MFP Network: Blooper Reel

(12/26/14)

Over the past three years, the MFP team has screwed up a lot. We've had bumps, bangs, yells, off topic rants. everything. It's time to reflect on them with the team, so please enjoy this mix of mistakes and reflections! Here's to many more fun years to come!

(Intro: "MFP Intro" - MFP Team. Outtro: "MFP Outtro" - MFP Team.)

Tricksy Hobbits, Bloopers, and the Future Calendar

Hey, hope you're having a good day! Brian here with a little rambling letter. This has been a turbulent year for the MFP Team, but I think we're doing well. It's actually quite ironic that we went from neglecting this blog to actually relying on it for everything. I want to talk about the latest Hobbit film, some of our upcoming releases, and the calendar for the Year of Time Travel. Let's get started, shall we?

Tricksy Hobbits

Over the past week I've seen the latest Hobbit movie (The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies) twice. I saw the film before its release with older Brendan then I went again with the younger one. I really wish I could edit these films. My final cut pro experience is rather limited, but if I had the three films in video file formats I'm sure I could make two coherent films out of the three. I'll leave out spoilers, since the film isn't a week old, but if you're planning to catch the final installment in Bilbo's adventure then you'll see what I mean. I'm sure the extended cuts of these films will be lower in quality than the Lord of the Ring's extended cuts. Alas, I doubt I'll ever get the chance to edit them, and I guess I'll just quietly complain about the Hobbit films for the rest of the month. Aside from the Hobbit and it's shortcomings there is some podcast news.

Bloopers

On Midnight on the 26th, Boxing Day for the UK and Canada, we have a special team podcast for you! It has been years in the making and its another work that I've put a lot of time into: The Movie Fans Podcast Blooper Reel! Let's be honest for a minute, we're not the most professional podcast out there. I take it as a point of pride that we can be casual and sincere in terms of our content and delivery. That being said, we are not perfect, and there is a lot of cut content. I've been stockpiling mini conversations and bloopers since the Marvel commentary tracks were recorded! Our recording software and microphones change, and so did our voices to an extent. It is a testament to the team's friendship and our craziness. Now onto the future!

(A blast from the past ornament, hint for what's in store come January)


The Year of Time Travel Calendar


Next year is shaping up to be a very exciting one for the team. In January our individual shows will take a week off. Instead, there will be individual reflections on the films we saw in 2014. We also decided to do something to fill any off weeks, so from now on the fifth Friday of any month will be filled with a brand new mini-show, so look forward to that! Of course the fourth Friday will have our time travel podcasts. Without any further delay, here's the plan for the Year of Time Travel:

January: Back to the Future

February: Back to the Future Part II

March: Back to the Future Part III

April: Looper

May: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

June: X-Men: Days of Future Past

July: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

August: Terminator 2

September: Star Trek IV The Voyage Home

October: Future Wrap up

November: November 2015

December: Star Wars Episode VII Discussion

We won't have an entire year of Time Travel films because important things happen in the last quarter of the year. Namely, Older Brendan's trip to the dark side.

So that's our big update! Time Travel is always a fascinating subject and we hope that you'll come along with us for ride! I leave you now one of the most accurate quotes on the subject, from an actual Lord of Time:

"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff"

-The Doctor

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Movie Fans Podcast Team!

Brendan's Big Screen Talks #7: Winter Wonderland

(12/19/14)

Brendan goes through a grab bag of Christmas films. There's no surprise what's coming this year, he spoils Secret Santa in a big way. So grab some cookies, make some hot cocoa, and let Brendan get you into the spirit of the holiday before it's too late!


 (Intro Music: "BBST Theme" -MFP TEAM. Outro: "A Throne of Lies" from Elf.)

Brian's Backlot Reviews #7: Christmas Vacation

(12/12/14)

Happy Holidays! Brian's on vacation, but before he left he recorded this review of the Chevy Chase Christmas Class from nation lampoon! Unwrap the trivia and tidbits that make this film a seasonal tradition.

(Intro: "BBR Intro"  - MFP Team. Outtro: "Christmas Vacation Opening Credits" - Christmas Vacation.)

