The Futile Podcast

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

Satan’s Cause

podcast 024 (right click, save as for Christmas cheer!)
We do our obligatory X-mas episode where we talk about some of our favorite movies of the season. These include: Die Hard, Jingle All the Way, A Christmas Story, etc. Zack gives a play by play of the “love” scene from Underworld Evolution not because it’s a Christmas movie just because it was on when we were recording. Send your Holiday cheer in listener mail form: futilepodcast@gmail.com

bump musics:
Johnny Cash – Little Drummer Boy
Frank Sinatra – Let it Snow
Bing Crosby – Jingle Bells

Dean Martin – White Christmas

Elvis – Blue Christmas

Vince Guaraldi – Christmas Time is Here (reprise)

"It’s Definitely a bubblebath day."

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The theme tonight is the chase or the hunt of a person. This is loosely organized around our discussion of the Coen Bros. new film No Country For Old Men, as well as The Bourne Ultimatum, and Hitman. You can send email just like our pal Daniel did and we’ll read it on the air, making you sound like an idiot because Ian is illiterate. futilepodcast@gmail.com
bump musics:
Gorillaz – Demon Days
Tweaker – Full Cup of Coffee
Chemical Bros.- A Modern Midnight Conversation
Beach Boys – Wouldn’t it be Nice?


I’m just tryin’ to fill my cauldron.

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I give a few delayed reviews on Superbad, Hot Rod, Knocked Up, and Die Hard IV. Then, we talk about the idea of “simple goals” for protagonists in films. You can see the deleted scene from Knocked up that Zack is talking about here

Bump Musics:
Thomas Dolby- Europa and the Pirate Twins
Johnny Hates Jazz – Shattered Dreams
Starship – Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now
Foreigner – Urgent
David Bowie – Heroes
Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil

"The Best thing about the title is that it’s literal."

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This is the infamous “lost” first episode. I’ve been kind of lazy lately and so it’s come to this; posting one of our first recordings. Here we talk about such current films as 300, The Good Shepard the Leprechaun and Conan Continuity. Then we talk about what makes a “good” creator of a franchise or show. This leads us to talk about George Lucas, J.J. Abrams, Genndy Tartakovsky, and Matt Stone and Trey Parker.

"There was so much brain matter in this movie."

Hitman and Beowulf review (right click, save as)

Zack and his cohorts discuss the new Hitman film and then they get into the pros and cons of the CG Beowulf movie that just came out.

bump musics:
Romantic Warrior- Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant
Chicago – Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is?

Prefuse 73 – Vikings Invade the Mediterranean but don’t Leave
RJD2 – Legend

"He can’t reach the slot!"

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We talk crime in this one. I give my take on the first season of The Wire then give a review of Mystic River. Zack and his buddies talk about their mutual love of Bad Boys II. This podcast is also about:
bump musics:
Tsuneo Imahori – Do Your Business
Mogwai – Were no Here
Deltron 3030 – Mastermind
Yoko Kanno – The Real Man
Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like you (Black Dog mix)