Xenogenesis – James Cameron’s Student Film
James | February 3, 2010 | No Comments
Remember, this was 1977, the year Star Wars came out, and was made for $20,000. It’s like an 11-minute modern tech happy Godzilla vs Mothra, with no real ending. What I find most interesting is the Cameron’esque tech presented here. It’s almost as if from literally day one everything the man has done has led to one film: Avatar.
The RotCast Episode #62 – Crazy Eli
James | January 31, 2010 | No Comments
In this episode we talk Crazy Heart and Book of Eli, plus loads more!
~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro & Reviews
• Movie Webmaster Big Brother fallout
• Roger Ebert’s crazy The Lovely Bones review
• Andrea and James review Crazy Heart
• Dave and James review Book of Eli (spoiler’ish)
00:49:30 – Whatcha’ Watchin (or Playing)?
• On our last super-long 4hr podcast
• Dave’s thoughts on the MMORPG Lord of the Rings Online
• Dave’s thoughts on the MMORPG Dungeons & Dragons
• Andrea and Dave watch Carriers and Terminator: The Sarah Conner’s Chronicles
• Survivor: Heroes -vs- Villains chat (& Curb Your Enthusiasm)
• Dave on Charlie Brooker’s Newswipe
• James’ thoughts on Youth In Revolt and Legion
• James goes on a wrestling doc binge including Beyond the Mat, Wrestling With Shadows, The Life and Death of Owen Hart, and Lipstick & Dynamite
• James’ thoughts on The Yes Men Fix the World, Mary and Max, and The Unborn
• James on Never Back Down, which was filmed at his old High School
• James’ wonders why Kate Beckinsale’s Nothing But The Truth went D2DVD but Whiteout didn’t
• James watches Nick Broomfield’s other doc Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam
• James recommends the time-travel lite-horror flicks Timecrimes and Triangle
• Andrea’s thoughts on Whip It, Tell Tale, and This is It
02:54:32 – Goodbyes
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The RotCast Episode #61 – We Have A Winna!
James | January 14, 2010 | 16 Comments
In this episode we talk Peter Jackson’s latest flick The Lovely Bones, announce the WINNER of Movie Webmaster Big Brother, plus loads more!
~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro (Music: RIP Jay Reatard)
• The other RotCast
• Dave’s Disney employee stories
• American Idol discussion
• Movie Webmaster Big Brother Episode #11: THE FINALE ***
00:46:20 – The Lovely Bones Discussion
01:17:07 – Whatcha’ Watchin?
• Andrea’s thoughts on the Bollywood film What’s Your Rashi?
• Andrea sees Moon, theories on the film [spoilers]
• Andrea’s short Fame review
• Thoughts on The Bridge (if you need info or help, check out out suicide.org)
• James’ thoughts on Biggie & Tupac, Superman (1977), Midnight Run (1988), Aliens, Alien 3, Appaloosa, Armored, Big Fan, Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Whip It, Muppets Take Manhattan, Couples Retreat, A Prophet, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, and Give ‘Em Hell Malone
• Dave and James discuss the doc Collapse, peak oil etc (Bottom-Line: Ignore the film and educate yourself on Peak Oil here.)
03:26:12 – Goodbyes
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Movie Webmaster Big Brother – VOTING CLOSED!
James | January 5, 2010 | 5 Comments
Who should win Movie Webmaster Big Brother?
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Stay tuned, we'll have a winner on our
next episode of The RotCast!
Loading ...The RotCast Episode #60 – Avatards
James | January 4, 2010 | 24 Comments
In this episode we talk Avatar plus announce the finalists of Movie Webmaster Big Brother contestant, plus loads more!
[Note: Listener voting for the winner of Movie Webmaster Big Brother is now open, click here to cast your vote!]
~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro
• Movie Webmaster Big Brother Episode #10 ***
00:19:34 – Avatar Discussion
00:49:10 – Whatcha’ Watchin?
• Dave’s Facebook adventures
• Best films of 2009
• Dave’s thoughts on Lost S1
• Dave is happy about Dollhouse’s cancellation
• Dave and Andrea watched Jennifer’s Body
• Andrea goes crazy over Meghan Fox
• James’ thoughts on Invictus, 9, Humpday, Public Enemies, S.Darko, Extract, Tidal Wave, Adam, Chopper, Chopping Mall
• A short RotCast retrospective
• 2010 movies we are looking forward to
03:07:30 – Goodbyes
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The RotCast Episode #59 – Up In the Airz, Yo
James | December 17, 2009 | 15 Comments
In this episode we conclude last weeks HOH competition cliffhanger and eliminate another Movie Webmaster Big Brother contestant, plus we talk Clooney’s latest, Up In the Air, plus loads more!
