tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11395274198967527302024-03-13T11:00:51.691-07:00A Matter of Tasteamatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-61273738059275386592019-10-31T17:27:00.000-07:002019-11-02T06:19:20.411-07:00102: Halloween (1978) & Halloween (2018) - He's Just THERE<img alt="Image result for halloween 2018" height="225" src="https://www.horrorgeeklife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Halloween-2018-Michael-Myers.jpg" width="400" /><br />
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<b>SPOILERS FOR HALLOWEEN (1978) & HALLOWEEN (2018)</b><br />
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<b>Listen:</b> <a href="http://archive.org/download/amot102/AMOT102.mp3">http://archive.org/download/amot102/AMOT102.mp3</a><br />
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</b> In this episode:<br />
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<ul>
<li>Halloween is one of those rare examples where the first real demonstrable example of a genre also codifies it.</li>
<li>Halloween and John Carpenter have the audacity to just have Michael Myers just standing there in the middle of the day.</li>
<li>The parallels this film draws between Laurie and Michael are really intriguing.</li>
<li>The new Halloween strikes an interesting balance, as one can’t just pretend that 40 years of movies don’t exist.</li>
<li>This is the Song Exploder episode that Ian is talking about. <a href="http://songexploder.net/halloween">http://songexploder.net/halloween</a></li>
<li>We have a pretty lean season for horror this year.*</li>
<li>This flick has a lot of complicated, complex thoughts on the notion of legacy.</li>
<li>Halloween 2k18 strikes a nice balance in paying homage to the original without clinging to it too tightly.</li>
<li>The interplay and complexities of the generational relationships in this flick are pretty interesting to examine.</li>
<li>We have a brief discussion about what we’re hoping for out of these sequels.</li>
<li>The sense of normalcy and realism is key to what makes the Halloween films work.</li>
</ul>
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THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:</div>
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<ul>
<li>Managed to get this one out on Halloween! Just in time for everyone to be out at Halloween parties and not have any time to listen to it, natch.</li>
<li>*Somehow <i>The Lighthouse</i> was not on either of our radars when we had this discussion.</li>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Intro: "Full Moon Fever" - Ramshki Alley | STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES |</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Outro: "This is My Design" - Ian Doherty |<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design" style="color: black; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Bandcamp</span></a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> |</span></li>
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amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-23573860038982935782019-09-30T09:00:00.000-07:002019-09-30T11:47:11.862-07:00101: IT & IT Chapter Two - MFW They Bring Up the Ritual of Chud: D:<img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="570" height="216"src="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190827144656-it-chapter-two-exlarge-169.jpg" /><br />
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<b>SPOILERS for everything IT (book, miniseries, movies, etc.)</b><br />
<b><br />
</b> <b>Listen: </b><a href="http://archive.org/download/amot101/AMOT101.mp3">http://archive.org/download/amot101/AMOT101.mp3</a><br />
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</b> In this episode:<br />
<ul><li><b>TW</b>: A Lot of Suicide Talk (Comes up briefly at 54:30, then we tangent a bit and get back to it from 1:10:00 - 1:17:20)</li>
<li>Man we take a while to get back into a Matter of Taste.</li>
<ul><li>Also FUCK this episode is 101, we couldn’t have scripted that absence.</li>
<li>Also FUCK our 100th episode was Fire Walk With Me? Hella.</li>
</ul><li>Hey, only a couple minutes in we announce that our discussion will involve SPOILERS for a story released 33 years ago, then again then again like 29 years ago, then again like 2 years ago, and then again like early September.</li>
<li>Ian brings up how important the visual consistency and coherence is to selling the emotional resonance of the story</li>
<li>Oh boy, let’s talk about the Ritual of Chud</li>
<li>I talk a lot about the way that Pennywise’s existence has bled into the town of Derry, but I want to emphasize that I don’t think hatred, racism and homophobia are supernatural forces, I understand that the existence of Pennywise in this small-not-small, prosperous-not-prosperous small town is a metaphor</li>
<li>Let’s talk about Pennywise and IT and how the different interpretations reflect the priorities of the flicks versus the movies.</li>
</ul>THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM<br />
<ul><li>They’re apparently considering a prequel which is fuckin wild.</li>
<li>I have an idea for the best version of these movies, but I don’t know how you cut it together with all they’ve done with Native American stereotypes and throwing Mike under the bus</li>
<li>So the good news is that we’ve been out so long that there’s a ton to cover. Stay tuned for updates!</li>
</ul><div>Music:</div><div><ul><li>Intro: "Full Moon Fever" - Ramshki Alley | STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES |</li>
<li>Outro: "This is My Design" - Ian Doherty |<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design" style="background-color: white; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Bandcamp</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> |</span></li>
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<b>SPOILERS FOR <i>TWIN PEAKS </i>SEASONS 1 & 2 and <i>TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME </i>(1992), including THE MISSING PIECES (deleted/extended scenes from the film).</b><br />
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</b> In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li><b>IMPORTANT NOTE:</b> This episode was recorded BEFORE <i>Twin Peaks: The Return</i> began airing, so you won't hear us discussing anything from the new series (besides the <a href="https://pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/twinpeakscast1.png?w=646&h=814" target="_blank">casting</a> <a href="https://pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/twinpeakscast2.png?w=644&h=795" target="_blank">news</a> released a while ago)--for better or for worse.</li>
<li>We return to the world of Twin Peaks for our 100th episode! Listen as we discuss the 1992 prequel movie <i>Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me</i>, and all the weirdness it has to offer.<br />
</li>
<li>The weirdness is pretty dense in Fire Walk With Me, giving you a much more concentrated dose of what you get throughout the series.</li>
<li>Ian gets a bit into the expanded content and additional material on the Blu-ray <i>Entire Mystery </i>box set.</li>
<li>We dance around a bit talking about the kind of ineffable, cosmic horror parts of Twin Peaks.</li>
<li>Twin Peaks is very likely a weirdness magnet in the same storied company as Derry, Maine and Gravity Falls, Oregon</li>
<li>The show/film is incredibly esoteric in the way in attempts to communicate meaning and does little to alleviate that.</li>
<li><i>Fire Walk With Me</i> doesn’t quite function as a single unit, it needs to come after the series to stand on its own.</li>
<li>We don’t always understand where Lynch is going with things, but we trust him to do it well.</li>
<li>We talk a little bit about shades of interpretation and the how the number of people involved in a film production can change the reading of a character.</li>
<li>Ian wants it to be known that he’s not an expert in Zen Buddhism</li>
<li>Sheryl Lee and Ray Wise are amazing together.</li>
<li>Twin Peaks is effective because it’s so focused. We want to learn more but learning more about that world would dilute the focus.</li>
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THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:</div>
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<ul>
<li>Apologies for the lateness of this episode once again. I (Ian) just got a new job, so editing fell to the wayside for a bit.</li>
<li>I also have watched the first four episodes of the new series, and holy crap, is it David Lynch-y.</li>
<li>As we mentioned on the episode: THIS IS NOT THE END! We already have ideas for upcoming episodes. Keep an eye out for them!</li>
</ul>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">Bandcamp</a> |</span></li>
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amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-32677430081908731652017-03-31T21:27:00.002-07:002017-05-30T20:52:52.983-07:00099: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - Eeeeethaaaann... ETHAN!<img height="210" src="https://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikkain/files/2017/02/resident-evil-7-family.jpg" width="400" /><br />
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<b>SPOILERS FOR <i>RESIDENT EVIL 7 </i>& <i>4</i>.</b><br />
<b><br />
</b> In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>We're back this month to discuss <i>Resident Evil 7: Biohazard</i>. Fio's a long-time RE fan, and Ian got to play both the demo and the game on PSVR, so there's quite some ground that gets covered.</li>
<li>It’s good having someone doing something in the style of P.T. since Konami has no interest in games anymore, apparently.<br />
</li>
<li>While there are definitely complaints to be made about some samey-ness in the monster design, the Baker villains were all very well crafted and they exude character in their appearances.<br />
</li>
<li>The setpieces in this game are really strong, especially the house. As mentioned the Bakers are also really strong/well-realized monsters and characters. The story, to be charitable, is not so much.<br />
</li>
