The Oscars are over and I think we can say a collective "well, that was weird". The location, the speeches, the music trivia? On this 93rd Academy Awards dedicated episode we cover all of our Oscars 2021 reactions. We take a look at the best and worst moments, out thoughts on the upsets and the usual end to the whole affair. To be fair, it's not all bad. In fact, we find a whole handful of things that we really enjoyed. Most notably, it seems highly probable that somebody phoned in the 75+ humor troop, but I digress.
I should mention that there is a glaring miss on talking about the best dressed, so to be clear it was of course Viola Davis. **sizzle**
I would be remiss not to mention the Oscar Predictions contest! The rankings among us came in where you might expect, but with Tim bringing in 17 correct predictions that left Rob and I only 2-3 behind! That said, there are wiser (or better guessing) humans amongst us, so with a 19 correct answers, we announce the winner(s) of the 2021 Oscar Prediction Contest! Thanks for playing along with us!
In worth mentioning, we share our thoughts on the newest installment of Mortal Kombat and it's own highs and lows. Tim brings his "I'm not going to commit that it's the best film of the year, but I think it's probably the film of the year" pick with Twentieth Century.
Our next Movie Club meetup is coming!
Movie Club Movie Trivia is Friday, April 30th – Mark your calendars! If you're not a Movie Club member, you can sign up here!
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We made it to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier SEASON FINALE and we're feeling pretty proud. I guess the old adage is true "misery loves company," because I was feeling pretty solid about the collective AE jabs at the cheesy writing and blatant social commentary. Though, I overheard a gal tell Rob on a work call that she is "absolutely loving The Falcon and the Winter Soldier," that it's her "favorite Marvel series" and that she "loves it way more than Wandavision. Of course all of this feels completely absurd, but to each their own.
As I've mentioned (so many times) this show has led us down so many different tangents. We've met so many characters and only somewhat understand their motivations and we're left conflicted about what would even be satisfying for us at the point. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier SEASON FINALE ends up attempting the not-so-small feat of tying up every possible loose end. To add to the intrepidness, they roll all of this into the last 10 minutes of the episode.
To focus on the positive a bit, we do see that The Falcon has emerged anew, which some slick new gear. He is in fact, no longer The Falcon, but instead a flying Captain America. I have a whole set of issues with this, but you can listen to the episode to see if you agree.
All in all, would we personally recommend this series? Well, we'll talk about that on the episode too!
In our shows Worth Mentioning segment, we get a little personal comfort food, if you will. Brennan brings his thoughts on one his his childhood favorites, Animorphs. Rob talks about a new docuseries This Is A Robbery, that he's been watching when I fall asleep at 9pm. I cover the first episode of My Love: Six Stories of True Love, which I feel embarrassed about even as I type (but I'm probably going to keep watching on the ole' Nordictrack).
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Episodes in this series:
New World Order S1 E1
The Star-Spangled Man S1 E2
Power Broker S1 E3
The Whole World Is Watching S1 E4
Truth S1 E5
Episodes will be released every Wednesday!
Next Up! By Patreon request, we'll be diving head first into the first season of The Nevers. We hope you'll watch along with us!
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5 episodes down, 1 to go! The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1 E5, brings us... honestly, it's hard to remember. We recorded the episode 3 days ago and it's already a blur. If I'm remembering the high points correctly, it went something like: The fake Captain America gets relieved of his hero status and they ask nicely for him to return his shield whenever is convenient for him. Then the Falcon decides to pass off his wings to Torres, begging the question of whether or not this will make his Super Hero name awkward (maybe Wingless Wonder? Un-wing? We'll keep wordsmithing it a bit more). We get a random, but always welcome, cameo from "Elaine-from-Seinfeld" which only adds to the open questions that need to be resolved in this week's final episode. We were excited see Isaiah Bradley again, who provided some sage advice to The Falcon. These keen insights from his experienced mentor are completely disregarded, leading to a strange (and very lengthy) training montage that indicates Captain America's shield can be easily wielded by, just about everyone. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1 E5 has continued to bring us new characters and at this point we think it's best bet for ending would be to conclude like The Bob Newhart Show. We shall see!
In our shows Worth Mentioning segment, we get a little personal comfort food, if you will. Brennan brings his thoughts on The Office (which is probably retro for him, while Rob and I watched them "live" back in the old days). Rob talks about this super fun show Mythic Quest, which is basically the equivalent of The Office for gamers. And my show, well, I don't want to talk about it.
