Under the Wheels Episode 27: The Problems with Mando (Season 2)

 

Matt, Gabe, and Austin try to dissect why the second season of The Mandalorean doesn't live up to the first season while also pondering what it means to "save Star Wars".

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Under The Wheels Episode 26: Mank

Gabe and Matt go old school to talk about David Fincher's new "biographical" "drama" Mank, where Matt stumbles upon pronouncing everything and Gabe can't pronounce Amanda Seyfried. They also get depressed about the impending top 10 of the year.

References:

• Wikipedia donate
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
• Ghost Dog
• Andrei Rublev
• The Crown
• Ludwig Goransson
• Orson Welles wine commercial
• Side by Side (Documentary)

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Under The Wheels Episode 25: Ghost of Tsushima

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Matt and Gabe slice and dice through the good, the bad, and the ugly of Ghost of Tsushima and try not to get Sucker Punched along the way (apologies for the terrible pun).

Mike's Youtube playlist of Ghost of Tsushima

Reference:

• Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• Color out of Space
• Island of Dr. Moreau controversy
• Raymond Daniels sends someone's testicles to the Shadow Realm
• Bellator MMA
• Tenebre and Giallo
• In the Mood for Love and Wong Kar Wai
• Star Trek Beyond Zanzibarland
• Witness
• Over the Moon, Dear Basketball, and Glen Keane
• Apocalypse Now - The Final Cut
• Lindsay Ellis Borat Video

#prestigetelevision, #snydermoment

Under the Wheels Episode 24: The Haunting of Bly Manor

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Matt and Gabe attempt to unravel The Haunting of Bly Manor.

References:

• My Week with Marilyn
• Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• The Exorcist
• Cruising
• Blue Velvet
• Henry James
• Who is the worst Chris
• Twin Peaks
• Twin Peaks, the Return
• The Knick
• Half in the Bag: Borat 2 and Haunting of Bly Manor

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.

[Credits Wikipedia]

Under the Wheels Episode 22: Tenet and Devil All The Time

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Matt and Gabe discuss two films featuring Robert Pattinson as a supporting actor: Tenet and Devil All the Time.

Under the Wheels Episode 21: I'm Thinking of Ending Things

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Gabe and Matt dive deep into the mind of Charlie Kaufman and attempt to make meaning of his latest film I'm Thinking of Ending Things, not sponsored by Dairy Queen. Along the way, they stumble their way through how Mulan the Movie is having a direct negative effect on Hong Kong, they get demonetized and banned in China for... well, obvious reasons, Matt is wrong in most of the assumptions he makes, how movie theaters can make a killing on concessions by appealing to people's need to not wear a mask, the evolution of expensive food, a very strange tangent about Pauline Kael, the crazy theories around The Shining, how Gabe knows more about the flag physics of the moon than Matt, and the Roger Ebert video-games-as-art controversy.

Referenced:

Don't Look Now

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Suburban Sasquatch

Heat

The Town

Bill and Ted Face the Music

Pauline Kael

The waving US Flag on the moon

Ad Astra

Under the Wheels Episode 20: The Old Guard

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Sponsored by Jif Peanut Butter (please?) - Matt and Gabe get back into movies made in 2020 with the "hit" Netflix movie "The Old Guard" starring Dudley Dursley from Harry Potter with some other somewhat famous international stars. Topics include how awesome Rutger Hauer is/was, Sly Stallone's steroid-enhanced Ego and his drag sensibilities, the odd style choices of Julie Taymore (and how they sometimes work), Vincent D'Onofrio's voice, the qualities of a biopic, the Under the Wheels version of a Harriet Tubman biopic, Brian Tyree Henry, Matt Damon through the years, poor execution of moral quandries, the makeup of good villains (and really lazy ones), a few of Gabe's rules for Action Scenes, multiple mentions of Rhiz Ahmed, the horrible new trend in movie soundtracks (not score), and answer some viewer questions!

