Episode 13, wherein our hosts break out the dreaded "my name is so-and-so" voice of derision.
Summer movie season comes to a (heat-related pun) conclusion with the clash of two of the highest grossing individual superheroes of all time, represented by our mudslinging, poo-flinging hosts. The Amazing Spider-man marked the Tobey Maguire deficient return to cinema glory for everyone's favorite webslinger. The Dark Knight Rises concluded Christopher Nolan's grim and gritty Batman saga. One ending, one beginning, two powerful characters.
Peat Ski returns to his happy place and champions Batman. As a devoted Bat-mennonite, Peat will stop at nothing to redeem his embarrassing loss to the Incredible Hulk waaaaaaay back in episode 1. Pyg dons the webs of Spider-man, the wise-cracking hero of the average Joe and aims to puncture the proverbial stuffed shirt of the hoity-toity dark knight.
We'll level with you: this episode goes to some odd places. We blame the relentlessly grim tone of the Dark Knight Rises for the unusually aggressive turn one of our hosts takes. But there's still a lot of laughs and a damn good argument in this episode.
And remember, you only have until midnight on August 20th to vote for next month's episode. So vote or die! Or vote and then die and then have the Mafia use your dead name to commit voter fraud.
Showing posts with label Summer movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer movies. Show all posts
Monday, August 6, 2012
Monday, July 2, 2012
The Bride vs. Katniss Everdeen
Episode 12, wherein our hosts get in touch with their feminine sides ... using harsh words and sharp objects.
Summer movie season takes a backseat this episode as center stage is handed to blockbuster stars of movies past. That's good, though. Too much is made of immediacy these days. No one stops to think about the great films of bygone years. Like next month's episode, when we debate whether or not Citizen Kane could take Charlie Chaplin's Tramp in a fight. What? We're not doing that? But we spent so much time figuring out the THAC0 for Rosebud! Well, since we're not doing that, how about an actual fight?
The Bride aka Beatrix Kiddo (2004 called - spoiler alert!) is a one-woman army of sheer bloody vengeance. With a mastery of several styles of martial arts and a samurai sword without peer, she's pretty much the gold standard as far as assassins go. And with that yellow jumpsuit, she's also unmatched in her sense of style.
Katniss Everdeen, the teenage protagonist of the Hunger Games trilogy, is cut from a different cloth. She wins her battles with an iron will, a knack for survival and a trusty bow and arrow. She's incredibly difficult to find, let alone kill, like a cockroach Robin Hood. Incidentally, if you know how to kill one of those, call Pyg. He'll appreciate it.
Peat represents the Bride in this fight, which is astonishing since he only just watched the Kill Bill movies two weeks ago. He was busy rewatching Austin Powers, if you must know. Pyg, who has recently come out as a 14 year girl, has read all of the Hunger Games books and is armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of Panem and Tracker Jackers and Narnia and Quidditch. Those are all in the Hunger Games, right? One thing is for certain - that nothing will be certain in this fight! Yeah, that was a bad cliche, we know. Plenty more where that came from!
Summer movie season takes a backseat this episode as center stage is handed to blockbuster stars of movies past. That's good, though. Too much is made of immediacy these days. No one stops to think about the great films of bygone years. Like next month's episode, when we debate whether or not Citizen Kane could take Charlie Chaplin's Tramp in a fight. What? We're not doing that? But we spent so much time figuring out the THAC0 for Rosebud! Well, since we're not doing that, how about an actual fight?
The Bride aka Beatrix Kiddo (2004 called - spoiler alert!) is a one-woman army of sheer bloody vengeance. With a mastery of several styles of martial arts and a samurai sword without peer, she's pretty much the gold standard as far as assassins go. And with that yellow jumpsuit, she's also unmatched in her sense of style.
Katniss Everdeen, the teenage protagonist of the Hunger Games trilogy, is cut from a different cloth. She wins her battles with an iron will, a knack for survival and a trusty bow and arrow. She's incredibly difficult to find, let alone kill, like a cockroach Robin Hood. Incidentally, if you know how to kill one of those, call Pyg. He'll appreciate it.
Peat represents the Bride in this fight, which is astonishing since he only just watched the Kill Bill movies two weeks ago. He was busy rewatching Austin Powers, if you must know. Pyg, who has recently come out as a 14 year girl, has read all of the Hunger Games books and is armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of Panem and Tracker Jackers and Narnia and Quidditch. Those are all in the Hunger Games, right? One thing is for certain - that nothing will be certain in this fight! Yeah, that was a bad cliche, we know. Plenty more where that came from!
Monday, June 18, 2012
Avengers vs. Justice League - Part 2
Episode 11 part 2, wherein our hosts clean their plates, finish their vegetables and otherwise take care of business.
It's the nail-biting, nerve-wracking, tub-thumbing, block rocking conclusion of the summer's first epic match-up! If you listened to part 1 of this episode (and if you haven't, shame on you. Go back to the beginning of the level and try not to get knocked off a cliff by an overzealous bird this time, Ryu), you know that Peat Ski is all about the value of teamwork as he champions the Avengers roster from the movie. Kind of like that jerk basketball coach you had who was always on you to pass to the kid who only had one arm because you're a "team." Pyg, like so many political chatterboxes of a certain persuasion, has said nuts to teamwork and feels that the overwhelming individual firepower of the animated Justice League is enough to overcome any namby-pamby feel good hippy commune moves from the Avengers. So stop taxing Bruce Wayne so much, you commies.
