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Scott and Matt and maybe a guest discuss and analyze movies, TV, books, and anything else we feel like talking about. Follow us @doofmedia on Twitter or at doofmedia.com

#281 - Deconstructing Apes: DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 10/04/2024

#281 - Deconstructing Apes: DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES This week the Apes series takes a step up as Matt Reeves enters the picture. We're chatting about 2014's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. It's amazing. Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/33324867

#280 - Deconstructing Apes: RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 09/27/2024

#280 - Deconstructing Apes: RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES This week our Apes series movies on to the 7th film in the series: the 2013 2nd reboot: Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It's pretty dang good! Also, Scott saw Rebel Ridge on Netflix and thinks you should watch it! Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/33229017

#279 - Deconstructing Apes: PLANET OF THE APES (2001) 09/13/2024

#279 - Deconstructing Apes: PLANET OF THE APES (2001) This week our Apes series movies on to the 6th film in the series: the 2001 Tim Burton reboot Planet of the Apes. It's kinda awful! Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/33032822

#278 - Deconstructing Shyamalan (Addendum): TRAP 09/06/2024

#278 - Deconstructing Shyamalan (Addendum): TRAP This week we take a quick break from our Apes series to revisit an old favorite: M. Night Shyamalan. We're chatting about Night's newest film: Trap! It fucking rules Then we rerank Shyamalan's films, finding the correct spot for Trap. Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/32939292

#277 - Deconstructing Apes: BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES 08/30/2024

#277 - Deconstructing Apes: BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES This week we reach the end of the original apes series with the 5th film in the franchise: Battle for the Planet of the Apes. It's actually pretty good! Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! Show Notes: 2:04 - Battle for the Planet of the Apes 59:36 - Summer Box Office Review /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/32805442

#276 - Deconstructing Apes: CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 08/23/2024

#276 - Deconstructing Apes: CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES We continue exploring the Apes franchise with the 1972 film: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. It's a metaphor for racism! And also...kinda bad. Next week: Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! Show Notes: ALL APES /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/32688212

#275 - Deconstructing Apes: ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES 08/16/2024

#275 - Deconstructing Apes: ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES The Apes series returns with its 3rd entry the hilarious and sad Escape from the Planet of the Apes Then Matt and Scott went to the movies! And saw different films. Oops... Next week: Conquest for the Planet of the Apes. Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! Show Notes: 3:05 - Escape from the Planet of the Apes 47:35 - Matt talks Deadpool and Wolverine and Scott talks Trap /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/32602337

#274 - Deconstructing Apes: BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES 08/09/2024

#274 - Deconstructing Apes: BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES This week our 10 part series discussing the Planet of the Apes franchise continues with the second film: 1970's Beneath the Planet of the Apes. This one is so wonderfully weird. We loved it. Then Matt wants to chat about a VR game and Scott is disappointed with House of the Dragon Next week: Escape from the Planet of the Apes. Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! Show Notes: 2:03 - Beneath the Planet of the Apes 58:48 - Matt loves I Am Cat 1:07:59 - House of the Drag-on /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/32509302

July Book Club - THE TROOP by Nick Cutter 08/02/2024

July Book Club - THE TROOP by Nick Cutter Our patrons decided to gross us out and make us read Nick Cutter's The Troop. Eww... Note: This is an unedited audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit. Next months book is Horror Movie By Paul Tremblay. We'll be meeting to discuss it on Friday, August 30th at 9:30 PM Central Time!!! Matt’s Twitter: Scott’s Twitter: Stay updated with Doof Media: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/32398822

#273 - Deconstructing Apes: PLANET OF THE APES (1968) 08/02/2024

#273 - Deconstructing Apes: PLANET OF THE APES (1968) This week we begin our newest ongoing series taking a look at The Planet of the Apes franchise! This week we're Deconstructing the first film in the series: Planet of the Apes! Then we briefly chat about the results of last week's vote on Lord of the Rings and then talk about RDJ's triumphant return to the MCU Next week: Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/32395477

