Kevin Bachelder, Kim Butler and Andrew Ball join the podcast to discuss the eleventh episode from season one of Dollhouse, "Briar Rose". A dead body has been discovered. Adelle thinks it may be the work of Alpha. She imprints Sierra with CSI knowledge to find out for sure. Meanwhile, Dominic's brain is uploaded into Victor's body in order to learn the contents of an encrypted flash drive. To make matters worse, Paul Ballard finally infiltrates the Dollhouse, with the help of a design contractor who seems to know a little too much information about the entire operation.

Please join Kevin, Kim, Andrew and myself as we talk about medicinal carrots, recycled urine, networks versus cable and the acting acrobatics of Enver Gjokaj and Alan Tudyk. Remember to listen for the preemptive countdown before starting the episode on your DVD.

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Category:Dollhouse -- posted at: 6:25 AM

The conclusion to this massive, three-part episode is finally here! Scott Carelli chats about the Murmur Podcast and Watchmen on Blu-ray.

00:01:55 - John and Scott sing the praises of iFanboy, but express concern and disappointment for Murmur.com.
00:08:36 - In addition to a subjective drop in quality content, Murmur's technical issues with the site itself are also discussed.
00:19:51 - Do Blu-ray discs really make your wallet cry? We say, "not so much".
00:22:00 - John finally saw Watchmen. Specifically, the Director's Cut on Blu-ray.
00:24:49 - John and Scott defend the casting of Malin Akerman as Laurie Jupiter.
00:30:58 - John drools over Watchmen's technical achievements.
00:36:10 - A sex scene in a film that's actually important to the story and characters! Also, Watchmen's soundtrack is mentioned.
00:39:39 - John closes out the show by reading the first new iTunes review for the podcast in over a year. The best part? It's a five-star write up.

The following artists can be heard in this episode:

Danny DeVito, Jed Whedon & The Willing, Garbage, Zero 7, Neil Patrick Harris & Matthew Morrison, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Heavens, Tyler Bates, Tears For Fears, Brian Eno, Tall Tree 6ft Man and I Monster.

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Category:Couch Surfing -- posted at: 5:52 AM

Scott Carelli returns for part 2 of this expansive, trilogy of insanity to talk Inception, Christopher Nolan and Blackout.

00:01:28 - John shares his long journey of getting to see Inception on an IMAX screen. This leads to mini-reviews of Christopher Nolan's previous work.

00:14:36 - We debate the pacing and emotional impact of Inception.

00:17:31 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt gets some high praise for his work and John plays Casting Agent. Scott also theorizes why Leonardo DiCaprio was cast as the lead.

00:20:24 - Scott brings up a potential plot hole and continuity error, meaning SPOILERS here for Inception. The ending is also heavily discussed, of course. NOTE: Scott's issue with the film here will be fixed in a future episode.

00:32:13 - We talk a bit about Scott Pilgrim, both the books and the upcoming film. So far, John is not a fan of the source material but is seriously looking forward to the movie.

00:35:59 - John briefly geeks out about his love of film scores and soundtracks, with a big shout-out to The Inferno Music Vault.

00:39:15 - Is Michael Bay a better film maker than Christopher Nolan? How is this even a question?

00:42:12 - The new film, Devil reminds John of a 2007 film, Blackout. He made Scott watch Blackout. Scott proceeds to cry tears of blood for the remainder of this episode.

The following artists can be heard in this episode:

Leonardo DiCaprio & Ellen Page, Zack Hemsey, Hans Zimmer, Dreadzone, Tangerine Dream, Echobelly, Astral Projection, Metric, Paul Hertzog, Danzig, INXS, Better Than Ezra and James L. Venable.

 

Direct download: CS_0036b.mp3
Category:Couch Surfing -- posted at: 10:11 PM