Category: Back Seat Producers

In this episode, we tried something new. As you might know, we are attempting to learn to play musical instruments. This week we decided to plug our guitars into the mixer and fiddling around with them while we chatted.

There are 3 different versions of this episode.

Version A: Split Audio/Stereo – If you listen to this version, you’ll hear our voices in your left ear and the guitars in the right.
Version B: Mixed Audio/Mono – If you listen to this version, you’ll hear both our voices and the music in either ear (or both).
Version C: Voice Only/Mono (This Version) – If you listen to this version, you’ll hear just our voices. This one is shorter because I cut out the pauses where we are playing our instruments. You might also hear some background string plucking that our vocal mics picked up.

Let us know what you think of our little experiment, good or bad.

Release date – 6/11/2012

Roadside Attractions

Directed by

Debra Granik

Produced by

Anne Rosellini
Alix Madigan

Written by

Debra Granik
Anne Rosellini

Based on Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell

Cast

Jennifer Lawrence

Ree Dolly

John Hawkes

Teardrop Dolly

Thriller? Not so much. Investigation? More like that.
Yes, Jennifer Lawrence is talented.
Everybody move to Missouri!
And hillbillies.
Chainsaw? What?
Detour to This Is The End
The WHAT fight? (No, really. I listened to that three times.)
Channing Tatum love.
James Franco fan club.
Hereafter
Yes, I do deserve an award.
Pacific Rim & Transformers

Your Producers for this episode were:

Tony
David

This episode was recorded: 7/03/13

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BSP Episode 277b: Winter’s Bone – Mixed Audio/Mono

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Post date July 8, 2013
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There are 3 different versions of this episode.

Version A: Split Audio/Stereo – If you listen to this version, you’ll hear our voices in your left ear and the guitars in the right.
Version B: Mixed Audio/Mono (This Version) – If you listen to this version, you’ll hear both our voices and the music in either ear (or both).
Version C: Voice Only/Mono – If you listen to this version, you’ll hear just our voices. This one is shorter because I cut out the pauses where we are playing our instruments. You might also hear some background string plucking that our vocal mics picked up.

Let us know what you think of our little experiment, good or bad.

Release date – 6/11/2012

Roadside Attractions

Directed by

Debra Granik

Produced by

Anne Rosellini
Alix Madigan

Written by

Debra Granik
Anne Rosellini

Based on Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell

Cast

Jennifer Lawrence

Ree Dolly

John Hawkes

Teardrop Dolly

Thriller? Not so much. Investigation? More like that.
Yes, Jennifer Lawrence is talented.
Everybody move to Missouri!
And hillbillies.
Chainsaw? What?
Detour to This Is The End
The WHAT fight? (No, really. I listened to that three times.)
Channing Tatum love.
James Franco fan club.
Hereafter
Bass & guitar lessons… kinda.
Yes, I do deserve an award.
Pacific Rim & Transformers

Your Producers for this episode were:

Tony
David
Fatbeats McGee

This episode was recorded: 7/03/13

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BSP Episode 277a: Winter’s Bone – Split Audio/Stereo

Post author By Tony
Post date July 8, 2013
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There are 3 different versions of this episode.

Version A: Split Audio/Stereo (This version) – If you listen to this version, you’ll hear our voices in your left ear and the guitars in the right.
Version B: Mixed Audio/Mono – If you listen to this version, you’ll hear both our voices and the music in either ear (or both).
Version C: Voice Only/Mono – If you listen to this version, you’ll hear just our voices. This one is shorter because I cut out the pauses where we are playing our instruments. You might also hear some background string plucking that our vocal mics picked up.

Let us know what you think of our little experiment, good or bad.

Release date – 6/11/2012

Roadside Attractions

Directed by

Debra Granik

Produced by

Anne Rosellini
Alix Madigan

Written by

Debra Granik
Anne Rosellini

Based on Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell

Cast

Jennifer Lawrence

Ree Dolly

John Hawkes

Teardrop Dolly

Thriller? Not so much. Investigation? More like that.
Yes, Jennifer Lawrence is talented.
Everybody move to Missouri!
And hillbillies.
Chainsaw? What?
Detour to This Is The End
The WHAT fight? (No, really. I listened to that three times.)
Channing Tatum love.
James Franco fan club.
Hereafter
Bass & guitar lessons… kinda.
Yes, I do deserve an award.
Pacific Rim & Transformers

Your Producers for this episode were:

Tony
David
Fatbeats McGee

This episode was recorded: 7/03/13

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BSP Episode 276: Man of Steel

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Post date July 1, 2013
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Release date – 6/14/2013

