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Prodigious Saps No. 49: "Down the Love Hole"
Nitpicks & praise for SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (1978)

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This week we have a long, critical discussion about Richard Donner's SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE, a movie we both love dearly... in part to demonstrate that we don't think of it as completely flawless.

We did find it hard to only concentrate on nitpicks, because despite all its flaws it is STILL such an amazing film, even after all this time.

Next we'll be talking about SUPERMAN II, something we both have many more major quibbles with, and comparing it to the DONNER CUT.

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Prodigious Saps No. 48: "The International Fund for Interesting Directors"

At long last, here is our piece on Terry Gilliam's masterpiece BRAZIL. This was well over a year in the making... not because it literally took that long to finish it, but just in that I was so hellbent on not half-assing the edit that I kept kicking it down the road. It's still not perfect, but tonight, I'm letting it go.
If you dig Gilliam's work I think you'll find this to be a fun watch. Please let us know what you think.

And Brendan, thank you contributing so much heart to this discussion, and for being patient with my obsessive, perfectionist video editing ass. 🙏

CHEERS ALL

Watch this episode on YouTube:
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and available to YouTube channel members as part of the P-Saplings tier:
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This week on P-Saps:

• Marvel's ECHO series and the reaffirmed Netflix Daredevil canon
• Elvis Presley was a cosplay nerd
• Fantastic Four casting ...and lots of other wacky crap.

00:00:00 — Intro
00:00:19 — Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
00:01:27 — Elvis Presley & Captain Marvel Jr.
00:03:36 — Marvel's ECHO
00:17:20 — Netflix Daredevil is officially canon
00:22:04 — 3 examples of PERFECT casting in MCU
00:23:11 — Hopes for Daredevil: Born Again
00:28:25 — Paste Pot Pete
00:29:41 — Tomb of Dracula
00:31:58 — Fantastic Four Casting?
00:34:40 — Rebel Moon vs Star Wars
00:37:57 — Ghost Busters: Frozen Empire
00:39:49 — Brendan Recommendans
00:44:13 — Next episode: Old School STAR WARS memories

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Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters
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Brendan's disappointment in Aquaman II prompts a discussion of why it's often a problem when studios wind up "bending the character around the actor". Also look back at the failed DCEU and the incoming DCU. Also: the Doctor Who Christmas Special, Slow Horses Season 3, Batman... and more!

Our Patreon has an uncut version of this episode containing 20 minutes of extra material, including Netflix's "Cunk on Earth", season 2 of Marvel's "What If?", and the recent news about Marvel embracing Netflix's Daredevil continuity: https://www.patreon.com/posts/prodigious-saps-96203780

00:00:26 — AQUAMAN 2 and Why the DCEU failed
00:18:51 — Solo: A Star Wars Story
00:22:23 — Doctor Who
00:33:51 — Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor
00:35:19 — Batman
00:41:12 — Superman (David Corenswet geeking out to Star Wars)
00:43:28 — SLOW HORSES Season 3
00:45:58 — Jack Lowden is the new Harrison Ford
00:48:59 — SuperFriends

Prodigious Saps: profusive nerdery from Chad Smalley of Blaggards and Brendan Jones of Tesla City Stories.
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SlapperCast: a weekly podcast/road diary from Blaggards:
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Breakfast of the Gods
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Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters
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In this one we talk about the 60th Anniversary DOCTOR WHO specials featuring the return of David Tennant and show runner Russell T. Davies, and the introduction of Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor.

ALSO: SUPERMAN: LEGACY casting news, GODZILLA: MINUS ONE, AQUAMAN, and BLUE BEETLE.

Available on Patreon NOW: our review of Ncuti Gatwa's first full episode as the Doctor, the Christmas special "The Church on Ruby Road":
https://www.patreon.com/posts/prodigious-saps-96203780

00:00:00 — Intro
00:00:51 — SUPERMAN: LEGACY casting
00:03:28 — "MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios"
00:04:32 — BLUE EYE SAMURAI
00:05:04 — GODZILLA MINUS ONE and MONARCH
00:15:46 — More on SUPERMAN: LEGACY
00:19:44 — AQUAMAN (1st movie)
00:28:22 — BLUE BEETLE
00:36:16 — DOCTOR WHO (David Tennant Specials)

Prodigious Saps: profusive nerdery from Chad Smalley of Blaggards and Brendan Jones of Tesla City Stories.
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RELATED LINKS:

Blaggards
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SlapperCast: a weekly podcast/road diary from Blaggards:
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Tesla City Stories
https://www.teslacitystories.com

Breakfast of the Gods
https://www.indyplanet.com/breakfast-of-the-gods

Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters
https://meetthemonsters.podbean.com/

As promised last week, in this episode we dig deep into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We review THE MARVELS and LOKI Season 2, and talk about the recent wild news about the upcoming Disney Plus series DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN.

