Lee, Daniel & Jack hunker down in a van full of sweaty tech bros and spy on everyone in this week's episode covering "Enemy of the State" (1998), directed by Tony Scott, and starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman. Is this a sequel to "The Conversation", as movie discourse seems to demand it be these days, or it it just a massive piece of shit? This is talked about, and more, including what the hosts have watched this week. Now quick, sweep for bugs before you listen!
"Enemy of the State" IMDB
Jack and Daniel can be heard together on the I Don't Speak German podcast.
The Art of Storytelling and The Book of Henry, by Dan Olson, as mentioned by Daniel in the episode.
Daniel's Bluesky and Patreon.
Jack's Bluesky and Patreon.
Lee's Bluesky (also doubles as the TMBDOS! Bluesky).
Featured Music: "We Got a File on You" by Blur & "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell.
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Blood on the Tracks Episode 86: You Probably Think This Episode is About You (Vanity Projects Pt. 3).
Lee decided to get back on the vanity project kick this month, covering yet more soundtracks and scores from those films made by someone with a singular and sometimes misguided cinematic vision.
--Ain't Gwine To Whistle Dixie (Any Mo') from "Clay Pigeon" (1971) --Taj Mahal
--Just You, Just Me from "The Groove Tube" (1974) --Ken Shapiro
--Tuesday Afternoon from "The Astrologer" (1976) --The Moody Blues
--No Way Back from "No Way Back" (1976) --The Dells
--The Mancunian from "Grievous Bodily Harm" (1983) --John Agar (Cliff Twemlow)
--Main Titles from "The Dark Side of Midnight" (1984) --Doug Holroyd
--Heads Will Roll from "Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare" (1987) --Thor & The Tritonz
--The Tower from "Miami Connection" (1987) --Jon McCallum
--FleshEater Theme from "FleshEater" (1988) --Erica Portnoy
--Living On The Edge from "Deadly Spygames" (1989) --Jack M. Sell, Adrianne Richmond & Hutch DeLoach
--Jean Kayak and His Acme Applejack from "Hundreds of Beavers" (2022) --Wayne Frank Tews & The Seafield Monster Sextet
--Deadly Nightshade from "Hundreds of Beavers" (2022) --Tim Souster
--Lubricator from "Hundreds of Beavers" (2022) --Frank McDonald & Chris Rae
Opening and closing music: Theme from Slaughter from "Slaughter" by Billy Preston, and Too Risky a Day for a Regatta from "Tentacles" by Stelvio Cipriani.
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TMBDOS! Episode 335: "Rising Sun" (1993).
Lee and Daniel are joined in this episode by their friend Jack Graham, who co-hosts the I Don't Speak German podcast with Daniel, to talk about "Rising Sun" (1993), directed by Philip Kaufman, and based on the novel by Michael Crichton. The film follows Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes as they navigate Japanese culture, while trying to solve a murder, in ways that sometimes make Mickey Rooney's yellow face performance in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" look somewhat tame in comparison. Is there anything to salvage from this outdated trainwreck? Is the Crichton novel any better? The hosts also talk about what they've watched as of late. Thankfully no racist Japanese accents were used in the recording of this podcast, but a few bad Connery impressions might have slipped by the edit.
"Rising Sun" IMDB
Jack and Daniel can be heard together on the I Don't Speak German podcast.
Daniel's Bluesky and Patreon.
Jack's Bluesky and Patreon.
Lee's Bluesky (also doubles as the TMBDOS! Bluesky).
Featured Music: "Eddie's Alive" and "Cemented" by Toru Takemitsu.
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TMBDOS! Episode 334: "Crimson Tide" (1995).
Lee and Daniel decided to go deep (well, as deep as a Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer production can get), both literally and figuratively, as they tackle the epic shouty men on a submarine film, "Crimson Tide" (1995), directed by Tony Scott, and starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman as said shouty men. Has the threat of nuclear war ever been more dumb and full of cum? Was Tarantino punching this stuff up needed? The hosts also cover what they've watched as of late. Tune in to help launch some podcast torpedos with us.
"Crimson Tide" IMDB
Lee on Bluesky.
Daniel on Bluesky; Daniel's Podcast and Patreon.
Featured Music: "Dive" & "Main Titles" by Hans Zimmer.
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TMBDOS! Episode 333: "Tombstone" (1993).
Lee, Daniel and Leah form up a posse this time out to cover George P. Cosmatos' epic 1990s western "Tombstone" (1993), starring, well, pretty much everyone who was a name or would be a name in the next few years. Val Kilmer's recent death was the excuse to cover the film, but aside from talking about his career-defining performance, the hosts also talk about just how great everyone else is, and if the actual film itself manages to keep up with them. How historically accurate was this thing anyway? Is this revisionist or is it a more traditional western? Was Wyatt Earp just a gangster pretending to be the law? How much of this film is really George P. Cosmatos responsible for? Are the hosts your huckleberries? Tune in to find out!
"Tombstone" IMDB
Daniel's Bluesky, Podcast and Patreon.
Lady Leah is running a marathon for charity, so help her out by donating to her in order to support local Youth Special Olympics.
Featured Music: "The Legend of Wyatt Earp" by Hugh O'Brian with The Ken Darby Singers & "Ringo" by Lorne Greene.
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