Derek has broken free of his icy confines and I am nearly over my sinus infection. We rejoice by discussing Flight of the Conchords, How I Met Your Mother, Chuck in 3-D, The Derek Report, Big Bang Theory, Scrubs, The Office, Burn Notice, Fringe and of course LOST.
Plus I share the imaginary date when winter finally broke me.
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Labels: 2009, Big Bang Theory, Burn Notice, Chuck, Flight of the Conchords, Fringe, HIMYM, LOST, podcast, Scrubs, The Derek Report, The Office
By: Alyssa | Sunday, February 08, 2009 at Sunday, February 08, 2009 | | 
We saved Derek and the Podcast!
This week Derek returns, we get a call from a friend, and we talk about a bunch of shows including Trust Me, Fringe, Burn Notice, Flight of the Conchords, Battlestar Galactica, Friday Night Lights and always at the end - LOST. Plus we manage to spend a few minutes with a delayed Derek Report and rambling about low-rent TV ads.
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Labels: 2009, BSG, Burn Notice, Flight of the Conchords, Friday Night Lights, Fringe, podcast, The Derek Report, Trust Me
By: Alyssa | at Sunday, February 08, 2009 | |
This week Derek isn't around because his car is frozen to the ground. What? It happens.
Deeps and I soldier on and talk about Lie To Me, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, 30 Rock, Knight Rider, Fringe, The Beast, Burn Notice and LOST. We're saving all of our LOST talk for the end of the episodes - like we did with Dexter and True Blood.
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Labels: 2009, 30 Rock, Burn Notice, Fringe, HIMYM, Knight Rider, Lie To Me, LOST, podcast, The Office
By: Alyssa | Monday, February 02, 2009 at Monday, February 02, 2009 | |
This week we talk about the new Showtime series The United States of Tara and The Beast on A and E. The we get nostalgic about season one of Flight of the Conchords as we review the premiere of season two. And we talk about a lot of other shows including The Office, 30 Rock, Scrubs, The Derek Report, and How I Met Your Mother.
Plus I share a little about life in the big city while Derek and Deeps talk about this year's MIT Mystery Hunt.
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Labels: 2009, 30 Rock, Flight of the Conchords, HIMYM, podcast, Scrubs, The Beast, The Derek Report, The Office, The United States of Tara
By: Alyssa | Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at Tuesday, January 27, 2009 | |
This week we talk about the new Doctor Who, preview new series The United States of Tara and The Beast, mull the return of Scrubs, marvel at Salma Hayek's bounty on 30 Rock, and meander through The Derek Report. Plus, snow talk!
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Labels: 2009, 30 Rock, Doctor Who, podcast, Scrubs, The Beast, The United States of Tara
By: Alyssa | Sunday, January 11, 2009 at Sunday, January 11, 2009 | |
Just a reminder if you didn't hear episode 110 of Big Red Podcast - we're taking this weekend off to relax between the holidays but will return ready and strong on January 4, 2009.
And when we get back we'll do a quick rundown of our 2008 list. Why start 2009 with a look back at 2008 - well, Derek wasn't around and we don't like doing stuff like this without him. Also, we're lazy.
Happy New Year and come back in a week - we'll be ready!
Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, December 28, 2008 at Sunday, December 28, 2008 | |
What an exciting weekend - we've shoveled and shoveled and shoveled and at the end of a weekend of shoveling we decided to record a podcast. We are very, very sorry.
Anyway, before we cover our Very Dexter Christmas special we spend a few minutes discussion How I Met Your Mother, Chuck, and Pushing Daisies.
Did I mention we're sorry? Strong in 2009!
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Labels: 2008, Chuck, Dexter, HIMYM, podcast, Pushing Daisies
By: Alyssa | Sunday, December 21, 2008 at Sunday, December 21, 2008 | |
This week Alyssa bows out and the dudes run the show - without any help! They cover Chuck, Fringe, Pushing Daisies, The Office, 30 Rock, Dexter and the Derek Report.
Plus we make an exciting offer for people who want to donate to Donors Choose!