<li>In the opening act of the game, uh, you get fucked up bad. You get fucked up real bad.<br />
</li>
<li>This game is just really well paced and plotted and all around a solid outing, which is definitely refreshing after the mess that was Resi 6.<br />
</li>
<li>We talk briefly about competing philosophies in terms of how developed your main characters should be in games.<br />
</li>
<li>Ian found a cool couple of Behind the Scenes featurettes on YouTube (SPOILERS):</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/VAsMpq8FeJA" target="_blank">Part One: Beginning Hours</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/rG-YUi4eO50" target="_blank">Part Two: Welcome to the Family</a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
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THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:</div>
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<ul>
<li>Next is our 100th episode! Also...just about...our <i><strike>five</strike> four year</i> anniversary? Daaaaaaamn.</li>
<li>Also, <a href="https://youtu.be/FnCdOQsX5kc" target="_blank">the first teaser for the new adaptation of Stephen King's <i>It</i> was just released</a>, and we're both excited.</li>
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Music:</div>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Bandcamp</a> |</span></li>
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amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-69127571184056400082017-02-09T13:16:00.001-08:002017-02-09T17:40:17.699-08:00098: Adam Wingard Movies - Blair Witches & Blue Eyes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>SPOILERS FOR <i>YOU'RE NEXT</i> (2011), <i>THE GUEST</i> (2014), AND <i>BLAIR WITCH</i> (2016).</b><br />
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In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>WE'RE ALIIIIIIIIIIVE! And back to discuss three movies from director Adam Wingard: <i>You're Next</i> (2011), <i>The Guest</i> (2014), and <i>Blair Witch</i> (2016).</li>
<li><i>You're Next</i> (2011)</li>
<ul>
<li>The home invasion genre and the ways it clashes with the usual American horror flick philosophy</li>
<li>We discuss the relative groundedness of <i>You’re Next</i>. It’s probably up to your own threshold of groundedness interpretation.</li>
<li>I (Fio) start off talking about Home Invasion flicks having a kinship with Japanese horror and then take for-goddamn-ever to get back around to what I mean.</li>
<li>Man, how good was <i>10 Cloverfield Lane</i>, though?</li>
</ul>
<li><i>The Guest</i> (2014)</li>
<ul>
<li>Thanks to podcast listener <b>Kate</b> for recommending this movie to us in the first place!</li>
<li>We start tackling <i>The Guest</i> and the Politics of Handsomeness.</li>
<li>Also, Ian desperately hopes this was a werewolf film.</li>
<li>Again, we get into a discussion of the relative groundedness of the film and how many steps we are away from our own universe in this film.</li>
</ul>
<li><i>Blair Witch </i>(2016)</li>
<ul>
<li>Everyone in the Blair Witch movies is in film school. Just make peace with this from the get-go.</li>
<li>We compare the slow-burn, unscripted nature of the original <i>Blair Witch</i> to the slicker, more “hollywood” <i>Blair Witch</i> 3.</li>
<li>We get our Doug Jones jokes out, but rest assured they come from a place of love.</li>
</ul>
<li>Ian talks about Resident Evil 7 for a few minutes while Fio desperately tries not to die.</li>
<li>Also: listen to the end of the podcast for "Trespasser," a song from Ian's recently released solo album, <i><a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/stepping-stones" target="_blank">Stepping Stones</a></i>!<br />
</li>
</ul>
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THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:</div>
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<ul>
<li>Apologies for the long, unannounced hiatus. We plan on being back on a monthly basis for the foreseeable future.</li>
<li>We're approaching our 100th episode! Let us know if there's anything in particular you'd like to see us do for it.</li>
<li>From Fio:</li>
<ul>
<li>My sneezing and sniffling is goddamn disgusting. Our hideous meat bodies are truly a blight on this planet.</li>
<li>Nothing to do with the podcast, but sniffling while I’m listening to myself sniffle on the recording and having them line up is a really bizarre experience.</li>
</ul>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Bandcamp</a> |</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Trespasser" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/track/trespasser" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> |</span></li>
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amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-2876131700298234382016-09-28T21:43:00.002-07:002016-09-28T21:43:40.466-07:00097: Stranger Things Season 1 - Coffee & Contemplation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>SPOILERS FOR STRANGER THINGS SEASON 1.</b><br />
<b><br />
</b> In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>We discuss the first season of Netflix's <i>Stranger Things</i>, including the casting, the writing, the influences, and holy crap this show is so much fun to talk about.</li>
<li>We open with our first impressions of Stranger Things and overall thoughts on the series.<br />
</li>
<li>We spend a good bit talking about and speculating about Season 2 just in time for io9 to publish an article telling people to stop talking about Season 2 lest they ruin it, so that’s killer timing.<br />
</li>
<li>We start talking about DnD, which could have really dominated the podcast but thankfully we winged away from it really quick.<br />
</li>
<li>Another aside about Haven, but only to illustrate how well Stranger Things handles the characters’ handles on its various supernatural elements.</li>
<li>We talk about the different stories being told in Stranger Things and the successes and pitfalls of that particular approach.</li>
<li>The show never loses sight of its humanity, which is definitely one of its strengths.<br />
</li>
<li><b>Next month:</b> WITCHES, including (<i>finally</i>) our thoughts on <i>The Witch</i> (2016).</li>
</ul>
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THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><i>From Fio:</i> I misspoke when I said that the party in <i>The Mummy</i> is composed of a Ranger, Wizard, Paladin, and Bard, it’s clearly a Ranger, Wizard, Fighter, and Bard, Brendan Frasier doesn’t multiclass until the sequel.</li>
</ul>
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Music:</div>
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<div>
<ul>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;">"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Bandcamp</a> |</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><a href="http://archive.org/download/AMOT097/AMOT097.mp3">http://archive.org/download/AMOT097/AMOT097.mp3</a></span></div>
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amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-19973306313258133822016-08-24T20:15:00.002-07:002016-08-24T20:15:42.528-07:00096: Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - Hey, Let's $%!# With These Normies: The Film<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>SPOILERS FOR <i>ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW</i>.</b><br />
<br />
In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>At long last, our discussion of the 1975 cult classic <i>Rocky Horror Picture Show</i>, including Tim Curry, the stellar soundtrack, the obtuse plot, and its place as a cultural phenomenon.</li>
<li>This is take two of this episode, so much like with our Sweeney episode, we try to hit on points we did the first time we recorded while keeping the conversation alive and organic. To...mixed results.</li>
<li>Seriously, though, the soundtrack kicks ass, even if Ian's a little perplexed at how all of these songs came together.</li>
<li>We talk about how we first saw Rocky Horror. Ian watched it with his Dad, which probably wasn’t weird at all, and then ended up seeing a shadowcast performance at college. Fio’s girlfriend made him go see it in high school.</li>
<li>The production values, sets, casting, etc. of this film are pretty great, but watching it on its own, you don’t really get the full experience.</li>
<li>We talk about other horror musicals we haven’t discussed during this series, putting the spotlight on <i>The Devil’s Carnival</i> and <i>Jasper in Deadland</i>.</li>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:<br />
<ul>
<li>Again, apologies for the lateness of the episode and a potentially less-than-comprehensive discussion, due to this being a re-record. Technology was working against us for this one.</li>
<li>From Fio: My bad, Superman doesn’t reprogram the population of Transilvane by playing westerns, he specifically does it by playing them <i>Oklahoma!</i> So this fits into our musical theme!</li>
<li>Here's a link to the Decemberists/Silent Hill song parody Ian wrote <b>(MAJOR SPOILERS FOR SILENT HILL 2)</b>: "<a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/james-hymn-june-hymn-parody" target="_blank">James Hymn</a>"</li>
</ul>
Music:<br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Time Warp" - The Rocky Horror Picture Show | <a href="https://youtu.be/tkplPbd2f60" target="_blank">YouTube</a> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">| <a href="https://amzn.com/B013101HBQ" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Science Fiction / Double Feature" - </span> The Rocky Horror Picture Show | <a href="https://youtu.be/MFlEIQbmr5o" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://amzn.com/B013101HBQ" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |</li>
<li>"Planet Schmanet Janet" - The Rocky Horror Picture Show | <a href="https://youtu.be/wjWAY-CbYGU" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://amzn.com/B013101HBQ" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |</li>
