Hermophobia 40: Canada Daze

In spite of the all the alcohol consumed, the podcast is relatively sober as we discuss all things Canada.

Discussed In this Episode:

• Canada Day!
• Canadian Patriotism
• Canadian Heroes
• Canucks Riot
• Internet Shaming after the Riots
• Anthony Weiner
• Google Plus
• Workplace Impressions
• Basement Bedrooms
• Bullying Revisited

Shiny Things

• Allen: The Smartest Man In the World – Greg Proops Podcast
• Mark: Fallout 3 for the PS3
• John: Titan AX Pro Headphones

Netflix.ca Recommendations:

• John: Hudson Hawk
• Mark: Stir Crazy
• Allen: So I Married an Axe Murderer

Earworms

Allen: Kenny Rogers – Ruby

Mark: Kenny Rogers – Ruby (Allen plants another bug!)

John: Janis Ian: At Seventeen

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Hermophobia 39: A Place Where Nobody Dared to Go…

John returns and Allen gets “over served” during this fast paced episode. Much fun was had in the making!

Discussed in this episode:

• LA Noire
• Gaming Old School VS New
• Playstation Payback
• Thor
• Bridesmaids
• Hangover 2
• Blondie - Panic of Girls
• June is Pride month in the US
• Schwarzenegger
• John and the Hitching Hooker
• Kingsway Whores
• Boy Sells Kidney for iPad
• Apple Neurologically Like Religion
• Windows 8
• You Light Up My Life (with Rohypnol)
• Service Animals
• Shania Twain - Why Not?

Earworms

Mark: Robyn - You Should Know Better

Allen Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend

John: Jewel - You Were Meant For Me

Netflix.ca Recommendations 

John: Talk to Her

Mark: Director Ang Le: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Ice Storm

Allen: Xanadu

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Hermophobia 38: I Think We’re Alone Now

Yay!!! John joins us to talk about all kinds of things including Telus’ entry into gay marketing, and gives us a sampling of his best wrong lyrics! It was a fun hour… hope you enjoy too!

-Allen

We Discuss:

• the PSN returns
• having to change passwords on other sites
• old school games
• comedies long running times
• thisiscaya.ca/ – the gay phone company?
• Wonder Woman doesn’t get picked up for the new season
• The Bionic Woman
• SIRIUS Satellite Radio
• Lady Gaga
• Stevie Nicks’ and Kate Bush’s new albums
• Final Destination films
• “I Think We’re Alone Now”

Earworms of the Week:

John

Mark

Allen

Netflix.ca Recommendations

Mark: Boogie Nights

John: Titanic 2

Allen: Cropsey

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Hermophobia 37: Catching Up

After two busy weeks of silence, Mark and Allen catch up with what’s been going on in this crazy world including…

• Location Data & Privacy
• The Death of Bin Laden
• IP as ID
• and more

Earworms of the Week…

from Portal: “Still Alive”

Robyn – Dancing on My Own

Netflix.ca Reccomendations

Mark: The Last Supper

Allen: The IT Crowd

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Hermophobia 36: I Am the Candyman

This week Mark is surprised to discover his anticipation for the royal wedding, while Allen fears meat… well, the dead animal variety.

On this Episode we discuss

• staph bacteria in US meat
• Apple idolizing tech critics
• does your musical taste determine how slutty you are?
• Best Buy reports increased DVD sales
• Huffington Post sued by contributors
• Canada getting plastic money
• Sexy new Android remote control

Earworms of the week

Mark: Second Hand News – Fleetwood Mac

Allen: No One Else on Earth – Wynonna Judd

Netflix.ca Recommendations

Mark:

• Hot Fuzz
• Sean of the Dead

Allen:

• The Fabulous Baker Boys
• Personal Effects

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Hermophobia 35: Deeper Understanding

This week Allen jailbreaks his iPhone while Mark makes disparaging remarks about elderly security guards! Guess who’s going to Hell!

Discussed this week:

• Kate Bush single Deeper Understanding released

• Body of Proof
• Google holding back source code for Honeycomb
• Microsoft makes Anti-trust claims against Google in Europe
• Google successfully sued for Auto-complete results
• iPhone 5 speculation
• Woman cuts out internet in Armenia

Earworms of the Week

• Tears for Fears – New Star

Netflix.ca Reccommendations

Guy Ritchie Films…

• Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
• Snatch

David Cronenberg Films…

• Spider
• Naked Lunch
• Crash
• The Fly

 

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Hermophobia 34: Adventures in Craiglisting

After missing last week we return with tales of our adventures… Mark is excited by his new phone, and Allen tries nursing his hangover with some hair of the dog!

