Episode 5: Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
Highlights this week: British TV (Doctor Who, Sherlock), Tolkien nerdery, new Godzilla and Bond blu-rays, Buck Rogers, and the burning question of our time: do Italians really like lots of sugar in their coffee?
Is Sophia Myles the new Companion?
Benedict Cumberbatch (Wikipedia)
Gene Dietch’s 12-minute animated version of The Hobbit (related article)
Criterion’s Godzilla cover controversy
Screenshot comparisons for Criterion Godzilla blu-ray
Netflix accepts longer window for Warner DVD releases
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Time Out interview with Daniel Craig - writers’ strike hurt Quantum of Solace
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
Do Italians Love Sugar in their Coffee?
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (new Jet Li movie)
How much is 300,000,000 yuan in US dollars?
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Episode 4: Hand of Death
Topics this week: a bevy of trailers for upcoming genre films and a discussion of the lengthy career of Jackie Chan. We’re still working out our audio issues, please forgive the echo on Chris’ voice.
Jack the Giant Killer trailer
Chinese Zodiac trailer
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance trailer
Summer Wars trailer
Redline trailer
G.I. Joe 2 trailer
St Louis Cemeteries (wikipedia)
Nic cage’s vault in New Orleans
Neil Gaiman’s “Dream Story” for Doctor Who
I Am Jackie Chan autobiography
Armour of God 2: Operation Condor
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Episode 3: Koyaanisqatsi for our generation
Discussing Viva Knievel, Brainstorm, the New Orleans Worst Film Festival (NOWFF), Neil Sedaka, Skinemax, and more.
New Orleans Worst Film Festival Facebook page
B-Fest: 24 Hours of Bad Movies
Viva Knievel (Opposable Thumb Films)
Sextette (Jabootu’s Bad Movie Dimension)
Brainstorm (Roger Ebert)
Huffington Post piece on Natalie Wood
Media Bistro piece on Natalie Wood, Christopher Walken
Shazam for TV article
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Episode 2 - Richard Dreyfuss
In this badly-recorded episode (put some headphones on to hear Scott in amazing reverb-o-rama), we compare Entertainment Weekly’s recent “worst movies” article, the token female characters in ’80s cartoons, dropping cell phones down toilets, and a trailer for one of the worst movies to come along in a while: Song of the Blind Girl. Audio oddities to listen for: Chris’ stuffy nose and noisy mouse scroll wheel, and Scott’s vibrating cell phone.
Entertainment Weekly: 24 Stars’ Worst Movies
Reel Shame: Bad Movies and the Hollywood Stars Who Made Them by Scott Hamilton and Christopher Holland (buy a copy for someone you love this Christmas!)
Radio Times Guide to Film (we contributed select entries to this around 1999 or so)
The theme and lineup for our very first movie night series, back in 1997.
Half of all damaged cell phones in the UK are dropped down toilets
1 in 5 young adults have dropped a phone down the toilet.
Wikipedia entry on female Transformers characters
Trailer for Song of the Blind Girl (not appropriate for all ages)
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Tickets are now available for this year’s 24 hour celebration of ludicrous fantasy and sci-fi movies. B-Fest takes place at Northwestern University near Chicago.
Makes sense. They have the ultimate leverage in being the content creator.
Cord cutters to HBO: “That’s what torrents are for.”
And DVDs, I suppose. It seems to me that a good percentage of cord cutters would have to be people who just don’t care that much about seeing content right when it comes out.
Custom domain powers, activate
The Stomp Tokyo podcast blog (show notes, new episode announcements, other weirdness) can now be found at cultmoviespodcast.com.
What to watch on Turkey Day
Behold! A scientifically-researched Stomp Tokyo approved list of things to watch on TV today.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade - Duh.
Miracle on 34th Street - Render unto Santa what is Santa’s.
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving - Popcorn, toast, and jelly beans never go out of style.
Punkin Chunkin 2011 - How far can you fire a pumpkin from a cannon? Let’s find out.
A Very Gaga Thanksgiving
Not your cup of tea? TV Guide has this handy list of all the marathons playing on the various cable channels. I’m still trying to figure out why BBC America is playing Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Subscribe in iTunes
Here’s the direct link to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Through 50+ episodes of the previous podcast we never got approved for the store, and this approval happened in less than 24 hours. C’est la vie!
Episode 1 - Reboot
In which Scott and Chris return to the podcast and discover they’ve forgotten how this works. Some discussion of upcoming genre movies, holiday kid flicks, movies in the cloud, and what the future holds for the podcast.
Links to videos and other things mentioned in the show:
- Movie poster for The Expendables 2
- Weird Japanese commercial with Jean Reno
- Jackie Chan in V8 Commercials
- Martin Scorcese on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- Criterion’s Godzilla
- Rifftrax for Twilight
