The Bricked Pit

Unfortunately, it's happened to all of us. Especially when you were young. It wasn't really your fault. You just didn't know any better. You got caught up in the wrong crowd. Peer pressure is a thing. Before you know it, you're using that money that you stole from your mother's purse to buy a ticket to Attack of the Clones. I mean... you saw The Phantom Menace. You know that this isn't going to ge...

It's Halloween time. I remember being a kid and adults having a great fear of the supernatural.  It kinda made life scarier, but also, more fun. 

The chiming of the old grandfather clock notifies us that it is the witching hour. Well, the witching hour for those who go to bed by 7:30. That gives everyone plenty enough time to listen to the recent episode of The Bricked Pit where Josh, Jason, and Adam finish up their horror themed episodes in honor of Halloween by talking about the super genre of the HORROR COMEDY!!!! Get to the work shed as...

Josh’s obtuse, round about thoughts on Star Wars Visions. Now with 18% more Shakespeare

We're coming to get you, Kevin. You and the five other people who listen. Why? Well, because when there's no more room in Hell, the dead shall start their own podcasts and horn in on our audience. Adam, Jason, and Josh are aiming for the head when they discuss the genre that just won't die: ZOMBIE MOVIES. We talk about the slow zombies, the fast zombies, the not quite zombies zombies, and why copy...

Josh and Jason chat with our special guest Vincent Gargiulo National Park. We talk foreign and domestic policy, religion, and football. Kidding, we talk about making music videos and the ups and downs of being independent creators.  VGNP incorporates funk, pop, rock, and humor into its own brand of theatrical indie rock and have a myriad of awesome videos. Check 'em out at Bandcamp or vincentgargi...

Unlike what Adam believes, the MacGuffin is not on the breakfast menu of a fast food restaurant. Nor is it a hastily made contraption made from rubber bands and chewing gum wrappers to get the hero out of sticky situation. The MacGuffin is that thing that provides the characters with the motivation needed to move the plot forward. The guys define and discuss some of the most famous and favorite Ma...

Amid the pouring rain and dog paws clicking on the floor, one man gives an extemporaneous speech on why he doesn’t like Wes Anderson’s films. Listen as our quirky host expounds philosophically on bad audio about how his opinion matters against a director with multiple criterion edition films

Hey! What's all the commotion?! I'll tell you what it is. Adam has finally returned to The Bricked Pit and wants to make you an offer that you can't refuse. He leads Jason and Josh on a discussion about films and TV dealing with organized crime. They talk about your Godfather series, your Breaking Bads , your Sopranos , The Wire ... Hey! You're not wearing a wire, are you? C'mere. You and me takin...

Whether it's googly eyed monsters, inexplicable martial arts rivalries, or community theater level acting, there's something we all love about watching a bad movie. Join Josh, Jason, and special guest Super Marcey from The Super Network discuss why we enjoy bad films as well as share some of their favorites like Miami Connection; Cannon Tales: Puss and Boots; Back from Hell; No Retreat, No Surrend...

In the latest hate box Josh gives an extemporaneous lament over the loss of video stores and the advent of same day streaming.

Things get zany at The Bricked Pit when Josh and Jason enact another get-rich-quick scheme by talking about the early years of the Fox broadcast network and how they were pushing the limits with such shows as It's the Gary Shandling Show , In Living Color , Married with Children , The Simpsons , Batman: The Animated Series , and more. Special Guest Phil Smith from Nerds with Wings drops by as the...

Ghost Busted. Josh rants on the Ghostbusters Afterlife trailer

Josh, Jason, and special guest/Adam replacement Stephen Foxworthy from the Disenfranchised podcast take a look back at the career of Richard Donner. Take a nostalgic trip with such popculture behemoths as The Omen, The Goonies, Superman: The Movie, Scrooged, Maverick, and the Lethal Weapon franchise. We also get to learn Stephen's bricked pit. #releasethestephencut.

Josh laments the latter half of Tim Burton’s career

Documentaries. What are they? Where do they come from? How are they made? And how do they end up on the shelf at your local store? The guys barely scratch the surface on this informative format of film. Things get a little nerdy (more so than usual) when some actual film history and theory gets injected into the conversation. Please have your pencils and notepads ready. There will be a test afterw...

Josh rants about rooting for the bad guys.

Grab your gun and favorite leather thong. The world as we know it is about to end. The trio delves into the Post Apocalyptic genre. We got your roads, your warrior of that road, your worlds of water, and your planets of apes. It's all here at the click of button. NO! NOT THAT BUTTON! 

Live from the Bricked Pit, it's the Saturday Night Live episode. Jason, Adam, and Josh talk about sketch comedy and how SNL moved those concepts to the big screen. Wayne's World, The Ladies Man, Coneheads, Superstar, Night at the Roxbury, Stuart Saves His Family, and It's Pat: The Movie.

The conclusion of the Remakes conversation. Now the guys get into the bad discussing the remakes that don't live up to the standards of the original. A line in the sand is drawn over what films should never be remade. Films: Psycho, True Grit, Day of the Jackal, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Blade Runner, Red Dawn, The Black Hole, and It's a Wonderful Life.

Remakes are a big part of cinematic history. The guys get into a really long discussion had to be broken up into two episodes. Here they define a remake vs. reboot and relaunch and mention those remakes that actually exceeded the previous version. Note: Jason accidentally referred to Bob Einstein as Bill Einstein. Josh accidentally referred to John Waters as Roger Waters. Adam decided to just not...

Oh no, we bad talk Hamilton. Josh discusses his dislike for biopics.  Featured films: Hitchcock, Untouchables, Goodfellas, Rocketman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Elephant Man, Wyatt Earp, Tombstone, Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Lincoln, The King's Speech, Donni Brasco, Living in Oblivion

From Lord of the Rings to Last Man on Earth, worldbuilding can make or break movies and TV. What makes for good worldbuilding? What pitfalls lie in trying too hard? The guys discuss aspects of world building with mentions of TV shows like X-files and Last Man on Earth to the Batman franchise and John Wick 

The guys discuss "in universe" rules set up in films and how breaking your own rules often bricks the pit. 

The guys talk about Hollywood vanity projects and disagree on the definition. Engaging talk about old and new Hollywood full of obscure references for anyone over 30.