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May31

Digital Drift 66: The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Posted By Alex Shaw on May 31, 2015

The dinosaur escapades continue down a weird and tonally dissonant path as we venture into The Lost World. Neil Taylor joins our party, along with James Perkins again as we uncover the movie of the book that Michael Crichton was pressured into writing after the success of the first movie… the content of which was largely scrapped for what Sharon beautifully dubs in this episode “Benny Hill with dinosaurs.” You...

May24

Digital Drift 69: Mad Max: Fury Road

Posted By Alex Shaw on May 24, 2015

We had planned to release The Lost World this week but Mad Max: Fury Road appeared out of nowhere and turned out to be rather special. So we broke suddenly, veered off the road, picked up a couple of passengers and thundered into an epic analysis review. We begin with a 45 minute discussion of the original Mad Max trilogy, all of which contain elements that found their way into this new incarnation. You can listen to that without...

May10

Digital Drift 64: Avengers – Age of Ultron

Posted By Alex Shaw on May 10, 2015

The Marvel Cinematic Universe reunites the whole team and then adds some more heroes and super-antagonists for good measure. Can such an immense collection of colourful personalities possibly be threaded cohesively into an even more elaborate juggling act that matches the original? Once again we go deep on the characters, outlining what this means for the history and how it functions as a film. Joining Sharon and I once again are...

Apr12

Digital Drift 59: Furious 7

Posted By Alex Shaw on Apr 12, 2015

We round out the series as it stands right now. The events of the film itself as the action thrill-ride it was originally intended take a back seat to what it ultimately became, with this poignant farewell to Paul Walker. Neil Taylor returns for what may have been the most challenging film to express our feelings about in words. If you love these shows support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/alexandershaw...

Apr05

Digital Drift 60: Daredevil [Movie]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Apr 5, 2015

Returning to the welcoming bosom of Marvel, Sharon and I take a good hard look at the 2003 attempt at bringing The Man Without Fear to our screens. Fox rather unwisely competed with Spider-Man at the time, leading to a rather troubled production, hence the hastily cobbled-together millennial rubber bouncy jumping action and the vast disparity between the somewhat nonsensical theatrical edition and the little-seen but more...

Mar29

Digital Drift 58: Fast & Furious 6

Posted By Alex Shaw on Mar 29, 2015

We reach the point when everything really slots into place and the F&F series reaches its potential at long last. This is one of the most astonishing, enjoyable movies about cars and family that you will ever see. Neil Taylor of GameBurst is back on the team again. We’ll roll on over again in a couple of weeks to cover the seventh movie and close this out for now, but this has been one revelatory road trip for us all. If you...

Mar22

Digital Drift 57: Fast Five

Posted By Alex Shaw on Mar 22, 2015

We’re back as the F&F series cranks into gear and becomes what it was meant to; a series of heist movies with a colourful, lovable cast of recurring characters and amazing stunts. This was a case of all the pieces finally slotting into place. Enter The Rock as a powerhouse of a lawman named Hobbs, finally giving the films an antagonist worthy of Toretto. Re-enter Roman, Tej, Han, Gisele, Leo, Santos (played by Don Omar, who...

Mar15

Digital Drift 56: Tokyo Drift / Fast & Furious

Posted By Alex Shaw on Mar 15, 2015

Continuing our road trip through the F&F series, we get to the detour away from the main cast that was initially shunned by audiences but in retrospect is rather excellent as a stand-alone movie. We move on to the return to the main cast that was initially embraced by audiences but in retrospect is dour and uneventful. Find out what drifting REALLY means. Next week… Fast Five If you love these shows support us on...

Mar08

Digital Drift 55: The Fast and the Furious / 2 Fast 2 Furious

Posted By Alex Shaw on Mar 8, 2015

We’re joined by Neil Taylor of GameBurst to review two movies from one of his very favourite series. When we recorded this first show we hadn’t yet seen 5 or 6 (Sharon hadn’t seen 3 or 4 either) so it’s something of a discovery process for us. Coming up… * Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift / Fast & Furious * Fast Five * The Fast and the Furious 6 * Furious 7 Find out over the course of the next few...

Mar01

Digital Drift 54: Pinocchio

Posted By Alex Shaw on Mar 1, 2015

The Disney shows continue with Daniel Floyd of Extra Credits returning to talk about this little, wooden boy. If you love these shows support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/alexandershaw http://traffic.libsyn.com/gonzogaming/54._Pinocchio.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window |...