This episode we recap and review the second season of Master of None. We also talk about Aziz Ansari as a filmmaker, along with what we thought about the season’s cliffhanger. There are spoilers during this episode.
This episode we reminisce about Blockbuster Video. During our discussion we touch upon memories of the video store and some of the things we miss about renting physical DVDs. We also talk about the current state of movie rentals with streaming and on demand services.
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We take some time this episode to visit the site of Yahoo Answers and read many questions asked by Yahoo users from around the world. Limiting the questions to movie and television related topics, we do our best to provide our answers.
This episode, we talk about the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards. Our primary focus was on the gender-neutral category for best acting performance of the year, which went to Emma Watson for Beauty and the Beast. Is there a future for gender-neutral acting categories? Is it fair to compare acting performances among men and women?
With a popular trend where TV shows are adapted/continued from movies, such as Fargo, Dear White People, Friday Night Lights, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Minority Report, etc. we were wondering if any movie could be made into a TV show. So we tap into our creativity and imagine how Forrest Gump could be adapted into a TV series. Listen up and give us your feedback!
This episode we review and recap the first season of Legion on FX.
Is there a new king of television in the near future? HBO has always been TV’s number 1 network at prestige TV, but FX has been climbing the ranks for years and has finally surpassed HBO with more acclaimed shows and more awards show trophies in recent memory. Can this truly be FX taking over as the new king of television? We discuss and debate this hot topic!
This episode, we play a game by making predictions on what summer blockbuster films will gross the most money domestically. Inspired by Slashfilm, we discuss what mvoies cracked our Top 10 list and why we think our predictions are right.
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Rob’s List:
1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2. Despicable Me 3
3. Spider Man: Homecoming
4. Transformers: The Last Knight
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
6. Wonder Woman
7. War for the Planet of the Apes
8. The Mummy
9. Cars 3
10. Alien: Covenant
Wild Cards: Dunkirk, Baywatch, Rough Night
Mike’s List:
1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2. Spider-Man: Homecoming
3. Wonder Woman
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
5. Transformers: The Last Knight
6. Baywatch
7. Cars 3
8. Despicable Me 3
9. The Mummy
10. Dunkirk
Wild Cards: War for the Planet of the Apes, Alien: Covenant, The Dark Tower
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