Reel Nsight Episode 117 THX-1138

Introduction

• U.S. Release Date - March 11, 1971
• Tagline(s)
  • Visit the future where love is the ultimate crime.
  • The Future is here.
  • A Love Story Filmed on Location in the 21st Century
• Summary - Set in the 25th century, the story centers around a man and a woman who rebel against their rigidly controlled society.
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• Rotten Tomatoes - 88%

Insight

• What’s the training program for the non-Death Star beam control panel? 
• Django was chosen because the Kaminoans needed a human who could control love
• The humans of Zion revolted because of a chemical imbalance
• Good good, let your dissent flow through you
• LUH’s Grand Speedway

Summary

• Star Wars Episode 0
• Reel Score - 100%
• Positive(s)
  • Many spiritual predecessors to Star Wars - C3P0, stormtroopers, tractor beam scene, Death Star control panel
  • Considered cost of projects to the system
  • Rocket Rods style escape

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Reel Nsight Episode 96 Transformers Age of Extinction

Introduction

• U.S. Release Date - June 27, 2014
• Tagline(s)
  • Prepare for extinction
  • The rules have changed
  • Stand together or face extinction
  • This is not war, it's extinction
• Synopsis - A mechanic and his family join the Autobots as they are targeted by a bounty hunter from another world.
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• Rotten Tomatoes - 17%

Insight

• Age of Extinction is if the Separatists won the war and all life was Grievous style merging with technology
• This trip down 90s tech lane brought to you by Sanford and Son
• Fast and the Furious meets The Italian Job
• The Sentinals were actually Transformers source code
• When would be a good time to call The General for car insurance?
• I'm a fat ballerina who's here to chew bubblegum and split throats and I'm all out of bubblegum.
• Galvatron just wanted to plant his seed

Summary

• A million ways to attack with metal.
• Reel Score - C
• Positive(s)
  • Dinosaur Transformers
• Negative(s)
  • Optimus Prime needs an Autobot to repair him then pulls a reverse Agent Smith and is fully repaired
  • Jurassic Park 3 with Transformers - 1.5 hour car commercial & Optimus Prime is disappointed with the current state of the car industry

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Reel Nsight Episode 73 The Lego Movie

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Introduction

• U.S. Release Date - February 7, 2014
• Tagline(s)
• Assembling in 2014.
• The story of a nobody who saved everybody.
• Synopsis - An ordinary LEGO minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil LEGO tyrant from gluing the universe together.
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• Rotten Tomatoes - 96%

Insight

• When Lego God tells you about a prophecy, maybe he's trying to teach a lesson.
• Is there a recliner version of that double decker couch?
• So that begs the question, did Gandalf graduate from Hogwarts?
• Kragle sounds like the lore where the Kraken meets Vger.
• President Business seems like the deal Cypher made with Agent Smith.

Summary

• Grumpy cat is my second in command.
• Reel Grade - B
• Positive(s)
  • Good stop motion
  • Relatively clear action sequences
  • Title cards
• Negative(s)
  • Standard plot line
  • Toy Story effect

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Reel Nsight Episode 71 Superbowl XLVIII

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Introduction

• U.S. Air Date - February 2, 2014
• Competition - Denver Broncos vs Seattle Seahawks
• Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLVIII

Insight

• I flip coins like an American Gangster.
• Here are 8 cents, my 2 cents are free.
• If Budweiser takes me to a One Republic concert, do I still get to hang out with Minka, Don, Arnold and the llama?
• Radio Shack should rename themselves to The Tech Shack to leave the 80s.
• Stephen Colbert as the pistachio alien is code for Mars Attacks!
• Singing 'Give It Away' after the first half is irony right?
• Denver be like you go ahead, we'll catch up.
• So the dog of the Mask is called a doberwawa?
• Would The Matrix as an opera be dubstep?
• How many nerds and geeks are going to buy the Jaguar F Type because it sounds like R-Type and features the Mandarin, Lord Blackwood and Loki?

Summary

• It's like a danish. Some consider it sweet, others see at as flat and round.
• Reel Score - 75%
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  • Commercials
  • Half time show
  • Seattle Seahawks
• Negative(s)
  • Denver Broncos
  • Shazam / Afroman promo

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