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Hi guys! First things first
EXTRA BUTTER TIER LIVE TONIGHT AT 7:30 MST. Just a fun, casual hangout, AMA, maybe watch some trailers! I hope you come HANG!
Second item of business, THANK YOU for all your suggestions for the foreign movie poll-there were so many so we did two! Go vote on those ASAP!
I hope you all had a great weekend. We had some family in town which was great except I've felt a little bit under the weather the past few days. womp womp. In other news we have some big movies this week! Which are you most excited for? Coming up still in the next bit is Smokey and the Bandit for our last movie madness winner, Total Recall, The Last Action Hero (our #100-250 poll winner) and continuing with X-Men, TNG Season 4 and my popcorn pick for May which will be U 571 or Pleasantville?
Per the suggestion of one of you I started The Newsroom TV Show, I am flying through it and almost done and I AM LOVING IT! I'm also reading Carrie Soto is Back for Book Club but I told myself I can't start it until my laundry is done so probably never. I'm planning to go on a double date with Carly this weekend to go see Fall Guy in theatres. What are you watching or reading or excited about lately?
Ok, love your guts, hopefully see you tonight! I'll post a link before!
Cassie
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Haha. “Hey hey you you…” I love the “with Carly” tags on some of the movies. lol Good to clarify, eh?
I think it has been a long time since you watched an old movie (30's to 50's). African Queen was the last one I saw. I know old movies are at a huge disadvantage compared to newer movies. I really don't think you can really enjoy movies unless you know where so many of the tropes come from. I am sure you could get hundreds if suggestions if you asked, but I am going to start with a Western. Red River with Jihn Wayne. One of the few where Wayne is close to being the villian in the movie. A much more gritty take for a western than most of the ones Wayne did. If you want one of the funnier ones there is McClintock. I truly think you should pick at least one old movie every two months. Thanks.
There are many John Wayne movies that are worth watching. From She Wore A Yellow Ribbon to Donovan's Reef and North To Alaska to The Cowboys (or his last movie - The Shootist.....keep up the good work Cassie and Carly!
You should try Conspiracy theory with Mel Gibson, Julia Robert's and Patrick Stewart.
Great movie Mel Gibson is amazing
I'll take a pass on apocalypse now memories I like to keep buried
I can take or leave the Star Trek episodes. I was never a big fan of Next generation. Bring on DS9 and Voyager that's the good stuff. But this is a great selection of upcoming films.
Cassie, being that Jean-Luc Picard leads the Enterprise with his “philosophy” yet Will Riker runs the ship as his Exec in his “style” have you felt by now that the Enterprise is more Picard’s ship or Riker’s ship? (It’s a mental debate worthy of a Star Trek fan.)
Cassie, you seam to really like thrillers! Have you seen the pelican brief? Denzil Washington, Julia Roberts. Think you would love it.
Pleasantville
Consider the movie What Dreams May Come with Robin Williams if you have not yet seen it.
She has a reaction to it on the channel.
Newsroom was one of the best shows on TV Jeff Daniels was great on that show, especially when we went off the cuff. That scene at the college when they were talking about the United States, was unforgettable my family still talks about that scene. Sorry had to throw the scene in it's just too powerful https://youtu.be/wTjMqda19wk?si=PlnAG7Tv5gB9NIPk
True Romance...Great Movie!
Looking forward to War of the Worlds!
Me too. That's going to be an intense one for Carly.
Please do Pleasantville, it’s fantastic!
A sure fire hit for both Cassie and Carly
Watching the interview- Cassie- You like courtroom dramas and the law, you should try this little know movie called Indictment- The McMartin Trial (1995). It will never win a poll and nobody has heard of it, but I give a 85% chance of it being liked if not loved.
"Nobody has heard of it"?! What are you talking about, I'll wager every participant in this forum has heard of it! Repeatedly! :-)
Just watched your interview Cassie. Great job! A lot of fun to watch.
Keep in mind that we had to wait MONTHS between “The Best of Both Worlds” part 1 and part 2.
TNG Best of Both Worlds!
Apocalypse Now is going to be a tough watch. When you're done watching you'll feel like Dorothy, at home in your bed, saying "There's no place like home. There's no place like home."
The horror, the horror.
I don't know if Cassie's already mentioned it but she did an interview this week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMp7tHYf3yk
She posted this on the community tab for the channel on YouTube.
Hope you're feeling better. Can't wait for Smokey and the Bandit.
