Join us for our Saw X review along with the tv series Dark. As Brannyk is away on special assignment, Jim is left fending off a fan who may have had a ‘small’ disagreement on his review of Dark being ‘utter crapola’. As Aidan defends German pride, Jim goes deep into Saw X land.
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Sax X and Dark sorta transcripts
00:01.38
jim_phoenix
Hey, everyone Jim Phoenix here and boy am I excited for Brand New Shreman Demons live version. That’s right, we’re doing it live as we do every time but we’ve got saw x or 10 sucks sucks. Ah that those bad naming for them and dark. Something dart 30 dark something dartboard I don’t know some of that all this more next stream and demons. Edit.
01:01.62
jim_phoenix
There’s no banter today. So just that’s how I got hey everyone Jim Phoenix here and boy Mike excited to have you all today with me is a special guest because box humans on a souljourn is that a word soldier. Anyways, Aidan please for to have you Aidan I believe you were here before? yes.
01:22.20
Aidan
Yes I was I think about early much earlier this year or last year yeah some time pandemic. But.
01:27.80
jim_phoenix
1 of the years it was sometimes early. Yeah, we know it sometimes earlier good go for you. That’s how time works sometime between here and the pandemic start you were aghast. Well I actually don’t remember.
01:39.76
Aidan
Yeah.
01:42.70
jim_phoenix
What what movie you’re talking about before. Do you remember it all was it ghost posters. Oh oh shit you had the fucking Nanny a Magician and the air like that at your birthday party I remember now oh my God Okay I remember now.
01:44.55
Aidan
Um I think he was talking about ghostbusters and and it and how it was Yeah yeah.
02:01.19
jim_phoenix
So if those who are just joining us the the format simple we’re just talking about movies Now that’s all it is we we do a streaming one and you know it’s a new one or whatever it is if you’re deor this is your spot on the internet to get your streaming content in.
02:03.41
Aidan
Have.
02:17.78
jim_phoenix
Box you mean will be joining us next time they’re just on a special assignment called they fucking off I guess I don’t know it’s all good, but right now we have aid and and because I am extremely lazy. Extremely lazy. Oh here I am we always let the special guest go first and by the way for those who that home I reviewed something that special guest is reviewing today I didn’t review it I just said I just trashed it.
02:35.54
Aidan
No, you’re not no, you’re.
02:52.40
Aidan
Yeah, yeah.
02:54.37
jim_phoenix
And they were so upset that they let me know that they like oh you just you just shash everything and and that so here you go here’s your redemption for you’ know it’s called is it darkness as a dark is it dark 30 western movie. What is it called what is called voice street screening game is called.
02:59.21
Aidan
She did.
03:05.60
Aidan
Ah I know what it’s called I know it’s called it’s flu dark. It’s called dark and it’s a German show. So I’m well yeah, obviously the I don’t know what the original or it is.
03:14.80
jim_phoenix
So it wass not really called dark because that’s not a german word. It’s like happening despite all my german listeners sorry Rabbi it.
03:22.54
Aidan
But you’re always like na na done my podcast and then and then the one time I listen to it. You’re like trashing everything ever to you as so. Ah.
03:29.56
jim_phoenix
Um, everything I didn’t scratch everything. It was just like 1 really bad show and by the way it is like I want to do dark but or maybe constantine of like constantine. That’s that’s kind of random. Okay, go for that one. You know the one on prime like.
03:44.74
Aidan
Hit.
03:47.56
jim_phoenix
They rebooted John constant I’m prime. Oh you know with both the John Wick I’m like oh even the continental. No a horror b no start the same letter. Youre right? It has a a letter god.
03:52.52
Aidan
Well, it’s very similar starts with one and it’s like several several syllables same amount of syllables and same 3 letters. It’s a very very.
04:06.38
jim_phoenix
So the very common word continental constanting continent it all good inconent. It’s scary how much I don’t care about that show I think this is a scary part of it because I’m like oh it’s a prequel and I know who couldn’t die. Okay, whatever.
04:10.40
Aidan
Very common mistakes make and it is somewhat scary just like constantine is and.
04:24.14
Aidan
I Know that it’s scary because you don’t know all the bad things and nothing.
04:25.85
jim_phoenix
Oh how? fuck.
04:30.59
jim_phoenix
He doesn’t look as any limbs. He can’t die. He is not getting maimed. He’s not going to end up like you know the other guy can’t die because he’s in it too. So it’s like like watching rogue one for me. Ah.
04:40.58
Aidan
Maybe you discover all these relatives and and close friends that he had that that him and and you know we die in the end at some point in this in this season.
04:47.62
jim_phoenix
Pain. Why are you pain? Thank you Dr Pay oh that me you not to laugh about him dying like that all right? So we decided on darkness what called dark.
05:04.71
Aidan
Yes, the show it’s a it’s a series on Netflix um, that is originally german so if you watch it in german you you have to like obviously read.
05:05.30
jim_phoenix
Art Oh God Okay, how good of what could possibly go wrong.
05:20.78
Aidan
Nonstop. There’s a lot of dialogue. So I chose to watch it dubbed which I think that’s why some people may dislike it because then the the lips did they totally do not match the words and it almost sometimes can be a bit comical because you’re like oh that’s not the voice that I imagine that character having it just.
05:24.82
jim_phoenix
Ah.
05:29.64
jim_phoenix
The lips don’t match the thing.
