The Futile Podcast

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

268. Justified Season 2

268. Justified Season 2 (right click or click)

Zack and Ian talk about how things are down in the holler. Seth joins in and we talk a little about Mattlock. It’s Good times as we get toward the end.

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256. The Mechanic

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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253. From Paris with Love and TV

253. From Paris With Love (right click OR click)

Sounds like Ian missed out on this one as Zack talks about how crazy good this movie was. Ian talks about Fringe or something.

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music: Siouxsie & The Banshees – Cities in Dust

252. The Walking Dead ep.1

252. The Walking Dead ep. 1 (right click OR click)

Ian, Matt, Joshua, and Brian talk about the first episode of the zombie TV show everybody already talked about. But we also include a rousing debate Shotgun v. sniper riffle.

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music:  Filter – Consider This

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