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All: (in unison) On tonight's episode, we watched Independence Day: Resurgence. Stuart: Wow! Dan: I'm seein' double!
Official Show Notes[]
- "Back to our non-Shocktober fare as we mourn election day with our Independence Day: Resurgence discussion. Meanwhile, Elliott gives the JD Power porn star awards, Stuart's weenus is protected, and Dan cannot leave President Sex Criminal alone."
Movie Summary[]
Premise[]
Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defenses be enough?
Story[]
As the Fourth of July nears, satellite engineer David Levinson investigates a 3,000-mile-wide mothership that's approaching Earth. Fortunately, 20 years earlier, nations across the world started to use recovered extraterrestrial technology to develop an immense defense program. When the alien invaders attack with unprecedented force, the U.S. president, teams of scientists and brave fighter pilots spring into action to save the planet from a seemingly invincible enemy.
Final Judgments[]
- Between Good-Bad and Bad-Bad (Stuart) @58:03
- Movie he kinda liked (Elliott) @59:59
- Bad-bad (Dan) @1:01:47
Episode Highlights[]
Tangents[]
- Popeye @0:00:50
- President Sex Criminal @0:01:20
- Soggy biscuit @0:04:35
- Quidditch @0:04:50
- The Blood of Heroes @0:05:00
- Phantasm @0:06:50
- The George W. Bush presidency @0:07:35
- Will Smith's notable absence @0:08:35
- Stockard Channing's Soccer Challenge @0:09:15, 13:20
- Peanuts
- Jurassic Park @12:25
- Four Michelin stars @17:55
- Episode 202: Burnt @18:30
- Nicolas Cage @19:20
Movie Pitches[]
- David Cronenberg's My Fair Flying Giant
- A body horror film based on a floating gigantic man in an urban setting, as described in the Nat King Cole song "On the Street Where You Live". @0:06:00
Quotes[]
Elliott: That was a difficult night for me last night. It's been like that for a lot of people. It's gonna be a difficult four years, and it's gonna suck pretty hard most likely. Um… We'll figure it out. But one thing that did help me get through the day was hearing from a number of people that listening to The Flop House helped them get through the day. And so, feeling like we're doing something worthwhile here for other people, at least even just as a means of escape, rather than just three guys circlejerking around nonsense about Independence Day: Resurgence or some crap, um… Stuart: Although the— Dan: Is that what we watched tonight? Elliott: Help me out. All Dan could see was the election returns rolling over his eyes, over and over again. He did not see the thousands of alien ships blasting each other to pieces.
- —@0:03:40
Elliott: You're saying "titular" a lot. Stuart: Yeah. You're saying it weird, dude.
- —@17:20
Listener Mail[]
Mailbag Song[]
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Letters[]
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Recommendations[]
- Doctor Strange (2016) by Scott Derrickson (Dan) @Time
- Dog Soldiers (2002) by Neil Marshall (Flopper) @Time
- No End (1985) by Krzysztof Kieslowski (Flopper) @Time
- A Little Romance (1979) by George Roy Hill (Flopper) @Time