Under the Wheels Episode 23: The Efficient Beach Episode (ft. Nosferatu)

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In the filler episode of Under the Wheels, Matt and Gabe discuss Quibi, how Matt can't say Cerebus correctly, the legacy of Cerebus, the actual draw of Batman: The Killing Joke, an observation on the works of the late Stuart Gordon, a sidebar into the unrealized Honey I Shrunk the Kids sequels, a Rick Moranis Appreciation, Gabe's issue with the Superhero Movie Equivalent of 1950-60 (as well as the creepy age gap between some leading men and women), for some reason a long diatribe about musicals, John Lee Hancock (who Matt calls John Lee Miller for some reason), Gabe's famous "Tangential Biopic Theory" and why he hates it, an elongated discussion on The Natural, Greengrass's Greenzone, Jason Isaac's sometimes-regular radio appearances, a brief analysis of Neill Blomkamp, why the uncanny valley of practical effects look better than the uncanny valley of visual effects, the complete closure of any good movies coming out in theaters, a summary of some of the basic points of the novel Dune, Neal Adams Presents Hollow Earth Theory, Matt (once again) misses Gabe's metaphor completely, a small debate on positive, negative, and self help books, Athlete's relationship to God, quarterback talk, homosexuality in sports, and Matt's rant about the injustice of Zach Snyder's Justice League.

Discussion Links:

• Quibi goes under
• Dave Sim and Cerebus
• Gerhard Art - Excellent Background Artist
• Batman: The Killing Joke
• Bill Sienkiewicz - Fatman on Batman
• Kevin Nowlan on Twitter
• Reanimator and From Beyond
• Rick Moranis got Punched in New York?!?
• Funny Face
• The Rise and Epic Fall of the Hollywood Musical - Lindsay Ellis
• The Highwaymen
• The Natural
• Green Zone
• Elysium
• Bliss
• Batman Odyssey
• Russell Kirkpatrick
• The Secret
• Folding Ideas - The Snyder Cut

Special Edition - Some fun facts about Frank Sinatra:

1. He learned how to skateboard in the 1970's

2. He was married twice - his first wife died in the 1950's and he didn't remarry until the 1980's (though his wife was 45 years younger than him at the time)

3. He was so nuanced that he recorded the same dance sequence twice, on two different sets, and the two dances are almost identical movement-wise

4. He never thought he was good enough and couldn't watch his routines on film

5. He was to dance choreography as Hitchcock was to screenwriting - he rarely took credit but his influence was usually pretty large.

6. To keep costs down on film shoots (since film is expensive) he would spend 2 or 3 weeks rehearsing and training so they could get the whole thing in only a few takes.

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