Episode #162: Storytelling Soundtracks

May 31st, 2015
You will need your boombox & a Maxell 3-pack 'cause it's time for the ultimate podcast mix-tape!  So crank your nostalgia meters to Eleven and come with us on a journey of soundtrack glory where love, loss & lust run rampant.  Oh, the things we'll do to your cochlear passages!!!

Okay, maybe that was a little wordy (and creepy)...  it's just that we're REALLY excited to finally be doing this episode!  We're soundtrack/score fanatics and it's easy to get carried away.

Just listen & you'll see.  We're wild for the tunes.

P.S.  While there were many to choose from, we ended up going with our good friend Rick James.  Don't worry Kiss OR Cee-Lo, we haven't forgotten you both.  Also, in our defense: Curtis Mayfield is just so damn awesome, we forgot that Kung-Fu was on Sweet Exorcist, and not Super Fly.  Our bad. 

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Episode #161: Remakes Carrie

May 17th, 2015
Carrie (1976) -vs- Carrie (2013)
With Crypticon just around the corner for us, we couldn't resist hopping back on the Remakes train.  We have compared samurai to cowboys, vampires to...well...vampires; we've steered this labor-of-love locomotive across many parts of the globe.  Now it's time to steer it back in time for Senior Prom.  

Carrie has become virtually synonymous with the experience that is high school and the horrible times that many suffer during it.  From getting covered in pig's blood to "They're all gonna laugh at you," most are familiar with Carrie's tale of woe.  As a character more than a few of us relate to, it was inevitable it would be made again.  

Nowadays, many discredit remakes without seeing them, but this time the new blood has some cool surprises under its puffy satin shoulders.  Try to calm your murderous rage long enough to see which version comes out on top.
 
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Episode #160: Dreamworks

May 3rd, 2015
Pixar indeed stands tall amongst the world of modern day animation.  Heck, we even dedicated a whole episode to their genius.  However, one must not overlook the competition that has steadily been catching up creatively over the years.  Since 1998, Dreamworks animation has delivered 30+ films that (with the exception of one) have turned quite a profit.  So it's obvious that there's an audience for animation beyond the safety of They-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named.  

Dreamworks has made strides outside the "kid appropriate" box,as well as keeping in step with social progressive attitudes (from Hiccup being handicapped, to Gobber being gay).  Their trust in the modern audience has paid off and they won't be stopping anytime soon..

Dreamworks do in fact live up to their moniker and we couldn't be more pleased with the results.

PS: For those paying attention, here's the episode of Heat Vision & Jack that we named in the episode. 

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