I love “Smokey and the Bandit” but am a bit worried that some of the cultural references will be lost on Cassie, as well as the humor. For instance, I’ll be surprised if she grasps the CB culture that was so prevalent at the time and plays such a big role in the film. I also suspect that she won’t understand the humor of Jackie Gleason’s character and think it’s likely that she’ll simply find him to be unlikable/unpleasant. That sort of humor is frowned on today. I feel like someone should post a primer about the culture of the mid to late 70s, just so Cassie and other younger viewers will understand why the some of the characters act the way they do, etc.
x3 and war of the worlds? are we being punished.
🔥Hot take - X3 isn't nearly as bad as most fans say it is.
If I may make one final suggestion, Cassie: if it is at all possible for you to do so, I would strongly urge you to watch APOCALYPSE NOW in your home theater. There are a number of movies that greatly benefit from the big screen presentation and APOCALYPSE NOW (with its immersive sound design, spectacular locations, gorgeous cinematography and impressionistuc use of color) is absolutely one of them. I watched it on a TV for years before finally going to the theater during it's recent re-release and it was truly like I was seeing it for the first time. There are just some films (APOCALYPSE NOW, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, etc) that need to be experienced that way.
👆This.
Hmmm. Maybe it's time for me to move on from this channel.
Why?
Apocalypse now is a pretty heavy movie
Yeah, #30 on the AFI Top 100
Oh The Newsroom!! I loved that show too!... Jeff Daniels' speech in the Pilot is worth the price of admission.
Easily on the TV Scene Mount Rushmore
I've got a fever for classic horror, and the only cure is a Classic Horror poll!
Why didn't she react to The Newsroom??? That's all I ever wanted :'(
She tends to avoid anything that may be polarizing politically. But I agree, I’d look more forward to seeing her reaction to it than almost anything.
Can't wait for The Best of Both Worlds, Smokey and the Bandit, and Pleasantville. Hope you get to feeling better Cassie. Hope Carley is doing good too.
So this is totally off the subject but I know you're a Swiftee so I heard on the radio that Courtney love crapped all over Taylor calling her music "not important" I was like well Courtney when has your music ever been..... I stopped myself. I was running through her songs in my head Doll parts, Malibu, Celebrity Skin, Then I stopped at Violet, Violet that female empowering, male bashing song. Which OMG Courtney and her band Hole. Hellayeah. I had the biggest crush on Courtney Love and as much I think she shouldn't have pissed off the most ravenous fan base in the world. I love Taylor Swift, but Courtney Love/ Hole, has her beat on this one. https://youtu.be/cH_rfGBwamc?si=DHv7pkOTfC_9cBI5
Oh make me over...I'm all I wanna be
I feel remiss. I knew that Apocalypse Now was coming up, and also that we were heading for a foreign movie poll, and I did not suggest Aguirre, the Wrath of God?!?! I mean, put a conquistador helmet on Cassie and she's practically indistinguishable from the title character! :-P :-P :-P
Shots fired. Lol. Bill Hader has some funny clips about that movie.
This is a question for more the active members: I'm new here and I freakin love this channel. But since i'm about 3 years late i was wondering if any of these movies have already been in the conversation before or in a previous poll and lost or never discussed so I can suggest for the channel. Movies are Dèjá Vu (2006), The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), The Tomorrow War (2021), Life (1999), Seven(1995), The Skeleton Key (2005) and last the TV Show The Expanse (2015). Help me out everybody, Thanks in advance.
Seven was watched pre-channel. I don't remember seeing any of the others discussed but they might have been. I think she would love Life, hopefully it gets a little love. Her "already seen" list- https://letterboxd.com/pib1/films/
Newsroom is awesome. I've watched it all the way through twice. I'm pretty sure I've seen U-571 but I know I've never seen Pleasantville. So I'd be happy with either.
For me, Pleasantville is one of those movies that is enjoyable in the moment, but when you think about it for a minute it falls apart.
Pleasantville is good, but gets very preachy.
The PBS American Experience documentary on the 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Wells (then age 23) is stunning. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/worlds/
Apocalypse Now is one of my all-time favorites, and it will be VERY interesting to see a Cassie reaction to that one. :) Wonder which cut it'll be. It's one I'm not picky about, as I enjoy all the cuts, but I'm hoping she does either the theatrical or final cut, as Redux is probably the one she'd have the toughest time with. Totally looking forward to this one.
For a first watch, I always recommend the theatrical version.
Pleasantville is a wonderful feel good movie that needs a bigger audience. Romance, fantasy, Jeff Daniels…
U-571 by a mile. Lots of suspense. Loosely based on a true story. Historical drama. Just checks a ton of boxes for you.
