...And Now for Something Completely Different.

Hello again, time for a monthly update from MFP Headquarters!

Brian's Back lot Review has been delayed to sometime this week, we apologize for the delay. Brendan's Big Screen Talks will indeed be on time this week. In addition, the release calendar has been updated to include a few additions for April. Show Stoppers Episode 4 is coming late April, but the TV Fans Podcast Pilot has been approved for 4/14! The Round Table podcasts will begin in April as well.

At this moment, Brian is busy editing a lengthy experimental podcast for May's team podcast. Not much can be said about it yet, but here's an image from the recording session.

Someone appears to be celebrating a low roll. Instead of doing a huge avengers theme episode, we're doing something completely different for fun. Rest assured, we will definitely cover Age of Ultron with a review!

As always if you have any questions, feel free to shoot us an email! A Brendan is standing by to shoot you a reply, but even we don't know which one! Comment on the blog if you want to say hello, and go to all our social medias if you want. Once again, thank you stopping by, we can't wait to bring you more fun content!


-MFP Team

Things Just Got Heavy

So, funny thing happened yesterday, some old guy came running out of the DeLorean running after me saying that the Year of Time Travel had to stop with Back to the Future Part III.  I didn't understand what he was ranting and raving about something about being from the future and if we continue it could result in the total destruction of the space time continuum.  I asked him why I should believe him and he said we were related (I didn't see any resemblance).  Anyway, he got back in the DeLorean and drove off after making sure we would never complete our Year of Time Travel.  So unfortunately the Year of Time Travel will end with Back to the Future Part III.
In all seriousness though, things have gotten serious here at MFP HQ and a number of decisions have been made about how we are going to go forward.  This network only survives as long as we are able to sustain it and keep recording and churning out new episodes so we have made some choices about the best way for us to go forward the first of which is we are ending the Year of Time Travel commentary series that we have been teasing lately.  This is a difficult decision for us all but after recording the November episode we all enjoyed the free flow format of simple roundtable discussions and would like to do more of them.
That brings us to the next change, the Movie Fans Podcast (the team show) will no longer be a commentary show, we will adopt the roundtable format starting at the end of the Back to the Future trilogy.  More updates will be coming out about what we will be doing for that show but expect some interesting episodes.
The final change is that my show, Brendan's Bombastic Movie Podcast will also be changing its format, details will be announced in an upcoming episode.
And in true Steve Jobs fashion...one more thing.  This May the Movie Fans Podcast Network will be launching a new show that comes out pretty much whenever we feel like it, potentially with a rotating  panel of hosts and the occasional team discussion but may I present, the TV Fans Podcast premiering May 29th.  I'm very excited about that show and what it can become.
All of these changes will take hold in April so it's a very exciting time once again and we look forward to being able to let you guys listen to what we have coming up.

Housekeeping!

Hey, Brian here, with a quick update on the technical side of things. If you notice the podcast's RSS feed randomly update during the day don't worry. That just means I'm fixing broken links and posts. That being said, let me know if your favorite episodes suddenly become unplayable or if anything doesn't work. Post a comment here indicating the episode or email the issue to us. Sometimes the title links don't work out and sometimes I just forget! Also, I will be going through all of the posts and adding new tags and labels just for convenience.

Stay tuned to this feed, Older Brendan has some more important news coming here soon!

-Brian

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!