the jon madsen movie commentary podcast

Episode 33: Cobra

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 06:13:00 +0000

Prepare ye for the 7th best Stallone movie of all time and the 300th best cop movie of all time. This movie has EVERYTHING! Supermarket shooting sprees, a greasy photographer who looks like Peter Cetera, ax tai chi, modelling robots, 30 second rooftop meetings, the oily alien in The X-files who says "pig" a lot, EVERYTHING!

Joining Jon this week is J.R. Yes, THAT J.R. The same J.R. from our other podcast J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time. Visit that site if you're curious.

"I want your eyes... PIG!"

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Episode 32: Yugo to Hell (audio version)

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:10:00 +0000

This commentary is for the short (but a bit longer than the last one) we made for Halloween 2010. This time around it's me (Jon) with Chad Spere and Stephanie Fowers. Chad and Stephanie are the two leads in the film. Being just a bunch of friends doing a movie together, they were also on the primary crew.

This file is the audio version.

The YouTube link to the original video is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pMEXZWYWQI

The audio sort of syncs up with the video right at the beginning of both. Good luck syncing.

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Episode 32: Yugo to Hell (video version)

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 06:01:00 +0000

This commentary is for the short (but a bit longer than the last one) we made for Halloween 2010. This time around it's me (Jon) with Chad Spere and Stephanie Fowers. Chad and Stephanie are the two leads in the film. Being just a bunch of friends doing a movie together, they were also on the primary crew.

This file is the video version. Hopefully the RSS picks up this video just fine and you can watch the commentary with video on your iPod or whatever.

The YouTube link to the original video is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pMEXZWYWQI

Episode 31: The Last Zombie Movie EVER! (audio version)

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:35:00 +0000

Alright, this is something of a switch on the commentary. This is the short film my friends and I made for Halloween 2009. Doing the commentary is Jon Madsen, Scott Steele and Craig Blake. As for the movie itself -- Jon did most of the post work, Scott's the story guy and Craig's the actor.

This file is the audio version. The commentary and the video start pretty much at the same time. Good luck with the sync.

The YouTube link to the original video is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2llZ5h0Vxrs

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Episode 31: The Last Zombie Movie EVER! (video version)

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:36:00 +0000

Alright, this is something of a switch on the commentary. This is the short film my friends and I made for Halloween 2009. Doing the commentary is Jon Madsen, Scott Steele and Craig Blake. As for the movie itself -- Jon did most of the post work, Scott's the story guy and Craig's the actor.

This file is the video version. Hopefully the RSS picks up this video just fine and you can watch the commentary with video on your iPod or whatever.

The YouTube link to the original video is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2llZ5h0Vxrs

Episode 30: Commando

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Wed, 04 May 2011 06:16:00 +0000

This is another simulcast with the Geeking Off Podcast.

We're talking about Commando. If you don't bother listening to this, I implore you, at least do the following. In the next couple of minutes go ahead and watch a minute of Commando (it's currently streaming on Netflix). Specifically watch minute 24 (at least according to the Netflix version). This is the minute where Arnold jumps off of the landing gear of the plane that's taking off. Best. Editing. Ever.

Anyway, for this commentary we had Jon, Zo, Scott, Chad and Jen. Plus lots of junk food.

Movie starts at 1:03.

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Episode 29: Leprechaun

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:38:00 +0000

Leprechaun! It's November, but this one's a leftover from Halloween season. Also, most of us were watching it for the first time. You can be the judge on whether or not this was a good idea.

This particular commentary is a simulcast of the Geeking Off Podcast. The whole Geeking Off crew is here: Chad, Jon, Scott and Zo -- plus Female Zo (Jen).

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Episode 28: Better Off Dead

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:30:00 +0000

Can you believe it's possible that there are people on Earth who haven't seen Better Off Dead? Weird. For this one we tried two microphones for the first time. Strangely they tended to get out of sync a little which I really don't understand. We made some minor adjustments so we should be good now. Also we adjusted the panning so that you hear me (Jon) in your left ear and Zo in your right. Everybody else may be sort of inbetween.

This is a popular movie so we got a full house. Jon, Zo, Jen, Scott, Chad and Dave.

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Episode 27: Point Break

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:30:00 +0000

Wow! Only an hour has passed since the last commentary and already we're back with a vengeance. Is there a more perfect movie than Point Break? Maybe, maybe Raiders of the Lost Ark, but it's close.