<li>"Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me" - The Rocky Horror Picture Show | <a href="https://youtu.be/jRiZRMLGjCY" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://amzn.com/B013101HBQ" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://archive.org/download/AMOT096/AMOT096.mp3">http://archive.org/download/AMOT096/AMOT096.mp3</a> <br />
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amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-42618523495410727232016-07-21T22:38:00.000-07:002016-07-25T08:21:56.306-07:00095: Sweeney Todd (2007) - A Fairly Expected Number of Cannibal Puns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>SPOILERS FOR <i>SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET.</i></b><br />
<br />
In this episode: <br />
<ul>
<li>Apologies to Mr. Sondheim for the opening. :P</li>
<li>We discuss Sondheim's masterpiece horror musical <i>Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street</i>, including the 2007 movie adaptation, the original Broadway production, and the 2005 Broadway revival.</li>
<li>How does the 2007 movie fare as an adaptation?</li>
<li>The genre discussion comes up again.</li>
<li>Craft & theory talk! Overtures, the Ballad, and the opening “number(s)” of a musical, and how they introduce the audience to world, language, form, etc. of the musical</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/DBCVaFqGJwg" target="_blank">Sondheim teaches "My Friends"</a> </li>
<li>Ian loves the 2005 Broadway revival. Let him show you his thoughts on it.</li>
<ul>
<li>The narrative layers in the revival</li>
</ul>
<li>Denouements: where have they gone?</li>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>Apologies for the lateness. Life happens. </li>
<li>Also apologies for all the weird car noises in the background; that’s probably on me. – Ian</li>
<li>I think what I was trying to say when talking about Anthony is that even with all the circumstances surrounding his and Johanna’s romance, you’re still rooting for them, and it’s partially because of the circumstances. Them running off together isn’t the perfect solution, but it’s certainly better than her staying with the Judge.</li>
<li>I also think that a lot of the stuff I say is in the liner notes of the 2005 revival may have actually been in articles I read at the time the show was on Broadway.</li>
<li>“Singing that violin line”? Playing. That’s what I meant.</li>
<li>UPDATE 7/25: Linked the "Sondheim teaches..." video above. Forgive me for forgetting. (...Sweeney pun?) </li>
</ul>
<br />
Music:<br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</span> </li>
<li>"The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" - Original Broadway Cast | <a href="https://youtu.be/j8t4Ny39tt8" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://amzn.com/B007K7IBA2" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |</li>
<li>"A Little Priest" - Original Broadway Cast | <a href="https://youtu.be/I96RZh8108o" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://amzn.com/B007K7IBA2" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |</li>
<li>"Epiphany" - Original Broadway Cast | <a href="https://youtu.be/_Kt5PsyEMWk" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://amzn.com/B007K7IBA2" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |</li>
<li>"My Friends" - 2005 Broadway Revival Cast | <a href="https://youtu.be/gv_YyrJR4Vw" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://amzn.com/B000CRR3P6" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |</li>
<li>"Kiss Me" (Quartet) - 2005 Broadway Revival Cast | <a href="https://youtu.be/G4XY0XgKRsk?list=PLF8036DFA44AE4871" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://amzn.com/B000CRR3P6" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |</li>
<li>"Not While I’m Around" - 2005 Broadway Revival Cast | <a href="https://youtu.be/gbAb87f7G1s" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://amzn.com/B000CRR3P6" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |</li>
<li>"Epiphany" - 2005 Broadway Revival Cast | <a href="https://youtu.be/-gZpr6nMkGQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://amzn.com/B000CRR3P6" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://archive.org/download/AMOT095/AMOT095.mp3">http://archive.org/download/AMOT095/AMOT095.mp3</a> amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-29345013601751113622016-07-07T16:58:00.003-07:002016-07-07T18:11:06.632-07:00094: Evil Dead: The Musical (2006) - Candarian Demons (Ah Ooo)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Not pictured: 15 entire Black Knight's worth of fake blood.</span><br />
<br />
<b>SPOILERS FOR <i>EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL</i>.</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In this episode:</span><br />
<ul style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Early on we talk about the particular energy and the unique complications of live shows. This is not the last time this will come up.</span></span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Evil Dead is the only example of a musical we'll be discussing this summer where it’s just part of a media phenomenon instead of being the primary text.</span></span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://twitter.com/PositronicWoman/status/748649877500895233" target="_blank">This is the conversation</a> that Fio was referencing on the podcast regarding Del Toro as a new showrunner for a theoretical Twilight Zone reboot.</span></span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">How it’s impossible for this musical to exist in a vacuum.</span></span></div>
</li>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Minor point about how Ash is Bruce Campbell, he hasn’t really had a chance (nor has anyone really made the attempt) to divorce him from that.</span></li>
</ul>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why "Do the Necronomicon" doesn’t really work.</span></li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We get into a brief discussion about weird things that are integral to characters that show up late in their narratives.</span></span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The difficulty in suspending disbelief in horror and how it contrasts with the difficulty in suspending disbelief in musicals.</span></span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<div>
<span style="line-height: 20.24px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">
</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:</span><br />
<h3>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ephemera from the notes and timestamps:</span></span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">BLOOD WEDDING ASIDE</span></span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From Ian: </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know you just mean “we have a long aside about Blood Wedding,” but I kind of want to read this as “BLOOD WEDDING ASIDE, THERE </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">IS </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SOME CONTENT ABOUT THE EVIL DEAD MUSICAL ON THIS EPISODE, REALLY.”</span></span></li>
</ul>
<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-24b8be2c-c7c0-eb61-0030-baab27e691f8"><span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I spent like 20 minutes last episode talking about how much I love that REPO! is “for nobody” but when talking about extreme haunted houses, I’m ranting “WHO IS THIS FOR?”</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-24b8be2c-c7c1-2f7a-0aac-1a2436831147"><span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Fio makes an aside to NiN, drink.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-24b8be2c-c7c1-74d8-63f7-670b064dbd21"><span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">100% taking credit for "Ole Billy Shats"</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
</h3>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Music:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</span></li>
<li>“What the Fuck Was That?” - Evil Dead: Original Broadway Cast Album | <a href="https://youtu.be/kS3mSJ_3GTM" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">YouTube</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> | </span><a href="https://amzn.com/B000YSRQQ4" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amazon</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> |</span></li>
<li><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“All the Men in My Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons” - Evil Dead: Original Broadway Cast Album | </span><a href="https://youtu.be/yx2m1sfupmI" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">YouTube</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> | </span><a href="https://amzn.com/B000YSRQQ4" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amazon</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> |</span></li>
<li><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“We Will Never Die” - Evil Dead: Original Broadway Cast Album | </span><a href="https://youtu.be/8OGDmT0chvE" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">YouTube</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> | </span><a href="https://amzn.com/B000YSRQQ4" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amazon</span></a><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> |</span></li>
</ul>
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<a href="http://archive.org/download/AMOT094/AMOT094.mp3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">http://archive.org/download/AMOT094/AMOT094.mp3</span></a>amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-78003464509709250442016-06-22T22:04:00.001-07:002016-06-22T22:04:59.412-07:00093: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) - TESTIFY!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wait...wasn't there a scene like this in <i>Little Shop</i>?</span><br />
<br />
<b>SPOILERS FOR <i>REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA</i>.</b><br />
<br />
In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>The second installment of our <b>Summer Musical Series!</b></li>