We are literally a week away from the Oscars and we're all (just Rob and I, actually) scrambling to see as many Oscar nominees as we can, in advance. Like all good procrastinators, we're taking our time to look back at years past at the best awards winners in the Academy's history, with our picks for the Top 5 Acting Oscar Winners!
For an added treat, Tim also drops in his bottom 5 acting Oscar winning performances. We all breathed a deep sigh of relief when Jessica Tandy narrowly escaped his list.
We had a lot to catch up on and lots of news to share! In worth mentioning, Rob reviews The Sleepover, Tim shares his big feelings on Chaos Walking and the crew decides to gang up on Carrie for her lack of film watching, while she was away at her Grandfather's memorial service this week.
Our Amazon movie rental winner for their Top 5 Acting Oscar Winners submission was Snad321, yay you! And, we are ever-so sorry for making it weird and accidentally calling you Snads. Rob needs more sleep.
Movie Club Movie Trivia is Friday, April 30th - Mark your calendars!
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Well, we're still here. Here at Alternate Ending, we're nothing, if not resilient. I'm sort of joking, but as we make our way through The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1 E4, the lingering feeling that this show was made solely for my Dad, is growing. I know we mentioned on our last episode that there were quite a few plot points to wrap up, but this episode has chosen to only unravel the spool more.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1 E4 brings us my favorite Marvaleers - the Wakandans are in town and they are NOT happy with Zemo. Ayo gives Barnes eight hours to use Zemo before the Wakandans take him. Zemo helps find sweet, innocent Carly Morgenthau at a funeral for her adoptive mother. Wilson speaks with Morgenthau alone and attempts to persuade her to end the violence, but because he sucks and nobody wants to listen to him, a fight breaks out. Lots more fighting, lots more wanting the super serum and yada yada. Morgenthau accidentally kills Hoskins and yada yada. THEN Walker wigs out and that's pretty much the episode.
We still don't know who the Power Broker is, Captain Underpants, I mean Walker is rogue and Zemo is just meandering around giving kids candy. It really does force you to ask yourself, how can this possibly resolve itself and more importantly, do we even care?
In our shows Worth Mentioning segment, things get a little weird (and it's always my fault) as I bring to the table docuseries about essential oils and the tantra (tAHntra? taaaantra?) to the dismay of everybody. Meanwhile Brennan brings something that sounds much more interesting with the show Money Heist and Rob shares a bit of insight into his odd obsession with youth sports with his review of the Netflix series Last Chance U. OH! And Rob and I are also pretty deep into Made for Love, the new hit on HBO Max, and we're really into it!
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Episodes in this series:
New World Order S1 E1
The Star-Spangled Man S1 E2
Power Broker S1 E3
Episodes will be released every Wednesday!
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As a followup to Alternate Ending’s Top 5 Rivalries episode, Brennan is sitting down with Take 2 virgin Rob to discuss TWILIGHT, how it ended up on his list, and why he took it right the hell off!
Well, we made our way through The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1 E3, we're half way there! This episode brought a few fun surprises, a flurry of new characters and a hefty smattering of loose ends. There is absolutely no way that this show can resolve itself in any sort of satisfying way, in only 3 more episodes, but godspeed to the writers.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S1 E3 provides us more insight into the motivations of the Flag Smashers and leaves us grappling with who we really should to be rooting for (not a point that we entirely agree on). We also meet a few powerhouse ladies and dive into the different aspects of representation Marvel is infusing in each episode.
In our "shows worth mentioning" segment, Brennan brings a recap of all of the Animated Oscar Shorts and I brought my perspective on this terrible little mini-doc The Last Cruise.
Share your thoughts on the episode (or shows that you're loving!!) in the comments or pre-submit your thoughts on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode we're covering to contact@alternatenending.com to get in on the discussion!
Episodes in this series:
New World Order S1 E1
The Star-Spangled Man S1 E2
Power Broker S1 E3
Episodes will be released every Wednesday!
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With Godzilla squaring off against King Kong (for the second time!), we've turned our attention to some of the best versus-es in cinema history. We're getting ready to fight about the top 5 rivalries in movie history, the antagonism and fighting and lifelong grudges and discovering that you both have mothers with the first name "Martha", and all of it.
In Worth Mentioning, we cover Godzilla vs Kong, Assassin 33 A.D. and WeWork.