This month we checked out the classic hardboiled detective novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiel Hammett. It's a short, entertaining, and absolutely genre defining novel. Note: This is an unedited audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit. Click here to submit a book for the Book Club Next month's book is The Bright Sword By Lev Grossman. We'll be meeting to discuss it on Friday, December 7th at 9:30 PM Central Time!!! Support u...
Nov 16, 2024•54 min
This week on the show Matt and Scott are joined by Daniel to chat about the absolutely incredible video game Outer Wilds! Spoilers abound. Then Scott has things to say about Deadpool & Wolverine Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !...
Nov 15, 2024•1 hr 33 min
This week we take a look at the newest MCU TV show: Agatha All Along . Which is...good!? I'm as surprised as you are. Spoilers. Then we complain about Star Wars again... as we do. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 33 min
Our 10 part series discussing the Planet of the Apes franchise finally comes to an end with our discussion of 2024's Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes , a surprisingly worthy successor to the Matt Reeves trilogy. Then we rank all 10 Apes films and discuss what we learned on this journey. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 24 min
This week the wonderful conclusion to Matt Reeves Ape's trilogy with War for the Planet of the Apes. What a triumph of a series! Next week, Deconstructing Apes concludes with Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !...
Oct 25, 2024•1 hr 3 min
This week, Inside Out 2 is finally available on Disney+ which means Scott and Matt got to watch it. And they're here to talk about it! Then they talk about the triumphant return of the 22 minute comedy. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 26 min
This month we finally got to check out the classic Russian satire The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. This is a challenging novel, but an absolute joy to talk about Note: This is an unedited audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit. Click here to submit a book for the Book Club Next months book is The Maltese Falcon By Paul Tremblay. We'll be meeting to discuss it on Friday, November 1st at 9:30 PM Central Time!!! S...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 2 min
This week the Apes series takes a step up as Matt Reeves enters the picture. We're chatting about 2014's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes . It's amazing. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !
Oct 04, 2024•1 hr 10 min
This week our Apes series movies on to the 7th film in the series: the 2013 2nd reboot: Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It's pretty dang good! Also, Scott saw Rebel Ridge on Netflix and thinks you should watch it! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !...
Sep 27, 2024•1 hr 9 min
This week our Apes series movies on to the 6th film in the series: the 2001 Tim Burton reboot Planet of the Apes. It's kinda awful! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !
Sep 13, 2024•1 hr 25 min
This week we take a quick break from our Apes series to revisit an old favorite: M. Night Shyamalan. We're chatting about Night's newest film: Trap ! It fucking rules Then we rerank Shyamalan's films, finding the correct spot for Trap. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 22 min
This week we reach the end of the original apes series with the 5th film in the franchise: Battle for the Planet of the Apes . It's actually pretty good! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! Show Notes: 2:04 - Battle for the Planet of the Apes 59:36 - Summer Box Office Review...
Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 31 min
We continue exploring the Apes franchise with the 1972 film: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes . It's a metaphor for racism! And also...kinda bad. Next week: Battle for the Planet of the Apes . Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! Show Notes: ALL APES...
Aug 23, 2024•49 min
The Apes series returns with its 3rd entry the hilarious and sad Escape from the Planet of the Apes Then Matt and Scott went to the movies! And saw different films. Oops... Next week: Conquest for t he Planet of the Apes . Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! Show Notes: 3:05 - Escape from the Planet of the Apes 47:35 - Matt talks Deadpool and Wolverine and Scott talks Trap...
Aug 16, 2024•1 hr 5 min
This week our 10 part series discussing the Planet of the Apes franchise continues with the second film: 1970's Beneath the Planet of the Apes . This one is so wonderfully weird. We loved it. Then Matt wants to chat about a VR game and Scott is disappointed with House of the Dragon Next week: Escape from the Planet of the Apes . Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! Show Notes: 2:03 - Beneath the Planet of the Apes 58...
Aug 09, 2024•1 hr 24 min
Our patrons decided to gross us out and make us read Nick Cutter's The Troop . Eww... Note: This is an unedited audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit. Click here to submit a book for the Book Club Next months book is Horror Movie By Paul Tremblay. We'll be meeting to discuss it on Friday, August 30th at 9:30 PM Central Time!!! Support us on Patreon Matt’s Twitter: @moridinamael Scott’s Twitter: @scottdaly85 Stay updated wi...