<li>We discuss the 2008 adaptation of <i>Repo! The Genetic Opera</i>, including the cast, the plot, the music, and how it all churns into something that's both a mess and yet undeniably something we enjoy the hell out of.</li>
<li>This is a flawed film, but there’s a lot to love in here.</li>
<li>Comparing the needs of musical theater to the needs of film in terms of pacing and shit.</li>
<li>The third act is really where the seams begin to show in this flick.</li>
<li>This film is unabashedly for itself, which is definitely something to be respected.</li>
<li>Next time: <b>Evil Dead: The Musical!</b></li>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:<br />
<ul>
<li>The Devil’s Carnival is unfortunately not on Netflix.</li>
<li>From Fio: <i>Referring to something like Linkin Park imbuing in you a “deep vein of metal” might get some people calling us out on our metal credentials, haha.</i> ...That's fair. Direct any complaints directly to me. - Ian</li>
<li>Luigi's line is actually "I will <b>shoot </b>you in the FACE!" My mistake.</li>
<li>More from Fio:</li>
<ul>
<li>Would you say that they needed to explain the use of Zydrate in a way that’s quick, and clean, and pure? <i>Booooo. - Ian</i></li>
<li>Going back to talking about Infected, some of the lines in that are pretty awesome. Especially “Do you hear me, mother? Thanks for the disease.” I just really fucking love that line, hahaha.</li>
<li>“Daddy’s girl’s a fucking monster” is also an amazing line, by the by.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Music:<br />
<ul>
<li>"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</li>
<li>"Zydrate Anatomy" - Repo! The Genetic Opera Soundtrack | <a href="https://youtu.be/tevg_jT5Sco" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://amzn.com/B001FWXOBO" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |</li>
<li>"Legal Assassin" - Repo! The Genetic Opera Soundtrack | <a href="https://youtu.be/C7rARRopvuQ" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://amzn.com/B001FWXOBO" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |</li>
<li>"Infected" - Repo! The Genetic Opera Soundtrack | <a href="https://youtu.be/Ik9JjRqXc-8" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://amzn.com/B001FWXOBO" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |</li>
<li>"At the Opera Tonight" - Repo! The Genetic Opera Soundtrack | <a href="https://youtu.be/S3dLk9_GGF0" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://amzn.com/B001FWXOBO" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | </li>
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amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-24910186840644247562016-06-08T21:17:00.002-07:002016-06-08T21:55:12.195-07:00092: Little Shop of Horrors (1986) - A Surprisingly Low Frequency of Plant Puns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sometimes, when people set out to make nightmare fuel...they <i>absolutely</i> succeed.</span><br />
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<b>SPOILERS FOR <i>LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS </i>& <i>THE HUNGER GAMES</i>.</b><br />
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In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>The first episode in our <b>Summer Musical Series</b>!</li>
<li>We discuss the classic Alan Menken/Howard Ashman musical <i>Little Shop of Horrors</i> and its movie adaptation, including the original black-and-white movie, the stage musical, and the many strong points and flaws of the 1986 Frank Oz movie.</li>
<li>We get a bit into the broad tonal inconsistency that shows up in the film.</li>
<li>We talk a bit about the prevalence of improvisation, specifically in the comedy genre, and the sort of slapdash energy that the movie has.</li>
<li><i>Little Shop of Horrors</i> as an oddly indelible part of the cultural landscape</li>
<li>The dutch angles and other interesting film choices in the case of <i>Little Shop</i></li>
<ul>
<li>Also the unique monster design of Audrey II, something you don’t see a lot of in horror films, though that could just be due to a lack of really cool plant monsters.</li>
</ul>
<li>The danger of breaking the dream is much greater in the world of musicals than it is in other narratives.</li>
<li>The interesting stylistic choice of putting the general tone of the lyrics at odds with more traditional 50s musical styles.</li>
<li>Our actually interesting and worthwhile discussion of story vs presentation</li>
<ul>
<li>That wasn’t sarcasm, by the way, I actually really dig this conversation. - <i>Fio</i></li>
</ul>
<li>Here's our <b>official schedule for the Summer Musical Series:</b></li>
<ul>
<li><b>Little Shop of Horrors:</b> June 9th</li>
<li><b>Repo! The Genetic Opera:</b> June 23rd</li>
<li><b>Evil Dead: The Musical:</b> July 7th</li>
<li><b>Sweeney Todd:</b> July 21st</li>
<li><b>Rocky Horror Picture Show:</b> August 4th<br />
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM: <br />
<ul>
<li>We initially had some issues getting the episode uploaded, so keep an eye on our social media (<a href="https://twitter.com/aMoTPodcast" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://amatteroftastepodcast.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tumblr</a>, and <a href="http://facebook.com/AMatterOfTastePodcast" target="_blank">Facebook</a>) for podcast updates in case there's a delay or rescheduling.</li>
<li>Also, Ian's going to try to livetweet his rewatches of each musical movie, so keep an eye on those same places and his personal twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/idoherty451" target="_blank">@idoherty451</a>) to find out when that will be! </li>
<li>I'm just realizing that maybe the reason I (Ian) like "Suppertime" so much is because it sounds particularly Pink Floyd-y. </li>
<li>Notes from Fio:</li>
<ul>
<li>The use of the doo-wop singers as a greek chorus is an interesting choice</li>
<li>Man, weird last-minute Hunger Games aside out of nowhere</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Music:<br />
<ul>
<li>"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</li>
<li>"Prologue (Little Shop of Horrors)" - Little Shop Of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | <a href="https://youtu.be/vecqGj2J_NU" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://amzn.com/B00UMA0CTM" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | </li>
<li>"Suppertime" - Little Shop Of Horrors (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | <a href="https://youtu.be/PKtfv9nyN3k" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://amzn.com/B00UMA0YF4" target="_blank">Amazon</a> |</li>
</ul>
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amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-87508020695793841692016-04-29T14:50:00.002-07:002016-04-29T15:08:54.764-07:00091: Penny Dreadful Seasons 1 & 2 - Sexy Werewolves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>SPOILERS FOR PENNY DREADFUL SEASONS 1 & 2 (and minor spoilers for Season 3).</b><br />
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<br />
In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>In anticipation of the new season, we discuss the first two seasons of Showtime's Gothic horror series <i>Penny Dreadful</i>, including the overall style of the show, the characters, the cast, and yes, werewolves, potentially of the sexy variety.</li>
<li>We (read: Ian) can't escape talking about this show without comparing it to a variety of other media, including NBC's <i>Dracula</i>, <i>The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen</i>, <i>The Walking Dead</i>, and yes, <i>Hannibal</i>, among others.</li>
<li>How unrelenting bleakness can become wearying</li>
<ul>
<li>I think we should also clarify that this isn’t a blanket critique of all bleak narratives. I think we’re just inundated with them at the moment. There’s also a very troubling association in pop culture at the moment of bleakness with maturity, as though any story without a bleak philosophy is somehow childish, which I think is more what we’re criticizing here.</li>
</ul>
<li>The snails return. The Snailening</li>
<li>Novel class returns. The Novelening. The Robertsoning.</li>
<li>We start digging into the way narratives that are attempting to tell different types of stories can show us two wildly different facets of a character with each interpretation being an equally valid expression of the character.</li>
<li>WEREWOLVES WEREWOLVES WEREWOLVES.</li>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:<br />
<ul>
<li>Just as an aside: We're approaching our 100th episode! We have ideas planned out for the next few episodes, but is there anything in particular you'd want to see/hear us do for the 100th episode? Let us know in the comments below or through one of our various forms of contact on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook </li>
<li>Holy crap, we didn't even talk about how much I (Ian) love the music on this show. In particular: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido's_Lament" target="_blank">Dido's Lament</a> ("When I am laid in earth") from <i>Dido and Aeneas</i> is my favorite aria I learned about in college, and THEY USED IT.</li>
<li>Highlights from Fio's notes:</li>
<ul>
<li>I’m honestly curious how many times we reference Hannibal in episodes that are, like, explicitly not about Hannibal.</li>
<li><i>In the Era of Dystopian Future Literature and Apocalyptic Stuff</i> should be a book of essays.</li>
<li>“I wouldn’t advise them,” so fucking magnanimous, Fio, of course the Penny Dreadful writing staff listens to this podcast.</li>
<li>At this point in the podcast I go silent because I’m looking up 40 Days and 40 Nights because I can’t remember if Shannyn Sossamon is in it or not. She is, by the way.</li>
<li>“I’m positive, actually” *proceeds to be wrong* “Fuck. Fuck me.”</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Music:<br />
<ul>
<li>"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</li>
</ul>
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amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-60083408179994924772016-03-31T11:52:00.004-07:002016-03-31T11:52:54.222-07:00090: 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) - My Sociopathic Exterior<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>SPOILERS FOR <i>10 CLOVERFIELD LANE</i>.</b><br />
