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This week, part 2 of our 26-part series looking at the films of Ridley Scott. We're checking out 1979's seminal science fiction classic Alien! We talked for a LONG time on this one, folks, so that's all there is this week.  Next week, Deconstructing Scott continues with Blade Runner! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com! SHOW NOTES: Nothing but Alien this week  

We are finally ready to begin our next deep dive into a director. We have selected Sir Ridley Scott nad this week we look at Scott's first film: 1977's The Duellists Then, we look at the results of our vote on Galaxy Quest and finally honor Bruce Willis with our top 5 favorite of his performances. Next week, Deconstructing Scott continues with Alien! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com! SHOW NOTES: 11:31 - Main Segment - The Duellists 1:04:51 - Galaxy Quest Results 1:08:19 - Top 5 Bruce Willis Performances  

This week our Patreon council has once again nominated a movie for induction into the Doof! Canon of great films. This month, it's the 1999 Star Trek love letter Galaxy Quest Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Galaxy Quest be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/64558897 Then we chat about what happened at the Oscars and proper ourselves for our next Deconstructing Directors series on Ridley Scott! Next week: Deconstructing Scott begins with his first film: The Duelists! 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: 2:35 - Galaxy Quest 58:23 - The 94th Annual Academy Awards 1:19:23 - Deconstructing Scott begins!

March sees us looking at a classic, influential novel with Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon.  Note: This is an unedited 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! Click here to submit a book for Book Club Next month's book is Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel.  The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, May 6th at 9:30 PM Central Time Support us on Patreon Matt’s Twitter: @moridinamael Scott’s Twitter:@scottdaly85 Stay updated with Doof Media: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at www.doofmedia.com

This week on the Doofcast, Matt and Scott talk about some of the work of one of their favorite working directors: Mike Flanagan Then they dive into some spoilery details on Flanagan's Midnight Mass before briefly talking about Pixar's latest film Turning Red and wondering what the hell the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is doing  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: 30:30 - Midnight Mass Spoilers begin 1:02:07 - A brief Turning Red discussion 1:19:40 - More Oscars talk!

This week on the Doofcast, Matt and Scott take a look at the newest Batman film, Matt Reeves'  The Batman! Then, for some reason, we thought it would be a good idea to attempt to rank all 14 Batman films. Let's see how this goes.  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: 1:16 - The Batman 1:04:06 - BatRank!

This week on this extra stuffed special episode Matt and Scott are joined by Doof! Wheel of Time correspondent to talk all about the first season of the adaptation to one of Matt's favorite book series.  The first part of the episode contains only spoilers for the 8 episodes of season 1, then we move into a clearly delineated full Book spoilers discussion. Next week: The Batman 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: 4:21 - The Wheel of Time 1:04:54 - Wheel of Time full book spoilers begin 1:43:15 - BrandoSando destroys the publishing industry

We've got a special bonus episode for you guys this week. Matt and Daniel once again got a look at Neal Stephenson's new book and they're here to talk about it.  Termination Shock is available everywhere, so go get it, then join in the conversation! Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com!  

This week out Patreon council has once again nominated a movie for induction into the Doof! Canon of great films. This month, it's the 2000 Coen Brothers classic O Brother, Where Art Thou? Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should O Brother be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63025491 Then we discuss our top 5 favorite film openings! 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: 1:53 - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1:03:48 - Top 5 Film Openings

2021 Catch Up continues this week as Scott and Matt are joined by Alexandra and Sebastian from The View From Halfway Down, a new Bojack Horsman podcast on the Doof! Network to chat about Wes Anderson's newest film! Check out The View From Halfway Down: https://www.doofmedia.com/halfwaydown/ Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at doofmedia.com! SHOW NOTES: Nothing but The French Dispatch today!