#272 - THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING 07/26/2024

#272 - THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING This week our Patreon council has once again nominated a movie for induction into the Doof! Canon of great films. This month, the literally perfect 2001 film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Surprising no one, we absolutely love it, and have many things to discuss. But what do you think? Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Fellowship be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: Next week we begin our newest series taking a look at the Planet of the Apes franchise! /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/32301042

#271 - UTOPIA (2013) 07/19/2024

#271 - UTOPIA (2013) It's the semi-annual Michael Takes Over The Podcast episode which long term listeners will know means that this is mostly just Chaos. We did spend a fair amount of time talking about the first episode of the 2013 British show Utopia though. So that's good. Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/32209822

#270 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: THE WHALE 07/12/2024

#270 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: THE WHALE We reach the end of our series on Darren Aronofsky and cover the director's 8th film: The Whale. This movie... has us pretty conflicted. Then, we briefly chat about our overall Aronofsky feelings before ranking the director's 8 films. Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/32108367

June Book Club - SHOGUN by James Clavell 07/05/2024

June Book Club - SHOGUN by James Clavell After taking two months to read this massive book we're back to chat about James Clavell's Shogun! Note: This is an unedited audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit. Next months book is The Troop by Nick Cutter We'll be meeting to discuss it on Friday, July 26th at 9:30 PM Central Time!!! Matt’s Twitter: Scott’s Twitter: Stay updated with Doof Media: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/32021882

#269 - Theme Parks 07/05/2024

#269 - Theme Parks This week, Matt went to Disneyland and really loved it, especially the Star Wars part! So he really wanted to chat about it. And Scott.... well... Scott is apparently a cermudgony old asshole who hates fun! Also we chat about the trailer for the new Alien movie! Next week: Deconstructing Aranofsky concludes with The Whale Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/32019272

#268 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: MOTHER! 06/28/2024

#268 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: MOTHER! In Part 7 of our series discussing the extremely hated (but extremely awesome) Mother! Then, are The Acoloyte and The Boys S4 good?? Next week: Matt wants to talk about Disney. Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! Show Notes: 2:20 - Mother! 52:50 - Show bad? /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/31925517

#267 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: NOAH 06/07/2024

#267 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: NOAH In Part 6 of our series discussing the films of Darren Aronofsky we take a look at 2014's divisive Noah, a fascinating film that works as often as it doesnt. Then we're back to solve all of the movie industry's problems even as it collapses around us. Next week: we'll be off for Kingslingers Live in Bangor, but we'll be back the week after to chat about Disney Land, Theme parks, and Star Wars. Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! Show Notes: 3:02 - Noah 1:14:34 - It's the end of the (movie) world as we know it. /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/31642687

#266 - MMORPGs 05/31/2024

#266 - MMORPGs This week, Matt is on vacation and so Scott called up his World of Warcraft buddy Tevin Crody Next week: Deconstructing Aronofsky continues with Noah Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/31545097

#265 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: BLACK SWAN 05/24/2024

#265 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: BLACK SWAN We're back with part 5 of our series looking at the films of Darren Aronofsky. This time, Aronofsky's Academy Award-winning 5th film: Black Swan Next week: Deconstructing Aronofsky continues with Noa Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/31449697

#264 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: THE WRESTLER 05/10/2024

#264 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: THE WRESTLER Part 4 of our series on the films of Darren Aronofksy sees us take on the award-winning The Wrestler. It's an incredible movie but very different from the types of films Aronofsky made before. . Then we chat about the trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's Trap and how movies are marketed these days. Next week: Deconstructing Aronofsky continues with The Wrestler Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! Show Notes: 2:17 - The Wrestler 59:18 - Trap and movie trailers /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/31226392

April Book Club - TRESS OF THE EMERALD SEA by Brandon Sanderson 05/03/2024

April Book Club - TRESS OF THE EMERALD SEA by Brandon Sanderson Brandon Sanderson is back on the book club and it's possibly our favorite! We're chatting about Tress of the Emerald Sea Note: This is an unedited audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit. Our next book club will be covering James Clavell's Shogun. NOTE: Due to the extreme length of this book, we're going to be skipping May. We'll be meeting to discuss it on Friday, June 28th at 9:30 PM Central Time!!! Matt’s Twitter: Scott’s Twitter: Stay updated with Doof Media: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/31102373

