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239: Star Trek (2009)
This week on Myopia Movies, we recast Captain Kirk and are just fine with it. We watched Star Trek 2009, the Beastie Boys are timeless!
Welcome to Season 7 of Myopia Movies! To start with, we have fully switched over the name, no one needs to defend their past anymore, the world is already too weird. Second, we are returning to weekly! No more quarantine side project as we finished the Twilight Zone Zone on Monday. For now just your regular weekly episodes, right? WRONG!
Join the Patreon! There are tiers to that will help us keep doing what we are doing! (Each tier unlocks all lower tiers)
For $1: You get the monthly newsletter that announces the upcoming movies and you get Mission Briefing Back Catalog.
For $3: You get the entire back catalog and a new Mission Briefing every other month. (There are already two up!)
For $5: You get a bonus episode a month (on top of the Mission Briefing) (We just did all the Alien Movies)
For $10: You get syncable commentary tracks. The first one will come out next month and will be Star Wars – Episode II: Attack of the Clone. Note: This is audio you sync with the movie.
For $50: You get to pick a movie we cover. (Note: This tier is limited).
Also, because you love us, find us everywhere! Like Facebook! Or the Facebook Fan Group! Or Twitter! Or Letterboxd! Or the Fancy Website! We are also available wherever you are too! Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Alexa, Podbean, Listen Notes, YouTube, everywhere! Coming soon to Pandora, iHeartRadio, and Deezer.
How will Star Trek (2009) hold up?
Host: Nic
Panel: Daniel and Matthew… Read the rest
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238: AVP Requiem
Welcome to Season 7 of Myopia Movies! To start with, we have fully switched over the name, no one needs to defend their past anymore, the world is already too weird. Second, we are returning to weekly! No more quarantine side project as we finished the Twilight Zone Zone on Monday. For now just your regular weekly episodes, right? WRONG!
Join the Patreon! There are tiers to that will help us keep doing what we are doing! (Each tier unlocks all lower tiers)
For $1: You get the monthly newsletter that announces the upcoming movies and you get Mission Briefing Back Catalog.
For $3: You get the entire back catalog and a new Mission Briefing every other month. (There are already two up!)
For $5: You get a bonus episode a month (on top of the Mission Briefing) (We just did all the Alien Movies)
For $10: You get syncable commentary tracks. The first one will come out next month and will be Star Wars – Episode II: Attack of the Clone. Note: This is audio you sync with the movie.
For $50: You get to pick a movie we cover. (Note: This tier is limited).
Also, because you love us, find us everywhere! Like Facebook! Or the Facebook Fan Group! Or Twitter! Or Letterboxd! Or the Fancy Website! We are also available wherever you are too! Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Alexa, Podbean, Listen Notes, YouTube, everywhere! Coming soon to Pandora, iHeartRadio, and Deezer.
This week on Myopia Movies, what are all these sexy teens doing in my Predator movie? We watched AVP Requiem, the one where the government finally tries nukes on these assholes.
How will AVP Requiem hold up?
Host: Nic
Panel: Daniel and Matthew
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The Twilight Zone Zone – Episode 13: “To Serve Man” and “The Dummy”
Every week on The Twilight Zone Zone,we go down Donald Liebenson’s list The 26 Episodes We Talk About When We Talk About The Twilight Zone from Vanity Fair, chronologically by release date and compare two episodes and choose which one to recommend. This week we watched “To Serve Man” and “The Dummy”
“To Serve Man”
Kanamits, nine-foot-tall creatures from outer space, promise they have come to our planet, “above all things, to help the people of Earth.” They have no ulterior motive, they reassure: “We ask only that you trust us.” Which leads to The Twilight Zone’s darkest and most famous punch line. This episode is also notable for inspiring the aliens Kodos and Kang on The Simpsons.
“The Dummy”
It’s a battle of wills between Jerry (Cliff Robertson), a second-rate nightclub ventriloquist, and Willie, 24 inches of timber, who Jerry is convinced is alive. “He talks when I don’t talk. He tells jokes I’ve never heard before,” he insists to his long-suffering agent (a pre-Gomer Pyle Frank Sutton). Unsteadying expressionistic camerawork by director Abner Biberman anticipates which personality will win out with an absolutely creepy final shot.
There are many paths in life, but which one will you travel down in the Twilight Zone, Zone…
Host: Nic Hoffmann
Panel: Matthew and Daniel
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237: Alien Covenant (Preview)
This week on the Myopia Movie Patreon exclusive episode, we complete the Alien Saga with Alien Covenant! Two Michael Fassbenders? Is this the best one?
Want to hear the whole thing? Join the Patreon! For just $5 a month, you can get the entire back catalog, an extra movie a month, and an extra Mission Briefing every other month!
In the meantime, please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Twitter? Myopia? Also, for those of you who are truly film folks, I have created a Letterboxd page! Check out what episodes we have done here (including Predator!)
How will Alien Covenant stand when we put it on trial?
Host: Nic
Panel: Daniel, Jeremy and Matthew -
Twilight Zone Zone Episode 12: “Five Characters in Search of an Exit” and “Nothing in the Dark”
Every week on The Twilight Zone Zone,we go down Donald Liebenson’s list The 26 Episodes We Talk About When We Talk About The Twilight Zone from Vanity Fair, chronologically by release date and compare two episodes and choose which one to recommend. This week we watched “Five Characters in Search of an Exit” and “Nothing in the Dark.”
