HunterWick Slow Burn Podcast

Sh-sh--SH-SHARK!!!!! Join us in the shark cage, hang onto the dock, or hide from the flying glass as we dive deep into the Jaws franchise! You can throw US some chum by donating to our Patreon page at https://patreon.com/hunterwick, and add your voice to those who want more fun AND thoughtful content like this on the Internet. Climb aboard the Orca as we take a Slow Burn (or maybe it's a Slow Soak) of Jaws and Peter Benchley's novel that started it all. Then we'll set sail with those that came after, the sequels and copycats. We break down the story arcs of the Jaws film and novel, Jaws 2, Jaws 3D and Jaws the Revenge. We discuss Pirahna and Orca, Sharknado and the Land Shark (he's just a dolphin, ma'am). Join your hosts William Hunter and Chad Love as they jump the shark. Drop a quarter in the slot & hit player two at The Dot Eaters: Video Game History 101 with William Hunter: https://thedoteaters.com Check out Chad Love's new album "Things That Fly" on Spotify or wherever you listen to music! Topic Index: 00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Jaws 02:11 - The shark is not working 02:50 - It's a horror movie, so randy, dope-smoking teenagers have to be punished at the beginning 03:30 - The opening sequence of Jaws is just so damn perfect! 05:04 - Jaws is one of the perfect films, particularly the acting by Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss 06:25 - Jaws director Steven Spielberg remembering his Hitchcock 08:05 - The human loss in the wake of the shark attacks 09:12 - Don't be the mayor from Jaws! 09:53 - The brilliant way Jaws is constructed as a film 11:47 - The great reveal of the actual shark 12:31 - The Mandela Effect: Brody says "You're gonna need a bigger boat." not "We're gonna need a bigger boat." 13:03 - A bit of humour in Jaws 13:40 - The incredibly suspenseful scene where Quint get a nibble on his deep-sea fishing line 14:58 - The great one-shot of Brody on the ferry with the mayor 15:46 - Incredibly, Jaws was only Steven Spielberg's 2nd feature film 17:03 - Introducing each of the main three characters in such great ways 22:16 - The electrifying scene of all three of them drinking at night on the boat 24:49 - Martin Brody's hilarious parting words to his wife as they're leaving to hunt the shark 25:10 - Another suspenseful scene Spielberg makes, without revealing the shark 26:10 - The shooting stars scenes 27:45 - Jaws isn't afraid of trafficking in jump scares 28:22 - Chad's personal story of being dragged as a kid to watch Jaws, The Car and Survive! 32:12 - Jaws as the first summer blockbuster movie 33:44 - A look at Jaws the book, by Peter Benchley, and differences between it and the film 40:23 - Jaws film co-writer Carl Gottlieb, aka Iron Balls McGinty 40:45 - Jaws 2  41:37 - In order to get people into the water to eat, Jaws starts goosing people 42:29 - Napoleon Dynamite and Pedro in Jaws 2 42:52 - Jaws 2 set-piece, the water-skiing scene 45:25 - Sheriff Brody freaks out over some bluefish 46:20 - Another great set-piece from Jaws 2, a girl screams sh-sh-SH-SH-SHAAAAARK!!! 49:47 - The shark takes out a helicopter 50:40 - The shark fries and burns at the end of Jaws 2 51:42 - Jaws III 52:05 - For what's it's worth (not much), the plot of Jaws III 53:30 - Jaws III was originally pitched as an Airplane!-type spoof film 54:33 - Lea Thompson, for whatever reason, takes a shine to Mike Brody's idiot brother 55:23 - Jaws.... in 3D! Look out! 55:46 - A rundown of the TERRIBLE effects in Jaws III, including scenes where objects disappear due to the optical process. AND THEY LEFT IT IN THE FILM! 56:50 - The bent shark they left in the film 57:28 - The one sequence in Jaws III that isn't totally inept 58:09 - The time in Jaws III where the shark swallows a scuba diver whole and he's hiding inside the shark 58:37 - The shark explodes. Watch out for the flying guts! 59:12 - Jaws: The Revenge 59:51 - The shark takes out Sean Brody 1:00:19 - Starring Lance Guest, from The Last Starfighter 1:01:28 - Ellen Brody is traumatized by sharks, so why not vacation in the Bahamas? 1:02:03 - Michael Caine slumming it in this trash 1:03:07 - The novelization of Jaws: The Revenge offers a crackpot reason why the shark chases Ellen Brody 1:03:33 - The roaring shark of Jaws: The Revenge 1:05:15 - The inexplicable exploding shark at the end of the movie 1:05:44 - Jaws Copy-Cats 1:06:00 - The great Roger Corman-Joe Dante Jaws knock-off Piranha 1:10:30 - Piranha Part Two, first directing gig for James Cameron 1:11:07 - The terrifying horror film Free Willy 1:11:44 - Orca, a movie about a vengeful Killer Whale hunted by Richard Harris 1:13:44 - Bo Derek gets her leg bitten off 1:14:15 - Great shark attack movie The Shallows, starring Blake Lively 1:15:16 - The Landshark, from SNL 1:16:37 - The terrible shark movies they make nowadays, like Sharknado, Cocaine Shark and 6-Headed Shark Attack 1:18:07 - The wrap-up

