Saturday, June 16, 2012

HooperCast Episode 20

Dustin and I return to bring you stunning discussion
about "Prometheus",  its positives, its negatives, its questions, its questions, 
and a little bit of Smash Mouth. Very proud of this one. Enjoy

0:00 - Smash Mouth: Then and Now
4:50 - When the voice Optimus Prime is summoned in daily life
6:04 - Intro
6:57 - Spoiler-free discussion of "Prometheus" begins
18:50 - We dissect the movie in great detail and discuss it many unanswered questions, and the numerous flaws in the script
1:08:30 - Damon Lindelof
1:17:30 - We scan the Wikipedia plot to make sure we covered everything/quickly summarize the plot to fill in obvious story gaps.
1:21:52 - MORE QUESTIONS!




Monday, June 11, 2012

HooperCast Episode 19

This week Dustin and I devote an entire episode to 
BBC's "Sherlock" series and warn against the upcoming
American version "Elementary" (and also our distate for changing the race and sexual orientation of
existing comic book characters)
0:00 - Intro
1:30 - G.I. Joe Retaliation is getting pushed back 9 months, and why it's probably not for the reasons they said it was.
3:26 - We begin our discussion of BBC's "Sherlock"
10:14 - Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes
17:36 - Martin Freeman as  Doctor John Watson
22:18 - Irene Adler
27:00 - Andrew Scott as James Moriarty
35:46 - Mycroft Holmes
39:11 - Text on screen
43:10 - We quickly rank our favorite episodes
46:33 - We fart, i mean, blast off into SPOILER territory.
57:33 - SPOILERS END
58:00 - We talk about "Elementary", America's horrible counterpart / why it sucks that John Watson will be Joan Watson / a related tangent about why there is NEVER an excuse to change the race, gender, or sexual orientation of an existing character in literature or comic books (and why that is NOT racist, sexist, or homophobic).
1:14:05 - More on Joan Watson and why we don't blame Lucy Liu for taking the role.
1:21:49 - Our final endorsement for "Sherlock"
1:22:23 - Episode 20 tease. Seriously, I am PUMPED for Episode 20!
1:23:28 - Goodbye / us doing voices / a crude insult from Roger Klotz