256. The Mechanic (right click or click)
Zack, Seth, and Ian talk about this remake with Statham. It’s not too bad, not great I saw the original with C. Brons when I was a kid … that’s probably better.
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Category: mirthless action
245. Tron
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
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
242. NBA Preseasonish
242. NBA Preseason (right click OR click)
In keeping with the Futile Podcast mandate to expand out we demonstrate the turgid tendril of sports as Seth and Zack talk about the B Ball.
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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
229. The Book of Eli
229. The Book of Eli (right click OR click)
Mark and Ian talk about this serviceable Post-Ap. Denzel is kind of wasted and Oldman has a little fun but isn’t what I’d like him to be. Really this just makes me want to watch Beyond Thunderdome again.
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Music:
Tweaker- Years from Now
226. Predators
226. Predators (right click OR click)
Zack, Seth, and Ian talk about the newest Predator movie. Ian talks about an idea for a Rom-Com that might be relevant to Pre-Daters. Zack talks about the Micheal Crichton post-humously published book: Pirate Latitudes. Maybe a pirate movie with Predators? I don’t know something different would be nice. But you know good.
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music:
nine inch nails – You Know Who You Are
Next Week: Inception
224. The Hunter
224. The Hunter (right click OR click)
Mark and Ian talk about Steve McQueen’s final film. He plays a bounty hunter which sounds cool. In the end the movie is sort of a mess of comedy, action, and drama based on the life of a real bounty hunter.
music:
Jon Anderson – Loved by the Sun
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
222. Betrayed
222. Betrayed (right click OR click)
Zack tells Ian about this odd little movie from the 80’s. It’s about how a woman investigates some white supremisists but they end up being the “good” racists not Nazis or anything … so she is torn as to if she should turn them into her Fed buddies. Yeah a real moral quandary this one.
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