The Doofcast

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://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https://doofmedia.com! SHOW NOTES: 2:24 - Main Segment: The Prestige 1:03:16 - Mini Segment: No Spoilers Tenet Talk  

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, writing, and more at https://doofmedia.com! SHOW NOTES:  1:43  - Main Segment: Hellboy 1:17:37 - Mini Segment: Matt punches virtually 1:22:03 - Wonder Woman 84 Spoilers Discussion

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 and Max Gladstone. The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, January 29th 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, 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/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https://doofmedia.com! SHOW NOTES: 1:52 - Main Segment: Freeway 43:01 - Mando! 1:00:50 - Adios, 2020      

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: @doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https://doofmedia.com! SHOW NOTES:  1:20  - Main Segment: Blade II 57:25 - Mini Segment: More like CyberSuck  

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 about S2E6 of the Mando.  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: 4:14 - Main Segment: Starship Troopers 1:02:44 - Mini Segment: Disney+ is getting 47,000 new shows 1:31:16 - Mini Segment: Mando S2E6

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. The Livestream discussion will happen on Friday, January 1st 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 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 Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https://doofmedia.com! SHOW NOTES: 2:01 - Main Segment: The Devil's Backbone *Spoilers* 56:47 - Mini Segment: Mando's Gambit (Spoilers for The Mandalorian S2E5) 1:15:28 - Mini Segment: WB declares war on movie theaters 1:31:03 - Mini Segment: FIGHT!!!      

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 Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/doofmedia See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at https://doofmedia.com! SHOW NOTES: 3:14 - Main Segment: Short Stories 1:20:54 - Mini Segment: Mando rules    

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