Media Montage Podcast 131: Documentary Films

This week Bruce and Larry take a look at a different kind of movie. 

Documentaries are non-fictional narratives on hundreds of topics from comics, to comedy to history to movies themselves.  They take a look at narrative bias and narrator ego, and how those affect documentary films.  They discuss favorite docs in the genre, and they talk about various sub-genres of documentaries.

When should a film maker insert themselves into their story? Should they ever?  What about sequels to successful docs? Larry finds one he doesn't care for? Will that documentary on the Roger Corman Fantastic Four movie ever come out? Find out the answers to those questions and more in Episode 131 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage Podcast 130 - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

Blockbuster season seems to arrive earlier and earlier every year. This year blockbuster season kicks off with an epic match up as two titans of pop culture meet on the big screen for the first time. 

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice pits the Caped Crusader against the Big Blue Boy Scout.  The Man of Steel takes on the Dark Knight, but why? What forces pit these two heroes against one another. And more importantly, is it any good? 

Dawn of Justice stars Henry Cavil as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Jesse Eisenburg as Lex Luthor.

Bruce and Larry go in-depth on this highly anticipated film. What was great about the movie? What did they hate?  Who is the real hero? What about Aquaman, Cyborg and the Flash? Does this movie establish a DC Movie Universe to rival that of Marvel?  Find out the answers to those questions and more in Episode 130 of the Media Montage Podcast!

Here is our Man of Steel Episode!

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Media Montage Podcast 128: Superman Returns (2006)

Superman returned in 2006's Superman Returns...but he didn't return for long. With the 10th anniversary of this Bryan Singer film Bruce and Larry decided to examine this odd entry in the canon of superhero films.  

Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, and Kevin Spacey star in this not-quite-a-sequel to the Richard Donner Superman films.  Superman has been gone for five years, and returns to a surprising new world. Heavily influenced by the earlier Superman films, this movie attempts to look back to the past, while trying to pave the way for a new series of films. This reboot attempt didn't lead to any new films, but instead we got Man of Steel in another reboot in 2013 and Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, which comes out today. 

Why did Superman Returns fail to return in another sequel? What works with this film? What doesn't? How much nostalgia is too much? Which actor would have been better in a marquis role?  All that and more in episode 128 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage 31: Fandom

In this episode Bruce and Larry talk about Fandom as a subculture. We look at the positive and negative aspects of rabid followers of popular culture, and try to put it all in perspective.

Media Montage 30: Man of Steel (2013)

Man of Steel is now available on home video and Bruce and Larry take another look at the most recent Superman film. Larry feels one way, Bruce feels another. We discuss what we like, and what we don't and one of us comes around to a different read on the film right as we run out of time...