Inglourious Basterds has taken up quite a bit of real estate in the overarching film conversation, so Adam and Matty naturally take the movie by the horns with an extremely lengthy review. Right from the start, Adam stunningly praises at least two scenes in the movie as “instant classics” that’ll have a place in film history forever. He also praises Tarantino’s directing, specifically when a simple movement of the camera reveals multiple layers of depth and foreshadowing in a scene. Inevitably hitting on the note of Tarantino’s violence fetish, Matty stresses that any violence deliberately moves the plot forward in logical, meaningful ways.
The review ends with an extremely well worded monologue by Matty defending Tarantino from recent rumblings that Basterds is pushing a Holocaust-denying agenda. Both of the guys make it extremely clear that no subject matter should be off-limits to an artist, especially those dealing with controversial events. This point of view is likely to be abundant among film critics, but it brought an interesting question to mind – when will the video game industry be mature enough for developers to tackle controversial topics in an artistic way?
:13-15:00 – Review: “Inglourious Basterds”
Music: Steeler’s Wheels, “Stuck in the Middle With You”
35:45-40:28 – Massacre Theatre (Winner: J. Wilcox)
23:39-34:47 – Polls, Notes, Feedback
Music: ?, “Fool For Love”
53:55-1:04:15 – New DVDs/Donations
1:04:15-1:21:56 – Top 5: Tarantino Scenes
1:21:57-1:25:26 – Close/Next Show/Outtake
Runtime – 1:25:26
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