Discussed This Week:

• Adventures in Craigslisting
• Elizabeth Taylor dies
• Netflix.ca degrades video quality to reduce bandwidth
• Detroit Population drops 25% the last decade
• $1000 Scarface Limited Edition
• Record Companies sue Limewire for $75 Trillion
• Microsoft asking Domestic companies to pay for foreign piracy
• Ambient lit transparent displays
• TV Talk
• Earworms

Adele - Rolling In the Deep

Billy Joel - You May Be Right

Netflix.ca Picks

Mark

1. Whip It
2. Raising Arizona
3. A Prophet
4. Miller's Crossing
5. Kung Fu Hustle

Allen

1. Short Cuts
2. The Grifters
3. Exit Through the Gift Shop
4. My Bodyguard
5. Body Double

(and Hideaway and Clay Pigeons)

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Hermophobia #33: The Hangover Edition

Allen licks the wounds of excess from the night before while Mark denies fears the radiation fall out from Japan

This Week We Discuss:

• The release of the new Blondie album “Panic of Girl”
• Bon Jovi says Steve Jobs killed the music industry
• Paramount will release “The Tunnel” via Bit Torrent
• AMC may carry Kevin Smith’s Red State
• ICANN approves XXX domain
• North American panic over Japan disaster
• Window fogging cured!
• Is “V” over?
• Netflix.ca Recommendations:

Hustle & Flow

Underworld

• Earworms of the Week:

Natalie Maines – God Only Knows

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Hermophobia #32:

The disaster seems to have sucked some of the energy out of this week, but onward we go…

Discussed this week:

• Japan’s Earthquake and Tsunami
• Prostitutes flock to Facebook
• Facebook Divorces
• The Dark Knight on Facebook
• Angry Birds coming to Facebook
• Metropolis Possibly Taken Out the Public Domain
• SyFy Burning Off Remaining Episodes of Stargate: Universe
• Scott Revisited
• …Then Tony Scott
• Netflix Recommendations

Barbarella

Friday the 13th

• Earworms

New Soul – Yael Naim

All the Lovers – Kylie Minouge

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Hermophobia #31: Bully! We’re Back!

After two years (to the day!) we return back to our roots, our home… Hermophobia! We look forward to keeping the show free form and fun, and hope you enjoy listening as much as we do making it.

This week we discuss:

• Bullies
• Blade Runner VS Thelma & Louise
• The Day The Movies Died
• Netflix(.ca) Recommendations

Firefly

Betrayed

• Earworms

Pat Benatar’s cover of “Wuthering Heights”

Theme From Sesame Street

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We’ve Relaunched!

We are Hermophobia no more.

As the podcast has evolved into something different that it was when we started, we have chosen to reflect that change by launching a new site and taking a new name.

we are now

http://www.goodbaduglyfilms.com/

 

We are now doing two podcasts a week; one being a weekly discussion of current movie and video news and reviews, the second continuing our exploration of individual years in film.

Ross has joined the site and has been continuing to inject things with his insight and film knowledge, as well as regularly contributing written reviews of both video and theatrical releases.

Everyone is contributing blog posts as well…

We are having a great time starting over, so come join us! (Oh, and making comments is even easier than ever too! ¦¬))

Thank you for supporting Hermophobia, and we hope to hear from you at http://www.goodbaduglyfilms.com/ too!

Thanks,

-Allen

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Hermophobia #30: The Movies of 1982 – Part Two

Mark, Ross & Allen further explore the films of 1982 in a new segment they call “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly” which causes some debate about what was really a bad film in 1982. (It seems Allen liked a lot of “ugly” movies!)

 

New Segment: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

The Good: Movies that didn’t  make our Top 5 lists,  but not necessarily #6 - #10 either. These are good films that deserve some attention for one reason or another.

The Bad: These could be films that fell short of their potential, or something else altogether – a bad soundtrack, a poor performance, a terrible trend… or perhaps just a guilty pleasure we acknowledge is not a good movie.

The Ugly: The worst of the worst! U-G-L-Y, it ain’t got no alibi!

 

discussed in this episode:

• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1982
• Our Top 5 films of 1982

 

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Hermophobia #29: The Movies of 1982 – Part One

Mark, Allen and Ross take a look at the films of 1982 and discover that it was a great year for movies! … and a great time was had talking about them. Enjoy!

discussed in this episode:

• A Brief Talk about the 2008 Oscars
• The Top 20 Films of 1982
• How Gay Was 1982?
• The Stars of 1982
• The Directors of 1982

 

Coming Next: The Movies of 1982 – Part Two

 

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Hermophobia #28: The Movies of 1973 – Part Two

Mark, Allen and Ross finish talking about the films of 1973.

discussed in this episode

• The stars of 1973
• The Directors of 1973
• Mark, Allen and Ross’ Top 5 of 1973

 

