In May we took a look at Dan Simmon's lengthy and emotional The Terror , a story about a group of sailors trapped in the artic. 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 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 We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. The Livestream discussion will happen on F...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 39 min
Ridley Scott's follow-up to his award-winning Thelma & Louise is... a terrible Christopher Columbus movie. Lame. We talk about 1492: Conquest of Paradise and why exactly this movie just doesn't work and what that means for our understanding of Ridley Scott. Then, we watched the first three episodes of Obi-Wan and have some thoughts. Also, Scott saw Top Gun: Maverick ! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOT...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr 31 min
Ridley Scott enters the 1990s with a bang! We're chatting about the Director's Oscar award-winning Thelma & Louise ! We loved this movie! Then...more freaking Star Wars talk. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 2:48 - Thelma & Louise 1:03:09 - Star Wars abandons the movies...
May 27, 2022•1 hr 29 min
This week, Ridley Scott continues to struggle through the 80s with his 1989 Japanese buddy cop action film Black Rain ! Then, we chat about the recent multiverse films we've seen. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:38 - Black Rain 1:03:32 - Doctor Strange and the Everything Everywhere All At Once of Madness...
May 20, 2022•1 hr 22 min
This week, Ridley Scott made a romantic thriller in 1987 and we watched it! It's...bad! Then, we reveal the results of last week's canon vote and briefly discuss the Avatar 2 Trailer. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 2:43 - Someone to Watch Over Me 43:25 - Dr. Strangelove Results! 45:50 - Avatar 2 Teaser Trailer goes viral...
May 13, 2022•58 min
April's book has us checking out a post-pandemic world with Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven 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 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 Terror by Dan Simmons. The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, May 27th at 9:30 PM Central Time Support us on Pat...
May 11, 2022•1 hr 50 min
This week our Patreon council has once again nominated a movie for induction into the Doof! Canon of great films. This month, it's the 1964 Satire Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Strangelove be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/66071542 Then we chat about criticism, what it is, what it does, and what our problems with the current crop of it are Next week: Deconstructing Scott...
May 06, 2022•1 hr 33 min
This week, Ridley Scott follows up one of the greatest Science Fiction duos of all time with... a weird Tom Cruise fantasy movie. We're chatting about Scott's 1985 film Legend . Then we chat about what we like and what we don't like about Disney+'s Moon Knight Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:45 - Legend 52:04 - Does Moon Knight work?...
Apr 29, 2022•1 hr 12 min
This week, we're just knocking down Ridley Scott Sci-Fi classic after Ridley Scott Sci-Fi classic with the director's third film: 1982's Blade Runner ! (We watched The Final Cut) Then we chat about Netflix's latest bad news and also announce some topics for some upcoming Doofcasts on a couple of TV shows Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:55 - Blade Runner 1:12:10 - Netflix loses billions 1:23:48 - Sc...
Apr 22, 2022•1 hr 35 min
This week, part 2 of our 26-part series looking at the films of Ridley Scott. We're checking out 1979's seminal science fiction classic Alien ! We talked for a LONG time on this one, folks, so that's all there is this week. Next week, Deconstructing Scott continues with Blade Runner! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: Nothing but Alien this week...
Apr 15, 2022•1 hr 46 min
We are finally ready to begin our next deep dive into a director. We have selected Sir Ridley Scott nad this week we look at Scott's first film: 1977's The Duellists Then, we look at the results of our vote on Galaxy Quest and finally honor Bruce Willis with our top 5 favorite of his performances. Next week, Deconstructing Scott continues with Alien ! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 11:31 - Main Segm...
Apr 08, 2022•1 hr 33 min
This week our Patreon council has once again nominated a movie for induction into the Doof! Canon of great films. This month, it's the 1999 Star Tr e k love letter Galaxy Quest Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Galaxy Quest be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/64558897 Then we chat about what happened at the Oscars and proper ourselves for our next Deconstructing Directors series on Ridley Scott! Next week: Deconstructing Scott begins with his f...
Apr 01, 2022•1 hr 30 min
March sees us looking at a classic, influential novel with Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon. 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 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 Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel. The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, May 6th at 9:30 PM Central Time Support u...
Mar 30, 2022•2 hr 24 min
This week on the Doofcast, Matt and Scott talk about some of the work of one of their favorite working directors: Mike Flanagan Then they dive into some spoilery details on Flanagan's Midnight Mass before briefly talking about Pixar's latest film Turning Red and wondering what the hell the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is doing 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 !...
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 34 min
This week on the Doofcast, Matt and Scott take a look at the newest Batman film, Matt Reeves' The Batman ! Then, for some reason, we thought it would be a good idea to attempt to rank all 14 Batman films. Let's see how this goes. 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: 1:16 - The Batman 1:04:06 - BatRank!...