Brendan's Bombastic Movie Podcast #7 These Last 7 Days

(12/6/14)

Join Brendan as he goes over the latest in movies, conveniently everything that has happened in the last 7 days!

(Intro Music: "I Love it When a Plan Comes Together"-Alan Silvestri from The A-Team. Outro Music: "Throne Room/End Titles"-Star Wars Episode IV)

Remake Face Off: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990 vs 2014

(11/28/14)

In this exciting second installment of Remake Face Off, the team brings some real turtle power! It's the 90's against the 10's in a battle deep in the sewers of Manhattan. Find out who deserves some victory pizza and who deserves to get locked in the Technodrome?

(Intro: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Intro" -Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Cartoon. Outtro: "Old MFP Outtro" -MFP Team followed by "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Credit Theme" - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Cartoon.)

Brendan's Big Screen Talks #6: Genre Shift

(11/21/14)

'Brendan' decides to shift genres for this episode. Absolutely nothing goes wrong at all.

 (Intro Music: "BBST Theme" -MFP TEAM.)

MFP Reviews: Birdman

(11/16/14)

Brian and younger Brendan were bored yesterday. While browsing imdb.com, younger Brendan discovered that Birdman was playing nearby, today. This is their spoiler-free review of one of the most surprising, surreal, and captivating films the two have seen in a long time.

(Intro and Outtro done by the MFP Team.)

Brian's Backlot Reviews #6: Dirty Harry

Brian's back on the mean streets with this review of the Clint Eastwood classic. Dive into the trivia of the first film of the Dirty Harry series!

 (Intro Music: "BBR Theme" -MFP Team. Outro Music: "Opening Credits" -Dirty Harry)

Brendan's Bombastic Movie Podcast #6: I'm So Excited

Join Brendan as he covers some really exciting stories from the last month!

 (Intro Music: "I Love it When a Plan Comes Together"-Alan Silvestri from The A-Team. Outro Music: "I'm So Excited" by the Pointer Sisters)

If you're on the blog click the title to hear the episode!

"A Year of Time Travel" Trailer

Hello!

In case you missed it, the big November 2014 podcast dropped last week, with a lot of content! The biggest podcast-based news was the theme of next year's team podcasts, time travel! Prepare to go back to the future, close the loop, and have an excellent time, while avoiding termination of course. A new commentary every month covering films new and old, only here on the Movie Fans Podcast Network! 

If you're on the blog, click the title for the trailer!

New Logo!

Hey! In part of a mid-week update, and our efforts to get back onto iTunes, here's the Network's new logo:

Older Brendan combined the logos of the four podcasts on the network to make it, and it looks pretty awesome! Have a great week, there will be a very brief podcast on this off week so stay tuned!

-MFP Team

November 2014

The team is back together for the annual movie discussion! This time the trio chat about what they watched lately, movie news, and future releases. New to this year is a bunch of oddly relevant audio clips! (See a full list of the clips used at the blog.) Brought to you by the internet, it's the longest November-cast yet! Apologies for the poor audio balancing! (Intro: "MFP Intro" Outtro: "MFP Outtro")




If you're on the blog click the title for the episode!

November 2014 Sources

Hey Everybody!

So today we released our annual grand film discussion, nicknamed the "November-cast". This year, in addition to trailer clips, there were random film and TV show clips used. Brian went overboard, filling the episode with extras and Easter eggs. If you want to guess where they originate, then check this after listen. If you want to spoil the surprise, or check the answers, here you go! (time codes not included) Here are the clips (in order):

• Example Clip (Example Source) (Example Original Creator)

• MFP Intro (Movie Fans Podcast) (Movie Fans Podcast Team)

• Year of Time Travel Trailer (Movie Fans Podcast) (Movie Fans Podcast Team)

• "It's Clobberin Time" (Fantastic Four (1994)) (New Horizons, Constantin Films)

• "Venom Meets Sandman Scene" (Spider-man 3) (Columbia Pictures)

• "I think We just Found a Transformer" (Transformers: Age of Extinction) (Paramount Pictures)

• "Frasier - Get Out" (Frasier) (CBS Television Distribution)

• "Matt Damon!" (Team America: World Police) (Paramount Pictures)

• "Bill & Ted: Be excellent to each other!" (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) (DEG)

• "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" (Robin Hood: Men in Tights) (Brooksfilms)

• "Doctor Who - Fantastic!" (Doctor Who) (BBC)

• "The Flash New Teaser" (The Flash) (CW)

• "Robert Downey Jr. on "Iron Man 4"" (Late Night with David Letterman) (CBS)

• "I Ain't of no Ghost Brick" (Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues) (Paramount Pictures)

• "The Lego Movie - I'm Batman" (The Lego Movie) (Warner Bros.)

