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On The Subject: Is Captain America Winter Solider Cinema?

Captain America: The Winter Solider

As Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world, he teams up with a fellow Avenger and S.H.I.E.L.D agent, Black Widow, to battle a new threat from history: an assassin known as the Winter Soldier.

Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

Writers: Christopher Markus (screenplay by), Stephen McFeely (screenplay by) | 2 more credits »

Stars: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson | See full cast & crew »

BOX OFFICE Released April 4th 2014

Budget: $170 Million

Cumulative:  $259.7 Million

Opening Weekend: $95 Million

Opened  1 runs 23 weeks

  • #2 Noah

  • #3 Divergent

  • #4 God's not Dead

  • #5 Muppets Most Wanted

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

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On The Subject: Is The Iron Giant Cinema?

This episode features Logan’s pick in the series on cinema vs “cinema”… The Iron Giant.

Logan defends his position on his childhood favorite film and the OTS crew discuss the impact Iron Giant has had since its mild release to rise as a cult classic.

IRON GIANT

  • Created in 1993. Limited release Aug 3rd then wide release Aug 6th 1999.

  • WB ignores Iron Giant to favor its promotion on Wild Wild West. This means it had basically no exposure to hype to build from.

Set in cold war era 1957, the film is a superhero movie and does such a spectacular job in its mere 86 minute run time. Its a tight film that hits all the beats and goes deeper than its simple synopsis. Its a story adapted from Ted Hughes' The Iron Man. Originally the adaptation was going to be a musical with Pete Townsend of The Who at the helm.

A young boy befriends a giant robot from outer space that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy.

Director: Brad Bird

Writers: Tim McCanlies (screenplay by), Brad Bird (screen story by) | 1 more credit »

Stars: Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr., Jennifer Aniston | See full cast & crew »

BOX OFFICE  Released August 6th 1999

Budget: $70 Million 

Cumulative:  $23.1 Million

Opening Weekend: $5.7 - 8.3 Million

Opened #9 22 weeks

  • #1 The Sixth Sense

  • #2 The Blair Witch Project

  • #3 Runaway Bride

  • #4 The Thomas Crown Affair

  • #5 Deep Blue Sea

  • #6 Mystery Men

  • #7 Inspector Gadget

  • #8 The Haunting

  • #10 American Pie

Issues a challenge

    • Does your nature define you?

    • Like so many other superhero comics and films, the consensus from mankind is that what is different should be feared.


  • QUOTES

    • You are who you choose to be

    • Its bad to kill but its not bad to die.

    • A soul is something inside all good things and Souls dont die.

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On The Subject: Of Hobbs and Shaw

OTS crew gets fast and furious for the first spin-off film in the franchise, we are talking Hobbs and Shaw. What happens when a movie is made based on the biggest one-lining bad-asses? Well you get a lot of action, jokes, and crazy fights!

Fast and Furious Presents Hobbs and Shaw is the 9th film for the franchise and its a crazy blockbuster with Idris Elba, Dwayne Johnson, and Jason Statham, enough said.

Lawman Luke Hobbs and outcast Deckard Shaw form an unlikely alliance when a cyber-genetically enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity.

Director: David Leitch

Writers: Chris Morgan (story by), Chris Morgan (screenplay by) | 2 more credits »

Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba | See full cast & crew »

BOX OFFICE Released August 2nd 2019

Budget: $200 million

Domestic: $60 mil

Foreign: $180 mil

Cumulative: $ N/A

Opened #1

  • #2 The Lion King (photo realistic)

  • #3 Once upon a time in Hollywood

  • #4 Spider-Man Far From Home

  • #5 Toy Story 4





MOVIE COMPARISON

  • The Fast and Furious- Point Break

  • 2 Fast 2 Furious- Miami vice

  • Tokyo Drift- Karate Kid meets Heist movie

  • Fast and Furious (4)- Nothing

  • Fast Five- The Fugitive

  • Fast & Furious 6- Iron Man/ James Bond

  • Furious 7- Mission Impossible meets avengers

  • Fate of the Furious

  • Hobbs and Shaw - universal solider meets Charlie’s angels

Fast and Furious TIMELINE

  • The Fast and The Furious

  • Turbo Charged Prelude (short)

