Ep. 776 - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Added 2024-05-28 15:25:11 +0000 UTCNOTE: Next week's episode will release slightly later than usual.
David, Devindra, and Jeff balance their thoughts on Limbo, assess the big screen implosion in MoviePass, Moviecrash, and revisit a charming cult classic with Who Done It: The Clue Documentary. Then they buckle up to witness the newest epic from George Miller, Furiousa: A Mad Max Saga.
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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding Everything: Sean Baker’s ANORA is one of the best films of the year
Devindra - Microsoft Copilot+ coverage
Jeff - Jeff’s Cameo Page
Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching (~00:19:24)
David - Limbo, Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Devindra - MoviePass, Moviecrash; X-Men ‘97
Jeff - The Last Stop in Yuma County, Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
Featured Review (~01:10:28)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
SPOILERS (~01:35:08)
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Comments
I’d love an After Dark on The Last Stop in Yuma County (once Devindra sees it). I’m excited to watch it this weekend after hearing Jeff’s reaction!
Anna Rienstra
2024-05-31 17:47:10 +0000 UTCYes
David Esposito
2024-05-30 15:30:02 +0000 UTCL O S T
David Esposito
2024-05-30 15:29:37 +0000 UTCDare I say it, these vague and oblique references at the start of every pod should all get their own TikTok excerpt series, especially if you ask your audience to try to guess what film you’re referencing. Tho this one could be a bit of a dead giveaway…
Kess Broekman-Dattner
2024-05-30 03:13:15 +0000 UTCOkay Jeff, let’s get into this: saga comes from the Old Norse for “a thing said, a story”, and historically it refers to the specific genre of the great Icelandic prose stories. There was also a whole tradition of Icelandic epic poems, so basically, sagas were where you worried less about getting your verse form right and more about the plot. There was no connotation of “big multipart story spread across multiple episodes”. They were the sprawling novels of their day. The term has been abused to hell and gone since it made its way into English 200 years ago, but when you get down to it, Furiosa has the scope and the mythic resonance and the outright weirdness of a lot of the Icelandic sagas. Also worth noting: Thor is an Icelandic figure as much as a Norse one, so having Evil Thor be Furiosa’s main antagonist is entirely appropriate!
Leaflemming
2024-05-30 02:19:19 +0000 UTCDave, when you watch Conquest of the Planet of the Apes be sure to watch the Blu Ray which has the Unrated cut.
Sean Lass
2024-05-29 17:37:02 +0000 UTCKill baby Hitler via coffee table
Michael Zhang
2024-05-29 03:17:49 +0000 UTCBest Cliffhangers LOST Jack is at an airport. A car pulls up. Kate gets out. "We have to go back" My reaction was akin to Jeff's reaction to Split. I was shaking. I was desperate to talk to someone. You knew something was coming, but no one saw a flash forward!
A & M Mangold
2024-05-29 00:38:02 +0000 UTCi’m a little high right now but jeff trying to describe this documentary in a polite, but critical way is killing me. one of the funniest exchanges on the show. david tries to sum it up and move on at least 3 times
John Spriggs
2024-05-28 21:47:58 +0000 UTCJane Wiedlin (from the Go-Gos and Clue Singing Telegram Girl) also played Joan of Arc in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure!
Cameron Stewart
2024-05-28 20:30:22 +0000 UTCNot me screaming Ms Rachel for kid show suggestions
Anghp5
2024-05-28 19:19:07 +0000 UTC"Fire the deflector dish" come on dude
Cardassian Vexillology
2024-05-28 18:18:01 +0000 UTCHuge Jim Cummings fan here! Happy to inform you that there is one film written and directed by Cummings that flew under the radar and it’s excellent! Check out 2021’s THE BETA TEST on Hulu. Jump in blind and you’ll love it.
Andrew Campbell
2024-05-28 18:10:48 +0000 UTCNow when are we getting Jeff and Dave covering moonlighting week to week on decoding tv? 😂
Gareth
2024-05-28 17:57:58 +0000 UTCCharlton Heston blows up the bomb as a fuck you. That’s crucial. Dave finally realizes that ALL Ape movies are bummers 😀
Mountain of Conflict
2024-05-28 17:23:55 +0000 UTCI’m gonna need an after dark with the Simon Baker experience discussed. Thanks in advance.
Ryan
2024-05-28 16:53:07 +0000 UTCThanks for the shout out!
Stephen David Miller
2024-05-28 16:22:47 +0000 UTCI have a sensitive kid. Bluey, Sarah & Duck, Tumble Leaf, Puffin Rock. No agitation.
Yochai Gal
2024-05-28 15:56:17 +0000 UTCOh and “love monster” is phenomenal but it was only on max (the one to watch for hbo) and they took it down :(
Reynaldo K. Cruz
2024-05-28 15:36:30 +0000 UTCMy daughter liked “earth to Luna” quite a bit it used to be on prime video (a science learning cartoon)
Reynaldo K. Cruz
2024-05-28 15:35:38 +0000 UTCStorybots is criminally underrepresented/underrated and the hip hop songs are so good they are legit listens for adults (netflx)
Reynaldo K. Cruz
2024-05-28 15:34:32 +0000 UTC
