S2E17.5: A Few Good Men
This week we're joined by Komodo Dad from War_Takes to discuss the classic 1992 Legal Thriller that features Jack Nicholson yelling 'YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH!'. Join us as we explain why Marines are a kind of Samurai, Why sexual harassment was actually a dischargeable offense in 1992, and just what it is that Aaron Sorkin actually believes...
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Comments (25)
Weird looking back at this episode and the denial, pivoting, and back-slapping congratulatory 'wins' in the year 2025.
I'm a straight CIS man, actually. KJB is my version of Sensible Chuckle Magazine.
Sorkin has the same three dial positions as EastEnders
Maybe legal dramas are the greatest exemplars of liberalism? Huh. I definitely think you should do more anyway so that we get more of legal Alice. Maybe The Rainmaker with Tom Cruise being the opposite kind of whizz kid lawyer? You should also do Toys just for the silly little military vehicle.
When talking about a movie made today that makes an earnest defense of liberalism and institutions, I think the movie you might be looking for is The Batman (2022). Particularly notable for the fact that the institutions of Gotham city are critiqued and violently attacked by the antagonist but Batman is on the side of liberal rules based order. Kay and skittles has a good video essay on the Batman, they might be a good guest.
if legal dramas are valid bonus episodes now, does that mean legally blonde is a possible future one? (please say yes i'm still so disappointed about that poll)
You're disappointed. I'm still waiting for Zardoz!
you must kill the Sorkin in your head.
kill every sorkin
I hadn't thought about this movie in a minute and yeesh it some of it has aged like milk. Also, thanks Komodo for acknowledging those of us born at the right time to be influenced by those big hopeful West Wing feels and the Sorkinisms. Excellent pod as usual.
Same. I've been listening to the West Wing Thing podcast (which I only recommend in small doses due to how cynical it is), and this episode honestly feels like a breath of fresh air in comparison. At least here I don't leave feeling depressed and miserable.
I would love to hear y'all do A Solider's Story. Such an interesting movie full of incredible actors. Directed by Norman Jewison who doesn't get enough credit for an absurdly diverse body of work. This dude directed Moonstruck, Fiddler on the Roof, The Thomas Crown Affair AND Rollerball.
Devon, can you teach Trashfuture how to set up their podcasts to be as downloadable as yours, its so much less painful to get a KJB ep bonus ep, I don't have to rename the file and fiddle with whatever obfustication patreon dreams up.
The thing is, both TF and KJB are edited through Nate and the files are named in the same way, so whatever's happening is just Patreon itself being wierd
lmao whip me harder mummy lmao
How do I download these again? I like to listen to them on a flashdrive at work.
the little ...Beside the share button on PC and the little cloud by the progress bar on mobile. P.S Gunsmith Cats GOAT
Drill Sergeant Abi....hello.
I've been killed dead by the intro. Yay! episode on Top Gun: Maverick, the second instance of the franchise Top Gun, incoming someday.
Holy shit, "Who the fuck is Betsy Ross?" got me rolling.
Sorkin is physically incapable of writing a tv show or movie where a woman isn't sexually harassed or her authority undermined
Ok but this was in 1992. Stand By Me had Kiefer Sutherland in 1986
solid top 3 opener here
10/10 intro. No notes.
That Jack Nicholson impression from Komodo Dad was a perfect Christian Slater.