The Doofcast

In this month's book club, Scott and Matt spend many lives discussing Claire North's The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August As always, this is an audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit as well as reference slides Click here for a copy of the slide deck used! Next month's book is A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. The...

This week our monthly Council of Doof has nominated another film for the canon of greatest movies of all time. It's more anime. OR IS IT? We're joined by special guest Matias to discuss 1988's Akira. Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Akira be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40190979/ Check out Matias' two Doof! shows: Do The Write Thing: https:/...

This week Scott and Matt are joined by Daniel Freeman to honor the request of Patron DDev and discuss the 2004 movie The Chronicles of Riddick . It's like Pitch Black but very silly and very expensive.  Then the boys talk about criticism, feedback, and entitlement in fandom.  Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twi...

This week our deconstruction of David Fincher's filmography concludes with our discussion of 2014's Gone Girl.  A pulpy, sinister movie that clearly isn't a fan of marriage! Then we look back on the 10 movie series and talk about what we love most about David Fincher, what we learned, and some of the biggest surprises along the way. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of...

This week Scott and Matt honor the request of Patron CaptainRhino and discuss the 2011 animated film Rango. It's like a Sergio Leone Western, but with lizards.  Then, Matt wrote an article on his principles of charitable reading and we talked about it! You can read it here: https://www.doofmedia.com/2020/07/14/principles-of-charitable-reading/ Then we discuss the results of last week's vote on Sta...

This week our monthly Council of Doof has nominated another film for the canon of greatest movies of all time. This time we put 2007's Stardust  to the test.  Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Stardust be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/39165471 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our...

This week Scott and Matt honor the request of Patron KoalasDLP and discuss season one of the Psycho-Pass , a show about a future in which everyone is really concerned about mental health. It's a utopia!  Also, we talk about Hamilton hitting Disney+ today and what it means for movie theaters. Next week is our Doof Council episode! Watch Stardust before Friday so you can participate in the vote! Wan...

In this month's book club, Scott and Matt join Neal Stephenson's phyle and talk all about his 1995 novel, The Diamond Age.   As always, this is an audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit as well as reference slides Click here for a copy of the slide deck used! Next month's book is The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Cat...

This week our deconstruction of David Fincher's filmography continues with 2011's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. SocialNetwork. Matt and Scott both found some Fincher things to love here but were mostly left cold. Like Sweden.  Also, Scott and Matt talk about TikTok for some reason, and then Scott asks you all to go check out the new Netflix documentary Disclosure , about trans representation in...

This week Scott and Matt honor the request of Patron Josh by discussing the 2017 Web Serialized Story 17776 by Jon Bois: https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football Also, we announce the vote of last week's council of Doof episode on Mad Max: Fury Road and discuss the horrible decision AMC is making by opening it's theaters up in July and not making people wear masks.  Want to make us watch your thi...

This week our monthly Council of Doof has nominated another film for the canon of greatest movies of all time. This time we put 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road to the test.  Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Fury Road be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/38152267 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See a...

This week Scott and Matt honor the request of Patron Brandon M by watching and discussing the 1994 cult classic In the Mouth of Madness Black Lives Matter. Support efforts to end injustice here: https://www.theverge.com/21277358/protests-donate-police-bail-demonstrations-minneapolis-nyc Some incredible films you should watch on the topic of police violence and the racist and cruel criminal justice...

In this month's book club, Scott and Matt head back to the wonderful world of Locke Lamora to talk about Scott Lynch's third book in the Gentlemen Bastards series, The Republic of Thieves.   As always, this is an audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit as well as reference slides Click here for a copy of the slide deck used! N...

This week our deconstruction of David Fincher's filmography continues with 2010's The Social Network. We're updating our status to "in a relationship" with this movie.  Then, Scott begs you to go watch The Vast of Night on Amazon Prime. NOW. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:47 - Main Segment - The Soc...

This week, Scott and Matt honor the request of Patron Mary F and discuss the 1980 film Breaker Morant.  Also we announce the vote of last week's council of Doof episode on Into the Spider-Verse and discuss the Snyder Cut of Justice League . Which is actually a real thing that is really happening. (Seriously.) Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Fo...

This week our Council of Doof has nominated another film for the canon of greatest movies of all time. This time, 2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse .  Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Into the Spider-Verse be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37128812 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See...

This week, Scott and Matt honor the request of Patron Scynths  and discuss the 2000 Sci-Fi Horror film Pitch Black , starring Matt's idol: Vin Diesel and Scott's Idol: extreme darkness. Spoilers! Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia@doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https:...

This week our deconstruction of David Fincher's filmography continues with 2008's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.  This conversation is as weird as this movie. We liked it...I think? Then AMC bans Universal movies from its cinemas. Sure, Jan Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:54 - Main Segment - Th...

In this month's book club, Scott and Matt return to Roshar to wrap up their time with Brandon Sanderson's The Way of Kings . Please note: This is part 2 of our discussion on The Way of Kings, covering Parts 3-5 of the novel. As always, this is an audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit as well as reference slides Click here fo...

This week, Scott and Matt are joined by special guest Matias, host of the Do The Write Thing podcast to honor the request of Patron HeroOfOldIron and discuss the anime series Cowboy Bebop . Then, we discuss the results of last week's Council of Doof vote on Castlevania, and Scott talks about why Final Fantasy VII: Remake is surprisingly brilliant.  Check out Do The Write Thing: https://www.doofmed...

This week, The Council of Doof has nominated another piece of art for us to vote on.: season 1 of the Netflix animated series Castlevania. It might not be anime, but it's also not very good.  Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Castlevania be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36086744 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on...

This week, at the request of Patron Reismon, Scott and Matt watched the first two seasons of the Netflix animated series The Dragon Prince . Then Scott tries to explain to Matt what the hell Quibi is.  Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:40...

This week we tackle the next film in our Deconstructing Fincher series, the 2007 film, Zodiac.  It owns. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:41 - Main Segment - Zodiac  *spoilers* 53:40 - Mini Segment - Quarantine Checkin

In this month's book club, Scott and Matt head back into the Cosmere for the first half of Brandon Sanderson's The Way of Kings . Please note, this book is really freaking long, so we divided it into two separate book clubs. This month's featured Part 1 and Part 2 of the book (roughly half of the pages). As always, this is an audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on YouTube , so you'll h...

This week, at the request of Patron The Bob, Scott and Matt watched the first season of Steven Universe. It's fucking delightful Then we reveal the results of last week's Primer vote and Scott briefly talks about a video game he loves.  Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more...