Ep. 811 - Captain America: Brave New World
Added 2025-02-18 17:00:12 +0000 UTCDavid, Devindra, and Jeff take the plunge into The Gorge, swim upstream with Flow, and see how far a white lie can go with Kinda Pregnant. Then they take flight into the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Captain America: Brave New World.
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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding TV: Severance
Devindra - Engadget Podcast: What’s up, DOGE?
Jeff - Jeff’s Cameo Page
Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching (~00:20:13)
David - The Gorge, Polytechnique, Reality+
Devindra - Flow
Jeff - The Gorge, Kinda Pregnant
Featured Review (~01:00:28)
Captain America: Brave New World
SPOILERS (~01:19:59)
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Comments
I briefly thought I remembered M.A.N.T.I.S. but it turns out I was thinking of Manimal
Margaret Peffy Margie Maggie
2025-03-08 17:40:18 +0000 UTCDidn’t Jeff give a positive review to Downsizing? That was terrible. With a few exceptions my taste almost always aligns with Jeff so that was an interesting “one which they don’t get”
Peter Tribe
2025-02-24 06:05:46 +0000 UTCProbably because he’s a Marvel zombie from way back.
Peter Tribe
2025-02-24 05:58:06 +0000 UTCYeah, so strange. It definitely recontextualized some of his films for me in a way that makes me uncomfortable
Tamar
2025-02-22 22:32:17 +0000 UTCNever would have picked Sean Baker as a Nazi Conservative…
Olivia Oliver
2025-02-21 19:16:05 +0000 UTCThey did with Lindsey Lohan and Michale Keaton in 2005. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400497/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Olivia Oliver
2025-02-21 19:14:17 +0000 UTCIf Mubi is for sickos, then who’s Tubi for???
Tyler Appleby
2025-02-21 16:55:15 +0000 UTCAny thoughts on all the news that’s come to light about Baker?? Follows LibsOfTikTok, wokemindvirus, Jordan Peterson, RFK, Melania Trump, a bunch of zionist accounts including the IDF and apparently some underage OFs accounts. And he was caught liking several pro-Rittenhouse tweets before twitter went private. If true, find it weird that he keeps making movies about marginalized groups where he puts them through the ringer physically, emotionally, mentally when his politics are so right leaning.
Tamar
2025-02-21 16:42:26 +0000 UTCDave The movie that needs a remake. is a modern telling of 'The Love Bug' do it again. Do it all with no CG. Disney released a trailer for the original, and it made me need to go watch it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn3gK27HIsw
Jeff H
2025-02-21 13:45:11 +0000 UTCI'm surprised there was no talk about the fact that Red Hulk is clearly played like it's a huge twist in the movie, despite the fact that he's been in every single trailer and poster for months. I think spoiling that in the marketing did a huge disservice to the movie, and it would have been a fun surprise instead of everyone sitting around waiting for it to finally happen, only for him to appear briefly and fizzle out in minutes at the very end.
Jonathan
2025-02-21 04:07:55 +0000 UTCHOUNDini was right there
Alexandra Patrikios
2025-02-20 20:57:14 +0000 UTCI agree. Thor: L&T was hot garbage.
Tom Jensen
2025-02-20 15:40:36 +0000 UTCWe thought the Gorge was a good sit.
Tom Jensen
2025-02-20 15:38:42 +0000 UTCListening to Jeff talk about the movie sounded like he was giving it a C-, but he liked it? I'm confused.
Tom Jensen
2025-02-20 15:37:54 +0000 UTCI would really like an “A Few Good Men” Lega-sequel that centers around the Demi Moore character. She was always the better defense attorney than Tom Cruise’s Daniel Caffey who wanted to sell out his client the majority of the movie. Would be an interesting insight into modern women in the military. Compelling courtroom dramas are few and far between these days as are compelling military dramas like we had in the 90s. Bring them back! Ride the Demi/Substance wave even further!
Jon See
2025-02-20 09:23:50 +0000 UTCOr The Gorge
Mark P
2025-02-20 05:11:58 +0000 UTCI couldn’t believe the Drasa character even for a moment. She seemed completely reliant on obtaining a man the moment she arrives at the Gorge and there was nothing to suggest this about her character before that point. The first time she writes a message to Levi I was completely out of the movie. Are they a couple of 13 year olds because that’s how they came across. Could they not have made the leads at least somewhat real to life and not fantasy characters
Mark P
2025-02-20 05:07:55 +0000 UTCMUBI: Entertainment for sickos
Nervous_NRG
2025-02-19 18:12:35 +0000 UTCMaybe the mcu thunderbolts are named after Ross but the comics thunderbolts sure weren’t
Reynaldo K. Cruz
2025-02-19 15:53:08 +0000 UTCI and with Jeff! Jeff I’d highly suggest checking out movie bob’s review so you don’t feel alone!
