In this month's book club, Scott and Matt cover their 5th BrandoSandoBooko with his colorful one-off novel Warbreaker. As always, this is an audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit as well as reference slides Click here for a copy of the slide deck used! Next month's book is This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, January 29th at 9:30 PM Central ...
Jan 05, 2021•2 hr 13 min
This week, Scott and Matt honor the request of Patron Chris A and talk about the 1996 film Freeway . Then we chat about the results of the Council of Doof poll on Starship Troopers and chat about the season finale of The Mandalorian. Finally, we say goodbye to 2020 and Scott has some things to say about Wonder Woman '84 Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, an...
Jan 01, 2021•1 hr 15 min
This week, we resume our deconstruction of the films of Guillermo Del Toro with 2002's Blade II. Del Toro's first and only film where he didn't also write is a mixed bag, but hey...better than Mimic ! Then Matt talks about his first few hours of the new video game Cyberpunk 2077. That bag is less mixed and more shit-filled. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https:// doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:20 ...
Dec 18, 2020•1 hr 18 min
This week our monthly Council of Doof has nominated another film for the canon of greatest movies of all time. This month it's that lovely Sci-Fi satire Starship Troopers. Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Starship Troopers be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/44911823 Then we chat about all the crazy Disney Marvel and Star Wars news. Then we chat about S2E6 of the Mando. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter:...
Dec 11, 2020•1 hr 42 min
In this month's book club, Scott and Matt head to the moon to look for a Utopia. We're discussing Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed As always, this is an audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit as well as reference slides Click here for a copy of the slide deck used! Next month's book is Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, January 1st at 9:30 PM Central Time Support us on Patr...
Dec 09, 2020•2 hr 39 min
This week we continue our series deconstructing the films of Guillermo Del Toro by looking at his 2001 film The Devil's Backbone . Then, we chat about the Mandalorian (Spoilers for S2E5) and The Queen's Gambit, chat about WB's decision to release their 2021 slate on HBO Max. Also, Scott and Matt have a very bad fight about a very serious thing. Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of ...
Dec 04, 2020•1 hr 48 min
This week, Scott and Matt are joined by Matias to honor the request of Patron Joneleth and talk about two short stories about shitty parents and shitty children. We discuss The Paper Menagerie by Kevin Lui and Portraits of His Children by George R.R. Martin. Then we talk about how much we love The Mandalorian . Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at...
Nov 27, 2020•1 hr 44 min
This week our Deconstructing Directors series continues with Del Toro's second film: 1997's Mimic. We uh...we didn't like it too much. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: All Mimic this week...
Nov 20, 2020•1 hr 17 min
This week we begin our deconstruction of the films of Guillermo Del Toro with the director's very first film: 1993's Cronos. Then we talk about the results of last week's Council of Doof vote and Scott complains about not having a PS5 Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 8:16 - Main Segment - Cronos *spoilers 53:56 - Council of Doof: Princess Bride results!...
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 9 min
This week our monthly Council of Doof has nominated another film for the canon of greatest movies of all time. This month it's the absolute classic, The Princess Bride. Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should The Princess Bride be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43593961/ Then we talk about how 2020 election coverage is driving us both insane. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcas...
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 29 min
In this month's book club, Scott and Matt head back to Ireland and find out what's been going on with the murder squad in Tana French's The Likeness. As always, this is an audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit as well as reference slides Click here for a copy of the slide deck used! Next month's book is The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, December 4th at 9:30 PM Central Ti...
Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 58 min
This week Scott and Matt honor the request of patron Mistfist and discuss the 1948 Italian classic Bicycle Thieves Then Scott explains why Hades is the only good rogue-like and then does a quick review of The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Borat 2 Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https://doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 2:24 - Main Segment: Bicycle Thi...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 22 min
This week Scott and Matt honor the request of patron Shoefish and discuss the 1997 Russian film Brother . Then the guys talk about the results of the latest Council of Doof vote, discuss Disney's plan to pivot to streaming, and chat about the season finale of The Boys . Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https://doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 2:44 ...
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr 39 min
In this month's book club, Scott and Matt try to bring magic back to England with Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell As always, this is an audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit as well as reference slides Click here for a copy of the slide deck used! Next month's book is The Likeness by Tana French. The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, October 30th at 9:30 PM Central Time Support us on Patreon M...
Oct 13, 2020•2 hr 2 min
This week our monthly Council of Doof has nominated another film for the canon of greatest movies of all time. This month it's the crazy and wonderful Indian film Baahubali: The Beginning Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Redline be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42546621 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https:// doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 6:57...
Oct 09, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Welcome to Freeman Bros, where Matt and Daniel Freeman discuss a variety of topics, a Patron-exclusive podcast show normally available for Doof Troopers and above. This week, we're joined this week by Chemistry Professor Michael. Michael listened to our previous Freeman Bros discussion of modern schooling and wanted to take a different tack by considering what young people can do to get the most out of the education system as it exists. Matt felt like Michael provided so much useful information ...
