Down To Watch

Dr. Ian Malcolm: "God help us, we're in the hands of engineers." Can you say classic, we can! A childhood favorite for all 3 of us and one movie worth watching the behind the scenes flicks for. Jurassic Park: An adventure 65 million years in the making. "Clever girl." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

Vernon Fenwick: "Why aren't we going with the Turtles? When something bad happens, you want to be with the Turtles!" Wow, we're back where it all started 2 years later! Some people have changed, but the movies haven't, TMNT again! Come listen as we try to explain this...thing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

Conner: "Ever since I was born, I was dope." Lonely Island does a 87 minute SNL skit, and we watched it. It may not be Spinal Tap, but it pretty close for using pop music as the focus. Come listen to Dan, Raul, and Michel talk about being humble and signing dicks. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

Shepherd Book: [Regarding Mal's new "wife"] "If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters. And people who talk at the theatre." Two fan boys and a new comer get hooked like phonics and watch the classic but tragically ended to early SciFi Western. Come and listen as we get all the facts wrong but in all the right ways. If you haven't seen this show, you wont understand. Firefly: Meet the most spaced-out crew in the galaxy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

Valerie: I remember how the meaning of words began to change. How unfamiliar words like "collateral" and "rendition" became frightening, while things like Norsefire and the Articles of Allegiance became powerful. I remember how "different" became dangerous. I still don't understand it, why they hate us so much. Whoa can you say deep comic book movie....neither can we but we can say it was fun. This week we welcome a friend/fan of the podcast Manda! Yay!...but we also have the usual suspects in Raul, Dan, & Michel on the 1s &2s. V for Vendetta: Remember, remember the 5th of November, the gun powder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

"An empire toppled by its enemies can rise again, but one which crumbles from within? That's dead... forever." - Zemo Oh man this really happened, Cap versus Iron Man, goody two shoe versus Alcoholic who win win? Sit back and list as Dan, Jonnie, Raul, & Michel try to answer just that. Captain America: Civil War - Whose side are you on? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

"I knew you'd pay a price for this. I knew you couldn't be so hopelessly geek-ridden for so long without suffering some really tragic consequences." - Jennifer This week Dan, Raul, Jonnie, and Michel set down and watch a movie that just goes out of its way to push an idea down your throat. Did we swallow? You'll have to listen to find out. Pleasantville: Nothing Is As Simple As Black And White. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

"You know you're one bad day away from being me." - Frank Castle. This week Tak, Dan, & Raul bring you the second season of a show we loved last year. Sit back and listen as they discuss the punisher's arrival, Karen Page's beautiful looks and Elektra's magic? Was season 2 actually better than season 1? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

"I do not envy you the headache you will have when you awake. But for now, rest well and dream of large women." - Westley. This Movie is one of the most beloved movies from the 80s, people to this day swear to its greatness. Listen as Dan and Raul, try to help Michel understand why so many people remember it from their childhoods, since this is the first time he's ever seen it. Scaling the Cliffs of Insanity, Battling Rodents of Unusual Size, Facing torture in the Pit of Despair. - True love has never been a snap. - The Princess Bride --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

"I hope next time we meet, we will be drinking tea." - Ah Keung Finally we get to dive into some Jackie Chan, one of the best stuntmen ever. Dan, Raul, and Michel try not to gush to hard over the very talented Jackie Chan. Though Michel fails and comes off as a fan boy the others explain what makes him good. Rumble in the Bronx: No Fear. No Stuntman. No Equal --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

"That's how it starts. The fever, the rage, the feeling of powerlessness that turns good men... cruel." - Alfred. Let start on a high note Tak is back.....well kinda, but have no fear your regular hosts are also here. Dan, Raul, Tak, & Michel sitting down and discuss the most critically panned and fan boy rejoiced movie of the year. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: The Battle is Bigger in IMAX (yeah, that's seriously the only tagline I could find) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

"So. A werewolf, a ghost and a vampire decide to live like humans do. They get a job, a house and a TV license. They take friends they will lie to. Take lovers they will infect. In fact, the only part of humanity they successfully adopt is its ability to deceive and destroy. All in all Iâd say your little scheme has been something of a failure." - Herrick We watched Being Human this month, the UK version of course. Listen as Dan, Raul, and Michel try to figure out not only what's going on but if this was even a good premise. Being Human: Meet Mitchell, George and Annie. Flatmates by day - undead by night. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

"Crazy is building your ark after the flood has already come."-Howard Welcome back DTW fans this week we decided to explore the new and improved? Cloverfield. Dan, Raul, and Michel try to tackle if this movie is part of a greater Cloverfield idea or part of the same movie just in a different place. You decided if we make any good points. 10 Cloverfield Lane: Monsters come in many forms --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

Regarding the film's premise, Ben Affleck asked director Michael Bay, "Wouldn't it be easier for NASA to train astronauts how to drill rather than training drillers to be astronauts?" Bay told Affleck to shut up. We usually start with a qupte from the film but I think this quote was better. Joonie, Dan, Raul, & Michel discuss Michael Bays "worst film" (his words not ours). Prepare to Fight Like There's No Tomorrow. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

"Even though I'm no more than a monster - don't I, too, have the right to live?" Dan, Raul, and Michel try to answer this exact question...though i'm not too sure they ever truly do. Sit back and listen as they try to breakdown almost scene for scene this "cult" classic, and no not the remake trash fire. Oldboy: 15 years forced in a cell, only 5 days given to seek revenge. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

"Some little girls grow up wanting ponies. I always wanted to be a widow." Tv seems to have at least a billion cop shows on, which is why we tried to stay away from them. But one cop show sound to good to pass up, Idris Elba, Dirty Cops, British Television, etc...so we checked it out. Listen to Dan, Jonnie, Raul, and Michel talk about their thoughts on this cop drama. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

"I know right? You're probably thinking "Whose balls did I have to fondle to get my very own movie"? I can't tell you his name, but it rhymes with 'pullverine.' And lemme tell you, he's got a nice pair of smooth criminals down unda'." The Merc with a mouth finally has his own movie! Dan, Raul, Jonnie and Michel discuss why R is just a letter in the alphabet, and less budget may have meant more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

"A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really... "Do the stars gaze back?" Now *that's* a question." Never saw a quote from a movie that summed up a movie so well....But sit back and listen as Dan, Raul, & Michel try to break down a movie that as Raul says "goes greatly from A-B." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

"The dead know only one thing: it is better to be alive." This week we sit down and try to decide if this is two movies or one. Dan, Raul, and Michel also discuss the deeper meanings involved. Lets see if you can go through boot camp with us and make it out without going crazy.... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message

"No matter where I am, even if I'm behind bars, if you try anything I will find out, I will come for you, and it will hurt." Part 2 of the netflix marvel series has come out and been digested by our best people. Listen as Dan, Raul, and Matt figure out all the threads that tie this show and daredevil together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downtocast/message