The RotCast Episode #54 – Blood Simple
James | October 17, 2009 | 20 Comments
We’re back! In this episode lose our minds as we eliminate our fourth Movie Webmaster Big Brother contestant, retro-review Joel and Ethan Coen’s first film Blood Simple, and marathon what we’ve been watching lately. All that plus more!
~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro
• James’ guest appearance on CinemaBlend’s Blendcast podcast
• Thoughts on Widescreen Warrior’s podcast
• Dave’s birthday
• Andrea’s Texas trip
• Movie Webmaster Big Brother Episode #5 ***
00:29:57 – Retro Review: Blood Simple [spoiler free]
00:54:02 – Whatcha’ Watchin?
• Our thoughts on the ridiculous new FTC blogging guidelines
• Dave rewatches Season 3 of 30 Rock
• The Office discussion
• Dave’s rewatches Dog Soldiers
• Andrea compares the True Blood book series to the HBO show
• Further thoughts on GLEE and Castle
• Dave details the docs Paradise Lost and Paradise Lost 2
• James gets into Dollhouse
• James binges on VH1’s The Top 100 Hip Hops Songs and NWA: World’s Most Dangerous Group
• James’ thoughts on The Descent and Thomas Jane’s D2DVD Dark Country
• James’ wonders why State of Play was ignored
• James’ double-features The Quick and The Dead (1995) and the D2DVD The Quick and The Undead (2006)
02:30:22 – Goodbyes
*** This season’s contestants include:
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20 Comments
Goon - Posted on 17/10/09 @ 7:19pm
I’m gonna play along with this podcast and rewatch Blood Simple before listening past the Big Brother segment. It’s been forever since I’d seen it and don’t actually remember ANYTHING about it anymore.
Grundy - Posted on 17/10/09 @ 10:43pm
I liked Dark Country quite a bit too, it was was like a mix of Twilight Zone and EC Comics. It’s too bad it got shafted on the 3D release.
Actually Raimi did Crimewave (actually written by the Coens) between the first two Evil Dead films, and Darkman between 2 and Army.
James - Posted on 18/10/09 @ 5:06am
@Grundy How dare you challenge the accuracy of my infallible memory =) Noted.
Yea, Dark Country got screwed. I think it could have done well in theaters on maybe 100 3D screens with a modest online marketing campaign. And you said it better than I did on the show, totally reminded me of a Twilight Zone episode.
@Goon I saw a lot more in Blood Simple years removed from my first viewing. Let me know what you think after your rewatch!
Goon - Posted on 18/10/09 @ 9:35am
James, in addition the last time I watched it was on an old ratty VHS tape, sans the snarky features on the most recent DVDs, so I should be in for an improvement!
Goon - Posted on 18/10/09 @ 11:24am
heres my sell on Glee for Dave:
when its at its darkest, its very much like Alexander Payne. When its light, its like… Archie Comics. Inoffensive but kind of bland. In between those extremes it reminds me of the late 90s early 00s show “Popular”. The songs are the wild card.
The best reason to watch is for Jane Lynch, who is kicking so much ass with her character I refuse to believe she won’t win Emmys/Globes for it. She’s working on the same comic level Baldwin is at 30 Rock.
Dave - Posted on 18/10/09 @ 4:29pm
“She’s working on the same comic level Baldwin is at 30 Rock.”
That’s a pretty hefty endorsement in my book. I still will probably check out Dollhouse first, but I may just give Glee a shot.
Goon - Posted on 18/10/09 @ 6:13pm
Dave will either love or hate this:
For Halloween since my gf’s Venture Bros Monarch costume didn’t work out as planned, she’s going to be wearing a CNN t shirt and carrying a half inflated Mylar balloon.
Dave - Posted on 19/10/09 @ 12:00am
The only thing I hate about that is her Monarch costume didn’t pan out. The rest is pure win. Please to provide post-Halloween pics.
Goon - Posted on 19/10/09 @ 6:44am
rewatched Blood Simple, its pretty awesome. I love thriller movies where people make a zillion stupid mistakes.
Grundy - Posted on 19/10/09 @ 1:59pm
Speaking of The Venture Bros., the season 4 premiere was pretty damn good.
Dave - Posted on 19/10/09 @ 6:25pm
Haven’t watched it yet but I heard the west coast feed was royally fucked, showing the first half the of episode twice.
Goon - Posted on 21/10/09 @ 5:45pm
To James and Andrea. From now on I am referring to Noah on Glee as “Stripe”. Please follow.
James - Posted on 22/10/09 @ 8:37am
Erm… because he has a mohawk?
Andrea - Posted on 22/10/09 @ 3:08pm
It was strange to hear him be called Noah I was used to hearing Puck or Puckerman. I liked this weeks episode Will (Glee teacher) can dance!!! I also, like the 2 Jews coming together. Maybe I liked it because I’m a Jew too and I’m glad the show has some Jews.
Andrea - Posted on 28/10/09 @ 4:45am
OK so I need more TV shows to watch.
I really like Glee, Castle and most of the ghost hunting shows out there. Bones isn’t bad, I used to like Crossing Jordan. So far Dollhouse is working for me too. So my friends in Filmrot land what do you suggest?
I could not get into Flash Forward, Nip/Tuck no way can ‘t handle the slice and dice. Don’t like soap operas so shoot me some stuff.
Thanks and Peace!!!
Goon - Posted on 28/10/09 @ 8:21am
you can do the legwork for me and find out if Damages is as good as people say it is.
Grundy - Posted on 28/10/09 @ 3:39pm
Damages is alright, the cast is really what makes it watchable.
James - Posted on 28/10/09 @ 4:24pm
I’ve heard good things about Dexter. Thinking about giving Season 1 a go at some point. Or, if you want a challenge, watch the only season of John From Cincinnati. Even with only one season that show was amazing.
Goon - Posted on 28/10/09 @ 4:49pm
I gave up on Dexter midway through season 1, the narration is annoying and the secondary characters are boring. The gf followed through and regretted it. We sold that set off quickly.
Andrea - Posted on 29/10/09 @ 10:14am
OK so I’ll start with Damages. Dexter is on my Netflix queue so I know I’ll get to it too. I’ll check out John from Cincinnati too. Thanks for your help gang and I’ll keep you posted.
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