Battleship Pretension

Episode 255. Between the Cracks

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss some noteworthy films from 2011 that won't be on their best of the year lists.

Episode 254. Sundance 2012

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by BP blogger Matt Warren to discuss the films he saw at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

Episode 253. Movies about Marriage

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies about marriage as well as whether or not 2011 was a good year in film.

Episode 252 w Matthias Stork

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Matthias Stork to discuss chaos cinema.

Episode 251. Genre hybrids

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss genre hybrids as well as their January diets.

Episode 250. Our 250th episode

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Bil Dwyer and Mike Schmidt to celebrate 250 episodes.

Episode 249. A Look Back

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:43:39 -0800

On the eve of their 250th episode, Tyler and David look back at nearly five years of Battleship Pretension.

Episode 248. Sentimentality

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and Davd discuss sentimentality in movies as well as whether film critics understand comedies.

Episode 247. Johnny Pemberton

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and Davd are joined by comedianactor Johnny Pemberton to talk about, among other things, reggae documentaries.

Episode 246. How Critics Watch Movies

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and Davd discuss the way critics watch movies as well as exiting your row in a theater.

Episode 245. Holiday Movie Preview

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and Davd discuss the slate of upcoming Oscar-bait movies.

Episode 244. Robert Buscemi

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and Davd are joined by comedian Robert Buscemi to discuss his favorite movies.

Episode 243 with Dan Parris

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and Davd are joined by Dan Parris, director of Give a Damn?, to discuss his film and other social activist documentaries.

Interview with Panos Cosmatos

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Jack Fleischer interviews Beyond the Black Rainbow director Panos Cosmatos.

Episode 242. Wayne Federman

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Wayne Federman to discuss movie lists.

Episode 241. Horror or Suspense?

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by BP blogger Scott Nye to discuss the difference between horror and suspense.

Episode 240. Catherine Deneuve

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the career of Catherine Deneuve as well as how sick and tired they are.

Episode 239: Top Directors

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss your top 100 directors as well as how awesome their website is.

Episode 238 w Dave Amiott

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Dave Amiott to discuss stand-up comedy documentaries.

Episode 237 Corporations

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies about corporations as well as formalism.

Pilar Talk Installment One

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Pilar Alessandra of On the Page answers your sex and relationship advice questions.

Episode 236 Seeing the Strings

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies where you can see the strings as well as MMA.

Episode 235 Football Movies

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss football movies and Eddie Murphy

Battleship Pretension episode 234

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss offensive movies vs. shocking movies as well as the tone of some listener emails.

Battleship Pretension episode 233

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss what makes a supporting performance as well as the true story that inspired 30 Minutes or Less.

Battleship Pretension episode 232

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss visionary directors as well as what people are saying when they're talking dring a movie.

Battleship Pretension episode 231

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by comedians Rob O'Reilly and Barry Rothbart to discuss, among other things, why all fantasy films are racist.

Battleship Pretension episode 230

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the career of director and noted awful person Mel Gibson.

Battleship Pretension episode 229

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Jason Eaken to discuss exploitation.

Battleship Pretension episode 228

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David talk about whether a movie is defined by its ending as well as overexposed actors.

Battleship Pretension episode 227

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David talk about what David saw at Comic-Con as well as mid-movie twists.

Comic-Con Day Three

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:43:39 -0800

David reports live from Comic-Con day three.

Comic-Con Day Two

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:43:39 -0800

David reports live from Comic-Con day two.

Comic-Con Day One

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:43:39 -0800

David reports live from Comic-Con, including discussions with Ryan Gallagher, Lance Lieber, David Ehrlich and Jordan Morris.

Comic-Con Preview Night

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:43:39 -0800

David reports live from Comic-Con, including discussions with Patrick Starr, Devindra Harduwar, Tim Buel and Peter Sciretta.

Battleship Pretension episode 226

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by comedian Myq Kaplan to discuss his favorite movies and the MPAA.

Battleship Pretension episode 225

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss anti-authoritarian movies as well as the difference between movie spoilers and TV spoilers.