We discuss Keanu's lack of merit, yet his ability to be in incredible movies. Also, toward the end I mention the serious/cheese overlap of the movie that makes it so fun. Tangents galore in the middle.

This time we got me (Jon), Zo, Jen, Chad, and Scott. Pretty much the exact group from the little Lost Boys fix-up from last time.

R.I.P. Patrick Swayze.

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Episode 26: The Lost Boys

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:58:00 +0000

We're back! Sort of. We recorded our Lost Boys commentary about a year ago, but large segments wound up not getting recorded (I blame Windows Vista).

Anyway, we got back together again to fill in the gaps. Hopefully it's not too confusing and somewhat insightful/entertaining.

This time we got me (Jon), Zo, Jen, Chad, Dave (in the past) and Scott (in the present).

R.I.P. Corey Haim.

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Extra Curricular Special: Star Trek

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:08:00 +0000

So like over at my other podcast we did a live commentary for the new J.J. Abrams Star Trek film. Normally I'd make it an official episode over here too, but since the crew I usually do commentaries with also wants to do that movie, we're probably going to do it proper JMMCP justice at a later date.

In the meantime, here is the link to this first commentary I'm talkin' about.

http://jonmadsen.net/jrwstftft/Podcast51kirk.mp3

Keep an eye out. We'll be doing a commentary of the same movie soon I'm sure.

Episode 24: Road House

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:03:00 +0000

Whoops! The podcast doesn't start until 26 seconds or so. Sorry! Just fast forward or give it a little time.

In honor of the great Patrick Swayze we're goin' ahead and rollin' with Road House. I voted to do Point Break, but we figured this one would be funner to do, plus Swayze's got more of a starring role.

Zo and Dave join me as usual (can't get rid of those guys). We got no Jen, but Brandon joins us for the first time. He's the ginger about to join the army. Also, we brought Scott back. He actually works as a bouncer for a living, so it's pretty obvious.

Finally! A "great" Buick!

You drove across the country to work here?

Okay, this guy is making a face just like our buddy Scott Hanna. You hear Scott's voice in the podcast -- remember he's the bouncer. When you hear his voice picture him making this face.

Would you say this guy is pulling off the mustache?

The leftover silicone from her breasts went into her hair.

Check out the CGI on this guy's boot!

And there's the lovely heroine! She's sporting the picnic tablecloth look.

Yeah, this movie's got monster trucks! Jealous?

"... and he 'throat' it all away!"

This appears to be the most uncomfortable waterbed ever.

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Episode 23: Kill Bill: Vol. 2

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:17:00 +0000

Volume 2 was, of course, inevitable. An inevitable gargantuan assuage. We only lost Maxim between volumes (that means he still hasn't seen Vol. 2 -- weird). Loved, loved, loved this one! But I think we're all glad both volumes are finally over. Here's looking forward to volumes 3-5!

"Face to face. No telling lies."

What's the filter/lens Tarantino used for the Pai Mei training sequence?

Elle wasn't ad-libbing. We got proof.

Foot fetish?

I will pay $200 dollars to see two chicks do this in real life.

Ahh, Daryl Hannah. Why couldn't you be this sexy in Splash?

Notice the bread! No joke. Very popular brand apparently.

You just know that Bill lost his bowels during the five point exploding heart move.

All's right in the jungle.

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Episode 22: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Region 2)

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:22:00 +0000

Finally! We're delving into my personal favorite Tarantino flick. We dug into Jen's specially ordered from Japan region 2 version. Supposedly there's only a minute of difference between Japanese and American version and most of the additional material is near the end -- so there shouldn't be too much of a problem if you watch your region 1 DVD.

Anyway, Kill Bill rocks!

2. Vernita Green

4. Elle Driver

Some love just has to be given to the sweet anime montage.

Know what the bride's name is?

1. O-Ren Ishii

Gogo Yubari

Anyone remember the name of the movie I mentioned in the commentary that had this blonde chick wandering around a house with her eyes bleeding? I saw it as a kid. No idea what the name of the movie is.

Crazy 88s

Check it out! Color! Technicolor!

Pretty sure this head shot wasn't in the American version.

Why does she even need to make a list? Can't she remember the five people she wants to kill?

