Episode 173: Two Movies and a Podcast

Hello and a welcome back to your regularly scheduled week in geek. This Thanksgiving week Bat and I sort of split duty and we each caught two theatrical releases today with Bat seeing Bad Santa 2 and me watching Moana.  Since neither of us saw both films we keep to spoiler free reviews only.  We also discuss our streaming review of American Ultra and talk brief nerd news and black Friday experiences.

This week's streaming review of American Ultra was my choice.  Sadly Bat had some issues with streaming this one so our review is mostly from my perspective.  I went into this movie expecting a stoner Borne movie hybrid and what I got was a little more serious than I expected.  Not bad, but also not great.  This movie is your stereotypical Super Spy project who had his mind wiped... Let the fact that is a movie type sink in.  It made me laugh a few times but over all it was a lot more serious than I expected it to be.  I gave it a 3/5, again nothing great but it was a fun flick.



Next week's streaming review of Siege of Jadotville comes from our friend Mando.  This Netflix original movie can be found on... you guessed it, Netflix. 



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We've also included the most recent episode via the embedded link below. 

For last week's Podquestion I wanted to know what movie would you rather play as a game.

Hammer            -  Seven Samurai

Bat                     - Punisher
Mando               -  The Secret World of Arrietty

Next week's podquestion was brought to by Bat and he wanted to know what Thanksgiving food needs to go?

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That is all for this week's Blogcast.  Be sure to tune in next week. Same Hammer Time (promise this time), same Bat Channel.

-Hammer

Episode 172: Fantastic Fandoms and Where to Find Them

Hello and a welcome back to your regularly scheduled week in geek. The trek towards Rouge One continues as we hit the theaters again this week to see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.  The follow up... well pre-follow up to Harry Potter franchise is out and its got a whole other side of the wizarding world to show us.  Is it worth the price of apparition?  Well listen in to find out. We also do a little movie trailer round up as we discuss the new Kong and Valerian movie trailers.  We wrap up this week with our belated (due to me) streaming review of No Country for Old Men.  


Our belated streaming review, brought to us by Mando, was the Coen Brother's No Country for Old Men.  While this movie is highly love by many of the people we both know, we just didn't get it.  Not to say its a bad or great movie, it's just a movie that doesn't really feel like is has any sense of closure.  We do talk a bit about how we enjoy movies that are open ended or ambiguous, but still these movies justify their purposes by having some sort of ending.  This one to me feels like the whole story of Bardem and Brolin's characters is just a footnote for Tommy Lee Jones' life.  It's strange and doesn't always make sense, but it does have some cool scenes.  Over all I think we both left feeling a bit miffed with Bat giving it 3/5 and me only giving it 2/5.  If you do want to watch it, you will most likely only be watching it once.

 

Since next week's streaming review is my choice I picked American Ultra.  This movie looked to be a stoned Borne sort of movie that we both missed in the theaters and it looks like perfect fodder for streaming reviews.  You can watch this one with us on Hulu.



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We've also included the most recent episode via the embedded link below. 

For last week's Podquestion Bat wanted to know what song do you love but that you cannot listen to anymore.

Hammer            -  Smells Like Team Spirit - Nirvana

Bat                     - We Will Rock You - Queen
Mando               - 

Next week's podquestion was brought to by me and I want to know what movie would you rather play as a game?


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That is all for this week's Blogcast.  Be sure to tune in next week. Same Hammer Time (promise this time), same Bat Channel.

-Hammer

Episode 171: Arriving at the Beginning of the End

Hello and a welcome back to your regularly scheduled week in geek. We are back in the theaters again, this time we watch The Arrival.  This is the winter alien movie that genuinely surprised Bat and myself.  We provide you our usual spoiler free review followed by our spoiler filled review, so stay tuned.  Normally we would also provide you our streaming review of No Country for Old Men.  But I had a senior moment and completely forgot to watch the movie.  That means you all have another week to catch up if you want to join in the Cohen Brothers action.  We wrap up the show with a little talk about current events.


Still up for our streaming review is  Mando's suggestion, from a while back, of No Country for Old Men.  This is another one of the Coen Brother's movies that neither of us have seen.  But we soon will.  You can watch along with us on Netlfix.

 

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We've also included the most recent episode via the embedded link below. 

For last week's Podquestion I wanted to know what is your favorite Geek shirt that you own.

Hammer            -  My very first geek shirt, A black Dragon Ball Z shirt

Bat                     - Batman and Robin shirt where Batman is the Hound and Robin is Arya
Mando               - Shirt from Harujuku that features Char and Amuro battling from Gundam
TK-                    - Slusho shirt from Cloverfield
Josh the White  - Inigo Montoya vs Dread Pirate Roberts boxing match

Next week's podquestion was brought to by by Bat, he wanted to know what song do you love but that you cannot listen to anymore.


You can send us your answers to this weeks question as well as any questions you'd like to submit to Facebook, Twitter or email us at Batandhammer@gmail.com.

That is all for this week's Blogcast.  Be sure to tune in next week. Same Hammer Time (promise this time), same Bat Channel.

-Hammer

Episode 170: Mr. Doctor

Hello and a welcome back to your regularly scheduled week in geek. It's so strange that now, seemingly out of no where, there are a whole lot of movies out that we want to see.  This week we went out to see Doctor Strange, and we provide a spoiler free and spoiler filled review,  We also bring you our streaming review of Zombeavers, and dive into what little news we have.  Mainly surrounding the new Wonder Woman trailer, please god let this movie be good.

Our fourth and final streaming Horror movie of October was Zombeavers. We knew going into this movie that it was going to be banking heavily on cheese, but sadly there wasn't much else to back this movie up besides that cheese.  There was beaver jokes galore and some mild nudity but we both felt that this movie didn't really have the "fun" factor that these lower budget horror or spoof horror movies have.  There characters weren't really likable nor were the enjoyable to watch.  It all made for a movie that felt more of a chore to watch than it was for enjoyment.  We both gave it 2/5, though we think that's being overly gracious.  Don't waste your time on this one, you're not really missing anything.

Next up we're going to be watching Mando's suggestion, from a while back, of No Country for Old Men.  This is another one of the Coen Brother's movies that neither of us have seen.  But we soon will.  You can watch along with us on Netlfix.



You can suggest a streaming movie that you want us to watch and review on future episodes that are on Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime or HBOgo. 
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Click here to listen to this weeks podcast in iTunes, SoundCloud or Sticher.

We've also included the most recent episode via the embedded link below. 

For last week's Podquestion Bat wanted to know if you were a hero or villain who would be your arch nemesis?

Hammer            -  I would be one Time man and my villain would be Late man

Bat                     - Bat would be Batman and his villain would be the Mad Hatter

Next week's podquestion was brought to by me, and I want to know what is your favorite Geek shirt that you own?


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That is all for this week's Blogcast.  Be sure to tune in next week. Same Hammer Time (promise this time), same Bat Channel.

-Hammer