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The Adam Project (2022) is both Netflix's latest film foray into both film and Ryan Reynolds' films. On this pod, Mike and I talk about the actors who basically just portray themselves, a hypothetical Tom Cruise The Klumps film and our perceived decline in Netflix content.

Later, we talk about our latest concert, Car Seat Headrest, and the inclusion of EDM style visuals and performance intermingling with the rock...

We’re back to seeing movies in theaters! 

Mike and I decided to pay The Batman (2022) a visit and boy were we not impressed. It was weird, we liked all of the performances and the detective Batman stuff worked for both of us, but something was just not clicking and I think we diagnose some of the serious problems with the structure and concept of this film.

Later, Mike talks about his revisit of the graphic novel Saga (2012), I talk ...

Inspired by the Beijing Olympics, Mike and I revisited the Disney classic Cool Runnings (1993).

We begin by discussing other Olympic-centric films but we also dive into the variations from the real 1988 Jamaican bobsled story as well as the fine line Disney walks with John Candy's character.

Later, Mike talks about his Disney villains revisit, highlighting the perverse Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) while I h...

This week, Mike and I pivot from our original plan and instead discuss the recently wrapped Disney+ series, The Book of Boba Fett (2022).

As we go into the flaws and problems we had with this series, Mike and I come to one inevitable conclusion: We didn't really like it.

Afterwords, I talk about my wonderful revisit of The Mask of Zorro (1998) and Mike dives into his car-crash-esque fascination with Kanye Wes...

On this week's episode, Mike and I discuss the 2008 flop Speed Racer. A film by the Wachowskis, Mike and I discuss the reaction to Japanese Anime American adaptations as well as this film's relation to the Lana Wachowski film, Matrix: Resurrections (2021).

Afterwords, we discuss the latest Pokemon video game release, Pinegrove's 11:11 and my never-ending frustration with Microsoft's incompetence.
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We're back!

It's 2022 and Mike and I finally had a chance to get together to talk about all the junk we watch while the Omicron variant swept across the country.

Mike and I then talk about our first year here at Subject To Blackout, our least favorites, our favorites and the stuff we remember as our first year of podcasting enters our rear-view mirror.

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In this abbreviated Christmas Special™, Mike and I discuss the Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad Christmas classic, Jingle All the Way (1996).

This movie is... pretty good. It's not a true Christmas classic for a reason, but it's a pretty funny take on Christmas, consumerism and horny single dads trying to break up happy marriages.

After this we're off for a few weeks as Mike and I celebrate the holi...

On this episode, Mike and I were hyped about the release of Halo: Infinite this past week because that game means so much to our friendship. In honor of that, we revisited the seminal web series,  Red vs Blue (2003).

We discuss how Red vs Blue was a simpler, better time on the internet and how wonderful it can be when para-social relationships go both ways.

We then talked about the downfall of internet culture wit...

In this week's episode, Mike and I talk about our thoughts on the new Netflix live-action series Cowboy Bebop. We go over what we liked, what we didn't and the very mixed reviews the series is receiving, despite the fact that neither of us understand them since we both overwhelmingly loved what we saw.

Lastly, Mike joins Kevin Feige in reluctantly convincing me to watch the latest Marvel series on Disney+, Hawkey...

This week Mike and I discuss a confluence of kung fu, with Jackie Chan's Police Story (1985) & Disney Marvel's Shang Chi (2021).

While Shang Chi is just good, Police Story was a revelation for me personally. Even back in Hong Kong, before he made his move to Hollywood, Jackie Chan proves he is the master of physicality - in both stunts and comedy. I cannot recommend Police Story highly enough!

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In this week's episode, Mike and I discuss the 1998 Anime series Cowboy Bebop as well as my intro into anime. We also touch on Mike's abiity to ruin Foundation for me as well as our excitement for the Netflix live-action remake of Cowboy Bebop, releasing this Friday.

We also talk about my recent viewing of Ryan Reynolds' Free Guy, our casting of Jeff Goldblum as an X-Man and the Netflix show, Big Mouth.
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Dune 2021 is finally here and both Mike and I are big fan's of Denis Villeneuve's take on the first half (third?) of Frank Herbert's original novel.

After we finish fellating the latest adaptation of Dune, I lecture Mike on the capitol G Greatness that is Tim Rogers and his epic 10 hour + review of Cyberpunk 2077.

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This episode is double stuffed since life got in the way last week and meant we couldn't record.

First up Mike and I tackle 1984's Dune. Dune is... a stinker, but I still recommend watching it if you're at all interested in Denis Villeneuve's 2021 take, coming out this weekend.

We talk Dune, Wet Dune (Waterworld) and Stupid Dune (Avatar) as we try to figure out why we're so intrigued for a...

Math!

I remember Math... Psychohistory came with math...

On this week's Subject To Blackout  Mike and I ponder the mathlessness of episodes one and two of Apple TV+'s adaptation of Issac Asimov's Foundation. TL;DL, Mike hates it and I don't. We will continue to monitor the situation, haha.

MEANWHILE, Netflix's Squid Game has inked it's way into mainstream pop culture over th...

On the latest episode of Subject To Blackout, Mike and I decided to visit the 1989 Spike Lee Joint, Do The Right Thing.

During this episode we discuss Mike's heartless pirating of poor Apple's content product before we get into the meat of what it means to do the right thing. This movie wasn't my favorite before this podcast, but having talked about it, I think I appreciate it much more than I otherwise woul...

Bram Stoker's Dracula is a truly bizarre film that's actually worth as spin! Mike and I had not seen this movie until now, but we both had a pretty good time with it despite some bad accents and an incredibly horny plot.

Mike and I then discuss Untold: Malice at the Palace, a documentary from Netflix about the events of - and public reaction to - the Malice at the Palace NBA brawl.

Finally, I update Mike...

On this week's episode Mike and I watched the 2021 Nic Cage film Pig.

Mike and I differ on how good we thought Pig was; I thought it was really good while Mike seemed to have a few more issues with it. You'll have to rent the movie and decide for yourself.

We also talk about Nic Cage's career, our experience at the Pitchfork Music Fest and how annoying it is to watch children do drugs.

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I like soccer. There, I said it.

On this inaugural Soccer Special, my Premier League fan friends and I talk about the closed summer transfer window, our thoughts on our teams' season expectations and we make some wild prognostications... as one does this time of year.

Mike ➡️ Wolves Fan
Saud ➡️ Arsenal Fan
Booze ➡️ Spurs Fan
Tímo ➡️ Everton Fan

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Black Orpheus is a 1959 Brazilian film that retells the Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice. If that sentence doesn't bore you to death, feel free to stream this cinematic classic on the Criterion Channel.

If like me, you're thinking that that film might not be for you, it probably isn't! This film is beautiful to look at but purposefully lingers on vivid scene after vivid scene, much to my chagrin and Mik...