<br />
In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>We discuss Dan Trachtenberg's <i>10 Cloverfield Lane</i>, including excellent performances from the entire cast, the pacing, the cinematography, the music, and you guuuiiiisssse we kind of gush about this movie, it's pretty great.</li>
<li>Debut horror looking rill good this year</li>
<li>Pacing and the place of the long take in modern film</li>
<li>How the fourth act makes things fall apart a little, but we can’t help but enjoy it</li>
<li>What exactly was Michelle’s plan once she got to Houston?</li>
<li>Bear McCreary’s soundtrack and how Ian expected it to be weirder</li>
<li>Links:</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://nerdist.com/nerdist-podcast-j-j-abrams-and-dan-trachtenberg/" target="_blank">Nerdist Podcast: J. J. Abrams and Dan Trachtenberg</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/ZEBAwEcgtw8" target="_blank">Bear McCreary recording one of the themes from the movie</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/4drucg1A6Xk" target="_blank">Portal: No Escape</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/6LiKKFZyhRU" target="_blank">Lights Out</a> trailer</li>
</ul>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:<br />
<ul>
<li>Sorry this isn't about <i>The Witch</i>! Blame car troubles.</li>
<li>There were some really weird volume issues in this episode, and I did my best to correct them, but please let me know if there are any parts where it's really difficult to hear what I'm saying or the background noise is really distracting.</li>
</ul>
Music:<br />
<ul>
<li>"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://archive.org/download/AMOT090/AMOT090.mp3">http://archive.org/download/AMOT090/AMOT090.mp3</a> <br />
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amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-24929190834188814702016-02-24T19:38:00.000-08:002016-02-24T19:38:57.689-08:00089: The X-Files Season 10 - Why, Chris Carter, Why<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ooooo, i c wut u did thar, show.</span></div>
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<b>SPOILERS FOR <i>THE X-FILES</i> SEASON 10 & 4x02 "HOME." Mild spoilers for the <i>Gravity Falls</i> finale.</b><br />
<br />
In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>We discuss all six episodes of <i>The X-Files </i>Season 10, including the good, the bad, and the "Babylon."</li>
<li>We talk about the tricky narrative territory that X-Files occupies somewhere at the intersection of Sci-Fi, Horror, and occasionally Fantasy.</li>
<li>How Clueless Is Chris Carter? We’re taking bets on that one.</li>
<li>The breathtakingly bewildering decision to try and cover everything they had to say this season in six episodes.</li>
<li>If anyone can get us into the writers’ room for the X-Files, please give us a call.</li>
<li>Next time: Fio and Ian give their thoughts on <i>The Witch</i> (2015)! </li>
<li>Links:</li>
<ul>
<li>Nerdist.com: <a href="http://nerdist.com/the-x-files-5th-episode-babylon-said-all-the-wrong-things/" target="_blank">Review: THE X-FILES 5th Episode "Babylon" Said All the Wrong Things</a></li>
<li>AV Club: <a href="http://www.avclub.com/article/see-you-next-summer-alex-hirsch-says-goodbye-gravi-232432" target="_blank">"See you next summer": Alex Hirsch says goodbye to <i>Gravity Falls</i></a></li>
<ul>
<li>The exact quote Fio references: "...the idea of Agent Cooper being the one to drive Dipper and Mabel home made me feel like, yeah, they’re going to be all right."</li>
</ul>
<li><a href="http://amzn.com/1597801275" target="_blank"><i>The Mall of Cthulhu</i></a>, the novel Fio mentions<i> </i></li>
</ul>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:<br />
<ul>
<li>Home was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_%28The_X-Files%29" target="_blank">Season 4, Episode 2</a>, not 11. So close.</li>
<li>From Fio: <i>I had not heard of the so-called “shit sandwich” critique before. Is this a thing?</i> Indeed: <a href="http://blog.idonethis.com/sandwich-feedback-performance-management/" target="_blank">The Shit Sandwich and Other Terrible Ways to Give Feedback</a> </li>
</ul>
Music:<br />
<ul>
<li>"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://archive.org/download/AMOT089/AMOT089.mp3">http://archive.org/download/AMOT089/AMOT089.mp3</a><br />
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amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-68057111044523539352016-01-24T11:35:00.002-08:002016-01-24T11:35:32.657-08:00088: IT'S COMING! 2016! *hides*<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Mild spoilers for <i>Insidious </i>(2010) and <i>The Conjuring</i> (2013).</b><br />
<br />
In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>We discuss horror movies, TV, and video games coming up in 2016.</li>
</ul>
MOVIES: <br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://nerdist.com/in-the-witch-trailer-the-devil-maketh-trouble-for-the-colonial-era/" target="_blank"><i>The Witch</i> (or <i>The VVitch</i>)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/KyA9AtUOqRM" target="_blank"><i>The Conjuring 2</i></a></li>
<ul>
<li>Ian provides his frank opinions on James Wan's movies.</li>
</ul>
<li><i>Phantasm 5</i></li>
<li><a href="http://nerdist.com/horror-happenings-james-wan-produced-lights-out-coming-this-summer/" target="_blank">James Wan-produced <i>Lights Out</i> film</a></li>
<ul>
<li>The original short, <a href="https://vimeo.com/82920243" target="_blank"><i>Lights Out</i></a> </li>
</ul>
</ul>
<i> </i>TV:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://nerdist.com/damien-the-omen-sequel-ae-network/" target="_blank"><i>Damien</i></a> (sequel to <i>The Omen</i>)</li>
<li><a href="http://nerdist.com/the-frankenstein-chronicles-is-a-fantasy-interwoven-with-historical-truth/" target="_blank"><i>The Frankenstein Chronicles</i></a></li>
<ul>
<li>Fio points out via Guillermo del Toro on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/RealGDT/status/687122355642994688">https://twitter.com/RealGDT/status/687122355642994688</a><i> </i></li>
</ul>
<li><i>Lucifer</i> (FOX)</li>
<li><i>The X-Files</i></li>
<li><i>Penny Dreadful </i>(Season 3)</li>
<li>Also: <a href="https://twitter.com/FeedingHannibal/status/687088300138610689" target="_blank">the Hannibal Cookbook is coming out</a>!</li>
</ul>
VIDEO GAMES:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/10/31/top-horror-games-to-anticipate-in-2016.aspx" target="_blank">Top Horror Games to Anticipate in 2016</a></li>
<li>Also, we don't mention this on the podcast, but <a href="http://geekandsundry.com/looking-forward-to-the-big-story-in-what-remains-of-edith-finch/" target="_blank"><i>What Remains of Edith Finch</i></a> looks pretty cool.</li>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:<br />
<ul>
<li>We recorded this on the 12th, so there are plenty of things that have been announced since then that we didn't cover on this episode. Apologies for the delay.</li>
<li><b>Rose Byrne</b> played the mother in Insidious, not Vera Farmiga. Again--these movies.</li>
<li>Although--let us apologize for dropping some serious shade on <i>Insidious</i> and <i>The Conjuring</i> during this cast.</li>
<ul>
<li><i>From Fio:</i> It’s not that I can’t tell <i>Insidious </i>and <i>The Conjuring</i> apart when watching them, it’s that when I think about them, I can’t remember which scenes are part of which movie.</li>
<li>Corroborative evidence: <a href="https://youtu.be/XabzeW-EBrE" target="_blank">This</a> is the <i>Insidious </i>scene I (Ian) was talking about, but boy, did I recall it wrong.</li>
</ul>
<li>Skype did actually record the beginning of the podcast, despite my belief that it hadn't, so that's what you're hearing in the outtakes at the end. </li>
<li>More from Fio:</li>
<ul>
<li>How did I not mention 1989 classic <i>Warlock</i> when we were talking about witch movies?</li>
<li>I’m going to apologize to our listeners for my lack of Phantasm expertise, but to be fair you kinda put me on the spot there, Ian. Hahaha.</li>
<li>Can we get back to releasing cool horror flicks around all hallows? That would be nice.</li>
<li>Natalie Dormer also plays her sister in that flick (<i>The Forest</i>), and from that sounds of it that’s the reason she took the job. Interviews make it sound like she was just checking something off a list where she plays against herself.</li>
<li>Sam Neill totally plays Damien in the 3rd Omen movie.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Music:<br />
<ul>
<li>"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://archive.org/download/AMOT088/AMOT088.mp3">http://archive.org/download/AMOT088/AMOT088.mp3</a> <br /><ul><ul>
</ul>
</ul>
amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-41757220537490850202015-12-10T18:49:00.000-08:002015-12-11T05:32:06.492-08:00087: Hyper-Intelligent Shrews<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>We discuss writing horror, including our past experiences with it and what we've learned while writing it.</li>
<li>A lot of it ends up being more about writing in general.</li>
<li>We reminisce about previous stories and our early years of writing.</li>
<li>And we inevitably tangent.</li>
<li>A lot.</li>
<li>The Eban Schletter podcast I mentioned: <a href="http://www.ebanschletter.com/FantasticalMusicorium" target="_blank">Fantastical Musicorium</a>. </li>
<li><a href="http://amatteroftastepodcast.blogspot.com/2014/10/b03-its-cold-in-this-house-pt-i_5.html" target="_blank">It's Cold in this House</a> on AMoT Podcast</li>
<li>In case this is our last podcast this year, happy holidays, and look for a new episode in the New Year!</li>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:<br />
<ul>
<li>Apologies for the lateness on this episode. We had trouble getting our schedule to work out with a guest, and then they ended up not being able to do it, but by the time we figured that out, it was Thanksgiving, and...yeah, you get the idea. </li>
</ul>
Music:<br />
<ul>
<li>"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</li>
