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Mar 8, 2010

LAMBcast #14

Did you see The Crazies? If not, have no fear, as 2/5 of the participants in this episode hadn't seen it, either. The focus quickly turned away from Nick's strange theatrical experience seeing the George Romero remake and onto a discussion of remakes, reboots, reimaginings, prequels, sequels, and what the hell the difference is between all those things. Of course, very few conclusions were drawn. This was all topped off by two, dare I say, competitive games of Last LAMB Standing, and a remake of previous Trailer Talk discussions (frequent listeners will know what I mean).

On hand in all this craziness was Nick Jobe of Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob, Travis McCollum of The Movie Encyclopedia, Tom Clift of Plus Trailers, Jason Soto of Invasion of the B Movies, and myself.





As usual, the music, as provided royalty-free by Kevin MacLeod's Incompetech website, is the bomb. Big thanks to Kevin for providing this service.

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If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, we'd love to hear them - you might even get a mention on a future show.
And then...

Feb 26, 2010

TGITDNMAR (2/26/10)

It's that time again for TGITDNMAR, which (obviously) stands for Thank God It's The Day New Movies Are Released.

Cop Out
I was dead set against seeing this Kevin Smith-directed buddy cop comedy (OMG, you didn't know that he was directing? WTF is wrong with you? After all, it's apparently totally not being hyped as a Kevin Smith Joint, yet I don't know anyone that doesn't know that Smith directed it.). Then I read this review from the New Times, a publication I usually give much credence to in terms of their movie reviews, which almost paints its loving hommidge [sic] to cop movies of the past as Hot Fuzz-y. So now I'm torn. I'm still thinking "avoid theater, TV will suffice," but I suppose I'll leave largely up to the hordes on this one; if the general impression is good, I may give it a shot.
Fletch's Chance of Viewing (in the theater): 44%

The Crazies
Get the f*ck outta here - a remake of a horror film! I don't believe it for one second. I like Timothy Olypant as much as the next guy, but I just have zero interest here. And even if I did, this was directed by Breck Eisner, he of Sahara fame, and I was under the impression that that flick was supposed to kill his career despite the slight strain of nepotism that may be going on here.
Fletch's Chance of Viewing: 0%
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