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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 crazy and wonderful Indian film Baahubali: The Beginning Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Redline be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42546621 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter...

Welcome to Freeman Bros, where Matt and Daniel Freeman discuss a variety of topics, a Patron-exclusive podcast show normally available for Doof Troopers and above. This week, we're joined this week by Chemistry Professor Michael. Michael listened to our previous Freeman Bros discussion of modern schooling and wanted to take a different tack by considering what young people can do to get the most o...

This week, Matt was having eye trouble and wasn't able to watch Bahubali, so we're quickly changing things up and talking about The Boys instead! Michael joins us to talk all about season 1 and broadly talk about season 2. Full Season 1 spoilers, mild season 2 spoilers.  Next week: Bahubali: The Beginning Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow...

This week, Scott and Matt celebrate getting to episode 100 by taking a look at the past 99 episodes and talking about what they loved, what they didn't, and where the show goes from here.   Then they talk about the worsening state of the film industry and Scott asks Matt a very important question: Does Batman Returns own? Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https://patreon.com...

This week Scott and Matt honor the request of patron Byron Knuckles and discuss the 2007 Stephen King adaptation The Mist  Then the guys talk about the results of the latest Council of Doof vote and  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 podcasts, writing, and more at https://doof...

This week Scott and Matt are once again joined by Elliot and Reuben from the Pale Reflections Podcast to take a look at Season 2 of The Legend of Korra. Want to make us watch more Korra!? Check out our Patreon. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com ! SHOW NOTES: Just one long conversation about Kaiju Spirit demons

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 incomparable animated film, Redline . Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Redline be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41224259/ Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See a...

In this month's book club, Scott and Matt discuss how wide the concept of 'you' is with Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire 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 Johnathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susa...

This week Reuben and Elliot take over the podcast to talk all about one of their favorite shows, the recently completed Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.  Then Scott and Matt take back their podcast just long enough to discuss all the big DC news from last week! 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 al...

This week Scott and Matt honor the request of patron Reatter and discuss the 2006 German film Das Leben der Anderen ( The Lives of Others ).  Then Scott quickly talks about the first episode of the new HBO series Lovecraft Country . 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 podcasts,...

This week Scott and Matt honor the request of patron Tom (aka Askwho) and discuss the BBC Radio sitcom Cabin Pressure . Please stay in your seat while the podcast sign is illuminated.   Then we discuss the results of last week's vote on Akira and Scott wraps it up by discussing the new movies The American Pickle and The Speed Cubers . Want to make us watch your thing? Check out our Patreon: https:...

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...