05:40.21
Aidan
You know it’s off you know? ah.
05:41.70
jim_phoenix
Like is most people don’t know this in my real voice another 1 they think is coming out of me but it it comes out you I mean and he just put it back in what so dark. What’s about dark.
05:55.16
Aidan
So the premise if if you know stranger things and I think I think most people who listen know know what stranger things is right.
05:58.99
jim_phoenix
Yes I hate that one too walk I hate Strangerer things. They know how much I hate stranger things I like the first season I can’t remember a second season probably willfully can’t remember after 3 I’m like what the fuck we’re doing what are we doing I think college I think they’re actually are in college. The strangest thing is none of them have jobs. That’s a strange thing for me. Oh great scooping ice cream I think that was his job at the start of the show though he’s still scooping ice cream awesome offer mobility right? there he saves the fucking world. He he scooping ice cream.
06:21.51
Aidan
Um, one of them works at a mall.
06:27.41
Aidan
And their students even their students. Why would they all have jobs. They’re like supposed to be like 12 and 15 or something.
06:36.50
jim_phoenix
But you know what? the funny thing is you’re talking more about stranger thing than dark because that’s how Shitty dark is you’d rather talk about a stranger thing and what we do in the shadows which I actually thought you thought like you’re to say like the the scary movie like what the fuck scary thing like you know I’m prime like what we do in the shadows.
06:44.14
Aidan
Um I.
06:55.80
jim_phoenix
Like that’s a scary one for you. Ah ha exactly and guess what you’re still not talking about dark. Well welcome to every conversation with me ever.
06:56.38
Aidan
Um, that was actually that was also really good, but that wasn’t really scary.
07:01.18
Aidan
Ok, all right? Well that okay, it’s just because there a lot of come. There’s a lot of common. You know, common ground between the 2 shows. That’s why I’m I’m just trying to like set it up for people. It’s very complex far more complex but far more complex and. Stranger things is okay so it’s a science fiction thriller that originally started like a few years before the pandemic it it I believe it ended right at the pandemic it it ended in 2020 the year. Yeah.
07:20.27
jim_phoenix
Well so oh.
07:29.31
jim_phoenix
It ended the pandemic this this show ended the pandemic Holy shit my mush washes again. Okay.
07:38.48
Aidan
And it follows a group of of people who live in this made up german town. Ok and they’re like about 3 key families and um, there’s a like some massive like nuclear power plant somewhere near them and it there’s underneath it. There’s like a cave and.
07:43.26
jim_phoenix
They all.
07:57.57
Aidan
People who somebody in there end up traveling in time.
07:59.51
jim_phoenix
You’ve already explained way to him. Oh my god oh my god you finally got the traveling and time thing you know what? honestly I didn’t get that fucking far I knew they’re gonna travel on time for a very first episode I watch whatever I watch I’m like oh.
08:10.37
Aidan
Um, know you won’t like half an episode and you fell asleep.
08:16.60
jim_phoenix
Best time travel. He’s having a flashback or a flash forward trip timing. Why me great and that’s all I need to know like oh he’s Goingnna call himself is all good. Oh go fuck oh like the kid’s missing probably back in time that like kid were missing probably it back in time again. Why who knows some german shit.
08:33.77
Aidan
Like um, well because of the wormhole it goes back really far. Yeah, because that no I’m just I’m not. There’s no spoilers but there’s.
08:36.53
jim_phoenix
But all hitler is is it. Hitler is it fucking nazis please to say say it’s nazis those oilers no spoilers. But it’s probably nazis.
08:48.78
Aidan
Every time a character has.
08:50.27
jim_phoenix
Her Grandma’s cookies in it. Well shit you just said that before son.
08:55.66
Aidan
Every time a character goes back or forward in history. It’s in a period of 33 years exactly 33 years
09:02.68
jim_phoenix
Dude Dude dude du dude you’re always going forward history that makes no sense. Yeah, back in history or full Also called time.
09:07.85
Aidan
Well in I mean in time I mean for okay I meant time’m back in time or forwarded. Okay, so that there are periods that go like 1986 1953 and the 1921 and so on. Ok, so there’s nothing really around world. You know world war 2 but I guess near the end of world war one yeah because you said nazis so I’m like not really, but.
09:27.97
jim_phoenix
Bingo. No No stop Bingo. You just mentioned those like years that our world war. Yeah talk I did not see that coming that.
09:46.23
Aidan
What’s what’s really messed up is that their characters who go back in time and they’re in the same they grow up in the same town. So as they age they then meet themselves but they’re younger selve like it’s so like mind twisting so and and it it is.
09:59.19
jim_phoenix
Is it That was my that was the boring part from you my go you’re meeting your younger son? Yeah yeah, no, but I flesh it out in my head Honestly, the first half hour. The.
10:03.77
Aidan
It really is no, we we didn’t even get to that part. It’s like you have to watch like the whole first season to set up that stuff.
10:17.89
jim_phoenix
Whatever the thing I watch at first episode first half hour I fleshed rested out my head that was pretty damn close I’m guessing except terror res on it. Well no, no okay so.
10:25.56
Aidan
Um, ah I haven’t even finished I’m on about the end of season 2 now. So and.
