The Futile Podcast

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

Category: adventures

245. Tron

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245. Tron (right click OR click)

We’ve got the Dude and the Scarecrow bustin’ heads and lettin’ the chin music ring out inside the metal box of a computer.

 They fight Moses from Southpark for control over all the world’s knowlege way before Sky Net. 

 They have mouths and occasionally they scream.

We’ll see how the repercussions of this film will be resolved in the upcoming sequel Tron Legacy. 

Also, Mark makes his dramatic return to network television on this one.

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music: Boards of Canada – I Saw Drones

243. Trigun

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243. Trigun (right click OR click)

Ian brings in Mychal and Malcolm to talk some anime. Specifically on this one we talk about the  26 episode 1998 Sci-Fi Western Trigun. 

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music:  Yasuhiro Nightow – Never Could Have Been Worse

238. Speedracer

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238. Speedracer (right click OR click)

Don’t get me wrong I love this movie. It was one of the first movies I bought on Blu-Ray and has a handful of moments that I find quite moving and awesome … but that’s not really what Seth and Zack want to talk about on this Futile Podcast.

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234. Road to Perdition

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234. Road to Perdition (right click OR click)

Mark and Ian discuss Hank’s as a bad guy in this adaptation of a graphic novel.

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music:

Dean Elliot Big Band – The Long Road

233. Hudson Hawk

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233. Hudson Hawk (right click Or click)

Mark and Ian talk about this live action cartoon of a movie/musical.  If you can enjoy this movie then you are good people 😉

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music:

Sinatra – The Best is Yet to Come 2:54

231. Crank 2 redux

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231. Crank 2 (right click OR click)

Not to confuse this isn’t a new version of this fantastic film it’s yet another podcast about it from us.  Why? Because it’s Crank 2 any further justification would embarrass the both of us.

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music:

Fat Boy Slim – Love Island

230. The Expendables and Scott Pilgrim

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230. Expendable Pilgrim (right click OR click)

Zack, Seth, and Ian go for both.  It’s a great chat about 80’s action movies and the pathology of modern subculture. 

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music:

Iwasaki Tarou – Omaera Zenin Moete Shimaetsu

Futile Con Year 0003

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Futile Con report 0003 (right click OR click)

We reminisce about the first podcast those many years ago, talk about what new plans we have in the future for Year 4, Ryan and Blaine give their report on SDCC and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Zack talks about The Other Guys. 

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