Timestamps! 0:00 Intro 1:46 Oscar Nominations 28:51 Titane (Spoilers) 49:23 Jackass Forever (Spoilers) 1:02:19 The Thing (Spoilers) 1:40:46 Pizza Time! I mean Question Time! 1:41:07 What’s a cancelled TV show you’d save? 1:44:12 What’s the most hours you’ve ever put into a video game? 1:47:59 What are your thoughts on the new Futurama season (and it’s changed voice cast)? 1:52:28 What’s some of your favorite celebrities who aren’t great at their craft? (asked by a different Michael Scott lol small world) 1:56:10 Ralph recommends Going Overboard Hooray Titane episode! Would have loved an oscar nom for it, but c’est la vie. Happy Shrek!
"I can't think of anything I've done worthwhile at that age." - Colin from Canada "I can't think of anything I've done worthwhile EVER." - Jay Bauman 😑... - Colin from Canada
@@andyjames114 It’s all about perspective. I’m 24 and my biggest accomplishment was when I walked the Kokoda Track. ( a 96km trail that was fought on during WW2 )
@@ahajordon001 damn dude that's really cool, how long did that take you? Kinda a back of my mind goal would be to do the Appalachian trail here in the states, it's 3,500 hundreds KM which is insane. Feel like completing that would be better than climbing Everest
On Sardonicast #19 Ralph made a $50 bet against both Alex and Adum. Betting that the Sony Venom movies would be connected/in the MCU by 2022. $50 for Alex, $5 for Adum. Venom barely made the cut but both Adum and Alex owe Ralph $55 (together). Justice for Ralph!
@ASR if they had used the practical effects like they had originally planned, it would have saved the movie. Instead we got the worst looking cgi monsters since the mummy 2.
1:17:42 I thought utilizing some of Ennio Morricone's unused score for The Thing in The Hateful Eight was a weird choice as well. Until my close friend pointed out to me that The Hateful Eight is essentially Quentin Tarantino's version of The Thing. A snowstorm trapping a bunch of people in one location, each of them paranoid the others have malicious intent. Tarantino even went so far as to cast Kurt Russell! They're obviously completely different films at the end of the day, so I'm not saying he ripped it off or anything. There's a ton of The Thing's DNA in Hateful Eight though!
Yeah it's very obvious when you think about it TBH. It's kind of a situation where the way we categorize movies doesn't have as much utility as the way we categorize, for example, games. Hateful Eight and The Thing very much have the same energy to them despite one being a western and the other being a sci-fi horror, two genres that seem to have nothing to do with eachother. Compare the way we categorize Among Us and Mafia - both social deduction games with the same kind of energy that we can easily draw parallels to despite their settings being just as disparate.
I absolutely adore The Thing! For the first time I saw it, it was snowing strongly outside and the atmosphere was so incredible! I absolutely have loved it ever since!
The 2nd time I watched Titane, I saw Vincent from a different prospective. I guess the burning child he allucinates is actually Adrien. The fact that, despite being a fireman, he could not save his son made him feel so desperate and guilty he declared to the authorities that Adrien has been missing, so whoever will show up pretending to be him, Vincent will accept him as his son no matter what (“Anyone hurts you, I'll kill 'em. Even if it's me. I'd kill myself, I swear”). That's why, when the police asks him if he want to do a DNA test, he refuses saying "you think I can't recognize my son?". His ex-wife, on the other hand, moved on with her life. When she hugs Alexia/Adrien, it's like she's pretending to do it because she doesn't want to ruin her ex-husband's delusion. In fact, the director has mentioned Hitchcock's Vertigo as one of her inspirations. What made the ending so moving to me is that Vincent finally recognizes Alexia for who she really is and, instead of running away, he helps her delivering the baby, which he accept as his son/daughter even thought he/she's not even fully human, a powerful metaphor for unconditional love.
@@flbreglass that's interesting you brought it up in an animation class because other than one stop-motion shot, all of the shots are practical and in-camera
The thing about Jackass is they are always playing with death. They've gotten injured really badly before, but there were also so many near-deaths in the previous movies. And Knoxville is the craziest because he's addicted to doing the scariest stunts. I appreciate those crazy bastards for harming themselves for our entertainment. Also, I think the more edgier stuff was actually funny, like the end of Jackass 2 or the Baby and Dad bits from the show.
Yeah, its cool and all that Rob Bottin was only 22 when he designed the creature for the thing, but Naruto defeated Pain and saved the leaf village at 16.
One thing I don’t see people bring up is how perfect of a monster design the ‘thing’ is. Not only do you get to see multiple amazing mutated monsters throughout the movie but you also never see the alien’s ‘true’ form thereby playing off of the fear of the unknown even despite us seeing the alien multiple times.
I remember hearing someone say that some of the crew hated Ehren’s guts, which resulted in him being the punching bag. I’m not sure how much validity there is to it, but it makes sense
Wow...Ralph is out of touch about the Oscars. "Cruella can't win because it was BAD." Bad movies win Oscars all the time: Bohemian Rhapsody won 4, The Golden Compass won best Visual Effects, Suicide Squad, Vice, Bombshell, How the Grinch Stole Christmas all won makeup. Cruella is a lock for costumes, easily winning.
1:20:16 This doesn't make Adam's interpretation of which character the shadow was supposed to be incorrect, because at the end of the day the film is a piece of art separate from the intentions of the filmmakers.. Buuuuutttt John Carpenter has admitted that he is the man casting the shadow in that scene, and he did that so that the shadow didn't specifically resemble any of the characters, maintaining the ambiguity.
I just love that the thing 2011 is a direct prequel to the 1982 film if you watch them back to back. Also they had a practical effect cut but producers completely replaced it with cg for theaters at the last moment
Dune did have some pretty sweet sound, The big blue shield explosions, the throat singing dude, the dragonfly planes, the sand worms, I have seen the movie twice and I can hear all of those sounds in my mind, which is super fuckin rare.
