This one may go down in Little Snack lore as the Flu podcast. Or maybe just the one where Bear Trap couldn’t manage to say anything interesting. It happens, okay? Get off my back! Anywho, in this one (under 50 minutes running time!), we attempt to discuss “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”, Bear Trap’s bear trap proves rusty when remembering the end of ’12 Monkeys’, and, also some ‘Game of Thrones’ HBO show tidbits some may find of interest.
Going to see Apes today. It better deliver, Crane. OR ELSE...
ReplyDeleteSo, I'm still a little confused Peter if you were saying you would watch Season 2 of Thrones after your wife filled you in a little or if now you definitely won't watch. Forgive me if it's my memory. But clarify yourself, foo'. Glad you liked Boardwalk though. Agreed that it really took off after the first couple episodes and turned into something pretty great. The teasers for season 2 look very exciting.
Also, interesting and glad to hear you point out Google as an advertising company. That's another I didn't really get when people were flocking to Google + as an alternative to Facebook that is somehow less evasive of your privacy. Because there's no website - hell, there might not even be a person - that knows you better than Google. Think about every word you've ever typed into a google search bar, every address you've ever looked for on Google Maps, every person you looked up, every movie you searched for showtimes, every local plumber's phone number you've looked for - all of that is stored in their data somewhere. They may not sell that info to third party companies, but they could create a pretty informed snapshot about you just based on this info.
Lastly, yes - stay away from spoiler movie sites. I think it's high time those run out of fashion. It would be nice to simply enjoy movies from a fresh vantage point again.
Oh but interesting discussion about why some directors get worse with age. I don't think there's any concrete reason and there are obviously exceptions to that general rule. Lumet still made good movies, Altman had a few, Scorsese's still capable, etc. Part of me believes that it's simply hard to make a great movie and sometimes the law of averages catches up with people.
So yeah...Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Fun, but good? I don't know if I can call it good. Some head scratching decisions made by humans early in that film that make them look a bit dumber than the monkeys. And when the apes go apeshit the filmmakers kind of turn them into being super strong instead of just super smart.
ReplyDeleteI could give more details but won't spoil it for Fedak. But Crane? You're on notice.