<li>"A Change of Heart (Sloppy WIP Version)" - Ian Doherty</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://archive.org/download/AMOT087/AMOT087.mp3">http://archive.org/download/AMOT087/AMOT087.mp3</a> amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-67215941815238307682015-10-30T16:38:00.000-07:002015-10-30T16:42:33.996-07:00086: Crimson Peak (2015) - None More Gothic<img alt="http://www.joblo.com/big-movie-images/c-peak-n-images-01-gallery.jpg" src="http://www.joblo.com/big-movie-images/c-peak-n-images-01-gallery.jpg" height="266" width="400" /><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">This is currently my desktop background. O_O</span> <br />
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<b>SPOILERS FOR <i>CRIMSON PEAK</i> (2015). Also spoilers for The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (YEAH IAN BRINGING IN THE OBSCURE REFERENCES) and <i>Dark Floors</i> (2008).</b><br />
<br />
In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>We give our thoughts on Guillermo del Toro's Gothic masterpiece, <i>Crimson Peak</i>!</li>
<li>...after everyone else has already done so.</li>
<ul>
<li>Seriously, though, go listen to Cleolinda and our podcast buddies over at Anglo-Filles discuss the movie on <a href="http://anglofilles.madeoffail.net/episodes/anglo-filles-episode-37-the-house-that-guillermo-built/" target="_blank">their three-year anniversary episode</a> (congrats!).</li>
</ul>
<li>Charming Tom Hiddleston is all charming</li>
<li>The structure of the reveals is done quite well and the pacing of the reveals is effective</li>
<ul>
<li>The opening section of the film is mad clunky, though and the ghost thing is heavy handed</li>
</ul>
<li>The most Gothic mansion in Gothic fiction history</li>
<li>The pairing of Lucille vs Edith and the way that’s seeded throughout the early film</li>
<li>The confusion over various misdirects in the film re: whether the Sharpes were supernatural beings or not</li>
<li>How many Guillermo del Toro mainstays can we spot?</li>
<li>Poor adaptations and their difficulty making the boring milquetoast male lead interesting</li>
<li>The ridiculous amount of money spent on production design in this film</li>
<li>Links:</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/1095767.html" target="_blank">Cleo's Post on Crimson Peak</a> </li>
<li>Our friend <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AudreyTCarroll" target="_blank">Audrey T. Carroll's author page</a> on Facebook</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.popmatters.com/feature/193440-banished-to-oz-the-vanishing-ladies-of-supernatural/" target="_blank">Banished to Oz: The Vanishing Ladies of 'Supernatural'</a> </li>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:<br />
<ul>
<li>Happy Halloween!</li>
<li>Is it still necessary to capitalize the word "Gothic"? I'm getting red underlines when I don't capitalize it. </li>
<li>Highlights from Fio's timestamps:</li>
<ul>
<li>24:08 - “Like it seems like” real fuckin eloquent, Fio</li>
<li>29:36 - My “hrrrII hab no idea” is bullseye Hiddleston. Just sayin</li>
<li>34:06 - “I can’t remember the name of the movie…” Groundhog Day? <i>Ian from the future: Figured it out. It was <a href="https://youtu.be/te5XKYTAexs">Dark Floors</a>. Hit a lot of points for me aesthetically, but didn't quite bring it together in a satisfying way.</i></li>
<li>50:46 - I meant to say red blazer here, not red sportscoat, but whatevs. Also, I know Harker’s job involved real estate in some way, and he was helping arrange Dracula’s purchase of some land in London and stuff, but I don’t remember what his exact function in the process was.</li>
<li>I dunno, by the time I got to that Chastain line with “I’m not going to stop until I kill you or you kill me” I was firmly in the camp that there’s nothing supernatural about the Sharpes</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Music:<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> | </li>
</ul>
<a href="http://archive.org/download/AMOT086/AMOT086.mp3">http://archive.org/download/AMOT086/AMOT086.mp3</a>amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-63290600610678021452015-09-23T19:57:00.001-07:002015-09-25T09:06:27.024-07:00085: Hannibal Retrospective - Everything Has to Happen…So Much<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>SPOILERS FOR ALL THREE SEASONS OF HANNIBAL, and potential spoilers for where they plan(ned) to take the series next.</b><br />
<br />
In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/" target="_blank"><b>Cleolinda Jones</b></a> joins us once again! We discuss the Hannibal panels at Dragon Con 2015 and the way the Hannibal TV series wrapped up.</li>
<li>Cleo's Dragon Con experience was pretty awesome.</li>
<li>Our discussion of Dragon Con mixes with our discussion of the Hannibal Finale.</li>
<ul>
<li>We get very deeply into discussions of the placement of Bedelia’s final scene, joking ways that Hannibal and Will could have survived, and the ramifications of the finale on all of Will’s emotional connections were the show to continue and he actually run off to Argentina with Hannibal.</li>
</ul>
<li>At <b>1:25:52</b>, we begin our discussion about Hannibal as a show in a broader context, including how Bryan Fuller handled the show and its community, the contrast between the first and second halves of Season 3 (and the reasons thereof), and how we feel about the show as a whole.</li>
<li>Links:</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/8JgsZquXQ4k" target="_blank">Part 1</a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/fvC5oNBcv0E" target="_blank">Part 2</a> of the now-infamous Hannibal panel where Scott Thompson and Aaron Abrams drove off storm troopers with finger-guns. (Header image screen-grabbed from Part 2.)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.avclub.com/article/blight-club-mr-robot-hannibal-and-self-destructive-224790" target="_blank">Blight club: Mr. Robot, Hannibal, and self-destructive TV</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173350" target="_blank">The Bait</a>, by John Donne</li>
</ul>
<li>Keep us in your podcast feed! We're moving to a monthly format, so stay tuned next month for a special, Halloween-themed episode.</li>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AND ADDENDUM:<br />
<ul>
<li>Alternate titles for this episode:</li>
<ul>
<li>God, Tennis Balls</li>
<li>Get Weird With The Lithuanian?</li>
<li>Playing Around With Tiny Flaming Homoerotic Birds</li>
</ul>
<li>Highlights from Fio's timestamps:</li>
<ul>
<li>36:38 - “Or something stupid like that” - Ian on American education. <i>Ian from the future: “Critical Thinking,” that’s the homework question section I was thinking of.</i></li>
<li>The Sordid Activities of Scott Thompson and Aaron Abrams</li>
<ul>
<li>“They should take it on the road” <i>Yeah</i> they should. Sorry, I’m terrible.</li>
<li>Cleo shouldn’t feel bad about not being able to talk to famous people, I totally clammed up while meeting Gail Simone in bmore.</li>
</ul>
<li>“You can’t do that, people won’t be on board with that” - And the ratings told them that they were right, hahaha</li>
<li>Man, we could probably talk about <i>The Satanic Verses</i> and its intrusive narrator forever.</li>
<li>We get mad sappy about this show, dude.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Music:<br />
<ul>
<li>"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://archive.org/download/AMOT085/AMOT085.mp3">http://archive.org/download/AMOT085/AMOT085.mp3</a> <br />
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</ul>
amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-5908270067745220352015-09-02T20:15:00.000-07:002015-09-02T20:16:24.988-07:00084: Hannibal 3x13 "The Wrath of the Lamb" - Hannibal and the Wonderful, Fantastic, Murderous, Very Best Day Ever<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">None more artful. *sniff*</span><br />
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<b>SPOILERS UP TO (and including) THE HANNIBAL SEASON 3 FINALE, as well as for the novels and movies <i>Manhunter</i>, <i>Red Dragon</i>, <i>Silence of the Lambs</i> and <i>Hannibal</i>.</b><br />
<br />
In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>Alright, wipe away your tears, time to start talkin’ bout, talkin’ bout the Hannibal finale</li>
<li><b>Vic</b> joins us once again to discuss Hannibal 3x13 "The Wrath of the Lamb," including everything, and all of it happening so very, very much.</li>
<li>Running to the end of this season, we basically have a full exploration of Will’s character when it comes to the source material.</li>
<li>The article Fio references: <a href="http://www.avclub.com/article/tracking-hannibal-lecter-manhunter-red-dragon-222796" target="_blank">Tracking Hannibal Lecter, from <i>Manhunter </i>to <i>Red Dragon</i></a> </li>
<li>Book purist reactions and the deviations from the source material that have been inherent in Fuller’s “remixing” strategy since the beginning.</li>
<li>Comparing and contrasting the various Dolarhyde stories, especially in reference to Reba’s story’s conclusion.</li>
<li>The problem of Jack becoming more of a side character this season as opposed to his more central role in previous seasons.</li>
<ul>
<li>In her <a href="http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/1090045.html" target="_blank">Aperitivo recap</a>, Cleo actually gets deeper into the differing emotional ramifications of the show’s relationship between Hannibal and Crawford and the Book/Movie’s which we touch on only briefly here, but it’s good to mention.</li>
</ul>
<li>Digesting the reaction to the Hannibal Finale (see what I did there?)</li>
<li>Is this really as close as we’re going to get to Hannigram Confirmed? </li>
<li>Stay tuned in a couple of weeks for our series retrospective episode with <a href="http://cleolinda.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><b>Cleolinda Jones</b></a>!</li>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:<br />
<ul>
<li>I got nothin', so here are the highlights from Fio's timestamps:</li>
<ul>
<li>Hashtags are just stupid and funny. I don’t know why, but they are.</li>