Sound was incredible, felt like everything on screen had it’s own unique and logical sound somewhere in the mix. The scene when Paul pilots the ornithopter into the sandstorm stands out as truly immersive sound design especially.
To be fair / to continue off of what Adum was saying about musical documentaries, The Beatles doc is a completely different kind of music documentary. It's kind of like watching a series of archival footage from musical history we thought we knew, with an alternate narrative just now found within the select 8 hours of film Peter Jackson plucked out of the 60 hours of filmed segments & 150 hours of audio, which had originally been cut together in a way that gave the world the impression that The Beatles ended the band out of hate for one another. The original film, Let it Be, even convinced The Beatles themselves that their multimedia album/concert/movie was a failure. While there was some tension there throughout the sessions, some of which is finally revealed to us in its actuality for the first time ever, Peter allows us to get a far greater impression of their creative process as well as the mutual choice to eventually split. For anyone who loves music, especially Beatles fans, it genuienly is the closest a film has come to being an actual fly on the wall for such culturally beloved artists. It's a lot more innovative & creative (especially for its time) than pretty much any other musical documentary out there. If you're not into The Beatles then it's definitely going to be a much tough watch with the length it sits at, but each of the Sards have expressed some sort of appreciation for the four lads, so I really hope they check Get Back out sometime in the future.
Something of note: - It’s pronounced “Kieran” Hinds (Ciaran is just how the name is spelt as gaeilge) - Regarding the CGI in The Thing prequel. Originally the film was going to use practical effects, but was replaced with CGI after the test screenings. Apparently, some producer came into production, saw the test footage and said how it “looked like an 80s film” thinking it was dated. The CGI was done late into production, so the artists didn’t have enough time to polish out the imperfections. There’s a video from GoodBadFlicks that goes into more detail about its production: m.ruclips.net/video/NxPK3sYb90w/видео.html - I have a theory on why The Thing didn’t do too great commercially or critically. 1982 was a busy year for science fiction. Releases like Blade Runner, Tron, The Thing and Wrath of Khan went on to be classics in their respective genre. E.T came out around June, a couple of weeks before The Thing. I guess the public and critics were enchanted with Spielberg’s family friendly alien, so a shape shifting monster from space wasn’t something to follow it up with. The Thing came out at the wrong place at the wrong time. The fact that it and Tron weren’t Oscar nominated for Visual Effects is absolute bollacks (The Academy disqualified Tron because CGI was considered “cheating” back then).
I imagine the average moviegoer, especially in the 80s, probably didn't have a very broad understanding of the science fiction genre and would have the attitude of "do I really want to see ANOTHER alien movie this month?" when it came to seeing The Thing after E.T.
Part of why The Thing failed is because it came out close to E.T the Extraterrestrial and people didn't wanna see mean aliens they wanted cute. Another famous flop from 1982? BLADE RUNNER.
People say that a lot, and there's no way to really know whether it's true. It's just a narrative that stuck. But it'd be pretty interesting if it is actually true.
I heard two seconds of your review of Titane and I stopped everything and just watched the movie cause I knew it would be right up my ally. After seeing it, incredible movie, so well shot. just an incredibly well made movie. It is labeled as a horror film but it is not really a scary movie but just a disturbing film
@@frankmerker630 I was actually referring to the time that he (might have) insulted his ex-wife for her fertility struggles in a post showing off his new girlfriend.
I was terrified of horror movies as a kid and avoided them most of my life. I've recently been trying to rediscover the genre and watching anything I've heard a lot of praise for. I watched The Thing last year and it immediately became one of my favorite movies I've ever seen.
"James Franco in 127 Hours, you know he's gonna get out there at the end, you know they're not gonna let him die." Yes, Ralph, because it was based on a real life survival story...
@@markparkinson6947 if you're talking about the -old- movies, i watched George Mélies and his contemporaries, and some classics from the 20's and 30's, if your talking about my age when I watched the thing, I think I was around 13
20:40 WILL RIDE THE SIMON REX TRAIN. I saw Red Rocket early back in october and have seen it like 6 times up till now. Simon Rex should have gotten a nominee and Nicolas Cage in Pig
Dont look up is proof that the oscars is a popularity contest and a celebrity zoo. No matter how many mixed reviews your movie has, all you need in Hollywood are friends and money.
@@coletrainhetrick yeah dude the best movies are totally the most socially pandering garbage. according the the oscars the only movies worth voting for are biopics. I mean you can trust the word of that institution, but you'll just wind up having shit taste.
I actually really enjoyed the film. The commentary on how the real world would react is shockingly parallel to our own, and the lack of subtlety helps the comedy of the film, as well as emphasise the point that people are not understanding the severity of the situation.
Thought for sure Adam would say Morel Orel on the more seasons wish question, since it ended prematurely. But I guess that's the one he forgot. Also clone high is getting a second season!
Love how Ralph used 127 hours, which is a true story, as an example of a movie with no stakes because you know the protagonist gets home safe. It’s funny but legitimately that’s why I find zodiac so boring because you know there’s no resolution, the slow buildup literally goes no where. So I started this post as poking fun at Ralph, but now 🤔🤔🤔
The real story doesn't have a "final" resolution, but Jake Gyllenhaal's character definitely does. He looks in the eyes of the cashier at the hardware store and is convinced, beyond any doubt, that this cashier is the Zodiac killer. From his perspective, his journey to find the killer is fulfilled.
The only part of The Thing that I didn’t like was that part where the computer calculates humanity’s chance of survival. That seemed like a studio note for dummies lol
My head theory was that the alien species from 'The Thing' is the same alien type from Carpenter's 'Starman'. Just the Thing's alien didn't have those spheres to stabilize it's form and sanity to interact with humanity. Crashed landing and assimilating any life around it wildly.
