This week, Scott and Matt take a look at one of two James Cameron documentaries. This one, Ghosts of the Abyss , is about the Titanic..and also 9/11? Then we chat some more about documentaries in general, which is really just an excuse for Scott to talk about The Beatles for 20 minutes. Next week: Deconstructing Cameron concludes with Avatar ! 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...
Dec 10, 2021•1 hr 21 min
November's book sees us traveling to a world of murder, time loops, and...plague doctors(?) as we tackle Stuart Turton's The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. 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! Click here to submit a book for Book Club Next month's book is Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson The Livestream discussion will happe...
Dec 06, 2021•2 hr 44 min
This week, Scott and Matt tackle James Cameron's 200 million dollar epic melodrama: 1997's Titanic. We talk about our surprise at how much this movie affected us and how we will never let go of that stupid floating door meme. Then we announce the results of our Coraline canon vote and Scott spends the last few minutes of the episode trying to convince Matt to watch Arcane . Next week: Deconstructing Cameron continues with the documentary Ghosts of the Abyss ! Support us on Patreon: https://patre...
Dec 03, 2021•1 hr 17 min
We hope everyone had a very wonderful Thanksgiving! Work of those extra calories with this high-octane action-comedy that might be Cameron's best movie...and his worst. We're continuing our ongoing series on the director with his 6th film: 1994's True Lies. Then, Ridley Scott pissed off some Millenials, and we're gonna talk about it. Next week: Deconstructing Cameron continues with Titanic ! Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podc...
Nov 26, 2021•1 hr 26 min
Better late than never, here is the audio from our October book club on Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice! 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! Click here to submit a book for Book Club Next month's book is The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, December 3rd at 9:30 ...
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 53 min
Our council has brought us another film to be considered for entry into the Doof! Canon! This week, we'll be taking a look at the 2009 stop motion animated film Coraline . Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Coraline be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/58880682 Next week our Deconstructing James Cameron series resumes with True Lies! Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, wri...
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr 21 min
We're back from our unexpected week off and ready to continue our Deconstructing James Cameron series. This week: 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day . One of Matt's favorite movies ever, but does it hold up!? Then, Scott saw the Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer...and is not happy. Next week: Another Doof! Canon episode 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: 2:22 - T2: J...
Nov 12, 2021•1 hr 33 min
The Doofcast is taking off this week as Scott has been feeling under the weather. We'll be back next week with more Deconstructing Cameron. To make it up to you we wanted to release this Patreon exclusive episode from our extensive archives. In this episode, Matt and his brother Daniel are joined by Scott to chat all about Video Games and why they're bad. Or good!? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ...
Nov 05, 2021•1 hr 48 min
This week, it's all about Dune ! We chat about how much we loved Denis Villeneuve's latest film. The spoilers section is clearly indicated! Next week: Deconstructing Cameron continues with Terminator 2 ! 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: 1:47 - Dune 14:34 - Dune Film Spoilers 1:01:31 - Dune Book Spoilers...
Oct 29, 2021•1 hr 29 min
Deconstructing Cameron continues with the director's most challenging shoot ever. But was it worth all the pain and agony!? We discuss this and more this week on part 4 of this ongoing series! Then, we reveal the canon vote for last week's Ex Machina episode and Matt and Scott discuss their top 5 favorite movie flops Next week: Dune ! 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 N...
Oct 22, 2021•1 hr 43 min
Our council has brought us another film to be considered for entry into the Doof! Canon! This week, we'll be taking a look at the 2014 film Ex Machina Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Ex Machina be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57423985 Next week our Deconstructing James Cameron series resumes with The Abyss ! Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ...
Oct 15, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Deconstructing Cameron continues with one of the greatest sequels ever made! We're talking about 1986's Aliens ! The movie is still great, but the special edition is...bad!? Then, Are movies too long now? Scott and Matt weigh in. Next week it's a to be determined Doof! Canon episode! 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: 2:03 - Aliens 1:13:45 - The new Bond is almost...
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr 34 min
For the month of September, Scott and his Cavalier Matt traveled to the House of the first to try and figure out what the hell is going on in Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth 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! Click here to submit a book for Book Club Next month's book is Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie The Livestream discussio...
Oct 04, 2021•2 hr 17 min
Our series on the films of James Cameron continues with the 1984 smash hit The Terminator ! We chat about the brilliance of Arnold Schwarzenegger and how Cameron's attention to detail elevators action scenes. Then, Scott has an existential crisis and Matt apparently watches TV now. Next week Deconstructing Cameron continues with Aliens! 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...
Oct 01, 2021•1 hr 28 min
This week we begin our new series covering the films of James Cameron! We chat about Cameron generally for a bit and then dive into his first film: Piranha II: The Spawning Then we announce the results of last week's vote on Groundhog Day and take a look at the 14 films you folks have inducted into the canon so far! Next week Deconstructing Cameron continues with The Terminator ! Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writin...
Sep 24, 2021•1 hr 35 min
This week our monthly Council of Doof has nominated another film for the canon of greatest movies of all time. This time our council forced us to watch Groundhog Day over and over and over and over again. Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Groundhog Day be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/56257196 Then we both break down the new trailer for The Matrix Ressurections Next week our Deconstructing James Cameron series begins! Support us on Patreon: ...
