Back Seat Producers

Tony and Adam talk up podcasters, podcast novels and the Oscar Best Picture Award winner, No Country for Old Men.
More detailed show notes when Tony recovers from his wicked weekend and this week’s Jury Duty.

 

 FBSD Episode 054: No Country for Old Men: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (509)

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Ben Campbell is a young MIT student who’s got dreams of being a doctor and has just been accepted into Harvard Medical School. Unfortunately for Ben, the tuition and the living expenses are astronomical, and his only hopes right now rest on getting a coveted scholarship. Ben is brilliant though, and soon gets [...]

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We did it before and we are doing it again.
Scott Sigler’s new print version of Infected gets released on April 1st, 2008. Over the next few days, his publisher has allowed him to give away copies of the PDF version of the book for free.
We are helping him do just that.
For more information on [...]

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With special guest Tee Morris.
Tee’s podcast audiobooks are Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword and Morevi: Remastered.
Tee won’t be making it to Archon this year. Boo!
Tee plans on being at Balticon, the New Media Expo, and Dragon*Con.
Tony drops an F-Bomb because of Star Wars. Tee drops one because of Tony.
Movies [...]

 

 FBSD Episode 053: Pirates of the Caribbean: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (511)

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The time is 1970 and the place is London, England. Michael X, a Malcolm X-like black leader, is coming to prominence, but has both MI-5 and 6 on his tail for illegal activities, primarily drug trafficking, but they can’t do anything about it in courts because of pictures that he has of one of [...]

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“Fiction is as just as real as reality - because you can see it.”
This line, spoken by one of the main characters of Funny Games, Michael Haneke’s 2008 remake of his own 1997 film, sums up the message of the film pretty nicely.
I had pretty high expectations walking into the theater. The original was fantastic, [...]

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In the near future, a deadly virus called the Reaper Virus breaks out in Scotland, which as a result, causes UK forces to erect a wall all around the nation, effectively quarantining them from the rest of the world. 30 plus years later in the year 2035, England feels the effects of what their [...]

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Oh Noes, we have something approximating show notes!
1. Intro with Melina
2. Spoiler free review of Stay
3. Trampas’ Review of Star Trek: Of Gods and Men
4. Tony and Adam make fun of Melina for falling asleep during Gone Baby Gone
5. Total movie plot synopsis and analysis
6. Picking apart the movie, like only FBSD can do
7. Random [...]

 

 FBSD Episode 052: Stay: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (527)

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As our movie begins, the Farber family, George, Ann and son George Jr. are traveling to their vacation home, ready to enjoy a quiet time away from home and be with friends. As they drive to their home, they see some of their neighbors with a couple of young men visiting with them, and [...]

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10,000 B.C. tells the story of a young warrior, D’Leh (pronounced Duh-lay) and a chosen female, Evolet and their tribe, the Egal (spelling). The Egal depend on hunting down Mammoths for their survival, and at the outset, D’Leh is out to take one down and then claim Evolet as his own. After that [...]

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Lazy Show Notes
Adam and Tony review and discuss Ben Affleck’s directorial debut.
We also have Trampas Whiteman’s audio review of The Golden Compass.

 

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In this episode we discuss 2008 Academy Award Best Picture Nominee, Michael Clayton.
Tangents include Console games, Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD, and converting wives to geek toys.
While the Song of the Dead contest is official over, we recorded this before we stopped taking entries, so winners are NOT announced during this episode.
Also we have a new contest [...]

 

 FBSD Episode 050: Michael Clayton: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (974)

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Win a copy of Highlander:The Source on DVD. Prize package includes a poster and a copy of the soundtrack.
This contest runs from March 1st, 2008 to March 31st, 2008.
To enter this contest, send an email to contest at fanboysmackdown dot com
Put the word “Highlander” in the subject line.
Please include your name and mailing [...]

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