I've always liked that idea, I've heard a similar idea with the Aliens movies, where the aliens are only feral because they're removed from a nurturing environment and are actually from a highly advanced species. Like they would be highly intelligent and nonaggressive had they been birthed in their own society
The Lost Daughter definitely could have been cut down by at least 30 minutes and nothing would have changed about the movie. I do think that Jessie Buckley may have a shot at the Oscar however Kirsten Dunst and Ariana DeBose might get it instead
Ralph jumping to Hans Zimmer for Dune is quite funny. Just shows how easily manipulated people can be when they hear that “eughAHHHHHHAAAAAAAHHAHAHAHA” scream cliché in desert movies, accompanied by the odd Zimmer “BOOOOMMMM”. I think it’s incredibly obvious who deserves best Original Score; it is easily Jonny Greenwood’s year.
@Jonathan Jones it is a cliché though. It’s clear where the true musical talent is in the nominations. Hans has been doing his thing for ages now. Jonny did something new and exciting. I don’t see how that’s pretentious
My fiancée loves jackass, and has watched them since she was like 6. Idk how she watched the stuff when she was so young, but I knew I had to take her to see this on opening night cause she’s never been so excited for a movie. The entire theater was full and it was the worst experience ever. The guys next to us were constantly shouting, and came back and started talking about how they cussed out the workers for not refilling their popcorn, then started saying things about her being a woman, yadda yadda. Halfway through, a drunk guy started arguing with some guy at the front, then he called him the N word and a fight broke out. When the workers tried talking to the crowd about refunds, the audience kept harassing them and shouting rude things at the workers. After this I finally made our group leave cause I was so uncomfortable, then as we were walking out they turned off the screen and we saw police in the parking lot. Worst movie experience I’ve ever had, and of course it was Jackass
So Raph what did you think about the movie? "I thought it was funny" *awkward silence* Raph adds nothing to the conversation and it's getting worse every week.
Do you think it's worth watching even if you're not already a Beatles fan? Or is it the sort of thing where you kinda need to be a Beatles fan already?
Denis Villeneuve absolutely got snubbed for a Best Director nom. Even if you weren't a fan of Dune, you have to admit it was a spectacularly directed film
There’s a rumour from a consistently reliable Marvel leaker that Campbell is reprising his Ash character for Doctor Strange 2, I’d normally call BS but this insider correctly leaked the entire No Way Home plot two months ahead of release not to mention a laundry list of other correctly proven leaks. There was an Ash vs Marvel Zombies comic book series and Sony is already working with Marvel on Spidey, so I’m betting it’s legit.
Parts of The Thing’s score being in The Hateful Eight isn’t so weird if you think about it. Both movies feature snowbound groups of people in tight quarters that strongly distrust each other. Also Kurt Russell is the only character in both movies that is 100% straightforward about who he is the entire time. They’re actually super similar, it’s clear how much Tarantino liked and understood The Thing
Imma be real: Going Overboard is indeed shit. But, in my opinion, there's a certain charm when watching young Adam Sandler make a movie with his friends. It's a welcome change in tone as oppose to when he's just super miserable in something like Pixels
Another point forgive me if someone pointed it out, but it came out right after E.T came out and people where disturbed of an alien creature capable of murdering animals and humans, which lead to it bombing in the box office.
Yeah. Also, it does tear through clothes. But if I remeber correctly, the prequel does make the mistake of showing the thing eating people with all the clothes on. Which contradicts the original movie. I saw the movie last night in a theater last night for it's 40th Anniversary. Awesome.
Summer of Soul is probably gonna win. There’s probably a bit of collusion cause it was first introduced at the previous Oscars by Questlove, who was both the DJ for the Oscars and the director of the movie. That or Flee cause that does seem to have a lot of press.
Has anyone here seen “Blacklight” in theaters, the new Liam neeson movie. I just got dragged into seeing it the other day, and my mouth was literally agape several times from how bad everything was. Like everyyyything was terrible. I need one of y’all to experience my pain
@@markparkinson6947 I went w a friend and his bro. We had 2 hours to kill before we had to be somewhere and just wanted to see something. It was the only one playing soon enough. I’m still thinking ab it like almost a week later too lol. Still kinda in awe, it wasn’t even forgettably bad, like I still remember most of it. It was oppressively in-your-face bad
We live in a society. . .where Free Guy is an Oscar-nominated film. 1:20:00 According to IMDB trivia, none of the actors were actually used for that scene. John Carpenter didn't want to give the audience any hints at that point, so he used a stand in who wasn't part of the cast.
Just because something is nominated for an Oscar, doesn’t always make it a great film, just great in a particular area. For example, Free Guy got nominated for special effects. Suicide Squad (2016) is also an Oscar nominated-and-winner for best make up and hairstyling. The list goes on.
@@frankmerker630 yeah, but a big part of it was how they went over-budget to specifically make the carnival. I think I may just be connecting two different stories, but it seems to be the one getting the most press about its sets.
Titane was one of the craziest movie theater experiences I've had. I'm wanting to watch it again but I certainly wasn't sure I'd want to in the moment.
The shadow silhouette in that scene in The Thing actually wasn't any of the actors, Carpenter wanted the ambiguity to be such a huge theme that he intentionally used one of the film crewmembers for that scene. He really didn't want to give the audience anything.
The 1950s The Thing by Howard Hawks does have its merits, it popularized sci-fi (alongside the Day the Earth Stood Still and War of the Worlds, but The Thing from Another World was more or less the first of the alien invader subgenre, and it has a bit of an enjoyable self-awareness, too.) for the following decades and inspired many directors to do other great films, including John Carpenter himself whose film wasn't just meant to be a closer adaptation but an homage to the original 1951 The Thing. It's not fair to just ignore it completely when it's so significant to the medium and respected by filmmakers and artists alike, and I'm not gonna be like the above video and disregard a classic that is responsible for giving us the 1982 film. Do give it a watch and see if you like it, I think.
@@ReconMalfunction Good guess, because of the anti-SJW backlash against her. I’m thinking it’s Chris Pratt, because of his association with the homophobic church group he regularly goes to.
Clone High IS coming back on HBO Max, but who knows how long that will last. Viacom made the deal with them before Paramount+ was a thing, they might not want their show on another service for long. Then again, HBO Max landed the streaming rights to South Park and Animaniacs on Hulu got another season so who knows.
