Down In Front - The Intermission

The Intermission: #33 - "The People vs. The People vs. George Lucas"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #33 - "The People vs. The People vs. George Lucas" - We sit down to discuss the documentary "The People vs. George Lucas," which is available (in the U.S., at least) on Netflix streaming.

The Intermission: #32 - "Talkin' Battleship"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #32 - "Talkin' Battleship" - After this recording, we all agreed: never again shall we go see a movie just because it'd be so bad we'd have fun making fun of it on the show.

The Intermission: #31 - "Chat: The Avengers"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #31 - "Chat: The Avengers" - We sit down opening weekend to discuss our thoughts. Commentary to come later. No spoilers, then a spoiler warning, then spoilers. Have fun!

The Intermission: #30 - "Are Video Games Art?"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #30 - "Are Video Games Art?" - This isn't a debate, it's just a conversation, but we take it several interesting ways and forsake movies for a week to get all abstract.

The Intermission: #29 - "Chat: Cabin in the Woods"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #29 - "Chat: Cabin in the Woods" - Since we can't do a commentary for this one yet, we sit down and talk the hell out of Cabin in the Woods. No spoilers for a few minutes, there's a warning.

The Intermission: #28 - "Film vs. Digital"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #28 - "Film vs. Digital" - Chris Nolan called congress of the secret culty order of the director brotherhood to talk film vs digital. We do the same with less goat's blood.

The Intermission: #27 - "Some Hunger Games"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #27 - "Some Hunger Games" - Is it just another Intermission? Is it just another DIF? It's both! This week we talk at length about Hunger Games, and a bit about John Carter.

The Intermission: #26 - "Joss"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #26 - "Joss" - Oh who cares. Let's just talk some Joss. Also, what's Trey's beef with The Avengers? It hasn't even come out yet!

The Intermission: #25 - "The Heroine's Journey"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:21:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #25 - "The Heroine's Journey" - We spend a lot of time talking about The Hero's Journey. But what if there was another classical story structure?

The Intermission: #24 - "Notes and Revisions"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #24 - "Notes and Revisions" - We spend some time discussing our favorite stories about that what we all fear most: notes.

The Intermission: #23 - "The Burton Thing"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #23 - "The Burton Thing" - We did Batman Returns, and it occurs to Teague - is Tim Burton's distinctive style an achievement or a hindrance, or both? And what are other directors' stylistic thumbprints?

The Intermission: #22 - "The Ark Story"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:45:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #22 - "The Ark Story" - The first in our mayhaps-series of "stories of things we've made." This time we get the story, top to bottom, of the making of Ark - from deals to filming to more deals. If you're in the US, Ark is available on Hulu.

The Intermission: #21 - "On Commentaries"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #21 - "On Commentaries" - We've done commentaries for three years - almost 150 of them, now - we figured it might be time to sit down and discuss the form.

The Intermission: #20 - "Bake Off Stories"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #20 - "Bake Off Stories" - Every year Trey goes to the VFX Oscar bake-off and comes back with his stories and opinions, as well as his bets for the nominees. This was a wacky-ass year for the bake-off, too.

The Intermission: #19 - "Piracy and Fair Use"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #19 - "Piracy and Fair Use" - We sit down for an hour and discuss piracy in general, and at the half hour mark, switch over to the subject of "fair use."

The Intermission: #18 - "Winter Movies"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #18 - "Winter Movies" - We plow through our opinions about all the movies we saw this Holiday season. No spoilers.

The Intermission: #17 - "Meeting of the Minds"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #17 - "Meeting of the Minds" - A very special installment of something else, Teague met with three other dudes from the community to talk DIF, racism, and commentaries. Cool videos in the forum link.

The Intermission: #16 - Pitch Meeting

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #16 - Pitch Meeting - Trey uses the group of us and the chat room as a brain trust for a project he's working on, and asks us a simple question: what kind of supplemental online content for a series would interest you?

The Intermission: #15 - "Thuh-ree Uh-Dee!"

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #15 - "Thuh-ree Uh-Dee!" - The panel discusses their opinions of 3D in films, and then asks resident stereoscopic madman Dorkman how they do 3D conversions.

The Intermission: #14 - Mocap Oscar?

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #14 - Mocap Oscar? - We have an hour-long discussion on the thought-experiment "should motion captured performances be eligible for Academy Awards?" It's...nerdy.

The Intermission: #13 - Nielsen Ratings

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #13 - Nielsen Ratings - Alright, let's have an awkward conversation. It's time, guys. The Nielsen Ratings really aren't evil. They're just misunderstood.

The Intermission: #12 - Film School! Film School?

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #12 - Film School! Film School? - The gang sits down to discuss the pros and cons of their various film-educational experiences.

The Intermission: #11 - Conspiracy Theories

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #11 - Conspiracy Theories - From Iron Fist of the Obsidian Sith to Trey's history as the premier debunker of alien autopsies, to the moon...conspiracy theories are funny.

The Intermission: #10 - Network. No, Cable. Television. No, HBO.

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #10 - Network. No, Cable. Television. No, HBO. - What's the difference between a creative team working for network? Cable? Premium cable? Film, web? ... Porn?

The Intermission: #9 - The Terra Nova Special

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #9 - The Terra Nova Special - Our first one-hour special on a particular topic - Brian, Dorkman, and Trey don't like Terra Nova. Trey...doesn't like Terra Nova. Like, in addition to that.

The Intermission: #8 - Best Worst Movies

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #8 - Best Worst Movies - ...sometimes these descriptions are difficult, by the way. "This episode is about best worst movies." Deep, right?

The Intermission: #7 - Anything But The Shark

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #7 - Anything But The Shark - It's like bouncing a ping pong ball on the paddle. We just try not to drop it and actually, you know, jump the shark.

The Intermission: #6 - The Blockbuster Bubble

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #6 - The Blockbuster Bubble - We ask a question that's been bothering us for a long time - if a bad movie can make a billion dollars, what's the virtue in making a good one?

The Intermission: #5 - The Classics

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #5 - The Classics - A rousing thirty minute discussion about the classics: classics nobody has seen, classics we haven't seen, and classics we just don't get.

The Intermission: #4 - How We Write Movies

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 5 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #4 - How We Write Movies - In what may be the first of a series (email us questions), Teague lobs screenwriting questions at the panel to get the consensus of three years of movie analysis from our screenwriters.

The Intermission: #3 - Why, Of All Places

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #3 - Why, Of All Places - Trey asks an interesting question: why do we do our jobs? What have been the high points and low points?

The Intermission: #2 - For Screens Large and Small

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #2 - For Screens Large and Small - We pick the brains of Trey, director of Ark and Pink Five, and Julian Higgins, co-director of Fallout: Nuka Break, about the business of making movies for the web.

The Intermission: #1 - Origins and TFN Fanfilms

downinfrontshow@gmail.com (Down In Front) — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Down In Front presents #1 - Origins and TFN Fanfilms - Our first episode of this little experiment, we talk how we met, what we've done, and what the hell we're doing.