Both U-571 and Pleasantville are very good, but in this case I think I'd go with U-571. I guess since you just recently watched Memphis Belle, why not another WW2 movie? It does seem a little fitting with one being set in the sky and the other in the sea.
"Pleasantville" your kind of movie shouldn't be missed
Looking forward to "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" and "Furiosa"
I am honestly shocked there isn't one single comment about this double date mentioned at the end.....lol. Pleasantly surprised.
I picture thousands of Patrons re-enacting the scene in Ghostbusters when Louis (Rick Moranis) learns that Dana (Sigourney Weaver) has a date, and realizes he's not on it. Or, like Obi Wan, I sensed thousands of hearts breaking across the universe.
Cassie: When you're done with your current show, I highly recommend you give the new version of SHOGUN a go. It's complete now and you can watch it on Hulu. It's excellent, featuring first rate production values, great acting, and an engrossing story.
I disagree about two of those three praises.
Looking forward to X3, War of the Worlds, Last Action Hero and any unexpected more dramatic movie you might suddenly react to that I'm a fan of. Love surprises.
With Apocalypse Now, I am predicting several moments of cringing groans, blankets over heads, and shouts of "OH MY GOSH!". Interesting pairing choice for the PPotM. U571 and Pleasantville are two very different movies. Excited for ST:TNG, X3, and War of the Worlds. Like many on here, I too am imterested to see Carly's reaction to WotW.
Yeah, APOCALYPSE NOW is gonna be tough at times and just confusing at others, but it's essential viewing.
So looking forward to more March madness movies, X3, Smoky and the Bandit, and more Star Trek! I can't get enough of the Trek!!
Wow. This is going to be quite a week. While I've always liked LAST STAND and never thought it was deserving of its abysmal reputation, I will admit that it is the first misstep in the X-MEN franchise. A big part of that is due to the fact that Bryan Singer, who directed the first two, did not return for this third one but instead opted to make SUPERMAN RETURNS, so they ended up with Brett Ratner who was one of the worst directors of major Hollywood motion pictures of the last 30 years. It's not terrible, but I predict that neither of you will like it as much as the first two. Definitely stay through the end credits. Steven Spielberg's WAR OF THE WORLDS is another movie that I always thought was undeserving of its reputation. I know that many do not love it, but I do (despite a few issues I have with it). Knowing that Carly is going to be joining you for that one, I'm very intrigued to see her reaction as it is going to be intense. But the film I am most interested to see your response to this week is Francis Ford Coppola's APOCALYPSE NOW which for my money is the greatest War film ever made partly because, like all truly great films, it transcends its subject matter to become universal in its scope. It is not just about the Vietnam war, it is about the darkness that lies in in the human soul (indeed it is adapted from an old novel entitled HEART OF DARKNESS) and while I have little doubt it will not be the most pleasant experience for you, it is essential viewing for anyone who takes cinema at all seriously. It is a work of art: beautiful and brutal, sublime and intense, profound and enigmatic. It is a masterpiece... and a word of advice, watch the original 2.5 hour long theatrical cut. Of the three extant versions (including the 2001 re-release APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX which adds an hour of footage and the recent so-called "final cut" which splits the difference), it is still the best. As for whether you watch U-571 or PLEASANTVILLE, I really don't care as I always found both films to be rather mediocre. I guess I liked U-571 a little bit more, but it's not a hill I'm willing to die on. Glad to hear that you are enjoying THE NEWSROOM. My wife and I do like Aaron Sorkin, so we watched it a few years ago and dug it (especially the first season; the second two weren't quite as good imo). Anyway, really looking forward to this week. As always, keep up the good work. :-)
I love Pleasantville. Seeded with a new good morality (imo) that grows and blossoms. I also enjoyed the nuanced performance by Jeff Daniels.
If you're taking patreon votes, definitely put me down for Pleasentville.
I’ve watched The Newsroom all the way through at least 4 times.
Since we're all here, maybe one of you fine folks can help me out. I'm trying to re-discover a reaction channel on YouTube. The videos feature two very average looking men, at least one of them with a beard. (The only further hint I can provide is that one of them claims his memory is so terrifically bad that he has no problems watching movies anew.) (No, it's not the Nice Dudes, nor pReview'd.)
were they british?
Pleasantville
"Love your guts"? Don't think I have ever seen anyone sign off a letter with that valediction before. 😄 I kinda like it.
I did a slow double take on reading that. :)
Pleasantville -- please. The Newsroom TV Show is awesome. I was hooked after the first episode. For a first watch of Apocalypse Now, I recommend the theatrical version.
