Triple Play

In this (currently a bit sporadic) podcast, Kiyan and Dylan bring their “expertise” in film and television into the world of movie trilogies. Each episode centers around a trilogy that the duo watched in one sitting, and features behind the scenes information, a brief summary of key plot points, and a discussion on how the movies worked as a trilogy.

Apr

2020

Once Upon A Time…

Both Kiyan and I are upstanding citizens, I swear.

Sergio Leone returns to Triple Play with a vengeance! With this, both Kiyan and I can officially say we’ve seen every Leone movie except for that one that no one really knows. So really we’re basically Leone experts now. I’d suggest we just shut the podcast down now but what’s the fun in that? I think the podcast will continue, anyhow… It’s Once Upon a Time in the West, Duck You Sucker! and Once Upon a Time in America.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/upon-time-west-behind-scenes-greatest-western-ever-made/

The Long Article https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/2016/08/04/the-making-of-once-upon-a-time-in-the-west/

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/elizabeth-mcgovern-de-niro-and-me-109588.html

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70066/13-epic-facts-about-once-upon-time-america

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Apr

2020

Fred

Take a trip down YouTube memory lane.

This week we decided to give Lucas Cruikshank some money. I’m sure he’s really hurting in this time, probably nearly broke, probably has no idea what to do with his life. And now he’s stuck at home, not much to do. Oh god is Fred gonna come back? No please don’t. Lucas, your time has come and has gone and there is no more requirement for it in the world. Please just. Let us review your movies and lets forget this all happened. It’s Fred…

Show-notes:

10:28 It was Derf Films, Varsity Pictures, and The Collective (now part of German company ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE).
18:25 Animal Kingdom is from TNT.
26:50 Behold: gourmet cheese fries
30:48 Check out Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast.
32:21 Check out PaymoneyWubby I guess…

Sources & other stuff:
Article from 2009 about how much Fred has blown up since 2006
Preview of Fred 1
Justifying the Fred movie
Behind the scenes video for Fred 1
Paywalled New York Times article that you can read the first sentence and a half of
Interview with Lucas
Another behind the scenes video
On Lucas being the first Youtube millionaire
On John Cena being in Fred 2
Behind the scenes video for Camp Fred

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Mar

2020

Despicable Me

Surrealism is making a come back.

I know we joke a lot in this episode as well as this description about this franchise being surrealist and also a masterpiece, but go back and watch it. Seriously, go back and watch it through the lens of them being a compilation of surrealist movie experiments and suddenly it all becomes weird as heck. I know this is more than likely not what they were going for at all, but it cannot be ignored. It just can’t! It’s Despicable Me.

Show-notes:

7:05 What an experience the Mike Myers Cat in the Hat was.

Sources & other stuff:
Trey Parker in Despicable Me 3
Al Pacino checks the hell out of Despicable Me 2
Javier Bardem taking over the role that Al Pacino checked the hell out of
Article about the “Illumination game plan” after Despicable Me was a hit
Movie Insider article
Article about Steve Carell coming on to voice Gru
Why Illumination was one of the most innovative companies of 2017
How Illumination became an animation powerhouse
The making of despicable me 2
Behind the scenes video for Despicable Me 2
Despicable Me 2 “making of” featurette video

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Mar

2020

Men in Black

You won’t even remember this episode when it’s done.

I tried to dress up like the men in black once. Unfortunately I didn’t have a tailored suit so it looked pretty shitty, you know, but at least I tried. I’m not actually sure if this story is even true anymore because I’m pretty sure I had my mind erased after. So it’s just kind of fragments that I have floating around in my mind that I’m trying to assemble into a coherent story. It’s Men in Black.

Show-notes:

6:50 When we watched Insidious.
38:46 Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast isn’t cancelled.

Sources and other stuff:
Entertainment weekly article about Men in Black II
Refilming the ending to Men in Black II
How they started Men in Black 3 without a finished script
The aliens of Men in Black
Entertainment weekly article about Men in Black 1
Behind the scenes video for Men in Black 3
On Agent L being written out
Things getting heated with Sonnenfeld

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Feb

2020

Rocky IV, Rocky V, Rocky VI

So this week we’re dressed up in America shorts while recording.

You’ll just have to trust me on the America shorts, I swear to god we were wearing them when we recorded. Rocky IV is basically the closest America has come to having legitimate propaganda, or at least until Fox News started. Is that joke too political for this podcast? I don’t think it is. It’s Rocky IV-VI, the seminal classics.