Please consider donating to us at https://patreon.com/hunterwick and add your voice to those who want more fun AND thoughtful content like this on the Internet.   Join Bill and Chad as they take a stroll through the dumpster fire of remakes and how Hollywood needs to just stop it. Next, they take a look at the robots we were promised and still haven't received. Lastly, they take a hard look at a ridiculous prophecy that isn't really a prophecy. Imagine: "Behold a pale horse..." and then some idiot says, oh, my god the Lone Ranger beheld a pale horse named Silver! Eeeeerie." Dumb. This podcast is brought to you by the HunterWick Slow Burn with your hosts: Bill Hunter – writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Love – writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Check out Chad Love's music on Spotify: Edited by Bill Hunter Written by Chad Love and Bill Hunter In-House VO Scream: Alec Hunter Theme music by Chad Love Produced by HunterWick Productions Check us out on YouTube

Everything you wanted to know about the Friday the 13th movies but were AFRAID! Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick   Settle into a seat next to Bill, grab your popcorn (don't cut a hole in the bottom of the bucket because Bill won't fall for that twice!) and get ready for Chad's terrifying campfire tale of the Friday the 13th 12-movie story arc!   Can you believe there's been 12 Friday the 13th movies in this slasher franchise out to scare the Jason Voorhees out of you? Well, there has and they are crap! Or mostly crap. If you're a die-hard fan of the franchise, we're sorry to hurt your feelings but too bad - just like this franchise - it's toooo baaad.   Chad took a machete for the team and suffered through nine of them. Find out which three weren't that painful. Which ones made his blood boil, which one left him cold and which one was like a puck in the face! Find out why this franchise is a time capsule for a female body part - and which one? How many degrees of Kevin Bacon is Jason Voorhees? Is Jason afraid of the water? Why is Michael Myers so much better and why didn't they call Jason X: "Spacin' Jason X"? So, take a break from all of that irresponsible sex, make sure all of your campers aren't drowning in Crystal Lake and pull on your fisherman's sweater because you'll no longer be required to watch all of these movies in order to get your hunting season machete license. Bill insisted this not be referred to as comprehensive history but still Chad did all the viewing for you, your fraidy cats, and almost answers all of these questions.   P.S. Can you believe Chad's Aunt Monique didn't know Jason's last name? She asked him and when he told her she was in disbelief, asking where they had said this subtle off-handed script note. Sheesh.   This podcast is brought to you by HunterWick Productions, with your hosts: Bill Hunter – writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Love – writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Check out Chad Love's music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/560A2vR7VmtGSYXVRempwW?si=WqsOuGyESVeq5WdSUWplpg   Edited by Bill Hunter Written by Chad Love In-House VO Scream: Alec Hunter Theme music by Chad Love Produced by HunterWick Productions Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HunterWickProductions Social: Instagram @hunterwickproductions Facebook @HunterWickProductions X @HunterWickProd

