Dec 112010

247. Ninja Turtles Video podcast!

We recorded this one after watching the movie on Blu-Ray at Matt’s place. We used the Canon T2i to do this so the audio is not so great but the image is spectacular.

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Dec 042010

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.

Nov 272010

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

Nov 172010

244. Jackass 3D (right click OR click)

Zack tells Seth and Ian about modern performance art. Then we talk about Brian de Palma a little.

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Nov 082010

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

Oct 252010

241. Near Dark (right click OR click)

Ian and the first 2nd Futilepodcaster Seth talk about Academy Award Winning Director Kathryn Bigelow’s modern vampire horror film. It’s set in the 80′s with Paxton, Henricksen, and the guy that played Jim Profit on that short lived TV series Profit  and Darstar in Solar Babies (which I should review at some point).

Seth also gives his quick take on The Wrestler and introduces an innovative new ratings system.

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music: Clint Mansell – Death is a Disease

Oct 162010

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  

Oct 082010

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

Oct 032010

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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Sep 162010

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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