I wish u guys would’ve talked about titane more, the scene where she starts the fire at her parents house was an interesting/disturbing scene for me, i also really liked the ending, I loved the music that was playing, how it built up to the reveal of how the baby looked and I disagree with Ralph on how it looks, I thought that was a better choice than to go full cronenberg with it, it was more of a “reward” for the character Vincent and if it was more towards body horror I feel like it would have the opposite effect
Have you guys watched Joe Pera Talks With You on Adult Swim? It's like the opposite of The Eric Andre Show, but in a good way. It's a really trippy viewing experience going from one to the other!
The 2011 Thing movie was actually just a prequel. They tried to line up all the things they see in the Norwegian base. The ice block, the fused two headed corpse, etc. The movie even ends in the same spot the 1982 movie begins. With the survivors chasing the dog. Now does this make the movie good? No it's really bad. I actually give the movie kudos for having a good 15 minutes in the middle. Where the movie does calm down with the overuse of CG and you genuinely don't know who is the alien. But then it dives back in. I just felt like pointing out that the movie takes place literally right before the 1982 movie and is supposed to be the story of the people in the base that the characters visit in the 1982 movie.
Timestamps!
0:00 Intro
1:46 Oscar Nominations
28:51 Titane (Spoilers)
49:23 Jackass Forever (Spoilers)
1:02:19 The Thing (Spoilers)
1:40:46 Pizza Time! I mean Question Time!
1:41:07 What’s a cancelled TV show you’d save?
1:44:12 What’s the most hours you’ve ever put into a video game?
1:47:59 What are your thoughts on the new Futurama season (and it’s changed voice cast)?
1:52:28 What’s some of your favorite celebrities who aren’t great at their craft? (asked by a different Michael Scott lol small world)
1:56:10 Ralph recommends Going Overboard
Hooray Titane episode! Would have loved an oscar nom for it, but c’est la vie. Happy Shrek!
We love you Michael
Pizza Time! 🍕
I didn't even know there was a new Futurama season.
@@spaghettimon3851 The best time.
do jackass spoilers even really matter
Something interesting to mention is that Rob Bottin, who made the creature and effects for The Thing was only 22 years old at the time.
That’s insane
The fuck have I done
"I can't think of anything I've done worthwhile at that age." - Colin from Canada
"I can't think of anything I've done worthwhile EVER." - Jay Bauman
😑... - Colin from Canada
@@andyjames114 It’s all about perspective. I’m 24 and my biggest accomplishment was when I walked the Kokoda Track. ( a 96km trail that was fought on during WW2 )
@@ahajordon001 damn dude that's really cool, how long did that take you? Kinda a back of my mind goal would be to do the Appalachian trail here in the states, it's 3,500 hundreds KM which is insane. Feel like completing that would be better than climbing Everest
On Sardonicast #19 Ralph made a $50 bet against both Alex and Adum. Betting that the Sony Venom movies would be connected/in the MCU by 2022. $50 for Alex, $5 for Adum. Venom barely made the cut but both Adum and Alex owe Ralph $55 (together). Justice for Ralph!
the thing 2011 was also a critical and commercial flop so it's actually a very faithful reboot
You definitely won't see that one getting a cult following at any point in history though lol
@ASR if they had used the practical effects like they had originally planned, it would have saved the movie. Instead we got the worst looking cgi monsters since the mummy 2.
1:17:42 I thought utilizing some of Ennio Morricone's unused score for The Thing in The Hateful Eight was a weird choice as well. Until my close friend pointed out to me that The Hateful Eight is essentially Quentin Tarantino's version of The Thing. A snowstorm trapping a bunch of people in one location, each of them paranoid the others have malicious intent. Tarantino even went so far as to cast Kurt Russell! They're obviously completely different films at the end of the day, so I'm not saying he ripped it off or anything. There's a ton of The Thing's DNA in Hateful Eight though!
Awesome insight. Thank you for the commenting.
@@jeffphillips1832 Giving all credit for this one to my good friend Ryan, but thanks anyway lmao!
@@meeptop Shout out to Ryan for them fun facts
Yeah it's very obvious when you think about it TBH. It's kind of a situation where the way we categorize movies doesn't have as much utility as the way we categorize, for example, games. Hateful Eight and The Thing very much have the same energy to them despite one being a western and the other being a sci-fi horror, two genres that seem to have nothing to do with eachother. Compare the way we categorize Among Us and Mafia - both social deduction games with the same kind of energy that we can easily draw parallels to despite their settings being just as disparate.
Shit, you're right
I thought that was nikocado on the thumbnail lol
OMG your right!!! 😂😂😂
It is
This is one of the best movie slates you guys have had yet.
What?
@@spudreviewsmedia They mean all the movies they reviewed are good
I absolutely adore The Thing! For the first time I saw it, it was snowing strongly outside and the atmosphere was so incredible! I absolutely have loved it ever since!
I have been _waiting_ for The Thing to get covered! it feels like you all recommend my favorite movies
I would easily call The Thing one of the greatest films of all time
The 2nd time I watched Titane, I saw Vincent from a different prospective. I guess the burning child he allucinates is actually Adrien. The fact that, despite being a fireman, he could not save his son made him feel so desperate and guilty he declared to the authorities that Adrien has been missing, so whoever will show up pretending to be him, Vincent will accept him as his son no matter what (“Anyone hurts you, I'll kill 'em. Even if it's me. I'd kill myself, I swear”). That's why, when the police asks him if he want to do a DNA test, he refuses saying "you think I can't recognize my son?". His ex-wife, on the other hand, moved on with her life. When she hugs Alexia/Adrien, it's like she's pretending to do it because she doesn't want to ruin her ex-husband's delusion. In fact, the director has mentioned Hitchcock's Vertigo as one of her inspirations. What made the ending so moving to me is that Vincent finally recognizes Alexia for who she really is and, instead of running away, he helps her delivering the baby, which he accept as his son/daughter even thought he/she's not even fully human, a powerful metaphor for unconditional love.
