The Futile Podcast

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

254. True Grit and Black Swan

254.True Grit and Black Swan (right click OR click)

Zack talks about Grits. Ian talks about swan monster metaphors.

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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

247. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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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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.

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

241. Near Dark

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

240. Fight Club

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