HooperCast Episode 17: The Hunger Games

Hello everyone!

Tara joins Dustin and I to talk about The Hunger Games. If you've read the book or seen the movie, you'll be interested in our lengthy discussion here.

No film news this week. Stay tuned for Episode 18.

HooperCast Episode 16

Hello everyone! We covered A LOT of topics in this episode!

We had a lot of fun recording this and talking about stupid remakes, stupid kids, stupid filmmakers, and when behind-the-scenes pictures go too far. ENJOY!

Btw, I challenge anyone to listen to the first 7 minutes without skipping through it. Yeah, I dare you.

0:00 - Intro/Musical Interludes/Complete nonsense

7:35 - 'Take Shelter'

11:05 - 'The Thing' prequel

12:45 - '21 Jump Street'

15:08 - 'The Three Musketeers'

17:30 - Why we want to see 'The Hunger Games'

19:47 - The inherent difficulties of financing big-budget television shows, and why they get cancelled

22:31 - Why the 'How To Train Your Dragon' series will get old fast

23:12 - 'John Carter' sequel? We think not

23:40 - The treachery of behind-the-scenes pictures/knowing too much about movies before their release

27:57 - 'Hotel Transylvania' trailer/Adam Sandler sucks

29:14 - The horrible timing of 'Neighborhood Watch'/Trayvon Martin

33:16 - 'The Dictator' and our indifference towards it

35:43 - Michael Bay and the Ninja Turtles

40:42 - Me and Dustin are latter-day Statler and Waldorf

41:45 - REMAKING 'BACK TO THE FUTURE'/Why remakes are offensive from the moment of their conception

50:10 - Will you be forced to pay for 3D?

*****51:10 - Young moviegoers want theaters to allow texting/ HUGE RANT about WHY I HATE KIDS YOUNGER THAN 17

53:43 - Annoying theater patrons

57:29 - We continue about stupid kids and their stupid texting/what should be done about it

1:00:34 - Goodbye

1:01:00 - A little gem.