O hit true. Didn't really think about that. I keep discovering new things about this film everyday lol.
so glad ya'll are talking about Titane!! :)
Getting Sardonicast today is like finding money in a pair of jeans.
Wasn't expecting it, but its more than welcome .
To be honest, I never expect it. It just appears in my feed
Ah yes my three favorite movies featuring body mutilation
Great observation!
I love the combos of films that are on this podcast sometimes lmao by far one of the most interesting and entertaining film podcasts out there.
I haven't watched Carpenter's The Thing until recently, it easily became one of my favorite movies. The tension and effects were perfect.
Showed the dog scene to my animation class because they were talking about Parasyte the anime/manga. HAD to bring up The Thing
@@flbreglass that's interesting you brought it up in an animation class because other than one stop-motion shot, all of the shots are practical and in-camera
@@walrusArmageddon It was related to an idea I had for a monster reveal, same kind of style and they didnt know what I meant! :D had to show them
The thing about Jackass is they are always playing with death. They've gotten injured really badly before, but there were also so many near-deaths in the previous movies. And Knoxville is the craziest because he's addicted to doing the scariest stunts. I appreciate those crazy bastards for harming themselves for our entertainment. Also, I think the more edgier stuff was actually funny, like the end of Jackass 2 or the Baby and Dad bits from the show.
"The Thing" about Jackass
Yeah, its cool and all that Rob Bottin was only 22 when he designed the creature for the thing, but Naruto defeated Pain and saved the leaf village at 16.
One thing I don’t see people bring up is how perfect of a monster design the ‘thing’ is.
Not only do you get to see multiple amazing mutated monsters throughout the movie but you also never see the alien’s ‘true’ form thereby playing off of the fear of the unknown even despite us seeing the alien multiple times.
Under the skin sheeshhh
Jackass Forever’s god damn disclaimer screen made me tear up. I love those guys and it was so solid. Ehren was even more of a punching bag w/o Dunn.
Aw you gonna cry? Does baby want their bottle? Cry for mommy? Wahhhh wahhh
I remember hearing someone say that some of the crew hated Ehren’s guts, which resulted in him being the punching bag. I’m not sure how much validity there is to it, but it makes sense
@@davidfelter417 I could see that. He seems like a cool dude like the rest of them, tho.
@@HOTD108_ ok 😭😭😭😭
@@HOTD108_ Hahahahaha you're dead
Wow...Ralph is out of touch about the Oscars. "Cruella can't win because it was BAD." Bad movies win Oscars all the time: Bohemian Rhapsody won 4, The Golden Compass won best Visual Effects, Suicide Squad, Vice, Bombshell, How the Grinch Stole Christmas all won makeup. Cruella is a lock for costumes, easily winning.
Not to mention it's Disney.
Vice had good makeup though
@@JH-fb3mp Good makeup and lead performance, mediocre movie at best
@@slimnave4846 agreed; op was deriding it for winning best makeup though
I didn't know Vice was consider bad. To be fair I haven't heard anything about it.
Always fun to hear people talk more about The Thing, my favorite movie by far.
Johnny Greenwood really deserves an Oscar
@@christie_brown but hans go BWAAJSJWDNXJWJWKAKDNRJM though
Holy shit this is a stacked lineup of reviews. Up there with any other sardonicasts
1:20:16 This doesn't make Adam's interpretation of which character the shadow was supposed to be incorrect, because at the end of the day the film is a piece of art separate from the intentions of the filmmakers.. Buuuuutttt John Carpenter has admitted that he is the man casting the shadow in that scene, and he did that so that the shadow didn't specifically resemble any of the characters, maintaining the ambiguity.
I just love that the thing 2011 is a direct prequel to the 1982 film if you watch them back to back. Also they had a practical effect cut but producers completely replaced it with cg for theaters at the last moment
Dune did have some pretty sweet sound, The big blue shield explosions, the throat singing dude, the dragonfly planes, the sand worms, I have seen the movie twice and I can hear all of those sounds in my mind, which is super fuckin rare.
Sound was incredible, felt like everything on screen had it’s own unique and logical sound somewhere in the mix. The scene when Paul pilots the ornithopter into the sandstorm stands out as truly immersive sound design especially.
To be fair / to continue off of what Adum was saying about musical documentaries, The Beatles doc is a completely different kind of music documentary. It's kind of like watching a series of archival footage from musical history we thought we knew, with an alternate narrative just now found within the select 8 hours of film Peter Jackson plucked out of the 60 hours of filmed segments & 150 hours of audio, which had originally been cut together in a way that gave the world the impression that The Beatles ended the band out of hate for one another. The original film, Let it Be, even convinced The Beatles themselves that their multimedia album/concert/movie was a failure. While there was some tension there throughout the sessions, some of which is finally revealed to us in its actuality for the first time ever, Peter allows us to get a far greater impression of their creative process as well as the mutual choice to eventually split. For anyone who loves music, especially Beatles fans, it genuienly is the closest a film has come to being an actual fly on the wall for such culturally beloved artists. It's a lot more innovative & creative (especially for its time) than pretty much any other musical documentary out there. If you're not into The Beatles then it's definitely going to be a much tough watch with the length it sits at, but each of the Sards have expressed some sort of appreciation for the four lads, so I really hope they check Get Back out sometime in the future.
The Thing is my favorite movie period. I think it's just about as close to perfect as a piece of media can get.
Something of note:
- It’s pronounced “Kieran” Hinds (Ciaran is just how the name is spelt as gaeilge)
- Regarding the CGI in The Thing prequel. Originally the film was going to use practical effects, but was replaced with CGI after the test screenings. Apparently, some producer came into production, saw the test footage and said how it “looked like an 80s film” thinking it was dated. The CGI was done late into production, so the artists didn’t have enough time to polish out the imperfections. There’s a video from GoodBadFlicks that goes into more detail about its production: m.ruclips.net/video/NxPK3sYb90w/видео.html
- I have a theory on why The Thing didn’t do too great commercially or critically. 1982 was a busy year for science fiction. Releases like Blade Runner, Tron, The Thing and Wrath of Khan went on to be classics in their respective genre. E.T came out around June, a couple of weeks before The Thing. I guess the public and critics were enchanted with Spielberg’s family friendly alien, so a shape shifting monster from space wasn’t something to follow it up with. The Thing came out at the wrong place at the wrong time.
