The Doofcast

This week, we conclude our series discussing the films of Guillermo Del Toro with his 2017 Academy Award-winning The Shape of Water!  Then we do a Deconstructing post mortem, talking about what we learned and where we're headed next.  Then Scott and Matt make their picks for Round One of Doof Madness. Make sure you cast your votes here: https://www.doofmedia.com/doofmadness/ Also, you can build yo...

In this month's book club, Scott and Matt remember their childhoods with Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane 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  Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett. The Livestream disc...

This week, it's not a ghost story, it's a story with ghosts in it. We're chatting about Del Toro's 9th film and the penultimate film in our Deconstructing Del Toro series: Crimson Peak ! Then Scott and Matt make their picks for the Play-In rounds for this year's Doof! Madness tournament. Check out the rules and cast your votes here: https://www.doofmedia.com/doofmadness/ Also, you can build your o...

This week, a giant robot hits a giant monster in the face with a very large boat. We're talking about Del Toro's 8th film Pacific Rim! Then Scott and Matt discuss the results of the latest Doof Cannon poll and then go full spoilers on the first 6 episodes of WandaVision Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more...

This week our monthly Council of Doof has nominated another film for the canon of greatest movies of all time. We're chatting about 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit ! Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Who Framed Roger Rabbit be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47443665 Then Scott recommends a new movie called The Kid Detective Support us on Patreon...

This week, Hellboy is back! We're checking out Del Toro's 7th film: Hellboy II: The Golden Army . It's not very good! Then Scott tries to sell Matt (and all of you) on the new MCU Disney+ show WandaVision. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https:// doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 1:57  - Main Segment: Hel...

In this month's book club, Scott and Matt try to avoid talking about time travel with Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone's This Is How You Lose the Time War 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 Ocean at th...

A couple of days late this week, Scott and Matt are once again joined by Michael to honor the request of Patron Chris K and talk about the 2013 Bong Joon Ho film Snowpiercer .  Then, the guys chat all about the trailer for Godzilla vs Kong Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our pod...

This week, we're checking out the 6th film in our series deconstructing the films of Guillermo Del Toro! We're chatting all about Pan's Labyrinth . Honestly couldn't think of a bad thing to say about this one.  Then Scott chats about a documentary he watched recently and we reveal the results of last week's Council of Doof vote! Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twi...

This week our monthly Council of Doof has nominated another film for the canon of greatest movies of all time. Michael joins us to discuss Chris Nolan's The Prestige ! Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should The Prestige be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/46234001 Then Scott and Michael chat briefly about Nolan's Tenet Support us on Patreon: https://p...

This week, we're diving deep into Del Toro's 5th film 2004's Hellboy . The conversation starts off kinda negative, but we eventually move on to what we truly love about this film.  Then, Matt talks about a new VR game and the two guys discuss Wonder Woman 84 in a full spoilers discussion.  Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts...

In this month's book club, Scott and Matt cover their 5th BrandoSandoBooko with his colorful one-off novel Warbreaker. 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  This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar...

This week, Scott and Matt honor the request of Patron Chris A and talk about the 1996 film Freeway .  Then we chat about the results of the Council of Doof poll on Starship Troopers and chat about the season finale of The Mandalorian.  Finally, we say goodbye to 2020 and Scott has some things to say about Wonder Woman '84 Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com...

This week, we resume our deconstruction of the films of Guillermo Del Toro with 2002's Blade II. Del Toro's first and only film where he didn't also write is a mixed bag, but hey...better than Mimic ! Then Matt talks about his first few hours of the new video game Cyberpunk 2077. That bag is less mixed and more shit-filled. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter:...

This week our monthly Council of Doof has nominated another film for the canon of greatest movies of all time. This month it's that lovely Sci-Fi satire Starship Troopers. Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Starship Troopers be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/44911823 Then we chat about all the crazy Disney Marvel and Star Wars news. Then we chat...

In this month's book club, Scott and Matt head to the moon to look for a Utopia. We're discussing Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed 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  Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. Th...

This week we continue our series deconstructing the films of Guillermo Del Toro by looking at his 2001 film The Devil's Backbone .  Then, we chat about the Mandalorian (Spoilers for S2E5) and The Queen's Gambit, chat about WB's decision to release their 2021 slate on HBO Max.  Also, Scott and Matt have a very bad fight about a very serious thing.  Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Pa...

This week, Scott and Matt are joined by Matias to honor the request of Patron Joneleth and talk about two short stories about shitty parents and shitty children. We discuss The Paper Menagerie by Kevin Lui and Portraits of His Children by George R.R. Martin. Then we talk about how much we love The Mandalorian . Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia...

This week our Deconstructing Directors series continues with Del Toro's second film: 1997's Mimic. We uh...we didn't like it too much.  Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: All Mimic this week

This week we begin our deconstruction of the films of Guillermo Del Toro with the director's very first film: 1993's Cronos.   Then we talk about the results of last week's Council of Doof vote and Scott complains about not having a PS5 Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: 8:16 - Main Segment - Cronos  *spo...

This week our monthly Council of Doof has nominated another film for the canon of greatest movies of all time. This month it's the absolute classic, The Princess Bride.  Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should The Princess Bride be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43593961/ Then we talk about how 2020 election coverage is driving us both insane. Suppor...

In this month's book club, Scott and Matt head back to Ireland and find out what's been going on with the murder squad in Tana French's The Likeness. 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 Dispossessed by U...

This week Scott and Matt honor the request of patron Mistfist and discuss the 1948 Italian classic Bicycle Thieves Then Scott explains why Hades is the only good rogue-like and then does a quick review of The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Borat 2 Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our...

This week Scott and Matt honor the request of patron Shoefish and discuss the 1997 Russian film Brother .  Then the guys talk about the results of the latest Council of Doof vote, discuss Disney's plan to pivot to streaming, and chat about the season finale of The Boys .  Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter...

In this month's book club, Scott and Matt try to bring magic back to England with Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 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 Likeness by Tana French.  The Live...