I remember during an E3 drive (I miss those streams) several years ago when it was mentioned off-hand that Drew was engaged. If you listen to Fire Escape, Mary has told the story about being first told she might not be able to leave work to go to Drew's wedding, but when she mentioned it was "The Blinking Guy's" wedding, her boss was like, "Oh, you HAVE to go to that wedding." That boss, I guess, is now Drew's boss as well.
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thought it was a bit at first but then I remember the stories of like gran turismo devs sleeping under their desks lol
I commented something similar a little while back around the summer games fest streams. Yeah feels like he's gotten worse. It's like he's ready to jump on absolutely anything. I think he even bad mouthed there being a live orchestra on one of the summer streams. It can be a bit much.
I don't know that I've noticed any major differences in that regard, he's always kind of been like that. My big pet peeve with Alex specifically is that he just doesn't seem to ever be okay with not knowing the answer to something. I don't have a specific example on me, but often on the podcast (most often during the news), they can be talking about a subject and Vinny will ask a question, and Alex will say something like "I'm pretty sure...." or "I feel like..." and say something that's often totally wrong, but no one actually checks and they'll move on. It's a minor pet peeve in the grand scheme, because as much as I love NXL their news coverage is really very poor, there are times none of them seem to actually know what they're talking about, but he does it kind of often so it stands out to me. Vinny is very quick to just say "Yeah, I don't know" to something if he doesn't know, which I appreciate.
I mean that's all deserved. Have you SEEN the UK for the past 200 years or so? Mate… not good..
I've tried a decent amount of film podcasts over the years and even the two that I stuck with (Blank Check and The Big Picture) are often flawed with annoying tangents, poor attempts at humor, and INSANE ad breaks
Gives me something to do tonight. I watched Jackie Brown like 20 years ago and as a dumb teen I found it kinda boring. Been meaning to re-watch it again as the intellectual film lover I am today. I also just rewatched Ronin a day ago so gonna continue my DeNiro streak.
Yeah the college football discourse was weird to me. All three are American so it seems like something I'd assume every American to have a basic understanding of collegiate fandom just through cultural osmosis. Vinny and Brad aren't sports guys so maybe that's a little more believable.
It's wonderful film!
in general it drives me kinda crazy when they make sweeping generalizations about topics they're not very familiar with, and then typically end a news story with a very negative feeling because Alex was the last one to say something.
I watched it last night and I definitely enjoyed it more but it didn't really wow me as much. By modern standards the story feels very "quaint" in complexity. I was sort of waiting for how clever it will get but.. nah I mean thats just that. Good acting from everyone all around although the general vibe is very subdued apart from Sam Jackson and Keaton who seem like the two standout high-strung characters.
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It's also an adaptation and not his original script which is probably why as Brad mentions it doesn't feel as typically bombastic as his other material.