Referenced on this Episode:

• The Night Hawk
• Frida
• FDR: American Badass!
• If Beale Street Could Talk
• Rounders
• Amadeus
• H. Bomberguy RWBY video

Under The Wheels Episode 19: Ronin

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Matt and Gabe go into a thorough analysis of John Frankenheimer's Ronin.

Discussed on the episode:

• Tombstone
• Snowman and the Art of Editing
• The Silence of the Lambs
• Ice Age
• Outrage Coda
• The Killers (1946)
• Ernest Hemingway's "The Killers"
• John Frankenheimer
• David Mamet
• Michael Lonsdale
• Baby Driver
• Russian Ark
• The Amazing Spider-man 2

Under the Wheels Episode 18: Da 5 Bloods

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Matt and Gabe review a more recently released movie - Spike Lee's newest joint Da 5 Bloods. Topics including creative content generation theories, knowing what not to include, subtle science fiction elements, kitchen sink realism, the "Disney Business Model", confusing Ken Burns and Ed Burns, how big-name actors writing a script for themselves is an automatic red flag, the idiosyncratic style of Spike Lee joints, the agelessness of Chadwick Boseman, Jackie Robinson dissonance, how and why Spike Lee breaks rules, Delroy Lindo's track record of never playing an easy role, Dave Franco's acting ability, strange behind the scene shenanigans with That 70's Show's cast, Jean Reno's career, the Rock - the Movie Star, 2 Vin Diesel references, the problem with media, the very strange barbarism of boxing, wondering how Timur Betmambetov and Ruben Fleisher still have careers,

Show Notes
The Outer Worlds
The Guest
Tangerine
Sean Baker interview regarding using the iPhone -
Understanding Comics
The Witcher
Dunkirk, 1917, and Saving Private Ryan
Mr. Plinkett reviews Picard: A Star Trek Story
42
Jackie Robinson Press Conference (for context)
Rossatron

Under the Wheels Episode 17: Austin Returns

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The boys are back! Matt and Gabe are joined by Under the Wheels co-founder Austin where they discuss such topics as what they've been watching lately, authors who go on to direct motion pictures, Nicholas Winding Refn, The Snyder Cut, the perplexing reception of Star Wars Rogue One, the studio problem in regards to cheap reboots, a whole lot of Star Wars talk, Christopher Nolan, the self-created problem of Hollywood Studios and the culture behind them, the majesty of Nicholas Cage, the film stylings of one Guillermo Del Toro, the directing style of Mel Gibson, the dialectic of journalism on the internet, and why the current philosophy of drafting a quarterback in the NFL makes no sense.

Discussed in this episode:

Invisible Man (2020)
Maximum Overdrive
VFW (2019)
Too Old to Die Young
"Miles Teller is kind of a Dick"
Justice League The Snyder Cut
The Clone Wars
Color out of Space
Nicholas Cage Performance Essay on Youtube
Crimson Peak
Chronos
Night of the Hunter
Apocalypto
The Loft
The Lodge

Under the Wheels Episode 16: Inception

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Matt and Gabe share the dream with special guest Mike and discuss Christopher Nolan's Inception. Topics include too much Star Wars in an episode that should not have any Star Wars, the tenants of a Christopher Nolan film, a Harrison Ford and Blade runner drop (what a surprise), strange shows that somehow were real things, the issues with escalation as tv series evolve, how Matt can't come to grips with the last major action set piece at the hospital, Hans Zimmer's recycling music, the undercurrent of cynicism in the film, why the world of Brick feels so familiar, Terrence Malick's influence on Christopher Nolan, a small Mya Deren tangent, and why everyone is wrong and now is still the best time to live in.

