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Dan: On this episode, we discuss: Artemis Fowl! Elliott: The movie that dares to raise the question—why is this movie named after an entirely nondescript, personality-less cipher who spends the entire movie inside his own house?
Official Show Notes[]
The fuck is this? No really, the fuck is this? What is this fucking thing? What? This? From a major studio and established director? What? The fuck? This? Was made? THIS? We talk about Artemis Fowl with critic and filmmaker Scott Weinberg.
Movie Summary[]
Premise[]
Artemis Fowl, a young criminal prodigy, hunts down a secret society of fairies to find his missing father.
Story[]
Artemis Fowl is a 12-year-old genius and descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds. He soon finds himself in an epic battle against a race of powerful underground fairies who may be behind his father's disappearance.
Final Judgments[]
- His least favorite movie he's ever watched for The Flop House (Dan) @1:27:40
- Bad-bad movie (Elliott) @1:27:47
- Bad-bad movie (Stuart) @1:28:33
- Good-bad movie because it got him onto The Flop House (Scott) @1:28:55
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Listener Mail[]
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Questions[]
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Recommendations[]
- Lucky Grandma (2019) by Sasie Sealy (Dan) @1:54:20
- Monstrum (2018) by Jong-ho Huh (Scott) @1:56:30
- The Old Guard (2020) by Gina Prince-Bythewood (Stuart) @1:57:27
- The Watermelon Woman (1996) by Cheryl Dunye (Elliott) @1:58:40
Stinger[]
Dan: Nice Elliott: Second one? Wanna do it again, Dan? Dan: Alright. Let’s do it again Stuart: That’s accurate. Elliott: A second one? ‘K. Dan: On this episode we discuss: Artemis Fowl! Elliott: The movie that dares to raise the question—what the fuck is going on in this movie?! [Multiple people laugh.] Stuart: Mmm. Coming in hot! Dan: Uh… which—[Laughs.] Elliott: [Through laughter] Coming in very hot! Stuart: Hot! Ooo!