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 Show Name   - BtSD 02-07-2011 Show Number   - 39
Real Date   - 07th February 2011
Host(s)  - Alex & Matt
Guest(s)   -
 

Description 

 
Hey! The Super Bowl happened! Yeah, yeah, we're not a sports site, but when the biggest sporting event on TV of the year happens, you can bet we'll have a thing or two to say about botched National Anthems, horrid halftime shows, Charles Barkley blackface, and commercial stupidity. We also talk about The Roommate and Sanctum,Yojimbo and Sanjuro, and some other random crap I'm too tired to think of right now. Wooooo! Sports yelling! 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Podcast 

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:30 - Welcome to Monday podcast
00:01:00 - Superbowl
00:02:30 - Ben Roethlisberger

00:04:30 - Joe Buck
00:06:30 - Harrison Ford
00:07:00 - Coast adventures - Jimmy Johnson
00:07:30 - Snatch
 
00:08:30 - Sam Elliot
00:11:00 - Black eye peas - Slash
00:13:30 - Superbowl commercials
00:14:30 - Almost Famous
00:15:30 - Darth Vader - Kenny G
00:16:30 - Eminem
00:17:30 - Super Eight - Steven Speilburg
00:18:00 - Transformers 3
00:18:30 - 2012
00:19:30 - Captain America - Hugo Weaving - Tommy Lee Jones
00:20:00 - Thor - Battle LA - Eagle - Green Lantern
00:20:30 - House - Adrian Broady
00:21:30 - Christopher Guest
00:25:00 - The Roommate - Sanctum
00:26:30 - Burlesque 
00:27:00 - Ben Stiller - Zoolander
00:27:30 - Dilemma
00:28:30 - Single white female
00:29:30 - Psycho - The Room
00:30:30 - IMAX
00:33:00 - Johnny Depp - The Ring
00:33:30 - The Eye - The Grudge - Sarah Michelle Gellar -  
00:34:00 - Avatar
00:35:00 - Roger Ebert
00:36:30 - DAS Boot - The Abyss - The Hunt for red October
00:39:00 - Just go with it - Kevin McDonald - The last king of scotland - Touching the void
00:39:30 - Gnomeo and Juliet - Justin Bieber - Never say never
00:40:00 - Twilight
00:42:00 - Chuck and Buck - Mike White - Youth in revolt
00:43:00 - Ed Helms - Ed C Riley - The Hangover
00:44:30 -  Nacho Libre
00:45:00 - Archer - 30 Rock - Community
00:45:30 - Chevy Chase
00:46:00 - Justified
00:47:00 - Jason Clark - Death Race - Chicago Hope - 
00:50:00 - two fast two furious - Tokyo Drift 
 

00:50:30 - Vin Diesel - Chuck
00:51:00 - The Dark Knight 
 00:54:30 - Marlon Brando
00:55:00 - Indiana Jones
00:56:30 -  Joss Whedon - Angel -  David Boreanaz
00:57:00 - Samurai
00:58:00 - Star Trek -  Arnold Schwarzenegger


   

01:00:00 - Movie Club Questions (with abridged answers)

       
 http://www.screened.com/profile/vincemaster/ 
 And for a Yojimbo-related question, what is your favorite Kurosawa film? 
 Alex - Sanjuro or hidden fortress
 
http://www.screened.com/profile/enemymouse/  
 Sanjuro: I liked the way Sanjuro behaves as a parent to his students but to the chamberlain's wife and his daughter he is more childlike, or at least yields to them in the same way he might have been taught as a kid. Also the nervous neck scratching whenever the wife starts lecturing is a nice touch.  Were there any other subtleties from either film that you really enjoyed?  
Alex - Its really just all about his body language  
 
http://www.screened.com/profile/lead_farmer/     
Two days ago I received my order of Kagemusha on Blu-Ray.  In an attempt to somehow make a collection of Kurosawa films, I also have Ran and Seven Samurai.  Yojimbo will definitely be part of the collection.  What other films by Kurosawa should I look into?   
Alex - Akurio
Matt - Sanjuro, rashaman, the bad sleep well, high and low, red beard, throne of blood 
 