Battleship Pretension episode 224

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss judging movies by content vs. craft as well as how cynical they may or may not be.

Battleship Pretension episode 223

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by comedian Bennie Arthur to discuss sequels from the 80's as well as recovering from colds.

Battleship Pretension episode 222

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by comedian Emily Maya Mills to discuss her favorite movies as well as the allure of internet trolling.

Battleship Pretension episode 221

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by comedian Susan Burke to discuss her favorite movies as well as meditation.

Battleship Pretension episode 220

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the career of F.W. Murnau as well as what a prude David is.

Battleship Pretension episode 219

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 30 May 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by actorcomedian Laraine Newman.

Battleship Pretension Live 4

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Fri, 27 May 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Kyle Kinane, Jackie Kashian, Mike Siegel, Jason Nash Peter Bumgarner at Meltdown Comics.

Battleship Pretension episode 218

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 23 May 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by comedian Pete Holmes to discuss his favorite movies and religion.

BP Supplement 17

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 16 May 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Summer movie preview with Josh Fadem!

Battleship Pretension episode 217

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 15 May 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by comedian Matt Dwyer to discuss his favorite movies.

Battleship Pretension episode 216

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 08 May 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by comedian Matt Besser to discuss movie premieres.

Battleship Pretension episode 215

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 01 May 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies about government after trying to define middlebrow.

Battleship Pretension episode 214

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss what makes a movie worth buying on DVDBlu-ray. Also, the Imp of the Perverse rears its head.

Battleship Pretension episode 213

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Adam Rebottaro to discuss what superhero movies say about America.

Battleship Pretension episode 212

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies they've come around on since first viewing and also the winners of the donation drive are announced.

Battleship Pretension episode 211

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies about the transformative power of music as well as their very exciting donation drive.

Battleship Pretension episode 210

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by West Anthony to discuss the career of Bernard Herrmann

Battleship Pretension episode 209

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Moises Chiullan to discuss why we movie geeks can't all just get along.

Battleship Pretension episode 208

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David celebrate their four-year anniversary by welcoming voice actor Townsend Coleman.

Battleship Pretension episode 207

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the top individual achievement in film in 2010 after begging you to please check out their website.

Battleship Pretension episode 206

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Jason Eaken to discuss the Oscars and stuff they said on Twitter.

Battleship Pretension episode 205

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss their top ten movies of 2010 for a batshit-crazy 3 hours.

Battleship Pretension episode 204

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss whether or not movie fans should care about trailers for well over an hour.

Battleship Pretension episode 203

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Graham Elwood and Chris Mancini from Comedy Film Nerds to discuss this year's Oscar nominees.

Battleship Pretension episode 202

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss fish-out-of-water movies and a dude named Kevin Smith.

Battleship Pretension episode 201

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by comedian Michelle Biloon to discuss Vienna, Ricky Gervais and movies about tourists.

Battleship Pretension episode 200

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Jimmy Pardo and Matt Belknap from Never Not Funny to celebrate their 200th episode.

Battleship Pretension episode 199

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the differences between movie watching and TV watching as well as the Village Voice critics' poll.

Battleship Pretension episode 198

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss whether film is a dramatic art or an abstract art as well as mourning the passing of Pete Postlethwaite.

Battleship Pretension episode 197

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss sadness in movies as well as negative responses to their last episode.

Battleship Pretension episode 196

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss action heroes and the fact that they haven't seen every movie ever.

Battleship Pretension episode 195

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies about materialism as well as the Golden Globe nominations.

Battleship Pretension episode 194

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by actor Keith Coogan to discuss great monologues.

Battleship Pretension episode 193

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies restricted to one location as well as nostalgia-influenced annoyances.

Battleship Pretension episode 192

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies that take place in one day as well as the Harry Potter franchise.

Battleship Pretension episode 191

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the imposition of narratives on documentaries. Plus (SPOILER ALERT) they talk about spoilers.

Battleship Pretension episode 190

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by On the Page's Pilar Allessandra to discuss the career of Aaron Sorkin.

Battleship Pretension episode 189

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss actors who have burned out and those that have faded away. Plus, exciting announcements!