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Episode 21: Legend (Theatrical Cut)

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:10:00 +0000

Okay, usually at this point in the blog we throw in there a bunch of screenshots from the movie with some witty comments. Unfortunately, this one was a rental, so we didn't have time to get the screenshots. Here's a cute one of Mia Sara downloaded from somewhere. The fact that it's a rental says a lot. None of us are actually fans of the movie, but we knew that this was a commentary that needed to be done. Of course most of us are still in the dark(ness) about what this flick is actually about. I think most of us are still unsure about whether or not we even like the movie Legend. Speaking for myself, I think I'm a fan. It's a lot like when I read Wuthering Heights in high school and absolutely loathed it, but for some reason it stayed with me for years. That's what this movie is. It's bad in ways, but far far far from forgettable.

Joining this time we got Zo, Jen, Dave and Mark. Joe joined us for the beginning while we got Regan and Rhett for the end.

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Episode 20: Highlander (Director's Cut)

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:23:00 +0000

Who wants to live forever? I think it was Woody Allen who said something like "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying." This time we set records again with how many of us there were. Joining me this time: Dave (our Highlander expert), Joe (our Highlander virgin), Jaime (our commentary virgin), Jen (quiet, but cute), Zo (the boundary breaker) and Mark (mumbly guy). Making quick cameos, we had Rhett and Regan. Freakin' love this movie. In my opinion "there can only be one" Highlander movie. Too good of a story to spread out over a half dozen other movies and TV shows.

So few people understand this movie that it needs a title card explaining what Sean Connery will eventually explain anyway.

This little girl actually made this tongue gesture to the greasy '80s wrestler.

Christopher Lambert. Is it Lambert or Lam-bear?

First rule of sword fighting. Don't ever hit the overhead steam pipe.

"Don't lose your head!" "Stay ahead of the game!" "Head-on, don't apply directly to the forehead!" Zo could go on and on.

The Rocky III training montage.

Introducing Beatie Edney as Heather, the movie's hot chick!

The production designer really loved bowls of apples.

Is your Highlander sense tingling? That's Venom right behind you!

Lambert is of course fighting Clancy Brown as The Kurgan. He's freakin' awesome. You realize he also played Kelvin in Lost? Yeah! Blows my mind.

The quickening in effect... the quickening sure hates glass.

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Episode 19: Watchmen

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:42:00 +0000

Come one come all to our longest commentary yet: the Zack Snyder film Watchmen. Maybe we should say the Alan Moore film, since Snyder pretty much lifted the images from the pages of the graphic novel. We would say that, but Moore would undoubtedly get really mad at us since he didn't want his name anywhere near this movie. Joining me for this very full commentary are stalwarts Jen and Zo, plus Joe Evans plays Watchmen convert. Also there's Mark, a complete Watchmen virgin. Showing up late (someone always does) is Maxim.

Here of course is the image of the Comedian falling out the window at the beginning of the movie. If somehow you haven't seen this image in the past year -- here it is.

Just about my favorite image in the movie. The lady who hardly gets any screen time at all is named Silhouette.

Don't you just love these brilliant, cheery opening credits?

Public service: screengrabbing these magazines so that you have time to look at them beyond the 1.2 seconds of screentime they get.

Silk Spectre: The Velocitang.

Capturing screen images from this movie was the funnest ever. So much imagery not seen everywhere already.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the Comedian. Lookin' quite studly.

Laura Mennell as Janey Slater. She wins the award for hottest chick in the movie.

If you look very carefully on Rorschach's aerosol can, you might be able to see "VEIDT."

"Hmm! I wonder what this button does!"

We DO amount to a hill of beans!

The OTHER face on Mars.

Use the force, Nite Owl!

Hey, isn't there supposed to be an ugly, alien squid in this image?

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Episode 18: Predator 2

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:01:00 +0000

Through much peer pressure I've given in. It was demanded that we do Predator 2 since Zo and Jen hate it while Maxim and Scott love it. Fortunately both parties (finally) made it to the debate. Conclusion: neutral. Is the "urban jungle" a nice evolution of the franchise or a silly gimmick? Is the sequel automatically bad for simply being a sequel to something so good? What is the best Gary Busey movie? Zo and Jen don't pop in until a half hour into the movie, so be patient.

I think we missed this title card. We were pretty confused about when the flick takes place.

Caught in the act!

My favorite Predator weapon? Definitely the net gun.

Bill Paxton sweating THROUGH HIS COAT! Why even wear a coat? Also, the conchita from The Running Man.

"There can only be one!" Watch for our commentary of Highlander -- hopefully coming soon.