10:32.21
jim_phoenix
So I’ll give you a good shot at this you watch it dove but you can watch subtitles. But it’s a lot of reading and who likes to read I agree. No 1 likes reading. Ah and it is german so. something something something german actors who subtitled what are the effects like are they practical are they cgi I’m guessing cgi just for the hell of it. It sounds like something I would do I don’t think they’re in.
11:01.91
Aidan
There’s there’s really no need for special effects. There’s nothing I mean when they go to the 80 s it’s the all the the the clothes the cost. You know the outfits the makeup hair are very 80 s when they go back to the 20 s it’s again, they they have the cars and the.
11:07.78
jim_phoenix
Okay. But its the german eighty s those which is basically the 70 s or the sixty s they were behind a couple decades the whole I mean is is East Germany or West Germany this kind of matter.
11:17.17
Aidan
Everything matches that time period. But there’s no.
11:25.63
Aidan
Um, perhaps it’s between old town. So it’s not really.
11:31.83
jim_phoenix
Yeah, but they’re still affected by ah, a wall separating the berlin then like oh so it’s really fictional Germany where apparently fucking communism didn’t happen world war 2 never happened.
11:34.40
Aidan
Well, it’s not referred to at all in this show.
11:47.25
jim_phoenix
Boy are they germans just like that fucking allergic to talking about world war 2 they erase it from their history for sci-fi how weird sorry still have a ship of my shoulder around. Okay, so there’s no real effects. There’s what’s a sound like sound and sound sound.
11:55.70
Aidan
Ah.
12:05.50
Aidan
It’s pretty creepy as you can imagine with the title the theme song at the beginning if you could find a clip of the theme song at the beginning. It’s so amazing like.
12:07.58
jim_phoenix
Can be like this is like.
12:17.98
jim_phoenix
Can you hum it you.
12:26.97
Aidan
Um, no, no, um, but there’s there’s a the line in there. That’s like neither never nor ever Um, um.
12:29.89
jim_phoenix
Ah, no, so.
12:39.29
jim_phoenix
Nor but for fanboys yo. Yeah yeah, the show mine. Oh.
12:47.93
Aidan
Ah, you’re determined to trash this show but it’s it’s telling you. It’s a 4.5 I’m give it ah or.
12:54.71
jim_phoenix
You’re giving a 4.5 coolthuse out of like 10
13:00.52
Aidan
4 to 5 out of 5 based on well I’m almost finished the second season and the the reason I wouldn’t give it a perfect score is because they’re there’s far the characters names are confusing like I I made it because they’re german and like I I don’t you know.
13:00.55
jim_phoenix
Out of 5 venture southern first season based on first season. 4.5 out of 5
13:15.44
jim_phoenix
Um, Hansun Cuttle ob
13:19.26
Aidan
Like there’s Michael and Miel like those are easy to get. But then there’s like other names that are like you know and I’m not sure sometime who’s who because there’s a character that you think you know and then you realize oh my god that’s that character that is the same character but in a different time period who’s aged and so it’s 4
13:31.58
jim_phoenix
Oh shit wait wait wait wait are you having a flashback to the house of fucking dragon because that’s exactly the show. That’s the house of dragon you know that right? like oh is this? oh is it is she 12 or she 30 or what is that the same person and who’s naming these picking people. rackey no I don’t know dude so is is are you doing a house of dragon. Are you saying that dark is like the worst parts of the house of dragon you’ve never seen the house of dragon.
13:58.94
Aidan
Um, well I don’t know I haven’t seen house of dragon no I’ve seen enter the dragon and Bruce Lee
14:05.87
jim_phoenix
Ah, have you seen? Ah, the hobbass hobees is the same fucking Kaza el elf names hobbit names actually a ho names are pretty normal. The elf names are fucked up.
14:10.89
Aidan
Is.
14:23.14
jim_phoenix
I can’t mean there is Justin Bieber Elf I think that’s one the off teams so we give it 4.5 out of 5 Oh fuck oh man can I follow that damn it I have to follow it bra damn it brannicck I got this chimbo I’ll follow it. Oh boy, no fuck off right.
14:31.70
Aidan
Yeah.
14:43.19
jim_phoenix
Yeah, we’ll we’ll make this a short one. Oh okay, ah, let’s give him some make enough beer made up beer Jimbo yeah more of that stuff I love it all right? So my movie is Soexs Socks socks socks socks saw oh saw 10 fuck.
15:01.71
jim_phoenix
That could be more confusing my movie saw 10 it came out this year right now I believe this week was a first week and out that means if you’re still listening to it. Don’t listen to some german dub thing. Don’t listen to dubstep go it a saw x if you were a fan of the first. Currently 9 or 10 of them. So I don’t know if they counted the remake for the the spiral is that part of this universe I’m not really sure that a brand new thing I’m not really sure where in time this is I wasn’t paying touch that much I I did big as drink I have like a fucking fish bowl drink in my head. Tos on the sand so I need so it follows a journey of John Kramer I’ll read from the I amdb a sick and desperate john travels to Mexico for risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer. Only first cancer I can almost read this again only to discover his entire operation does a scam did it fraud the most vulnerable so you have something where they’re making jigsaw more of a person. Versus just a spooky guy who kills everyone that gives him ah more of a character line and they they kind of sink it in from there. It is interesting in a way. It’s also hard to see in a way so it’s interesting because they are fleshing out this guy a little bit.