Also discussed: Madame Web, Spider-Man, Juggernaut, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and a few vintage selections from Chad's comic book collection.

Beyond Marvel, we talk about recent trailers for AQUAMAN II and GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE... the latter prompting a belated review of 2021's GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE.

Prodigious Saps: profusive nerdery from Chad Smalley of Blaggards and Brendan Jones of Tesla City Stories.
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RELATED LINKS:

Blaggards
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SlapperCast: a weekly podcast/road diary from Blaggards:
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Tesla City Stories
https://www.teslacitystories.com

Breakfast of the Gods
https://www.indyplanet.com/breakfast-of-the-gods

Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters
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P-Saps No. 35: ""This Little Portal to an Alternate Universe"

We are both huge Beatles fans, so with the recent release of their new single "Now and Then" (advertised as "the last Beatles song"), we decided to do a whole episode about the Beatles.

Among the topics discussed:

• what the Beatles mean to us
• how we first were introduced to the Beatles as kids,
• memories of the two of us geeking out over them in our early 20s,
• why they're so important historically, and of course...
• what we think of the new song.

Also, towards the end we touch on some of the recent Marvel (MCU) news, but decide to put in a pin in that for a future episode.

00:00:00 — Intro
00:00:14 — Why we're talking about the Beatles
00:03:57 — Why the Beatles are important to us
00:28:31 — A Hard Day's Night & HELP!
00:30:06 — Magical Mystery Tour
00:33:03 — Beatles vs Rolling Stones
00:34:59 — Why the Beatles are uniquely eclectic
00:37:32 — Now and Then
00:38:30 — Peter Jackson's video for "Now and Then"
00:44:31 — How important "Now and Then" is to Paul
00:46:16 — Now and Then compared to original demo
00:47:10 — How it sounds like John and Paul collaborating again
00:54:37 — Paul's aging voice
00:56:02 — This is essentially Paul producing John
00:57:05 — Free as a Bird and Real Love
01:00:24 — Is it really the last Beatles song?
01:02:58 — It's like a song fell out of an alternate universe
01:04:10 — The Rutles
01:07:07 — The Marvels and the state of the MCU
01:12:27 — DCEU movies

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Breakfast of the Gods
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Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters
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This week we weave an odd but surprisingly coherent path from Happy Days and Mork & Mindy through to Jerry Lewis, Walter Matthau, Jerry Reed and Jackie Gleason... eventually winding up talking about the Marx Brothers again, because OF COURSE.

The highlight of this episode, though, is Brendan's passionate solo vocal performance that followed Chad's computer suddenly shutting off (the full performance and more bonus material is available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ProdigiousSaps).

00:00:00 — The Fonzie-Verse
00:01:27 — Out of the Blue
00:02:35 — Love: American Style
00:05:05 — AfterMASH
00:06:06 — More on OUT OF THE BLUE
00:07:11 — MORK & MINDY
00:12:35 — HAPPY DAYS
00:15:50 — BOB ROBERTS
00:17:48 — VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET (1960)
00:25:07 — Movies based on Kurt Vonnegut novels
00:28:38 — THE SURVIVORS (1983)
00:32:56 — The Marx Brothers and their supporting cast
00:48:53 — DOCTOR STRANGELOVE (1964)
00:49:55 — LOONEY TUNES

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This week we welcome our very first guest JOHN CAMPBELL, Brendan's fellow cast member of Tesla City Stories and also a very prolific podcaster himself. Among many other shows, John does two podcasts with Brendan: the ongoing "Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters" and the patron-exclusive "Nights Talking" about the cult classic 1970s tv show KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER, which was famoustly a direct influence on THE X-FILES.

