No. But, hey, if you want the long form discussion, it's actually pretty fun and interesting. Plus, Danica Leblanc is back, fresh off (or fresh before, as it turned out) her turn as host of I Have Some Notes. Sorry this episode is late, but sometimes life is the movie that ruined your childhood. I know that didn't make sense, I'm so very tired. Just listen to the show and we'll see you all again in two weeks.
Reboots. The internet loves 'em. Especially when the reboot makes changes to the source material. Everyone says collectively "hmm…that's a really interest choice, I am looking forward so seeing that." Then we go see the movie and afterwards everyone has a pleasant, polite conversion about whether they liked it or not. Yup, that's the internet we know and love. As you know, a couple years back Sony gave Paul Feig the Ghostbusters franchise to play with and he said "all the Ghostbusters are women ...
Back in May we played a game attempting to predict the Rotten Tomatoes scored would be for each 2018 summer movies. We played The Price is Right rules, so who ever was closest without going over took the point. All the contestants are back – Colin, Gregg, Scott and Liam Creswick* – to tally up their points and see who best predicted the quality of this year's summer blockbusters. See all the results and follow along with this handy-dandy spread sheet (visit ihavesomenotes.com if you can't use th...
Did you miss us? Sure, we were only gone a couple months but I bet you missed us. Movies can't fix themselves, right? Season 4 is upon us and so is, coincidentally, the hockey season. In light of that fact we dusted off an old sports classic from your childhood, The Mighty Ducks, a movie more fond of flatulence than Brett Kavanaugh. Joining us on the bench this month is Mighty Duck's super fan Danielle Newman who claims to watch it twice a year(!). She also claimed the Edmonton Oilers themselves...
Part two of your bonus content while we get set for season four. You know we like to talk about Star Trek on the show, and wouldn't you know it, we do it some more this week! Hey, it's not everyday that Patrick Stewart steps out in front of crowd and announces he's going to play Jean-Luc Picard again. I realize that happened weeks ago, but so did the recording of this episode, so it was top of mind. We also spend some time, along with guest Brandon Schatz, recommending things you watch. We fancy...
As promised, we are delivering some bonus Side Notes for you while we're on break. Brandon Schatz joins us again as we shoot the poopie about a wide variety of movie things, including: The Meg and peak shark movie. Han Solo and it's surprising box office take compared to Rampage. Star Wars IX casting of Billy D. Williams and use of Carrie Fisher. Hudson Hawk for some reason. Our favourite bad movies (with plenty of recommendations). The loss of the R rated action hero. How to get started with My...
Tell me, dear listener, do you bleed…tears of joy knowing that we're about to fix Justice League?! We had to do something big for the season finale, DC's biggest cinematic event to date seemed most appropriate. All your favourites are here: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, that robot guy and the guy who swims a lot. At long last the super friends are together to take on the classic DC villain…uh, Stephen Wolf? There's certainly no shortage opinions when it comes to Justice League, some...
When film franchises hit critical mass in popularity they often start to endlessly spawn spinoff novels, cartoons, TV series and comic books. For the hardcore fan it can be a mess figuring out what in all these spinoffs counts as canon – that is, what is officially part of the franchise's larger story. Is it worth it? Does what counts as canon really matter? Perhaps Evan Adnams can tell us. After all, he's a part of the I Have Some Notes canon, until our inevitable reboot, anyway. He joins Scott...
As you may have noticed, we're big on Star Trek around here and, as you might expect, we have notes for some of the more questionable Trek films. The Next Generation films in particular form a quartet of mediocre films that partially inspired the creation of this very movie fixing podcast. You might recall Star Trek: Generations was our second episode. Today we continue our effort to repair the TNG filmography. Because we're such nerds of Trek we have a plethora of fixes for this one. We dreamt ...
Let's be honest, it hasn't been a great year for fandom, Star Wars fandom in particular. With social media tools at their disposal, toxic fans have plunged their spiteful light sabers deep into the chests of the very people responsible for bringing their favourite characters to life. It's been incredibly frustrating and sad to witness. In this Side Notes we discuss the perils actors, actresses and directors face being on social media and whether there are any antidotes to the digital poison spre...