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr 1 min
This week we begin our newest ongoing series taking a look at The Planet of the Apes franchise! This week we're Deconstructing the first film in the series: Planet of the Apes ! Then we briefly chat about the results of last week's vote on Lord of the Rings and then talk about RDJ's triumphant return to the MCU Next week: Beneath the Planet of the Apes . Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !...
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr 24 min
This week our Patreon council has once again nominated a movie for induction into the Doof! Canon of great films. This month, the literally perfect 2001 film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Surprising no one, we absolutely love it, and have many things to discuss. But what do you think? Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Fellowship be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/108842914 Next week we begin our newest series taking a look...
Jul 26, 2024•1 hr 38 min
It's the semi-annual Michael Takes Over The Podcast episode which long term listeners will know means that this is mostly just Chaos. We did spend a fair amount of time talking about the first episode of the 2013 British show Utopia though. So that's good. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !...
Jul 19, 2024•1 hr 16 min
We reach the end of our series on Darren Aronofsky and cover the director's 8th film: The Whale. This movie... has us pretty conflicted. Then, we briefly chat about our overall Aronofsky feelings before ranking the director's 8 films. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !...
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr 39 min
After taking two months to read this massive book we're back to chat about James Clavell's Shogun ! Note: This is an unedited audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit. Click here to submit a book for the Book Club Next months book is The Troop by Nick Cutter We'll be meeting to discuss it on Friday, July 26th at 9:30 PM Central Time!!! Support us on Patreon Matt’s Twitter: @moridinamael Scott’s Twitter: @scottdaly85 Stay upda...
Jul 05, 2024•1 hr 5 min
This week, Matt went to Disneyland and really loved it, especially the Star Wars part! So he really wanted to chat about it. And Scott.... well... Scott is apparently a cermudgony old asshole who hates fun! Also we chat about the trailer for the new Alien movie! Next week: Deconstructing Aranofsky concludes with The Whale Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !...
Jul 05, 2024•1 hr 31 min
In Part 7 of our series discussing the extremely hated (but extremely awesome) Mother! Then, are The Acoloyte and The Boys S4 good?? Next week: Matt wants to talk about Disney. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! Show Notes: 2:20 - Mother! 52:50 - Show bad?...
Jun 28, 2024•1 hr 20 min
In Part 6 of our series discussing the films of Darren Aronofsky we take a look at 2014's divisive Noah , a fascinating film that works as often as it doesnt. Then we're back to solve all of the movie industry's problems even as it collapses around us. Next week: we'll be off for Kingslingers Live in Bangor, but we'll be back the week after to chat about Disney Land, Theme parks, and Star Wars. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at d...
Jun 07, 2024•1 hr 57 min
This week, Matt is on vacation and so Scott called up his World of Warcraft buddy Tevin Crody Next week: Deconstructing Aronofsky continues with Noah Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !
May 31, 2024•1 hr 24 min
We're back with part 5 of our series looking at the films of Darren Aronofsky. This time, Aronofsky's Academy Award-winning 5th film: Black Swan Next week: Deconstructing Aronofsky continues with Noa Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !...
May 24, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Part 4 of our series on the films of Darren Aronofksy sees us take on the award-winning The Wrestler . It's an incredible movie but very different from the types of films Aronofsky made before. . Then we chat about the trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's Trap and how movies are marketed these days. Next week: Deconstructing Aronofsky continues with The Wrestler Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! Show Notes: 2:17 - The...
May 10, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Brandon Sanderson is back on the book club and it's possibly our favorite! We're chatting about Tress of the Emerald Sea Note: This is an unedited audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit. Click here to submit a book for the Book Club Our next book club will be covering James Clavell's Shogun. NOTE: Due to the extreme length of this book, we're going to be skipping May. We'll be meeting to discuss it on Friday, June 28th at 9...
May 03, 2024•1 hr 19 min
In part 3 of our Aronofsky series we take a look at the director's 2006 film: The Fountain. This one didn't do good on release, but Scott and Matt find something to love in it. Then we talk about our favorite Hugh Jackman performances and compile our top 5 favorite Next week: Deconstructing Aronofsky continues with The Wrestler Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! Show Notes: 2:17 - The Fountain 59:54 - Top 5 Jackman...
May 03, 2024•1 hr 29 min
This week we chat about the absolutely incredible FX TV show Shōgun! Next week: Deconstructing Aranofsky continues with The Fountain Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !
Apr 26, 2024•1 hr 38 min