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Labels: 2008, 30 Rock, Chuck, Fringe, podcast, Pushing Daisies, The Office
By: Alyssa | Monday, December 08, 2008 at Monday, December 08, 2008 | |
Despite the best efforts of hideous traffic on the Massachusetts Turnpike we were able to get together for a lively discussion of all things Thanksgiving and television including: How I Met Your Mother, Pushing Daisies, The Mentalist, Bones, House, Fringe, Chuck, The Shield, Sons of Anarchy, True Blood, Dexter and of course The Derek Report.
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Labels: 2008, Dexter, Fringe, How I Met Your Mother, podcast, Pushing Daisies, Sons of Anarchy, The Shield, True Blood
By: Alyssa | Sunday, November 30, 2008 at Sunday, November 30, 2008 | |
This week Derek, Deeps and I talk about the lack of excitement in our November Sweeps period but we trudge on and discuss HIMYM, Chuck, Fringe, 30 Rock, The Office, True Blood, and Dexter. Plus we do The Derek Report and introduce The Cancelled Report and update Dead Guy Watch.
Yeah Dead Guys - we're watching you.
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Labels: 2008, 30 Rock, Chuck, Dexter, Fringe, HIMYM, podcast, The Office, True Blood
By: Alyssa | Sunday, November 16, 2008 at Sunday, November 16, 2008 | |
This week we get calls from some of our favorite listeners. Then we do a tiny bit of TV news and roll into reviewing two new shows:
Crusoe and
My Own Worst Enemy. And then we take a look at the regular slate of shows including: Life On Mars, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, The Shield, Supernatural, Dexter, True Blood, and The Derek Report.
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Labels: 2008, Crusoe, Dexter, How I Met Your Mother, Life on Mars, My Own Worst Enemy, podcast, Supernatural, The Derek Report, The Office, The Shield, True Blood
By: Alyssa | Sunday, October 19, 2008 at Sunday, October 19, 2008 | |
This week we spend some quality time wondering what it means to have recorded 100 shows. Then we quickly move on to bigger business like taking a look at lots of shows including a few new entries as well as returning favorites.
We cover: How I Met Your Mother, Pushing Daisies, The Office, Valentine, Easy Money, Sons of Anarchy, Life on Mars, Kath and Kim, True Blood and Dexter. Plus we have The Derek Report and lots of phone calls!
Thanks again for sticking with us for one hundred episodes - we'll try to do better on the next hundred.
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Labels: 2008, Dexter, Easy Money, How I Met Your Mother, Kath and Kim, Life on Mars, podcast, Pushing Daisies, Sons of Anarchy, The Office, True Blood, Valentine
By: Alyssa | Sunday, October 12, 2008 at Sunday, October 12, 2008 | |
This week we talk about the good, the bad, and the weird including Dexter, The Eleventh Hour and Fringe.
Plus we learn something weird about True Blood, we ponder the pervasive melancholy of Pushing Daisies and determine whether or not The Mentalist is the product of fan fiction. And we have The Derek Report and we beg for calls to help mark episode 100!
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Labels: 2008, Dexter, Fringe, podcast, Pushing Daisies, The Derek Report, The Eleventh Hour, The Mentalist, True Blood
By: Alyssa | Sunday, October 05, 2008 at Sunday, October 05, 2008 | |
It is finally here - Premiere Week! And where do you think special guest Derek is? On Assignment. So Deeps and I muddle through a giant list of shows and run a little over our usual time this week. Our apologies.
We preview some premieres like The Ex-List on CBS and Chuck's second season premiere. Then we look at the premieres for Heroes, How I Met Your Mother, The Office and Knight Rider. And a bit of everything else like Fringe, House, Songs of Anarchy, True Blood and Privileged. Oh and Derek manages to phone in a report.
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Labels: 2008, Chuck, Fringe, Heroes, HIMYM, house, Knight Rider, podcast, Sons of Anarchy, The Ex-List, The Office, True Blood
By: Alyssa | Sunday, September 28, 2008 at Sunday, September 28, 2008 | |
This week Deeps, Derek and I tackle a few returning shows like House, Supernatural and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Then we look at the latest episodes of new series like Fringe and True Blood. Then we say good-bye for the summer to Burn Notice. Plus we have our Drive By segment and The Derek Report.
