Episode 260: Monsters versus Robots and?

Welcome back to our week in geek.  This week we bring you our spoiler free and spoiler filled review of the glorious Monsters versus Robots movie that is Pacific Rim: Uprising.  We also continue to watch through our streaming suggestions by watching Fullmetal Alchemist  Netflix. Again, you'll have fun listening Bat's dislike for this movie, though it wasn't as bad as Mute. We discuss the absolute lack of the ongoing news and we answer last week's podquestion of what game series would you like to see made into a movie.

Also as a note, I will be out of the country exploring the land of Japan so there won't be a week in geek for a couple of weeks.  But if you want to follow my adventures feel free to follow me on instagram @KrennnKalis.  Otherwise look forward to hearing random stories when we get back.

This week's fan streaming review from the our friend Buggs and he wanted us to watch the Netflix produced live action adaptation of Fullmetal Alchemist.  As we stated last week Bat came into this completely new to FMA while I've been a fan of the series for some time.  So essentially you get the best of both worlds.  From Bat's perspective, the movie was confusing, convoluted and the lack of option for Dub made it more of a chore for him to watch.  The movie failed to fully bring him into the world or endear him to any of the characters.  As a fan of the series I would say the movie was passable, not great but not terrible.  It kind of actually reminds me of the Warcraft movie, where it plays heavily to the fans of the series but doesn't do a good job on on boarding newcomers.  It essentially has all the parts of the first half of the series and if you've seen the movie you won't be lost and you'll be calling out some shot for shot scenes.  Which is where Bat points out the movie really missed an opportunity.  Although we know that this movie was made for a Japanese audience we really wished that it would have taken the concept of the series and characters and did something entirely different with it.  Essentially we wish that it was more of an OVA (original video animation) than a retelling of the same story.  Also, condensing half of a 50 something series into a 2 hour movie is a tall order.  If you never have watched the series we recommend skipping the movie, and if you're a fan of the series we wouldn't fully endorse it either....

 
No streaming suggestion this week as we will be taking a few episodes off, but 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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That is all for this week's Blogcast.  Be sure to tune back in a couple of weeks. Same Hammer Time, same Bat Channel.

-Hammer

Episode 259: CGI Raider

Welcome back to our week in geek.  This week we bring you our spoiler free and spoiler filled review of Tomb Raider.  We also continue to watch through our streaming suggestions  by reviewing Mute on Netflix. You'll want to listen in on Bat's extreme dislike for this movie, I found it particularly entertaining to see a reaction close-ish to BvS or TLJ.  We discuss some of the ongoing news and we answer last week's podquestion of what was your first Mature rated game.

This week's fan streaming review from the Heterolifemate was Mute on Netflix. Now I kind of spoiled it in the intro, but we didn't really like this movie.  Bat absolutely HATED it and I just didn't enjoy it.  The world of a futuristic Berlin as the back drop was kind of interesting but the cast of characters and how they were haphazardly strewn about made the movie and over all mess.  Both of us thought that the lost love plot was overly convoluted and the motivation for her dead at the hands of Cactus just didn't really make sense to us.  The overly elongated ending as well just stretched out what we were having a hard time following.  I do like Bat's idea of pitching a movie just about cactus and his partner, where neither of them know the others "dark secrets" and watch as they slowly discover.  But that movie doesn't exist and sadly what we're left with was a Muted response of a movie.  We both suggest you save your time and spend it somewhere else, perhaps on Altered Carbon.

This week's streaming suggestion comes from our friend Buggs.  He wants us to watch the Netflix produced live action adaptation of Fullmetal Alchemist.  While Bat hasn't seen any of the anime I've watched and loved it all.  I'm a little cautious going into this one after the Netflix Death Note movie.  Even with it being a Japanese produced adaptation I'm still cautiously optimistic because I've been burnt before.  I'm looking at you Attack on Titan live action!



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

-Hammer

Episode 258: We Love Michael B. Jordan

Welcome back to our week in geek.  This week we continue to watch through our streaming suggestions (we're so happy to have this 'problem') by reviewing Fruitvale Station on Netflix. We discuss some of the ongoing news and we answer last week's podquestion of which winter Olympic sport would you participate in if given the chance.

This week's fan streaming review was suggestion Fruitvale Station on Netflix.  We had both heard how amazing Michael B. Jordan's performance was in this movie and in that area we were not disappointed.  Mind you yes we are biased and Love Jordan, but he really does do a damn good job acting.  Our biggest detraction was the over use of "bruh" that just didn't feel natural for the character he was playing.  Unfortunately  for this based on true story, the rest of the movie didn't really bring us in, it felt more like a staged movie than a natural flow of someone's final hours.  We both agree that Jordan's performance was worth the price of admission but just wish the rest of the movie was up to that level.  We both say see the movie, if only for Jordan.

The fan-suggestion-palooza continues with this week's streaming review of Mute coming from the Heterolifemate himself.  From the director of Moon, an awesome movie that neither of us have seen yet, comes this strange futuristic tale of a Mute man in Berlin trying to find his lost love.  You can find this movie on Netflix if you want to watch along.



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Please send your suggestions to us using any of the means below.

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Below you will find this week's most recent podcast.  But fear not, you can click these links to listen to this and past week's podcast in iTunes or Sticher.  We also have the past 2-3 episodes available on SoundCloud.

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

-Hammer

Episode 257: 50 More Shades of Crap

Welcome back to our week in geek.  With Bat back from his Disneyland vacation and me actually caught up on news for once we set out to discuss our streaming review of 50 Shades Darker.  Spoilers, it's pretty terrible.  We discuss some of the ongoing news as well as this month's free shit good shit with the Xbox Games with Gold and PS Plus.  Last but not least we answer last week's podquestion of what is your favorite Disney treat.

This week's streaming review of  suggestion of 50 Shades Darker was exactly what we expected... bad.  I don't really know what we can say more beyond what we said in our review of the first movie.  It's a movie and story without a soul.  The characters have no real charisma and there is no depth in their interactions.  I would argue that most daily soap operas have more drive that this movie.  The fact that the numerous sexual scenes only bore us further really speaks to the movie.  We will see the next movie... if only to warn you not to watch it.  But please, spend your time elsewhere,  do something better with your time.

 

Since we talked so much about having a lack of substance we are opting to watch Fruitvale Station on Netflix.  We have heard numerous great things about he movie and about Jordan's performance and can't wait to watch this fan suggestion. 

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Please send your suggestions to us using any of the means below.

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

-Hammer