Episodes
Friday Feb 06, 2015
Supergirl
Friday Feb 06, 2015
Friday Feb 06, 2015
[School of Movies 2015]
Supergirl, released in 1984, after Superman III but before Superman IV may have been one of the key reasons that Wonder Woman never got a movie, that is of course up until Catwoman in 2004. Produced by Peter Burrell on a budget of $35 million that you'll wonder about the apparent absence of onscreen and bringing in an embarrassing $14 million.
We're probably being a bit harsh on it in this one but we're just so stoked for the new TV show that we're in full-on "Here's what they did wrong in the olden days" mode. However, it's a pretty hilarious listen, even if you've not seen the film, in fact it might be even funnier trying to imagine what we're describing.
Monday Jan 07, 2013
Man of Steel
Monday Jan 07, 2013
Monday Jan 07, 2013
[Digital Gonzo 2013]
This was an interesting one to cover. I went into a round-table debate with 18 pages worth of written material (only a small portion of it actually penned by me) and the intention to integrate broadly contributed prepared content with on-the-hoof discussion. Everybody seemed to have an opinion on this movie and many of the same points were covered over and over and over again. The end result was two and a half hours of raw material.
Rather than just releasing that monstrosity to the world I have carefully trimmed it down for pacing and avoided duplication. The end result is a trim 87 minutes of engaging opinion, carefully blended.
Not bad for a movie I originally didn’t have much to say about.
Approximate Running Order
1. Intro and Production History
2. Did I Love it? [By David Hartrick]
3. Round-table
4. Story and Character [By Daniel Floyd]
5. Thoughts from The Gonzo Community
6. Why I Love Man of Steel [By Jake Del Toro]
7. Downs and Ups [By Alex Shaw]
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#2 Read by Sharon Shaw
#4 & #6 Read by Alex Shaw
Guests:
Neil Taylor of TheKidDogg
Jerome McIntosh of GameBurst
Sharon Shaw of School of Movies
Friday Jan 04, 2013
Superman Returns
Friday Jan 04, 2013
Friday Jan 04, 2013
[Digital Gonzo 2013]
I’m trying out a new format this week. Rather than the usual round-table discussion this is a series of audio articles on Superman and in particular the 2006 film Superman Returns. This is the perfect film to do this for because it’s hated by so many, liked by several, it opens up the archetypal hero for analysis in a way none of the earlier films did and it had an incredibly protracted development cycle of nigh-on twenty years.
1. Intro
2. Superman Returns: Good, Bad or Both?
3. Kryptonite 101
4. Kevin Smith on Superman Lives
5. The Non-Making of Superman
6. This is why Superman Doesn’t Work Alone
7. A Couple of Things You May Not Have Noticed
8. A Comic Fan on Superman
9. Superboy
10. The Joy of Lex
11. Lois’ Pain
12. Superman’s Return
I hope you guys will find it entertaining, deep and funny. One of the benefits of this format is that it allows community members to get their views aired so that it facilitates a mix of viewpoints. I think this could potentially work a lot better than the cyclical bickering contest that contentious film reviews on podcasts sometimes become. Let us know on the forums what you think of it. Next week’s Watchmen will be in the same style. This won’t replace the standard Gonzo format, but it’s not every film lends itself to the same uniform manner of review and this is simply another approach.
Chapter 2. Written by Lucas Windsor. Read by Matt Ramsey
Chapter 6. Written and read by Sharon Shaw
Chapter 8. Written by David Hartrick. Read by Matt Ramsey
Chapter 11. Written by Alex Shaw. Read by Sharon Shaw
Guests:
Sharon Shaw of School of Movies
Matt Ramsey of GamerDork
Thursday Jan 03, 2013
Superman 1-4
Thursday Jan 03, 2013
Thursday Jan 03, 2013
[Digital Gonzo 2013]
This is the first of five podcasts covering the Superman movies. Rather than being slavish to format and giving a show each to every single one including the many animated choices out there I have devoted my attention to the most interesting and significant portrayals of The Superman in the past three and a half decades.
This episode covers all four of the Christopher Reeve films.
1978. Superman
1980. Superman II
1983. Superman III
1987. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Next week will be Bryan Singer’s fan project, Superman Returns (2006) then Watchmen (2009), which centres around Alan Moore’s Superman analog, Doctor Manhattan. That film also got Zack Snyder directing duties on the next podcast subject, this year’s Man of Steel. We finish off with my current favourite take on the mythology, from 2008, the tale of a lonely, outcast, drunken, surly superbeing, Hancock, played with heart and humour by Will Smith.
Fans of the Reeve films be aware, There are a few things I really like about these pictures and a whole heap of stuff that I don’t. There is ranting aplenty this week.
Guests:
Neil Taylor of TheKiddDogg
Paul Gibson of Gonzo Planet