The fact that it and Tron weren’t Oscar nominated for Visual Effects is absolute bollacks (The Academy disqualified Tron because CGI was considered “cheating” back then).
I've heard the E.T. theory too,
I imagine the average moviegoer, especially in the 80s, probably didn't have a very broad understanding of the science fiction genre and would have the attitude of "do I really want to see ANOTHER alien movie this month?" when it came to seeing The Thing after E.T.
Thanks for the rehash rlm watcher
Actually his name is spelt with the fada on the a as "Ciarán" so it is pronounced "kierawn" moreso
@@bothi00 I would have included the fada, but I was typing my original comment on my iPhone.
That voice actor algorithm thing that you said would be perfect for Disney was explored in The Congress (2013). Really unique film. Highly recommend.
Part of why The Thing failed is because it came out close to E.T the Extraterrestrial and people didn't wanna see mean aliens they wanted cute. Another famous flop from 1982? BLADE RUNNER.
Blade Runner came out on the same *day* as The Thing.
@@BirdsElopeWithTheSun09 bad luck. Both are some of my most favorite movies.
And I don't even really like ET all that much, it just happened to be my initials.
People say that a lot, and there's no way to really know whether it's true. It's just a narrative that stuck. But it'd be pretty interesting if it is actually true.
wow, sardonicast has gotten so big they dont even need to clickbait the oscars!
Damn, this would’ve been the perfect opportunity to do the jackass opening for the podcast.
I heard two seconds of your review of Titane and I stopped everything and just watched the movie cause I knew it would be right up my ally. After seeing it, incredible movie, so well shot. just an incredibly well made movie. It is labeled as a horror film but it is not really a scary movie but just a disturbing film
I can’t believe someone stole my erotic Cars fan-fiction and called it Titane
Ralph’s energy is lower than a Valium addicted sloth.
Titane was so disappointing, I kept on waiting for the ship to hit the iceberg but it never happened
I kept waiting for the woman to give birth to a car so we could see the true origins of Herbie the love bug
1:56:02 Is Ralph talking about Letitia Wright? Evangeline Lily? Chris Pratt? Is there another MCU star with some controversy I'm forgetting?
I'm guessing he's talking about Pratt
Brie Larson?
Chris Pratt has the gall to be religious or something. Basically black face
I have to assume that he's talking about Brie Larson.
@@frankmerker630 I was actually referring to the time that he (might have) insulted his ex-wife for her fertility struggles in a post showing off his new girlfriend.
I was terrified of horror movies as a kid and avoided them most of my life. I've recently been trying to rediscover the genre and watching anything I've heard a lot of praise for. I watched The Thing last year and it immediately became one of my favorite movies I've ever seen.
I love how bored they are of the Oscars. Also, I wanted The Suicide Squad to get nominated for Best VFX.
It's kind of hilarious that the bad Suicide Squad movie is the one they gave an Oscar.
"James Franco in 127 Hours, you know he's gonna get out there at the end, you know they're not gonna let him die."
Yes, Ralph, because it was based on a real life survival story...
Also, they did let Ryan Reynolds die in that movie where he was buried alive
@@liamdude5722 I mean...I wish that was what really happened.
Yea but his point still stands
I just discovered The Oblongs and man, it deserved a lot more than 13 episodes.
I watch the thing in my teens years and it was the movie that convinced me to watch more - old- movies
How old we talkin’?
@@markparkinson6947 if you're talking about the -old- movies, i watched George Mélies and his contemporaries, and some classics from the 20's and 30's, if your talking about my age when I watched the thing, I think I was around 13
@@vjara94 Did you watch The Thing in cinemas?
@@vjara94 Also, nice. George Melies’s A Trip to the Moon is pretty surreal! Amazing what they did back then, with such limited technology.
@@markparkinson6947 oh no, I'm to young for that.. I watched it on my pc lol
Halloween (1978) is probably my personal favorite Carpenter film, but I would say The Thing (1982) is his best film.
Videodrome would be an amazing 80s body horror film to talk about!
20:40 WILL RIDE THE SIMON REX TRAIN. I saw Red Rocket early back in october and have seen it like 6 times up till now. Simon Rex should have gotten a nominee and Nicolas Cage in Pig
Dont look up is proof that the oscars is a popularity contest and a celebrity zoo. No matter how many mixed reviews your movie has, all you need in Hollywood are friends and money.
This is why I've never (yes, never) watched the Oscars. The truly best movies are buried under the hype of the unworthy ones.
@@coletrainhetrick Bro what Parasite was amazing
@@coletrainhetrick yeah dude the best movies are totally the most socially pandering garbage. according the the oscars the only movies worth voting for are biopics. I mean you can trust the word of that institution, but you'll just wind up having shit taste.
@@coletrainhetrick don't get me started on THAT big lie...
I made it 10 minutes into “Don’t Look Up” and turned it off, now it’s nominated for an Oscar for best picture. 🙄
I expected it to get Best Picture nomination but the editing nomination is such a fucking joke
Spoiler alert: it only gets worse
I only saw one ad for Green Book and decided not to watch it. We know how that turned out.
I actually really enjoyed the film. The commentary on how the real world would react is shockingly parallel to our own, and the lack of subtlety helps the comedy of the film, as well as emphasise the point that people are not understanding the severity of the situation.
@@joshsobchak9902 So basically, all you have to do is watch an ad for a movie, and that movie gets an Oscar nomination! 😁
Thought for sure Adam would say Morel Orel on the more seasons wish question, since it ended prematurely. But I guess that's the one he forgot. Also clone high is getting a second season!