• "Hello Boys I'm Back" (Independence Day) (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)

• "Sith Lords are our specialty" (Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith) (Luscasfilm)

• "Does Anyone Speak English? - Last Crusade" (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) (Paramount Pictures)

• "Interstellar Trailer #1" (Interstellar)  (Warner Bros.)

• "Disney's Big Hero 6 Trailer #1" (Big Hero 6) (Walt Disney Pictures)

• "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1 Trailer" (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1) (Colorforce, Lionsgate)

• "The Imitation Game - Official Trailer" (The Imitation Game) (Black Bear Pictures)

• "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Official Teaser Trailer" (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies) (New Line Cinexma, MGM)

• "Godzilla 2014 Atomic Breath #2" (Godzilla (2014)) (Warner Bros.)

• "Into the Woods Trailer" (Into the Woods) (Lucamar Productions)

• "Taken 3 Official Trailer" (Taken 3) (Canal+)

• "Blackhat Trailer 1" (Blackhat) (Forward Pass, Legendary Pictures)

• "American Sniper Trailer #1" (American Sniper) (Warner Bros.)

• "Kirk Gets Buried Under Rocks" (Mr. Plinket Reviews: Star Trek: Generations (Red Letter Media)

• "Marvel's "Avengers: Age of Ultron" - Teaser Trailer" (Avengers: Age of Ultron) (Marvel Studios)

• "Tomorrowland - US Teaser Trailer" (Tomorrowland) (Walt Disney Pictures)

• "Nothing is more powerful than a young boy's wish..." (Ted) (Universal Pictures)

• "I'm a peacock, you gotta let me fly" (The Other Guys) (Columbia Pictures)

• "I'm Ant Man!" (Saturday Night Live) (NBC)

• "Wolverine The Musical" (BBC Radio 1) (BBC Radio)

• "Lemony Snicket - Beloved Count Olaf" (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) (Paramount Pictures)

• "Spy Kids 3 Sylvester Stallone: This isn't a game... it's life!" (Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over) (Dimension Films)

• "I invented chill!" (The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause) (Walt Disney Pictures)

• "Thank you very much, Mr. Ducksworth! Quack Quack Quack Quack Quack, Mr. Ducksworth!" (The Mighty Ducks) (Avnet/Kerner Productions)

• "Hot Shots! Part Deux-I Loved you in Wall Street" (Hot Shots! Part Deux) (Twentieth Century Fox)

• MFP Outtro (Movie Fans Podcast) (Movie Fans Podcast Team)

As always, we don't claim to own any of the audio other than the intro, outtro, and what is spoken by Brian, Brendan, and Brendan. 

We hope you enjoy the episode!

-MFP Team

Brendan's Big Screen Talks #5: Baseball

Younger Brendan is back with the second part of his sports genre discussion. This month he tackles America's pastime: Baseball! Join him as he goes through the hits and the strike outs.

 (Intro Music: "BBST Intro" -MFP Team. Outro Music: "Practice Scene" -The Bad News Bears)

If you're on the blog, click the title for the episode!

Brian's Backlot Reviews #5: Friday the 13th

Hello again! Brian back again here. I'm in a festive mood for this season, the Halloween season that is, and decided to do a horror episode! Today I discuss the original Friday the 13th! It's a surprising film, that people seem to forget about. It has a lot less Jason than any other and it had the most star power of the series, in my opinion.

Sure this isn't considered a 'classic' and sure it was inspired by John Carpenter's Halloween, but it's all in good fun. This episode is certainly bone-chilling, but I won't spoil the twist. Happy All Hallow's Eve anyone! I hope you have a great beginning to Autumn, regardless of how you treat the month.

