By Luke Whitmire For a film to center around a crass and sordid child’s toy–the titular teddy bear, wished to life on Christmas night by a child–it doesn’t feel like a generic device we have viewed before. What makes this fuzzy-wuzzy cinematic experience profound and compelling is, the wit and strong character dimensions given to Ted. […]
Archive for August, 2012
Ted is Raucous Fun!
Posted: 31st August 2012 by Dion in Film, Film ReviewTags: Aedin Mincks, Giovani Ribisi, Luke Whitmire, Mark Wahlberg, Milia Kunis, Seth MacFarkand, Ted
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The Other Scott
Posted: 26th August 2012 by Dion in Film, News, Obituaries, UncategorizedTags: Beat the Devil, BMW Films, Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Crimson Tide, Deja Vu, Dennis Hopper, Denzel Washington, Domino, Enemy of the State, Gary Oldman, Man on Fire, Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, Taking of the Pelham 1 2 3, The Hunger, The Last Boy Scout, Tom Cruise, Tony Scott, Top Gun, True Romance, Unstoppable, Val Kilmer
This week another great of the cinema world passed away; director and producer Tony Scott. Though commonly associated as Ridley’s younger brother and consequently often relegated to that role, Tony in his own right made some of the best action movies of the 1980’s and 90’s. He emerged on the scene in the early 80’s and […]
The Cup of Dion
Posted: 25th August 2012 by J. Marcus in Comic Books, Podcast, Science FictionTags: Amy Pond, Battlestar Galactica, Blake's 7, Doctor Who, HBO, Pond Life, Smallville, Steven Moffat, Superman, SyFy Channel, True Blood, Wonder Woman
Brian and J. are on their own this week and left to ponder the canon of Dion, the inevitable courtship of Superman and Wonder Woman and Jessica Hamby’s beyond-cute video blog! All that and the return of a venerable (?) sci-fi television series on this week’s Podwits Podcast!
Expendables 2 is Unabashed Nostalgia.
Posted: 22nd August 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film ReviewTags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundgren, Expendables 2, Jason Statham, Jean Claude Van Damme, Jet Li, Luke Whitmire, Randy Couture, Simon West, Sylvester Stallone, Terry Crews
by Luke Whitmire I’ll be honest: Expendables 2 is a shoddy and lazy film with careless acting, clumsy story structure, cheesy dialogue, and awful CGI. This film truly is a nonsensical and emotional detached opus that redundantly serves up an untrammeled mess of exaggerated carnage. Elementary filmmaking at its worst. Sylvester Stallone structures this sequel […]
Schrödinger’s Pants
Posted: 18th August 2012 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Demonoid, Frank Welker, Gerald Feinberg, Gregory Benford, Isaac Asimov, L. Ron Hubbard, Napster, Orson Scott Card, Roger Zelazny, S.Z. Sakall, Scatman Crothers, Sheldon Glashow, Transformers, Writers of the Future
Your faithful Wits of Pod take a look into the present when it was the future in the past, with the help of a time capsule compiled by famous sci-fi authors 25 years ago, and somehow avoid confusing themselves to the point that their heads explode. Just. Join us for that, a look at the […]
BATMAN “RISES” with Hypersonic Tension!!!
Posted: 16th August 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Film ReviewTags: Anne Hathaway, Batman, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Luke Whitmire, Michael Caine, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Tom Hardy
The Podwits proudly introduce their new resident movie reviewer extraordinaire, Luke Whitmire, who will be providing us with his unique take on new films. Thank you Brotha Luke! SPOILER ALERT!!! I LOVE THIS FILM IMMENSELY! The best in the series! Well, the political pundits on both sides have been bickering back and forth about the […]
These Island Earths
Posted: 11th August 2012 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Batman, Calvin And Hobbes, DC Comics, Earth One, Frank Miller, Frank Welker, Garfield, Ghostbusters, Heathcliff, Kevin Bacon, Lorenzo Music, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man, Superman, The Farside, The Flash, The New 52, The Smurfs, Year One
This week the lads regroup after Dion’s trip to 1974 and discuss cartoon characters in their various incarnations from comic strip to small screen, and then try to discern, for the layman, the many (and questionable) reboots of the Marvel and DC worlds, while at the same time trying to keep their own sanity. Earth […]
Two Sought Adventure: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
Posted: 9th August 2012 by Brian in Books, Escape VelocityTags: Conan, Fafhrd, Fantasy, Fritz Leiber, Gray Mouser, Sword and Sorcery
Every other Thursday, Brian goes out of this world, waxing recommendatious on great reading that will transport you to fantastic, far-away worlds and times. Looking to escape? Escape Velocity is your bi-weekly ticket! Fantasy doesn’t have to be epic to be great reading. Today’s case in point: Fritz Leiber’s long-running series of stories about Fafhrd and […]
All Hell Broke Luce
Posted: 8th August 2012 by Dion in Music, Music Review, NewsTags: Alcatraz, Bad As Me, Flea, Hell Broke Luce, Kathleen Brennan, Keith Richards, Matt Mahurin, Tom Waits
For over a week now, Tom Waits fans have been waiting with bated breath for the surprise that was to drop on August 7. Starting on July 31st, a picture went up on his site, which was simply: Speculation over the ‘net was rampant. Was it a tour?! Maybe a newly-recorded album with the celebrities he’d put together to […]
Thomas Jane’s Ultimate Fan Film
Posted: 5th August 2012 by Dion in Comic Books, Film, NewsTags: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Castle, Marvel, Punisher War Zone, Ray Stevenson, The Punisher, Thomas Jane
It has been brought up occasionally on the podcasts, but my all-time favorite comic book character is The Punisher. Hands down. Growing up, I never was really able to fully wrap my head around heroes with super powers, or anything else of the sort. I was I guess what you’d call a realist, and preferred a […]