Ep. 814 - Mickey 17
Added 2025-03-11 16:00:11 +0000 UTCDavid, Devindra, and Jeff take bets on Dead Money, explore the lush worlds of Avowed, and return to Hell’s Kitchen with Daredevil: Born Again. Then they decide if Bong Joon-ho can regenerate greatness with Mickey 17.
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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding Everything: Matt Goldberg’s Mickey 17 review
Devindra - Engadget Podcast on the M4 MacBook Air news
Jeff - Jeff’s Cameo Page
Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching (~00:02:01)
David - Dead Money, The French Connection
Devindra - Avowed
Jeff - Daredevil: Born Again, The First Slam Dunk
Featured Review (~00:48:33)
Mickey 17
SPOILERS (~01:05:10)
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Comments
I just saw Mickey 17, and all I can think about is the movies that did the component parts of this movie better. It felt like a jumble of premises that kept threatening the audience with a good time, but the threats turned out to be empty. Multiple times in the film, a character will say or do something that, we the audience fairly presume, would have dramatic impact and create interesting ripples. Like, let’s say, banning sex on a spaceship full of single young adults. But nearly every time, the line has no impact and seems to be immediately forgotten by everyone. The film is weirdly afraid to enter the many doors that it opens, leaving us in a hallway of unrealized possibilities. It’s like eating raw ingredients that you just know could’ve been an amazing meal if the cook had just turned the oven on.
John Halski
2025-03-26 06:23:02 +0000 UTCcan someone other than Dave do the weekly joke
DarmineDoggyDoor
2025-03-13 17:10:23 +0000 UTCDave’s minor obsession with the randomness of Gene Hackman ‘Poughkeepsie’ line made me think of this amazing Jonathan Frakes’ supercut: https://youtu.be/9S1EzkRpelY?si=kJcWG1ilLLl0ZY4z
Joe Sciglitano
2025-03-13 05:32:08 +0000 UTCYour discussion about The French Connection (and upcoming one on Constantine) got me thinking about an idea for the After Dark podcast. Lately, I’ve found myself drawn to catching up on classic films—something I’ve avoided for most of my life due to a general aversion to anything “old.” But at some point, a switch flipped, and suddenly, I feel like an entire world of incredible cinema has opened up for me. This shift started a year or two ago when, while recovering from COVID, I binged about 30 movies I found via Letterboxd lists. Two that really stood out were 12 Angry Men and Harakiri, which made me realize that older films can be just as compelling as anything modern. More recently, I watched Seven Samurai, and it only reinforced this newfound appreciation. One thing that’s helped is the availability of beautiful 4K restorations. Growing up, my perception of older films was shaped by low-quality transfers—blurry visuals, poor audio, and a general sense that they were “lesser” experiences. But now, watching these films in high quality at home, they can be visually stunning in ways I never expected. I don’t know if this is in your wheelhouse, but I’d love to hear Filmcast discussions about select older movies. Totally understand if it’s not the direction you want to go, or if newer films are more in your niche, but I think it could be a cool perk for paid subscribers—especially as part of After Dark, where the episode’s reach isn’t tied to how many people are familiar with the film. Or it could be a separate series on the feed that’s like a film club. Either way, just wanted to share this idea and see what you guys think!
Eric Wilson
2025-03-13 04:11:10 +0000 UTCUff! The joke nestled into Weekly Plugs isn’t working. It’s got to go!
AF
2025-03-12 22:00:37 +0000 UTCHere to second Devindra’s recommendation of Haikyuu!! That was my first and only #slashtag for Jeff years ago. It’s incredible! Also, Jeff, PLEASE WATCH MILLENNIUM ACTRESS.
Eric Trapp
2025-03-12 19:43:22 +0000 UTC"Macaron is not a sin" is what the shirt said.
Papool Chaudhari
2025-03-12 17:51:36 +0000 UTCCo-sign devidra’s recommendation for “Haikyu.” Awesome series.
Reynaldo K. Cruz
2025-03-12 16:54:10 +0000 UTCStill waiting for a Nezha 2 review. Come on guys. The highest grossing animated film ever and the movie is actually awesome.