Discussed in this episode:

• Atlantics
• Dead Ringers
• Roman Holiday
• Little Shop of Horrors
• Harley Quinn
• The Green Hornet
• 6 Underground
• Triple Frontier
• Star Wars Episode IV
• Steven Knight (Eastern Promises, Burnt, The Hundred Foot Journey, and Locke)
• The Slap
• Brick
• Meshes of the Afternoon

Under the Wheels Episode 15: Lawless

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Gabe and Matt hope the years have fermented Lawless into some shiny and chrome moonshine. Topics include Lore (with a capital "L"), a thorough analysis of the business-side of textbook publishing, essay writing theory, the "cinematic stylings" of one Baz Luhrmann, The Great Gatsby, story structure in movies vs. books/novel adaptations, triangular structure and art theory, the complex relationship to John Hillcoat movies, the budding friendship between Richard Linklater and Alex Jones and the afterschool special we really want, Shia LaBeouf in 2012, everyone's favorite questioningly leading man Jason Clarke, Australian cinema, how Gareth Evans should do action scenes for all movies, filmmakers who have made it to the point of self-parody, lifeless sequels to a passion project, and ideas and propositions for ad reads.

To be clear, this episode was not sponsored by Ball mason jars.

Discussed in this Episode:

• Strictly Ballroom
• The Great Gatsby
• The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Colossal
• Shia LaBeouf - Hollywood's Last Bad Boy
• Rossatron's interview with Gareth Evans

Under the Wheels Episode 14: Bad Taste

Gabe and Matt throw Peter Jackson's first film Bad Taste under the wheels. Topics include Michael J. Fox's post-film career, super hero movies in the good old days, Michael Caine is an amazing actor, the good and bad of docuseries and documentary filmmaking, Maori slang, New Zealand Pride,  the mystique of low budget special effects, Peter Jackson's obsession with goofy gore, how bad Goldfinger and the James Bond franchise really is, George Lucas's non-Star Wars legacy, Marcia Lucas - unsung hero in editing, surprising casting choices in Lord of the Rings, and the secret heroics of the New Zealand Film Commission.

Discussion on Bad Taste begins at 1:09:10.

Show Links:

• As Good as it Gets
• Vengeance is Mine
• Branded to Kill
• Takeshi Kitano
• Tiger King
• Louis Theroux - BBC Documentary Filmmaker
• The Master
• The Jinx
• This film is not yet [R]ated
• Waltz with Bashir
• Grizzly Man
• Double Indemnity
• Walt Disney's Robin Hood
• The Prestige
• Captain America - The First Avenger
• Lindsay Ellis Hobbit Trilogy
• New Zealand Film Commission

Under the Wheels Episode 13: The Apartment

Matt and Gabe travel deep into Billy Wilder's Apartment. Topics include Tom Hardy once again being the greatest actor of a generation, a Michael Shannon drop, Gabe hates Masterpiece Theater, roaring Christmas parties of the 1950's, cameo-fest movies of the '90's, where the Golden Age of Hollywood ranks upon the pantheon of greatest movies, a Harrison Ford reference, Paul Thomas Anderson talk, Hitchcock's horrible movie endings, the true value of Fred MacMurray's name, and the last black and white movie to win Best Picture.

Discussed in this Episode:
- Shadow
- Warrior
- Frank and Lola
- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
- Oliver and Company
- Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Lindsay Ellis Hunchback of Notre Dame
- The Rose and Crown

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Under the Wheels Reborn Episode 12: Death Stranding

Matt and Gabe throw Hideo Kojima's latest passion project Death Stranding under the wheels. Topics covered include a look into Steven Soderberg as a filmmaker, Genndy Tartakovsky's career, an alternate Under the Wheels perspective on the production side of Adam Sandler's movies, a Hideo Kojima semi-career overview, video game design philosophy, our respective issues with God of War, love for Borderlands, some middling Assassin's Creed talk, the David Hayter-Hideo Kojima "controversy", and a lot of bad COVID 19 jokes.

