It’s clearly something that should be addressed , even if it’s to say it’s an April fool thing or not. Even if it’s to say it’s real but he hasn’t left, just a time out and why. Either way , it’s not great that we’re as loyal fans just left in limbo. I think it should be an official announcement to let us know where it’s at!! Jay, stop dicking around and start writing that jingle of how this was one big elaborate hoax!!

I still have an hour left, yet I feel comfortable declaring this one of the top ten episodes in Film Junk history. So incredible it might inspire me to do something amazing with my life if there were such a thing as free will!

Reed, 2 things;
1) There are definitely WKW fans amongst us Junkers out there…no doubt!
2) You have way more fans out there than you realise, mate…you’re a real gem, and you bring an interesting, entertaining and unique vibe to each episode you’re on. I’m always extra pumped when I find out Mr Farrington is part of an episode.

So in other words Reed, it’s time to ditch the negativity and ignore any haters out there, and just soak up the love a lot of us have for you. You’re a dead set legend!

And that goes to you Sean, Jay & Frank! A lotta love and respect from us all for what you’ve done (so well and uniquely) for so long! You all mean a lot to us ay…we all look forward to each episode and love what your bring. Trust all is well behind the scenes, and that whatever format you fellas decide to go with will rock, as always.

Love and respect!

Nothing happening is what makes it so great. I’m glued to my earphones. I can’t wait to see what doesn’t happen next!

Yeah I’ve been thinking that, and then having got review films too! If Jay just wants to vive along I’m cool with that.

Another Reed gem (Easter Egg!) I discovered when I downloaded the ep onto my phone! I tried to upload it but somehow Disqus won’t allow me too.

https://ibb.co/jSvkbc

If you do the usual thing for April Fool’s day how do you fool people, dummy?

Yeah, the AFD tapes were good but it ran out of gas because there’s only so much you can do with it I assume, so they chose to go a different route.

It doesn’t really matter to me if Jay is gone. I’m a pretty casual follower of the show. This episode was pretty entertaining either way. Keep Reed on as host. If I was Jay, I wouldn’t want to have to ever go see a superhero movie cause they are mind poison. Besides, these stooges don’t have free will so it’s not up to them what happens in the end is it?

Kerry Bishe of Halt and Catch Fire, Reed? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/46f6b6f61c92dfc079ecab83943b597e9536e8981ef323f5e4d3174d2e58fa9d.png

If you’re referring to the image of me holding the Film Junk logo, I was originally holding the photo of Sarah Connor with her German Shepherd.

Might I recommend “Existentialist Junk” as a revised title to go with change in format?

Thanks for posting your kind words, wosko! My problem is that I think peeps hate me because I’m arrogant, but then when I try to be humble, peeps think I’m fishing for compliments. I’m just a naturally arrogant peeps pleaser.

I guess the Film Junk audience is so diverse now that we could talk about any film or filmmaker and someone would be a fan.

People think you’re arrogant?! I honestly don’t get that at all. You’re extremely opinionated though but that is what makes you so much fun to listen to even if I rarely actually agree with them

Jay has wanted to get rid of star ratings for as long as I can remember (and I have been listening for quite a while).

Reed, your tweet made me actually believe in the spirit of April Fools (I do miss the annual kids episode) that Jay was actually going to imitate you for the whole episode, and for the first minute I thought “He’s fantastic–this sounds just like him”–but then the laugh and stammer gave you away. Anyway not sure what kind of Junk this was but still enjoyable. Maybe a reboot of Cantankerous is in order. And was trying to nail down your ring tone–at first thought it was theme music from “Suspiria” but not quite a match. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pins1y0XAa0

This was the only episode of FJ that I thought was a chore to listen to. Not even so much that Jay wasn’t there, but that while I can take Reed when he’s the fourth member, having him host was too much for me.

He’s dead right about ratings, which feel so arbitrary at times. This is especially true of older films which should never be given a ‘rating’ becuase we are watching them completely out of context. I don’t see the problem with Jay changing his mind on things. As I’ve got older I’m less interested in certain things that held my attention years before. I’ll respect anyone who can back up their opinion with some sense of logic, which he tends to do most of the time.

Nah that was Sean. But Jay will be back.

*everyone now re listening to the last 30 seconds*

I was all set to ask a bunch of personal questions relating to their interest in film. I was even going to ask them the quintessential interview question, “Is there anything you’ve wanted to talk about on Film Junk, but never had the chance to?” And I completely forgot!

I like to keep my listeners mentally challenged.

“One never realizes how good something is until it’s replaced by something terrible.” – Reedoucheus.

Wow. If you’re asexual, Lori, maybe you’re not human. You should at least be some psychologist’s case-study.

I really liked Jay’s ideas which is why when at the end of last weeks episode I found it odd the plan was for everyone to have to review Ready Player One. TBH I don’t care if you all watch the movie, and I bet most Junkers agree. I really don’t need everyones opinions on the same movie. If it’s 2/3 or even 1/3, whatever! The worst thing is to hear anyone talk about something they didn’t care about.

Anyways, I’ll listen either way and I loved having 3 hours to “hang” with Reed, Sean, and Frank, an they did seem a little more alive. Free range discussions are fine by me, I just don’t see why anything has to be so rigid that it would force Jay to be uninterested in the show. If he doesn’t feel like reviewing the big garbage then he shouldn’t have to. If he just wants to chime in to make fun of frank and talk about random criterion movies then I am all for it.

I agree, but do find it odd that guys don’t want to talk about the latest Speilberg movie.