“Five Characters in Search of an Exit”
The setup is a little bit Saw and a little bit Waiting for Godot: an Army major (William Windom) finds himself in a circular enclosure with no doors, no windows, and no ceiling. He has no idea who he is or how he got there. And he’s not alone; present, but more resigned to their situations, are a clown, a ballerina, a hobo, and a bagpiper. This episode gives new meaning to the eternal question, “Why are we here?” Your mileage may vary as to the ultimate answer, but the questions posed (“How long will we be here?” “What’s up there?”) are profound in or out of The Twilight Zone.
“Nothing in the Dark”
Many actors got their start on the Zone—none more famously than Robert Redford, who appears here as a policeman who is shot outside of the door of an elderly woman who refuses to leave her condemned apartment for fear of being taken by “Mr. Death.” For more before-they-were-big moments, see Robert Duvall in “Miniature,” Burt Reynolds in “The Bard,” and Charles Bronson in “Two.”
There are many paths in life, but which one will you travel down in the Twilight Zone, Zone…
Host: Nic Hoffmann
Panel: Matthew, Jeremy and Daniel
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236: Predator 2
This week on Myopia Movies, we watched Danny Glover clean up the streets, which, I assume, is why he is the President in 2012. We watched Predator 2, why did Men in Black not star Gary Busey?
If you have not yet, check out the Patreon! We have old episodes and special episodes that are exclusive! Check in to hear us talk about the Alien franchise!
In the meantime, please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Twitter? Myopia? Also, for those of you who are truly film folks, I have created a Letterboxd page! Check out what episodes we have done here (including Predator!)
How will Predator 2 stand when we put it on trial?
Host: Nic
Panel: Daniel and Matthew… Read the rest
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Twilight Zone Zone Episode 11: “Deaths-Head Revisited” and “The Midnight Son”
Every week on The Twilight Zone Zone,we go down Donald Liebenson’s list The 26 Episodes We Talk About When We Talk About The Twilight Zone from Vanity Fair, chronologically by release date and compare two episodes and choose which one to recommend. This week we watched “Deaths-Head Revisited” and “The Midnight Son”
The Obsolete Man”/“Deaths-Head Revisited”A tie: these are two Serling-penned episodes whose messages feel distressingly relevant. In the first, Burgess Meredith stars as a librarian deemed obsolete by the totalitarian state and sentenced to death, though he gets to choose his manner of execution. In the second, a former SS captain returns to Dachau, where he encounters a former prisoner. These episodes are Serling at his most impassioned. When it comes to ideologies that fail to recognize the rights and dignity of man, or a race determined to “turn the Earth into a graveyard,” metaphor alone won’t cut it.
“The Midnight Sun”
The Earth has changed its elliptical orbit and is headed toward the sun. In an abandoned New York apartment building, two women try to stave off their fate and retain their humanity. This is one of the most viscerally felt Twilight Zone episodes. You jump when a precious can of fruit juice is accidentally dropped; you sweat when the power operating the air conditioning is shut off; and you melt like paint on a canvas as a thermometer shatters. And then comes the episode’s switcheroo, which is so, so cold.
There are many paths in life, but which one will you travel down in the Twilight Zone, Zone…
Host: Nic Hoffmann
Panel: Matthew and Daniel… Read the rest
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235: Austin Powers (Preview)
Hello there! For our Patreon supporters, we have covered for Mission Briefing Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery! Enjoy a sample here, but if you are interested in the whole thing and the back-catalog, and our Alien series, join us!
In the meantime, please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Twitter? Myopia? Also, for those of you who are truly film folks, I have created a Letterboxd page! Check out what episodes we have done here (including other movies with kids playing sports like Rookie of the Year (1993) and The Mighty Ducks (1992))
How will Austin Powers stand when we put it on trial?
Host: Jon
Panel: Nic and Daniel … Read the rest
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The Twilight Zone Zone – Episode 10: “The Grave” and “It’s a Good Life”
Every week on The Twilight Zone Zone,we go down Donald Liebenson’s list The 26 Episodes We Talk About When We Talk About The Twilight Zone from Vanity Fair, chronologically by release date and compare two episodes and choose which one to recommend. This week we watched “The Grave” and “It’s a Good Life”
“The Grave”
Months before Lee Marvin, Strother Martin, and Lee Van Cleef starred in John Ford’s classic Western The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, they co-starred in this episode, a Western ghost story (ghostern?) about a gunman who is dared to make a midnight visit to the grave of the freshly gunned-down killer he relentlessly pursued but failed to capture. It boasts a great script, eerie atmosphere, and Lee Marvin at his Lee Marvin-est (“I don’t get my nerve from this gun . . . I had it long before I could even pick one of them up”). And the ending is a real grabber.
“It’s a Good Life”
The twist is revealed right up top: the monster who has made the world go away, save for his rural Ohio village, is a six-year-old boy (Bill Mumy) who can read thoughts, control even the weather with his mind, and transform those who would wish him harm into “grotesque walking horror.” Demon kids are always creepy, but this episode plays like the ultimate nightmare of a society destroyed by the spoiled children of overindulgent parents. (Yes, The Simpsons did this one, too, with Bart as the monster.)
There are many paths in life, but which one will you travel down in the Twilight Zone, Zone…
Host: Nic Hoffmann
Panel: Matthew and Daniel
