terrible…ly awesome! Ridiculous, but worth some popcorn and A/C time for sure.


Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Loren: *Sigh* I know kids are the audience for these things but aren’t they supposed to have jokes for adults too? Also sweet Gru impression there Drac. *Sigh*

RDT: Jen wins.

Jen: This movies wants to suck my blood, but instead it just sucks.


Eighth Grade

Loren: This is the writing and directorial debut for stand up comic Bo Burnham. He came to prominence when he was young on YouTube so the social media aspect of this most likely comes from personal experience. I’ve heard nothing but good things about this movie and it looks equally heartfelt and heart wrenching.

RDT: This just slotted in front of Skyscraper.

Jen: I cringed so hard during this trailer I wonder if I can manage to get through the whole thing. It definitely took me right back to being 12 years old and that actress is fantastic. It’s going on the list. Continue reading

Episode #127 – Parabellum

We’re back this week talking, oh, umm, pop culture!

  • The Gosling in Top Gun 2 has been cast, sadly.
  • John Wick: Chapter 3 will not be called John Wick: Chapter 3
  • Shaw gets a sister, and Hobbs and Shaw get a villain.
  • The 80’s are back again, again!, with remakes of Child’s Play and Firestarter in development.
  • Timeless has run out of…..chances.
  • Titans will be dark and Crazy Jane will be….crazy.
  • Alien tv show won’t feature actual aliens.
  • Star Wars Episode IX: Felicity Reference
  • Is Zack Snyder putting together his own Snyder Cut to Justice League? Probably not.
  • Birds of Prey, or some other DCEU lady movie, starts shooting in January?
  • Nicolas Cage is…..Spider-Man…..(Noir)
  • Capt. Marvel has wrapped, for now.
  • Avengers 4 title revealed? Maybe?
  • All that, what we watched and the usual tangents.

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Weekend Watch – 07/06/18

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

Wide Release

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Loren: 

RDT:  

The Lady™: 

Jen: 


The First Purge

Loren: I’m always interested in these. I never see them but I’m interested. I guess if I’d see them all I’d want to know about how it all began, but maybe it hits a little too close to home for me.

RDT: Haven’t seen the others, so why would I start with the first one? Oh, wait….still, pass.

The Lady™: Is it weird that this one makes me want to go back and see the first one?

Jen: Oooo, topical… but I’ll pass.


Sorry to Bother You

Loren: Yes please. I think I saw this trailer with Deadpool 2. I was in then, I’m in now.

RDT: I have no idea what I just watched. But I’m kinda into it.

The Lady™: That was some seriously weird shit. SOLD!!

Jen: This looks so cool and different and fun and Tessa Thompson is the best, so I’m in. Continue reading

Episode #126 – Nick’s on a Motorcycle! and Other Stories

The guys are here once again to cover all your pop culture news needs for the week that was. They’re talking stories like:

  • Frontrunners for Goose, Jr. in Top Gun 2
  • Jumanji 3 confirmed for December 13, 2019
  • Indy 5 delayed
  • Poster for Glass
  • Jim Carrey to play Dr. Robotnik in live action Sonic The Hedgehog movie
  • Greta Gerwig directing all-star Little Women remake
  • Naomi Scott rumored to be 3rd angel in Charlie’s Angels reboot
  • Champions and Ghosted officially cancelled
  • Showtime picks up HALO series
  • Watchmen casting
  • LA’s Finest picked up by Charter Communications
  • Could Rian Johnson’s SW trilogy kickoff sooner than expected?
  • DC Universe to launch this fall, with a beta available in August
  • Jared Leto to play Morbius the Living Vampire in one of Sony’s dumb spinoff movies
  • Kevin Feige confirms plans for Dr. Strange 2

All that, the Weekly Watched, and all the usual tangents!

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