Thanks for the show, boys!

Same thing could arguably be said for Yoga Hosers.

Or anything without a beheading.

I think the argument about sequels was featured in ‘Scream’ as Frank mentioned. The definition of a sequel was that the second movie is it’s own story and usually shares some of the same story beats as the original – Ghostbusters 2, Rocky II, etc. If the second movie is continuing the same story that was started in the first, then it wasn’t officially a sequel – The Empire Strikes Back and The Two Towers are examples.

Sure. But still. If it was up to me I’d put an end to reviews of these young adult movies because who cares about them?

I was hoping for a feature Deepwater Horizon review or the awesome Hell or High Water, but at this point I guess we won’t get that one until the blu ray.

Obviously we chose it because it is a Tim Burton movie. We do skip most of the “young adult” movies (ie. Divergent, Hunger Games, etc.).

Yeah I double checked, it was definitely Scream 2. I guess it merged in my mind with Clerks because of the Empire / Jedi argument.

Been awhile since you guys had a Kevin Smith focused discussion!

I follow Kevin Smith’s film-related output pretty closely and I have to say that I couldn’t agree more with Sean’s comments about his scripts. Everything feels half-baked in his past few movies. I just wonder how much better, or at least more coherent, these films could have been with a third party providing some advice or comments.

Something that also bugs me in these movies are the Canadianisms. These are largely a product of his conversations on SmodCast and his apparently LOVE — sorry if this ruins Strange Brew somehow for Frankie — of Bob and Doug McKenzie. Based on his podcasts, I think he really does love Canada, but it’s grating to me that he gets so many of the little details wrong (e.g., the double-double thing is seriously cringeworthy). Again, I think this points to laziness in his scripts.

Of course I will listen and enjoy regardless, but forget Girl on the Train, review The Wailing.

Kevin Smith’s downfall started with Mallrats.

I really enjoyed the review format of Deepwater Horizon, even though it wasn’t intentional, that Sean didn’t see it and was basically playing the viewpoint of us, the audience, asking questions we may be thinking at the time when you guys were talking about it — especially for someone who hasn’t seen it yet.

Selling
Correction: Sold*….a long time ago

I read the first two Peculiar Children novels, and wasn’t really a fan. While some of the children do end up getting their moment wherein their odd power gets them out of a particular jam, most don’t. Very sloppy.

Another thing that bothered me was touched on by you guys. Jacob, as a main character, is both cowardly, and clueless. Even as he later gets some brave moments, he never clues in. He has to have everything over-explained to him, and therefore we the reader/watcher are forced to get everything over-explained to us. I did not pick up the third book.

we need more beheading and claw machine videos projected on the big screen.

Liked the discussion on scenes in movies coming off as fake even if they are realistic and how sometimes the context or direction ruins it. Of course, sometimes it’s the audience that ruins it – a scene that is uncomfortable ends up getting laughter from the audience, which makes it come off less serious than it is.

I’m also reminded of when Frank (and many others) had issues with Tom Hank’s performance at the end of Captain Philips because it comes off as unbelievable, but anyone who has experienced someone who is going through shock in real life thought it was incredibly accurate, but ironically Hollywood has typically given us a fake version of how people are “supposed” to react to things. It makes me think of several times people have dismissed a video online as “fake”, even though it turns out to be real, because ironically they have a version of how people would behave in that situation in their head based on completely fictional portrayals.