The boys are back (in town (gross)) with another edition of Wake & Bake with Bob Ross. Kupka and Jack talk poster mystery tubes, their media backlogs as well as give a quick BMFML update, including their regret-pics. Download now!
This episode the boys cover season 18 episode 6 and season 26 episode 11.
From a career standpoint, the years 2004 – 2013 were not very kind to Keanu Reeves. Sure, The Matrix had made him very wealthy, and his internet reputation was about as good as a celebrity could get without Harvey Weinstein sized payoffs. But with the exception of 2005’s IMO underrated Constantine, Reeves was having trouble finding a new franchise to stomp out of the gate with. 47 Ronin anyone? But along came 2014, and a little movie about a guy who killed two men with a pencil.
Join me, Alyx, and Jack as we look at the two films of the ever growing John Wick franchise, and wonder if it was by fluke or crook that Reeves once again found box office gold. Is the movie worth its reputation? Or is it guilty of building a John Wick type aura where everyone fears it, but talks highly of it anyway? Download below to find out.
Be sure to tune in next week when we look at 2017’s John Wick Chapter 2, as well as talk about what is planned for the rest of The Aftertaste’s year.
Are you awake? Are you baking? You know what time it is then. The boys discuss premium action figure collectibles, UHD settings, wearable and poster collecting. Download now!
This episode the boys cover season 4 episode 6 and season 20 episode 7.
Enjoy your Saturday with our resident Rosstafarians Jack and Kupka. The boys talk some VR, their poster collections and their desire to try painting (and glass blowing) for real. Download now!
2018 is here and so are Freak, Kupka and Bob Ross. Stop by for some open talk about baby deer, paint naming conventions and some (light) gaming talk. Download now!
This episode the boys cover season 10 episode 7 and season 22 episode 11.
Christmastime is here and we don’t know anyone better suited to bring us into the season than the main Rosstafarian hisself, Bobby Boy. Kupka and Jack close out 2017 with a Holiday-centric show. Come celebrate with the boys and get ready for 2018!
This episode the boys cover season 16 episode 4 and season 28 episode 6.
The boys are back talking the new Xbox One X 4k downloads, digital storage and office setups. Couple that with some of Bob’s best work to date and you have a quality Wake & Bake. Download now.
This episode the boys cover season 16 episode 3 and season 25 episode 10.
In 2003, The Matrix was king. Four years following its global phenomenon stamping run in theaters, hype was mounting to the highest degree for The Wachowskis’ long in development two follow-ups, both of which were due in the Star Wars-less year of 2003. Producer Joel Silver was in eight page magazine articles proclaiming what his two filmmakers have up their sleeves will once again blow everyone’s minds. Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss were tight lipped about where their characters could possibly go after reaching the heights of the first film. And ‘Larry Fish’ Laurence Fishburne was…apparently eating at the buffet table in anticipation.
Once the first of those two sequels, The Matrix Reloaded, was finally released in May of 2003, a whole film going community became completely divided, with most on the side of asking where everything went wrong. But where do the three hosts of this podcast stand?
Listen as fights ensue, and long winded monologues & onscreen fights are psychoanalyzed. Was the film overhyped, or is it just an underrated blockbuster? And were we actually looking forward to the third film (which we review next week) when it was over? Listen below to find out!
As you can see, this space is not taken up with the second part of our Matrix Retrospective. The reason for that is outlined in this podcast. But truth be told, we didn’t want to go another week without giving you guys something to listen to. So me, Alyx, and Episode IV decided to put a little something that we call a potpourri of topics, just like the old days of this show.
Lately, I have grown accustomed to producing a fully edited podcast that I like to make as professional as possible. But for this Aftertaste, I decided to keep it very, VERY raw. No editing of ‘uhs’ and ‘ums’. No long drawn out intros. No bloopers. Just us talking, analyzing, and yelling at each other, all things that listeners of the site are no doubt accustomed to.
We weren’t sure how the show was going to go, or if it would even be interesting. But I think we have a pretty decent discussion here. We begin the show by talking about the hiring of JJ Abrams in the fallout of finding a director for Episode IX. Note: This was recorded BEFORE the ridiculous petition was started by ‘fans’ to get him off the film. So, none of that is discussed here. But we all do share our views on what putting him in charge of concluding the new trilogy could mean for Star Wars as a whole.
We then talk about the life and career of the late Frank Vincent. An actor who had done plenty of film, tv, and even video game work all the way up until his death a couple weeks ago, Vincent certainly ran the gamut of a variety filled career, and we try our best to dissect said career in a span of ten or so minutes.
We then talk about the career of Darren Aronofsky, and I give my thoughts on one of the weirdest received films of our time, Mother. What did I think coming out of the film, and which side of the fence am I on? Also, do Episode IV and Alyx even care about what I have to say about the film?
All that and more in this forty plus minutes of discussion and drinking. Be sure to stay tuned to this space, because we will indeed be posting the second part of The Matrix Retrospective (and to those who forgot where we were at -cough, Alyx, cough cough- that’s The Animatrix) THIS Friday.
So listen to our thoughts on these pieces of news, and see you again on Friday!