16:35.72
jim_phoenix
Hello night but it’s hard to see in the way if you ever had someone dying slowly in front of you. This movie gets kind of tough to watch I I give it head someone now one is kind of like oh there were partss of like hey hey, okay, can we just kill the kids now please instead of watching. And old guy die slowly in front of me that that’ll be awesome. It’s the it’s a plot that we seen before as the vengeance trope. It’s the that you know they they wrong the be the wrong guy the wrong the wrong guy boy english language dumb. But they. Did wrong to the the person they should never mess with and you start cheering for the guy who’s killing everyone in other movies if you watched in movies before you see and Karill. You know he’s in the first one and you kind of root for the people a bit. This one. You’re not rooting for anyone at all. What do you think aid and this is 1 time special guests like start having conversation with me by the way you know.
17:39.14
Aidan
Um, well I I actually would have no desire to watch saw 10 But I saw the first 2 and I truly truly love the first one.
17:51.17
jim_phoenix
You love baby? Yoda the first one he was very small. He is only 30 you can barely box it. Ah but but so you like the first one. Yeah.
17:56.91
Aidan
Um, so long. Yeah yeah, but when the same guy who played princess bride I think yeah yeah, heck I is what you didn’t.
18:04.62
jim_phoenix
I Just said Curiosity asked that way to I’m so glad that people are paying attention to the conversation I’m havinging with him are.
18:13.57
Aidan
Yeah, but not a lot of people don’t know that it’s the same guy from Princess bride because he’s older and and it’s like a much darker type of film. So um, so I I didn’t want to see song.
18:24.23
jim_phoenix
Where’d you watch it at. Did you watch her. You didn’t watch. Did you watch it in Quebec did you see you saw our decadence. Okay so you didn’t watch it because the front the cupa colic title is decadence which makes.
18:29.33
Aidan
Yes I watched it in Quebec. Yes, no, just saw in 2004 is but almost twenty years ago okay well
18:41.95
jim_phoenix
Almost no sense. But apparently saw doesn’t translate.
18:45.57
Aidan
I was I was tricked by a friend told me that it was another film because they knew I wouldn’t have seen a horror film but they tricked me and I thought I was seeing something else and then by the time I realized what it was It was like it’s too late.
18:47.90
jim_phoenix
Your trick.
18:57.48
jim_phoenix
What time did you realize you were seeing something else because it starts out pretty gruesome was like but the title all that is true. It’s been brutal.
19:01.72
Aidan
Well I watch like 20 minutes of preers you know in previews before you you know? yeah and I don’t know like that was still like I thought anyway in the end I was glad that I saw it. The premise is great.
19:16.29
jim_phoenix
You got your salsa.
19:19.74
Aidan
It. It was so good that it made that That’s only reason I watched a second one because I thought it might live to live up to that kind of expectation but the second one was not as good and then so I just basically figured that third will only it will only get one there so I didn’t really try again. Um.
19:30.38
jim_phoenix
Somewhere around 7 you’re like ah.
19:35.56
jim_phoenix
I think you might like 10 because I’m in the same boat I washed it first one I thought oh that’s interesting I honestly don’t think I watched it maybe I watched the second one maybe but I don’t have a great impression on it because I’m like oh okay.
19:38.58
Aidan
Oh yeah.
19:54.75
jim_phoenix
It was something like there’s there’s another one that I watched later on that was like number 6 or some I skipped a few it was like oh it’s on Tv I don’t want to turn my tv off like I just leave it on I guess and fall asleep to it and that was how I watched other one.
20:05.70
Aidan
Ah, yeah.
20:13.17
Aidan
What’s it’s obviously a good formula that works for them that that they if they keep it’s like the fast and the furious right? They just keep like.
20:13.33
jim_phoenix
So um, yeah.
20:16.61
jim_phoenix
Paint my number. Oh god yeah time on my Twitter feed or my x feed or hell it is now threads I guess but yeah, there’s a formula things will happen. People have tried to make the decision if they want to cut. They’re left ear off or get their throat slit. Whatever you know is like oh decisions decisions one will lead to escape the other one will lead to your death. You know? Yeah, oh yeah.
20:42.39
Aidan
Um, and.
20:46.75
Aidan
Or or someone else’s death right? That’s so often like you know this person that you yeah.
20:54.33
jim_phoenix
But there’s a small swerve here for this one. So it’s the same formula except that here the the first act is really a first act. it’s it’s it’s the first one the first act is like Bam you’re writing the action you’re trying to figure out what the hell is going on. Number 10 the first act is an actual act you’re you’re building up the character of John in which honestly I’m pretty sure Iss the same guy but he’s been doing this for a bazillion years now Tobin Bell let me see Tobvin Bell I want to say Tovin Bell is chigcksaw yeah holy shit he is I do believe the original jigsaw I’m pretty sure people like knowing that game me’s else like I whatever don’t give shit actually I actually don’t give a shit I think he’s original jigsaw I’m going with that and. Have them still do it after all these years like 20 years the same character, especially he wasn’t not a young spry guy. It’s kind of like the count do cool of it all, but he’s there. He’s fleshing it out. He does a great performance I love him in it. The the other people who are in it all do really? Well this there’s the actings top notge it. It really is Shawnie Smith’s back as a mander and if you ever play Deb Bor I’m not Goingnna do the otherwise dead by daylight you’re like oh I get it now.