Mar 18, 2022•1 hr 36 min
This week on this extra stuffed special episode Matt and Scott are joined by Doof! Wheel of Time correspondent to talk all about the first season of the adaptation to one of Matt's favorite book series. The first part of the episode contains only spoilers for the 8 episodes of season 1, then we move into a clearly delineated full Book spoilers discussion. Next week: The Batman Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, ...
Mar 11, 2022•2 hr 13 min
We've got a special bonus episode for you guys this week. Matt and Daniel once again got a look at Neal Stephenson's new book and they're here to talk about it. Termination Shock is available everywhere, so go get it, then join in the conversation! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com !...
Mar 04, 2022•1 hr 16 min
This week out Patreon council has once again nominated a movie for induction into the Doof! Canon of great films. This month, it's the 2000 Coen Brothers classic O Brother, Where Art Thou? Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should O Brother be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63025491 Then we discuss our top 5 favorite film openings! Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, ...
Feb 25, 2022•1 hr 41 min
2021 Catch Up continues this week as Scott and Matt are joined by Alexandra and Sebastian from The View From Halfway Down, a new Bojack Horsman podcast on the Doof! Network to chat about Wes Anderson's newest film! Check out The View From Halfway Down: https://www.doofmedia.com/halfwaydown/ Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: Nothing but The French Dispatch today!...
Feb 18, 2022•1 hr 22 min
This week our 2021 catch up continues as we take a look a Del Toro's latest, Nightmare Alley Then we talk about if the Oscars matter in 2022 Next week, we're finally checking out Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:52 - Main Segment - Nightmare Alley 1:02:32- Oscars So Insignificant...
Feb 11, 2022•1 hr 27 min
This week, we're back with one of our favorite directors, M. Night Shyamalan to discuss his newest film: Old ! Then we do the extremely difficult task of ranking all of Night's films Next week, it's another Director's addendum with Guillermo Del Toro's Nightmare Alley Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 2:11 - Main Segment - Old 1:00:16 - Ranking Shyamalan...
Feb 04, 2022•1 hr 31 min
Our first book of 2022 has us diving back into the work of the incredible Susanna Clarke as we discuss her 2020 novel Piranesi 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 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 Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, February 25th at...
Jan 31, 2022•2 hr 24 min
This week out Patreon council has once again nominated a movie for induction into the Doof! Canon of great films. This month, it's the 2014 Wes Anderson film The Grand Budapest Hotel ! Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should The Grand Budapest be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/61748899 Then we chat about our thoughts on Marvel's The Eternals, briefly chat about the Microsoft purchase of Activision/Blizzard , and catch up on the ongoing Streaming co...
Jan 28, 2022•1 hr 48 min
This week, Scott and Matt honor the request of Patron Kinkaid D and take a look at the 2016 film A Monster Calls. It's a sad one! Then, we're talking about our top 5 movies that make us cry. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:55 - Main Segment - A Monster Calls 58:19 - Top 5 Movies that made us cry...
Jan 21, 2022•1 hr 35 min
Hey friends! Unfortunately, Matt and Scott were unable to find time to record an episode of the Doofcast this week! But we didn't want you folks empty-handed on your Friday morning. So we're releasing this bit from our Patreon bonus show Doof! After Dark where we...well...talk about a whole bunch of random nonsense. Enjoy! We'll be back next week with A Monster Calls ! Want more Doof! After Dark? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of...
Jan 14, 2022•1 hr 6 min
In our final book of 2021, we head to Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars. which is filled with some scientists acting like a bunch of dummies. 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 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, January 28th...
Jan 11, 2022•2 hr 33 min
This week, we take a look at Lana Wachowski's return to The Matrix! It's not the movie we expected. It might not even be the movie we wanted. But is it good!? We do a brief spoiler-free beginning part before transitioning to spoilers. Then we rank all of the Wachowskis films! Next week, we're honoring a patron request and discussing A Monster Calls . Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 2:26 - Main Segmen...
Jan 07, 2022•1 hr 23 min
This week on the show we wrap up 2021 by taking a look at it's biggest movie: Spider-Man: No Way Home. This is a full spoilers discussion from the start! You have been warned! Then, we chat about the results of last week's Doof Canon vote on It's a Wonderful Life and then we look back on 2021 and talk about our favorite and least favorite entertainment events. Next week, we're taking on The Matrix: Ressurections Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmed...
Dec 31, 2021•1 hr 37 min
This week we asked our council to bring forth their favorite Christmas movies to be considered for our great list of Doof! Canon. Scott's favorite movie was nominated and thus we discuss the 1946 classic It's a Wonderful Life. Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Coraline be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/60282149 Then we each give our top 5 Christmas movies. Next week is our final episode of 2021! It's gonna be something! I think... Merry Chris...
Dec 24, 2021•1 hr 38 min
This week, our series looking into the films of James Cameron concludes with the biggest movie in the world: Avatar. It's...actually pretty good folks! Then we chat about James Cameron and what we learned about him over the course of this project and fight about the all-important Official Doof! Media James Cameron ranking. Next week: It's a Wonderful Life Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https:// d...
Dec 17, 2021•1 hr 39 min
