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  2. The Best of The History of The RotCast Vol 1: The First 100 Episodes

    Whelp, here it is, our epic best-of/history-of clip-show, spanning the first 100 episodes of the RotCast. We cut out most of the bullshit and still this thing is a beast. So big it was crashing mp3 players and we had to split it into two parts!

    There’s stuff in here for every fan of the show, both old and new. Historic battles of wit and stupidity, train-wrecks a plenty, arguments over sparkling vampires and catty Harry Potter characters. Oh, and occasionally we act like adults, too.

    We fully expect exactly nobody to listen to this in one sitting. Take your time, let it sink in. Let the notes below guide you on your path through the beginnings and early middles of… The RotCast…

    Season 1 - Start at the beginning of the Part 1 MP3

    • Ep #1 - The first RotCast
    • Ep #2 - The Wachowski siblings
    • Ep #4 - Transformer’s discussion, fan DVD commentaries, 1st trashing of Harry Knowles, World War Z, Indiana Jones 4 will never happen
    • Ep #7 - The Movie Blog take-down controversy, rants on movie studios, James’ Rodney Dangerfield impression
    • Ep #11 - Children of Men trailer, TMNT trailer, Heath Ledger’s casting as The Joker
    • Ep #13 - Employee of the Month, Golden Girls & Lindsay Lohan jokes
    • Ep #14 - Die Hard 4, Justin Long jokes
    • Ep #16 - Dave reviews Ginger Snaps, mention of HotD commentary, Paul Giamatti dick jokes, Dark Knight title bet
    • Ep #17 - HotD Commentary, Werewolf argument, Apocalypto & drunk Mel Gibson, Neil Blomkamp to direct Halo, JJ Abrams to direct Star Trek, Kevin Smith’s horror movie
    • Ep #18 - More on the HotD commentary
    • HotD DVD Commentary - Intro, Carrot Top, Clint Howard, Erica Durance nude scene, James loves Ona Graouer, vomit, roundup
    • Ep #20 - Nick the Stick sketch, HotD commentary, Some Kind of Monster review
    • Ep #21 - Dave doing a British accent character
    • Ep #22 - Nick the Stick, more Lindsay Lohan jokes, what makes a good porno?
    • Ep #23 - Jungle book movie, first appearance of Andrea


    Season 2     - Start at 3:12:33 of the Part 1 MP3

    • Ep #24 - The First Video Show, open sketch
    • Ep #29 - Evan Almighty review
    • Ep #31 - The Last video show, closing news segment


    Season 3     - Start at the beginning of the Part 2 MP3

    • Ep #32 - Our one-year hiatus
    • Ep #33 - Banter with Andrea, eGamer Show jingle, Surveillance review, first use of the “yes/no” system
    • Ep #37 - Andrea and Dave alone
    • Ep #39 - Porn vs Horror
    • Ep #42 - Andrea tries to synopsize Up, on racism, Twilight fight
    • Ep #45 - Dave’s spam folder
    • Ep #47 - The infamous Pontypool review
    • Ep #50 - First episode of Movie Webmaster Big Brother, fight over how many films Tarantino has directed
    • Ep #54 - “Cum Brothers” Nomination on MWBB
    • Ep #56 - Harry Potter fight
    • Ep #57 - Andrea’s orange juice addiction, James reviews Gamer and The Pacifier
    • Ep #59 - Innuendo Andrea, Andrea rips on Dave, punching Quentin Tarantino in the face
    • Ep #61 - Movie Webmaster Big Brother Winner reveal
    • Ep #65 - Oscar setup, horror montage, Best Director/Picture, James hates on Katherine Bigelow


    Season 4     - Start at 4:36:59 of the Part 2 MP3

    • Ep #71 - Andrea and Dave alone (again)
    • Ep #74 - Dave’s Salacious Crumb laugh impression
    • Ep #75 - Dave’s Salacious Crumb laugh impression (continued)
    • Ep #79 - Dave parodies the open of The Movie Blog Podcast
    • Ep #85 - Did Dave kill Jack Horkheimer, Piranha is soft core porn
    • Ep #90 - Dave hates on Canadians (again), Dave sells a stuffed animal to Bill Murray
    • Ep #100 - The RotCast by the numbers

    Full Runtime: 9hr 19in 52sec

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  3. Hello - The Lionel Richie classic as spoken (sung?) by the likes of John Cusack, Ken, Liam Neeson, Elvis, Woody Allen, Bruce Lee, and many others.

    Also - Baby, Baby, Baby… Nooooooooooooooo!

  4. The RotCast Episode #144 - The Not So Muppets

    Reel Talk with Dave & James

    Review & Discussion

    • The Muppets

    What the NetFlix?!

