Witness me! *thud* Mediocre! We are joined by the founder of the Frogpants network Scott Johnson to discuss the movie Mad Max: Fury Road! We talk about how there aren’t many details given about who Mad Max is, the universe he’s in and why he’s on the run from Immortan Joe, Scott explains why the lack of information and context actually makes the movie more enjoyable for him. Plus, we speculate whether Immortan Joe is a king, a dictator or is he actually a god and Scott has mentioned many times that this particular movie is his favorite movie in all of cinema, he explains once and for all why.
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I am a meat popsicle. Brian Kofford joins the show to discuss The Fifth Element and it’s another opportunity to talk about what Hollywood thought the future would look like in 2263. With discussions ranging from predicting the future before smartphones, all the way to flyup food carts, is there anything they got right or will this movie be a laughing stock in 2263? Plus, why don’t Cornelius and David trust Korben right away and try to follow through with the plan without him and have power dynamics finally been resolved in 2263?
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Are the cookies made from real Girl Scouts? Fresh off of her stint as an America’s Next Top Podcaster contestant, we are joined by season 4 runner up September McCrady to discuss the movie The Addams Family. We talk about the comic strips and television series that preceded this movie, is the movie an homage to those previous mediums or is it a whole new take? Plus, there is one particular moment in the movie where you know for sure that Gordon is actually the real Fester, we’ll tell you what scene that is and is the lawyer the one who’s actually trying to rip off The Addams Family?
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I ain’t heard no fat lady! Forget the fat lady. You’re obsessed with fat lady. Drive us out of here! Anthony Lemos from the Ritual Misery podcast joins the show as we discuss the movie Independence Day and we discuss from a military perspective why it seems that Captain Hiller is the only one to eject out of his fighter jet and why it’s important for military members to not give up until there’s no other option on the table. Plus, politicians do be lying sometimes and this movie perfectly showcases this, we explain why and this movie was supposed to be shown on television but it was pulled from the line up, but not for the reasons you might think.
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She broke the cardinal rule. Don’t f**k with people that handle your food. We are joined this week by Internet superstar Justin Robert Young to discuss the 2005 independent film Waiting… and we recount some of our own restaurant stories and rank which restaurant job is the best to work. Plus, do restaurant workers have it easier than retail workers and are dumpster meetings a real thing?
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Wakanda forever! This week we are concluding Marvel Month on Cinemavention by talking about the movie Black Panther. We are joined by Owen JJ Stone from IQMZ.com and we talk about how T’Challa’s bloodline keeps winning the throne of Wakanda but we theorize on what happens if someone from another tribe wins. Can it still be called the Black Panther? Plus, what happens to the Black Panther powers moving forward now that the flowers that give the powers have all been burned and what exactly is Killmonger’s title, is he a villain or is he more of an anti-hero?
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We are Groot! Marvel Month on Cinemavention continues on and we have our very first in studio appearance in the show’s history from regular Game Night contributor Dolan Moles at the 2rd annual Turtle Daze in Fort Wayne! This week we talk about the movie Guardians of the Galaxy and how Thanos is in both the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy universes. Do The Avengers know about The Guardians of the Galaxy and are the two universes connected? Plus, Willie argues that Drax the Destroyer is responsible for The Guardians losing the orb to Ronan and he’ll explain why, and why does Peter refuse to hold his mother’s hand?
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Avengers Assemble! We are continuing Marvel Month on Cinemavention by talking about the biggest MCU movie in the franchise, The Avengers! We are joined by Naaim Siddiqi from the RBaseball Weekly podcast and we talk about why we skipped a lot of the movies in Phase 1 of the MCU. Is it possible to do so or is some of the backstory of previous movies needed to understand this movie? Plus, betcha didn’t know that NASA is the government agency that has the most influence in Hollywood movies beating out The Pentagon and there’s a social media site for movies? Naaim tells us all about this social network for keeping track of movies that you may not have known about.
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What am I supposed to tell the press? Training exercise. Isn’t that the usual BS? It’s the start of Marvel Month on Cinemavention, and to kick things off, we are joined by Jeffrey Sax and Tom DiGianvittorio to discuss the movie Iron Man. Spoiler alert on Willie’s opinion about the movie since he forgot to mention it during the episode, he gave the movie a thumbs up, but could the MCU as we know it existed without Iron Man doing well in the box office? Plus, these terrorists at first glance seem to be really dumb for not killing Tony Stark, but we explain why it’s not in their best interest to do so and who remembers MySpace? Ahh, the good ‘ole days of social media.
Differences Between the Movie and the Comics: Thanks to MaxTrollbot in the Cinemavention Discord for providing this insight! – Tony Stark is head of Stane International which takes over Stark industries with the secret help of SHIELD and drives Tony into becoming a homeless alcoholic while Rhodes has to fight Stane.. – But the way they do it in the movie is soo much simpler, even though it never really addresses how Tony manages to get back control of Stark Industries. I mean, you don’t get to be the CEO again just because you killed the guy who took the job from you. And it’s doubtful that the board would be eager to reinstate Tony since he still doesn’t want to make weapons. – Also, Stane’s minions are called Chessmen for some reason. – In the comics he’s a strategist, the closest allusion in the movie to his chess obsession is when he asks Pepper for the paper so he can do the puzzle. – He really was a minor, third-tier villain even by Iron Man standards.
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May the 4th be with you! We are joined once again by Kent Fellure from the Ritual Misery podcast to discuss the most anticipated movie we’ve ever covered on this show Star Wars, more specifically, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope! With the pervasive knowledge of Star Wars in pop culture and with arguably the biggest spoiler of the series pretty widely known, does this hinder the experience for a first time watcher? Plus, did you know that a translation of this movie has saved an old foreign language from becoming forgotten, and once and for all we answer the most important question, why does everyone hate Jabba the Hutt?
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