Warner Bros. Pictures

Directed by

Zack Snyder

Produced by

Christopher Nolan
Charles Rovan
Emma Thomas
Deborah Snyder

Screenplay by

David S. Goyer

Story by

Christopher Nolan
David S. Goyer

Based on Superman by

Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster

Cast

Henry Cavill – Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman
Amy Adams – Lois Lane
Michael Shannon – General Zod
Kevin Coster – Jonathan Kent
Diane Lane – Martha Kent
Russell Crowe – Jor-El

Note for next week… Bone, bone, bone, bone… bone.
Liked it… decent… best.
More Krypton than all the other movies.
Much Zack Snyder love, but…
Genetically engineered Kryptonians.
The hosts change up the sequences to improve some parts of the movie.
Tips on how to make the 2^nd Man of Steel better.
Suicide by Superman.
Satellite & tanker trucks.
Henry Cavill… a whole bunch of awesome!
Who doesn’t love a down to earth Superman?
Zod’s badassery.
Supersuits are super!
Lois Lane, thank you for having a brain.
Thumbs up to Jor-El.
Kevin Costner was fantastic, but mixed reviews on some of his scenes.
More Martha, please.
The backstory worked as flashbacks.
“Welcome to the Planet.”
Jimmy/Jenny
Jor-El vs. Jonathan Kent
Zod’s motivation… pros and cons.
Action!!
If I was invincible, THIS is how I would fight.
The superheroey-est fight of all fights.
Laser eyes!
The hosts approve of chest hair.
Superman inspires.
Batman vs. Superman: one of them is meant to inspire, one of them is meant to terrorize.
Building a better Lex Luthor.
Scott’s dubstep destruction machine.

Trivial bits:

This film was set to release in June, 2013, which is the 75^th anniversary of Superman.
This is the first Superman movie not to have “Superman” in the title, and also the first live action Superman movie not to feature Jimmy Olsen.
Henry Cavill met Russell Crowe years earlier when he was an extra in Proof of Life; he received words of encouragement from Crowe, who was his favorite actor.
Cavill (who has a naturally hairy chest) was the one who insisted that Superman have chest hair in this film. He rejected the notion that you couldn’t have chest hair and be muscular, and he cited the comic book arc Death of Superman as a representation of Superman with a hairy chest.

Your Producers for this episode were:

Tony
Darrell
David

This episode was recorded: 6/26/13

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BSP Episode 275: Cloud Atlas

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Post date June 24, 2013
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(From your happy note-taker: If ever I needed a reminder as to why I need to see the movie before doing show notes… THIS IS IT)

Release date – 10/26/2012

Warner Bros. Pictures

Directed by

The Wachowskis
Tom Tykwer

Produced by

Grant Hill
Stefan Arndt
Lana Wachowski
Tom Tykwer
Andy Wachowski

Screenplay by

Lana Wachowski
Tom Tykwer
Andy Wachowski

Based on Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Cast (each playing numerous characters)

Tom Hanks
Halle Berry
Jim Broadbent
Hugo Weaving

Cat anatomy!
And the movie…
Some parts good, some parts cheesy.
Hugo Weaving IS Nurse Ratched.
Jim Broadbent’s story line is the best.
You have to really pay attention to this movie.
David digs vignettes.
Certain story lines climax early… oh yeah…
Soylent Green is people!
Every story, in some way, advances the idea of being free.
Hugo Weaving was great in every character.
Tom Hanks was a weak person (character) who becomes strong.
Hugh Grant = old, crust Mick Jagger.
How to survive a disaster & self-defense tips from your hosts.
If you can make your way through the whole movie, there’s a good payoff.
Don’t watch the movie in parts; you need to see it all at once.

Trivial bits:

The film was shot with two parallel filming units, one under the helm of Tykwer and one under the direction of the Wachowski siblings. They shared no crew members beside the cast and the directors themselves.
With a budget of over $100,000,000, Cloud Atlas is one of the most expensive independent films to date.
The character played by actress Amanda Walker (Veronica Costello) is based on Elvis Costello’s song Veronica, which tells the story of an old lady that is spending her final days in a nursing house, like the Veronica from this movie.
All the characters played by Hugh Grant and Hugo Weaving are villains.

Your Producers for this episode were:

Tony
Darrell
David

This episode was recorded: 6/19/13

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BSP Episode 274: Beasts of the Southern Wild

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Post date June 17, 2013
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Release date – 6/27/2012

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Directed by

Benh Zeitlin

Produced by

Josh Penn
Dan Janvey
Michael Gottwald

Screenplay by

Lucy Alibar
Benh Zeitlin

Based on Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar

Cast

Quvenzhane’ Wallis

Hushpuppy

Dwight Henry

Wink

The wonderment that is Redbox.
The first half wasn’t that good, the second have was great.
The girl was a perfect fit for the role, well-acted and emotionally charged.
What is that huge, hulking, bore-looking thing?
Fantasy embellishments.
You might not see it at first, but it is a hopeful movie.
Anne Hathaway vs. Quvenzhane’ Wallis.
Okay… it’s Kwah-VAY-Jah-Nay.
Argo vs. Beasts of the Southern Wild vs. Django Unchained.
No surprise… Man of Steel discussion.
Beast it!