Battleship Pretension episode 188

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David look back at movies they used to like and wonder, What were we thinking? Also, the key to understanding Tyler's psyche is revealed.

Battleship Pretension episode 187

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Josh Fadem joins Tyler and David to discuss, like, psychological horror films or something. I don't know, just listen. It's good.

Battleship Pretension episode 186

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and guest host Jason Eaken are joined by actor Whit Hertford to discuss comedic performances.

Battleship Pretension episode 185

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies as statements, as well as their own snobbishness.

Battleship Pretension episode 184

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies as fun, as well as why David doesn't use Facebook.

Battleship Pretension Live 3

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Paul Gilmartin, Matt Champagne, Sean Conroy and Stephen Tobolowsky live at Meltdown Comics.

Battleship Pretension episode 183

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Paul F. Tompkins to discuss the state of film comedy today.

Battleship Pretension episode 182

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss realism in movies and David reaches a new level of snobbishness.

Battleship Pretension episode 181

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David welcome back Pat Healy to discuss underrated movies.

Battleship Pretension episode 180

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the career of Gordon Willis as well as summer movie surprises.

Battleship Pretension episode 179

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Jesse Thorn and Adam Lisagor to discuss male cinematic style icons.

Battleship Pretension episode 178

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Danforth France to discuss why going to the movies sucks.

Battleship Pretension episode 177

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Kevin Hanna to discuss animated films.

BP Supplement 16

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Pat Francis to discuss Christopher Nolan's Inception.

Battleship Pretension episode 176

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:43:39 -0800

San Diego Comic-Con 2010 A Look Back (part 2) with Patrick Starr from Pretend for Real Studios.

Battleship Pretension episode 175

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:43:39 -0800

San Diego Comic-Con 2010 A Look Back (part 1) with Patrick Starr from Pretend for Real Studios.

Battleship Pretension episode 174

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:43:39 -0800

San Diego Comic-Con 2010 preview with Venckman from geektyrant.com!

Battleship Pretension episode 173

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss fad movies and, of course, Mel Gibson.

Comic-Con 2010 meetup announcement

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Join Tyle and David for drinks and discussion at San Diego Comic-Con 2010.

Battleship Pretension episode 172

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Stephen Tobolowksy to discuss the life of a working character actor.

Battleship Pretension Live 2

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:43:39 -0800

David and Tyler welcome the Sklar Brothers, Mike Schmidt, Paul Rust, Charlyne Yi, Paul Goebel Ed Salazar to perform live at Meltdown Comics

Battleship Pretension episode 171

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:43:39 -0800

David and Tyler even the score by discussing male buddy movies.

Battleship Pretension episode 170

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:43:39 -0800

David, along with guest host Jason Eaken and special guest Sean Ingram (Previously On...) discuss the career of Bill Murray.

BP Supplement 15

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Josh Fadem joins Tyler and David to discuss this year's summer movies.

Battleship Pretension episode 169

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Josh Fadem recommends movies while David watches a guy get arrested outside Tyler's apartment.

Battleship Pretension episode 168

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by comedian and TV host Paul Gilmartin to discuss movie cliches.

Battleship Pretension episode 167

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by filmcast host Dave Chen to discuss the state of film criticism today.

Battleship Pretension episode 166

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 31 May 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are again joined by Gregg Helvey to discuss the life of an Oscar nominee.

Battleship Pretension episode 165

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 24 May 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss post-modern movies and why the damn intros are always so long.

Battleship Pretension episode 164

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 16 May 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss neo-noir as well as the usefulness of cynicism.

Battleship Pretension episode 163

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 03 May 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss film noir as well as Tyler's secret to acting.

Battleship Pretension episode 162

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Jim Bruce and Tom Griffin to discuss religion in film.

Battleship Pretension episode 161

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David talk about fandom in movies and the easiest, dumbest kind of joke you can write.

Battleship Pretension episode 160

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David talk a whole lot about David Mamet and Kick Ass.

Battleship Pretension episode 159

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Jackie Kaishan to discuss female buddy movies.