Show-notes:

20:41 If you care, here are the highest grossing sports movies ever.
23:58 It’s spelled “Seargeoh.”
52:28 Having read the entire script since this recording was made, I have to agree. It was a waste of time. It was basically just Finding Dory but much worse.
1:02:59 Check out our Doctor Who podcast, Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast

Sources & Info:
Stallone Q & A from Ain’t it Cool (including Rocky brain damage question)
Talia Shire on Adrian’s death
Stallone on “Rocky’s last bout”
That one interview where Stallone got all dressed up
Making of Rocky 5 video
Making the final fight of Rocky IV
Stallone on why he wanted Lundgren to play Drago
Stuff you probably maybe didn’t know about Rocky IV
Total Rocky IV
Total Rocky V
Total Rocky Balboa

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Feb

2020

Lord of the Rings

The biggest trilogy ever attempted for this podcast… for a long time.

This was a serious slog. Now the real question is am I talking about the editing or the watching of these movies? I could be talking about both, it’s really late at night and I’ve been up for nearly 15 hours at this point. Which isn’t really that much of a bad thing, but I’ve been working all day. A quest of my own almost. It’s Lord of the Rings, as well as the very first episode of Season 2 of Triple Play. Let’s get this start with some Peter Jackson classics.

Show-notes:

1:32 Check out Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast if you want to listen to us talk about classic sci-fi shows.
18:12 More on A Dog’s Purpose and the controversy surrounding it.
29:26 Here’s that wikipedia page about the making of these movies.
31:22 It did go from being flat to being round. Wow.
33:34 Clip of people making chainmail for these movies.

Sources and further reading and other stuff (more to be added as soon as I re-find my LOTR bookmarks — don’t ask):
16 Things You Didn’t Know about LOTR from Variety
Behind the scenes stuff from Screenrant
Making of LOTR audio from WNYC
Things about locations used in the movies
A little more about Mont Saint-Michel
Theatrical cuts vs extended editions

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Oct

2019

Inevitable: Episode 0

This week we have something new for you.

This is Episode 0 of our new podcast, Inevitable. Because, as we all know, we’re basically suckers for attention and so as soon as someone mentioned we should watch even more sci-fi everyone has to have known that this would be inevitable. Inevitable will be available on your favourite podcasting platform on October 18, 2019!

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Jun

2019

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

This seems somewhat fitting actually.

If you’ve made it this far, you’re one of like 6 people who have. Somehow I’m pretty sure Triple Play has only roughly 6 subscribers. It’s actually probably 5, since one of those subscribers is me, since I test that the episodes release correctly on my own phone. So yeah thanks all 5 of you! To Infinity and Beyond! It’s Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, as well as the thrilling(?) conclusion to the first “season” of Triple Play!

Show-notes:

10:40 General Grievous was a Kaleesh.
15:00 Of course they sold toys of this.
17:12 Check out Trust Your Doctor and Zenith.
22:29 Infinity War

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May

2019

Toy Story

Number 10 will shock you!

One day, when we have a big following, we can get clips of our podcast animated like all the big podcasts do. Then we can pay someone to animate clips from three consecutive episodes, which then would mean we would have our own animated trilogy. And then we could watch that trilogy for Triple Play, make an episode on them, and then that too could be animated. Where does it end?! It’s Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3.

Show-notes:

2:48 FROM THE VISIONARY MIND OF ANG LEE
13:00 Luxo Jr. and Tin Toy
17:47 Which do you think looks worse? Aladdin or Sonic?
25:25 it was Bud Luckey who suggested that Woody be a cowboy. Ash Brannon co-directed Toy Story 2.
31:07 Check out our Blake’s 7 podcast, Zenith.
31:19 I don’t think it’s the same clip, but this test animation clip probably has the same vibe.
1:15:47 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command intro
1:16:20 It was this game. Don’t know why I remembered it all as happening on skateboards.

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Apr

2019

Iron Man: Armored Adventures

The age old conundrum.

Coming soon to your television screens: Trust Your Doctor: Animated Adventures. We’ve hired an obscure animation studio from Trenzalore, who specialize in 3-D hand drawn animation. We’ve reimagined ourselves as high school students just setting out on a podcasting adventure, which is weird, because that’s actually what happened. So it’s not really a reimagining. It’s Iron Man: Armored Adventures, which released on April 24, 2009.

Show-notes:

3:08 Bubbles is the blue one, Buttercup is the red one, Blossom is the green one.
3:40 It was Thundercats Roar. I guess I was so disgusted that I couldn’t even get the name right.
23:07 Snow White is 83 minutes. Alice in Wonderland is 75 minutes.
28:17 Check out Zenith, our Blake’s 7 podcast, if you want to hear us discuss material that’s way better than this.

Here’s all the stuff we mentioned in this episode:
Powerpuff Girls
Dexter’s Lab
Flinstones
Jetsons
Jackie Chan Adventures
90s Iron Man tv show
X-Men The Animated Series
Batman the Animated Series
Batman Beyond
The Batman
Teen Titans (Go (to The Movies))
Spirited Away
Machinima
RWBY
Red vs. Blue

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