Hosts: David McVay, Jacob Oberman and Katrina Smith
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David is joined in studio by Jacob and Katrina for an in depth discussion about the new movie by Zack Snyder, Watchmen. They review the film as a film on it’s own and then do a little comic to film comparisons. We even have a spoiler zone on this one.
In tech news: Microsoft offers up a new search engine, industrious retail offering the Kevin37 TV and Netbook security issues.
Film news includes: Sean Penn trying to get Milk into the White House and Terry Gilliam can’t find a distributor for Heath Ledger’s last film.
As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to possible bad language.
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Some Show Notes:
Watchmen The Official Site
Watchmen Trailer (Apple Link NB: There is also a trailer for Tales of the Black Freighter here)
Watchmen Score (Amazon Link)
Watchmen Graphic Novel (Amazon Link)
Watchmen Motion Comic (Amazon Link)
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter & Under the Hood DVD (Amazon Link)
Koyaanisqatsi Soundtrack (Amazon Link)
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(This post edited 24th May, 2009)
2 comments
I really had no interest in seeing Watchmen until I heard you say those three magical words – Jackie Earle Haley. I loves me some Jackie Earle Haley!!! I was very pleased in your review to hear that he was outstanding in the film. I’ve been a fan of his from waaaaaaayyy back. I adored the Bad News Bears as a kid, and he was the juvenile delinquent/baseball prodigy “Kelly Leak” in all three of those films. He went on to star in the Dennis Quaid bicycling film “Breaking Away,” which was then turned into a failed TV show starring Shaun Cassidy (it seemed like a good idea at the time). Then he seemed to disappear off the face of the earth. I was so thrilled when he got the Best Supporting Actor nomination in 2007 for playing the self-castrating child molester in “Little Children.” (He was robbed!) I guess I’m just gonna have to go see Watchmen now . . .
I really had no interest in seeing Watchmen until I heard you say those three magical words – Jackie Earle Haley. I loves me some Jackie Earle Haley!!! I was very pleased in your review to hear that he was outstanding in the film. I’ve been a fan of his from waaaaaaayyy back. I adored the Bad News Bears as a kid, and he was the juvenile delinquent/baseball prodigy “Kelly Leak” in all three of those films. He went on to star in the Dennis Quaid bicycling film “Breaking Away,” which was then turned into a failed TV show starring Shaun Cassidy (it seemed like a good idea at the time). Then he seemed to disappear off the face of the earth. I was so thrilled when he got the Best Supporting Actor nomination in 2007 for playing the self-castrating child molester in “Little Children.” (He was robbed!) I guess I’m just gonna have to go see Watchmen now . . .