Episode 33: Jason Bourne (you know his name)

Devon saying they enjoy sequel hooks that are unlikely to see fruition makes me want them to learn of the very prestigious "Game is On Award" given out at the end of every year by the Weekly Planet.

Clipping Abi saying "That's not true, you've got gundams!" in that warm, encouraging voice to listen to whenever I'm feeling sad

I do, in fact, know his name (Jason Bourne)

You could just call it the SHCUM system to fit homophobia in, claim it’s a tribute to Sean Connery

I need a tshirt that says "do not internalise the panopticon" so that I remember not to internalise the panopticon.

I'd absolutely love to see the Mission Impossible franchise sprinkled in to Season 2 - they might actually be a little too bland to be the main topic, but especially the newer ones have some phenomenal action scenes, and it's always fun to talk about Tom Cruise.

mayo identified

Have you seen the made for tv Bourne Identity starting Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith, late 80s early 90s I want to say

The CIA director/DEFCON thing may seem implausible, but defcon did at some point manage to have the NSA director give the keynote

For an interesting take on masculinity you could look at the Tora-san series of movies

Jason Bored

Pleeease do Kiss Of The Dragon with Jet Li

The "it's Jason Bourne" line is still less annoying than every single British actor quizzically saying "Harry POTTER?!"

I've said it before but I think the Transformers franchise has a lot to say about the US military complex, masculinity, and ridiculous levels of cultural insensitivity all wrapped up in a very explodey package. And it brings the "why are these cars being sexual" themes back from Cars 2 and Planes 2.

SYRIANA! yesssss

They should add homophobia to the SCUM system by making it SHCUM and doing a Sean Connery accent every time

How would you feel about doing a War/soldier theme look into masculinity since Bourne was a Captain. Manly men and the whole honour and vulnerability and physical strength etc etc there are tons of films depicting this hero idea

One must imagine Paul Greengrass happy.

If we're recommending movies, I think "Shanghai Knights" would make a good bonus. It's both a mediocre sequel and a Jackie Chan movie! It's got a villain whose superpower is employing Asians (Boxer rebels, to be specific)! Jackie swordfights Littlefinger/Mayor Carcetti inside Big Ben! There's some diseased ideology! It'd be great.

I swear to god “Jesus Christ it’s Jason bourne” was in the theatrical cut, I coulda sworn I saw it in the film in theatres. Also Mission Impossible would be an amazing series to cover!!

I can't recall when/what episode I joined in on this mission but this has been without a doubt one of my all time favorite podcast experiences.

Jesus Christ it's the free one

It would be very funny if they'd brought back Jeremy Renner and Rachel Weisz and given them the "character from the last Bourne" treatment - one sniper bullet to the head while in a car.

I would like to see some brits' take on Mission Impossible, which I have come to understand as "James Bond, but American" and not just in a sense of like "what if the guy was born in the USA" but like, what if Ian Flemming were an American. I've found them delightful but they're also definitely super weird, and the second one was an absolutely amazingly wonderfully terrible movie.