Battleship Pretension episode 158

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Kyle Kinane, who explains the plot of Cannonball Run, among other things.

Battleship Pretension episode 157

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss their favorite individual achievements of 2009 as well as the meaning of America.

Battleship Pretension episode 156

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:43:39 -0800

On BP's three-year anniversary, Tyler and David discuss their favorite films of 2009.

Battleship Pretension Live 1

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Ed Salazar, Josh Fadem, Pat Healy, Frank Conniff and Bil Dwyer for their first ever live show.

Battleship Pretension episode 155

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the 2010 Oscars as well as how fun Twitter is.

Battleship Pretension episode 154

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss post-apocalyptic movies (except Mad Max) as well as movies they're glad they've finally seen.

Battleship Pretension episode 153

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movie MacGuffins after answering a lengthy listener email.

Battleship Pretension episode 152

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and guest host Jason Eaken talk to the great Doug Jones about physicality in acting.

Battleship Pretension episode 151

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Up in the Air spoilers take place when Graham Elwood and Chris Mancini from Comedy Film Nerds join Tyler and David to discuss the Oscar nominations.

Battleship Pretension episode 150

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Avatar spoilers and very little else related to movies ensue when Josh Fadem and Paul Goebel join Tyler and David for their 150th episode.

Battleship Pretension episode 149

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies about animals after a lengthy discussion of foreign films.

Battleship Pretension episode 148

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss Shakespeare movies and some other stuff.

Battleship Pretension episode 147

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss cult movies after talking about Jay Leno and making a major announcement.

Battleship Pretension episode 146

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Jason Eaken to find out whether it's possible to overanalyze a movie.

Battleship Pretension episode 145

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss a bunch of stuff and eventually get to a topic. What do you want? It's the holidays.

Battleship Pretension episode 144

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by comedian Sean Conroy to discuss Christmas movies.

Battleship Pretension episode 143

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by actor Nathan Baesel to discuss how easy acting is, among other things.

Battleship Pretension episode 142

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by filmmaker Gregg Helvey to discuss his short film, Kavi, and modern-day slavery.

Battleship Pretension episode 141

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss underseen and overlooked films of the past ten years in a super-sized episode.

Battleship Pretension episode 140

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the career of John Turturro and almost get around to talking about New Moon.

Battleship Pretension episode 139

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David count down their top 5 - 1 films of the decade.

Battleship Pretension episode 138

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David count down their top 10 - 6 films of the decade.

BP Supplement 13

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Mike Siegel returns for an episode that is, due to technical difficulties, all too brief.

Battleship Pretension episode 137

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by actorwriter Pat Healy to discuss his guilty pleasure movies.

Battleship Pretension episode 136

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss horror movies with special guest Pat Francis

Battleship Pretension episode 135

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss sympathy for unpleasant characters as well as how David decides what movies to see.

Battleship Pretension episode 134

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss what the viewer brings to a film as well as the upcoming Halloween.

Battleship Pretension episode 133

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Ten years (and change) later, Tyler and David look back at the Matrix franchise. Also, Roman Polanski is a creep and deserves what he's got coming.

Battleship Pretension episode 132

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David spend 90 freaking minutes talking about your top ten movies of all time.

Battleship Pretension episode 131

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David take a look at their listener-generated top 100 films list and pay tribute to Patrick Swayze.

BP Supplement 12

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:43:39 -0800

We kick off autumn with Josh Fadem and our fall movie preview.

Battleship Pretension episode 130

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the career of Sidney Lumet as well as how intellectual they are.

Battleship Pretension episode 129

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Comedian Bil Dwyer joins Tyler and David and occasionally gets around to discussing family films.

Battleship Pretension episode 128

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Frank Conniff for an in-depth discussion of bad movies.

Battleship Pretension episode 127

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies about class after tying up some loose strings from last week.

Battleship Pretension episode 126

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss class and the moves, as well as District 9's success.

BP Supplement 11

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Time to make the donuts! Matt Champagne returns to discuss, among other things, Lizzy Caplan and Frederick Wiseman.

Battleship Pretension episode 125

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movie advertising as well as the death of John Hughes.