HunterWick returns with the Slow Burn podcast, to revisit some great moments. It's like a Happy Days episode but with two Fonzies instead of one. Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick Chad and Bill dive into the greatness of Michael Myers and his top-of-the-heap slasherpalooza Halloween movies. Next, they take a hard look at why the trend of rooting for the bad guy is taking over the temperament of movie-goers in current times. Are people just so sick of the world that the antagonist is today's protagonist? That explains Trump. Finally, it's time to look both ways before crossing the street because them cars is possessed. It is not a good time for chickens to be crossing roads. Thanks for listening!   Connect With Your Burners: Bill Hunter – writer, and ⁠creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters⁠ Chad Love – writer, musician and ⁠creator of the Canadian Culture Thing   Check out the music of Chad Love on Spotify

  Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick There's a dearth of genuine people in Hollywood; Canadian actor-comedian John Candy was surely one of them. Larger than life on the screen, Candy passed away from a heart attack in 1994. But in his formidalbe wake he left a library of quality movies and television, so in this episode Bill and Chad remember such classics as Uncle Buck, Summer Rental, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and others. Show Notes: 03:39  - Uncle Buck. 06:03 - The language of real life. 07:08 - By way of comparison: Uncle Buck vs. Parenthood. 11:38 - Really hits home watching the movie after having kids. 13:56 - Losing John Candy was like losing a close friend. 14:53 - Johnny LaRue 16:04 - The toothpick guy. 18:30 - One problem with Uncle Buck. 19:25 - Planes, Trains and Automobiles. 21:37 - YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY!! 24:43 - Summer Rental. 30:49 - Stripes. 36:13 - The Great Outdoors. (I meant to say spin cycle, not rinse cycle - Bill) 43:13 - Only the Lonely + the unbearable 'acting' of Ally Sheedy. 46:19 - By way of comparison: Molly Ringwald. 49:55 - The Canadian Conspiracy. Thanks for listening! The Canadian Conspiracy on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEaFLdK_e64 Uncle Buck trailer: https://youtu.be/JQaeUz7K83w By way of comparison, the inevitable Uncle Buck TV show pilot from 1990, starring Kevin Meaney: https://youtu.be/h7s-nSto28M And don't look now, here's the pilot of the 2018 Uncle Buck TV reboot: https://youtu.be/68XCav_ivY4 Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter – writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick – writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick After appearing in Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi in a major role as rebel technician Rose Tico, Kelly Marie Tran has supposedly removed all of her posts on Instagram due to intense harassment and racist comments on her feed. But is this really the case? And is it the best course of action in the face of Internet trolls and a-holes? We talk it out in this episode, and for a positive spin Chad also points out some quality movies and TV shows he's been watching. Show Notes: 03:33 - Don't accentuate the negative and eliminate the positive. 04:49 - The Deadpool hypothesis. 07:32 - The power of the dark side. 08:51 - The problem of anonymity. 13:05 - Case in point: How Nerdstalking handles criticism in its feeds. 16:51 - Was trolling the REAL reason for Tran to drop off Instagram? 21:09 - The price of stardom. 22:52 - The democracy of numbers. 25:18 - Chad's entertainment choices starts. 25:28 - Remake of The Magnificent Seven. 25:55 - The Killjoys. 27:36 - You can't watch TV shows with your Mother these days. 29:07 - Curb Your Enthusiasm. 31:04 - Orphan Black. 40:18 - John Wick 2: Electric Boogaloo. 43:07 - The movie of the Planet of the Apes. Thanks for listening! Nerdstalking's review of Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi: https://nerdstalking.podbean.com/e/ep-26-why-star-wars-the-last-jedi-is-a-lousy-lead-in-to-episode-ix/ Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi trailer: https://youtu.be/TYRy5bCsWF8 Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick Although grossly unsung, Nicolas Roeg is one of the more interesting filmmakers in the history of cinema. Unsung, but in this episode Chad and Bill sing his praises loudly. Join us, won't you? Show Notes: 01:57 - The Man Who Fell to Earth. 