    Miscellaneous Media That We Have Consumed

    • James: Meloncholia
    • Dave: Batman Arkham City (Video Game), Star Wars The Old Republic (Video Game)

    Full Runtime: 2hr 37in 36sec

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    THIS WEEK’S MUZAC

    Segment #1 (Reel Talk)
    1. Cry Wolf - Mr. Little Jeans - The Suburbs (Cry Wolf Remix)
    2. Slam - Temperance
    3. Ben Sims - Make That Sht Funk
    4. Adam Beyer - A Walking Contradiction (Joseph Capriati Remix)
    5. Nicole Moudaber - Contents Of My Head
    6. Kaiserdisco - Drum Suspension
    7. Cari Lekebusch & Joseph Capriati - Napoli 4pm
    8. Jesper Dahlback - No Control
    9. Dustin Zahn - Breaking The Cycle
    10. Joel Mull - Shake Trip

    Segment #2 (The Muppets Review)
    1. The Muppets - OST

    Segment #4 (What We Watched)
    1. Altered Images - Don’t Talk To Me About Love (Extended Version)
    2. Heaven 17 - (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (Rapino Club Mix)
    3. Duran Duran - Girls On Film (12inch Mix)
    4. Ultravox - All Stood Still (12inch Version)
    5. Paul Young - Come Back And Stay (12inch Mix)
    6. Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Extended Version)

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  5. The RotCast Episode #136 – Soft on Star Wars

    This week we are joined on our Star Wars on Blu-Ray review by special guest Jamie Benning, creator of the viral hit Star Wars filmumentaries Star Wars Begins, Building Empire and Returning to Jedi and the upcoming Raiding the Lost Ark. Follow Jamie on Twitter @JamieSWB!


    News & Trailers

    Review & Discussion

    • Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-Ray Edition (featuring @JamieSWB!)
    • Drive (Special thanks to CHUD for the tickets!)

    Miscellaneous Media That We Have Consumed

    • Dave: Evil Things
    • James: Entourage (TV), True Blood (TV), Vanishing of the Bees (Doc), Hulk Hogan’s Micro Championship Wrestling (TV)

    Full Runtime: 2hr 40min 45sec

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    THIS WEEK’S MUZAC

    Segment #1 (Intro and News)
    1. Ana Tijoux - 1977
    2. Sean Tyas - Banshee
    3. Super8 and Tab Feat Jan Burton - Empire
    4. Ehren Stowers - Ascent
    5. Robert Nickson and Thomas Datt - Godless
    6. Super9 and Tab Feat Jan Burton - Mercy
    7. Thomas Coastline - Kill My Skill

    Segment #2 (Star Wars BR Review)
    1. Jefferon Starship - Light The Sky (From The Star Wars Holiday Special)
    2. Tydi Feat Tania Zygar - Why Do I Care
    3. Ultimate - Wonderland (Colonial One Remix)
    4. Eco - The Light In Your Eyes Went Out (Club Mix)
    5. Juventa - Dionysia (Original Mix)
    6. Specific Slice - Death Of Aphrodite (Sensi pres. Dark Dynasty Remix)
    7. Steve Bengaln - Terminal (James Dymond Remix)
    8. Straight Up - The Sky Is Not The Limit (Olbaid Remix)

    Segment #3 (Drive Review)
    1. Incubus - Drive
    2. Frou Frou - Hear Me Out
    3. DJ magnet - Love Comes Running Up That Hill Quickly    
    4. The Hood Internet - Some Cut Like A Knife
    5. The Hood Internet - Cars and Quarters and Green Lights
    6. Mates of State - The Kissaway

    Segment #4 (What We Watched)
    1. Garbage - Milk (Massive Attack Remix)
    2. Super8 & Tab Feat Anton Sonin - Black Is The New Yellow (Protoculture Remix)
    3. Tom8 and Luke Ryan - We Could (Radio Edit)
    4. Touchstone - No Way Back (Original Mix)
    5. Robert Nickson - We Won’t Forget (Arty Remix)
    6. Nuera - Green Cape Sunset (Original Mix)
    7. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

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  6. Macho Man: Jedi Knight - The only additional Special Edition edit Lucas could make for the upcoming Star Wars Blu-Rays that I would be ok with… [via thefrogman] - James

    Macho Man: Jedi Knight - The only additional Special Edition edit Lucas could make for the upcoming Star Wars Blu-Rays that I would be ok with…

    [via thefrogman]

    - James

  7. Jed I Knight? Why Must Geeks Damn Their Kids? - Dave

    Jed I Knight? Why Must Geeks Damn Their Kids?