Battleship Pretension episode 124

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss Comic-Con as well as Spielberg's shameful new venture.

Battleship Pretension episode 123

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by comedian and impressionist James Adomian to discuss film portrayals of real life people.

Battleship Pretension episode 122

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David talk about a bunch of different stuff since this is a clip show.

Battleship Pretension episode 121

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Mather Zickel to discuss movies about teen angst.

Battleship Pretension episode 120

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the films of Patrice Leconte as well as the changes to the Academy Awards.

Battleship Pretension episode 119

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by comedian Sean Cullen to discuss spy movies.

Battleship Pretension episode 118

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss what defines good acting as well as the return of Futurama.

Battleship Pretension episode 117

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss casting as well as why nerds have no pull.

Battleship Pretension episode 116

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Assistant editor Frank McGrath joins Tyler and David to discuss editing for documentaries.

Battleship Pretension episode 115

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Voice actor Maurice LaMarche joins Tyler and David to discuss his field and career.

Battleship Pretension episode 114

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Actor/comedian Matt Champagne joins Tyler and David to discuss what makes a movie scary.

BP Supplement 10

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Josh Fadem returns to Battleship Pretension for another summer movie preview.

Battleship Pretension epsode 113

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss their guilty pleasures as well as those lying sacks over at IMAX.

Battleship Pretension episode 112

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies about journalism as well as the death of yet another funny person.

Battleship Pretension episode 111

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss bad movies by good directors as well as the passing of Bea Arthur.

Battleship Pretension episode 110

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by actor/comedian Paul Rust to discuss the career of Steven Speilberg.

Battleship Pretension episode 109

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss great movie endings as well as the marketing of Adventureland.

Battleship Pretension episode 108

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss great movie scenes and moments as well as David's recent viewing habits.

BP Supplement 9

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Paul Goebel returns to discuss his favorite movies.

Battleship Pretension episode 107

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss great opening scenes as well as the death of a beloved television actor.

Battleship Pretension episode 106

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the plight of the straight white Americian male with special guest Ed Salazar.

Battleship Pretension episode 105

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the Hays Code as well as the deaths of Natasha Richardson and Ron Silver.

Battleship Pretension episode 104

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss filmmakers overcoming restrictions as well as the box office performance of Watchmen.

Battleship Pretension episode 103

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss their favorite individual achievements in film from 2008 as well as the well-being of Robin Williams

Battleship Pretension episode 102

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the their favorite fims of 2008 as well as their least favorite.

Battleship Pretension episode 101

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the Oscars as well as the response to Tyler's opinions about the Joker.

Battleship Pretension episode 100

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David welcome back Matt Belknap and Joel Church-Cooper to celebrate their 100th episode.

Battleship Pretension episode 99

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss films about filmmaking as well as the career prospects of Michael Emerson.

Battleship Pretension episode 98

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the Academy Awards as well as an excessive amount of Lost talk. (No season 5 spoilers).

Battleship Pretension episode 97

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:43:39 -0800

In honor of the fast-approaching Valentine's Day, Tyler and David discuss romantic comedies with comedian Jason Nash.

Battleship Pretension episode 96

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the auteur theory as well as whether or not it's okay to shoot someone for talking during a movie.

Battleship Pretension episode 95

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David talk about nostalgia and the movies as well as an interminable discussion of their website.

Battleship Pretension episode 94

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:43:39 -0800

After their week off, Tyler and David get back into the mix with a discussion of awesome death scenes.

Battleship Pretension episode 93

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:43:39 -0800

In the spirit of the season, Tyler and David are joined by Mike Vanderwyst to discuss Christian cinema.

Battleship Pretension episode 92

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss your top ten movie characters of all time as well as a top ten of a different, lesser nature.

BP Supplement 8

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Comedian Mike Schmidt returns to discuss his favorite movies.

Battleship Pretension episode 91

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies they don't like but still recommend as well as poor choices for Oscar hosts.

Battleship Pretension episode 90

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the life of costume designer Walter Plunkett and the death of Sonny von Bulow.

