The Futile Podcast

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

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

238. Speedracer

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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236. Wall Street

236. Wall Street (right click or click)

Mark and Ian and Seth talk about the original just in time for the sequel.

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music:

Tears For Fears – The Working Hour

235. Sleuth (with video)

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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234. Road to Perdition

234. Road to Perdition (right click OR click)

Mark and Ian discuss Hank’s as a bad guy in this adaptation of a graphic novel.

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music:

Dean Elliot Big Band – The Long Road

233. Hudson Hawk

233. Hudson Hawk (right click Or click)

Mark and Ian talk about this live action cartoon of a movie/musical.  If you can enjoy this movie then you are good people 😉

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music:

Sinatra – The Best is Yet to Come 2:54

232. Justified season 1

232. Justified (right click or click)

Zack, Seth, and Ian talk about the first season of this pretty darn good somewhat different TV show on FX. It’s got the guy from Live Free or Die Trying’… or whatever.  Ian also makes a startling claim about The Wire.  It’s Year 4 of the Futile Podcast all bets are off.  Join us if you can.

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music:

Tsuneo Imahori – The Lowdown

231. Crank 2 redux

231. Crank 2 (right click OR click)

Not to confuse this isn’t a new version of this fantastic film it’s yet another podcast about it from us.  Why? Because it’s Crank 2 any further justification would embarrass the both of us.

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music:

Fat Boy Slim – Love Island