Fast cars and gravelly dialogue, eventually we were going to get to a Fast and Furious movie, it was inevitable. In true I Have Some Notes we chose the most mediocre Fast film of them all, Fate of the Furious. We tear down the latest installment of Vin Diesel's big-car-go-vroom epic to the nuts and bolts and rebuild the engine with some new motivations and elevated under used characters. Social media consultant (to the stars) Beverley Theresa joins the family for our penultimate episode of seaso...
Scott was feeling a little self-conscious about his insistence in our Congo episode that the book was better than the movie, so he made us record an entire episode that made it clear he's NOT a book snob. I'm busting Scott's balls a bit here, really the episode evolved into an interesting discussion surrounding movie adaptations and what makes them succeed or fail. Since most films these days are adaptations there was no shortage of examples to pick apart. Let us know what you think. Is there so...
Cutthroat Island may have been a record setting flop its director and star didn't want to be a part of, but…I can't think of a positive way to end this sentence. Yes, Cutthroat Island, the 90s action pirate movie high on explosions but low on "pirate-ness". It's the kind of painfully mediocre film made for us to sink our cutlasses into. Join the I Have Some Notes crew and guest Alyssa Nider as we stab deep into the heart of Gina Davis and Renny Harlin's first and last swash buckling blockbuster....
Summer blockbuster season is upon us and we decided to play a game of movie prognostication. We looked at the remaining blockbusters to be released this summer and tried to predict what Rotten Tomatoes score each movie would receive from critics. The rules: be the closest percentage without going over, Price is Right style. You can play too, just send us a message on Twitter or Facebook with your own predictions. We'll return to this episode in September to find out how we all did. Judging by th...
1995's Congo may be the quintessential case of the book being better than the movie, we basically had a glossy of ready made fixes. Don't worry, our final solution for Congo went well beyond Michael Crichton's novel, the episode didn't turn into a book report. Not entirely, anyway. Comedian Liam Creswick joins us for his 3rd expedition on the show to discuss lasers, talking apes and the under use of Bruce Campbell. I Have Some Notes is part of the Alberta Podcast Network crew, powered by ATB....
Sparked by an article on The Verge claiming Infinity War’s Thanos is proof CGI super villains are bad practice, the Boys Who Note have a discussion about the nature of modern computer effects. Where do they succeed? Where do they fail? Why does puppet Yoda look so much better than animated Yoda? And speaking of special effects, Colin wants you to check out sweded trailers if you have not done so already. You will not be disappointed.
Colin, Gregg and Scott dig deep and discover Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim was a secret sequel to Independence Day. It's true. That's the kind of movie sleuthing you can expect from I Have Some Notes, the Sherlocks on Blockbusters they call us. Of course, we also get into tweaking and punching up this monster smash, deleting some characters, amplifying others. I Have Some Notes is part of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by ATB.
Next month Marvel will culminate a decade's worth of super hero movies with their biggest team up yet, which makes us wonder if super hero movies about to peak or are there an infinite (get it?) number of films yet to come? Colin, Gregg, Scott and guest Erin Beever ruminate on the history of capes on film and prognosticate what comes next for a seemingly unstoppable pop-culture juggernaut. Will audiences tire as Marvel enters phase four, five or possibly six? Join us as we give definitive answer...
Today super hero movies are a dime a dozen, but back in 2003 the super party was just getting started and old Benny Affleck was leading the charge. "Put me in a tight red leather suit" he said "animate me jumping all over Hell's Kitchen, the box office take will be devilish, devilish, I say!" That's how I assume putting Daredevil to film got started, anyway, but I wasn't there. Of course, we wouldn't be setting up Daredevil up for you if the Affleck acrobat experiment had gone well. No, as you m...
Well, we probably bit off more than we could chew with this one. Usually we stay away from movies of the page-one-rewrite variety, content to tighten the screw of more mediocre movies, but Street Fighter was such a notorious flop we couldn't resist. In the end there was little choice but to essentially pitch a bunch of entirely new movies. This week Josh and Alan of Press Start to Join (fellow Alberta Podcast Network members) join Scott & Gregg in the elevator pitching. Together we quarter m...