  • 2 Fast 2 Furious

  • Los Bandeleros (short)

    • Works with Han and Dom/Letty romance

  • Fast & Furious (4th)

    • Letty dies (not really)

  • Fast 5

    • Learn that Letty is alive

  • Fast & Furious 6

  • Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift

    • Han heads to Japan after Giselle's death

  • Furious 7

  • The Fate of the Furious (8th)

  • Hobbs and Shaw- 9th present

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Of Spider-Man Far From Home

The final entry in our Spidey Film series and we go Far From Home to look at the newest Spider-Man movie. We breakdown and discuss Spider-Man Far From Home, look inside the domed villain known as Mysterio and give our power rankings to all the Spider films from all the franchises.


Following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever.

Director: Jon Watts

Writers: Chris McKenna, Stan Lee (based on the Marvel comic book by) | 2 more credits »

Stars: Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal |See full cast & crew »

BOX OFFICE Released July 2nd 2019

Budget: $160 million

Opening Weekend: $185 million ($580 including foreign)

Opened #1 run time N/A

Cumulative: $N/A at time of recording

  • #2 Toy Story 4

  • #3 Yesterday

  • #4 Annabelle Comes Home

  • #5 Aladin

  • Midsommar



NOTES

  • Jake Gyllenhal almost replaced Tobey McGuire as Spider-Man in Spider-Man 2

  • The Indian version has all cuss words muted and liquor blurred

  • Peter's suitcase has the letters "BFP" on it. This refers to Benjamin Franklin Parker, Peter Parker's Uncle Ben whose death motivated him to become Spider-Man.

  • Tom Holland wanted Jason Momoa as Kraven the Hunter in the movie.

    • Who could play Kraven?

  • In the film, Spider-Man mentions Captain Marvel, which marks the first time a MCU character referred to Carol Danvers by that name.

  • According to storyboard artist Jeffrey Henderson, Mysterio was supposed to be one of the villains in Sam Raimi's canceled Spider-Man 4. He was to be played by cult icon Bruce Campbell, a childhood friend and longtime collaborator of Raimi's, who had made cameos in all three Spider-Man films.

  • Peter's passport lists August 10th as his birthday. Spider-Man's first appearance was in Amazing Fantasy #15, released August 10th, 1962, in real life Tom Holland's birthday is June 1st.

  • This's the first Marvel-Avengers crossover movie without a cameo by Stan Lee, co-creator of the MCU.

  • It was reported that Matt Damon turned down the villain role.

  • While Hydro-Man is not technically in the film, Flash Thompson is researching the aquatic terror and brings up an article regarding science experiments done on a sailor named Morris Bench, who is Hydro-Man in the comics.

  • When the Elementals appear, there are various signs that refer to Spider-Man's comic history:

  • a boat sign reads "ASM212" during the water Elemental attack. The water villain Hydro-Man (Morris Bench) made his debut in "Amazing Spider-Man #212" (January 1981).

  • a car bears a license plate reading "463" during the earth Elemental attack. The earth villain Sandman (Flint Marko) made his debut in "Amazing Spider-Man #4", September 1963.

  • a car bears a license plate reading "2865 SEP" during the fire Elemental attack. The fire villain Molten Man (Mark Raxton) made his debut in "Amazing Spider-Man #28", September 1965.


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On The Subject: Of John Wick Chapter 2

John Wick returns and as we know, “You never stab the devil in the back.” The crew discuss the sequel to John Wick and its ever growing fan base. We breakdown how the world is opened up and how the best killer keeps on going.

Will he ever retire? Probably not because there is a third film but maybe just maybe he will get to rest (in 10 more movies).

What does and doesn’t work in this film, find out.