        

 http://www.screened.com/profile/jchenderson/ 
 Blood is used sparingly in both these movies with only characters of note getting to spill it in their deaths. Was this an intentional approach by Kurosawa or was it back in those times censorship allowed only for limited use of such graphic scenes? 
 Matt - its more of a technical limitation 

http://www.screened.com/profile/pat4327/  
 YOJIMBO / SANJURO: I really enjoyed the western twist twist that both films put on Japanese stories and I was wondering if you guys have any recommendations for other non-standard Westerns that I could watch.   
Matt - Firefly is a good television western 
 
http://www.screened.com/profile/president_barackbar/  
 I know I might get some heat for this, but I really don't like this movie. The first time I saw it, I almost fell asleep. The pacing of the film is so plodding that it borders on annoying, and the "action" is so sterile that you'd almost mistake it for a kid's movie. Being the first old samurai movie I had seen, I figured that they were all like that, and then when I saw the amazing final sequence of Harakiri, I felt like Yojimbo ripped me off. I even dreaded watching Fistfull of Dollars after I saw this film, but luckily for me that film is awesome and best of all the film moves at a good speed. Having seen Rashomon, I can tell that the really slow film is a Kurosawa specialty, but it just moves way too slow for me personally. What say you, oh most beloved hosts? 
 Alex - That is really a product of the time, Action in old action films is sorta slow and awkward 

  http://www.screened.com/profile/jump/ 
I'll admit to never having watched any Japanese films prior to watching these films this week (I liked Sanjuro and to a lesser extent Yojimbo as well). I was curious about the way that Toshiro Mifune and occasionally others walk around with their arms not in their sleeves unless they were fighting. Is there any significance to it, or is it just a decision made for that character?   
 Alex - I just think its a cultural thing
Matt - I honestly don't know
 
   
 01:14:30 - Weird technical issue
 01:17:30 - The Sting
01:20:00 - Ninja Warrior 
                  

01:20:00 - User Questions (With abridged answers)

Ok Guys and Dolls i'm trying something a little different this week. It is similar to every other week but I've added a 'Question Connection film strip'. It's a visual storyboard of how Alex and Matt go about answering the question.  (its very much a work in progress)   
** Note - There were a few questions that weren't attributed to a user (emails I'm guessing) so they aren't detailed below.
    
http://www.screened.com/profile/el33tcapitan/  
 I love old school Jackie Chan, but his late career arc has been disappointing beyond belief. Are there any action stars picking up where Jackie Chan left off (minimal wire work, comedy, ridiculous stunts). Also: what's your favorite Jackie Chan movie?  

Alex - The original drunken master is pretty good  
Matt - Police story, the legend of the drunken master 
 

http://www.screened.com/profile/silentlyverbal/ 
I know Alex is probably sick and tired of getting questions about horror movies, but I don't think you've discussed this particular section of the genre before...so here goes.  I recently had my first experience with Italian "Giallo" horror films when I watched Dario Argento's Suspiria on Netflix (that was actually a day of crazy ballet-related movies for me as that night I finally got around to seeing Black Swan).  I really enjoyed Suspiria and wanted to hear your thoughts on that particular style of horror and if there are any other Giallo films you'd reccomend.  Thanks a bunch and keep up the good work.  

Alex - I am not the biggest italian horror film fan. Vesperia is an intresting film in an art house horror way  




 http://www.screened.com/profile/beef209/ 
 What was the best plane crash scene in a movie? While Fight Club had a good one and Almost Famous had a great almost plane crash, Alive probably has the best plane crash scene for me. 
  Alex - Alive is the one for meAlex - Rocket pack in 2004 really kills me
 
  


 

Women of the Podcast 

  

Quote(s) of the Podcast

Alex Quote - On Sam Elliot's voice - Its like being lulled to sleep by your chain smoking grandfather  
 
 

Question of the Podcast

Is Matthew Rorie Short or Far sighted?   

Saints and Sinner Leaderboard 

    
Averaged and Record in italics this weeks scores in Bold

Next weeks Movie club film 

  

Navarro's Law

Law #1 -  The worst Sci-Fi scenarios you can imagine are the only ones that will ever become true 

Fantastic job as always. 

I am always impressed by the level of quality in these posts. How long do you usually spend making them?

I'm liking the film connection strip - nice idea!

@pat4327: It depends upon many factors.  The usual Alex and Matt 2 person podcast takes about as long to produce as it does to listen to. When there are multiple guests it all gets a bit messy and can take forever.   

Capital work, lad!