Battleship Pretension episode 89

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss DVD special features with guest Eric Matthies.

Battleship Pretension episode 88

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss indie filmmakers that have gone mainstream.

Battleship Pretension episode 87

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss remakes as well as the possibility that Valkyrie might be a good movie.

Battleship Pretension episode 86

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss journeymen filmmakers as well as the election, of course.

Battleship Pretension episode 85

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by comedian Jen Kirkman to discuss sexism and feminism in movies.

Battleship Pretension episode 84

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movie trilogies after an extended talk about Appaloosa.

Battleship Pretension episode 83

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss supernatural vs. natural horror villains as well as depressing trends in modern horror films.

Battleship Pretension episode 82

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by comedian Jimmy Dore to discuss political films.

Battleship Pretension episode 81

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyle and David discuss movies about men as well as the new Fall TV season.

Battleship Pretension episode 80

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the career of John Candy as well as the death of Paul Newman.

BP Supplement 7

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Pilar Alessandra returns to discuss her favorite movies.

Battleship Pretension episode 79

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Mike Siegel of TBS Movie Extra to discuss the weird world of press junkets.

Battleship Pretension episode 78

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies about real cities as well as living in a world without Don LaFontaine.

Battleship Pretension episode 77

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Along with a minor Lost season 4 spoiler, Tyler and David discuss great movies that are difficult to revisit.

Battleship Pretension episode 76

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss rewatchable movies as well as some sad stuff.

BP Supplement 6

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David kick off a series of supplements with return guest Graham Elwood to discuss his favorite movies.

Battleship Pretension episode 75

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Erin Gibson and Joel Church-Cooper of the Roommating Show to discuss rock docs.

BP Supplement 5

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:43:39 -0800

In a spoiler-filled episode, Tyler and David are joined by Pat Francis to discuss The Dark Knight and Batman in general.

Battleship Pretension episode 74

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss musical films as well as one good reason to denounce Michael Moore.

Battleship Pretension episode 73

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss concert films as well as their first negative iTunes review.

Battleship Pretension episode 72

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David kick off a month of music-related topics by discussing musician biopics.

Battleship Pretension episode 71

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Jason Eaken of the Experts and Intermediates podcast to discuss their favorite movie podcasts. All three would like to apologize to their mothers.

Battleship Pretension episode 70

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:43:39 -0800

In an episode that contains no Dark Knight spoilers, Tyler and David discuss the career of Fredric March

Battleship Pretension episode 69

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movie dads as well as their showering habits.

Battleship Pretension episode 68

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies about America as well as film archeologists.

Battleship Pretension episode 67

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss their favorite female actors as well as the Clint Eastwood-Spike Lee feud.

Battleship Pretension episode 66

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss their favorite male actors as well as the annoying things about going to film festival screenings.

Battleship Pretension episode 65

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by the Sklar brothers to discuss sports movies.

Battleship Pretension episode 64

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the deevolution of spoof films as well as the travesty that is Hulk Hogan's family

Battleship Pretension episode 63

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies about working as well as the audacity of the MTV Movie Awards.

Battleship Pretension episode 62

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 26 May 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Jimmy Pardo to discuss his favorite movies as well as relative spikes in subscribership.

Battleship Pretension episode 61

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by filmmaker Stephen Reedy to discuss trailers and the MTV Movie Awards.

Battleship Pretension episode 60

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the career of Zhang Yimou as well as movie nerd fist fights.

BP Supplement 4

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Josh Fadem returns for a summer movie preview.

Battleship Pretension episode 59

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss portrayals of evil as well as David's feelings about Ewan McGregor.

Battleship Pretension episode 58

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss the difference between homage and rip-off as well as David's Ventura adventure.

Battleship Pretension episode 57

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David are joined by Pilar Allessandra to discuss screenwriting and reptile arousals.

Battleship Pretension episode 56

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss time travel movies. Also, it turns out you can go home again.

Battleship Pretension episode 55

battleshippretension@hotmail.com — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:43:39 -0800

Tyler and David discuss movies that are horribly dated and also pay their respects to Charlton Heston.