    - Dave

  8. The Adventures of Biggs Darklighter When I think of all the possible  Star Wars side stories and spin-offs, Biggs never comes up. It takes the fandom community to show us the light sometimes. I do remember watching the Ewoks cartoon as a kid, but I really would have marked out for a Biggs show had it been marketed like this.  The BIGGS by Adam Limbert (deviantART) (Facebook) (Twitter) (via justinrampage) - Dave

    The Adventures of Biggs Darklighter

    When I think of all the possible  Star Wars side stories and spin-offs, Biggs never comes up. It takes the fandom community to show us the light sometimes. I do remember watching the Ewoks cartoon as a kid, but I really would have marked out for a Biggs show had it been marketed like this. 

    The BIGGS by Adam Limbert (deviantART) (Facebook) (Twitter)

    (via justinrampage)

    - Dave

  9. The Empire Strikes Back - A Literal Interpretation Alt-title “This Will Teach You To Whine About Your Parentage!” - Dave

    The Empire Strikes Back - A Literal Interpretation

    Alt-title “This Will Teach You To Whine About Your Parentage!”

    - Dave

  10. Link Blowout #78

    Jack Conte’s Tron Legacy + Inception Mashup - See above. Brilliant.

    Deals: The Master & Django Unchained Find a Home - New Paul Thomas Anderson and Quentin Tarantino projects are officially on the move, courtesy The Brothers Harvey.

    Kirkman Wants King - The Hollywood Reporter catches up with the Walking Dead creator. Topics of discussion include comic-based properties he’s excited by, completed scripts, and getting the master of the horror novel, Stephen King himself, to write a season two episode.

    Meltdown - A sadistic short featuring the voice talent of David Cross (among others.) “Last night’s leftovers battle for their lives.”

    Harry Knowles’ Neckbeard - Good on the AICN founder for continuing to lose the weight - I wish the man nothing but great health and a long life of living down his legendary Godzilla review. That being said, shave that shite already.

    Meanwhile, in Twitterville…

    • Join the Force - Want a job at LucasFilm? There’s a twitter account for that. [via]
    • Freddy Got Fingered Basket - In Texas and want a basket of fried chicken steak fingers named ofter the Tom Green classic cult film? There’s a restaurant for that. [via]
    • Existential Star Wars - Want to see what Star Wars would look like as a French Existential flick? Theres a YouTube video for that. [via]

    - James

    • Link Blowout #76

      3 Lessons Chris Hemsworth Learned From Thor - They forgot #4: Don’t stand too close to the sun. Yuck yuck.

      Time Warner Buys Flixter, and thus Rotten Tomatoes - They intend to expand both into a ‘digital content ownership’ service. In other recent Time Warner news, NetFlix is not a threat to the current distribution model. ORLY?

      David Lynch Signature Cup Coffee - Peep the Lynch directed “commercial” for the Twin Peak creator’s own personal brand of coffee, which he sells on his website. Weirdly.

      Lando Calrissian’s Cape is Totally Lined With Dragons - Appropriately bad ass.

      The Home Alone House is For Sale - $2.4 million in a down economy? Worth every penny to trounce around yelling “This house is so full of people it makes me sick. When I grow up and get married, I’m living alone!”

      Meanwhile, In Trailerville…

      • Columbiana - Zoe Saldana learns to lead a film and kick-ass doing it. Also, Luc Besson.
      • Retreat - Zoe Saldana doppleganger Thandie Newton gets stuck in a post-apocalyptic virus thriller with a twist. Here’s hoping the real twist is it doesn’t suck.
      • Moby Dick - Which is more along the lines of a Korean action drama than a retelling of the classic Herman Melville book or a bad pr0n movie title pun.

      [Thor vid via @moviebrainrot]

      - James

    • Again, I ask, framed for what, exactly? 

      Again, I ask, framed for what, exactly? 

    • The RotCast #115 - Source Code Begins

      This week we are joined by special guest Jamie Benning, creator of the viral hit Star Wars making-of documentaries Star Wars Begins, Building Empire and Returning to Jedi. Follow Jamie on Twitter @JamieSWB!

      Intro & Interview

      Jamie on his other life traveling the world as an editor for Formula 1 Racing, creating his documentary trilogy, the surprise online success, the response from fans and those involved with the original films, and much more!

      News & Trailers

      Review & Discussion

      • Source Code (Special thanks to Dan Hudak of HudakOnHollywood.com for hooking us up with screening tickets!)

      What We Watched

      • Dave: The Poughkeepsie Tapes, Ali G: In Da House, Gingersnaps 2, Requiem for a Dream
      • Jamie: The Ghost Writer, True Grit, Made in Dagenham, Red, Love & Other Drugs
      • James: Double Dare (Doc), Comedians of Comedy (Doc), Faster, It’s Kind of a Funny Story

      Full Runtime: 1hr 53min 07sec

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      Agree or disagree with something we said on the show? Have a movie recommendation? Send us an email at james@filmrot.com and we’ll read & discuss it on the next show! Don’t forget to include your URL if you want a plug!