Wensi Zhou
2025-03-12 07:26:50 +0000 UTCHow many times do I have to say that’s not how Star Trek teleportation works.
April Reid
2025-03-12 02:52:03 +0000 UTCJeff: “This movie’s not gonna make a lot of money. It isn’t a franchise. This is not how Hollywood works anymore. You don’t give $120 million to someone to make this weird, goofy, unconventional sci-fi movie. And that’s a sad shame.” This feels like a comment about a movie made 20 years ago. Feels odd saying that in the review of a new movie where Hollywood obviously did just make that type of movie. I enjoyed Mickey 17, but even if it were the case that Hollywood doesn’t work like that anymore, it would be hard to blame them if people aren’t going to see those types of movies.
Secunda!
2025-03-11 21:38:26 +0000 UTCDid anyone else notice the cameo of the Parasite house? Maybe that wasn’t the same house but it sure looked like it.
BENJAMIN SHULTZ
2025-03-11 21:33:54 +0000 UTCI thought the reason why Naomi Ackie’s character was interested in Mickey is that he’s one of the few people in the whole ship that doesn’t worship Mark Ruffalo. And because Ruffalo/Collette tells everyone not to have sex since it burns too many calories, that means Nasha has very few potential partners willing to have sex.
J.S.
2025-03-11 19:21:55 +0000 UTCAfter talking about the animation in The First Slam Dunk, I wonder what Jeff would think about the animation of Ice Skating in Medalist (currently airing in the US on Hulu).
J.S.
2025-03-11 18:44:16 +0000 UTCSo happy that Jeff watched The First Slam Dunk! The movie is definitely amazing, and the basketball scenes are top notch. Best basketball game I've seen depicted on screen for sure. That said, I did want to point out that the movie is a mix of 2D hand drawn animation, and 3D motion capture animation rendered in a style to match the 2D. The basketball scenes are almost all in 3D, and I think they did this because of how difficult and time consuming it would be to get that same feel with hand drawn 2D. I don't think this takes away from how great the movie is, but I do think it's important to point out. Also worth pointing out, is Slam Dunk the original manga and anime can probably be credited for the popularity of basketball in Asia, especially in Japan, China and Korea. All the characters are beloved and well known by most middle school and high school kids, and it's really awesome that a piece of storytelling can have such a big impact on the popularity of a sport. I wasn't a big fan of the anime (it hasn't aged well), but I definitely recommend reading the manga if you want to dive deeper into all the references and character backstories even more- it's one of the greatest sports manga of all time.
Arnold Tsang
2025-03-11 18:24:33 +0000 UTCWait wait - the joke/punchline split is to make sure that people don’t skip over the Weekly Plugs segment right? But you still can - Dave delivers the setup before the segment and then the punchline after it, so anyone who wants to skip that segment still has no incentive to stay. Surely the punchline should be in the middle of Weekly Plugs no?
Cameron S
2025-03-11 17:43:42 +0000 UTCI did, personally, feel like the romance was a little bit space marine version of the manic pixie dream girl— just because weirdly everyone wants to date Mickey when left alone with him for five minutes.
Hillary
2025-03-11 17:35:32 +0000 UTCJust wanna say I thought Mickey 17 was an absolute masterpiece! Bong juun can’t miss.
Maxaveli
2025-03-11 17:16:37 +0000 UTCCan we get an update on Jeff’s showing his son the Star Wars movies? Did you decide to forgo ROtJ or are you waiting on that one?
Gareth
2025-03-11 17:11:14 +0000 UTCGlad Jeff finally watched The First Slam Dunk!
Tyler Sexton
2025-03-11 16:55:24 +0000 UTCAnyone else cringe when watching old Star Trek TNG episodes and they are playing 5 card stud with duces being wild.
Roshar Space Fleet
2025-03-11 16:17:57 +0000 UTCThe campaign for Fisk does have ball caps with “Fisk can fix it”
Jonathan Lee
2025-03-11 16:16:05 +0000 UTC
