Ep. 769 - Monkey Man
Added 2024-04-09 09:00:05 +0000 UTCNOTE: This week's After Dark will come out several hours later than usual.
David, Devindra, and Jeff consider the grand scale sci-fi of 3 Body Problem, go stargazing with Constellation, and sneak into the dark world of Ripley. Then they take a swing at Dev Patel’s directorial debut Monkey Man.
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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding TV and the 3 Body Problem Saga
Devindra - Engadget Podcast on using Kagi instead of Google Search
Jeff - DLC Bookclub
Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching (~00:40:03)
David - 3 Body Problem, Game of Gold
Devindra - Constellation
Jeff - Ripley, 3 Body Problem
Featured Review (~01:12:11)
Monkey Man
SPOILERS (~01:23:48)
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Comments
I don’t give people I don’t know the benefit of a doubt when it comes to sitting next to a stranger at a movie. Most people who do so are assholes, so that’s my default.
J Hay
2024-04-17 08:29:13 +0000 UTC“The Man With the GOLDEN* Gun” *my emphasis
J Hay
2024-04-17 08:24:03 +0000 UTCRipley is amazing. Jeff, your high praises weren’t high enough. Literally every cut away scene could be printed as an art piece. Thanks for the recommendation!
Bill Latronica
2024-04-15 23:27:34 +0000 UTCAhh cool
Tyrel
2024-04-13 22:56:22 +0000 UTCDave talks about it quite substantially on the latest episode of Decoding TV.
Gabe Robinson
2024-04-13 22:32:20 +0000 UTCI saw him recently in a play on the West End directed by Sam Mendes - he was incredible
Hamilton Way
2024-04-12 18:55:24 +0000 UTCWhy’s no one talking about the dang fallout series? It’s arguably better than the dang video game. Gosh dangit.
Tyrel
2024-04-12 02:27:55 +0000 UTCThis was a real ride to listen to as someone living in a civilized country (i.e. one in which reserved seating in cinema is the norm).
Linus
2024-04-11 04:30:07 +0000 UTCIf you haven't seen Dev Patel's interview with Ali Plumb for BBC Radio 1 I recommend it - he talks through all the huge setbacks he faced when making Monkey Man and I now think it's even more impressive he even made that movie.
Eleanor Shakeshaft
2024-04-10 14:26:10 +0000 UTCI'm with Jeff on this. The feeling of waiting in line, as I get closer and closer to the cashier while I wait for my wife/kid/friends to get back from the bathroom (or wherever they've gone) is absolutely anxiety-inducing lol. Normally it's an emergency trip to the bathroom and the response is "sorry, there was a SUPER long line at the bathrooms"
Michael Hein
2024-04-10 13:42:56 +0000 UTCI burst out laughing at fourth body problem. Well played Jeff!
Lahiru
2024-04-10 11:27:00 +0000 UTC“4 Body Problem” made me spit out my drink. Thank you Jeff.
Danny C
2024-04-09 20:57:43 +0000 UTCRe: Ripley: you may recognize Johnny Flynn as one of the leads of the show Lovesick. He's also recently been in Emma, The Outfit, and some other movies—and I'm excited to see the direction his career is taking!
Matthew Walker
2024-04-09 19:14:16 +0000 UTCIf you’re holding seats for other people before a movie, how do you avoid the trailers? Asking for a friend.
Derek Cheng
2024-04-09 18:13:04 +0000 UTCI walked into my screening of Monkey Man (in Wisconsin lol) and the only other people in the theater were an older couple that were one seat away from me in the row I had selected earlier in the day. I ended up sitting a row back and little to the right of the original seat. No one else showed up for the screening.
Nervous_NRG
2024-04-09 15:41:40 +0000 UTCthrust a pun them .... incredible
Phillip Jackson
2024-04-09 15:12:06 +0000 UTCAssuming Jeff meant “The Man with the Golden Gun”, the Bond film from 1974, and not the 1955 western “Man with the Gun”
Chris Cameron
2024-04-09 12:10:07 +0000 UTC"Thrust a pun them" sounds like a joke Arthur Fleck would bring before sex
Mountain of Conflict
2024-04-09 10:34:36 +0000 UTC
