The Futile Podcast

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

“It’s a seven point suppository.”

The Enforcer review (right click OR click)

Sexism is being battled on the mean streets of San Francisco in this 3rd film in the Callahan series.

Catchphrase:  “Marvelous.”

 

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Musics:

Duke Ellington – Sophisticated Lady

Ladytron – Evil

 

runtime:  0:36:12:12

“It was an Academy Award winning training montage.”

The Color of Money review (right click OR click)

This one is about the Scorsese sequel to the 1961 film The Hustler.  Paul Newman is back and once again it deals with the theme of striving to be really good at one thing.

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musics:

Eric Clapton – It’s in the Way That You Use It

Robbie Robertson and Gil Evans – Title Theme

“Truck drivin’ arm breakin’ and arm wrestlin’.”

Over the Top review (right click or Click)

Mostly it’s about handle bar moustaches and their sheer awesomeness.  It’s also about The Machine.

 

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musics:

Aphex Twin – Come to Daddy

Toto – Rosanna

 

runtime:  0:42:21:11  uncut but this version is 0:23:22:03  enjoy.

“I bet you’ll make it 23 miles before you drink that.”

007 (right click OR click)

We talk about the pathology of James Bond.  The winning ego.  SPECTRE = Quantum.   Be sure to read Zack’s companion review for Quantum of Solace at his site here:  http://theforgottenreviews.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/new-release-quantum-of-solace/

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musics:

Gladys Knight – License to Kill

John Barry – Gassing the Gangsters

Tina Turner – Golden Eye

Lulu – The Man With the Golden Gun

Lani Hall – Never Say Never Again

Nancy Sinatra – You Only Live Twice

 

runtime:  0:58:22:12

 

Spy Genre bonus

We continue what we started with the QoS review and talk about the spy/paranoia genre in film.

music: 

Enigma – The Eyes of Truth

runtime:  0:15:24:03