MOVIE TAGLINE

  • Never stab the devil in the back (real)

  • The Only Way Out Is Back In. (real)


BOX OFFICE  Released February 10th 2017

Budget: $40 million

Domestic: $92 million

Foreign: $79.5 million

Opening Weekend: $

Opened #3 11 week run

Cumulative: $171.5 million

  • The Lego Batman Movie (Feb 10th) #1

  • Fifty Shades Darker (Feb 10th) #2

  • Split (Jan 20th) #4

  • Hidden Figures (Dec 25th 2016) #5

  • Dog's Purpose (Jan 27th) #6

  • Rings (Feb 3rd) #7

  • La La Land (Dec 9th) #8

FACTS

Director: Chad Stahelski

Writers: Derek Kolstad, Derek Kolstad (based on characters created by)

Stars: Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ian McShane | See full cast & crew »



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On The Subject: Of John Wick

An ex-hit-man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him. Obviously this means we are breaking down the John Wick films and the OTS crew decided there favorite characters, moments and deaths. We also decide what doesn't work in a nearly perfect action movie!

John, is a man of focus. Commitment. Sheer will. Something you know very little about. I once saw him kill three men in a bar… with a pencil. With a fuckin' pencil. Suddenly one day he asked to leave. It was over a woman, of course. So I made a deal with him. I gave him an impossible task. A job no one could have pulled off. The bodies he buried that day laid the foundation of what we are now. And then, my son, a few days after his wife died… you steal his car, and kill his fuckin' dog.

Directors: Chad Stahelski, David Leitch (uncredited)

Writer: Derek Kolstad

Stars: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen | See full cast & crew »

MOVIE TAGLINE

  • Don't Set Him off (real) (most used)

  • Revenge is all he has left (real)

  • John Wick isn't the Boogeyman... He's the guy you send to kill the f*cking Boogeyman.

  • You don't know what you've got 'til it's... (From Gone Girl)

  • John will come for you, and you will do nothing because you can do nothing.

BOX OFFICE  Released Oct. 24 2014

Budget: $20  million

Domestic: $43 million

Foreign: $ 45 million

Opening Weekend: $

Opened #2 run 13 weeks

Cumulative: 88.8 million

  • Ouiji (Oct 24th) Ranked #1

  • Fury (Oct 17th) #3

  • Gone Girl (Oct 3rd) #4

  • The Book of Life (Oct 17th) #5

  • St. Vincent (Oct 24th)

  • Alexander and the Terrible, Horriblie, No Good, Very Bad Day (oct 10th)

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On The Subject: Of Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 4 and Beyond!

In this episode we breakdown our predictions on the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This includes , movie releases, TV shows, fan casting and more!

Join us and tell us your predictions for the MCU by commenting on the show our on twitter!

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On The Subject: Of Hot Fuzz

 What happens when the best trained and most skilled cop, Nicholas Angel is forced to police in the small town of Somerset? Find out as we power slide into this episode with Edgar Wrights, Hot Fuzz.

We discuss the tight filming/editing of the film and the powerful comedy of visual gags that happen in part 2 of 3 in the Cornetto Film Trilogy.

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On The Subject: Of The Malcies (movie awards)

On this episode we celebrate the time honored tradition of giving out made-up awards to celebrities and movies. The categories range from our favorite actors/actress to best moments and everything else that we want to give awards. Better than the OSCARS

This year is the MALCIES but it might not just be because we have Malcolm our the host.

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On The Subject: Of Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

This round table discussion of Rogue Nation continues with; Malcolm, Zachary and Logan. 

Follow the fifth installment of the series as it continues to expand on the what Ghost Protocol setup while move the franchise forward combining heart, comedy and action in the film.

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On The Subject: Of Mission Impossible 3

Before Stark Trek, Star Wars, Lost and many other notable works Mission Impossible 3 marked the directorial debut of a little guy by the name of J.J. Abrams! Also features one of the series strongest villains, the late great, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Join is as we discuss and breakdown our favorite parts of the movies and what we think could be done better.

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On The Subject: Of Batman Begins

We dive into our first film series starting with Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. That's right Batman Begins!

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The Horror Paradox: Why Do We Love Scary Movies?

It is Thursday. That means Geeks Rising. On today's vlog, I decided to explore the reasons that we enjoy submitting ourselves to scary movies. It does not make sense why we voluntarily enter a situation that we are almost guaranteed a stressful time. Therefore, I try to get to the bottom of it.

You may notice that this is a shorter supplemental article than usual. I am attempting to remove fluff from my writing. It also does not make sense for me to provide all the information that can be acquired from the video above. ENJOY!