22:26.22
jim_phoenix
Yeah, cool it makes you want to boop the nose and try to run away. There are obvious things when you don’t know anything at all about saw if somehow you didn’t watch any in the movies. The last twenty years like oh saw x I can’t wait to see a random as fucking.
22:45.79
Aidan
Um, which.
22:46.15
jim_phoenix
Sequel to a movie I’ve never over a watch before if you’re that person you’re just gonna have a comer twenty years ago like I’m gonna go to movies today. Damn it is either this or haunting in Venice might be too scary you fall in Venice but you will see there might be some formula early on you. You. Might you’re gonna guess that they’re to screw him over you’re gonna guess all this things are gonna happen. You might not who know who John is but he’s very very intelligent and his intelligence not just in in game mastering. But in other aspects of as a physical realm in physics and just being a psychologist really. Come to play gore. Yeah there’s some gore there’s some parts where I’m like oh man and I wish this was kind of fast forward to this one part right here I won’t tell you what it was but it’s fast forwardable. The characters are flawed. They all have their own issues. They all try to work through their issues and he is more a mentor figure in this one because you’re seeing the behind the scenes instead of just the people struggling like the people struggling are almost secondary so it really is a more fleshing out of that character and I liked it for that. It’s about hour fifty something there is a small scene towards the ending credits but nothing like Marvel does or did I should say ah you know what? it’s an hour fifty eight. It’s a good way to kick off ah October for Halloween.
24:21.76
jim_phoenix
If you are into gore it is a gore movie if you’re not to gore just skip this movie entirely. But if you’re okay of gore you want to see an okay movie. You can do much worse I’m and give saw you gave ah dark 4.5 I’m giving a saw 4.5600000000000005 hot that’s right
24:32.38
Aidan
Um, yes, what are go in.
24:40.62
jim_phoenix
Because it’s got be better than dark even though it is decent I Honestly it’s more a before for me but I’m not spoiling shit So I can’t tell you I let I’m not saying anything man I don’t know.
24:44.83
Aidan
Does it have the same formula though like where you like a twist ending or some kind of like surprise and I used is there a twist. It’s okay, some people might want to see it if there is a twist.
24:58.39
jim_phoenix
Boiler Free is play free. Well then they should watch a different podcast and see if there’s fucking twist them next I don’t spoil shit Anyways, Now even though there’s a twist is always a spoiling if if you.
25:03.98
Aidan
Oh that’s not really anything. You’re not saying what the twist is the twist is that he speaks German he speaks German fluently.
25:15.54
jim_phoenix
Right? or watch enough movies. You just dissect and which is why dark was very boring for me I’ve seen that shit before it was like ah like this is done. This is already done for me. But I honest. Okay this honest rating for maybe 4.2 that that’s out of 5 fulfill that my final offer now. Oh man, you know what though god I have to say I will tell you one twist. Are you ready for one single twist I’ll give you it. There’s 1 time where the guy was running from John.
25:45.56
Aidan
E.
25:52.16
jim_phoenix
This is early on the movie. Maybe maybe even midway in the movie. Maybe even midway in the movie and this dos just like ha an ass but then he starts cramping up. He starts cramping up and you you know if you’re running. It’s it’s kind of bad. Cramp up, especially you not killers like chasing you and you you have to get out before you know this is owl happens in act one by the way and damn it I felt so bad because I was drinking. The 1 thing they helped the killer escape John but I got not the killer but you know escape John. Liquid iv I had if if only they could share some liquid iv I’m like damn it if he just would have stopped for liquid iv he would been out runningnning John and not have like done those horrible bloody things get to get done. So if you have wrong jigsaw in some way by doing some shady cancer treatments.
26:32.63
Aidan
Um, if you could.
26:51.20
jim_phoenix
Around anyone doing a shady cancer treatment boy the quote iv’s go to drop my as ah maybe if you need out run them. You should probably get some liquid iv I like cherry flavor if that’s a flavor if not schnnozzle bery. That’s a flavor right. Right now get 20% off when you grab your liquid ivy hydration multiplier sugar free or any other variant at liquidiv.com and use code haunted 100 at checkout. That’s 20% off anything you order when you shop better hydration today using promo code haunted 100 at liquidiy.com yeah I use it the guys and saws should hell use. It. They would have gotten away but too bad they didn’t that’s it so there you go liquid ivy thanks for the spot I know it so paying the bills paying the bills.
27:43.72
Aidan
Um.
27:46.12
jim_phoenix
So like so I was like they’re fucking a pie so he had more liquido iv then and then this guy’s running way after fucking over a cancer patient. Awesome that that that’s their that’s their image right now that’s her brand like iv.com so what do you want to plug Aidan.
27:53.68
Aidan
It.
28:04.69
Aidan
Well around this time of year people tend to buy a lot of candy. A lot of chocolate. Um, so I thought if ah if someone is into getting chocolate and doing some good in the world.
28:18.11
jim_phoenix
This this look what I think Lee could I be.
28:19.91
Aidan
And they might want to buy ah a brand called peace by chocolate which is a company that was set up by a syrian family and that came here after the war. Yes, Syria not and.
28:24.71
jim_phoenix
A syrian a asyria or Syrian not as Syria there different different countries. You know that the kid to a Canada or Canada.
28:37.40
Aidan
They came to Canada yes, one of the candidates and ah settled in this small town in Nova Scotia and um and they had no like others.
28:43.69
jim_phoenix
1 of the candidates the kanaas.
