Episode 175

posted on Jul 25, 2011 | Comments (0)

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 175

In this episode:

  • our giant movie review of Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) in 3D, starring Shia LaBeouf and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley,
  • the ridiculous length of the movie,
  • the end of the shaky camera fad,
  • a list of movies and TV shows Michael Bay ripped off (The Transformers, Superman, The Watchmen, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and Jackie Chan’s Who Am I?),
  • illogical Duracell battery pricing at Staples,
  • our roll call of robots in the movie (Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Ratchet, Sentinal Prime, Starscream, Megatron, Shockwave, Soundwave, and dozens of unnamed robots),
  • Sentinal Prime’s face modeled after Sean Connery,
  • Bay’s horrendous computer animated version of John F. Kennedy,
  • Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) constantly screaming and crying,
  • Bay’s terrible Barack Obama impersonator,
  • Sam spending an hour going on job interviews,
  • Leonard Nimoy as the voice of Sentinal Prime and Galvatron,
  • various plot holes,
  • Optimus Prime actually wondering where his trailer went in the movie,
  • robots who were killed in the movie (the unnamed Scottish Autobot, Ironhide, Megatron, Starscream, the unnamed Decepticon bird, etc.),
  • our welcoming of the inevitable Transformers movie reboot,
  • Transformers spitting,
  • Michael Bay turning Optimus Prime into a ruthless murderer,
  • Peter Cullen and Frank Welker’s voice acting,
  • Shia LaBeouf’s recent acting career (Eagle Eye and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps),
  • Bay’s constant use of slow motion,
  • billions of dollars worth of damage in action movies with no consequences,
  • hacking into objects,
  • Bay’s ignorance of science,
  • the lack of rules and continuity in Bay’s Transformers movies,
  • What Ever Happened To? (Bugle Boy jeans, Z. Cavaricci genie pants, Zubaz, IOU sweatshirts, B.U.M. Equipment, etc.),
  • Roseanne Barr’s reality show Roseanne’s Nuts on Lifetime,
  • a Transformers: Dark of the Moon cameo by Scott Krinsky from Chuck,
  • Bay’s completely wasted use of 3D,
  • fans feeling obligated to watch bad movies,
  • Glynn Turman appearing in Super 8 (2011) and Gremlins (1984),
  • Sean Connery’s brother Neil Connery starring in bad movies: OK Connery (1967) and The Body Stealers (1969),
  • celebrity deaths (Peter Falk and Sherwood Schwartz),
  • Paul Reiser and The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 2,
  • and a new stupid style (extremely short cutoff shorts with dangling pockets).

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Episode 146

posted on Dec 31, 2009 | Comments (4)

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 146

In this episode:

  • our movie review of Avatar (2009) in IMAX 3D,
  • our movie review of It’s Complicated (2009) starring Alec Baldwin,
  • the upcoming Mad Max movie Fury Road (2011) not starring Mel Gibson,
  • the upcoming movie The Kung Fu Kid (2010) starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan,
  • Barcade in Brooklyn,
  • downloading and converting Flash videos with RealPlayer,
  • creating an anaglyph (red and blue) 3D image in Photoshop,
  • Steven Seagal’s TV show Lawman,
  • the new TV show Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura,
  • the Montel Williams HealthMaster blender,
  • our review of Shout! Factory’s The Transformers: 25th Anniversary Matrix of Leadership Edition DVD boxed set,
  • 1980s Transformers G1 voice actors (Michael Bell, Frank Welker, Jack Angel, etc.),
  • azrael723′s gigantic Transformers costumes,
  • our review of Ghostbusters (1984) on Blu-ray,
  • repurchasing music and movies,
  • YouTube videos loading too slowly,
  • the Lame Idiot of 2009,
  • The Hangover (2009) starring Zach Galifianakis,
  • an email from the fake George Harrison,
  • and celebrity deaths (Brittany Murphy and George Michael).

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Episode 78: Monday, July 30, 2007

posted on Jul 30, 2007 | Comments (2)

The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 078

In this episode:

  • popular movie series Rob hasn’t seen,
  • the upcoming Indiana Jones movie,
  • the rap version of “The Gambler” by Coolio and Kenny Rogers,
  • the upcoming movie Star Trek (2008) starring Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy,
  • William Shatner and Captain Kirk’s death,
  • Stan Lee,
  • Lost in Space (1998) starring William Hurt and Matt LeBlanc,
  • the upcoming movie Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) starring Jason Lee,
  • Droopy,
  • the upcoming movie Rush Hour 3 (2007) starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker,
  • and USA Network’s Jean-Claude Van Damme vs. Steven Seagal movie marathon.

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