Siskel & Ebert’s Top 10 of 1973

Gene Siskel	Roger Ebert
1. The Emigrants/The New Land 2. Last Tango in Paris              3. The Exorcist                     4. Cries and Whispers               5. The Day of the Jackal            6. The Last of Sheila               7. The Day of the Dolphin           8. American Graffiti                9. Sisters 10. The Long Goodbye	1. Cries and Whispers 2. Last Tango in Paris 3. The Emigrants/The New Land 4. Blume in Love 5. The Iceman Cometh 6. The Exorcist 7. The Day of the Jackal 8. American Graffiti 9. Fellini's Roma 10. The Friends of Eddie Coyle

 

Coming Next: 1982

 

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Hermophobia #27: The Movies of 1973 – Part One

Ross has joined Team Hermo, and he, Mark and Allen Talk about the films of 1973… and Allen never received a prize!!!

We have adjusted the line-up to get the podcast back to a digestible length. Enjoy!

 

discussed in this episode

• The Top 10 Grossing Films of 1973
• 
• Over-rated Films of 1973
• Under-rated Films of 1973
• The 1973 Oscars

 

The Hovis Loaf Ad: Story Link

 

Coming Up Next: The Films of 1973 – Part Two

 

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Hermophobia #26: Science Fiction & Fantasy Films – Part Two

Mark, Allen & Ross continue their discussion of Science Fiction films of the the last 40 years. Long as the podcast is, there was still material that was not covered! Perhaps there will be a follow-up someday…

 

discussed in this episode:

• Sci-Fi in the 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s
• Over-rated Sci-Fi Flix
• Under-rated Sci-Fi Flix
• Mark, Allen and Ross’ Top 5 Science Fiction Films

 

Coming Next: 1973

 

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Hermophobia #25: Science Fiction & Fantasy Films – Part One

Mark & Allen are joined by Ross in this first end-of-cycle special focusing on Science Fiction and Fantasy Films.

 

 

discussed in this episode: 

• What is, or defines, a Science Fiction Movie?
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy in the 25 Top Grossing Films
• Sci-fi: Not taken serious in critical and awards circles - Taken very seriously by fans
• Sci-Fi Franchises

Big Thanks to Ross for participating in the podcast and bringing his wealth of film knowledge to the table. We are looking forward to more collaborations with him and hoping he will become a regular part of the podcast.

Next Week: Science Fiction & Fantasy Films – Part Two

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Hermophobia #24: The Movies of 2005 - Part Two

Mark & Allen continue talking (and talking, and talking…) about the films of 2005

 

 

discussed in this episode:

• Remakes
• Stars of 2005
• Directors of 2005
• Horror Flicks of 2005
• Drama

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Ebert & Roper

Roger Ebert	Richard Roeper
1. Crash 2. Syriana 3. Munich 4. Junebug 5. Brokeback Mountain 6. Me and You and Everyone We Know 7. Nine Lives 8. King Kong 9. Yes 10. Millions	1. Syriana     2. The New World     3. Crash     4. Munich     5. Nine Lives     6. Capote     7. Brokeback Mountain     8. A History of Violence     9. Walk the Line     10. The 40-Year-Old Virgin

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Oscar Winners & Nominees

BEST PICTURE CRASH	Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night, and Good Luck, Munich
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT	Howl's Moving Castle, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
BEST ACTOR PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN in Capote	Terrence Howard in Hustle & Flow, Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line, David Strathairn in Good Night, and Good Luck
BEST ACTRESS REESE WITHERSPOON in Walk the Line	Judi Dench in Mrs. Henderson Presents, Felicity Huffman in Transamerica, Keira Knightley in Pride & Prejudice, Charlize Theron in North Country
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR GEORGE CLOONEY in Syriana	Matt Dillon in Crash, Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man, Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain, William Hurt in A History of Violence
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS RACHEL WEISZ in The Constant Gardener	Amy Adams in Junebug, Catherine Keener in Capote, Frances McDormand in North Country, Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain
BEST DIRECTOR ANG LEE for Brokeback Mountain	George Clooney for Good Night, and Good Luck, Paul Haggis for Crash, Bennett Miller for Capote, Steven Spielberg for Munich

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• Over-rated &/or Best Forgotten Films of 2005
• Over-looked, Under-rated & Forgotten films of 2005
• Mark & Allen’s Top 5 of 2005

 

Coming Next:

 

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Hermophobia #23: The Movies of 2005 - Part One

Mark & Allen talk about the films (and mediocrity) of 2005

 

 

 discussed in this episode:

• The Top 20 Grossing Movies of 2005
• Our Friends’ Films
• Comedy Movies of 2005
• Sci-Fi & Comic Book Adaptations of 2005
• Action Movies of 2005

Coming Next: 2005 Part II

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Hermophobia #22: The eemo-Homo-Mobile

Mark and Allen take a break from the new format to talk about it, and various other things including shopping for an old beater!

 

coming next: 2005

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