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Jett Loe — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:50:22 -0000

Cheers for the tip iremonger - had a look and I hadn't 'flipped a switch' on Libsyn properly!

+ glad ya like the new look of the site: we're also on Twitter and Facebook.

It's an experiment - we'll see if the Dear Listener is interested in what Gareth and I are up to and interested in reviewing movies as well on Facebook.

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iremonger — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:18:05 -0000

I thought I should let you know that this episode hasn't shown up on the RSS feed yet. Loving the show and the new look!

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Jett Loe — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:40:13 -0000

You know - I'd say both!

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Gareth Higgins — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:39:18 -0000

i picked up the phrase from someone else - who compared film artists to cinematic industrialists in an article about brett ratner and brian singer. can you guess which is which?

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Jett Loe — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:25:07 -0000

'cinematic industrialists' is a nice turn of phrase.

Cinema has been industrial for a long time - but now w/flip cams and youtube - it can be something else - almost weightless maybe...

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Gareth Higgins — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:03:38 -0000

PS: Not that I want anyone's career ruined.

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Gareth Higgins — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:03:00 -0000

James McAvoy will be perfectly fine - he's talented and good-looking; the problem for me is that 'Wanted' will not ruin anyone's career. Because it's just the kind of film that cinematic industrialists love to make.

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Jett Loe — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:11:39 -0000

It's a terrible horrible awful ugly film in all dimensions. As for McAvoy = he'll be fine! :)

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Jenny — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:04:01 -0000

Sorry (but not surprised) to hear that Wanted is so terrible - I was so excited about James McAvoy after The Last King of Scotland. Hopefully it's a blip too small to ruin the lad's career.

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Jett Loe — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:40:25 -0000

Oh my god Domino - since the entire film was shot w/filters/dutch angles/fast cutting etc, when the characters went on a mescaline trip the director had nowhere to go!

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Tom B — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:25:47 -0000

Ah, you poor gentlemen! You made me feel quite sad by the end of the show. However, it was nice to hear something encouraging about Hancock. I was looking forward to it a lot and then was put off by lukewarm reviews - not that I should be swayed by such things!

And I forgive you for mentioning the 'Domino' word, a film so utterly devoid of any merit and so offending of my sensibilities that my blood boils when it is mentioned. Indeed, two hours of my life that I feel thoroughly robbed of. I still ask myself exactly way I stuck it til the end - certainly wasn't anything to do with Miss One Note Knightley.

Re: The Film Talk - Part 27 - Hancock is Wanted!

Jett Loe — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:59:23 -0000

Am not sure sure the extra 'd' will add much.

+ am off to see Hellboy 2 tonight - let's see if we can do a Hellboy2/JTTCOTE double bill!

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Gareth Higgins — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:09:56 -0000

maestro! i shall go to jttcote also, though sadly little old belfast appears to be without a 3-d print...

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Jett Loe — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:58:07 -0000

I'm tellin' ya 'Spoiler's Ahoy! Ringtones' are the way to go!

+ I'm thinkin' of actually going to see JTTCOTE in 3D - just for the hell of it.

+ Brendan Fraser = the Poor Man's Hugh Jackman.

Come to think of it Hugh Jackman is the Poor Man's Hugh Jackman.

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Phil — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:25:37 -0000

I must say I agree with the Good Prof. Dr.'s assessment of Hancock, although I was very intrigued by the Maestro's explanation of it's themes - which I admittedly did not notice.

I loved the first two-thirds of this movie, but thought they completely fumbled final third.

As far as the rest of the show:

(1) We now have new I-Phones in the future

(2) I love the "Spoilers Ahoy!" ringtone idea...it's almost as if it's alerting the recipient of the call that there may possibly be a spoiler coming from the one calling once they answer the phone ("we've run out of milk!")

(3) Journey To The Center of the Earth: "You'll pray Brendan Fraser never returns!" ...that's a bit harsh, perhaps.

I did not see "Wanted" and you have only confirmed what I already suspected. Terrible movie.

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kiley — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:21:49 -0000

note to past Jett and Gareth: well, here in the future books are outlawed, replicants and cylons freely walk among us, everyone takes soma and they play that damned 'brazil' song everywhere you go...but, having said that, i REALLY want to see Hancock now! and Wanted looked atrocious in the trailer, i'm glad to hear ya'll watched it so i don't have to! (or atTEMPTed to watch it ;) )