2020

Jan

2021

Robocop

Dead or alive you’re coming with us.

So this time we decided to watch an action movie that turns out to have actually quite complex societal implications. We also watched two other pieces of crap, so it wasn’t really just the one movie. But we did watch that movie. Did you know Paul Verhoeven responded to me on twitter? It was just Paul F. Verhoeven and not the Paul Verhoeven who directed this movie. But same thing. It’s Robocop 1, 2, and 3.

Show-notes:

3:20: Cyborg Anthropology wiki
5:52: Here’s Robocop Archive.
6:55: We have a blog now? Here’s its best post, a guest post.
25:48: The Jurassic Park book came out in 1990 and the movie came out in ’93.

Sources and other stuff:
Robocop 3 video game (Film Stories)
Robocop 3 (Robocop wiki)
10 Remarkable things about Robocop 3 (Den of Geek)
Basil Poledouris (Movie Music UK)
Behind the Scenes of Robocop 2
The Strange Case of Robocop 2 (Birth Movies Death)
Fred Dekker vs. Robocop (Robocop Archive)
Making of Robocop 2 (Robocop Archive)
Failed Prototypes (Robocop Archive)
Creating ED-209 (Robocop Archive)
Making of Robocop
Behind the Scenes of Robocop (Dangerous Minds)
Harryhausen’s Dynamation (The Museum of Unnatural Mystery)
Cain CG in Robocop 2 (Before & Afters)
Suicidal Robots (Syfy Wire)
I don’t even know how to describe this
Robocop 3 review from 1993 (Variety)

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Dec

2020

327: It Says Everything it Shouldn’t and Nothing it Should (Children of Earth: Day One)

Kind of sounds like me, on the podcast.

Have we ever had a five episode serial in Doctor Who? We have, right? I’m pretty sure we did but I genuinely don’t remember any more. A lot of classic who has been completely wiped from my mind because I needed the space in my brain for other things. I can’t remember what those things were anymore. It’s Children of Earth: Day One, written by Russell T. Davies and aired on July 6, 2009.

Show-notes:

2:08: Check out our movie trilogy podcast, Triple Play: A Movie Trilogy Podcast.
41:11: Check out our Blake’s 7 podcast, Zenith: A Blake’s 7 Podcast.
45:40: Apparently you’re considered an embryo until you’ve been in development for nine weeks. Then you become a fetus. The more you know.
1:00:55: Apparently Christopher Isherwood “only” wrote nine novels (if the Isherwood Foundation is to be believed).

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The Torchwood title music was originally composed by Murray Gold. The version used in this episode was arranged by Murray Gold.

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Dec

2020

xXx

No not that kind of xXx.

I used to be an extreme sportsman. Did you know that? Yeah it’s true, I used to do extreme podcast editing. One time we were releasing an episode of Trust Your Doctor but I Was busy skydiving, so while skydiving I took my laptop and edited while skydiving. Set a new record for highest podcast episode edited. I also set a record for fastest speed attained by someone actively editing a podcast. Yeah that was me. It’s xXx, xXx: State of the union, and xXx: The Return of Xander Cage

Show-notes:

13:48: James Bond surfing down a tsunami in Die Another Day
15:50: Check out Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast, our Doctor Who podcast.
16:30: Vin Diesel created the movies Multi-Facial and Strays
28:00: Tony Hawk on twitter
28:55: Rodney Mullen was actually from Florida. Shit.
32:27: <>Take…. On….MEEEEEEEEE
33:04: The Interrupters’ cover of Billie Eilish’s Bad Guy
36:23: It’s called every noise at once.
37:21: They put “For Your Eyes Only” at the end of The Spy Who Loved Me when in fact the next movie ended up being Moonraker.
1:07:25: I’m going to be hearing this in Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast, Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast, and soe rando movie trilogy podcast called Triple Play: A Movie Trilogy Podcast.
1:25:50: Cars? We have an episode on that!

Sources and other junk:

Behind the scenes facts (Cinemablend)
Stuntman dies on set (ain’t it cool)
XXX 1 review (Variety)
Rammstein tour information
Return of Xander Cage review (Desert News)
Deepika Padukone interview (Celebrity Tidings)
Return of Xander Cage facts (Cinemablend)
State of the Union facts (Cinemablend)
Biggest box office flops (the guardian)
Rob Cohen talks “xXx 2” (CNN)
Ice Cube replaces Vin Diesel (Entertainment)
Ridiculous scenes in xXx (clickbait from Cinemablend)
Behind the scenes of Return of Xander Cage (youtube)
Another behind the scenes for Return of Xander Cage (youtube)
Yet another behind the scenes of Return of Xander Cage (youtube again, surprise)

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Dec

2020

326: 50 Shades of Morally Grey (Exit Wounds)

Ok so this exact title doesn’t appear in the episode, sue me.

Besides, we’re covering 50 Shades of Grey on Triple Play at some point soon and it’s better not to make confusing and conflicting post titles. Yes, I’m for real serious that we’re covering that trilogy at some point. If you don’t believe me I guess you’ll just have to wait and see. It’s Exit Wounds, written by Chris Chibnall and aired on April 4, 2008.

Show-notes:

1:03: Check out Triple Play: A Movie Trilogy Podcast, our movie trilogy podcast.
2:20: We have a blog now, and our first (and so far only) post is on our predictions for Revolution of the Daleks.
3:30: I got the account name wrong. It’s actually teamtardiss.
9:07: Guess I’ll die.
21:28: There are two nuclear power stations in Wales and neither of them is in Cardiff.

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Dec

2020

325: Backstory Bombs (Fragments)

So once upon a time I had some fragments of memories. What was I saying?

