My first guest from the amazing podcast Gaming Fyx, Allyson, joins me to talk Paper Mario! We discuss this franchise’s interesting origin and why it appealed to us.
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Taika Waititi: Jojo Rabbit (2019)
To finish up our month of Taika Waititi we talk his most recent film Jojo Rabbit. It’s certainly a weird one, but we love it all the same. The acting is superb, the sets and costumes are powerful, and the comedy works well to offset the rather dark subject matter. We have a few quibbles here and there, but overall this one is a must see and we can’t recommend it highly enough.
We don’t really have much of a “Where Have They Been Doing” other than watching more of What We Do in the Shadows. Turns out we covered most of his other films in the previous weeks.
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Chapter 57 – A Most Fiendish Plank
After a thorough bit of research, the party decides to bring out the tainted wood plank from the Phoenix Blade and attempt to re-open the abyssal portal using some extremely risky blood magic.
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Episode 50: The Last of Us 2 with Dpadgamer
THE BIG 5-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we made it to episode 50 so it only makes sense to cover a massive game with the very first guest of the podcast Dpadgamer. Did this game live up to the first? We discuss this and the future of the franchise.
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Taika Waititi: Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
The trajectory continues upward in our month of Taika Waititi as we discuss Hunt for the Wilderpeople. There’s a lot to love in this movie and we struggle to come up with any significant complaints. Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rachel House, and frickin’ Rhys Darby all give stellar performances, and even the director himself pops in for a bit to play perhaps the worst (or best) priest I’ve ever seen committed to screen. Wilderpeople also continues the trend of showcasing a New Zealand that’s more than just Hobbit holes, although the movie makes a clever LOTR reference that nearly did this shownotes writer in.
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Chapter 56 – A Bit of Light Reading
With Leysa newly departed, the party tries to reorient and plan for their trek to the Usurper’s Fall by going into research mode.
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A Venture Bros Finale… For Now
THE FINAL EPISODE OF VENTURE BROS A VENTURE BROTHERS PODCAST.. for now
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Bryan “Scare Bear” Dressel
Graham “Not Nick” Mason
Matt “Smurfs Lay Eggs” Dykes
Brok “Toaster Face” Holiday
Episode 49: Kingdom Hearts 3 with Charriii5
One of my favorite people ever Charriii5 joins me to talk Kingdom Hearts 3. We both shed some beautiful man tears while we talk about what this game and series means to us.
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Taika Waititi: Boy (2010)
Talk about a jump in quality! This week in our Taika Waititi retrospective we discuss Boy, his feature-length follow-up to Eagle vs. Shark set in New Zealand in 1984. It’s a story about overcoming grief, growing up, and being there for your family, all told from the point of view of the title character. Taika has a larger role in this film compared to the last and his energetic and comedic touch REALLY work. Could say more, but you should probably just dive into the episode.
We also talk Team Thor, Team Thor Part 2, and his Flight of the Concords episode “New Zealand Town,” all of which are pretty funny but maybe don’t pop in the way we’ve come to expect from a Taika Waititi venture.
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Chapter 55 – The Ver’osh Dea
Rest and revelations are the order of the day as the party arrives and gets settled into the Ver’osh Dea. For Leysa it’s a call to action and a charge to take stock of what’s important to her.