On this week’s episode, the Substandard takes on M. Night Shyamalan and the art of the movie twist, Sonny reviews Split, Vic admits to watching Ghost (ditto!), and JVL wears his Prada jeans in studio. Plus inauguration memories and an ending you won’t believe!
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Show Notes:
Endnotes and digressions from
the latest show:
* Vic mentioned the Mark Russell appearance from The Simpsons. Amazingly enough, he even remembered the correct episode title—”Lisa Goes to Washington.” I can’t find video, but the synopsis is
here.
* Sonny’s giant, spoiler-filled thoughts on Split are
here and you should read them because spoilers should not impact your enjoyment of a film.
* I generally follow the
Robot Chicken view of M. Night Shyamalan twists.
* We mention Vic’s Germanophilia pretty much every week. Here’s a picture of one of the bookshelves in his office.
* In the outtakes we talk about me watching Mad Max: Fury Road on my phone while at the gym in New Hampshire. Here’s the classic
David Lynch pronouncement on such sacrilege. It’s 30 seconds. Go watch it.
* Feel free to email or tweet requests, like the proper ranking of things, like
Robert Little did this week with sci-fi movies. Listener Steve White has already requested
a fight about Val Kilmer movies for next week. I’m your huckleberry.
* As always, you can download the episode here and subscribe to the Substandard on iTunes or on Google Play. And you should go give us a five-star rating. We deserve it.
