The Futile Podcast

Deconstructing 80's & 90's action movies. Relating them to comics, TV, and cartoons from then and now.

It’s kind of like the Dr. Phil House

SAW [s] review

Or so I’ve been told by our guest Seth (he’s my brother and he the one that does the theme music for the show). In this one Seth and I review SAW I and II and then III. We discuss how SAW II is like The Godfdather II or Return of the Jedi and we talk about the evolution of the SAW films as they relate to industrialization, the information age, and the post-modern depression of the soul. I think the hobo was named Obi but I’m not sure.

The Only "Good Guy" Dies.

Podcast 6

In this hefty one Zack does a quick review of The Proposition (2005) (which we will return to in a later podcast). Then we discuss Alan Moore’s Watchmen comic series. It’s my first time reading this seminal work and I have some pretty heated opinions about Moore and the lesson of the story. We chat about what we like and dislike about anime shows (something I’m sure we’ll return to in greater detail and specificity later).

Zack talks about Beouwulf & Grendel ( dir. Sturla Gunnarsson, 2005). I just nod since and I haven’t read the book or seen the movie.

Bump music: The Orb – Abstraction
Ghost in the Shell OST – Floating Museum
Squarepusher – Big Loada

Water pipe beats chainmail by Gubernatorial decree!

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Commando review

As promised this is our quick Commando podcast. We discuss the joys of nature (feeding deer, etc) and I reference the supreme Commando review done by The Greatest Movie EVER podcast which you can get and listen to hear (get it a pun … instead of writing here I… well if you don’t get it then screw you … but still listen okay and comment or email ian.strope@gmail.com)