28:53.79
Aidan
Skills apparently than to just continue making chocolate and they make really good cooking. But.
28:55.69
jim_phoenix
They make Grandma cookies. Oh my God Hey jacker.
29:09.31
jim_phoenix
Your chocolate I like chocolate so much where is chocolate.
29:17.24
Aidan
Um, are you done a piece by chocolate. Yeah.
29:19.30
jim_phoenix
What’s a cup. What’s a card.
29:30.53
Aidan
Um, and they have like the cutest like Halloween bars now with like gold east and and pinkins and and if you are it.
29:31.80
jim_phoenix
How make the these plate. Yeah how we love our so much.
29:42.41
jim_phoenix
Ah, then Spice is my worst spice girl. Oh.
29:44.77
Aidan
If you go to piece by chocolate dot ca you can get 10% off your first order.
29:51.29
jim_phoenix
Ah, Taka Cha gotpa.
29:55.82
Aidan
Um, well yeah, yeah.
29:56.12
jim_phoenix
Ah time with car this car Hu ka.
30:01.19
jim_phoenix
He I make think you say spy bys sorry he’s he’s pass his bad time because he heard the CHOC ah late whatever house built word and it kind of got ramped up. So it’s pieced by that word dot comma you can say it.
30:13.28
Aidan
Um.
30:16.28
Aidan
Dot c a dot c a piece by sugar la piece by chocolate.ca.
30:19.87
jim_phoenix
Not Ca So what’s what’s website again.
30:26.70
jim_phoenix
Dude, you might want to say this So anyone understands you yeah so is it p I C E or P E a C So P E a C E B Y C H O l.
30:33.89
Aidan
No no look peace like international day of peace right? CHOCOL a t
30:43.31
jim_phoenix
DATEDotC a don’t have dylu like have a spelling me today. So it’s it’s peace as in peace and love got it by chocolate. That’s.
30:52.82
Aidan
Yeah, yeah, it’s a nice play on words and they they want to promote peace in the world by you know, making everyone consume their chocolate and it and it was something that was given to Trudeau which is given to Biden so it’s it’s got a really like a lot of international buzz.
31:01.34
jim_phoenix
Have diabetes and turn.
31:11.39
Aidan
Ah, from that exchange and um and it’s it has to be very very good.
31:12.44
jim_phoenix
More I dig it I like peace and I like that other word if you are in the c a land go Trump out I him and for me I am doing teeny’s creep week. Oh boy October sixth to the fifteenth. Ha to discovery’s new series brand new series Friday October sixth at Nine P M Eastern pacific and by the way I might be having a little bit of a talk or talk with these people ah coming out new and what’s cracking and of course history’s most haunted season finale. Friday October Thirteenth Ten p m eastern pacific only on t and e go check them out. They have a free preview for creep week that is october six to the fifteenth level them teeny on tv check them out and that is my plug. So. On behalf of myself Jim Phoenix my special guest a and and Nick Mcgee who stopped in for a half minute and probably payne who’s probably passed out with mega du be right now. I bid you all good day bye everyone.
32:25.66
Aidan
Um, bye.
32:26.65
jim_phoenix
Is the outro music. It’s got you know who didn’t call in today terror read. Ah just ah I just want ah right Tara around the outro. But what’s up girl or just want.
32:33.86
Aidan
Um, one damien one day.
32:45.23
jim_phoenix
Okay, nope that was Bigfoot I’m getting better at that screening than Bigfoot and start to read.
33:03.85
jim_phoenix
Yeah minute.
Movies n TV
Evil: “F is for Fire” (S2E3)
“F is for Fire” is an episode of the supernatural drama, Evil. The assessors investigate a pyromaniac for potential demonic possession.
“F is for Fire” is an episode of the supernatural drama, Evil, created by Michelle King and Robert King. The central cast includes Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, Aasif Mandvi, Michael Emerson, Christine Lahti, and Andrea Martin. It originally aired under CBS before moving to Paramount+. As of this review, it’s available through Netflix and Paramount+ and its add-ons.
The assessors investigate a pyromaniac for potential demonic possession. David (Mike Colter) brings Sister Andrea (Andrea Martin) into his circle of trust. Ben (Aasif Mandvi) remembers old Islamic stories of jinn. Kristen (Katja Herbers) meets an incredibly hot and mysterious figure. Sheryl (Christine Lahti) finds a therapist to work out her problems.
What I Like about Evil: “F is for Fire”
“F is for Fire” improves on Evil’s special effects, showing a renewed focus and competency in the area. The last season would likely use a more comical design, favoring tone over haunting the viewer with its budget. It helps that the design holds a haunting element to its fiery creature.
This episode introduces something outside the Christian/Catholic depiction, specifically relating to the Islamic jinn. This new element creates an understandable friction for the Catholic assessors. As Ben was raised Muslim and David’s Catholic teachings don’t permit the concept of jinn, it challenges both outside their comfort zone. Perhaps more so for Ben, who prides himself as an Atheist.
Either through trauma or evil influence, Kristen seems changed and impulsive. Her passionate pursuit of risks makes the viewer wonder how far she plans on going. With the introduction of her mysterious stranger, it seems a darker turn will soon follow.
While far from the darkest or most haunting episode Evil put to the screen, “F is for Fire” does suggest an unsettling new norm for the team. The plot also introduces a new supernatural villain who seems to create tangible harm beyond most of season 1’s earlier supernatural creatures. The stakes are greater now than ever, and “F is for Fire” aims to prove this to the viewer.