I second the theatrical cut
Looks Cassie good, can't wait to watch these movies with you. I am back in the ER so I won't be joining you tonight. I hope you guys have fun! 😀
Great lineup, Cassie. I love Newsroom. Count me in the Pleasantville camp. U571 is a decent movie, but as others have said, highly fictional. Looking forward to War of the Worlds. If you haven't already, check out the history behind the 1938 radio broadcast.
So glad you mentioned the radio broadcast by Orson Welles. Brilliantly conceived and executed. I have a copy on CD. It’s enormously entertaining.
The 2005 version of War of the worlds is quite something but. it goes without saying, the 1953 version is a must watch at some point, it includes the coolest alien ship designs ever put on film, real scu fu classic
Definitely Pleasantville.
TNG finale will blow your mind! It had the trek world on the edgo of their seats!
I consider “The Best of Both Worlds” to be the unofficial first TNG movie. In fact it got a theatrical release a few years ago which I saw. I can’t wait for your reaction video of it!
My excitement- the Atlanta Braves have the best record in baseball!!!! CHOP ON!!!! 🪓🪓🪓
ooh fab! Looking forward to all the upcoming stuff :)
Finally you’re seeing APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)! It’s one of my all time favorite movies. I sincerely hope you see the original theatrical version and not either of the more recent revisions (REDUX and FINAL CUT). The original version is still the best one.
I agree. The other versions have their pros and cons but the original is still the definitive one.
I don't think X3 is as good as the first two. Wish you were watching the original War of the World's, but know you and Tom Cruise. Lol Just not a fan of Apocalypse Now. Some movies just don't interest me. Glad you are watching Smoky and the Bandit. Just silly, crazy fun. Don't take it seriously, just laugh at Jackie Gleason.
Junior almost steals the movie from Jackie Gleason who stole the movie
So Cool to hear that you’ve been watching The Newsroom!! It would be interesting to here your thoughts on it sometime. I’d say go with Pleasantville. It may have more of a lasting impact on you. War of the Worlds… I’ve talked about having Cathartic experiences with films before. Well this one was a humdinger. The Family dynamics in the film was very, very similar to mine. Really looking forward to this one. I’m gonna try to pop into the Live, if there’s time. I just have to watch True Romance tonight. The anticipation has been too much. Smokey and the Bandit is the next film I’m so, so excited to see next. Just so you know… Down here in the South, we consider Smokey and the Bandit to be a Documentary. ;-)
Had a great weekend because my wife and I picked up our youngest daughter at Penn State to bring her home for the summer! Its great having her back home! I wish I knew more of the movies on the Foreign Movie polls to have a more informed vote. But I’m glad you included Gojira/Godzilla. Despite being a monster movie, Godzilla is more of an allegory for the trauma in Japan after WWII. Really looking forward to seeing what The Newsroom TV show is all about! Pleasantville or U-571 as your Popcorn Pick of the Month? How about both! A Double Kernel Pick of the Month! Just like they used to have double features in theaters back in the day.
The best thing about The Newsroom, is that once it’s done, you will miss them so much you will want to start it over!
Ditto. Every so often I get a craving, and will watch a few episodes just to go back.
PLEASANTVILLE!!!!!!!!!!! I really hope you choose that one! One of my all time favorite movies. Also can't wait for Best Of Both Worlds. One of the best episodes of Star Trek and when you're counting 11 tv series that's really saying something. Also X-MEN! I've been in a X-Men mood since X-Men 97 came out so I'm here for it. War Of The Worlds is good but will probably unsettle you. Some of the scenes can stick with you. It all looks great and I can't wait. See you tonight!
I knew you’d be excited once you saw Pleasantville mentioned in Cassie’s post.
I just finished the absolutely awful 2024 Shogun and to get that taste out of my mouth I finished up the audiobook again and watched the terrific 1980 Shogun. The 2024 is one of the worst adaptations I have ever seen, how it is being praised, I have no idea. Next up for reading (audiobook)- The Divine Comedy. Maybe forth time is the charm getting through Dante. When that gets a bit much onto Existentially Challenged by Yahtzee Croshaw for a break.
You're listening to The Divine Comedy? I love Milla Jovovich! :-P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr3iqz4miGk
To answer your question, I've been rewatching some of HBO's The Wire (2002-08), the show that launched the acting careers of Michael B Jordan and Idris Elba. It's a really brilliant drama set in Baltimore Maryland. YouTube reactor You, Me & The Movies have just recently finished reacting to all 60 episodes!
Best television show of all time IMO. By a mile.
Some good stuff coming this week for sure. Looking forward mainly for WOTW and TNG.