At the end of this episode, we will have a winner, and finally, the age-old question of Marvel or DC will be answered in a microcosm. Regardless of which side you're on, you should walk away from this feeling like a winner. Or a loser. Whatever. We're not going to tell you how to feel.
Next month - Summer movie season continues!
The month after that - Summer movie season continues continuing as Pyg and Peat Ski once again engage in a Marvel vs. DC throw-down as Christian Bale's Batman takes on Andrew Garfield's Spider-man!
It's the nail-biting, nerve-wracking, tub-thumbing, block rocking conclusion of the summer's first epic match-up! If you listened to part 1 of this episode (and if you haven't, shame on you. Go back to the beginning of the level and try not to get knocked off a cliff by an overzealous bird this time, Ryu), you know that Peat Ski is all about the value of teamwork as he champions the Avengers roster from the movie. Kind of like that jerk basketball coach you had who was always on you to pass to the kid who only had one arm because you're a "team." Pyg, like so many political chatterboxes of a certain persuasion, has said nuts to teamwork and feels that the overwhelming individual firepower of the animated Justice League is enough to overcome any namby-pamby feel good hippy commune moves from the Avengers. So stop taxing Bruce Wayne so much, you commies.
At the end of this episode, we will have a winner, and finally, the age-old question of Marvel or DC will be answered in a microcosm. Regardless of which side you're on, you should walk away from this feeling like a winner. Or a loser. Whatever. We're not going to tell you how to feel.
Next month - Summer movie season continues!
The month after that - Summer movie season continues continuing as Pyg and Peat Ski once again engage in a Marvel vs. DC throw-down as Christian Bale's Batman takes on Andrew Garfield's Spider-man!
Monday, June 4, 2012
Avengers vs. Justice League - Part 1
Episode 11 part 1, wherein our hosts initiate a group activity.
It's summer time and it's a beautiful time to be a comic book fan. We've got films starring Batman, Spider-man, Rawhide Kid ... they aren't making that movie? Oh, they are, but it's only available on hotel pay channels? Shame. Anyway, the Avengers film kicked off the season with a bang, so we're here to cash in. Originally the Avengers were slated to fight the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, but it's next to impossible to find the original MMPR movie on anything except VHS, so we had to settle for the next best thing: The Justice League (Of America) (sometimes.)
The movie Avengers (Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, Black Widow) are represented by Peat Ski, who not only saw the movie twice but got so upset when it was over that he tried to jump into traffic rather than wait for the sequel. Fortunately, some kid knocked him out of the way just as a speeding truck full of nuclear waste was coming. Unfortunately, the kid was killed on impact and Peat will never be friends with Daredevil.
Pyg has chosen a variation of the Justice League featured in the original animated series. He's using Wonder Woman, Batman, the Flash, Green Lantern (John Stewart), Hawkgirl and the Martian Manhunter. It's truly a murderer's row of heroes, all with impressive powers and impractical costumes. But unless someone picks up our Martian Manhunter spec script (J'onn Carter of Mars...too soon?), only one of them will have a movie that grosses a billion dollars.
Avengers vs. Justice League ... it's happened in the comics (sorta), but this will settle it once and for all.
This episode is so big and epic that we had to split it into two episodes. Even after that, there was still material that didn't make the cut, so expect a bonus episode in the near future. Part 2 will be available in two weeks.
It's summer time and it's a beautiful time to be a comic book fan. We've got films starring Batman, Spider-man, Rawhide Kid ... they aren't making that movie? Oh, they are, but it's only available on hotel pay channels? Shame. Anyway, the Avengers film kicked off the season with a bang, so we're here to cash in. Originally the Avengers were slated to fight the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, but it's next to impossible to find the original MMPR movie on anything except VHS, so we had to settle for the next best thing: The Justice League (Of America) (sometimes.)
The movie Avengers (Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, Black Widow) are represented by Peat Ski, who not only saw the movie twice but got so upset when it was over that he tried to jump into traffic rather than wait for the sequel. Fortunately, some kid knocked him out of the way just as a speeding truck full of nuclear waste was coming. Unfortunately, the kid was killed on impact and Peat will never be friends with Daredevil.
Pyg has chosen a variation of the Justice League featured in the original animated series. He's using Wonder Woman, Batman, the Flash, Green Lantern (John Stewart), Hawkgirl and the Martian Manhunter. It's truly a murderer's row of heroes, all with impressive powers and impractical costumes. But unless someone picks up our Martian Manhunter spec script (J'onn Carter of Mars...too soon?), only one of them will have a movie that grosses a billion dollars.
Avengers vs. Justice League ... it's happened in the comics (sorta), but this will settle it once and for all.
This episode is so big and epic that we had to split it into two episodes. Even after that, there was still material that didn't make the cut, so expect a bonus episode in the near future. Part 2 will be available in two weeks.
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