Today on the show, two podcasters and just generally all around cool dudes unite to fight the battles that the Earth cannot … It’s the Cinema Recon review of The Avengers! (10:30)
In the news…
The Avengers has demolished box office records! Plus a little discussion of other current box office shenanigans… (1:05:50)
Warning: NSFW due to some harsh, yet hilarious language
On day two of our adventures in SXSW 2012, we found ourselves broadcasting live during The Big Knife Party at the East Avenue Lounge! In case you missed it, Day 1 of SXSW is right here.
Check out the lineup below and click for each artist’s website! Remember, you can also listen to the individual interviews from The Big Knife Party here.
A huge THANK YOU to each band for providing the awesome music you’re hearing on this show!
Following the interview, you’ll hear Ropes and Bury My Robot Bones in the Uncanny Valley (following the break), both off of Seashell Radio’s album Slick Machine!
Prior to the interview, you’ll hear Old Flames and following the interview, you’ll hear Go Mad, both off of Young Mothers’ album I Want To Be A Beautiful Star Warrior!
Prior to the interview, you’ll hear From Burning Bridges, and following the interview you’ll hear The Old Pain, both by Mister Loveless off their Three Words EP!
Prior to the interview, you’ll hear Insides Out from Ancient River’s album O.D.D.S.!
And of course, movie reviews! As it turns out, half of Jonah Hill is just as funny as all of Jonah Hill! It’s the Cinema Recon review of 21 Jump Street! (35:25)
Also, we strap on our boots, ready our rifles, and watch Good Willem Hunting in The Hunter! (1:18:23)
Listen below:
Download Here (by right clicking, then “save as”): CR: SXSW Day 2
[UPDATED 5/8/12] Deadline is reporting that Fox has indeed confirmed the R rating for Prometheus. This is an enormous risk for Fox. Now we just need to show up, enjoy the hell out of this one, and send studio execs the message that an R rated summer blockbuster really can work. …Its either that or we fall into another bleak decade of watered down PG-13 films that not even Die Hard or The Terminator could overcome.
[5/7/12] 20th Century Fox appears to agree with the rest of the planet and will not alter the content of Prometheus based upon the MPAA rating bestowed upon them. We are basing this assumption on the surfacing of what appears to be a legitimate, early ticket stub for the highly anticipated film:
That right there, my friends, is a big fat R rating! The ticket was scanned by IMDB user “dvonnesoneek” and subsequently the internets were alerted by comicbookmovie.com.
If this is truly the real deal, words cannot describe how happy this makes me. While I understand that excessive violence and language does not a good movie make, I have always felt that the Alien franchise (or universe, or second removed cousins, or however else Ridley Scott wants to tie Prometheus to previous films) is one that deserves a serious, unaltered, adult tone.
We have seen what happens when a studio insists on being too much involved (Alien 3) and we have seen what happens when you take this content into the ticket-selling friendly realm of PG-13 (AvP). A rated R Prometheus can only mean that Scott is being given the freedom to realize whatever vision he had for this film.
It would have been very easy to slap a PG-13 rating on this and bank on the extra ticket sales (especially considering the rumored hefty budget). I applaud 20th Century Fox for having the testicular fortitude to make this decision, and will now block out the week surrounding June 8 in order to recover from my head exploding in anticipation.
In case you have been living under a rock that is wedged between two larger rocks and you don’t have internet access beneath said rock, The Avengers has officially released in the US today. Already taking in $300+ million worldwide and having received rave reviews, it is safe to say this movie will set a few records. If there was ever any doubts, they can be put to rest now: The Avengers is already a success.
Cinema Recon will be seeing the behemoth superhero adventure tonight at the AMC Van Ness in San Francisco. It’s not a question of if you’ll see it, so I’ll ask, when are you going to catch it? Did anyone go to the early showings? Tell us what you thought!
It is finally here, what all red blooded males (and Paul) have been waiting for… the full length trailer for Expendables 2! Or as I like to call it Explosion: THE MOVIE! Finally, after bickering about ratings with Chuck Norris and between old ass action dudes drinking their Chocolate Raspberry Ensure and doing their water-aerobics and the local YMCA, they have managed to produced a full length trailer for Expendables 2! Hell Yeah! (queue explosion)…
I really kind of rip on the first Expendables because I think it fell so damn short of what everyone was expecting. Lots of quick cuts on the action scenes (but I guess what do you expect when all your stars are pushing 60… and walkers), the whole movie was really dark it was hard to see what the hell was going on, and it just didn’t deliver on making a movie as bad ass as the combined bad-assedness of all its stars. So needless to say, when we first heard about Explosion: THE MOVIE, I was skeptical. Then the big debate over the ratings started and it was reported that Expendables 2 would be PG-13, or else Chuck Norris would throw a temper tantrum, and most likely some uppercuts. I told Paul, the only way Expendables 2 could be any worse than the first Expendables was if they really do make this PG-13! But they have since went back and forth on the rating and word on the internet streets is that they have landed on an R rating however I don’t believe anything is official yet.
So with all that going on, I was far from being excited for the Expendables sequel. Sure, we will go see it (we do it for you! You see what you make us do!?) but I was already thinking it was going to be more of the same. Then I watch the trailer, and what can I say… I’m in! hahah! I don’t know what it is I must just be a sucker for giant explosions, crushing cars with tanks, mercenaries riding zip lines, motorcycles jumping off ramps into flying helicopters, wearing awesome sunglasses, dressing like a monk, and smart cars… (hey, they are good for the environment). But something about it was awesome enough to where I think it will be a good time all over again… even if it is a bad time all over again (which it most likely will be).
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