The Futile Podcast

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

227. Inception

227. Inception (right click OR click)

Zack, Matt, Joshua, Seth, and Ian discuss Christopher Nolan’s newest film. We close with some talk about anticipation for The Expendables. 

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music:

Diplo – Summer’s Gonna Hurt You

 

No word from Nikil and the boys over at N+1 on this one yet: http://www.nplusonemag.com/inception

223. Harry Brown and Kick Ass

223. Harry Brown and Kick Ass (right click OR click)

Mark and Ian talk vigilante justice.  One movie is about a British pensioner who takes out the trash and another is about a British kid that is pretending to be a ‘merican nerd-boy that wants to fight for love or some such thing.

music:

Is Ellipsis – Dead Right

Special: Batman revisited

Batman revisited (right click OR click)

Since word just dropped on a release date for Batman 3 (fingers crossed it’s 3D (not really what do I look like …?  okay sound like… okay well yeah 3D is dumb we all know that Roger Ebert thanks))).  I decided to post a bonus podcast taken from one of the many Zack, Blaine, and Ian discussions that don’t make it into a regular podcast.  Enjoy, this has much more Commando discussion then Batman though.

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music:  Shirely Walker – Batman TAS Mask of the Phatasm theme

211. Sword of the Stranger

211. Sword of the Stranger (right click OR click)

A good anime … a good anime movie … a recently produced good anime movie?  Yes.

Blood stings, you don't want to get it in your eyes.

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music:

Force of Nature – Nightshift

Robots in movies pt. 1

Pixar and Wall-E (right click OR click)

Ian and Prof. Estrada talk about the various portrayls of robots in cinema.  In part 1 we talk about Pixar and specifically the triumph that is Wall-E.  Check the prof’s site:  http://eripsa.org/

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Harry Potter 1-5

Harry Potter 1-5 review (right click OR click)

Zack and Ian have a rousing debate about this series so far and inevitably it leads to a discussion about what to expect from an epic tale, etc.

 

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Musics:

John Williams – Hedgewick Theme

                      – Fawkes Phoenix

Land of the Lost

Land of the Lost (right click OR just click)

We talk about this new Ferrel movie.  And also East Bound & Down, Popular Culture references,  Ian’s anime obsession (again), cartoons from Disney, Looney Tunes, and the new Ren & Stimpy called: Flap Jack

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musics:

The Irresistibale Force – It’s Tomorrow Already

Hint – Actory

runtime:  1:17:13:12  (we push the hour with this one but I feel the material is good and it really may be one of our last podcasts)