Tired Tropes and Triggers
There’s a wider theological friction within this episode, which I’ve mentioned earlier. This difference focuses on Islamic and Catholic understanding of spiritual forces and exorcisms. I am not versed enough to pretend to know if these are accurate portrayals, but I will expand on this point.
While not given much attention or focus, a demon sexually assaults a male character. Again, this lingers on the subjective state, but we know demons exist in this show by now, so the assaults feel less speculative and more real.
This episode continues flirting with infidelity that might irk some viewers. While nothing comes of this plot yet, the implications seem to suggest something will happen.
What I Dislike about Evil: “F is for Fire”
Sheryl’s attempted manipulation of another character seems awkwardly unnecessary and overly dramatic. I assume this act intends to show her manipulative character, which “F is for Fire” certainly adds to, but it does look like an attempt to connect two characters to fill time.
The jinn description is so minute that I don’t see how Ben came to any conclusion outside of a typical demon. A more detailed description might make Ben’s conclusion more reasonable to the viewer.
David’s claim that jinn are not of God and thus can’t exist which isn’t exactly true. From my understanding of Muslim lore, angels, jinn, and humans are of God and capable of good and evil. Perhaps a more accurate claim might suggest things outside the bible cannot exist.
Final Thoughts
“F is for Fire” tempts the assessors in new ways, sparking some unsettling weaknesses for Evil to rise. It continues layering the overarching plot and building the personal trials facing each character. While not the most haunting episode, “F is for Fire” nurtures a coming flame by building atop tension.
(3 / 5)
Hello everyone and Happy October! It’s time for some spooky goodness and terrifying treats. And of course at HauntedMTL, it’s our favourite time of the year.
That being said, this review is a long time coming.
I first had the pleasure of viewing LAST ONE ALIVE’s Michigan premier at Motor City Nightmares, a horror convention and film festival. In the audience was writer and director David Axe and star Caylin Sams to promote the film and answer questions.
And since I was fashionably late to the movie, I asked Axe if it was possible to snag a screener to watch the full movie and, well, here we are.
So, enjoy this rare spoiler-free review.
The Plot of ONE LEFT ALIVE:
Sara (Sams) is the lone survivor of a brutal massacre of her friends in the woods one fateful night.
And where most movies end here, ONE LEFT ALIVE begins.
Burdened by survivor’s guilt, police suspicion, newly found fame and growing nihilism, Sara navigates the world and her memories after the attack. Trying to regain her sanity and find out why she was the only one left alive, Sara keeps going back to the woods, searching for answers…or maybe her own ending.
Thoughts of ONE LEFT ALIVE:
LEFT ONE ALIVE is a unique film. It’s a slow-burn independent drama where the horror isn’t so much what’s out in the woods but picking up the pieces of a life interrupted by tragedy.
But that isn’t to say that it’s devoid of humor.
Writing
The writing swings between clichéd to clever, and sometimes to cleverly clichéd. There’s quite a bit of meta humor, but it’s not irritatingly so. It’s more through the perspective of Sara instead of any grand sweeping statements. There’s a point in LEFT ONE ALIVE where the actress playing Sara in a movie (Lorelei Linklater) confronts her for material and motivation. Sara becomes an on-looker of the film, watching another woman play the person who she had to become on the worst night of her life. We see her seeing the fake creatures (tubbies) that the fake film’s effects department created and realizing that her experiences are just being exploited.
But during these scenes, there’s humor mixed in. She punches the actress when she gets annoyed with the questioning, but only grows closer to her. Dating the actress afterwards in a strange relationship
Also, when seeing the fake Tubbies (the monsters) for the first time, she was really vocal about their missing…appendages. Dangly appendages.
Acting and Cast
However, some of the most genuine scenes came when Sara was with her sister, Sam (Rachel Tracy). The acting throughout ONE LEFT ALIVE can be slightly stilted. However, it shines brightest between Sams and Tracy, showing the bond of their sisterhood and the love they share. It felt very natural and organic, really achieving some of the best moments of the film.
For such a tight budget, Axe really was able to use a lot of resources. The casting was really impressive, having both seasoned and new actors including Rachel Petsiavas, Alex Javo, the delightful Sanethia Dresch, and Raj Karottukunnel.
Cinematography
Sarah Massey produced, shot and edited the film, and took risks with some of the shots. However, the risk paid off, not only keeping the story and perspectives interesting, but also reminded me of the art of cinematography.
It’s not often when a movie reminds me that yes, this is a moving picture. Each scene should be expressed in a way that suits the theme, mood and acting. I don’t want to sound old and be like, “movies these days…” But here we are. I am old and also, movies these days. Cinematic shots are meant to serve as a kind of shorthand for what the audience is meant to be feeling – what the expression of the film is and inside the minds of our characters (i.e., long shots to show the character is feeling alone or overwhelmed, etc.). Cinematography 101 stuff.
One shot in LEFT ONE ALIVE that was clever and simple to execute was when Sara goes missing and her sister, Sam, is waiting at home, pacing back and forth. The camera moves with her as other characters are sitting down. The motion follows her unease, focusing only on her and her fear that something horrible has happened. Again. The audience experiences this unease with her as we, too, pace with her.