Reynaldo K. Cruz
2025-02-19 15:17:58 +0000 UTCWild to hear the gorge get praise but such vitriol towards an by-all-accounts average marvel movie
Reynaldo K. Cruz
2025-02-19 15:03:00 +0000 UTCThor 4 was super fun and I’m not afraid to say that in public.
Don Wood
2025-02-19 10:47:14 +0000 UTCOh, David. David, David, David. The Gorge is not good. It is not close to good. But it does suffer from a mismatch of the material to the cast and what passes as marketing for Apple TV productions. When I see you cast these two big time actors and they are staring at me from the splash page with grim resolve I’m expecting you to take the rest of the movie pretty seriously. This is Frank Grillo material at best. And I like B movies! So glad Jeff brought up the green screen. It had our household literally laughing out loud. Add in some creature physical effects that would be right at home in the Buffy tv show, and you are in the ballpark. I’d say if you want to watch two attractive people interact with what I agree is good chemistry, don’t mind keeping your thumb on the FF button for some of the nonsensical, unnecessary, but constantly interrupting, and pace-killing exposition, and perhaps have access to edibles, this movie could be a good time. In the end, it is impressive that they made a movie. It did give me a lot of unintended laughs, had a couple nice romcom moments, and showed these actors can do this kind of material very well.
Don Wood
2025-02-19 10:39:44 +0000 UTCSomehow a lot of people think that but it’s actually not true.
BENJAMIN SHULTZ
2025-02-19 10:11:52 +0000 UTCPersonally I’ve rarely been so thoroughly bored watching a movie. It was D.O.A. on screen. Flat as a pancake
Mark P
2025-02-19 08:36:02 +0000 UTCThey are very lucky Dan Trachtenberg makes great movies. Imagine them reviewing his movies if he did sharknado 5
Roshar Space Fleet
2025-02-19 05:46:31 +0000 UTCDev put it as his #1 movie of 2021, 😂. I mean it was fun but come on lol
Roshar Space Fleet
2025-02-19 05:44:45 +0000 UTCGentle, non-confrontational suggestion: you guys should crowdsource a few weekly plug jokes from Patrons.
I like drawing pigeons
2025-02-19 04:02:10 +0000 UTCThe only three films I've seen in the last three months I've liked were Anora, Nosferatu and Nezha 2. I've given up on the MCU since Thor 4....
Wensi Zhou
2025-02-19 01:22:39 +0000 UTCThe “new technology” argument for a reboot to me also applies to “The Last Starfighter.”
Reynaldo K. Cruz
2025-02-19 01:12:17 +0000 UTCCan’t wait to see it!
Reynaldo K. Cruz
2025-02-19 00:55:59 +0000 UTCUnfortunately there is a do the right thing sequel. Spike brings back Mookie and Tina as the parents of Anthony Ramos’ Mars Blackmon in the second very clunky season of She’s Gotta Have it on Netflix.
April Reid
2025-02-19 00:52:24 +0000 UTCYay! “titular gorge”
mepotts
2025-02-19 00:39:42 +0000 UTCMatrix Resurrections is great though
April Reid
2025-02-18 23:45:23 +0000 UTCSet Knight Rider in a cyberpunk future. Make the 80s tech and character the hook and challenge. Underpin it with technophobic messaging about the advancements of AI and the importance of human to human/human to machine relationships, as well as the moral dilemma of using fossil fuels in order to fight crime/be a better person. Boom
Kess Broekman-Dattner
2025-02-18 22:06:13 +0000 UTCJeff might be the first person to have a single good word to say about the disaster that is Kinda Pregnant
Griffin Herdegen
2025-02-18 20:54:40 +0000 UTCMandela Effect people are so bad at bar trivia.
Roshar Space Fleet
2025-02-18 20:01:57 +0000 UTCA few months ago I asked the guys what was the worst piece of media given a positive review by the other hosts. I said that for Jeff it was Netflix Dracula, for Devindra it was Matrix Resurrections, and I didn’t have one for David. Now I do (The Gorge).
Brian Deaton
2025-02-18 18:45:35 +0000 UTCI put The Gorge on and after 15 minutes my dog got up and left the room.
Brian Deaton
2025-02-18 18:37:57 +0000 UTCI work for CinemaScore in the ATL area and yeah I was pretty shocked to see the scores on Friday when I worked
hexum311add
2025-02-18 18:16:09 +0000 UTCDavvvvve there’s no chance you would have liked The Gorge without your friend being a part of it.
Brian
2025-02-18 17:31:37 +0000 UTCWhen I tell you I’ve been waiting on this episode since I saw the movie Wednesday night!! Love yall
hexum311add
2025-02-18 17:11:57 +0000 UTC