06:41 - We throw a wrench at Rip Torn. 12:29 - Hello, Thin White Duke. 13:45 - Not quite as much death as Rogue One. 15:03 - Don't Look Now. 19:07 - The Bad Timing of Art Garfunkle. 21:21 - All aboard for Track 29. 25:59 - The significant Insignificance. 30:52 - We uncover the shocking link between Roeg's The Witches and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books. 36:57 - Roald Dahl. Thanks for listening! Trailer for The Man Who Fell to Earth: https://youtu.be/KUtJ5FnwfCk Trailer for Don't Look Now: https://youtu.be/AUWB-Kw4FiM Interview with Donald Sutherland about Don't Look Now. https://youtu.be/wKbjATtxS6w Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter – writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick – writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick People are asking, "Why make a Han Solo prequel movie?" Disney answers, "Where is the money, Lebowski?" So here we are reviewing a movie that doesn't really have a reason for existing. Or maybe, it exists so that we can review it! So we did that. Show Notes: 05:05 - Solo's so-low box office performance. 07:37 - So much empty fan service. 08:18 - There's no reason for this movie to exist. 10:11 - They blew their chance to really inform the character of Han Solo. 15:19 - The fabeled Kessel Run. 19:15 - When Han met Chewie. 22:55 - The weird Lando moment. 27:44 - Is this the Disneyfied Star Wars we all feared? 28:38 - Donald Glover wasn't that great, but Alden Ehrenreich was pretty good! 31:34 - Mother of Drag-ons. 33:59 - Is Cersei from Game of Thrones a blonde or red-head? 36:22  - Trump Blonde, now in the hair-colour aisle. 37:06 - Shitty cinematography. 38:10 - Han definitely shoots first. 39:09 - Lando needs a smaller card hider. 40:07 - Darth Maul and his baby legs. 47:46 - Han was Han for a brief, shining moment. 49:15 - Final verdict. Thanks for listening! Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPEYpryMp2s We review the disastrous Star Wars Holiday Special, starring Han Solo and Chewie: http://nerdstalking.com/2016/04/16/nerdstalking-podcast-ep-002/ Harrison Ford reveals his feud with Chewbacca on Jimmy Kimmel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T0vs9gYydo Harrison Ford and Chewie settle their differences on Jimmy Kimmel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDM4XVrAAgA Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter – writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick – writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick For the love of Yentl, please take some time and listen to our review of Deadpool 2, starring the most potty-mouthed Marvel superhero after Logan, pre-impalement. You'll totter on baby legs, gasp at the X-Force's first mission, and laugh all the way to the Xavier mansion. Two disclaimers: We had an audio glitch for the first bit of the podcast, and we explore every nook and cranny of Deadpool and his movie, so SPOILER ALERT! Show Notes: 01:21 - Baby legs! 02:26 - Better pop-culture references than Ready Player One. 06:44 - A whole crap-load of heart. 12:20 - What happens to the X-Force. 15:16 - Nega Longest-Name-Ever. 18:26 - Audio fixed, all that 4th wall breaking. 20:03 - For the love of Yentl. 22:26 - Them's the jokes! 27:27 - Oh, Domino. 29:00 - BEST. END. CREDIT. SCENE. EVER. 32:58 - Logan musical figurine, live! 35:09 - Better car chase than Black Panther. 38:00 - Some of Bill's patented nit-picks. 44:10 - Quick news bits: Mysterio in Homecoming 2, waiting for Solo. Thanks for listening! Deadpool 2 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20bpjtCbCz0 Chad's Bullshit Origin Story for Cable: http://nerdstalking.com/2018/05/21/bullshit-cable-origin/ Deadpool 2, The First 10 Years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b5DBQeh1cU Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter – writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick – writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/  

  Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick Killah cockroaches! A new ice-age! Blossoming mushroom clouds! This episode, Bill and Chad crawl out of their underground bunker and survey the blasted and irradiated landscape of post-apocalyptic films. You maniacs! You blew it up! Show Notes: 01:11 - The end is nigh! The apocalyptic Doug Ford. 02:44 - Chad reveals the horrific political skeleton in his closet. 04:24 - A definition of the term "post-apocalyptic". 05:45 - Environmental apocalypse: The Lorax. 07:07 - The inevitable zombie apocalypse: 28 Days Later and Dawn of the Dead. 16:17 - Escape from New York. 17:45 - Still trying to get a grip on the meaning of "post-apocalyptic". 20:45 - A Boy and his Dog. 30:40 - The Mad Max films. 34:48 - Damnation Alley. 39:00 - Snowpiercer. 45:09 - Yet more defining of "post-apocalyptic". 47:39 - The 70's Charlton Heston post-apocalyptic cycle. 53:01 - Mortal Engines. Thanks for listening! A Boy and his Dog trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkJV19sxKgc Official video for Tina Turner's We Don't Need Another Hero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq4aOaDXIfY Dawn of the Dead (1978) trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd-z5wBeFTU Trailer for Mortal Engines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fupYIggOq38 Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter – writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick – writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick Movie critics are people (until A.I. takes over), and sometimes people make terrible mistakes... like atomic weaponry, President Donald Trump, and now the movie reviews for Bright, starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton as a human and orc cop team out to save the world from devious, magical elves. David Ayers' alternate world buddy-cop film drew heavy fire from critics, but is it deserved? Chad and Bill dive deep to illuminate you on this Netflix original movie. The usual caveat: we give our typical very thorough look at the film and its meanings, so SPOILER ALERT! Show Notes: 01:23 - Did we mention that critics suck? 06:02 - The Suicide Squad effect. 07:58 - More great worldbuilding. 11:51 - The story of Bright. 14:53 - Will Smith is very Will Smith-ish. 18:04 - A character named 'Serling'. 19:45 - A very ethereal Noomi Rapace. 21:50 - The Ward vs. his Co-Workers scene. 29:53 - The unused wife. 31:55 - Funny scene: Jakoby spills the beans. 35:18 - True Detective is Putin's favourite show. 38:15 - David Ayers has redeemed himself. 41:14 - Hoping for more stories in this world. 43:18 - Slight digression: Heath Ledger as The Joker. Thanks for listening! Bright trailer: https://youtu.be/6EZCBSsBxko   Alien Nation trailer: https://youtu.be/d4aGxG-SBSE   Fox Alien Nation TV show ad: https://youtu.be/8r4-akn-7KE   Alien Nation TV Show opening and closing Credits: https://youtu.be/sxbtRx1mMWM   District 9 trailer: https://youtu.be/DyLUwOcR5pk   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/

  Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick Bill and Chad felt the hairs on their arms stand up, heeded the call, and ran to the theatre with everyone else in the world to watch the culmination of 10 years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and 18 previous superhero flicks - Avengers: Infinity War. What's with Cap's beard? Can a CGI character make you cry? Is this the end of our intrepid heroes? Assemble around your podcast player of choice and join the Nerdstalking team as they drill down into the biggest cinematic event ever! WARNING: as usual for a Nerdstalking movie review, we examine many fascets of the film and don't skirt around plot points to give the most thorough, honest review. So SPOILERS ASSEMBLE! Show Notes: 02:23 - Your heroes are only as good as your villains. 04:05 - Can a Thanos make you cry? Yes he can. 05:35 - Confusing motivations with Thanos: Movie v Comics. 09:25 - A supremely weird ending. 10:52 - Where's Hawkeye? 12:41 - Avengers MVP: Thor. 15:41 - A better Wakanda than the Black Panther Wakanda. 17:28 - Why does Black Panther do that cross-your-arms thing? 18:58 - Doctor Strange. 20:40 - Thanos has good backup. 21:50 - Spider-Man continues to be great. 24:37 - Hulk impotence.  27:37 - Some digressions: Robocop. 30:07 - Ready Player One: the book. 30:55 - Donald Trump. 34:24 - Another great Thanos moment. 37:43 - The Vision and Scarlet Witch love story. 40:03 - This movie is an amazing achievement.  45:08 - Thor's new eye. 48:37 - Our final verdict.   Thanks for listening!   Avengers: Infinity War trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwievZ1Tx-8   Avengers: Infinity War blooper reel and funny cast stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GFAd2O_kg8   Robocop (1987) trailer: https://youtu.be/Uo7teJcvAA4   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/  

  Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick So, have you ever finished watching a sci-fi or fantasy movie and felt you just didn't like that film, but you're not sure why? It could be that the filmmakers didn't put enough thought and effort into good worldbuilding. In this episode of Nerdstalking, we ponder what worldbuidling means, and look at some examples of it in action, good and bad.  Show Notes: 03:03 - What worldbuiding means. 04:33 - The future world of Back to the Future. 05:46 - The worldbuilding of Star Wars. 09:26 - Not ready for the crappy worldbuilding of Ready Player One. 11:44 - The mythology of Middle Earth in Lord of the Rings. 13:08 - Game of Thrones. 15:21 - Minority Report. 24:46 - The Fifth Element. 25:56 - Heavy Metal. 29:22 - Why is so much worldbuilding just Arabian markets? 32:24 - Blade Runner. 34:04 - A dystopian future built on still photos: La Jetee. 36:06 - Bill calls Chad by Bill's son's name. 37:22 - An example of lousy worldbuilding: Tron.  42:31 - Yet more crappy Ready Player One. 43:58 - The Alien movies.   Thanks for listening!   La Jetee captioned in English on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLfXCkFQtXw   Back to the Future Part. II trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdENmefJRpw   Blade Runner (1982) trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eogpIG53Cis   The Fifth Element trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ9RqgcR24g   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/  

  Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick Forget Ready Player One's appropriation of the famous DeLorean, Bill and Chad jump in their own time machine and go back to the past and examine the movies of the Back to the Future trilogy. Get ready for 1.21 Gigawatts of rollicking adventure! Show Notes: BTTF 1 - 01:51 to 21:38 01:51 - One of those perfect films. 03:08 - Marty McFly invented Chuck Berry. 04:06 - "Is it okay to go back and have sex with your mother?" 05:32 - Examples of how well put-together the film is. 13:47 - How did Doc & Marty start their bromance? 16:56 - Every dog should have a boy. 18:11 - Chad points out some anachronisms in the film. 21:38 - It's your cousin Marvin. Marvin BERRY!! BTTF 2 - 25:49 to 43:24 25:49 - Jennifer sleeps through the rest of the trilogy. 31:10 - Some good worldbuilding. 34:54 - A darker film. 36:27 - Chad meets the ape-shit crazy Chrispin Glover. 39:12 - Chad finds a visual homage to the 1960 Time Machine movie. 43:24 - The best part of BTTF 2: Marty goes to 1955. Again. 44:33 - Count Floyd arrives. BTTF 3 - 48:27 to 55:05 48:27 - Doc Brown's letter from 1885 doesn't make sense. 50:19 - At least BTTF 3 doesn't need a chalkboard lecture. 52:37 - Bill's insensitive Indian joke. 55:05 - The terrible train ending.   Thanks for listening!   Rocket 88, the first Rock n' Roll record: https://youtu.be/Gbfnh1oVTk0   A visit to the Back to the Future filming locations 30 years later: https://youtu.be/TDtynhvzBF0   Doc Brown and Marty reunite on Back to the Future day, 2015 on the Jimmy Kimmel show: https://youtu.be/Q0VGRlEJewA   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/ 

  Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick This is part 2 of our review of Steven Spielberg's nostalgia-porn movie Ready Player One. In it we lament the lack of any real danger or even drama in the film, as well as laugh at its lack of knowledge of the actual nature of online gaming, and discuss how the changing nature of copyright and IP management these days has made this film easier to make. All this, and much more in the last of our two-parter on Ready Player One. Plus, it's dangerous to go alone, so take this warning along with you as you listen to this episode: we take a deep dive into the movie and explore many plot points, so be pepared for MANY SPOILERS! Here's a handy link to Part 1 of our Ready Player One review:  http://nerdstalking.podbean.com/e/ep-34-ready-player-one-review-part-1/   Show Notes: 02:50 - The myth of Parzival. 06:14 - The terrible acting of Mark Rylance. 11:34 - Put the f'ing key in the f'ing lock! 12:38 - The ghost in the machine. 16:02 - Is the movie saying video games should be revelled in or regulated? 17:24 - i-R0k! 18:37 - In the future, everyone lives in Columbus, OH. 19:24 - RP1 is an amazing technological breakthrough in drama-less movies! 20:17 - A funny joke in the movie: the Alien bit. 33:24 - Everybody loves to queue in a video game. 38:06 - How copyright has changed in the Internet era. 42:18 - Our final verdict.   Thanks for listening!   Video featuring the real-life Infinadeck VR treadmill featured in Ready Player One:  https://youtu.be/SVs7iegtDIk   If you have the stomach for it, here is a video with over 300 Easter eggs from the movie, the vast majority of which are not actually Easter eggs (protip: Easter eggs are hidden): https://youtu.be/PfeVH2bbzlw   A video review of Ready Player One, by the jerks over at RedLetterMedia:  https://youtu.be/_KkGRT_4its   A reporter from CNET tries out a RealDoll sexbot (in conversation, not what you were thinking, sicko!):  https://youtu.be/5pKczGG19uo   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/ 

  Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick Ready Player One is so stuffed with pop-culture references, and our derision so strong for this hollow exercise, we can't even fit our review into one Nerdstalking episode! Log in and listen to Part. 1 of our review as we slag director Steven Spielberg for not understanding video games, knock the world-building of the film as being as shaky as the Stacks, and lament about the lack of heart in the film, among other complaints. And you might even find a couple of positive comments in here too; consider them the Easter eggs you have to search for. As usual here at Nerdstalking, we give the movie a thorough going over and dive deep into what it is and what it means, so also be on the search for MANY, MANY SPOILERS! Show Notes: 01:19 - Will they start patching movies next? 03:37 - Steven Spielberg: out of touch. 05:59 - Bill's favourite line of the movie. 07:33 - The real problem with video games these days. 11:27 - A case study in better world-building: Alexander Payne's Downsizing. 19:58 - Would the kids of this near-future give a shit about all this retro stuff? 29:31 - Missing in action: any character arcs. 36:13 - The movie lacks a solid heart. 41:51 - So much exposition! 43:24 - The best part of the movie: the Shining sequence.   Thanks for listening! Tune in next week for the conclusion!   Trailer for Ready Player One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixWL1BWi44U   A video detailing 138 different pop-culture references in the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYmfEx3taAM   Author of the novel, Ernest Cline, reveals every video game reference in the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zglevXKpJGY   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/ 

  Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick Chad and Bill take a look back at a cult movie classic: the animated epic Heavy Metal. We examine its impact over the years, and break it down segment by segment. Smoke a bowl and join us on a fantastic magical mystery ride (with boobs!). Show Notes: 04:05 - The ultimate stoner movie. 08:18 - What does it all mean? 12:13 - Captain Sternn's Hanover Fiste as Paul Ryan. 14:54 - The movie's magazine roots. 16:22 - Elon Musk: Big fan of Heavy Metal. 17:00 - Explanation of the central plot. 18:20 - Death rays and taxi cabs. 19:32 - A look at the Den sequence. 21:16 - So Beautiful, So Dangerous, and so much plutonium nyborg. 23:54 - STERNN!!! 27:24 - B-17. 32:08 - The deep impact of Heavy Metal. 32:50 - Help Chad kill a singer.   Thanks for listening!   Trailer for Heavy Metal:  https://youtu.be/FDPBdswW3xU   Soft Landing sequence from the movie, with Elon Musk's Spaceman edited in:  https://youtu.be/bMPJWeIg6zw   Oliver Jewellers TV commercial: "The Cashman":  https://youtu.be/NSQVVHyvOZU   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/ 

  Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick What happens if you take TRON, mix it with The Last Starfighter, and throw in a pinch of references to every SF movie and video game of the last 30 years or so? You get Steven Spielberg's latest flick Ready Player One, based on Ernest Cline's love-letter-to-videogames novel of the same name. We anticipate the release of the film with all the giddy glee of kids waiting in line for Back to the Future in 1985. Plus we celebrate Sam Rockwell's 2018 Oscar win with a retrospective of his career, and take a look at Steven Soderbergh's guerilla feature filmmaking iPhone experiment Unsane.  Show Notes: 01:01 - We start in on Ready Player One. 01:33 - E.T.'s scrotum sack. 03:47 - Ready Player One compared to Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 07:38 - The nostagia train has left the station. 09:43 - Again with the Inception city-folding SFX. 11:58 - Ready Player One as TRON sequel. 15:13 - Where have you gone, Clint Eastwood of our youth? 17:26 - Sam Rockwell: real actor. 30:34 - Is Steven Soderbergh Unsane? 34:40 - Chad's dangerous obsession with Downton Abbey.   Thanks for listening!   Pure Imagination, from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ-uV72pQKI   The electronica version of Pure Imagination as used in the Ready Player One trailer:  https://youtu.be/XTPCwA1AcPk   Trailer for Who Framed Roger Rabbit?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpDaNqSXxp0   Bill's article on the history of the movie TRON, at The Dot Eaters: http://thedoteaters.com/?bitstory=games-on-film-i-tron   Bill's article on the history of The Last Starfighter, at The Dot Eaters:  http://thedoteaters.com/?bitstory=games-on-film-ii-the-last-starfighter   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/ 

  Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick This episode looks at the classic cold-war computer hacker film WarGames, and the new interactive reboot based on the property. We also shine some light on the other black superhero, DC's Black Lightning, found on Netflix. Lastly, Chad latches onto the inexplicable Venom teaser trailer and tries to make some Spidey sense of it. Show Notes: 00:56 - We start with WarGames. 04:43 - A description of the reboot, and a look at the original movie. 06:53 - Chad starts in with Short Circuit. 08:22 - Dabney Coleman is a dick. 10:36 - Again with Short Circuit? 24:56 - Start of Black Lightning discussion. 29:03 - The unbearable deadness of James Remar. 37:31 - Chad breaks down the Venom teaser trailer.   Thanks for listening!   WarGames trailer:  https://youtu.be/hbqMuvnx5MU   WarGames web series trailer: https://youtu.be/ZfObVggo5QE   #WarGames interactive series website (also available on Steam and iOS): https://helloeko.com/wargames/episode-one-chasing-bryce/?autoplay=true&utm_source=verge&utm_medium=affiliate   Bill's article on the history of the film WarGames, at The Dot Eaters: http://thedoteaters.com/?bitstory=games-on-film-iii-wargames   Black Lightning series trailer: https://youtu.be/uoUlGwYa4QE   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/ 

  Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick We focus our tri-corders on USS Callister, an episode of the great Netflix anthology SF series Black Mirror that deftly parodies Star Trek while presenting the usual futuretech dystopia that is the hallmark of the series. We also hold up DTube, a video sharing site that is being hailed as a YouTube killer, as proof that there is no redeeming features of mankind whatsoever. Enjoy! Show Notes: 00:42 - We start off with our analysis of USS Callister. 01:39 - A detour into The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, starring Ben Stiller. 18:25 - Chad questions what's wrong with baby-killing. 27:06 - We start talking about the dumpster fire that is DTube. 31:23 - Some choice morons on the DTube short bus. 34:46 - The mechanics of DTube. 42:21 - How to win friends and influence idiots. 44:31 -Deutsche Tube   Thanks for listening!   USS Callister Trailer: https://youtu.be/qgTtyfgzGc0   The Nerdstalking DTube channel: https://d.tube/#!/c/nerdstalking   Jack and Jill trailer:  https://youtu.be/oJVv3PBoPMc   I realize this presentation is an assault on the visual senses, but this is the full version of the TV play of Bertolt Brecht's Baal, by David Bowie. My recommendation to you is to zoom in to the window on the bottom left that contains the video, so you don't see any of the effects that are designed to throw off the content ID algorithyms of Google. As far as I can see, this is the only post of the TV show in its entirety. And the immense creative power of Bowie is not diminished by reducing the image. No Earthly confinement could ever do that:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_l6jBYsQ60   Connect With Your Nerdstalkers: Bill Hunter - writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Wick - writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Our Website: http://nerdstalking.com/ Social Media Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdstalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdstalking/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdstalking/