Category: Shows

0:00-4:25 – Introduction; Jeff took a shower; what Jeff smells like
4:25-5:50 – We re-watched “Sin City”
5:50-17:30 – “If I Stay” review
17:30-24:50 – “The One I Love” review (B.S.-approved!)
24:50-27:55 – “Life After Beth” review (Bayer only)
27:55-33:25 – Lots of good stuff is on VOD nowadays; we pontificate about it; plans to gaslight Jeff’s wife
33:25-46:10 – QOTW (best opening scenes)
46:10-49:05 – Summer Box Office Challenge update; Eric proves mathematically how he could still lose
49:05-57:40 – “Sin City 2” review (Bayer only)
57:40-59:55 – Wrap-up; it’s Eric’s birthday on Tuesday; no show next week

QOTW: What was the first movie you walked out of, and why?

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0:00-1:45 – Introduction
1:45-12:45 – Robin Williams memories
12:45-27:05 – “The Expendables 3” review
27:05-33:50 – “What If” review
33:50-39:50 – “Calvary” review
40:00-44:30 – “The Giver” review (Snider only)
44:30-56:30 – QOTW (first movie you’d show your kid)
56:30-1:00:20 – Our weight-loss contest, Eric’s chin, upcoming travels, wrap-up, goodbye

QOTW: What movie has your favorite opening scene?

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0:00-5:25 – Introduction, gorillas and other smelly things, Eric names a drink
5:25-17:50 – “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” review
17:50-32:40 – “Into the Storm” review
32:40-43:30 – “Magic in the Moonlight” review
43:30-1:03:10 – QOTW (movies you would protect from all remakes or sequels), and a call for more QOTW suggestions
1:03:10-1:08:55 – Box Office Challenge update (Jeff continues to lose badly), and then we say goodbye
QOTW: What was the first movie you showed (or what is the first movie you will show) to your child, and why?

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0:00-6:10 – Introduction, the weather, trivia night at Portland’s Hollywood Theatre
6:10-23:30 – “Guardians of the Galaxy” review
23:30-29:25 – “Get on Up” review (Bayer only)
29:25-38:05 – QOTW (outside-the-box superhero actors)
38:05-40:00 – Box Office Challenge update (Bayer is losing a lot)
40:00-52:25 – Jeff & Eric’s Excellent Adventure: Aug. 2, 1991
52:25-55:20 – Summary, goodbye, etc.

QOTW: If you could preserve one movie (or movie series) from ever being remade, rebooted, or otherwise tampered with, which would it be, and why?

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0:00-5:15 – Introduction, Mom’s peanut butter balls, Jeff’s beer (he goes on for some time)
5:15-15:00 – “Hercules” review
15:00-23:30 – “Lucy” review
23:30-26:45 – More examples of the MPAA rating system being screwed up. Oh, and there are too many trailers
26:45-35:45 – “And So It Goes” review
35:45-42:20 – “They Came Together” review (B.S.-approved)
42:20-49:25 – “Boyhood” review (B.S.-approved)
49:25-51:55 – “A Most Wanted Man” review
51:55-1:00:10 – QOTW (old wives’ tales as movies)
1:00:10-1:02:35 – Closing remarks and summary

QOTW: In the spirit of Chris Pratt in “Guardians of the Galaxy,” who else would be a good unexpected choice to play a superhero (and which superhero)?

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0:00-3:10 – Introduction, what Jeff’s drinking
3:10-4:15 – iTunes review
4:15-5:15 – Neither of us saw “Planes: Fire and Rescue”
5:15-21:15 – “The Purge: Anarchy” review
21:15-33:25 – “Sex Tape” review
33:25-45:10 – “Wish I Was Here” review, plus the Zach Braff Twitter incident
45:10-56:00 – QOTW (your gift ideas for Jeff Bayer)
56:00-57:20 – Wrappin’ things up

QOTW: In the spirit of “Lucy” (“you only use 10% of your brain”), what other old wives’ tale/urban legend/common misconception could be the premise for a movie?

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0:00-2:30 – Introduction, our new theme song (thanks, Gregory Whitehead!)
2:30-7:00 – Jeff is in San Diego now and is annoyingly happy about it; watching movies long distance
7:00-8:00 – iTunes review
8:00-21:25 – “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” review
21:25-31:05 – “Snowpiercer” review (It’s B.S.-approved™!)
31:05-38:10 – “Begin Again” review
38:10-40:25 – “Land Ho!” review
40:25-43:30 – Eric has quasi-reviews of “Deliver Us from Evil” and “Tammy”
43:30-46:20 – Jeff recommends “Battered Bastards of Baseball” now on Netflix
46:20-49:15 – Summer Box Office Challenge update: it’s not looking good for Jeff
49:15-54:40 – An unrelated weight-loss contest
54:40-1:05:45 – QOTW (favorite summer moviegoing memories)
1:05:45-1:08:20 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What movie-related gift would you love to get for Jeff Bayer on his birthday (July 14)? You can give one realistic answer and one fantasy answer. Jeff will choose the best answers and praise that person.

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0:00-6:00 – Introduction, it’s Bayer’s last show before he moves to San Diego, complaining
6:00-7:10 – iTunes review
7:10-12:00 – “Transformers: Age of Extinction” wasn’t screened in Portland but we talk about it anyway
12:00-30:50 – Our top 10 lists for the first half of 2014
30:50-50:40 – Preparatory to Jeff’s departure, we reminisce about all the movies we watched at Jeff’s house over the years, and get nostalgic
50:40-1:00:00 – QOTW (toys and games that could be movies or whatever)
1:00:00- No show next week (July 4), and then something about tasers, and the wrap-up

QOTW: What is your favorite summer movie theater memory?

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0:00-6:10 – Introduction, our plans for the near future, including moving the Bayers to San Diego
6:10-10:10 – “Think Like a Man Too” and “Jersey Boys” are opening but we didn’t see them
10:10-17:30 – “Obvious Child” review
17:30-19:05 – We put a list of recent B.S.-approved movies on Facebook
19:05-23:50 – “The Rover” review (Snider only)
23:50-27:30 – “Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon” review (Bayer only)
27:30-30:45 – “We Are the Best!” review (Snider only)
30:45-43:00 – QOTW (movie homes you’d like to own)
43:00-53:45 – A round of Character Casserole via Jeff & Eric’s Excellent Adventure
53:45-55:45 – Brief box office update
55:45-56:50 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What other toy or game or whatever should they make into a movie, like “Transformers”?

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0:00-2:50 – Introduction, beverages, takin’ it one day at a time
2:50-14:20 – “How to Train Your Dragon 2” review
14:20-29:10 – “22 Jump Street” review
29:10-31:55 – Box Office Challenge update, and also Thai food
31:55-43:10 – QOTW (books you liked that became bad movies)
43:10-52:25 – A game of Pitch Me
52:25-53:25 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What home from a movie do you wish you owned?

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0:00-3:35 – Introduction, something Jeff likes about fatherhood
3:35-16:15 – “Edge of Tomorrow” review
16:15-20:20 – Our rating system, stuff Jeff wants, funny cancer
20:20-32:10 – “The Fault in Our Stars” review
32:10-47:35 – QOTW (your brushes with fame, and ours)
47:35-53:10 – Box Office Challenge updates, including what the stakes of the bet are
53:10-56:10 – Updates on Dr Pepper imitators and Wanker’s Corner
56:10-58:05 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What’s a book you loved that got turned into a movie you didn’t — or a book you didn’t like that became a good movie?

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0:00-2:05 – Introduction, hello, water
2:05-4:15 – iTunes review, repetition of shirts
4:15-17:55 – “A Million Ways to Die in the West” review
17:55-29:05 – “Maleficent” review
29:05-36:20 – “Cold in July” review
36:20-44:30 – QOTW (movies that reflect your beliefs)
44:30-48:25 – Possible replacement for “nerd” as insult, including some labored double entendre
48:25-58:10 – A game of Character Casserole
58:10-59:40 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What is your best brush with fame? True stories only, por favor

