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  5. Posted

    11 hours ago, Omaxem said:

    Meet the Raptors

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    Btw, I love that there are still people who think that feathers make dinosaurs less scary. As if a species of 6 ft tall seagulls wouldn't make us extinct in a matter of weeks. 

    Feathers make them more scary. Birds are mean. My sister got attacked by a swan and they don’t have teeth. 

    Plus I know from comic characters like Archangel and Falcon that feathers can be used like projectile knives. That’s just science. 

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    Paul, June, and Jason discuss the 2019 comedy horror action film The VelociPastor. They talk about not knowing when they were being winked at, daylight VelociPastor, June’s sauna bed viewing experience, Tik Tok, and more.

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    Very happy with the sauna burrito discussion. 

    I didn’t watch this film and I am going to say it is due to scientific accuracy. Because of “Jurassic Park”s raptors (which were actually based on another species; I think they just liked the name better) people tend to think that raptors were a lot bigger than they actually were. A velociraptor was actually about one foot tall. They are very closely related to birds. I mean, all dinosaurs are. But the “raptor” name is pretty telling that it’s related to birds of prey. And historical velociraptors DEFINITELY had feathers, as many dinosaur species did. 

    When they make a sequel where the pastor turns into a feathered dinosaur about the size of a vulture that can’t fly, THEN I will watch. Otherwise I find it too unrealistic.

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    On 8/28/2020 at 2:26 PM, DrGuts1003 said:

    3. Dylan ended every text message with "D."  You are not sending letters or even email, you do not need to indicate who you are in every text message.  What an unnecessary waste of time.

    I think that signing it “D” is even funnier than “Dylan” because I would immediately think he was talking about his dick. Or maybe quoting his dick in the text?

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  8. Posted

    On 8/21/2020 at 9:07 PM, GrahamS. said:

    Umm, did you know that the MTV Movie Awards Clip was followed by an 85 minute French film called Les Babysitters? I didn’t watch it, I’m just going to let it live on in my imagination. Was it art porn or a foreign documentary about babysitters? either probably would have been preferable to what preceded it.

    I did not but it is what it is, man. 

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  9. Posted

    About Hugh Jackman's towel. (Which was a formative moment for young Elektra). I believe it is a sarong or a longyi, kind of what surfers wear--which is super in character for a hacker nerd. 

    This was only Hugh Jackman's third American film. So if they had an ending like the Prestige, then it would've been the Prestige that copied Swordfish, I guess. (Except Prestige was based on a book that was published before this so it would've been Prestige copied by Swordfish which was copied by the Prestige.) Very meta. 

    I remember very little of this movie but I have some memories of the press tour. It was all about how Halle Berry got paid extra to show her boobs. And I remember and interview with Hugh Jackman where he was very impressed by John Travolta's knowledge of food. 

     

    Here is a disturbing video that I never got out of my head: 

    ETA: the other thing. To Jason’s point that Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman seemed to know each other. ... they do. They just did X-Men together! And it was such a traumatic experience (see link) so maybe they are just relieved to see the other one survived and forgot to act. 

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    Singer's behavior grew erratic and destructive, culminating in a fight between the director and DeSanto that shut down production. Sources who were present say DeSanto attempted to halt shooting when he learned that Singer was incapacitated after taking a narcotic. Some crewmembers had taken the same drug, and DeSanto became fearful that someone on set could be injured. All of the main cast, with the exception of McKellen, were in the scene that day, which takes place in the X Jet and comes near the end of the movie. But Singer was defiant and continued shooting, leading to a botched stunt that left Jackman bleeding on camera (no stunt coordinator was present because the scene was supposed to be shot the following day). Winter, the X-Men producer who had the authority to stop production, did so. But the next day, the studio appeared to side with Singer and told DeSanto to return to Los Angeles. That prompted the main castmembers, minus McKellen and Romijn — all dressed in their full X-Men costumes — to converge in Singer's trailer and confront him, threatening to quit if DeSanto left. That's when Berry famously said to Singer, "You can kiss my Black ass,"

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081

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  15. Posted

    The fact that forum posters are confirming that, in Canada, this movie is shown to young children has me rethinking everything I know about Canada.

    ”Paul was actually kicked in the face and has a scar.”

    AND YOU ARE ONLY BRINGING THIS UP NOW. This is huge news. 

    I wonder what Marcus Lemonis would think of Signore’s business.

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  17. Posted

    I saw Gutenberg on the HDTGM instagram today and screamed. Love him. And he mentioned PARTY DOWN, which made me happy. Paul and June were both on that show and the Guttenberg Birthday Party episode is one I think about a lot. (Fleet of blimps) 

    also this weekend I watched ALONE and FLOOR IS LAVA. Thumbs up to both. 