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Labels: 2008, Burn Notice, Fringe, It's Always Sunny, podcast, Supernatural, The Derek Report, True Blood
By: Alyssa | Sunday, September 21, 2008 at Sunday, September 21, 2008 | |
This week we talk about a few new shows and I feel sad that I can't use my favorite saying anymore. We discuss Burn Notice,
True Blood, Sons of Anarchy, The Shield,
Fringe and we feature the very first
Derek Report.
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Labels: 2008, Burn Notice, Fringe, podcast, Sons of Anarchy, The Shield, True Blood
By: Alyssa | Sunday, September 14, 2008 at Sunday, September 14, 2008 | |
After two weeks off we are back and talking about finales for The Middleman and The Venture Brothers then spend some time trying to understand what's up with new shows like
Gavin and Stacey,
Sons of Anarchy and
90210.
And we totally make fun of Derek because - uhm - why not?
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Labels: 2008, 90210, Gavin and Stacey, podcast, Sons of Anarchy, The Middleman, The Venture Brothers
By: Alyssa | Sunday, September 07, 2008 at Sunday, September 07, 2008 | |
This week Derek, Deeps and I talk about breaking up with In Plain Sight, action on the Venture Brothers, solving Mom problems on Burn Notice, losing a hot guy on Eureka, too much Pip on The Middleman, and our latest entry in the Big Red Film Fest, the Jeff Bridges' vehicle
Cutter's Way!
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Labels: 2008, Big Red Film Festival, Burn Notice, Cutter's Way, Eureka, In Plain Sight, podcast, The Middleman, The Venture Brothers
By: Alyssa | Sunday, August 24, 2008 at Sunday, August 24, 2008 | |
This week Derek, Deeps and I like this episode so much that we recorded it twice. Anyway, we discussed the penultimate episode of the first season of In Plain Sight (the term "awesomely bad" is used), Eureka, Burn Notice, The Middleman and we speculate about what might happen next on The Venture Brothers. Plus we get a few phone calls!
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Labels: 2008, Burn Notice, Eureka, In Plain Sight, podcast, The Middleman, The Venture Brothers
By: Alyssa | Sunday, August 17, 2008 at Sunday, August 17, 2008 | |
Derek is still away on assignment so Deeps gets called out, somebody leaves us a voicemail about Life on Mars and sequels, we discuss frameworks for understanding things,
Channel 101,
Yacht Rock, Doctor Who, The Middleman and
Streets of Fire. Really!
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Labels: 2008, Doctor Who, podcast, Streets of Fire, The Middleman
By: Alyssa | Sunday, July 27, 2008 at Sunday, July 27, 2008 | |
This week Derek is on assignment so Deeps and I talk about In Plain Sight, Burn Notice, The Closer, Saving Grace, The Middleman, Fear Itself, Doctor Who, the new series The Cleaner, and Doctor Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog.
And we field a call about Get Smart and Life On Mars.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, July 20, 2008 at Sunday, July 20, 2008 | |
This week Derek, Deeps and I take on the second season of Burn Notice and the second entry in the Hellboy series. Then we review The Middleman, In Plain Sight, The Venture Brothers and Doctor Who.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, July 13, 2008 at Sunday, July 13, 2008 | |
It's the showdown that nobody ever asked for or wanted:
Troll 2 vs.
Manos: The Hands of Fate! But first, we talk up the glory of this week's episode of The Middleman. Then we get a chance to rip on Heroes thanks to a call from Bill from
Outside The Cinema and we hear from our friends at
ShowShow as they share their love of Troll 2.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, July 06, 2008 at Sunday, July 06, 2008 | |
This week Derek, Deeps and I tackle the latest episodes of In Plain Sight, Doctor Who, The Middleman, Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Fear Itself. Plus we have phone calls from F13 of
Cinema Diabolica, Brother D from
Mail Order Zombie and Aaron from
Paperbag Radio!
And a reminder that next week is Troll 2 vs. Manos the Hands of Fate for a decision - what movie is worse?
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, June 29, 2008 at Sunday, June 29, 2008 | |
This week Derek, Deeps and I chat about pancake recipes and Fear Itself; we determine if The Venture Brothers can ever be too nerdy; we get our first real episode of In Plain Sight; and we get a little behind-the-scenes info about Doctor Who from
Aaron at Paperbag Radio!
Then we review two new shows -
The Middleman and
Secret Diary of a Call Girl. One is quirky fun with charm to spare. The other... has Billie Piper.
And we get very deep when discussing the 1975 Gene Hackman thriller
Night Moves. And we announce a special Big Red Film Festival event - Troll 2 vs. Manos the Hands of Fate.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, June 22, 2008 at Sunday, June 22, 2008 | |
We're back after our two-week (or one show) break. Deeps, Derek and I are fired up to talk about
Fear Itself,
Swingtown,
Charlie Jade and
In Plain Sight.
Then I get reminiscent about Chicago when talking about
My Boys. And finally we tackle favorites Doctor Who and the sublime Venture Brothers. Plus we announce the next installment in the Big Red Film Festival -
Night Moves and apologize to listener
Jacki for running too long!
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Monday, June 16, 2008 at Monday, June 16, 2008 | |
This week we briefly outline some problems commuting around Boston this week and then talk about three hours of LOST, Spelling Bee coverage, and the return of The Venture Brothers.
Just a reminder, we're taking June 8 off so we'll be back with episode 84 on June 15.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, June 01, 2008 at Sunday, June 01, 2008 | |
Derek joins the rest of us in our early, middle thirties (despite my assertions that he's just turned 21 and that I regularly gave him bathtub gin) and to mark the occasion we complain about a weak end to a rough television season. We assess how the strike affected finales for Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, Reaper, House, and Bones.
Then Deeps and I chat - well, I go on a small tirade - about a little film called Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Monday, May 26, 2008 at Monday, May 26, 2008 | |
It's that special time of the year - season finales! And we're ready to take apart finales for The Office and Supernatural. Then we roll into regular favorites like LOST, How I Met Your Mother and Reaper; the latter two are recent renewals for the fall.
While we're talking about fall we look at some up fronts and wonder if we can do an adequate preview in the future.
Then we field a phone call from Bill at
Outside The Cinema. You could call us and be cool too: 206-202-0197.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, May 18, 2008 at Sunday, May 18, 2008 | |
This week Derek, Deeps and I give our somewhat spoilery review of Iron Man before diving into the magic of sweeps including LOST, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, Gossip Girl, This American Life and 30 Rock.
And we field calls from Brother D of
MailOrderZombie fame and Freddy from
Night Of The Living Podcast. Would you like to call us? Just dial 206-202-0197.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, May 11, 2008 at Sunday, May 11, 2008 | |
This week Derek, Deeps and I address ugly glasses on The Office, the morning after on How I Met Your Mother, and underutilized Dennehys on 30 Rock. Plus we take a look at lava monsters on Doctor Who and talk timelines on LOST.
Then we roll into a little light video game review of
Mario Kart for the Wii!
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, May 04, 2008 at Sunday, May 04, 2008 | |
This week our cups runneth over with good comedy and interesting drama - Derek, Deeps and I tackle Moonlight (okay, that's Derek), Doctor Who, Supernatural, LOST, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, and 30 Rock.
Then I share a story about making poor food choices when meeting new people (I ordered garlic fries, but the fellas from
Cinema Diabolica didn't hold it against me) and talk about how I accidentally watched Criminal Minds.
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Meet our callers: Bill from
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Labels: 2008, podcast, television
By: Alyssa | Sunday, April 27, 2008 at Sunday, April 27, 2008 | |
This week we field phone calls! We talk about the return of Doctor Who! We analyze new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, The Office and 30 Rock. Plus we tackle the game-changing season finale of Torchwood.
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Meet our callers: F13 and DZ from
Cinema Diabolica and Aaron from
Paperbag Radio.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, April 20, 2008 at Sunday, April 20, 2008 | |
This week we recorded the Big Red Podcast twice! Yeah, that first take got eaten due to a technical snafu. After a few weeks off we got around to talking about My Name is Earl, 30 Rock, The Office, Scrubs, HIMYM, Torchwood, the return of
Wire in the Blood and Doctor Who spin-off
The Sarah Jane Adventures.
And we get excited about our forums at
www.popsyndicate.com/forums and share our new comment line number: 206-202-0197.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, April 13, 2008 at Sunday, April 13, 2008 | |
We're firing up the tubes this weekend to record a fresh episode of the
Big Red Podcast. I'm already heartened by last night's episode of The Office. I can only hope that our modest show will recover from a hiatus as quickly.