We talk about KOLCHAK quite a bit, and also do a rundown of all the major summer "blockbusters" of 2023, while also talking about upcoming things like James Gunn's SUPERMAN: LEGACY. Check the chapter markers for full list of topics.

It was GREAT fun having John on and we'll definitely be doing this again.

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00:00:00 — Funny moment from THE NIGHT STALKER
00:00:28 — Meet John Campbell
00:02:07 — The legacy of KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
00:12:00 — "Gill Man" (CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON)
00:12:46 — More on KOLCHAK
00:20:45 — ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (1952–58)
00:22:21 — HOLLYWOODLAND (2006)
00:24:44 — SPEECHLESS (1994)
00:25:25 — THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES (1980)
00:32:00 — THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (comics)
00:36:28 — Kim Newman (novelist)
00:37:10 — Kim Newman's ANGEL OF MUSIC
00:38:26 — Kim Newman's ANNO DRACULA
00:39:44 — Kim Newman's SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT
00:42:00 — 2023 Summer Movies
00:42:27 — INDY 5
00:47:15 — A diversion into STAR TREK
00:53:21 — MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING PT 1
00:57:56 — GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
01:04:19 — OPPENHEIMER
01:09:42 — GARY OLDMAN
01:10:08 — SLOW HORSES
01:10:46 — COLUMBO
01:11:24 — BARBIE
01:15:03 — BREAKFAST OF THE GODS (Brendan's graphic novel)
01:16:12 — More on BARBIE
01:18:20 — THE FLASH
01:19:22 — BLUE BEETLE
01:25:09 — SUPERMAN: LEGACY
01:32:46 — Plugs, wrap-up and THANK YOU!

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Prodigious Saps: profusive nerdery from Chad Smalley of Blaggards and Brendan Jones of Tesla City Stories.
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Breakfast of the Gods
https://www.indyplanet.com/breakfast-of-the-gods

Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters
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On the docket this week:

• Chad's rant about the remixed soundtrack of STOP MAKING SENSE (the legendary Talking Heads concert film directed by Jonathan Demme) with comparisons to the original 1984 mix and how it reminds him of George Lucas's revisions to his original Star Wars trilogy.

• Brendan's discovery of a deeply weird and hilarious SUPERMAN comic strip in his copy of SUPERMAN: THE SILVER AGE DAILIES, 1959–1961

• Chad's review of THE CENTER SEAT: 55 YEARS OF STAR TREK, a really engaging documentary series currently available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.

Watch this episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/vJyB9_CMReU?si=gpYH8O9tkCxzTJRs

00:00:00 — Preview
00:00:30 — Chad's rant on STOP MAKING SENSE 2023 remix
00:07:26 — Lucas vs Spielberg on "Special Editions"
00:10:36 — Frank Frazetta and the problem of endless revisions
00:14:15 — Lucas vs. Spielberg on revisionism
00:17:44 — Harmy's De-specialized Editions of Star Wars
00:19:29 — Summer movies we have or haven't seen
00:20:42 — Blue Beetle
00:22:54 — 2023 summer blockbuster bombs
00:27:28 — Superman Silver Age Dailies
00:37:26 — Golden & Silver Age Comics and baldness
00:40:12 — How we've outgrown he old timey stigma of baldness
00:48:14 — Brendan's favorite Lex Luthor origin stories
00:55:56 — THE CENTER SEAT: Star Trek Documentary series
00:58:47 — THE FIFTY YEAR MISSION: book series on the history of Star Trek
01:11:52 — Strange New Worlds Season 2
01:12:59 — The Kirk retcon problem on Strange New Worlds
01:15:48 — Wrap-up

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Cheers y'all! And as always THANK YOU SO MUCH for your support.

Prodigious Saps: profusive nerdery from Chad Smalley of Blaggards and Brendan Jones of Tesla City Stories.
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RELATED LINKS:

Blaggards
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SlapperCast: a weekly podcast/road diary from Blaggards:
https://linktr.ee/slappercast

Tesla City Stories
https://www.teslacitystories.com

Breakfast of the Gods
https://www.indyplanet.com/breakfast-of-the-gods

Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters
https://meetthemonsters.podbean.com/