#263 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: THE FOUNTAIN 05/03/2024

#263 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: THE FOUNTAIN In part 3 of our Aronofsky series we take a look at the director's 2006 film: The Fountain. This one didn't do good on release, but Scott and Matt find something to love in it. Then we talk about our favorite Hugh Jackman performances and compile our top 5 favorite Next week: Deconstructing Aronofsky continues with The Wrestler Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! Show Notes: 2:17 - The Fountain 59:54 - Top 5 Jackman /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/31099318

#262 - Shōgun 04/26/2024

#262 - Shōgun This week we chat about the absolutely incredible FX TV show Shōgun! Next week: Deconstructing Aranofsky continues with The Fountain Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/30995778

#261 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: REQUIEM FOR A DREAM 04/19/2024

#261 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: REQUIEM FOR A DREAM In part two of our series on the films of Darren Aronofsky we take a look at the incredible and disturbing 2000 film Requiem for a Dream. Drugs are bad, but this movie is very, very good. Next week: Shogun! Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! Show Notes: All Requiem this week /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/30896323

#260 - ELDEN RING 04/12/2024

#260 - ELDEN RING This week we finally get a chance to sit down and chat about the video game masterpiece that is Elden Ring. Matt absolutely loves it! Scott does too! ...with reservations. Next week: Deconstructing Aranofsky continues with Requiem for a Dream Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/30793563

#259 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: PI 04/05/2024

#259 - Deconstructing Aronofsky: PI We are so excited to begin our newest deconstructing directors series that will see us taking a look at Darren Aronofsky and the 8 films he's directed. This week we chat about Aronofsky's first feature film: 1998's Pi! Then we briefly chat about the results of last week's vote on Poltergeist and our listener's comments on the film. Next week: Elden Ring! Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! Show Notes: 9:04 - Pi 1:00:04 - Poltergeist results! /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/30691083

March Book Club - THE HUNTER by Tana French 04/02/2024

March Book Club - THE HUNTER by Tana French In the conclusion of our double header we take a look at Tana French's The Hunter, sequel to last month's The Searcher. It's wonderful because it's Tana French. Read it! Note: This is an unedited audio copy of the live-streamed discussion over on , so you'll hear us interact with the audience a bit. April 2024's book is Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson. We'll be meeting to discuss it on Friday, April 26th at 9:30 PM Central Time!!! Matt’s Twitter: Scott’s Twitter: Stay updated with Doof Media: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/30645248

#258 - POLTERGEIST (1982) 03/29/2024

#258 - POLTERGEIST (1982) This week our Patreon council has once again nominated a movie for induction into the Doof! Canon of great films. This month, the 1982 classic horror film Poltergeist! It's a wonderful, funny, weird, and creepy movie. But what do you think? Take a listen and then make your voice heard. Should Poltergeist be entered into Doof canon? Vote here: Then: We chat about what we'll be covering on our next Deconstructing Directors series SHOW NOTES: 1:20 - Poltergeist 1:08:50 - Deconstructing Who? /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/30591983

#257 - DUNE: PART 2 03/22/2024

#257 - DUNE: PART 2 This week we take a look at Denis Villineuve's Dune: Part 2! As you know, Matt is a total Dune nerd, so while talking about the movie we also discuss how it aligns and differs from it's source material. Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! Show Notes: ALL DUNE /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/30492698

#256 - Oscars Catch-Up: POOR THINGS 03/15/2024

#256 - Oscars Catch-Up: POOR THINGS In the final part of our catching up on the Oscars series, we take a look at Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things! Then we chat all about the 2024 Oscars. Were they any good? Follow us on Twitter: See all of our podcasts, writing, and more at ! Show Notes: 1:25 - Poor Things 1:03:07 - The 2024 Oscars were great! /episode/index/show/dalyplanetfilms/id/30384178

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