    How gonna watch Steve Guttenberg’s Birthday agains because I just noticed that is the full episode!

    ETA: 

    @gigi-tastic since I am forum!june and Cameron is forum!paul (how are you today, Cameron?), I feel like I should offer you my emotional support services. I haven’t watched it either. 

    Cameron, who is the Jason of our group?

     

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  18. Posted

    I was listening to the NINJA III ep and they talked about how weird the cops are in that film. 

    And it got me thinking, who are the worst cops in HDTGM movies? Because it seems to be a real recurring theme. 

    is it Ham and Cheats with their comedy mustaches? 

    Is it Action Jackson’s department that doesn’t appreciate that he is a hero?

    Drunken Michael Fassbender in the Snowman? 

    I feel like there are a lot of options here. And I want to discuss. Let’s say something bad happens to your family, who do you DEFINITELY NOT want to be assigned to the case? 

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  19. Posted

    2 hours ago, Robert Denby said:

    I can’t stop hearing “Against The Ninja”  by Dragon Sound (a new dimension in rock and roll) during this movie. I demand a Ninja Cinematic Universe that does a “Miami Connection/Ninja III” mash-up. 

    Hollywood, hire this man. He’s got ideas.

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    On 5/3/2020 at 12:09 AM, OneBigTesty said:

    Can I suggest a category called Jason’s best “Wait what??” moments 

    Ooh. The Harry and Meghan movie had a good one of these when he finds out Katherine Heigl is on SUITS. It’s 1:01:30 or thereabouts. 

    Also love the June slam about the audience members’ accent. Would love a “June Slam” category if anyone can think of more.

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  22. Posted

    9 hours ago, Nick T. said:

    I appreciate the sentiment and support the cause as well. I’ve been speaking out on police conduct for 25+ years. In fact, my family and I got one cop fired for misconduct  through a lawsuit (long story). However, one thing I think many people forget is that blacks/African-Americans (not really sure there’s any consensus on what term is more appropriate) is that they compose only 8% of the population. People always talk about under representation, but I’d bet much more than 8% of new releases have a black lead or co-lead. The point being is that there are just a lot more white and Latino folks around. Asians, black, etc. are a tiny demo in comparison.
    My point really being that what people often tend to think of as a lack of proactive efforts at inclusion are simply down to sheer numbers.

     

    I get how some might be listening for a break from this 24/7 situation might not like it, but I feel/hope that, due to the type of person this show attracts, the mass majority will be  and understand they can just fast forward past it if they don’t want to hear it. 
     

    PS - I listened to the Stealth episode with the little Key & Peele guy. Bloodsport is my favorite HDTGM episode and Nicole was hilarious in that. Her guest appearance on The Meg was amazing too. She’s been a great regular. Can’t wait until the Arclight gets that special “Nicole Buyer will be yelling at the screen during this viewing” feature Jason suggested.  

    I didn’t mean to be like “you guys aren’t doing enough” but I was trying to think of something actionable that the podcast could undertake. I am sure the 8% is correct where you are. In LA it is 11%. Let’s round down to 10. They have done 241 movies. I would argue they shoot try to have had 24 Black guests or thereabouts? And I don’t meant to say they have not because I can think of Nicole, Tawny Newsome, Hannibal Burress, Colton Dunn and Rhetta off the top of my head. I think they have had a fair number but maybe not 24. I could look at the list of guests on Wikipedia but I am lazy. 

    Was just trying to be helpful not critical. 

     

    Sorry i I have little to say about the film. I didn’t watch it. I do love the music in that clip. And I really hope we get “How Did We Get Scheer” category or supercut in the Howdies. I posted some time stamps of other examples in the Howdies thread if anyone knows how to do supercuts. 

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  23. Posted

    I appreciate what was said at the top about BLM and such. I am sure Reddit will hate it. One thing I would like to ask that the podcast do is try to have more people of color as guests. I know the guests are often friends and I get that, but sometimes that kind of insular community stands in the way of introducing new voices. 

    I discount Nicole Byer through this podcast (and Girl Code gifs on Tumblr) and I couldn't be happier to have her in my life. 

    I don't mean never have white people but make a concerted effort for more diversity? 

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  24. Posted

    If Paul doesn't know your name it means he likes you and doesnt want to mispronounce it maybe?

     

    I can't believe Anonymous asked for MG children's books that are also movies when our dear friend Daniel Radcliffe has been on this podcast! (Probably why she didn't leave her name. FLIPPED and HOLES are also good one offs if you don't want to commit to the whole HP series.)

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