The Futile Podcast

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

250. Sherlock ep.1

250. Sherlock ep.1 (right click OR click)

Zack and Ian end the old year and start the new one with a hefty discussion about detectivish goodness. Sherlock is one of the best new shows to be sure. Doing the detective genre in a fun/modern way without turning it into CSI garbage. Tune in next week for ep. 2-3 and a little hint of a clue as to the show Ian is currently writing that will be the biggest thing in 2022.  

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music:

David Bowie – I’m Deranged

246. JFK

246. JFK (right click OR click)

Mark is back again and this time he talks with Ian all about Ollie Stone’s controversial film.

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Next week: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Video Podcast w/ poor audio.

243. Trigun

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

240. Fight Club

240. Fight Club (right click OR click)

Zack and Ian talk about the trials and tribulations of growin’ up in the 90’s.

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music:

Dead Can Dance -Enigma of the Absolute  

239. Social Network

239. Social Network (right click OR click)

Zack and Ian are back in futile form for this one. Is it the new Citzen Kane? Or is it just what you get when you have a talented group of people make a movie about shallowness and the computers that they use for love ?

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music: nine inch nails – Something I Can Never Have

238. Speedracer

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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236. Wall Street

236. Wall Street (right click or click)

Mark and Ian and Seth talk about the original just in time for the sequel.

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music:

Tears For Fears – The Working Hour

235. Sleuth (with video)

235. Sleuth (with video (right click OR click)

Sleuth video podcast

In this one Mark and Ian talk about machismo and oneupsmanship (sp?)  This is the recent remake of the movie from the 70’s based on a play. It has Michael Caine and Jude Law as the stars and is directed by Kenneth Branah. In an sort of a crazy experiment this podcast offers a video option for download here at the site:

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