Sep 17, 2021•1 hr 24 min
This week, Matt and Scott are joined by special guest and Doof! Partner Malia Hamilton to chat about the 1995 Jane Austen adaptation Sense and Sensibility . The trio chat about Austen's witty examination of class, why Emma Thompson gives just about the best performance ever, and if Hugh Grant is just...too good looking. Then, Malia and Matt nerd out about the Wheel of Time trailer and Matt talks about how much he enjoyed Shang-Chi Check out Malia and Jenny's Show: https://www.doofmedia.com/palei...
Sep 10, 2021•1 hr 49 min
In this month's book club, Scott and Matt return to Roshar with Words of Radiance , book 2 of Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive 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! Click here to submit a book for Book Club Next month's book is Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, October 1st at ...
Sep 06, 2021•2 hr 40 min
This week, Matt and Scott return to one of their favorite directors to cover the film he made since their series on him concluded. We're checking out David Fincher's 2020 Netflix film Mank ! We chat about how different this movie is from Fincher's usual fare and if needing 200 takes to get a shot is a sign of a good director or a bad one! Then we put our heads together to come up with the definitive ranking of Fincher movies. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twit...
Sep 03, 2021•1 hr 17 min
This week on the show Scott and Matt are joined by resident Doof young person, Alex as we honor the request of Patron Joey L to chat about the 2005 adaptation of C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe . Then, we chat about the results of last week's Bedazzled vote and take a look at the state of the entertainment industry and Scott's concern over the state of movies as a cultural institution. Next week, we're returning to David Fincher with an addendum episode to our deconstructing se...
Aug 27, 2021•1 hr 33 min
This week our monthly Council of Doof has nominated another film for the canon of greatest movies of all time. This time our council surprised us by bringing the 2000 Brendan Fraser comedy Bedazzled. Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Bedazzled be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55115582 Then we chat about the first episode of the new Marvel TV show What If? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia S...
Aug 20, 2021•1 hr 16 min
This week, Matt and Scott reach the end of their Verbinski series and discuss the director's 10th film: A Cure for Wellness. Then they talk about what they learned about Verbinski on this journey and select their next Deconstructing Director subject! Finally, it's another top 5! This time the guys list their top 5 Directors whose film they'd see on opening night no matter what. Make sure you let us know your top 5s Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofm...
Aug 13, 2021•1 hr 39 min
In this month's book club, Scott and Matt head into space to take a very long trip to a very angry planet with Becky Chambers' The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. 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! Click here to submit a book for Book Club Next month's book is Words of Radiance (Book 2 of the Stormlight Archive) by Brandon...
Aug 10, 2021•2 hr 32 min
This week, Matt and Scott discuss the 9th film in their Verbinski series: The financially disastrous 2013 film The Lone Ranger ! It's surprisingly good! Then we reveal the results of our Council episode on Eternal Sunshine, chat about Scarlett Johansson's lawsuit with Disney and wrap everything up with a quick review of Jungle Cruise 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 NO...
Aug 06, 2021•1 hr 26 min
Matt and Scott are off this week, so we decided to drop a reunion episode of our 5-year-old show Phantom Zoned as a special treat! Phantom Zoned is a weekly podcast where host Adrian Torres leads Scott and the rest of us on a voyage through the worst movies that cinema has to offer. If judged guilty of crimes against cinema, the film will be jettisoned into the Phantom Zone, an inescapable prison where they will remain for all eternity. In this episode, we take a look at the 1995 Australian acti...
Jul 30, 2021•1 hr 27 min
This week our monthly Council of Doof has nominated another film for the canon of greatest movies of all time. This time our council brings us Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind . Being men in their 30s both Scott and Matt love the hell out of Charlie Kaufman, so they enjoyed chatting about this movie. Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/54012599 Then we chatted about th...
Jul 23, 2021•1 hr 17 min
This week, Matt and Scott discuss the 8th film in their Verbinski series: 2011's Rango . They chat about a director searching for who he is using a movie about a character searching for who he is. Then we discuss our disappointment with the end of Loki 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: 2:39 - Rango 58:24 - Loki was disappointing...
Jul 16, 2021•1 hr 32 min
This week we take a brief break from our normally scheduled programming to finally let Matt talk about the one thing he's been obsessing about for the last 6 months: The 2018 PS4 game God of War . Then we chat about the 25th anniversary of Independence Day and the newest Amazon Prime film The Tomorrow War Next week, we're back with Gore Verbinski and his 8th film: Rango ! Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our po...
Jul 09, 2021•1 hr 40 min
In this month's book club, Scott and Matt try to unravel all the mysteries of the universe with Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum 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 Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers . The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, July 30th at 9:30 PM Central Time ...
Jul 05, 2021•2 hr 36 min
This week on the show Scott and Matt honor the request of Patron Krossland and chat about Bo Burnham's Netflix comedy special Inside. They discuss Burnham's manipulation of authenticity, the meta nature of the special, and its pitch-perfect depiction of life in the pandemic. Then the two discuss Pixar's newest film Luca and why Disney seems to have relegated Pixar to streaming. Next week, Matt really really wanted to discuss the 2016 PS4 God of War . So we're gonna do that. Want to make us watch...
Jul 02, 2021•1 hr 43 min