Netflix pumps out more content than Cannon Films in the 80s, so we'd understand if a show or 10 escaped your attention. But one show we're confident did not dodge your senses was Bright. As Netflix's first "blockbuster", Bright was absolutely everywhere for a couple weeks, and everyone had an opinion on it. Of course, now that the hype has died down, we thought it the perfect time to release our episode on this Will Smith/David Ayer vehicle. In podcasts timing is every……………thing. No guest this m...
Happy belated New Year fellow armchair screenwriters, we're celebrating the new year by dwelling on the past, rounding up all the movies we loved and hated from 2017! Yes, Gregg already wrote a Best & Worst article, but who like reading, amiright? Colin, Gregg and Scott also spend some time ruminating on a little indy film called Star Wars: The Last Jedi. It had a small run in theatres collecting a measly billion dollars, you can be forgiven for having missed it. Anyway, we chat about all th...
Our Christmas episode comes but once a year, so pour yourself an eggnog, cozy up to the fire and listen to the I Have Some Notes crew pick apart your third or possibly fourth favourite Die Hard film, Die Hard 2. For Gregg and Erin this was a tough film to tackle because they actually quite like it. Scott, on the other hand, felt the movie didn't Die nearly Harder enough. As Colin is so fond of saying, conflict makes great radio, and arguing the merits of a decades old sequel is exactly the kind ...
It's the final Side Notes of twenty-seventeen and we are in fine form, let me tell you, mostly struggling with the fact that our recording space has no internet access. Erin Beever joins us to follow up on last month's discussion regarding the plague of grossness that is Hollywood. Did you hear John Lasseter joined the ranks of sexual abusers. He directed Toy Story…so…nothing is safe. Horray! We also jump into a round of what-we've-been-watching. We chat about Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, L...
German Villegas from Modern Manhood returns to take on the macho cultural touchstone that is Top Gun. We attempt to find a better way for Tom Cruise to graduate from flight school, hopefully without being smarmy, grinning douche. Gregg and Scott are also on the flight deck, while up in the control tower resuming his hosting duties is Colin "Grouse" MacIntyre! Can Top Gun be Top Fun? These and other terrible jokes this week on I Have Some Notes, members of the Alberta Podcast Network powered by A...
Fellow Alberta Podcast Network member German Villegas of Modern Manhood joins us for a chat about the torrent of sexual assault allegations spilling out of Hollywood and how masculinity is portrayed in movies. Yes, it's a bit less of the light-hearted affair you're used to when tuning into I Have Some Note, but we promise it's a fascinating listen and German provides some great insights. Besides, it would be weird to be doing a movie podcast and not acknowledge the depressing dumpster fire that ...
In the future the polar ice caps have melted and the oceans cover every continent. It's a world of damp. A world of wet. A world…of water. Waterworld, everybody! Whoo boy, this was a tough sit. Kevin Costner delivers a performance so subdued you'll think he's reading from a Shop Vac instruction manual. But no movie-fixing job is too tough for the Notesy Boys! I think we actually crushed it. In fact we spend a few minutes patting ourselves on the back about it. Scott C. Bourgeois continues his st...
It's our first Side Notes of Season 3 and we must have really missed doing these because it is a firehose of pop culture discussion. We touch on Blade Runner, MacGyver, MacGrubber, American Vandal, The Godfather, Citizen Kane, Planet of the Apes, China Town, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Peep Show and *gasp for air* The Thick of It. Also drinking from the film fire hydrate are returning guests Jeff Samsonow of the Edmonton Quotient and Sally "No Plugs Required" Poulsen....
The wait is over. I Have Some Notes is back for its 3rd season of movie improving and we're returning with a series of firsts for the show. The first first is our first Bond film: Moonraker. Yes, the Bond movie that never heard the phrase "less is more." Italian murder caskets? Sure. Super boats? Two please. Space? You bet your ass! Second on the list of firsts is no Colin. Mr. MacIntyre is off being a new daddy and will miss a few episodes, but the talented Scott C. Bourgeois has volunteered to...
It's the season finalé of I Have Some Notes! Don't worry, we're not leaving you for the summer without giving you something a little something extra special, we're fixing Tom Cruise's The Mummy! Okay, okay, so that in and of itself is not particularly special. What is special is that this time Colin, Gregg, Scott and Mark tried to fix the film IMMEDIATELY after watching it in the theatre. No note taking, no chewing on the film for a few days, no deep movie meditation, no nothing! It's all strict...
