You listeners are in for just about the most content-filled month that you could possibly ask for. Not only have you received a brand new episode of the show, but already you've been blessed with two commentary tracks in honour of Man Month.
And now, another freakin' TATANS episode, and a video episode to boot. This time we didn't have the resources to play a brand spanking new game as usual. Instead, the Two Assholes got together with Guestholes 1 through 4, and sat down to play a game that we had always kind of wanted to review, Tatsunoko vs Capcom. Hopefully you enjoy it as much as we did.
You listeners are in for just about the most content-filled month that you could possibly ask for. Not only have you received a brand new episode of the show, but already you've been blessed with two commentary tracks in honour of Man Month.
And now, another freakin' TATANS episode, and a video episode to boot. This time we didn't have the resources to play a brand spanking new game as usual. Instead, the Two Assholes got together with Guestholes 1 through 4, and sat down to play a game that we had always kind of wanted to review, Tatsunoko vs Capcom. Hopefully you enjoy it as much as we did.
Man Month continues this week with another commentary track to another macho movie about big manly man muscles, and feats of brute strength and machismo. In order to ensure you get a few healthy servings of Vitamin Awesome, we sat down with the underlooked Stallone classic, Over The Top.
This is the sort of movie that makes you want to drive a transport truck across the country, chug a beer, and punch someone in the face. As such, pop in your favourite copy of Over The Top, or head down to the store to rent one, and enjoy the track.
Since we enjoyed Blaxploitation History Month so much, the Two Assholes have arbitrarily decided to decree the month of August to be.....Man Month!
So, in the spirit of Man Month, we gathered as many manly men as we could muster, and made them sit down with the manliest movies for manly men that we could manage. In fact, every week during Man Month, we'll be delivering a machismo-filled commentary for the most ridiculously macho movies that we could find.
So, if you've been lacking some beef, beer, motor oil, and combat sports in your diet, then this month should provide you with enough Vitamin Awesome to keep you going until next year.
To start off, the Two Assholes sat down with a few of the Guestholes, and two very special guests from the Fight Network, John Pollock and Wai Ting.
So, go out to the local video store to rent a copy of No Holds Barred, and get yourself ready for a face full of awesome.
After a lengthy delay (part of which is due to my vacation), we have returned to our roots with a standard Two Assholes episode. This time, Brent and I sit down and chat about some current events in the videogame world.....which you'll quickly discover is somewhat dated. This is one of the downsides to recording episodes substantially in advance.
Nevertheless, if you're here, you'll hopefully still find us entertaining enough to listen all the way through. Next time, another video episode!
After a lengthy delay (part of which is due to my vacation), we have returned to our roots with a standard Two Assholes episode. This time, Brent and I sit down and chat about some current events in the videogame world.....which you'll quickly discover is somewhat dated. This is one of the downsides to recording episodes substantially in advance.
Nevertheless, if you're here, you'll hopefully still find us entertaining enough to listen all the way through. Next time, another video episode!
So apparently a lot of people like Rush. I know this now because my review of Beyond the Lighted Stage is still constantly clicked on, two months later.
With that in mind, sometimes it's interesting to check out a movie at home for a second viewing and see if it still stands up. I'll be honest, I rather liked Episode 1 the first viewing, it was only on subsequent viewings that the parts that sort of bugged me in theater became glaringly bad.
With that in mind, I got my hands on the 2 disc dvd version of Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage and was happy to find that the experience still stands up. My intial review of the film is still 100% in tune with my current opinion after watching the dvd. I still love the movie, my Dad currently has my copy in line for watching it and I'm waiting to hear his views (I didn't mention it in my initial review because it's a little anecdotal. Alex and Geddy from Rush group in roughly the same neighborhood as my Dad. At this time we have determined that all three went to the same junior high at approximately the same time and close to the same grade. This film has thrown an interesting mystery as my Dad doesn't remember either of them).
So there you go, the movie is still awesome. But what about the dvd?
The dvd is pretty awesome. Picture clarity is really good, sound quality in 5.1 is also really decent, especially during the performance pieces.
As for extras, there is a bunch of extended scenes, interviews and performances that I really enjoyed. These are truely fun to watch for two reasons. The first is that it shows a bit of how skilled film makers Sam Dunn and Scott McFayden are. While these scenes are interesting (I loved the bit about their hobbies) not only can you understand why they were taken out but in some cases you can see how the guys cherry picked the right moments out of an extended sequence.
Over all, if you are a fan of music docs, this one belongs on your shelf.
Our good friends at Explore Music, Jeff Woods and Alan Cross both have rather interesting stories with Rush.
Check out Alan's take on how Rush influenced a key decision in his life at his Explore Music blog.
And not to be left out, our good friend Jeff Woods recently sat down with Geddy and Alex and discussed the film, touring, life and music. Here's a taste of it:
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