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BSP Episode 282: Pacific Rim

Release date – 7/12/2013
Warner Bros. Pictures

Directed by

  • Guillermo del Toro

Produced by

  • Thomas Tull
  • Jon Jashni
  • Guillermo del Toro
  • Mary Parent

Screenplay by

  • Travis Beacham
  • Guillermo del Toro

Story by

  • Travis Beacham

Cast

  • Charlie Hunnam – Raleigh Becket
  • Idris Elba – Stacker Pentecost
  • Rinko Kikuchi – Mako Mori
  • Charlie Day – Dr. Newton Geiszler

 

Your Producers for this episode were:

• Tony
• Darrell
• David
• Sam
This episode was recorded: 8/7/13

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BSP Episode 281: π (Pi)

Release date – 7/10/1998

Artisan Entertainment

 

Directed by and screenplay written by

  • Darren Aronofsky

Produced by

  • Darren Aronofsky
  • Eric Watson
  • Scott Vogel

Story by

  • Darren Aronofsky
  • Sean Gullette
  • Eric Watson

 

Cast

  • Sean Gullette – Maximillian Cohen
  • Mark Margolis – Sol Robeson
  • Ben Shenkman – Lenny Meyer

 

  • The science of Back to the Future.
  • “It is appropriately offensive to all of the senses.”
  • Or… was he just crazy?
  • Great editing and music.
  • Not sure if the Wall St. story line was strong enough.
  • Is he hallucinating or is he seeing what he thinks he’s seeing?
  • Comparing the compulsive ideas of Super and Pi
  • There was religion and business… it would have been interesting to add a political story, as well.
  • Or is Sol the political line?
  • “This is guerilla filmmaking at its best.”
  • Props to Fatbeats.
  • Condoleeza Rice.

Trivial Bits:

  • This movie cost $60,000 to make, which was mostly raised by individual $100 contributions from the Aronofsky’s family and friends.  When it was bought by Artisan Entertainment, every contributor received a $150 return on their investment.

 

Your Producers for this episode were:

  • Tony
  • Darrell
  • David

This episode was recorded:  7/31/13

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BSP Episode 280: Super

Release date – 4/1/2011

IFC Films

 

Written and directed by

  • James Gunn

Produced by

  • Ted Hope
  • Miranda Bailey

 

Cast

  • Rainn Wilson – Frank Darbo/The Crimson Bolt
  • Ellen Page – Libby/Boltie
  • Live Tyler – Sarah Helgeland
  • Kavin Bacon – Jacques
  • Nathan Fillion – The Holy Avenger

 

  • Predictions of the ending of How I Met Your Mother.
  • Shut up, crime!
  • Darrell drops some James Gunn/St. Louis knowledge.
  • Shut up, crime!
  • Liv Tyler… necessary?
  • The glorious Kevin Bacon.
  • Ellen Page.  Still Juno, but not Juno.
  • Rob Zombie!
  • Ever wanted to know what happens when you smack someone upside the head with a monkey wrench?
  • These are my two perfect moments.
  • All the eggs.
  • The proper applications of Superhero sex.
  • Darkness makes the end good.
  • All it takes to become a Superhero is the choice to fight evil.
  • Ellen Page and Anna Paquin.
  • Ellen channeling Kermit the Frog.
  • More on Chloe Moretz.
  • If you’re going to be Naked and Afraid in the wilderness, you want to be with women… no, not just for that reason.
  • The Mentalist and Red John.

 

Trivial Bits:

 

  • When Liv Tyler is in her rehab group session near the end of the movie, she can be heard saying. “F#*ked up, insecure, neurotic and emotional.”  This is a nod to her father (Steven Tyler) and Aerosmith’s 1980’s song “FINE” which is an acronym for that line.
  •  Body count – 19

 

Your Producers for this episode were:

  • Tony
  • Darrell
  • David

This episode was recorded:  7/23/13

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BSP Episode 279: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Show Notes to follow

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BSP Episode 278: Upstream Color

Release date – 5/5/2013

ERBP

Written and directed by

  • Shane Carruth

Produced by

  • Shane Carruth
  • Casey Gooden
  • Ben LeClair
  • Scott Douglass

Cast

  • Amy Seimetz – Kris
  • Shane Carruth – Jeff
  • Andew Sensenig – Sampler
  • Thiago Martins – Thief

 

  • The demise of David’s beard *lights candle*
  • Hangin’ out with Hermoine.
  • Watch the movie, then go back and watch the first 10 minutes again.
  • Fantastic sound and soundtrack.
  • 2001, Primer, Upstream Color… it’s all on you, people.
  • Fantasy? Hmmm.
  • It all revolves around the piglets?
  • “Oh, I hope those piglets will be fine.”  “Umm, keep walking.”
  • Tony attempts to explain what this movie is about.
  • Psychic link to the pig.
  • Darrell makes the call on cancer.
  • Idris Elba detour.
  • What’s the Walden connection?
  • It’s a beautiful movie.

 

Your Producers for this episode were:

  • Tony
  • Darrell
  • David

This episode was recorded:  7/10/13

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BSP Episode 277c: Winter’s Bone – Voice Only/Mono

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

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 (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

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 (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

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 2nd 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 75th 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

(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