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Dan: On this episode we discuss The Net. Stuart: But not the kind that you catch fishes with.
Official Show Notes[]
- "Due to the ongoing refusal of the AMPTP to negotiate in good faith with the WGA or with our union brothers and sisters in SAG/AFTRA, we’ve decided to hit pause on discussing more current releases, since (in our own bizarro way) it could promote that work. Instead, we’re using this opportunity to go back in time and discuss some silly releases from the past, starting out with some films 90’s kids will remember. This week, we’re discussing 1995’s Sandra Bullock techno-thriller The Net, a movie about the horrors of the internet that seemed prescient and terrifying at the time, and now just seems kind of goofy, considering that the horrors of the internet were way different than those it imagines.
- "Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here, to support those affected by the WGA strike."
Movie Summary[]
Premise[]
Story[]
Final Judgments[]
- Movie I Kinda Liked (Dan) @53:00
- Movie I Kinda Liked (Stuart) @55:10
- Movie I Kinda Liked (Elliott) @55:40
Episode Highlights[]
Tangents[]
- Animal Farm
- The Sneetches
- Monkey McBean
- Jurassic Park (1993) by Steven Spielberg
- Vince Foster
- The Awakening (sculpture)
- Wolfenstein @23:45
- Cabaret (1972) by Bob Fosse
- Top Gun (1986) by Tony Scott
- "That Don't Impress Me Much" (song by Shania Twain)
- Albert Schweitzer by way of Captain America
- Deadwood
- Hackers (1995) by Iain Softley @17:30
- No Prize @19:20
- Spooky action at a distance @20:20
- The Devil in Miss Jones (1973) by Gerard Damiano @21:00
- Mel Gibson @21:20
- Anakin Skywalker @21:10
- Bilbo Baggins @22:55
- Newport cigarettes @23:10
- Virginia Slims cigarettes @23:15
- New Cooker sketch @27:30
- The Game (1997) by David Fincher @30:10
- Bordello of Blood (1996) by Gilbert Adler @31:05
- Murder at 1600 (1997) by Dwight Little @31:10
- Rocky (1976) by John G. Avildsen @33:50
- Raging Bull (1980) by Martin Scorsese @33:50
- The Right Stuff (1983) by Philip Kaufman @33:50
- Goodfellas (1990) by Martin Scorsese @33:50
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) by Sydney Pollack @33:50
- Night and the City (1992) by Irwin Winkler @34:05
- Home of the Brave (2006) by Irwin Winkler @34:10
- Creed (2015) by Ryan Coogler @34:30
- Santa Monica Pier @36:10
- Brian De Palma @37:15
- David Cronenberg @37:15
- Cormac McCarthy @37:25
- Echo and the Bunnymen @37:55
- Ecco the Dolphin @38:00
- The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) by Robert Butler @38:15
- McAfee antivirus @39:55
- Peter Norton @40:00
- The Noid @40:20
- Little Caesars @41:30
- Papa John's @41:35
- Little Nicky (2000) by Steven Brill @44:40, @45:50
- Popeyes Fried Chicken @44:50
- Commando (1985) by Mark L. Lester @40:45
- Enough (2002) by Michael Apted @51:25
- Gizmo @51:35
- Rambo (2008) by Sylvester Stallone @51:35
- The Fugitive (1993) by Andrew Davis @53:30
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) by Marielle Heller @55:00
Movie Pitches[]
Quotes[]
- “I looked in the original screenplay and at one point she mentions 'hung like a centaur.' Which seems unrealistic.”
—Elliott @15:00 - “So much great art has been lost because of the Etch A Sketch.”
—Elliott @15:40
Sponsors[]
Listener Mail[]
Mailbag Song[]
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Letters[]
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Recommendations[]
- Camera Man by Dana Stevens (Flopper) @Time
- a cultural biography of Buster Keaton
- Dressed to Kill (1980) by Brian De Palma (Flopper) @Time
- Sing and Like It (1934) by William A. Seiter (Flopper) @Time
Stinger[]
Mentioned In[]
- Episode 403: Wild Wild West @56:15