<li>I don’t agree with Vic’s reading of Red Dragon / Silence of the Lambs / Hannibal in regards to Will Graham vs Clarice, but I think we got away from it before I could interject. In Red Dragon, Hannibal completely fucking destroys Will so bad he becomes nothing more than a footnote in someone else’s narrative by the end of it, but in Hannibal he acknowledges that he can’t even predict how what he did would change Clarice, so I think my reading of the books is kind of the opposite of what he was proposing.</li>
<li>Yes you do want to say “fall under Hannibal’s spell” admit it. ADMIT IT IAN</li>
<li>Will absolutely will not go to jail after the jailbreak because Murder Wizardry > Real world experience in this show. Every damn time.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Music:<br />
<ul>
<li> "This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://archive.org/download/AMOT084/AMOT084.mp3">http://archive.org/download/AMOT084/AMOT084.mp3</a>amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-52404787889384511542015-08-26T20:49:00.001-07:002015-08-27T06:32:31.942-07:00082: Hannibal 3x12 " The Number of the Beast is 666(...)" - If You Play Chicken With The Abyss...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Cue fingersnaps and Dolarhyde getting ready to rumble with some Sharks)</span></div>
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<b><br /></b>
<b>SPOILERS UP TO (and including) HANNIBAL 3x12 and RED DRAGON (Book, Movie, whaddaya got), SILENT HILL (Movies and games), SPAWN (Todd MacFarlane gives good cape), SINISTER, SINISTER 2 (No real spoilers, just that it's terrible)</b><br />
<br />
In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>CHILTON'S LIPS FOR THE LOVE OF THE NINE BLOODPISSING HELLS</li>
<ul>
<li>So, that happened.</li>
</ul>
<li>Chilton has layers in this adaptation. Get out your Shrek jokes now.</li>
<ul>
<li>All the love to Raul Esparza</li>
</ul>
<li>Nah, but for real, we spend a lot of time talking about the Dolarhyde/Chilton scene so... you know... strap in for that.</li>
<li>Bedelia has moved into a very sinister, alien place in the Hannibal mythos</li>
<ul>
<li>Also, I didn't think we were gonna compare Bedelia to Scully at all, but whatever, here we are, everything's Hannibal and everything Hurts.</li>
</ul>
<li>We also talk about the origins of the Bedelia character as we know her.</li>
<li>Will's character progression and how his somewhat-regression-y-motions during this episode are super really important.</li>
<li>How certain are we that Will's responsible for Chilton's predicament and how conscious was he about this happening?</li>
<li>The fact that Armitage has managed to make his performance so distinct from Fiennes while walking a lot of the same ground is frankly astonishing.</li>
<li>Our (super-vague, unsatisfying) predictions for the way the finale is going to shake out.</li>
<li>How exactly <i>do </i>you read the last scene between Dolarhyde and Reba?</li>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:<br />
<ul>
<li>We're running lean this week this folks, so no real notes from timestamps to speak of, which is a shame, we know you love our sloppy excuse for wit.</li>
<li>Lots of thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/princess_starr" target="_blank">@princess_starr</a> for reminding us how cruel Bryan Fuller can be and to <a href="https://twitter.com/munin_and_hugin" target="_blank">@munin_and_hugin</a> for pointing out the staples (to me at least).</li>
<li>Ian delivers "I was lying... on yOUR BEHALF!" really well, if anybody's looking to audition voice actors, give him a ring.</li>
<li>Ian mentions Bedelia talking about being Hannibal's bride, but I'm pretty sure she's making a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebeard" target="_blank">Bluebeard</a> reference in that scene.</li>
<ul>
<li>Just poking you with this one, Ian.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Music:<br />
<ul>
<li>"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</li>
</ul>
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amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-58761260057515956882015-08-20T20:26:00.001-07:002015-08-21T08:59:37.313-07:00082: Hannibal 3x11 "...And the Beast from the Sea" - He's a Helper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">That's...not a GOOD sound...</span><br />
<br />
<b>SPOILERS UP TO (and including) HANNIBAL 3x11</b><br />
<br />
In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>Discussion of Hannibal 3x11 "...And the Beast from the Sea," including the adaptation and departure from book material, Richard Armitage and Mads Mikkelsen's performances, Nina Arianda as Molly, and OMGWTFCINEMATOGRAPHY.</li>
<li>Dolarhyde trying to pass on the dragon to a new host or to sate it with Will’s family</li>
<li>Hannibal has in fact always told the truth, in his own way.</li>
<li>Hannibal - Textbook Egotist</li>
<li>The measured conversation between Will and his step-son</li>
<li>"<a href="http://www.sapphyr.net/natam/two-wolves.htm" target="_blank">Wolves in the Heart</a>" and its connection to the duality of Dolarhyde and the Dragon</li>
<li>What’s really well done about the home invasion scene is that it allows Molly and Walter to escape without making Dolarhyde do something stupid. They earn their exit.</li>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:<br />
<ul>
<li>Again, apologies for the delay. This week and next week have been/will be particularly busy for me, so there may be some shuffling again. After next week, though, things lighten up, so we'll definitely be back on schedule for the finale, if not for next week. Hopefully. </li>
<li>Huh--I think I was looking for the word "fable" when talking about that Cherokee story, but the site I linked to (which I just found while Googling now) calls it a parable as well. </li>
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<li>So this story is not actually Native American in origin, it seems to originate from a 1978 book "The Holy Spirit" by Christian Evangelist Billy Graham. Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/munin_and_hugin" target="_blank">@munin_and_hugin</a> on Twitter for providing the source.</li>
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<li>Just one highlight from Fio's notes this week: 46:00 - “I feel like we’ve only been talking for like 45 minutes or so” One minute, Ian. One minute away frOM GLOOOOOORY</li>
</ul>
Music:<br />
<ul>
<li>"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://archive.org/download/AMOT082/AMOT082.mp3">http://archive.org/download/AMOT082/AMOT082.mp3</a> <br />
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<br />amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-35328717216585444622015-08-12T20:17:00.000-07:002015-08-12T20:17:09.234-07:00081: Hannibal 3x10 "...And the Woman Clothed in the Sun" - Dolarhyde's Chairs II: The Chairening<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">...I think I fought that in a Diablo III boss fight.</span><br />
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<b>SPOILERS UP TO (and including) HANNIBAL 3x10, as well as spoilers for the Red Dragon novel/movies.</b><br />
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In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>Discussion of Hannibal 3x10 "...And the Woman Clothed in the Sun," including Hannibal's changing role, Dolarhyde and Reba's relationship, Will and Bedelia's relationship, and where the season may take us next.</li>
<li>How many religious figures has Hannibal been compared to on this show? Can we take some bets on who’s going to be next? (Fio's money’s on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammit" target="_blank">Ammit</a>)</li>
<li>We appreciate the amount of effort the scriptwriters are making to get these actors all into the same room for certain scenes.</li>
<li>The echoes of the Sutcliffe situation felt retroactively in our glimpse at Bedelia’s encounter with her “violent” patient</li>
<li>The beastial side of humanity and different beastial facets of nature are a running theme in this episode, which is an area we haven’t really explored yet.</li>
<li>We also don’t have the entire story behind the Bedelia/Neil story yet, and since we’ve got 3 more episodes with Gillian Anderson this season, there’s a good possibility we’ll see something more of this before the season is out.*</li>
<li>The rehearsals we’ve had for the <i>Red Dragon</i> story over the past couple of seasons</li>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:<br />
<ul>
<li>From Ian: Looking back at this scene in particular, I realized we never really touched on the fact that Neil's description of Lecter's treatment seems to imply that Hannibal is essentially programming him (psychic driving, anyone?) to involuntarily start swallowing his own tongue when exposed to certain stressors. The way I was talking about it, I was almost believing it to be a tick that developed naturally from Neil himself somehow, brought to light by Lecter's unorthodox treatment (just goes to show how insidious Hannibal can be, even toward the audience). I think that <i>is</i> an important distinction to make when discussing this scene, especially if when Neil starts talking about the tongue-swallowing to Bedelia, it's her first time hearing about it. At that point she may still be operating in a worldview where she hears that and is like, "Wow, this guy really is losing it if he thinks he can swallow his tongue," rather than "That certainly sounds like something Hannibal could make someone do." The big question that needs to be answered is, how close is Bedelia to Hannibal when he refers Neil to her? How much does she know of his darker side at that point in time?</li>
<li>Highlights from Fio's notes:</li>
<ul>
<li>The Tyger is generally interpreted as highlighting a duality of aesthetic beauty and primal ferocity, so I’m not 100% off base in my interpretation, but I am pretty grade school about it on the podcast</li>
