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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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(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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