Oct 08, 2020•1 hr 55 min
This week, Matt was having eye trouble and wasn't able to watch Bahubali, so we're quickly changing things up and talking about The Boys instead! Michael joins us to talk all about season 1 and broadly talk about season 2. Full Season 1 spoilers, mild season 2 spoilers. Next week: Bahubali: The Beginning Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https:...
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 8 min
This week, Scott and Matt celebrate getting to episode 100 by taking a look at the past 99 episodes and talking about what they loved, what they didn't, and where the show goes from here. Then they talk about the worsening state of the film industry and Scott asks Matt a very important question: Does Batman Returns own? Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, an...
Sep 25, 2020•1 hr 41 min
This week Scott and Matt honor the request of patron Byron Knuckles and discuss the 2007 Stephen King adaptation The Mist Then the guys talk about the results of the latest Council of Doof vote and Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https://doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:34 - Main Segment: The Mist *spoilers* 50:38 - Mini Segment: Council of Doof...
Sep 18, 2020•1 hr 17 min
This week Scott and Matt are once again joined by Elliot and Reuben from the Pale Reflections Podcast to take a look at Season 2 of The Legend of Korra. Want to make us watch more Korra!? Check out our Patreon. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: Just one long conversation about Kaiju Spirit demons...
Sep 11, 2020•1 hr 19 min
This week our monthly Council of Doof has nominated another film for the canon of greatest movies of all time. This month it's the incomparable animated film, Redline . Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Redline be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41224259/ Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https:// doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:57 - Main Segment: R...
Sep 04, 2020•1 hr 10 min
In this month's book club, Scott and Matt discuss how wide the concept of 'you' is with Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire As always, this is an audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit as well as reference slides Click here for a copy of the slide deck used! Next month's book is Johnathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke. The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, September 25th at 9:30 PM Central Time ...
Sep 01, 2020•2 hr 10 min
This week Reuben and Elliot take over the podcast to talk all about one of their favorite shows, the recently completed Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Then Scott and Matt take back their podcast just long enough to discuss all the big DC news from last week! Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https://doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:06 - Main Segment: Agen...
Aug 28, 2020•1 hr 24 min
This week Scott and Matt honor the request of patron Reatter and discuss the 2006 German film Das Leben der Anderen ( The Lives of Others ). Then Scott quickly talks about the first episode of the new HBO series Lovecraft Country . Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https://doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 2:56- Main Segment: The Lives of Others *spo...
Aug 21, 2020•1 hr 4 min
This week Scott and Matt honor the request of patron Tom (aka Askwho) and discuss the BBC Radio sitcom Cabin Pressure . Please stay in your seat while the podcast sign is illuminated. Then we discuss the results of last week's vote on Akira and Scott wraps it up by discussing the new movies The American Pickle and The Speed Cubers . Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our podcasts...
Aug 14, 2020•1 hr 16 min
In this month's book club, Scott and Matt spend many lives discussing Claire North's The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August As always, this is an audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit as well as reference slides Click here for a copy of the slide deck used! Next month's book is A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, August 28th at 9:30 PM Central Time Support us on Patre...
Aug 11, 2020•2 hr 12 min
This week our monthly Council of Doof has nominated another film for the canon of greatest movies of all time. It's more anime. OR IS IT? We're joined by special guest Matias to discuss 1988's Akira. Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Akira be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40190979/ Check out Matias' two Doof! shows: Do The Write Thing: https://www.doofmedia.com/do-the-write-thing/ Decomposing Worm: https://www.doofmedia.com/decomposing-worm/...
Aug 07, 2020•1 hr 30 min
This week Scott and Matt are joined by Daniel Freeman to honor the request of Patron DDev and discuss the 2004 movie The Chronicles of Riddick . It's like Pitch Black but very silly and very expensive. Then the boys talk about criticism, feedback, and entitlement in fandom. Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https://doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 2...
Jul 31, 2020•1 hr 33 min
This week our deconstruction of David Fincher's filmography concludes with our discussion of 2014's Gone Girl. A pulpy, sinister movie that clearly isn't a fan of marriage! Then we look back on the 10 movie series and talk about what we love most about David Fincher, what we learned, and some of the biggest surprises along the way. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:33 - Main Segment - Gone Girl *spoi...
Jul 24, 2020•1 hr 20 min
This week Scott and Matt honor the request of Patron CaptainRhino and discuss the 2011 animated film Rango. It's like a Sergio Leone Western, but with lizards. Then, Matt wrote an article on his principles of charitable reading and we talked about it! You can read it here: https://www.doofmedia.com/2020/07/14/principles-of-charitable-reading/ Then we discuss the results of last week's vote on Stardust! Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow ...
Jul 17, 2020•1 hr 26 min
