By Graham Osborne
You may not realise it, but Matt is hosting the podcast this time around. He got so excited, he forgot to mention it to you lovely people, but we are back again with a new selection of news, games and what we’ve been doing. As well as a BRAND NEW section. Intrigued? Listen in to find out more...
You may not realise it, but Matt is hosting the podcast this time around. He got so excited, he forgot to mention it to you lovely people, but we are back again with a new selection of news, games and what we’ve been doing. As well as a BRAND NEW section. Intrigued? Listen in to find out more...
What we’ve been doing
Matt is still watching Dexter and Ray Donovan, he’s also been playing Saints Row IV which he reviewed for us here.
Will has been busy packing everything up to move, as a result he’s been playing with lightsabres and coming up with new ideas for sections of the podcast. He’s also been watching more of The Mentalist.
Graham has been playing Saints Row IV and Golden Sun: Dark Dawn for the DS, the sequel to a series on the Gameboy Advance. He prefers the first two games.
Matt is still watching Dexter and Ray Donovan, he’s also been playing Saints Row IV which he reviewed for us here.
Will has been busy packing everything up to move, as a result he’s been playing with lightsabres and coming up with new ideas for sections of the podcast. He’s also been watching more of The Mentalist.
Graham has been playing Saints Row IV and Golden Sun: Dark Dawn for the DS, the sequel to a series on the Gameboy Advance. He prefers the first two games.
News
No news theme today as Matt deemed Saints Row IV ‘newsworthy’. Instead here’s a funny picture of Ben Affleck as Batman.
No news theme today as Matt deemed Saints Row IV ‘newsworthy’. Instead here’s a funny picture of Ben Affleck as Batman.
Holy Overreaction, Batfleck!
On a serious note, the only one of us with a problem with Ben Affleck as Batman is Matt, Will and I both like him, though we reserve full judgement until we know a bit more about what the story etc will be like.
We are also thrilled to hear that Bryan Cranston is rumoured to be playing Lex Luthor in the sequel. UPDATE: since recording, Bryan Cranston has said that he is not playing Lex Luthor, though no one else has been put forward (so there’s still hope, internet!)
We are also thrilled to hear that Bryan Cranston is rumoured to be playing Lex Luthor in the sequel. UPDATE: since recording, Bryan Cranston has said that he is not playing Lex Luthor, though no one else has been put forward (so there’s still hope, internet!)
We also briefly discuss Gamescom, and talk in great detail (once again) about female superheroes and how they are not really represented in films yet.
1001 Films
Now we come to the moment you’ve all been waiting for - the announcement of our new section. Each show, we are going to pick three films from 1001 Films to See Before you Die (what a cherry title) we then have to watch them before the next show and give our opinions on them. Hilarity ensues when Matt confesses that he doesn’t like any film before the 1980s (a truly defining time for all cultures, when no one cared about fashion, the mullet was cool and Austrian bodybuilders were actually robots from the future trying to kill a random kid...simpler times) the films we have to watch this week are:
Artists and Models (1955)
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Dirty Harry (1971)
This actually means that Matt doesn’t like Dirty Harry! We’ll ask him if he feels lucky about the next lot of films.
Now we come to the moment you’ve all been waiting for - the announcement of our new section. Each show, we are going to pick three films from 1001 Films to See Before you Die (what a cherry title) we then have to watch them before the next show and give our opinions on them. Hilarity ensues when Matt confesses that he doesn’t like any film before the 1980s (a truly defining time for all cultures, when no one cared about fashion, the mullet was cool and Austrian bodybuilders were actually robots from the future trying to kill a random kid...simpler times) the films we have to watch this week are:
Artists and Models (1955)
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Dirty Harry (1971)
This actually means that Matt doesn’t like Dirty Harry! We’ll ask him if he feels lucky about the next lot of films.
Games
Finally we get to the games. Will gives us the answer to his quote which was from Blues Brothers (did you get it?) and Matt gives us the following quote:
Finally we get to the games. Will gives us the answer to his quote which was from Blues Brothers (did you get it?) and Matt gives us the following quote:
"For a few rupees a day I have employed the services of a young man who has been my guide in pleasure as well as travel. Avringa. There is something very exotic about him. He could be a boy but like many of them, in certain lights he looks just like a little girl. He is a real minx who knows exactly what he is doing to me... Oh, wrong page."
If you know where that quote comes from, who said it and the actor's name then let us know in the comments.
We then move on to the Elevator Pitch. This week it’s a fraught battle of wits, plagiarism and lengthy discussions on the sexual organs of Mary Magdalene. The final scores are below:
Matt: 7
Will: 10
Graham: 9
We then move on to the Elevator Pitch. This week it’s a fraught battle of wits, plagiarism and lengthy discussions on the sexual organs of Mary Magdalene. The final scores are below:
Matt: 7
Will: 10
Graham: 9
Finally, we get around to Six Degrees, where we lament the fact that no one has commented to find the link between David Tennant and Kevin Costner. The three of us all managed to link ours though. Listen in to find out how. For next time we’ve got to link the following:
Will: Jim Carrey - Gary Busey
Graham: Seth McFarlane - Brian Blessed
Matt: Tina Fey - Nicholas Lyndhurst
Will and I also introduce a bit of a bet wherein if we don’t link our two actors in a certain amount number of moves or fewer, we lose a point on the Elevator Pitch. Matt was too chicken to try.
Will: Jim Carrey - Gary Busey
Graham: Seth McFarlane - Brian Blessed
Matt: Tina Fey - Nicholas Lyndhurst
Will and I also introduce a bit of a bet wherein if we don’t link our two actors in a certain amount number of moves or fewer, we lose a point on the Elevator Pitch. Matt was too chicken to try.
And that brings us to the end. Let us know what you think in the comments, or try and answer your Six Degrees. Alternatively, email us on [email protected]. We’ll read out anything you send us, so don’t hold back.
That’s it for this episode, we’ll see you again in two weeks with a very special surprise.
That’s it for this episode, we’ll see you again in two weeks with a very special surprise.
This level of response to the surprise is unlikely.
Intro music for the Podcast was composed by Michael Heron. You can hear him on Latitude Radio hosting Magic Pie along with Tom Keavney, with whom he also plays live music. The News and Game themes were by his brother Matt.
Outro music was composed by Rob Harman, find his music here, and his Facebook page here, check him out.
Outro music was composed by Rob Harman, find his music here, and his Facebook page here, check him out.
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