~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro
• Holiday talk (plastic trees, lights, Jews etc)
• Old TV shows (Martin, Step By Step, Dinosaurs etc)
• Movie Webmaster Big Brother Episode #9 ***
00:32:04 – Up In the Air
00:58:40 – Whatcha’ Watchin?
• Dave’s oral skills
• Thoughts on Ratatouille on Blu-Ray
• Dave & James finally watch Knowing
• Inglorious Bastards on Blu-Ray & punching Quentin Tarantino in the face
• Dave’s adventures with Modern Warfare 2
• Andrea’s thoughts on The Sims 3
• Andrea scoops the British import I Sell the Dead
• TV’s in 24p mode explained
• Trash TV Alert: MTV’s Jersey Shore
• James talks the British import Doghouse, Spread, Four Christmases, Thaw, World’s Greatest Dad, Big River Man, Leaving Las Vegas
02:58:15 – Goodbyes
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The RotCast Episode #58 – Blu Dash Ray Bonanza
James | December 12, 2009 | 19 Comments
Holy crap! Andrea throws a monkey-wrench in this weeks edition of Movie Webmaster Big Brother, plus we talk loads of Blu-Ray and more!
~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro
• Movie Webmaster Big Brother Episode #8 ***
00:19:10 – Blu-Ray Discussion
• Including Star Trek, Watchmen, Coraline, Pixar films
00:56:53 – Whatcha’ Watchin?
• Dave & Andrea’s “want to watch on Blu-Ray” list
• Dave’s thoughts on casual games and Dead Space
• Andrea’s thoughts on Blindside and her Mel Gibson hatred
• James’ thoughts on Aliens in the Attic, American Pie presents Book of Love, Life is Hot in Cracktown, The Canyon, The Cove, and Carriers
02:27:47 – Goodbyes
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Idiocracy’s Graphic Design-based Humor http://bit.ly/6hDMpW – I still say the movie sucks overall, but I respect the attempt.
The RotCast Episode #57 – New Moon Sux
James | December 1, 2009 | 1 Comment
Welcome to our post-Thanksgiving chit-chat! In this episode we eliminate our sixth Movie Webmaster Big Brother contestant, review the excruciatingly awful New Moon, and talk up the books, video games, and movies we’ve been ingesting lately. All that plus more!
~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro
• Andrea’s orange juice addiction
• Movie Webmaster Big Brother Episode #7 ***
00:33:31 – New Moon [spoiler free]
• Thoughts on the Twilight series, books etc
• Dave calls out Devin from CHUD (literally)
• Final thoughts on New Moon
01:23:04 – Whatcha’ Watchin?
• Andrea continuing adventures with the writings of Charlaine Harris (True Blood)
• Kevin Smith -vs- Reese Witherspoon
• Pirated blooper reels & self-righteous websites
• Dave & James’ thoughts on Left 4 Dead 2
• Dave’s thoughts on Borderlands, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• A Christmas Carol and James’ families’ Thanksgiving movie tradition
• James’ thoughts on the excellent British import The Boat That Rocked (Pirate Radio in the NA)
• James gets 0wnzored by Gamer
• Pandorum’s Event Horizon tendencies
• James’ Thanksgiving day triple feature: Identity, Home Alone 3, The Pacifier
• Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Seinfeld-filled season & finale
02:42:10 – Goodbyes
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The RotCast Episode #56 – Randomcast
James | November 16, 2009 | 5 Comments
So we decided to mix things up for a week and just let it fly for an hour, random-style. Somehow an hour turned into almost three. Enjoy!
~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro
• Complaints about Reddit and Digg
• Dave recently found out Doogie Howser is gay
00:18:47 – James’ Watchlist
• FOX cancels Dollhouse
• Thoughts on the new V tv series
• Celebrity Sex Rehab, James’ latest guilty pleasure
• Paper Heart might be a smug hipster film
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince & why Hermione is a jealous bitch (epic fight ensues)
• James’ thoughts on 2012 and I Love You Beth Cooper
• Watching Bad Taste on Twitter
• HBO’s Bored to Death gets better
01:25:09 – Ghosts and Ghostbusters
• Congrats to Celeste and Jason from Fandomania – they got hitched!
• Andrea’s adventures in real-life ghost-hunting
• Charlaine Harris’ (True Blood) first book Real Murders
• Why do older women tend to write vampire novels
• Dave’s thoughts on Ghostbusters (the video game)
02:48:02 – Goodbyes
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