Comments on: Film Junk Podcast Episode #337: Moneyball

By: mattTO

mattTO — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:45:22 +0000

@Greg- interesting that you mention the Jays. Their former GM JP Ricciardi worked with Billy Beane for a number of years prior to joining the Jays. When he left Oakland to go to Toronto he tried to bring the whole Beane formula with him but ended up getting slammed in the press for “whitewashing” the team, and how awful that was given Toronto’s multicultural landscape. Carlos Delgado went off on a rant about how ridiculous it was, but it still didn’t stop the Toronto press from criticizing Ricciardi’s every move. My point: the press are idiots.

By: Steve Kasan

Steve Kasan — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:16:00 +0000

I found this about Moneyball prior to its release. I have not read the book, plan to, but this is a good read as well in terms of what is accurate and not
http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/moneyball-mixed-bag-baseball-fans-31234?page=0,2

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:42:20 +0000

@narby – East Dillon Lions shirt? Nice! Those kids needed a beating for sure. WTF?

@Mason – Yeah, they got to the case. The one older cop had an out of nowhere heart attack that was super intense and then Jane took over the case. Her boyfriend (C-plot) was looking for visitation rights with his kid (that was wrapped up too) Good show.

By: bard

bard — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:59:11 +0000

Great episode guys. First, Steve Carell definitely should have won the Emmy over Jim Parsons. They might as well given it to Jon Cryer, so pathetic. Even if Carell didn’t win, LeBlanc should have won for sure. You guys definitely need to watch Episodes. It’s only 7 episodes long, but it’s fantastic, I can’t wait for the next season.

I’m glad you’re finally watching/talking about Breaking Bad. Hands down the best show on television that I’ve seen. And the fourth season so far has been up to par with the previous seasons.

I will say that I’m glad that Mad Men won the award again. I love that show, but it’s barely behind Breaking Bad. Hopefully BB will next this season or the next season, which is supposedly their last.

By: patrik

patrik — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:42:51 +0000

oh, you guys really should check out Tucker & Dale vs Evil for next week. AWESOME movie.

By: Mason

Mason — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:07:53 +0000

Funny. I really enjoyed the Persons of Interest pilot, but I couldn’t make it through Prime Suspect. I left at about the half-hour mark. Did they ever get into the case or do they just keep arguing about who’s case it is? Did the husband ever get hired as a babysitter (or whatever that C-plot was supposed to be)?

Persons of Interest gave me the impression that more backstory on both Emerson and Caveizel’s characters and the big brother technology will be revealed bit by bit. Maybe it’s because I knew about the Nolan influence, but I felt pangs of Following and Memento at times. The ferocity of Caveizel’s character is something I haven’t seen since Jack Bauer, and I welcome that type of guy back to my TV.

By: Narby

Narby — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:06:11 +0000

@Greg – If I ever see you out and about again I’ll be sure to say hi then. I didn’t think of it unitl after but I was even wearing my East Dillion Lions shirt from Friday Night Lights, what better to meet the gas man in. I was also bummed about Kris being unplugged but worse was when I went to the bathroom later and heard some young punk saying he dind’t know wtf that ‘old man’ was doing up there to which his friend replied ‘I think that’s his dad or something’. Could have used you there for a good old punch to the larynx. And as a fellow fat guy I’ve gotta ask what ahve you been doing with your diet to get such quick results!? Congrats!

By: PlanBFromOuterSpace

PlanBFromOuterSpace — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:04:35 +0000

Joel Schumacher did some pretty good commentaries for his Batman flicks, and if you’re ever going to re-watch “Batman and Robin” again, that would be a good enough reason to do so. Hell, it would be the ONLY reason to. Schumacher does a pretty good job of explaining what was going on at the time (WB had given up on the franchise creatively and had pretty much decided that they were ONLY interested in selling toys), while also taking his share of the blame for decisions that were his.

The video game discussion reminded me of something that happened a couple of years ago when I got to work as an extra on “Love and Other Drugs” when it was filming here in Pittsburgh. One of the girls in the group was wearing this dress that had a pretty strange western print on it, and Jake Gyllenhaal had started referring to her as “Oregon Trail”. The director, Edward Zwick, asked him what that was, and he explained that it was an old computer game from the 80’s where you’re moving your family out west during the frontier days, and I chimed in with “Yeah, and your family is always dying of dysentery”. That’s one of the greatest achievements in my cinematic career so far, getting to explain to an Oscar-winning filmmaker that the goal of this game was to get your family to the West before they died of the mad shits.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:38:05 +0000

@Narby – you should have said hello! Yeah, I was bummed about the sound for the whole show. Both bands had a ton of energy, but the accoustics were awful. Plus, they forgot to plug in Krist according until half way through Skin and Bones. LAME!

By: anonymiss

anonymiss — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:35:39 +0000

i was thinking the same thing about oregon trail, maybe there is a reason game junk has been on such a long hiatus

By: rjdelight

rjdelight — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:09:57 +0000

Loved the *mini-bonus DVD Manifesto ep at the end.

And Frank, how can a video game fan like yourself not have heard of Oregon Trail? For shame.

By: narby

narby — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:28:14 +0000

Greg hope you enjoyed the show. I saw you and a tall guy in a red shirt with a maple leaf on it walking around the 100 level going toward the concession/merch area but didn’t want to bother you. Rise against was good but their sound was off in the latter half of their set it seemed. The Foo Fighters rocked, especially on My Hero and Ever Long.