Category: Podcasts
[BEST OF 2022] Review: Black Phone
Best of 2022 continues with Rob’s Review pick – Black Phone.
Here’s what we said then:
We’re nearing SomethingSpookums season, so wasn’t Hatton surprised when Rob suggested one of the Summer’s sleeper horror hits Black Phone.
A young man is kidnapped by the local kidnapper, natch, and through a series of mysterious moments… maybe he finds his way home?
Was it good? Was it great? Was it overhyped or just right? It’s time for Something in Review: Black Phone
Who ya gonna call! …wrong movie, sorry…
[BEST OF 2022] Favorite Opening Scenes
Welcome to our next Best of 2022 – this week, Hatton has picked one of his favorites… Favorite Opening Scenes.
Here’s the original post:
The first moments of a movie or TV show sets the stage for what’s to come… is it a tense moment to moment thriller? Is it confusing, where the plot reveals itself slowly? Is it a podcast that introduces itself the same way to you each week for the last 9 years?
Whatever the case may be – the first few moments of a show or movie may be the thing that keeps you glued to your seat… so join the Somethings as we discuss our favorites.
Did yours make the cut? Only one way to find out.
Okay, here we start!
[BEST OF 2022] Franchises That Should Have Stopped…
It’s that time of year again – when the Somethings take some time off to recharge their poddery batteries, and this year, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite episodes we’ve done over the last year, so every Friday and Tuesday in December, join us as we take a look back before we kiss this year g’bye.
Enjoy ‘Franchises That Should Have Stopped At 1‘
From the original post:
Some movies need to make rent so they sell themselves to whatever bidder happens to have a coupon for a McRib Value Meal.
Today, the Somethings are talking about the latter of those two – movies that went one strong, maybe two strong, but somewhere down the line you can find a copy of their 4th outting stuck to the bottom of the DVD Value Pack box at RiteAid. Or they’re loved and we’re monsters and you’ll have to tweet us to tell us why.
Ok, here we go!
Week 5 Free-For-All, Nov 2022
Sometimes there are 5 Tuesdays in a month, so on those glorious days, you get an extra Somethingcast! Now, the boys don’t really plan for this to happen. They don’t write the calendar, blame the Gregorians, so who the heck is going to expect them to plan something?
Thus, the Free For All episode was born.
This time, however, there is one particular piece of entertainment that slipped passed the Something’s security, and they want to talk about it before everyone has forgotten about it.
So settle in, because we’re going to Haddonfield.
Ok, here we go!
[THE END] Westworld
What started as a single season of television that people will probably rank as ‘one of the best’ for a long time. Twists. Brilliant acting choices. One of the coolest scores in tv. Robots. Cowboys. Robot Cowboys…. ends where?
Does it end in a satisfying place where the tethers that have been left from the first episodes are tied together in a bow and bring the whole of the arc to a satisfying conclusion? Does HBO give up on the show because the ratings have tanked? Does any of it make any sense at all? Is there any brilliance to pull from it at all?
These answers and more as the Somethings take on The End: Westworld
Ok, here we don’t see anything at all…
[THE WHEEL] The Mystery of Oak Island
When you were a kid, did you imagine that there was buried treasure out there, and with a shovel and a dream, you would dig on the beaches and one day find it?
Well, two multi-millionaires are doing just that, and apparently they’ve turned it into a multi-season reality show that Hatton’s only just hearing about. The Wheel though, the Wheel knows, and it brings the mysterious Oak Island to the forefront of the Somethings as they delve into the Mysteries of the Somethingverse yet again, with The Mystery of Oak Island
Ok, here we yo ho ho!
[SOMETHING IN REVIEW] Old
I’d like to think if you know the Somethings, you knew this was coming eventually. We mentioned it a month or two ago, because the minute Hatton saw this movie.. he knew one thing.. he needed to make Rob see it.
Why? Well, have you seen it? If you haven’t – stop reading – go watch it – then come back. Now you know why, and I’m sorry I made you do that. M. Night returns to the world of film with a movie that is less twist and more twit. So hop on in our mid-size-sedan and find out what happens on this Something In Review: Old Edition
Ok, here we… what is it we do… oh, that’s right.. Go!
[BLOG] Games PCR is looking forward to!
Hey Somethings!
A few weeks ago, Hatton posted some games still to come in 2022 that he’s looking forward to and, although my ‘wish list’ goes beyond the end of the calendar year, here’s a list of games I’m really chomping at the bit to get when they release…
Need For Speed : Unbound
We’re going big right out of the gate. While some of the NFS games feel like they never get out of second gear, I’ve always been a sucker for them.. and with Unbound hitting on Dec. 2nd, I won’t have to rev the engine too much longer. Cell-shaded graphics, comic book-like overlays and effects, Criterion.. my clutch foot is tingling with anticipation.
Sons of the Forest
The original “The Forest” game was one of the most fun AND terrifying games I’ve played in recent memory, and the ending is setting the bar high for what the sequel will bring. It’s been pushed back until Feb ’23, but based on how awesome the first one was, I’m willing to have patience to get this one in my games library.
Bloodlines 2
The OG Bloodlines was brilliant IMO. It gave you the feel of the TTRPG which, for an atmospheric game world like VtM with it’s many and varied Clans, is no small task.. so when Bloodlines 2 was announced, I was over the moon. I had tried Bloodhunt (a VtM licensed Battle Royale game) but it didn’t feed the beast in the way I hoped. With Bloodlines 2 “still in development” after a much postponed 2021 release date, I just hope I don’t end up in torpor before the release.
Warhammer 40k MMO
A pipe dream, I know.. but for YEARS (ever since I stopped playing WoW after Mists of Pandaria..) I’ve been praying… Praying to the Emperor of Man, Khorne, Kaela Mensha Khaine… I didn’t care WHO brought me one.. but I wanted one. And no, I’m not talking about ‘Eternal Crusade’ or ‘Dark Millennium’. A GOOD, FUN, well thought out MMO. Is that too much to ask? I guess so…
What games are YOU looking forward to? Hit us up on our socials and let us know!
– PCR
Modern Movie Batmans – Ranked
Are you a Keaton fan? What about a Clooney fan? Do you like your Gotham neon and campy or dark and totally not Chicago?
Well, the Somethings know a bit about Martha’s Baby Boy and they are going to settle in and discuss who the best Bat that ever donned the cowl. Let’s be clear, some of their decisions may surprise you… and each other.
So, Mr. Wayne, sit near the fire and enjoy the warmth as the Somethings watch the world burn.
Ok, BIFF here we KA-POW! go!
[THE END] Stranger Things : Season 4
First, they were nostalgia. Then, they were growing up. After that, they were figuring things out. Now… well, now it’s really just gone all to hell, hasn’t it?!
The kids of Hawkins have gone on another of their wacky adventures this past year and the Somethings weren’t going to miss out on a chance to get to talk about Vecna, the Hellfire Club, and whether or not this season’s finale did anything to motivate us towards seeing the end.
So, buckle in, we’re turning this one up to Eleven…. which is the funniest thing I’ll write all day. It’s time for THE END – STRANGER THINGS : SEASON 4!