 (Intro Music: "BBR Theme" -MFP Team. Outro Music: "The Man Behind the Mask" by Alice Cooper)

Click the title to listen to the episode!

Enjoy,

-Brian

Brendan's Bombastic Movie Podcast # 5: Hero Talk

Hello Everybody! Brian here again, although this post comes right after the last one, we need to catch up on episodes. So here's the newest episode of B2MP.

 In here, older Brendan talks about some comic book movies and other news. Surprising right?

Anyway, I'm going to sit here and pull my hair out. Click the title to hear the episode!

 (Intro Music: "I Love it When a Plan Comes Together"-Alan Silvestri from The A-Team. Outro Music: "Epilogue/End Title"-James Horner from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)

Enjoy!

-Brian

MFP Commentary: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Hello Everybody! Brian here.

So this blog was originally just for us to discuss things outside of the typical audio format. However, our free web host has essentially locked us out of our own website, and consequently our podcast. In the mean time we will still be uploading the podcast here!

This week we round out the original Indiana Jones trilogy with the last crusade. A film that shows the doctors Jones literally riding off into the sunset. Apparently Indy 5 is in the works, but let's deal with one headache at a time. Enjoy! Click the Title of this Post to listen to the Episode!  (Intro: "Last Crusade Trailer" Outtro: "Credit Scene" Paramount Pictures".


-Brian

Nostalgia and a Surprise

So for those of you who have not yet heard my last installment of Brendan's Bombastic Movie Podcast, I get very upset about some things, check it out it's a good time.  Anyway that kind of left me in a bad mood so I figured I would counteract that tonight with some nostalgia.  The best thing about nostalgia is that it provides us with a great relief by reconnecting us with our childhood, and this movie does just that for me.  I checked out this movie from the video store so many times, second only to the number of times I checked out the Batman films and so  I thought I would share that with you guys tonight, so as I'm writing this I have already started Ghostbusters and will be live blogging about it, so this is going to be a long post, but its gonna be fun.

-Venkman is not only torturing this poor guy and thinking with his penis, but he is also seriously cock blocking him too.
-Only to get cock blocked by Ray, oh Karma is a bitch ain't it
-Ha, Egon's not a Doctor, he's the Howard Wolowitz of the Ghostbuster
-I guess he's the manager or something but that guy just got really nervous when Venkman mentioned menstruation, he's clearly a virgin.
-I love how on top of things Ray and Egon are until they actually meet the Ghost and then they have no f*ckin' clue what to do
-Bill Murray looked drunk that entire scene in the lab when he finds out he's getting kicked out of his lab
-Venkman's thought on real estate and mortgages is the exact reason the we are in the housing crisis we are
-And what would Ray have done if that pole did not work
-Ray doesn't understand jack-sh*t about how buying property works, he's like a little kid when his parents are trying to buy a house, just f*cks everything up
-Sigourney Weaver = DAMN!!!
-Ha, she bought Stay Puft Marshmallows, remember that
-Sigourney Weaver is so hot she started to cook those eggs just by being in the same room
-I love the fins on the back of the car
-Egon may be the Wolowitz of the Ghostbusters, but he's more like Sheldon, especially when girls are hitting on him
-Wait, Dana waited two days to go to the Ghostbusters, what took her so long, where has she been staying?  I mean I'll put her up for a few nights
-He may not look like a scientist who can tend to be pretty stiff, but I can assure you he is nothing but stiff in Dana's presence (well part of him anyway)
-Wait did Dana actually pay them after what Venkman pulled
-I can't get over how much I love that car
-Somehow I don't think handling it quietly is going to be possible when they walk in and ask "Has anyone seen a ghost?"
-Venkman just seems to be the slime magnet
-DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS!!!
Somehow I don't think that was Larry king
-Casey Kasem, God rest his soul, he was the best
-Winston is totally in this for the right reason $$$
-Venkman inadvertently cock blocking this time
-Nah its probably intentional
-Vinz as a dog scared the sh*t out of me as a kid so much I would watch up until that point on subsequent watches and then once it showed up, I would turn it off.  It took me forever to actually watch the end of the movie
-How did Louis ever convince that hot chick to come to his party, plus all his friends are nerds
-Now how did Vinz get in his closet
-Even with the dated effects that thing is still really scary
-Sigourney Weaver possessed = DOUBLE DAMN!!!
-Dana floating and eyes rolling to the back of her head, I'm calling Exorcist rip-off on that one
-Rick Moranis as the Keymaster is still just Rick Moranis and I love it
-Dan Akroyd and Harold Ramiss had to have been on drugs with that Gozer mythology rant that Vinz just had, that is honestly the only explanation I can come up with for that
-That doesn't make it any less awesome though, I love that scene
-Winston totally just blew Ray's mind with that dead rising from the grave line
-Wait how is the sun up, again?  It was just like 9:00pm right?
-EPA gets a bad rap in movies, this and then the Simpsons, jeez
-That skeleton drives the exact same way all other cabbies in New York do
-HUMAN SACRIFICE! DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER! MASS HYSTERIA!!!!
-I tell you this movie has some of the best lines ever
-I feel like there is no one left in New York to get haunted, they are all outside that apartment building
-Too enthralled by the climax of this movie to blog

