The Futile Podcast

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

M.D. Bangkok

Bangkok Dangerous review (right click OR click)

topics of discussion:

Commando the Family Edition and Commando the Myth Busters Edition

“Chicken lickin’ is lickin’ chicken” – Jan Michael Vincent The Mechanic

Golgo 13

Romantic Comedy pitch:  Miniscule Money Problems

Feminism

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musics:

RJD2 – Up to no Good Again

Cibo Matto – King of Silence

“Multiple vaginas trademark.”

Total Recall review (right click OR click)

It’s all about the splendor of  80’s action movie violence and maliciousness of their protagonists.  This one is a classic and every good podcast out there has done their review (SEE archives of:  The Greatest Movie Ever, and Fast Karate For the Gentlemen)

The favorite quote in the option of Zack is:  “De were going to kill me so I killed dem.”  Which I think Nikil and the boys at N+1 could certainly find relevant to the American hyper-Capitalist psyche of the 1980’s.    email:  Futilepodcast@gmail.com

 

 

musics:

Astrobotnia – Hallo

Royksopp – In Space

“Yeah Tree!”

Humboldt County the Movie review (right click OR click)

It’s where we are located and Ian worked on the movie as a PA so we figured we’d give it a review.  We take a break in the midst of this review to talk about Snakes n’ Barrels II and which sci-fi characters we’d like to have sex with.  email: Futilepodcast@gmail.com

musics:

Iggy Pop – Lust for Life

Tricky – Hell is Around the Corner

“That’s not the Duckman I signed up for.”

X-files review (right click OR click)

We talk about the TV show and films and the nature of sci-fi on television and the problematic aspects of telling a convoluted story while still trying to deliver a dramatic narrative that has closure, etc.  But mostly this episode is about Krycek. 

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Musics:

Enigma – Shadows in Silence

Roxy  Music – More Than This

“Let us consult the Cliffhanger notes.”

Cliffhanger review (right click OR click)

This is a good one.  I’m sure Nikil and the boys and N+1 have got quite the opinion on the portrayl of soccer players, esspecially strikers.  He/they might want to check out this article written by Jay over at Filmjunk.  It might remind Nikil about something he may have overlooked as his career as a film critic started booming.  

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musics:

A cloud Mireya – Mountain May

Brian Eno – A Long Way Down

“umm … Adam Sandler is like…”

Don’t Mess with the Love Guru review (right click save as OR click)

Zack talks about these two crappy movies and his conclusion: “Bad dramas are hilarious but bad comedies are just embarrassing.”  email: Futilepodcast@gmail.com

musics:

Kool & the Gang – Celebration

Prefuse 73 – Perverted Undertone * 

 

*damn I really like this track and these movies are beneath it but I edited this podcast like a month ago so them is the breaks.