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Steamy Novels & Orange Is the New Black

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On today’s episode, Earl and Shawn welcome Jordyn Martinez to the show! They talk about what they’re reading now, young adult novels like The Hunger Games, Fifty Shades of Grey, book adaptations, and bad book covers. They also discuss the latest season of Orange Is the New Black, comparing characters with real-life counterparts, building violence, and why it’s gotten so popular. And along the way, Shawn unveils his pornstar name, Jordyn discusses her book purist tendencies, and Earl reveals his love for everything steamy. (Minor spoiler talk, but we post warnings.)

Guest:
Jordyn Martinez – Writer for We Eat Films and Jordyn’s Books

What we’ve been checking out:
Jordyn: Essex County (Comic), Red Rising (Book)
Shawn: Justice League: Trinity War (Comic)
Earl: The Double (Film), Nathan For You – Frozen Yogurt Clip (TV)

Audio notes: (1hr. 13min. runtime)
0:01:10 – Introducing Jordyn, binge-watching, Jordyn’s Books, and young adult novels
0:09:25 – YA novel movies, book purists, Nicolas Sparks, Fifty Shades of Grey, getting into books, and Gone Girl
0:17:20 – Outlander series, turning it into a TV series, and We Eat Films
0:23:05 – The Strain, graphic novel adaptations, recommendations, and adapting Watchmen
0:30:35 – Orange is the New Black, stories of women, “the TV problem”, violence, and “Prison Piper”
0:38:35 – Season 1 vs. Season 2, strong female characters, nudity, and character humour
0:44:30 – Vee as a character, Taystee, Rosa, other characters, and the old crowd
0:51:10 – Violence as a recurring theme, threats over action, administration, and Caputo
0:59:40 – Morello, picking perspective, Suzanne, tragic characters, and the ending
1:05:30 – What we’re checking out

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Friday the 13th: New Blood, & New Co-Host

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Lot of changes are happening to the podcast, most importantly being Shawn Lotte becoming a co-host! We talk about what he’s bringing to the table, his In Defense Of videos, our scrapped podcast concepts, and video games. We also stumble into Persona talk, movies that are too long, and try to figure out how to sign off our episodes from here on out. This could be the worst-slash-best thing that could happen.

Supplementary notes:
IN DEFENSE OF: Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood
Demon – Webcomic by Jason Shiga

Audio notes: (1hr. 6min. runtime)
00:10 – Introducing Shawn and his credentials, and Joe Pesci
07:55 – In Defense Of, Friday the 13th Part 7: New Blood, and The Crush
21:00 – Mashups, celebrity voice acting, and fighting games
27:35 – Persona, Persona 4, and the Persona 3 ending
37:10 – Shooters, buying/reselling games, movies that are too long, and credits
47:05 – Bringing people to the theatre, toilet talk, and what’s next for the podcast
55:00 – What we’re checking out, and making an official “sign-off”

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Face/Off: Cage Match, We Ran Out of Ideas, Comma

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Shawn Lotte and Jesse Gelinas return to talk about the hit action film Face/Off! We talk about Nic Cage’s 96-97 acting season high, finally settle (not really) the Travolta vs. Cage debate, and weird production details. Also, Earl talks about Sam Rockwell’s twin, Jesse introduces us to the One True God, and Shawn explains how he sorts out people… with Face/Off. So really, the whole episode goes off on tangents as much as faces do in the movie.

Guests:
Jesse Gelinas – Senior Editor of Movie Reviews for We Eat Films
Shawn Lotte – “Most of that story is a lie”

Supplementary notes:
One True God – Reddit
The Lock-In Review on We Eat Films

Audio notes: (59min. runtime)
0:01:45 – Seeing Face/Off, 1996-97 Nic Cage season, post-1997, and Snake Eyes
0:06:40 – Travolta’s vs. Cage’s filmographies, Sam Rockwell, and Travolta as Cage in Face/Off
0:12:25 – Being hammy, weird nameplay, theme of face modification, and judging people by movies
0:19:55 – Liking the movie, length of film, stacked cast, and the Predator series
0:28:30 – The Cube series, the “same Man universe” theory, One True God, and 3000 Miles to Graceland
0:37:40 – Travolta films, Wizard Cage, Sean Bean keeps dying & mentoring, and Taken series
0:44:55 – Wet Hot American Summer & David Wain, LARPers, and the “face… off” phrase
0:53:30 – The rules of sexual tyrannosaurus, Superman fan: Seinfeld vs. Cage, and The Lock-In

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X-Men: Days of Future Past

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This week, we round up the whole team for  X-Men: Days of Future Past! And like the movie, past and present collide with current We Eat Film writers Alex Bowman and Jesse Gelinas meeting original co-founder Shawn Lotte. We discuss the latest X-Men film, how it connects with the rest of the series, and time travel. Also, Alex reveals his dad’s Twilight/X-Men theory, Shawn proposes a post-credits scene for Godzilla, and we all reveal our love of Hugh Jackman butt through puns. (Spoilers for the entire film, and plot points of the rest of the X-Men film franchise.)

Guests:
Alex Bowman – Reviewer for We Eat Films
Jesse Gelinas – Senior Editor of Movie Reviews for We Eat Films
Shawn Lotte – “The younger they get, the more Wolverine stays the same”

Supplementary Notes:
I’m the Juggernaut

Audio notes: (1hr. 8min. runtime)
00:00 – The cold open
02:45 – Thoughts on the film, directors, Hercules, and time travel
11:30 – Streamlining, Magneto, JFK, Beast, and the magic serum
21:50 – Action sequences, Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch, frame rates, the ending, and the Twilight/X-Men Theory
33:35 – Wolverine, Ian McKellen, the post-credits scene, Gambit & Channing Tatum, and the franchise’s future
43:50 – Villains, random Godzilla talk, X-Men & Spider-man cartoons, and “I’m the Juggernaut”
58:10 – Comparing to comics, the value of Wolverine, and guest recommendations

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The Americans, Spies, & Secret Agents

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On today’s podcast, Spencer Sterritt returns from the motherland to discuss The Americans & spy fiction! We delve into the morally grey spy drama’s latest season, tackle complaints of it being cold and detached, compare it to Breaking Bad and Homeland, and somehow suggest a potential spin-off for one of its characters. Then after, we talk about Rubicon, Archer, Alias, James Bond, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. And somehow, we compare John le Carré to Austin Powers: Groovy, baby!

Guests:
Spencer Sterritt – Editor-in-chief for We Eat Films

Supplementary Notes:
Illegals Program

Audio notes: (1hr. 3min. runtime)
01:15 – Thoughts on the show, being morally grey, ideals vs. individual, and Jared
12:00 – The kids, angry dad Phillip, children of spies, and being American
21:05 – The Illegals Program, Joe Weisberg, stealth, and show being cold & detached
29:25 – Getting people into The Americans, supporting cast, and making a spin-off
38:50 – Homeland, Rubicon, the human cost of intelligence work, Archer, Alias, and wigs
50:15 – James Bond, Metal Gear Solid, John Le Carré & Homeland, and Austin Powers

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