After two weeks off we'll be back to talk TV, mini-upfronts, and probably make fun of Torchwood. Plus there will be waffles!
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Friday, April 11, 2008 at Friday, April 11, 2008 | |
After some very polite pestering, I decided to give forums a chance. So you can now find a
forum for Big Red Podcast over at
PopSyndicate.com, a great source for pop culture news and reviews.
Now you may be a lurker - which is good - but I'd be sad if nobody showed up to our party. So please feel free to visit the
new forum, you can register pretty easily to be a member and share your thoughts with us in yet another way.
One of these days I might even get us a phone number. Let's not rush things. We're dealing with enough change - new equipment, a forum, and wait until the guys find out I'm making them whole wheat pancakes. Chaos!
Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Thursday, April 03, 2008 at Thursday, April 03, 2008 | |
This week Derek, Deeps and I are joined by our friends Chris and Jen to reconsider the previous three and a half seasons of LOST. They are recent converts to the show having crammed in the show on DVD in about a month.
Plus we still find time to talk about our old friends Torchwood, How I Met Your Mother, and Reaper. And Deeps offers up his loud assessment of the latest New Amsterdam. I'm married to him and I don't understand how he is still watching that show.
We're on a little hiatus next week but we return with fresh shows and material on April 13. In the meantime, you can check out two new polls I have up.
One is about whether or not Big Red Podcast needs a
forum for fans to chat with us about the podcast and the stuff we cover.
The other poll is about whether or not we should
reconsider shows we've previously written off.Since you're voting anyway, why not throw us a bone over at Podcast Alley
Podcast Alley? We appreciate it!
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Labels: 2008, podcast, television
By: Alyssa | Sunday, March 30, 2008 at Sunday, March 30, 2008 | |
This week Derek finds his way back to join me and Deeps working through new series
Miss Guided and the return of former favorites like Reaper, HIMYM, Torchwood and LOST. Plus Derek tells us something about New Amsterdam. I laughed a lot, so I didn't hear everything he said.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Monday, March 24, 2008 at Monday, March 24, 2008 | |
This week Derek is out "on assignment" so Deeps and I valiantly brave the podcast alone. I should note that instead of eating our usual brunch before recording we ate Indian food. You can decide if that makes a difference.
We talk about two new shows called
The Return of Jezebel James and
Canterbury's Law; then we take on the return of Reaper, LOST, Torchwood, Breaking Bad and The Wire.
Since it is early in the month, I beg for votes on
Podcast Alley. FYI - our recording schedule will be slightly different next week. The show will probably go up on Monday night.
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By: Alyssa | Sunday, March 16, 2008 at Sunday, March 16, 2008 | |
This week Derek, Deeps and I offer up a lot of shout outs to listeners and then we tackle two new series:
Unhitched and
New Amsterdam.
Then we unravel the latest episodes of LOST and Torchwood and Derek explores the finale of Sarah Connor Chronicles. You may hear gentle snoring during this part. Do not adjust your audio.
Since it is early in the month, I beg for votes on
Podcast Alley.
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By: Alyssa | Sunday, March 09, 2008 at Sunday, March 09, 2008 | |
This week we muddle through a pretty rough podcast. Derek, Deeps and I discuss the Oscars on TV, LOST, Breaking Bad, Torchwood, and save our show campaigns. Then we ramble a bit more.
Since it is the beginning of the month, I beg for votes on
Podcast Alley.
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By: Alyssa | Sunday, March 02, 2008 at Sunday, March 02, 2008 | |
This week is a real humdinger. Derek, Deeps and I discuss the Pterodactyl theory on
Torchwood, how happy hour can make
LOST a little tougher to follow, how car porn isn't enough to carry a show with a wooden lead in
Knight Rider, bad science on
Sarah Connor Chronicles and finally how to do genre better with
Supernatural.
Plus Derek stuns the group by reading a book(!) called A
nasi Boys by Neil Gaiman and we review
Be Kind, Rewind. Then we totally ignore the Oscars. Weird, huh?
And I beg for votes on
Podcast Alley.