Dang this looks like a great week to have joined Patreon. Sick! (in a good way). I think you gotta do Pleasantville. It's such a classic with many you'll recognize. And you've done a lot of military lately.
Get well soon 🤞❤️🙏
I love that you're watching Apocalypse Now, Cassie. I know this probably won't happen, but I'd also really hope you'd also react to it's acclaimed making of documentary, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmaker's Apocalypse (1991). It's one of the most brilliant, brutally honest retrospective making of movie documentaries ever, ever made! It's available to watch in full on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFYzVsrrPjE
I 2nd, Hearts of Darkness (1991). One of the greatest documentaries about the making of a film.
Looks like a great week!
What a great week ahead, woohoo! Pleasantville is a nice little movie, it has my vote. The Newsroom is probably top 3 tv show of all time for me. Aaron Sorkin writing just dances and flows and I like the concept of it. Would have loved a watchalong for that, but I understand.
This is my last week as a Patron, it’s been nice chatting with you all.
I'll pay another month for you if you want.
Besides Star Trek that is one SOLID week. Apocalypse Now another one crossed off the must watch list.
I've been pushing that one for a long time.
"Ortiz fights it off centerfield. Damon running to the plate, and he can keep on running to New York. Game six tomorrow night." -Joe Buck Cassie I know you don't follow baseball but look up the 2004 ALCS. You'll see why the Boston/Yankees cap exchange is significant in War of the Worlds, epecially since the movie came out the following summer.
Let's see a Four Days in October reaction!
'Smokey and The Bandit' AND 'Last Action Hero"?? Oh my days! Can't wait!
So Awesome!!
Which version of Apocalypse Now are you planning to watch? I recommend sticking with the shortest, ~2.5 hour long theatrical cut (or maybe the ~3 hour long Final Cut, but not the ~3.5 hour long Redux Cut). Also, this was one of the most difficult movies ever shot, so the 'Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse' about the making of the movie is a highly recommended watch. Pleasantville would be a perfect Popcorn Pick movie. But you would also enjoy U571. Also, I'm super stoked for SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT coming up. Just one suggestion: don't think much about it, just sit back and enjoy the moustache. I mean movie. 😄
The original theatrical cut is still the best version.
I'd definitely go Pleasantville over U-571, not just because I think you'll like it a lot more, but because U-571 is a pretty forgettable movie. Also, War of the Worlds was such a strange mix of good and bad. There are some absolutely incredible sequences in that movie, but a lot of boring melodrama mixed in as well. And I learned from watching it a bunch of times that as soon as Tim Robbins shows up, there's basically nothing interesting that happens for the rest of the movie. Not his fault though, just that his character's appearance signifies the end of the good scenes in the movie, and it's all downhill after that.
Pleasantville is such an out of the box film, nothing like it. And you'll see two performers from Seabiscut...and oh so different from Seabiscut. It's a very interesting and entertaining film. It's also a Cassie and Carly film.
Looking forward to Tales of the Empire on May 4th. Gonna have to miss tonight, I promised myself tonight I would watch Love Lies Bleeding, Kristen Stewart's new movie. Been rearranging some things. Making a sci-fi room and a Round-the-World room, which also means tearing up the rest of my house! LOL oh lord. Anyway, sorry you're under the weather again but the Kernel Queen always comes out on top!
heard really good things on LOVE LIES BLEEDING.
I absolutely loved The Newsroom. Hope you love it too!!
Got to be plesantville
Be sure and at least check out the Fall Guy old TV show intro / song... it's fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj9ev40C30M
Well there is one movie this week I’m excited to watch with you Cassie. I just saw war of the worlds for the first time a couple months ago and I liked it a lot. Not into marvel films or Star Trek so I’m happy to have something to watch this week. Just finished apples never fall on Hulu and it was pretty good. Now I need to find something new to watch. Hope everyone has a great week. Happy watching 🙂
oh, do PLEASANTVILLE. Really good movie with a lot to say. U-571 is pretty decent too but I'd honestly suggest doing DAS BOOT instead. The wife and I are seeing THE FALL GUY this weekend. Word is surprisingly good on it.
Cassie, if/when you watch U-571, please bear in mind that it is completely fictional. Nothing depicted in the movie actually happened.
my main issue with the film, actually.
Can you confirm if you're watching the original theatrical cut for Apocalypse Now? Definitely my recommendation for a first time viewer.
For sure do not do the Redux version. It's a death march. It's interesting to watch once but most of the added stuff deserved to be cut, in my opinion. I honestly think the Theatrical Cut is the best cut.