This week Kiyan and Dylan approach ever nearer to the end of this nightmare. That’s right Torchwood Season 2 ends in just one week for us. Oh what you thought I meant something else? well that’s silly of you what could I possibly have meant instead? It’s Fragments, written by Chris Chibnall and aired on March 26, 2008.

Show-notes:

4:37: It was Louise Jameson.
7:47: The scene in question from The Other Guys.
10:09: Check out Triple Play: A Movie Trilogy Podcast for all your Triple Play: A Movie Trilogy Podcast needs. Our most recent episode is on the unrivaled cinematic masterpiece known as the Cars trilogy.
24:24: The sonic modulator only appears in this episode according to the Doctor Who wiki.
32:13: According to the script, Tosh is only told about UNIT by the voice in the cell telling her it’s a UNIT facility.
1:14:51: Also check out our Blake’s 7 podcast Zenith: A Blake’s 7 Podcast and our classic sci-fi podcast Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast.

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Dec

2020

Cars

Remember how All-Star became a meme? So did Life is a Highway.

When I saw the first movie in theatres I was in 4th grade. I know that I’m sort of in way giving away how old I ma, but hey. And then I actually saw the second one in theatres too. The third Cars movie was one of the only Pixar movies that I’ve not seen in theatres since The Incredibles (I know). Not that it really looks like I’ll be seeing any more in theatres any time soon. Alas, such is life right? It’s Cars 1, 2 and 3.

Show-notes:

1:20: Check out Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast, our classic sci-fi podcast.
6:28: John Lasseter directed both A Bug’s Life and Toy Story 2.
31:46: Allmusic has a short but detailed biography on Larry the Cable Guy. Apprently he was never actually a cable guy. Go figure.
36:29: Our episode on Once Upon a Time in the West/America and Duck, You Sucker.
36:53: Our episode on Toy Story.
37:37: Our episode on Despicable Me.

Sources and other junk:
Behind the scenes article from HuffPost
Behind the scenes of Cars 3 documentary
Cars production notes
Official Pixar page on the design of Cars 2
Cars 3 visuals

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Nov

2020

Taken

Taken’s first moment of relevance since 2008.

Ok so here’s where the schedule for this season gets really crazy because for some reason we had to find the least logical way to record these episodes. Yeah. But you know, given the current status of the world, I would actually really like someone to just… take me away. Like taken style, honestly would probably be better than the world we’re living in right now. I’ll be waiting for Liam Neeson to come and save me. It’s Taken, Taken 2 and Taken 3.

Show-notes:

6:00: Liam Neeson was nominated for an Oscar for Schindler’s List.
11:18: Lol November. No Time to Die is now coming in 2021.
14:42: Or a Jedi.
33:58: Why Ralph Breaks the Internet is the worst thing to ever see the light of day.
52:30: The Futurama Theorem.

Sources and other stuff:
Behind the scenes facts
Why we never got Taken 4
Olivier Megaton Taken 3 interview
Taken history lesson from AV Club
Taken explained(?)
God this site looks like it was made in 1998
2008 making of documentary

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Nov

2020

322: Relationship Trapezoid (Something Borrowed)

A trapezoid has four sides, fun fact.

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Our logo is blue, which means at your wedding you can bring Trust Your Doctor and that fulfills one of the four things you’re supposed to have. I don’t know about the rest, but you know if you need something old, well, the antique store is down the road.It’s Something Borrowed, written by Phil Ford and aired on March 5, 2008.

Show-notes:

15:05: The concept of the Immaculate Conception is pretty confusing, but yeah.
31:49: The mailbox is indeed sentient.
1:03:49: Check out Triple Play: A Movie Trilogy Podcast, our movie trilogy podcast.

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Nov

2020

321: Can’t Be Bold Without Breaking the Mold (A Day in the Death)

I thought of food mold for a hot second while writing that title.

A day in the life of Dylan is quite boring, as is a day in the life of Kiyan (probably, I don’t know). So I wonder what a day in our death will be. Maybe something just as equally boring. I’m planning to have my body sent to space, after I donate it to science. They have to know how we could so consistently release podcasts. Must be something in our bones. It’s A Day in the Death, written by Joseph Lidster and aired on February 27, 2008.

Show-notes:

6:34: Even better(?): Here’s the Tardis wiki page on suicide.
11:25: Piofiore: Fated Memories
13:41:Bandee Desinées
22:27: Robert Zemeckis filmography
28:07: Guy Fieri gets absolutely destroyed by the New York Times.
35:32: Check out Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast.
43:11: Check out Triple Play: A Movie Trilogy Podcast.
1:01:36: Check out Zenith: A Blake’s 7 Podcast.
1:10:12: Mrs. Blinster.
1:10:58: If you don’t already know, Flight Through Entirety is a Doctor Who podcast.

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Nov

2020

The Godfather

It’s Ca-POLE-ah and not COP-a-la.

We recorded this in January of 2020 which means basically all of the cultural references are outdated. Also just listen to how optimistic we sound! This was also, fun fact, one of the very last episode we recorded both in person and in the old office we used to record in as we no longer have access to it. So this is quite a monumental episode. It’s The Godfather saga, Francis Ford Coppola’s magnum opus.

Show-notes:

0:35: Check out our classic sci-fi podcast, Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast.
6:45: It was Robert Evans.
26:05: It was the Italian-American Civil Rights League.
36:50: The Godfather is so wizard, Ani.

Sources and other stuff:
The New Yorker on The Godfather
Tales from The Godfather reunion
Listicle of things you didn’t know about The Godfather. Maybe.
Time on the 40th anniversary of II.
Quick NY Times article
A bit on Sofia Coppola.
1979 script for III.
Why III makes more sense in the streaming era.

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