Your Producers for this episode were:

Tony
David

This episode was recorded: 6/12/13

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BSP Episode 273: Star Trek Into Darkness

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Post date June 10, 2013
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Release date – 5/16/2013

Paramount Pictures

Directed by

J.J. Abrams

Produced by

J.J. Abrams
Bryan Burk
Damon Lindelof
Alex Kurtzman
Robert Orci

Written by

Roberto Orci
Alex Kurtzman
Damon Lindelof

Based on Star Trek by Gene Roddenberry

Cast

Chris Pine – Captain James T. Kirk
Zachary Quinto – Commander Spock
Zoe Saldana – Lieutenant Nyota Uhura
Karl Urban – Lt. Commander Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy
Simon Pegg – Lt. Commander Montgomery “Scotty” Scott
John Cho – Lieutenant Hikaru Sulo
Anton Yelchin – Ensign Pavel Chekov
Benedict Cumberbatch – John Harrison/Khan

Hosts thoughts

Disagreements begin with the title!
BLEEP!
General consensus… a good movie but a few problems.
Are the homages too much fan service?
The ending was a little too tidy.
Darrell wanted something original.
Passionate views on Spock, Spock and Khan.
They need to get away from Earth.
Enough with the five year mission!
So, where’s this Darkness you speak of?
Plot hole.
Buckaroooo!
Retooled Super Heroes and Legends.
Stop hitting the table!
Benedict was a good Khan.
Shatner & Montalban vs. Pine & Cumberbatch.
A better ending would have been…
Kirk as a warrior, rouge or fall-guy?
Scotty, the unsung hero.
Predictions on the next Star Trek movie.

Trivia bits ‘n pieces:

J.J. Abrams said that the time travel-alternate reality concept was used to enable a reboot for new sagas/films. It allows them to use ideas from the past or create new ones.
Damon Lindelof’s favorite film title, including the joke titles, was “Star Trek: Transformers 4.” He said, “It’s technically available, we can go there!”
McCoy says, “Shut up Spock, we’re rescuing you!” in the opening sequence. The original McCoy said the same line in the episode “The Immunity Syndrome.”

*Christopher Doohan, son of James (the original Scotty) Doohan, had a cameo appearance as a Transport Officer alongside the current Scotty, Simon Pegg.

Your Producers for this episode were:

Tony
Darrell
Tony
David

This episode was recorded: 6/5/13

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BSP Episode 272: Django Unchained

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Post date June 3, 2013
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Release date – 12/25/2012

The Weinstein Company

Directed and Written by

Quentin Tarantino

Produced by

Stacey Sher
Reginald Hudlin
Pilar Savone

Cast

Jamie Foxx

Django Freeman

Christoph Waltz

Dr. King Schultz

Leonardo DiCaprio

Calvin J. Candie

Kerry Washington

Broomhilda Von Shaft

Screwed up movie, but very good and entertaining.
Not really a western; more of a revenge picture.
The movie is described in sex/orgasm terms. Betcha didn’t see that coming!
Christoph Waltz… GREAT!
Hey, it’s Jonah Hill.
Brilliant music choices.
Samuel L. Jackson with hair – not to be trusted.
Jamie Foxx’s best scene was where he is the Mandingo fighting expert.
Discussions of Spike Lee claiming the movie is racist.
The blood spatter was a bit too much.
Leading vs. Supporting Actors.
The dog scene… what about the dog scene?
“The D is silent; payback won’t be.”
Kerry Washington – “If there’s an award you can get for being less than a supporting actor… “
Best Extra in a Movie.
All in all, the hosts really liked the movie.

Trivia bits ‘n pieces:

While filming in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Tarantino rented out a local movie theater to show samurai and western movies from his personal collection.
Foxx used his own horse, Cheetah, in the movie.
This was Jackson’s sixth collaboration being directed by Tarantino: True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained.
Quentin revealed at Comic-Con that Django and Broomhilda are meant to be the great-great-great-grandparents of John Shaft.
The n-word (or abbreviations of it) are said over 110 times in the movie.

Awards (partial list):

Academy Awards – Best Supporting Actor (Waltz)
BAFTA – Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globes – Best Original Screenplay (Tarantino), Best Supporting Actor
American Film Institute named Django Unchained was named one of their Top Ten Movies of the Year (2012)

*Christoph Waltz: this is the 2^nd time Waltz has won the same three awards… the 1^st was for Inglorious Basterds (also a Tarantino film)