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By: Alyssa | Sunday, February 24, 2008 at Sunday, February 24, 2008 | |
This week Derek, Deeps and I spend some quality time talking about Breaking Bad, assessing the latest episode of LOST, and analyze the Humphrey Bogart film
In a Lonely Place for the Big Red Film Festival.
And I beg for votes on
Podcast Alley.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, February 17, 2008 at Sunday, February 17, 2008 | |
Look - I'm not a fan of this holiday. It puts undue stress on couples and singles alike. What I do like about it is the huge amounts of chocolate available everywhere.
That
is worth celebrating.
If you're looking for something to help pass the time this February 14th, I'd suggest checking out the
Big Red Podcast - our weekly pop culture discussion.
This week, I'd dare say that a little bit of love is in the air. Oh wait, that wasn't love. It was sarcasm. But that's good too.
Labels: 2008, holidays, podcast
By: Alyssa | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at Thursday, February 14, 2008 | |
This week Deeps and I tackle the toughest question of our marriage - Are you writing Reba fan fiction? Luckily, Derek is around to help us figure out if our heretofore wedded bliss can survive it. Before we have to call Doctor Phil, we are address the latest developments in the WGA strike.
We talk about three new series including the differences between
Cashmere Mafia and
Lipstick Jungle. That third series is called
Welcome to the Captain and the most important fact you should know is that
Raquel Welch is 68! For reals.
Then we discuss House, LOST, the Korean film The Host and my deep affection for
LEGO Star Wars for the Wii. And I announce the next selection in the Big Red Film Festival:
In A Lonely Place.
And I beg for votes on
Podcast Alley.
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Labels: 2008, podcast, television
By: Alyssa | Sunday, February 10, 2008 at Sunday, February 10, 2008 | |
This week Derek, Deeps and I talk about the second episode of
Torchwood and meeting expectations and we discuss the law of unintended consequences on
Breaking Bad. Then we tackle two new series,
Eli Stone and the very ambitious experiment from HBO called
In Treatment. Then we visit our friends on the island of mysterious mysteries on
LOST.
Plus tons of listener shout-outs! And I beg for votes on
Podcast Alley.
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By: Alyssa | Sunday, February 03, 2008 at Sunday, February 03, 2008 | |
This week I break down some punctuation in the Sarah Connor Chronicles. We talk about the least secret agency in the world -
Torchwood. We kick Derek out of the podcast - temporarily - to get very spoilery about the series finale of Life on Mars. And then we discuss our fifth entry in the Big Red Film Fest, the 1942 Val Lewton production of
Cat People.
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By: Alyssa | Sunday, January 27, 2008 at Sunday, January 27, 2008 | |
This week Derek, Deeps and I talk about the MIT Mystery Hunt and the stench of failure. We take a look at two new series -
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on Fox (check out the creepy Web site) and
Breaking Bad on AMC. Plus we offer a few thoughts on
Cloverfield and then dive into the latest entry in the Big Red Film Festival,
Chinatown.
Our fifth entry in the Big Red Film Festival - for next week's podcast - is going to be the 1942
Jacques Tourneur movie
Cat People.
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Labels: 2008, nerds, podcast
By: Alyssa | Monday, January 21, 2008 at Monday, January 21, 2008 | |
This week Derek, Deeps and I discuss the wonders of Dexter on network television - can season 1 be made better by deleting LaGuerta? I share my quiet rage about the return of A Daily Show and the Colbert Report (those are hard Ts people), then we talk at length about the grim storytelling of Medium and we explore existential horrors in
Cemetery Man.
Plus we talk about
American Gladiators and
Cashmere Mafia because Derek isn't afraid to watch bad stuff. Oh and I threaten to end the podcast if forced to watch a ratings juggernaut.
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By: Alyssa | Sunday, January 13, 2008 at Sunday, January 13, 2008 | |
Josh Glenn of the Boston Globe has pulled together an incredibly comprehensive list of what's happened with women and pregnancy in popular culture since ye olden times. Now in three parts! (
Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3 - for reals, you'll need some time to read through it.)
Deeps suggested the list is worth reading for lots of context with respect to our discussion/review of
Juno on the latest episode of the
Big Red Podcast. From a storytelling perspective, Juno has to go through the birthing process and put the kid up for adoption.
But the story kind of ignores the whole question of abortion - in that it doesn't really explain why she chooses not to have one. Is it a religious reason? Is it a moral reason? Is she afraid? Is she feeling guilty? We have no idea.
Apparently bad lighting and paneling lead you to decide to give birth. It's not a big deal, but it is kind of a moment where you're thinking - what kind of girl is Juno? She's so articulate about a host of other issues that her silence on this issue is noticeable.
Anyway, the list is huge and makes for an interesting read about the evolution of the social and political attitudes about abortion and how they are reflected back to us in the mirror of popular culture.
Labels: 2008, movies, podcast
By: Alyssa | Tuesday, January 08, 2008 at Tuesday, January 08, 2008 | |
This week we mark the triumphant return of the
Big Red Podcast from a two-week holiday hiatus.
First we discuss the very kind
Jon Armstrong and his very cool interview (he is cool - I am not) with me to discuss why I podcast on
If You're Just Joining Us.
Then we give a shout-out to our friends at
Cinema Diabolica (a show for adults only) - check out
Episode 3 where they talk about the film we're covering for our third installment in the Big Red Film festival:
Cemetary Man. (FYI - week four's installment will be the classic film
Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.)
And finally, we talk about stuff we've seen, played and read including Derek's pick for game of the year, the scariest movie I saw in 2007 (
No Country For Old Men) and the darling of best of movie lists,
Juno. Plus Deeps tells you to watch
The Wire, if you can handle it.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, January 06, 2008 at Sunday, January 06, 2008 | |
This week Deeps and I wonder about ice dams crashing through the window while we record the final podcast of 2007 - and it's a humdinger. First we say hello to new listeners both here and abroad. I call out our listeners in Brazil to email me.
We take a look at the
Extras Christmas Special Series Finale and the dark side of fame; Deeps says farewell to Journeyman; we discuss the spartan dialogue and expansive scenes from the latest entry in the Big Red Film Festival -
Bullitt; we take a look back at all the stuff we liked in 2007 and finally, we talk about the big Dexter finale and the second season.
If you haven't seen Dexter and want to watch it, we left that part of the podcast to the end. And if you want to listen to our heated Knocked Up
discussion check out episode 34.Oh and if you're interested in seeing that famous nine minute car chase from Bullitt, you can find
an excerpt from it on YouTube.
Thanks very much for listening to us in 2007 - we'll be back on Sunday, January 6, 2008!
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Labels: 2007, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, December 23, 2007 at Sunday, December 23, 2007 | |
This week on a very special Big Red Podcast, Deeps and I wonder what will happen to Derek's car after
a few feet of snow.
Luckily, he's safe and warm at home so Deeps and I carry on without him to discuss Dexter's penultimate episode, melancholy Christmas on Pushing Daisies, Santa monsters on Supernatural and traveling through time on both Journeyman and
Life on Mars.
Plus we offer the first part of our 2007 Year in Review - Disappointments! We delayed the review of
Bullitt due to huge snow removal responsibilities. Frankly, it's a wonder we're still able to record a show this week after the incredible amount of shoveling we did.
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Labels: 2007, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, December 16, 2007 at Sunday, December 16, 2007 | |
I posted another poll over at
Big Red Podcast - this week we're asking listeners if they would like to have a voicemail line to call in to the podcast.
Do you care? Feel free to vote. So far we have a resounding "meh" on the voicemail front. I'm willing to try new things for 2008.
And no - I can't explain why the formatting is so weird. My HTML skillz are sometimes limited by my complete lack of caring....
Labels: 2007, podcast
By: Alyssa | Monday, December 10, 2007 at Monday, December 10, 2007 | |
This week Derek, Deeps and I take a tough look at at the devious, deluded mind of Dexter Morgan and offer our predictions on what might happen to him in these final two episodes of the season.
We offer our final assessment of Heroes - possibly ever - for the podcast. Then Derek tells us what happens when you've overstayed your welcome in ER and Grey's Anatomy. Finally, we discuss the tweaking of characters and story on both Dirty Sexy Money and Reaper. Is it enough?
Plus we offer up our thoughts on the first entry of the Big Red Film Festival,
The Thin Man - and what it means to be married, drunk, and fabulous in the movies.
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By: Alyssa | Sunday, December 09, 2007 at Sunday, December 09, 2007 | |