Glowy KY

Alien head! Alien head!

"Who's next?"

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Episode 17: Rambo

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:39:00 +0000

Alright, here we go with just about the funniest movie I've seen in a long long time. Don't confuse this one with Rambo: First Blood Part II or any of the other Rambo movies. This is the fourth one. The one that just came out. The one where Sly Stallone was busted for steroid use during the production. With me as always are Zo and Jen. The first three minutes sounds a bit garbled because we had the movie turned up, but after that, it's pretty clear. Enjoy!

Wow, this horrible fascist army really is efficient when it comes to torturing. This is in the middle of a battle! "Off with his leg!"

"They call me School Boy because... yeah, well it's a lame name."

"Auuraaagghh! He got the point! Auuraarraagah!"

"Live for nothing. Die for something."

Before

After

Whenever Sylvester Stallone calls shotgun, you better dang well abide his request.

Hey, anyone see Ho Jon's head? Oh there it is, up there!

Okay, seriously. Is there any caption that I can possibly put here that would add anything at all to this screengrab? Seriously. Are you even reading this, or are you staring at some guy's head explode? This is two movies in a row where a steady theme has been "guys heads exploding."

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Episode 16: The Running Man

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:52:00 +0000

We had so much fun with the last Schwarzenegger movie that we tapped another one. This time we got Zo, Maxim and our girl Jen PLUS some cameos from Dre, Joe, Rhett and Scott. Pretty crowded, but wicked fun.

For most of us, this was the first time we ever saw a guy's head explode on film.

If Richard Dawson stayed with Family Feud for ten more years we all know it would look exactly like this.

"Sub Zero -- now Plain Zero!"

Who'd watch The Hate Boat? I'D watch The Hate Boat!

"Aaaaugaaagoollaah! You've been saw-domized! Aaaaugaaagooollaaah!

The death of a sweaty, fat Christmas tree.

A bobsled ran into the side of this sign. No real reason for it to explode.

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Episode 15: Predator

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:42:00 +0000

Ahh, we're finally back into the swing of things. This time I brought along Matt "Zo" Lorenzo. He's a very vivid Arnold Fanclub member. Also along this time (for about five minutes) is John "Maxim" Maxim. The movie, of course, is Predator, my third favorite Arnold movie and their very favorite.

Insert hilarious joke about the erotic adventures of Thing from The Addams Family here.

Predator's allergic to water? Just like the aliens in Signs? What's with everyone from another planet not bathing? Isn't water necessary for life? What gives?

Arnold's spirit guide is -- wet dirt.

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Episode 14: Poltergeist

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:00:00 +0000

Just in time for Halloween (barely)!

J.R. and I discuss a true rarity: a legitimately scary PG movie. BTW, there's a 10-minute sequence where we lost J.R.'s audio. I went back and commented during some of those parts. Kinda weird. It's a commentary on a commentary.

What do you think this kid's favorite movie is?

Clowns were always scary right?

Resisting intestinal force.

Tobe Hooper's beast.

Steven Spielberg's beast.

It doesn't matter how bad of a day I've had. I'll never rip off my own face.

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Episode 13: Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:10:00 +0000

Don't be alarmed if the title of this podcast says something weird like "Podcast 16" or something like that. This is a "simul-podcast" of The Jon Madsen Movie Commentary Podcast and J.R. Watches Star Trek for the First Time.

In the meantime, buckle in and enjoy the finest Star Trek film to date (even though the Enterprise doesn't have seat belts -- obviously). Ricardo Montalban gives the performance of his life here.

Khan: menacing to the end and also a stellar rack.

Kirk: finally finding a reason to emote.

Scotty: next time take the kid to sick bay!

Quien es mas macho?

Live long and prosper, Spock. Actually, never mind -- at least until the next movie.

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rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:53:00 +0000

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Episode 12: Sixteen Candles (Part 2)

rexbasior@yahoo.com (joN madseN.) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:19:00 +0000

For the second half I had the very enjoyable Dre Deming helping me out. She has wonderful insight into the 16-year-old girl psyche.

"Wasserproblem?" Watch for Jami Gertz (back) in another commentary soon (hopefully).

"Jaaaaake!" So, is that an aquarium or a coffee table?

"There's your Chinaman."

This would be Samantha Baker's defining life moment until three seconds later when both she and Jake get horribly burned and then fall through the glass table.

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