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War Starts at Midnight
War Starts at Midnight
#14 - Inside Out / Toon Talk
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or: How Do You Like ‘Dem Apples, Batman?

Hunter and Chris have an animated discussion about Disney and Pixar’s latest mega-hit Inside Out. Chris gets a sweet tooth with this week’s beer recommendation. In Special Features, the dudes delve deep into their cinematic subconscious to discuss some of their favorite animated films during Toon Talk. Get traumatized all over again with repressed memories of horrifying Disney villains and their even more horrifying deaths!

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SHOW NOTES

00:10:14 – Review – Inside Out
00:40:52 – Beer Recommendation: Abita Root Beer – Abita Brewing Company
“Will You Hang Around” – Sam Means
00:44:11 – Special Features – Toon Talk
“Run Away” – Sam Means
01:04:55 – Really Rad Recommendations

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If you listen to the show with any regularity, you probably already know where I stand on J.J Abrams’s upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but I’m not sure I’ve ever really expressed just how much Star Wars once meant to me. As a child I was a huge fan of the original Star Wars films. For years I popped in a VHS tape of Episode IV, V, or VI every night before going to bed. If my love for film has an origin story, it begins with those three movies.

But as I grew older my horizons expanded, and Star Wars slowly drifted from my orbit. This was in no small part due to the prequels. I’ll attempt to spare you the redundant laundry list of complaints everyone throws out for Episodes I, II, & III, but I will say this; those were the first Star Wars films I ever saw in theaters, and they likely play a key role in my lack of fanboy enthusiasm for anything today.

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War Starts at Midnight
War Starts at Midnight
#13.5 - Bonus Batman Banter
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or: That was the Summer Shandy talking

Question: How do you stop three grown men from talking about Batman?
Answer: You don’t. You just hit the “record” button. Buckle up your utility belts for some Bonus Batman Banter as Chris, Hunter, and guest Batman Fanboy Joey Dale discuss the entire Batman film series. “Holy Bonus Content, Batman!”

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#13 - Batman Begins 10th Anniversary / The Dark Knight Legacy
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or: Bruce Wayne is just Going Through a “Batman Phase”

 Hunter and Chris are joined by guest Batman scholar and shameless fanboy Joseph “Joe Kerr” Dale  to mark the 10th Anniversary of Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins. In a wide-ranging Special Features, the Dudes discuss The Dark Knight Legacy, covering Batman in cinema, as well as the realistic reboot culture ushered in by Nolan’s film. PLUS, the hubristic Hunter finally faces his fate for falsely prophesying Mad Max: Fury Road‘s box office performance. Cheers!

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SHOW NOTES

00:04:03 –  Summer Shandy Shaming Part I
00:05:36 – Review – Batman Begins
00:47:36 – Beer Recommendation: Curmudgeon Old Ale – Founders Brewing Co.
“Ain’t No Grave” – Smokey & The Mirror
00:51:08 –  Summer Shandy Shaming Part II
00:55:47 – Special Features – The Dark Knight Legacy
“All Time High” – Smokey & The Mirror
01:21:54 – Really Rad Recommendations

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Jurassic World  has made more money than the GDP of about 15 countries, and counting. Isla Nublar is now one of the most profitable islands in the South Pacific.

One by one, previous records have gone extinct in its wake – biggest opening weekend, biggest 2nd weekend, fastest to $100M, $200, $300, on and on.

Experts knew it would be a hit. But potentially unseating Titanic as the 2nd highest-grossing movie ever? Nobody could’ve guess. Though in hindsight, it seems so obvious.

Jurassic World is the 3rd film in the franchise to break the opening weekend record (go stand in a corner JP3). And the original was the highest grossing film ever until that record was sunk by Titanic.

People love Jurassic Park. Sure JP3 underperformed, but that was 14 years ago, and can be blamed on that stupid Spinosaurus (yes, I’m a bitter T-Rex apologist, and No, I will not apologize for it).

Jurassic World stomping Avengers: Age of Ultron to become this summer’s juggernaut can be attributed to the most powerful of blockbuster film formulas  – Nostalgia + Novelty = $$$$Continue reading