Thanks for sitting through and reading this, unless you followed this while watching the movie in which case in typical Whose Line Is It Anyway? You get points, even though they don't matter.  Email us at moviefanspodcast@gmail.com or just leave a comment if you would like me to do this again or if you have a suggestion.

Technical Difficulties

So as I'm sure you have been able to tell, we have been having some technical difficulties so for the time being, what you can do is download our podcast directly here.  Simply click the link and then click download.  Our apologies but for the foreseeable future this is how we will presenting you guys with content.  So, with that, enjoy our commentary track for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and the third episode of Brendan's Bombastic Movie Podcast will be up tomorrow.  Thank you for sticking with us through these troubles.
-Brendan

Digging Up Old Gems

These days it seems necessary for Hollywood to try something that has already been done, and I'm not talking about the typical story similarities that are seen all over the film industry, I'm talking about literally redoing the old things that worked.  Remakes and unwanted sequels are the backbone of todays film industry.  Whether it is the 2007 Rob Zombie Halloween remakes or f**king Dumb and Dumber To, it is this totally unneeded rehashing of old things when there is plenty of new things that can still work.
To start with remakes I will use Halloween as my primarily example.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with John Carpenter's Halloween film, it is 36 years old for crying out loud and it holds up better than the crap that is 7 years old.  It is a classic, why would you redo it but simultaneously make it worse.  The '78 film had some heart behind it and some true horror, but the '07 movie is just a jump-scare-slasher flick that just frustrates me that it got made.  Some movies just do not need to be made and if remaking classics and screwing them up is the best they got, then I really need to get a job in Hollywood cause I got a couple of ideas floating around in this old noggin that might be worth something.
Secondly let's look at sequels.  I have nine words for you that sum up my opinion on making sequels to long since dead movies/franchises ... Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.  A franchise that was dead almost 20 years is reignited, everyone is thrilled thinking this will be what sets Indiana Jones apart from so many other franchises, alas it destroyed any real hope of there being any other movies that can replicate the same successful formula Indy had, hell if the Indy guys couldn't redo it no one could.  No I see they are making a Dumb and Dumber sequel, WTF.  Seriously that movie is a '90's gem but what executive thinks this can work when it is no longer the '90's.  The first movie is 20 years old, why are they doing this now.  I find the problem with these usually comes when the same filmmakers are working on the "long awaited" sequels as those who did the original, they try to catch lightning in a bottle twice, twenty years apart and it just can't work when we are not in the same time period with the same influences.  Now there is this upcoming Jurassic World that I really want to be good but I just feel that I am hoping against hope.  But here's to hoping.

Welcome

Welcome to, The Post Credits, the official blog of the Movie Fans Podcast Network. This is going to be the home of anything movie related that I feel like talking about, or it could be related to developments in the podcast. This won't be updated on a schedule but will be updated frequently. I will be one of the primary writers here, but Brian and younger Brendan may chime in a bit here and there. So enjoy.
-Older Brendan