Garrett and Pete hold down the fort this week and dive deep into TV with X-Files, What We Do In The Shadows, Twilight Zone, Barry, and Happy! They also review Hellboy, Pet Semetary, Unicorn Store, and Dumbo. You’ll also hear their reaction to The Rise of Skywalker teaser.
Jack Falvey makes a long awaited return to the BingeCast with Chad C and Law to help review a whole lot of television and movies. This includes things like Shazam, Pet Sematary, Long Shot, Late Night, The Twilight Zone, What We do In the Shadows, Barry, Brockmire, Happy, Star Trek Discovery, and much more. Also, Chad C just returned from CinemaCon (Bragging Camp) and dishes all the details about the footage he saw and the drinks he had with Black Panther.
Pete MC comes to check in on Law and Moreno and brings farty things and a Clapper. The boys review Dragged Across Concrete, The Dirt, Happy, The Case Against Adnan Syed, and What We do in the Shadows, get a call in BingeView of Dumbo, have the very last Game of Thrones previews they’re ever going to have, and fight to the death in a spoilerific battle royale review of Us.
Law and Moreno have what you need for the week. We got reviews of Captain Marvel, Isn’t it Romantic, White Boy Rick, Leaving Neverland, The Umbrella Academy, SMILF, Losers, The Other 2, and finally give their thoughts on the season finale of True detective. They Google Voice with callers old and new. They got a Lawlapalooza date so you can book your spot at the bar. They got beer. They got it all. Come get some.
Chad C wanders in off the street with two new advanced reviews of LEGO MOVIE 2 and ALITA BATTLE ANGEL. Morneo checks out The Ted Bundy Tapes, WIDOWS, and some other stuff. Law watches ABDUCTED IN PLAIN SIGHT. There’s lots more too, such as High Maintenance, Happy, Broad City, The Other Two, True Detective, MISS BALA, VELVET BUZZSAW, and MINDING THE GAP.
Want more? Hows aboot some Google Voice, a new sounder, and another Beer Shootout? Hows aboot that?
The great Matthew Goudreau joins Law and Moreno for a spur of the moment Oscar contest, another exciting edition of Pirates of the Interruption, lots of TV and film reviews, and a dozen, or so, beers.
Moreno and Valley command the BingeCast vessel and find their way into talking about There Will Be Blood (again), films of 1999 and 2007 and sport ball. It’s fun.
On the TV side of things, the boys review Happy, Succession, Escape at Dannemora, The Deuce season finale and a bit of reality TV including Hell’s Kitchen, Taskmaster and Bar Rescue. Jacques Pepin is also in my notes and I have no idea why.
Can you separate an artist from their art? We talk about that a bit.
On the film side we watch Vice, Mid90s, Game Night and a couple of documentaries called Dealt and Filmworker.
NateP and PeteMC help me ring in the biggest holiday of the year and then carry the show because I allegedly black out. We do some Google Voice and get an update from Nate about the Gooveys.
TV Round Up has The Night Manager, The Toys That Made Us, Happy!, and Broadchurch.
What Did You Watch has us reviewing Bright, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Pottersville, I Love You, Daddy, Judd Apatow: The Return, Power Rangers, The Family I Had and more.
Happy goddamn Holidays and Merry Christmas ya babadiiicks!
0:00:00-It’s Bingemas, you cocksuckers!
0:01:45-Alyx, PeteMC, and Nate P are here to dick your halls. Huh? What are the boys doing on Christmas Day? The vurp is discussed, again. Show content. Brand new game! New soundaaaaas. What is everyone drinking? FRUK podcast talk because Nate had a goddamn beer! The peppermint Smirnoff bottle sounds fucking amazing.
0:25:30-GOOGLE VOICE with Goovey Update! New sounder drop. Favorite cookie roundup! Podcasts and shit.
1:05:22 Spontaneous Trailer roundup.
1:14:14-TV ROUND UP. More drink discussion. Cause that’s tv related, right? It’s not? Okay well go fuck yourself. Turkey at Christmas? That a thing among the boys? ANYWAY, tv. Alyx is going to start Broadchurch. Nate got through The Night Manager. He’s also watching You’re the Worst, Channel Zero, and Deadwood. Where’s Nate at with his British shows? Pete has The Challenge, Happy, and The Toys that Made Us.
1:45:25-THE AMMON GAME (WITH NEW SOUNDER): ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER EDITION.
2:20:19-Binge Media plug roundup
2:29:34-WHAT DID YOU WATCH (with new sounder)? Pete has Judd Apatow: The Return, Pottersville, I Love You Daddy, Power Rangers, and The Family I Had. Natey-Nate watched Free Fire, Kingsman 2: The Golden Circle, Dunkirk, War of the Planet of the Apes, Mother!, and The Room. Alyx is a goddamn mess. Pee break. Pete/Sass goes live on FB. New sounder? Um, no. They fumble their way into a review for Bright. Alyx has a Sci-Fi extravaganza. He watched The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi! Whaaaaaaat? Pete and Peterson grill him, interrogation style. Then Nate and MC dissect the movie a bit more. STOP TALKING ABOUT THE LAST JEDI ALREADY! Pete goes over some Nate Peterson drops that sadly didn’t make it to air on this show. More plugs. New commentary on the way? Wait and see, cocksuckers!