      Follow us on Twitter @FilmRot and @FilmRotDave!

      THIS WEEK’S MUZAC

      Segment #1 (Intro & News)
      1. Star Wars IV - Cantina Song - (Alchy Dubstep Remix)
      2. !Pink Floyd - Confortably Numb (Stylist Beats Dubstep)
      3. Kane 44 - Britney’s A Man (Dubstep)
      4. House Concepts - H1 (Dubstep Remix)
      5. Lisa Stansfield - Hold On (Skeptical An Jesta Remix)
      6. Mind Heist - Zack Hemsey (UPscale Dubstep Remix)
      7. Sarah Dwyer - I Believe (Sageone Dubstep Remix)
      8. Waldeck - Addicted (panue’ dubstep edit)
      9. Phil Collins - In the air (Elan Lemar Dubstep Remix)
      10. Moby - Move (Bankster Dubstep Remix)

      Segment #2 (Review & Discussion)
      1. Chris Bacon - Souce Code OST

      Segment #3 (What We Watched)
      1. TV On The Radio - Will Do
      2. The Elected - Babyface
      3. Dirty Gold - California Sunrise
      4. Ana Tijoux - 1977 
      5. Dada Life - Fight Club Is Closed (It’s Time For Rock ‘n’ Roll)
      6. Kid Cudi - CAPCOM!
      7. HOLY OTHER - Touch
      8. Love Inks - Blackeye
      9. Lykke Li - Get Some
      10. Mount Moriah - Lament
      11. Taragana Pyjarama - Ocean
      12. The Heavenly States - Model Son
      13. MNDR - Cut Me Out

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    • I’ve watched the first, Star Wars Begins, and it is beyond excellent. I even talked it up on the show recently. Highly recommended even for fans who think they’ve seen everything when it comes to Star Wars. These are the making-of docs we all expected from Lucas, but will never get.

      thedailywhat:

      Stop What You’re Doing And Watch The Hell Out Of This of the Day: Superfan Jambe Davdar has spent an awe-inspiring amount of time piecing together three absolutely must-watch Star Wars fan documentaries — essentially, the original trilogy re-cut with alternate takes, deleted scenes, concept art, original audio, production footnotes, and commentary from the cast and crew.

      Star Wars Begins: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.

      Building Empire: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.

      Returning to Jedi: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23.

      Get comfortable: You’re about to spend a lot of time watching something really special.

      [toplessrobot / mefi.]

      (Source: thedailywhat)

    • The RotCast Episode #108 - The Girl With The Sequel

      Intro & News

      Review & Discussion (Starts @ 45:21)

      • The Girl Who Played With Fire

      What We Watched (Starts @ 1:08:34)

      • James: Buitiful, Due Date, Takers, 30 Rock (TV S1), Star Wars Begins (Doc)
      • Dave: Saw 5, Saw 6, Saw 7, Rift (Video Game)

      Full Runtime: 1hr 59min 30sec

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      Agree or disagree with something we said on the show? Have a movie recommendation? Send us an email at james@filmrot.com and we’ll read & discuss it on the next show! Don’t forget to include your URL if you want a plug!

      THIS WEEK’S MUZAC

      Segment #1 (Intro)
      1. Pretty Lights - Pink Floyd Time Remix
      2. The Hood Internet - Arcade Fire vs. Blondie mashup
      3. Pretty Lights - Kanye West All Of The Lights Remix
      4. Pretty Lights - Jay Z Empire State Of Mind Remix
      5. Cassette Culture - We Once Had An Empire (Jungle Fiction Remix)
      6. Pretty Lights - Steve Miller Band Fly Like An Eagle Remix
      7. Pretty Lights - Finally Moving James Brown Remix
      8. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Mill Theme (Robotaki Remix)
      9. Pretty Lights - Hot Like Sauce Rustified Remix
      10. Pretty Lights - NYE Chicago Bulls Intro Remix

      Segment #2 (Review & Discussion)
      1. Black Lung - Symphony for the Damned
      2. Black Lung - The First Tender Cut
      3. Black Lung - The Soul Consumer
      4. Black Lung - Sapphic Trysts and Burnt Lips
      5. Black Lung - Mr Love Teeth
      6. Black Lung - Nights Spent Dreaming of the Slab

      Segment #3 (What We Watched)
      1. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round
      2. LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change
      3. Robyn - Dancing on My Own
      4. Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company
      5. James Blake - I Only Know (What I Know Now)
      6. Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
      7. Deerhunter - Desire Lines
      8. Caribou - Odessa
      9. Girl Unit - Wut

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