Music
Also, the music in LEFT ONE ALIVE – color me impressed. It’s often that I’ll watch a horror movie and either the music is too jarring (looking at you, Longlegs) or just doesn’t fit because it’s thrown in without relating to the movie itself. Tyler Matthews does an incredible job at adding to the scene than detracting from it in a careful balance. The music is never too intrusive as to divert attention away from the acting or cinematography, nor does it overstay its welcome. The editing and sound design were clever with when to have silence, music, and natural sound. It’s a difficult balance to do and LEFT ONE ALIVE is a shining example of how to do it right.
Critiques
The only critiques that I have are, as mentioned, the acting can be stilted. Some of the bigger concepts (like finding the new species, making a film within a film, and the legal/media issues) will need you to suspend your disbelief a bit. And as much as I love a slow-burn, some of scenes could have been cut down (like the uber ride).
BRAINROLL JUICE:
For this section I was going to talk about PTSD and dogmen, but then while researching for this review, I saw something I’d rather talk about more.
This movie was one of the last films with actor Raj Karottukunnel, who passed away in April of this year. He was very young (40 is young, trust me) and left behind two daughters. It’s evident he was extremely loved by those who knew him and he will be missed greatly.
There is a gofundme for his daughters for a college fund for them: Fundraiser by Rejani Nedumchira : Raj’s Princess Warriors (gofundme.com)
Sometimes when we watch movies, especially independent movies, we forget how fucking hard it is to make a film. It takes time. Work. Talent. Ambition. A lot of luck. Everyone goes an extra mile because it’s a small crew and it’s a dream that they have. They get to live it, but it takes a lot of effort.
It’s easy to forget there’s a forest through the trees and that these are all people. People with hopes and dreams and fears and whole other lives. Maybe they’re in front of the camera, maybe they’re directing the camera, or maybe they’re like my production assistant friend throwing dirt on actors for a civil war history show. But they all have a home and a family to go back to at the end of the day. And it’s incredibly sad when they don’t get to.
So, I guess this is just my soapbox to remind fans to be kind. Remember to be grateful and gracious of the people who are part of this very cool thing that we love and care about. Horror is, ironically, about community. About a place to belong, even in our darkest moments, even when we’re weird and gross. Let’s keep it weird and gross and lovely and, above all, kind.
BOTTOMLINE:
Even though it’s not in distribution yet, when it is and you’re looking for something a little different in your horror repertoire, I would highly suggest LEFT ONE ALIVE.
(4 / 5)
We’ve reached episode five of Marvel’s Agatha All Along. And after last week’s bombshell reveal, I expected some serious answers.
I’m happy to say we got them.
The story
We begin our episode again on The Road. But now, for the first time, the coven is not alone. They’re being hunted by a terrifying group of witches called the Salem Seven. Trapped, they craft brooms and take off into the air.
This only allows them to escape for a few moments, but a few moments is all they need to get into the relative safety of the next challenge house.
There, they find themselves in a sleepover. This is Agatha’s challenge. And of course, Agatha’s challenge is that she has to face the ghosts of her past—the literal ghosts, including the ghosts of her mother and her son.
While they do get out of the challenge, they leave someone behind. Agatha, having shown her true colors again, reveals that she knows who Teen is finally.
And by the end, so do we.
What worked
I want to begin by talking about The Salem Seven. Because they are creepy as hell.
The way they move is fantastic. Their strange, jerky movements are unnerving enough to get under just about anyone’s skin. But knowing who they are, and why they hate Agatha, lends an additional level of emotional trauma.
I also really liked that this challenge took place in a sleepover. Even better, a sleepover in the late eighties, early nineties. As anyone who attended a girl’s sleepover during that time will tell you, those got witchy even if no one at the party associated with being a witch. There were ouija boards. There was fortune telling. There was calling on evil demons, like Bloody Mary and Candy Man. I may or may not have been a part of a game of Light as a Feather, Stiff As A Board in which a friend was dropped on the concrete basement floor. The point is, sleepovers get witchy and I appreciate the acknowledgment. I also liked that the rules regarding the Ouija board were pretty well spot on.
And pretty well ignored as soon as Teen spoke them.
Speaking of Teen, he is just about done with everyone’s catty behavior. And I mean everyone, including Agatha. His opinion of her seems to have greatly changed since the beginning of this journey. And he has clearly had enough.
Rio and Agatha’s relationship has also changed. It’s fascinating to see Rio be so protective of Agatha, while at the same time still ready and raring to kill her. While I’m not sure that’s the healthiest relationship, it kind of seems to work for them.
What didn’t work
All of that being said, there was one glaring problem with this episode. And it is, unfortunately, Agatha.
We’ll recall that Agatha, at the start of this season, wasn’t a good person. She was not a good person in Wandavision, so that shouldn’t be surprising. I will again remind everyone that Agatha killed Sparky.
But by this time in the season, I would have expected her to have had some character growth. And that is not what we are seeing here. It appears that Agatha is just as selfish, just as fast-talking, and just as cruel as she’s ever been.
And that is just not what we wanted. If we get to the end of the season and Agatha hasn’t grown, then it’s going to feel like a cheat. While the adventures along The Road are fun, I don’t think that’s what we’re all here for. At least it’s not what I’m here for.
Let’s hope we start seeing some character growth next week. Otherwise, this whole journey is going to feel worthless.
(3.5 / 5)