There’s a brand new beautiful Bingemas sounder to end the show. And that’s it, ya babadicks.
Monty Python, Sons of Anarchy, Birdman and Guardians!!!
Occasionally, time seems to fly by. The past week definitely feels like it was gone in a blink, but in some ways that was a great thing. While I didn’t see too many new flicks, I got a chance to catch up on a show I’d been putting off for some time, level my toons in Diablo 3 and properly enjoy my one theatrical visit of the week.
I’m not going to mince words here; you should know who these guys are. For those of you that don’t, that is (from left to right) Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle, all six of the members of Monty Python, arguably the most influential comedy sketch group in history. I’m not going to recount the history of the Pythons, but I do understand their humor isn’t for everyone, I just don’t want to know those people. Anyone who doesn’t laugh within the first three minutes of the Holy Grail is either soulless or a ginger.
Anywho, the Pythons ended their career quite unceremoniously with 1983’s The Meaning of Life, an odd but overall successfully funny film that audiences didn’t exactly embrace upon the release. I will admit my first viewing left me less than impressed, but it seems like over time this film just keeps getting better, with sketches like Mr. Creosote being one of the standouts. In 1989 Graham Chapman died and the group didn’t do anything else up until this year. As a farewell to the fans, the Pythons held a limited stage production at London’s O2 Arena called “Monty Python (Mostly) Live: One Down Five To Go”.
I can’t imagine how expensive tickets might have been but I would have loved to have been there. Thankfully, the event was televised and as a result, I was able to catch it. Ever wonder how awesome it would be for guys like Michael Jordan or Larry Bird play on the Harlem Globetrotters? That’s what watching this show was like. This show was the Pythons’ way of taking a victory lap and saying goodbye to the fans properly. The Pythons put on a comedy clinic, offering the audience essentially a greatest hits of some of their most popular sketches. While a few were omitted (how could there not be, too many greats), the show was, in my opinion, a rousing performance, offering a rare glimpse into these guys’ comedic process through a few flubs throughout. There was something very bittersweet about the whole thing, seeing Gilliam and Cleese do the “Crunchy Frog” sketch for the last time and absolutely nailing every punch-line. If you guys are fans of the Pythons, get on this, it was incredible and a fitting conclusion to an amazing career.
Ammon, if you’re reading this, consider this my confirmation that yes, I completed my TV homework and caught up to Sons. My verdict? Well overall, this show is just way too complicated. I honestly hate how much loyalties shift and twist throughout this show. One minute Jax is clearly playing somebody, the next he’s on the other team, fighting for them. That, coupled with the fact that I find the idea of a motorcycle club doing the shit they do in this show ridiculous, and I think I can safely say this show is mediocre at best. Some episodes were decent, but overall I don’t give a fuck about anything to do with this show. That being said, I’ll be watching Season 7. Also, why doesn’t everyone love Happy the most? He’s way more badass than Tig, hands down.
Birdman looks like it will be a combination of several things I love, the most obvious being Michael Keaton. This guy is having a nice little career resurgence and I am all for it. Also, I don’t know if you were aware, but he was fucking Batman, so, you know, I’m down. The trailers make this look like the film is shot all in one take which looks like a blast. I love when filmmakers use a technical style to add extra dimensions to a story and if these trailers are to be believed this flick looks like it will, at the very least, be intriguing. Here’s hoping this gives me something entertaining when it comes out.
Finally, I have to talk about what may very well end up being my favorite film of the year, Guardians of the Galaxy. This movie exceeded expectations by delivering something fun, hilarious and surprisingly adult. The cast nails it, the special effects are incredible, and despite still suffering from the weak villain syndrome so many Marvel movies can’t seem to remedy it still works like a charm. However, the absolute best part of this film is the inspiring soundtrack. Every couple years a soundtrack comes along that so fittingly complements the film it is a part of that it elevates the movie into the spectrum of greatness. From Redbone to The Raspberries, this soundtrack is unique, fun and makes sense in the context of the story. Guardians is an easy 9.5/10 for me, and I love the fact that at this point, Marvel’s subsequent releases all become their best film. Here’s hoping the trend continues.
Above is the Tyler Stout Mondo poster for Guardians, an incredible piece of movie art. I’ve just got to say my piece about Mondo’s website here: it sucks major ballsack. I was online and ready with my credit card info for two hours the morning this dropped, but as soon as it was available, the website slowed down. I managed to get the poster into my cart but while checking out I was told it was sold out. This is easily the most defeating, upsetting and frustrating thing about their website. The art is worth the wait but their website fucks you out of the best posters. Over the year I have gotten lucky and bought a few, but this one slipped through my fingers. I know the world isn’t fair, but these assholes really should get their shit together. Have any of you had this problem before?
If you take anything away from this week’s blog, it should be how much I can complain at times. What can I say, if I have a captive audience, I will exploit that. Does that make me a douche? That’s for you to decide. Enjoy some classic comedy below and Binge On!