XII – There Should be More Beat-the-Clock Movies about the Asteroid that Killed the Dinosaurs

Everything Everywhere All at Once swept the Oscars, but Hollywood seems incapable of talking about the movie on its merits. After discussing the struggle between art and identity politics, Brad and Chad both fail to remember the plot to Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, despite seeing it multiple times. Then, CinTan praises the shit out of the dumb-but-fresh movie called 65, longing for the days when blockbusters took risks.

Show Notes:

Chris Pine laments how Hollywood is dominated by Marvel Cinematic Universe profit incentives:
https://www.ign.com/articles/chris-pine-vents-star-trek-frustrations-feels-like-its-cursed

Quentin Tarantino is/was making a Star Trek movie:
https://screenrant.com/star-trek-quentin-tarantino/

Chris Gore on the death of the American movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO5KLe1QE5Q

Everything Everywhere All at Once sweeps the Oscars:
https://www.onthebulletin.com/film-television/2023-oscars-reaction-eeaao-sweeps-yeoh-makes-history-academy-award

Freddie DeBoer asks: “Are You Sure You Want to Say That White People Are the Lone Agents in Human Affairs, the Main Characters, the Sole Movers of History?”:
https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/are-you-sure-you-want-to-say-that

Operation Fortune is cool, but it may not stick around:
https://www.looper.com/1219017/why-guy-ritchies-operation-fortune-ruse-de-guerre-bombed-at-the-box-office/ 

Intro Music: https://pixabay.com/music/indie-pop-fun-punk-opener-14343/

Other Music: https://pixabay.com/music/id-105/ and https://pixabay.com/music/upbeat-rock-it-21275/ 

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VI – Narratologists Approve of ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’

In part 2 of a 2-part adventure, Chad and Brad finally have a civil conversation about Everything Everywhere All at Once. And then they stammer through a chat about George Miller’s Three Thousand Year of Longing. 

Show Notes:

Freddie deBoer on Everything Everywhere All at Once:
https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/i-would-like-to-gently-suggest-that

Tarantino read the script for Swiss Army Man:
https://www.creativescreenwriting.com/swiss-army-man/ 

Narratology is a thing… who knew?:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narratology 

“Audiences are saying to put this one back in the bottle.” – Something Peter Travers would probably say:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/why-three-thousand-years-of-longing-tanked-at-the-box-office/ar-AA11fbMt

Intro Music: https://pixabay.com/music/indie-pop-fun-punk-opener-14343/

Other Music: https://pixabay.com/music/id-105/

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III – Everything is Wrong With This Show All at Once

Audio issues and circular arguments abound, Chad and Brad bicker over Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Northman.

Show Notes:

Amplifying 4Chan posts for woke takes:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/apr/22/norse-code-white-supremacists-reading-the-northman-robert-eggers

Intro Music: https://pixabay.com/music/indie-pop-fun-punk-opener-14343/

Other Music: https://pixabay.com/music/id-105/

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