I finally got around to watching Titane. I was horribly confused by what I was watching. Thanks for the recommendation. I think.... maybe?
One fun thing about “the thing” is that the only female character is the chess wizard
A movie for gamers
Love how Ralph used 127 hours, which is a true story, as an example of a movie with no stakes because you know the protagonist gets home safe. It’s funny but legitimately that’s why I find zodiac so boring because you know there’s no resolution, the slow buildup literally goes no where. So I started this post as poking fun at Ralph, but now 🤔🤔🤔
Kinda like how i found Spotlight or The Post so boring: You know it's gonna be published!
The real story doesn't have a "final" resolution, but Jake Gyllenhaal's character definitely does. He looks in the eyes of the cashier at the hardware store and is convinced, beyond any doubt, that this cashier is the Zodiac killer. From his perspective, his journey to find the killer is fulfilled.
@Jonathan Jones worst fincher for me, would rather watch alien 3 lmao
@Jonathan Jones mmm ravishing conversation. Thank you.
This upload surprised me I forgot the schedule was a little early!
Aren’t they actually doing a clone high revival due to all the memes?
The only part of The Thing that I didn’t like was that part where the computer calculates humanity’s chance of survival. That seemed like a studio note for dummies lol
It seems almost like a 2001: A Space Odyssey reference
My head theory was that the alien species from 'The Thing' is the same alien type from Carpenter's 'Starman'. Just the Thing's alien didn't have those spheres to stabilize it's form and sanity to interact with humanity. Crashed landing and assimilating any life around it wildly.
I've always liked that idea, I've heard a similar idea with the Aliens movies, where the aliens are only feral because they're removed from a nurturing environment and are actually from a highly advanced species. Like they would be highly intelligent and nonaggressive had they been birthed in their own society
I'm still waiting on Netflix to give Ehren his own spinoff series
always happy to see Sardonicast pop up.
Just saw Titane. Favorite of the year. Brutal and wild yet not forgetting to be well-crafted. So glad you guys chose to discuss it.
Titane scenes are something that's always in the back off my mind for some reason
Ralph seriously thinks Cruella won’t win best costume because it’s a bad movie, even after Suicide Squad 2016 won best makeup.
I've been waiting for a discussion on the thing ever since this youtube channel was created
The Lost Daughter definitely could have been cut down by at least 30 minutes and nothing would have changed about the movie. I do think that Jessie Buckley may have a shot at the Oscar however Kirsten Dunst and Ariana DeBose might get it instead
Ralph jumping to Hans Zimmer for Dune is quite funny. Just shows how easily manipulated people can be when they hear that “eughAHHHHHHAAAAAAAHHAHAHAHA” scream cliché in desert movies, accompanied by the odd Zimmer “BOOOOMMMM”.
I think it’s incredibly obvious who deserves best Original Score; it is easily Jonny Greenwood’s year.
@Jonathan Jones it is a cliché though. It’s clear where the true musical talent is in the nominations. Hans has been doing his thing for ages now. Jonny did something new and exciting. I don’t see how that’s pretentious
My fiancée loves jackass, and has watched them since she was like 6. Idk how she watched the stuff when she was so young, but I knew I had to take her to see this on opening night cause she’s never been so excited for a movie. The entire theater was full and it was the worst experience ever. The guys next to us were constantly shouting, and came back and started talking about how they cussed out the workers for not refilling their popcorn, then started saying things about her being a woman, yadda yadda. Halfway through, a drunk guy started arguing with some guy at the front, then he called him the N word and a fight broke out. When the workers tried talking to the crowd about refunds, the audience kept harassing them and shouting rude things at the workers. After this I finally made our group leave cause I was so uncomfortable, then as we were walking out they turned off the screen and we saw police in the parking lot. Worst movie experience I’ve ever had, and of course it was Jackass
So Raph what did you think about the movie?
"I thought it was funny"
*awkward silence*
Raph adds nothing to the conversation and it's getting worse every week.
Just posted a similar comment and then wondered if I was alone and being needlessly mean. Glad I’m not.
"It was a weird with a bunch of naked people running around and something about fucking a car. I give it a 4/5." Ralph's Titane comments summed up.
I think The Thing is the most solid 5/5 movie I have seen, maybe cause I love body horror
The Beatles doc is pretty great.
Do you think it's worth watching even if you're not already a Beatles fan? Or is it the sort of thing where you kinda need to be a Beatles fan already?
@@HOTD108_ yes bc I'm not a huge Beatles fan but the footage is undeniably cool.
Denis Villeneuve absolutely got snubbed for a Best Director nom. Even if you weren't a fan of Dune, you have to admit it was a spectacularly directed film
Ash vs Evil Dead deserves so much another season
There’s a rumour from a consistently reliable Marvel leaker that Campbell is reprising his Ash character for Doctor Strange 2, I’d normally call BS but this insider correctly leaked the entire No Way Home plot two months ahead of release not to mention a laundry list of other correctly proven leaks. There was an Ash vs Marvel Zombies comic book series and Sony is already working with Marvel on Spidey, so I’m betting it’s legit.
The original Thing From Another World is amazing, disappointing that Adam would of course rip into it.
I'm not really a fan of it either, could you maybe explain why so I have a better understanding of your perspective? I honestly found it very boring.
Interesting
I quite like it as well, though the Carpenter version is superior imo.
nobody wants to mention bill and ted as the only movie where keanu actually works unironically
Parts of The Thing’s score being in The Hateful Eight isn’t so weird if you think about it. Both movies feature snowbound groups of people in tight quarters that strongly distrust each other. Also Kurt Russell is the only character in both movies that is 100% straightforward about who he is the entire time. They’re actually super similar, it’s clear how much Tarantino liked and understood The Thing
Imma be real: Going Overboard is indeed shit. But, in my opinion, there's a certain charm when watching young Adam Sandler make a movie with his friends. It's a welcome change in tone as oppose to when he's just super miserable in something like Pixels
Not in this case
Another point forgive me if someone pointed it out, but it came out right after E.T came out and people where disturbed of an alien creature capable of murdering animals and humans, which lead to it bombing in the box office.