<li>When I was talking out “explicit” I was talking about Reba’s comments on other people’s view of Dolarhyde being positive, but it seems like you thought I was talking about the sex scene, so I’m going to leave any freudian judgements up in the air here, haha. <i>Ian from the future: Specifically, the thing that made me go "Oh, this is something that's happening on network television, ok" was Reba going down on Dolarhyde in the living room. ...I was going to say "We've had weirder sex scenes on this show than Reba and Dolarhyde's," but on second thought, I'm not so sure we have, what with the imagery of Reba LITERALLY as the woman in the Blake paintings.</i></li>
</ul>
</ul>
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Music:<br />
<ul>
<li>"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://archive.org/download/AMOT081/AMOT081.mp3">http://archive.org/download/AMOT081/AMOT081.mp3</a> amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-6680684521569378472015-08-06T19:47:00.001-07:002015-08-10T09:17:15.898-07:00080: Hannibal 3x09 "...And the Woman Clothed with the Sun" - Dances Frolarhyde<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">...Is THAT how you dance the Frolarhyde?</span><br />
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<b>SPOILERS UP TO (and including) HANNIBAL 3x09. Also MAJOR SPOILERS FOR <i>RED DRAGON, </i>the movie and novel.</b><br />
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In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li><b>Reidan </b>of the <a href="http://anglofilles.madeoffail.net/" target="_blank">Anglo-Filles</a> podcast joins us!</li>
<li>Discussion of Hannibal 3x09 "...And the Woman Clothed with the Sun," including Hannibal and Will's new relationship, the reinterpretations of classic scenes, the introduction of Reba, and our concerns about Alana and Margot.</li>
<li>Let's have another horrible revelation about Abigail, shall we?</li>
<li>Alana is the only one standing between Hannibal and the outside world, which doesn’t seem like a great idea. There’s a reason the president and vp always fly on different planes, Alana.</li>
<li>The scene with Dolarhyde’s grandma is weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeird</li>
<li>Reidan brings up the term “scaroused” in reference to Armitage’s Dolarhyde</li>
<li>The difference in approach between the re-interpretations of Dolarhyde and Hannibal</li>
<li>Why is Reba’s creep radar not going off for Dolarhyde like at all?</li>
<li><b>MAJOR SPOILERS BEGIN.</b> We discuss whether we think Freddie will have the same outcome as the book. Ditto for Will and the end of the Red Dragon storyline.</li>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:<br />
<ul>
<li>For those interested, here are our previous podcast episodes discussing the movie adaptations of Thomas Harris' <i>Red Dragon</i>. <b>Spoilers abound</b>, obviously.</li>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://amatteroftastepodcast.blogspot.com/2013/07/010-manhunter-1986-dolarhydes-chairs.html" target="_blank">010: Manhunter (1986) - Dolarhyde's Chairs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://amatteroftastepodcast.blogspot.com/2013/08/013-red-dragon-2002-ride-with-me.html" target="_blank">013: Red Dragon (2002) - RIDE With Me!</a> (feat. <a href="http://cleolinda.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Cleolinda Jones</a>) </li>
</ul>
<li>The <a href="http://amatteroftastepodcast.tumblr.com/post/62441835766" target="_blank">Psycho post</a> I mentioned. </li>
<li>Highlights from Fio's notes:</li>
<ul>
<li>I want to start using “Oh, go name the spiders” as a really really mild “fuck off” now</li>
<li>Didn’t Mads used to be a dancer as well? <i>Ian from the future: <a href="http://41.media.tumblr.com/2b82f6492c3b72909d6293ab2d44762b/tumblr_n0gag8oDKY1qbxd6qo1_500.jpg" target="_blank">Indeed</a>.</i></li>
</ul>
</ul>
Music:<br />
<ul>
<li>"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://archive.org/download/AMOT080/AMOT080.mp3">http://archive.org/download/AMOT080/AMOT080.mp3</a><br />
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amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-38590193168625386762015-07-29T20:02:00.002-07:002015-08-05T19:10:42.351-07:00079: Hannibal 3x08 "The Great Red Dragon" - ...And the Egregious Censorship of Buttcracks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>SPOILERS UP TO (and including) HANNIBAL 3x08, MANHUNTER, and RED DRAGON</b><br />
<br />
In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>After a 3 year time jump we catch up with all our old friends and learn just what they've been up to since the "capture" of Hannibal the Cannibal.</li>
<ul>
<li>It's kind of like catching up with your friends after you come back to school from the summer but with more violent family annihilation and better food.</li>
</ul>
<li>Alana is ruling the roost at the psychiatric ward and we're all kinds of psyched for that</li>
<li>Why is Hannibal afforded so many special privileges? We know he's not the type to be a super good boy.</li>
<ul>
<li>Also, we're 90% sure he can escape whenever he damn well pleases and is only staying in one place so that Will knows where to find him.</li>
</ul>
<li>Speaking of Will, we're happy to see him happy and Molly's actually nice so there's no chance this isn't going to be wall-to-wall awful as his entire nice life falls apart.</li>
<ul>
<li>Hopefully we'll get to see some interactions that flesh out his relationship with his step-son before the dookie hits the fan, though</li>
</ul>
<li>We're still curious as to what happened with Margot and Alana, as that might be a bright spot in what's sure to be a very freaking dark half a season.</li>
<li>Big picture questions about Will as the prototype for the disturbed genius profiler cliche and how that might play into the rest of his story this season.</li>
<li>Will hasn't been to see Hannibal in any of the 3 years of his captivity, dude can't be happy about that. At all.</li>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://existingcharactersdiehorribly.tumblr.com/post/125235431421/how-my-heart-aches-for-molly-lets-break-it" target="_blank">Here's the tumblr post regarding Molly that Ian mentioned.</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vote-hollywoods-100-favorite-tv-810439" target="_blank">If you haven't voted for Hannibal in this poll for 100 greatest TV shows and Bryan Fuller as subsequent best showrunner, you probably should now.</a></li>
<li>An anonymous Tumblr user <a href="http://amatteroftastepodcast.tumblr.com/post/125401124762/in-your-new-episode-im-pretty-sure-that-the" target="_blank">cleared up</a> Ian's confusion RE: Hannibal's "rebuttal" about Chilton. Thanks!</li>
</ul>
Music:<br />
<ul>
<li>"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</li>
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<a href="http://archive.org/download/AMOT079/AMOT079.mp3">http://archive.org/download/AMOT079/AMOT079.mp3</a>amatteroftastehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096786066345620278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139527419896752730.post-59608342808895881362015-07-22T20:56:00.002-07:002015-07-23T06:53:31.564-07:00078: Hannibal 3x07 "Digestivo" - Giggling at the Name of Hannibal Lecter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>SPOILERS UP TO (and including) HANNIBAL 3x07</b><br />
<br />
In this episode:<br />
<ul>
<li>Back to our regular schedule! ...BUT AT WHAT COST? (None, really.)</li>
<li>Discussion of Hannibal 3x07 "Digestivo," including Margot's upsetting discovery and satisfying revenge, Alana's development as a character, Mason's awfulness, and of course, Will and Hannibal's relationship.</li>
<li>A brief discussion about the way Hannibal season finales tend to give shape and structure to the rest of the season retroactively</li>
<ul>
<li>If this is what the MID-season finale was like, what the hell is the season finale going to be like? </li>
</ul>
<li>The lighting in Hannibal deserves its own whole discussion</li>
<li>Killing Mason was a team effort. Hannibal, Alana, Margot, Will, and Chiyo are the Hannibal universe’s version of the Avengers</li>
<li>We all feel really weird that something good happened.</li>
<li>We award Hannibal a few points for facilitating the death of Mason, but he’ll probably lose them mad quick.</li>
</ul>
THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDENDUM:<br />
<ul>
<li>Fio's Internet dropped him from the Skype conversation a few times, so while we were able to edit out continuity issues, there may be some weird syncing errors. </li>
<li>Apparently, the term is <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/esotericism">esotericism</a>. </li>
<li>I just realized, if we ever had Tao Okamoto on, as well as Cleolinda, we would have a podcast consisting of Chiyo, Cleo and Fio. ...I'll let myself out.</li>
<li>Notes from Fio: </li>
<ul>
<li>I spend a while ranting about Hannibal’s color design and getting nowhere. I think what I meant to say was just “It’s impressive that, even though I look back and see that the color design is pretty outrageous, watching it in the moment it never strikes me as something unnatural or emanating from some source that feels inorganic for the scene”</li>
<li>Chiyo’s story is done because Chiyo’s story is just beginning. She’s going to move away and settle down in a small fishing village in the company of a blind old cat named Archibald Friskers AND NOTHING BAD WILL EVER HAPPEN TO CHIYO EVER AGAIN SO FUCKING HELP ME GODS, BRYAN FULLER</li>
<li>That bit with Cordell’s face definitely reminded me of the way that security guard’s face slides off of Hopkins’ face in Silence</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Music:<br />
<ul>
<li>"Electric Feel" - MGMT | <a href="https://youtu.be/MmZexg8sxyk">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/electric-feel/id264720008?i=264720106">iTunes</a> |</li>
<li>"This is My Design" - Ian Doherty | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dohertyi/this-is-my-design" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a> | <a href="https://iandoherty.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-my-design">Bandcamp</a> |</li>
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<a href="http://archive.org/download/AMOT078/AMOT078.mp3">http://archive.org/download/AMOT078/AMOT078.mp3</a> <br />
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