Discussed in this episode:
Haywire
Steven Soderbergh
Phantoms
Primal - Adult Swim.com
Genndy Tartakovsky
8 1/2
Hideo Kojima on Sticks and Ropes
Dragon's Dogma
Platinum Games

Under the Wheels Reborn Episode 11: Harley Quinn in Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey [And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn]

Matt and Gabe discuss the relative merits of Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey - the Fantabulous Emancipation of Harley Quinn (#harleyquinn). In the interim, we wonder why Ewan McGregor is in this movie, what a potentially good Obi Wan movie might look like (spoilers: it's definitely not the one that Disney wants to green light), why they would make Black Canary Black, how to balance tonal issues in a movie, what "mature" fandom content actually means by "mature", the conversation around diversity for diversity sake or if diversity only if it is high-quality or good, the DC Cinematic Euvre, and a special stinger regarding another Aaron Sorkin stage play.


Discussed in this Episode
- The Help: It's a very standard movie.
- The Photograph
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Hail Caesar!
- Watchmen - Comic book series
- Aquaman - Just Write
- Nostalgic Woman: The Host and Studios Blaming the Wrong Reasons for Box Office Failure

Under the Wheels Reborn Episode 10: Get Owned by Steve Jobs and Aaron Sorkin

Gabe and Matt attempt to talk about Danny Boyle's Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs starring Michael Fassbender et al (and not the Ashton Kutcher "Jobs" movie) while also digressing into talk of James Bond and budgets and looking ahead to an uncertain, nostalgia-infused future with a lack of futurists. Discussion also includes talk of the Academy Award and excitement over Alex Garland's new television series.


Discussed in the episode
Highlander
The Conversation
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Bad Boys Trilogy
Patrick Willem's Video on Michael Bay
Bong Jun Ho's Best Director Speech
Devs
The Beach
Bill Burr - Steve Jobs is Nerd Jesus
Future Crimes

Under the Wheels Reborn Episode 9: Top 10 of the Decade

In today's episode, Gabe and Matt go toe to toe in their predictions for the Academy Awards. Later, they revolutionize Top 10 Movies of the Decade by having two completely different list theories. Somehow Jean Luc Godard is mentioned in passing. Twice.

Time Codes:
#10: 1:30:25
#09: 1:37:55
#08: 1:47:42
#07: 2:03:18
#06: 2:12:58
#05: 2:22:22
#04: 2:36:15
#03: 2:44:30
#02: 2:47:52
#01: 2:55:47



Brows Held High Godard's King Lear - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrR6BY4e8tU
Lindsay Ellis's Youtube Channel, since it's a good place regarding film theory: https://www.youtube.com/user/chezapoctube

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Under The Wheels Reborn Episode 8: Top 10 of 2019

Gabe and Matt discuss their respective top-ten of 2019.

Time markers for each place:
10: 0:32:39
09: 0:54:00
08: 1:10:21
07: 1:28:00
06: 1:31:43
05: 1:42:02
04: 1:44:51
03: 1:57:23
02: 2:07:44
Honorable Mention: 2:19:04
01: 2:26:26

Under The Wheels Reborn Episode 6: The Irishman and Knives Out

Matt and Gabe discuss the relative merits of The Irishman and Knives Out. Topics include if Robert De Niro and Al Pachino are able to act like 20 year olds, how good the de-aging of the faces are (or are not), Scorsese and his obsession with long movies, Daniel Craig - Foghorn Legham, Rian Johnson - subverter of everything - kinda, cartoon characters in mystery movies, lots of Gangs of New York stuff, and Baseball ratings for movies.

Under the Wheels Reborn Episode 5: Ford V Ferrari with Special Guest Mike!

Matt, Gabe, and special guest Mike discuss the new movie Le Mans 66 starring that one guy who is an asshole and that other guy who yells a lot and chews scenery. They follow this up with a discussion of the merits of James Mangold as a filmmaker. Special Thanks to Mike for the new music!

Under the Wheels Reborn Episode 7: The Rise of Skywalker and Decline of a Franchise

Matt and Gabe discuss the newest "Star Wars" "Film".