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0:00-4:05 – Introduction, Dr Pepper imitations
4:05-18:50 – “X-Men: Days of Future Past” review
18:50-22:15 – Replacements needed for “nerd” and “geek,” with discussion of what used to be offensive but isn’t now
22:15-30:10 – “Blended” review (Bayer only; Snider talks about why he didn’t see it)
30:10-34:30 – “Chef” review
34:30-42:35 – QOTW (movies that could have used time travel)
42:35-45:25 – Summer Box Office Challenge update
45:25-47:45 – Help us determine which Best Actor/Actress Oscar nominee shows up the latest in his/her movie (current champion: Frances McDormand, “Fargo,” 33 minutes in)
47:45-49:20 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What movie most faithfully depicts a religion, philosophy, or point of view that you strongly believe in?

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0:00-4:00 – Introduction, the weather, calories in soda
4:00-22:30 – “Godzilla” review
22:30-29:10 – “Million Dollar Arm” review
29:10-34:00 – “God’s Pocket” review
34:00-39:35 – “Locke” review
39:35-46:25 – QOTW (funny moments in dramas)
46:25-55:45 – Follow-up on “Neighbors,” seeing it with your mom, and the box office
55:45-1:03:00 – A round of Pitch Me!
1:03:00-1:06:20 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What movie should have used time travel, and why?

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0:00-1:30 – Introduction
1:30-6:10 – iTunes review, and a story about fishing
6:10-17:50 – “Neighbors” review
17:50-19:15 – Some other movies opened that we didn’t see
19:15-23:00 – “Stage Fright” review
23:00-40:00 – QOTW (your most emotional movie moments)
40:00-41:50 – Brief update on the Summer Box Office Challenge
41:50-43:50 – Recommending movies to friends and strangers
43:50-52:45 – A round of Character Casserole
52:45-54:45 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What’s the funniest moment in a drama?

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0:00-2:35 – Introduction, small talk
2:35-5:30 – iTunes review, a call for new theme songs, Fat Albert
5:30-19:45 – “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” review
19:45-23:25 – Eric’s proposal for curtailing the comic book movies, more Spidey talk
23:25-29:05 – “Blue Ruin” review
29:05-35:15 – QOTW (your most anticipated films of the summer)
35:15-49:50 – We choose our movies for the 4th annual summer blockbuster contest. The stakes are high! We don’t know what they are yet, but they are high
49:50-52:35 – Next week’s QOTW, wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What was your most emotional movie moment?

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0:00-7:50 – Introduction; the movies we didn’t see
7:50-22:20 – “Brick Mansions” review
22:20-23:25 – Eric saw “Under the Skin” again
23:25-33:20 – Eric’s Tribeca Film Festival report: “Zero Motivation,” “Night Moves,” “In Your Eyes,” “Intramural”
33:20-46:35 – QOTW (actors and movies you can’t remember the names of or get confused)
46:35-49:10 – Next week’s QOTW and the summer box office contest, plus an uncomfortable silence
49:10-50:40 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What are your two (2) most anticipated movies this summer?

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0:00-2:45 – Introduction, what Jeff is drinking
2:45-19:05 – “Transcendence” review
19:05-21:35 – “A Haunted House 2” and “Heaven Is for Real” are movies that they didn’t show to critics
21:35-27:10 – “Bears” review (Bayer only)
27:10-29:00 – “The Unknown Known” (Bayer only) and “Joe,” very briefly
29:00-45:00 – QOTW (your biggest movie disagreements)
45:00-49:30 – Blather about Jeff moving to San Diego, dreams, more on “Transcendence,” the upcoming Summer Box Office Challenge
49:30-50:50 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What actor’s name or movie’s title have you had the most trouble remembering correctly?

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0:00-1:30 – Introduction, quiet voices
1:30-16:45 – “Draft Day” review
16:45-23:00 – “Rio 2” review
23:00-27:30 – “Oculus” review
27:30-37:00 – “Under the Skin” review
37:00-40:40 – “Jodorowsky’s Dune” mini-review
40:40-42:50 – “The Raid 2” mini-review
42:50-54:00 – QOTW (your irrational movie turn-offs)
54:00-56:15 – Wrap-up and goodbyes

QOTW: What was your biggest movie disagreement with a friend?

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