One nitpick, Adam says it can replicate clothes but its shown that it rips through clothing when assimilating.
Yeah. Also, it does tear through clothes. But if I remeber correctly, the prequel does make the mistake of showing the thing eating people with all the clothes on. Which contradicts the original movie. I saw the movie last night in a theater last night for it's 40th Anniversary. Awesome.
Summer of Soul is probably gonna win. There’s probably a bit of collusion cause it was first introduced at the previous Oscars by Questlove, who was both the DJ for the Oscars and the director of the movie. That or Flee cause that does seem to have a lot of press.
You mean to say the people winning already have a foot in the door? No waaaayyy
@@Lifesizemortal yeah, I’m just taking note of this specific occasion.
Has anyone here seen “Blacklight” in theaters, the new Liam neeson movie. I just got dragged into seeing it the other day, and my mouth was literally agape several times from how bad everything was. Like everyyyything was terrible. I need one of y’all to experience my pain
Who made you watch the film, anyway?
@@markparkinson6947 I went w a friend and his bro. We had 2 hours to kill before we had to be somewhere and just wanted to see something. It was the only one playing soon enough. I’m still thinking ab it like almost a week later too lol. Still kinda in awe, it wasn’t even forgettably bad, like I still remember most of it. It was oppressively in-your-face bad
@@EpicGammingCrew Sounds like a contender for one of the worst films of the 2020s, if not 2022.
We live in a society. . .where Free Guy is an Oscar-nominated film.
1:20:00 According to IMDB trivia, none of the actors were actually used for that scene. John Carpenter didn't want to give the audience any hints at that point, so he used a stand in who wasn't part of the cast.
For visual effects
Just because something is nominated for an Oscar, doesn’t always make it a great film, just great in a particular area. For example, Free Guy got nominated for special effects.
Suicide Squad (2016) is also an Oscar nominated-and-winner for best make up and hairstyling.
The list goes on.
@@markparkinson6947 Free Guy wasn't great in any particular area, including visual effects.
@@NiteOfTheWorld Maybe, but the Academy doesn’t think so.
I remember seeing all the press about nightmare alley building an entire carnival, so that win is probably pretty likely
That’s not how these awards work lol
@@frankmerker630 yeah, but a big part of it was how they went over-budget to specifically make the carnival. I think I may just be connecting two different stories, but it seems to be the one getting the most press about its sets.
Pushing Daisies for cancelled Tv shows I'll bring back.
The Thing ripped off among us tbh
sus
Titane was one of the craziest movie theater experiences I've had. I'm wanting to watch it again but I certainly wasn't sure I'd want to in the moment.
The shadow silhouette in that scene in The Thing actually wasn't any of the actors, Carpenter wanted the ambiguity to be such a huge theme that he intentionally used one of the film crewmembers for that scene. He really didn't want to give the audience anything.
The 1950s The Thing by Howard Hawks does have its merits, it popularized sci-fi (alongside the Day the Earth Stood Still and War of the Worlds, but The Thing from Another World was more or less the first of the alien invader subgenre, and it has a bit of an enjoyable self-awareness, too.) for the following decades and inspired many directors to do other great films, including John Carpenter himself whose film wasn't just meant to be a closer adaptation but an homage to the original 1951 The Thing. It's not fair to just ignore it completely when it's so significant to the medium and respected by filmmakers and artists alike, and I'm not gonna be like the above video and disregard a classic that is responsible for giving us the 1982 film. Do give it a watch and see if you like it, I think.
Keanu is VERY good in A Scanner Darkly. pretty sure he took a pay cut he wanted to be in it so badly
1:56:00 Who is Ralph referring to as the bad person, who is an MCU actor?
Yeah - I have no idea who he meant either. My closest guess is Brie Larson
@@ReconMalfunction Good guess, because of the anti-SJW backlash against her. I’m thinking it’s Chris Pratt, because of his association with the homophobic church group he regularly goes to.
When do we get the Ghosts of Mars recommendation?
Clone High IS coming back on HBO Max, but who knows how long that will last. Viacom made the deal with them before Paramount+ was a thing, they might not want their show on another service for long. Then again, HBO Max landed the streaming rights to South Park and Animaniacs on Hulu got another season so who knows.
Yesss, my favorite horror movie got a 10 outta ten from the boys!!! I feel validated now.
I wish u guys would’ve talked about titane more, the scene where she starts the fire at her parents house was an interesting/disturbing scene for me, i also really liked the ending, I loved the music that was playing, how it built up to the reveal of how the baby looked and I disagree with Ralph on how it looks, I thought that was a better choice than to go full cronenberg with it, it was more of a “reward” for the character Vincent and if it was more towards body horror I feel like it would have the opposite effect
car-baby is something that should like first Tetsuo movie.
Have you guys watched Joe Pera Talks With You on Adult Swim? It's like the opposite of The Eric Andre Show, but in a good way. It's a really trippy viewing experience going from one to the other!
You should have used the intro from Jackass.
I’m Adam Johnston, and this is Sardonijackasst
1:42:09 I thought I saw something online about a XRA remake or sequal coming to adult swim soon
1:04:46 "It's just a Frankenstein."
adum confirmed cinema pleb
The 2011 Thing movie was actually just a prequel. They tried to line up all the things they see in the Norwegian base. The ice block, the fused two headed corpse, etc. The movie even ends in the same spot the 1982 movie begins. With the survivors chasing the dog.
Now does this make the movie good? No it's really bad. I actually give the movie kudos for having a good 15 minutes in the middle. Where the movie does calm down with the overuse of CG and you genuinely don't know who is the alien. But then it dives back in.
I just felt like pointing out that the movie takes place literally right before the 1982 movie and is supposed to be the story of the people in the base that the characters visit in the 1982 movie.
Ayyo is anyone else not seeing uploads on Spotify? The last two haven’t gone up and I’m wondering if it’s an issue on my end.
Haven’t seen this yet but these are 3 great movies and they better be positive