The Futile Podcast

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

Category: adventures

288. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome

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288. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (right click or click)

Ian is joined by Matt, Joshua, Mychal, and Malcolm to talk about the closing chapter of the Mad Max saga. Three cheers for 80’s pop saxophone, shooting on location and bad ass set design! Oh and a meaningful post apocalyptic story with dare I say a hint of optimism. 

284. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

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284. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (right click or click)

Joshua and Ian talk about how one distinguishes Batman from Batman Beyond. I dare say that all this crap about multiple Batman’s or Batman as an idea, etc. No Batman is a man Batman is Bruce Wayne. This kid does pretty good though against old Jack.

283. Apocalypse Now

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283. Apocalypse Now (right click OR click)

Ian talks with Malcolm and Mychal about Coppola’s little excursion into South East Asia.

That shit ain't CG!

281. Sucker Punch and TV Set

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281. Sucker Punch and TV Set (right click or click)

Ian and Zack sit down with these 2 art pieces about the nature of cinema and what it can do.

280. Total Recall

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280. Total Recall (right click Or click)

Did this recording of an Arnold classic with a few ladies that hadn’t seen it and their respective fellas who of course had. Makes for interesting nighttime listening.

279. Dune

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279. Dune (right click OR click)

I should link a superior podcast about why this is a bad movie here: Greatest Movie Ever Podcast .  They make a fair number of points but I simply enjoy the movie for what it is and honestly didn’t find it terribly confusing. In this movie podcast game sometimes you can go with the bullshit and sometimes you can’t and for Dune I can.  – end apologia.

Soundtrack by that band everybody knows ... Toto!

 

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