Think your country is fucked up? Huh?! Huh! As we learned in Babel, no matter where you live your country is most likely fucked up unless you’re in Canada because it’s not a real country. Ohhhh! Dis!  Beware the hairy monster that resides in Japan or the incestuous Moroccan hick with a shotgun. Also be sure to avoid the drunken chicken-choking Mexican and scariest of all, the Peepeephiliac Americans. Everytime you go to the toilet be scared, because Brad Pitt might be watching! The truth is out there…In Babel.

Panelists: John "Hairy monster", Rushelle "Pee Pee Pants", "Morocco" Mike Sound Guy: Coffi Anon

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Production Blog

Planning the Podcast
Originally we were going to review Saw 3 since we were going to have a Halloween episode. However, with reviewing The Grudge 2 recently, we thought that we had enough horror movies for the year. So Babel was a great choice to review this week with special guest Russhelle back on board. The story of different languages and races was just the niche Movie Menu needed to review because Babel is based on our real lives. Okay, maybe not based, but definitely inspired. Plus Movie Menu was ready to babble about Babel (sorry but pun was intended).

Day of Podcast
Well I actually wasn’t there during the production. I was helping out with another show, but I did get a first listen of the show raw and uncut and pretty sure this is how the production was done.

John: Oh yeah, we have to Podcast today, don’t we?
Mike: Yeah, um, what movie are we watching again?
John: I don’t know, let me call Dan.

Phone Rings
John: Dan, what movie are we suppose to watch today?
Dan: John, I’m busy helping running a show, I told you its BABEL with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.
John: Oh, okay, what time does the movie start again?
Dan: 4:05 p.m.
John: Oh, what movie is it again?
Dan: Dammit John, let me talk to Mike.
Mike: Hello?
Dan: Mike? The movie is Babel and starts at 4:05p.m. make sure to watch it.
Mike: Oh ok, and its Babel?
Dan: Yes, Babel, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.
Mike: Ohhhhh… Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett? Is that out already? Are you sure?
Dan: Yes! I gotta go, Sorry, but good luck with the show!

Hangs up
Mike: Dan? You there? I think we lost reception.
John: Oh really? Did he tell you what movie?
Mike: Yeah, but not sure if it’s out yet.
John: Oh well, lets go get Russhelle, she’ll know.
Mike: Yeah, Russhelle knows everything.
John: Everything about nothing.
True Story, however the names of the actors were changed to protect them in real life. Though I did help edit it, and they record ridiculously amount of audio footage.

Post Production
So editing this show was going to be difficult because originally the show is suppose to be 20 minutes altogether. That includes the Intro, theme song, Banter, and Outro Theme Song. However they recorded 40 minutes of Banter a lone. So my true skills as an editor came into play, and hopefully you guys enjoy it. I also altered some of the things that were said to make the panelist make more sense, something not easy to do, but someone has to do it. ENJOY!

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BabelThis is a written segment that will display the new upcoming movies for the week. This coming soon section is for the week of November 3rd, 2006. The first movie is: 

BORAT- CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN- One of the longest titles in cinema, Ali G famous Borat character makes his film debut as a foreigner from Kazakhstan, visiting America and basically showing us how retarded and unnecessary our culture really is to outsiders. Filmed as a documentary, this movie is sure to be a hit. –Movie Menu’s pick of the Week- 

Interesting Fact about Kazakhstan, yes it is an actual country, is that it is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of northern and central Eurasia. A small portion of its territory west of the Ural River is located in eastern-most Europe. It has borders with Russia, the People's Republic of China, and the Central Asian countries Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, and has a coastline on the Caspian Sea. Kazakhstan was a republic of the former Soviet Union and is now a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States. It is the ninth-largest country in the world by area, but it is only 62nd country in population. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan

  • Flushed Away- In this animated CGI film, an uptown rodent (voice of Hugh Jackman) is flushed down the toilet and is forced to live with lesser rodent folks in the sewers. 
  • Infamous- Think you know the whole story of Copote? Think again. In this version of the infamous writer, an unknown actor (Toby Jones)plays Copote, who got close to the murderers Perry Smith and Dick Hickock while researching his "non-fiction novel" In Cold Blood
  • Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause: Stars “funny” man Tim Allen as Santa Claus in this third installment of the Santa Clause series. In this movie, Jack Frost (Martin Short) tries to take over Christmas once and for all, and Tim Allen has a chance to escape and not be Santa Claus anymore by stopping himself from hurting Santa Claus in the past.  
  • Volver- Set in Madrid, a community of people lives are intertwined together, among them are three generation of women living in the same house.
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Who knew that Marvel’s Wolverine and DC’s Batman would collide with Golem and The King of Goblins? Although in The Prestige they go by different names...we really  know the truth. Wow! That was David Bowie?! Who needs drama when you have friends like Michael Cane and Scarlett JoHANSSON in a corset. Mmm Mmm Mmmbop!. Those girls are hot!  If Siegfried and Roy had a baby, it would be ugly. However, The Prestige never teases only pleases, you slut.. So enjoy another episode of movie menu.

Panelists: The Great Danton, Stephoudini, Scarlett JohnHanson Sound Guy: Mike Cop-a-feel

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BabelThis is a written segment that will display the new upcoming movies for the week. This coming soon section is for the week of October 27th, 2006.  The first movie of this week is:

Babel- A couple on vacation (Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett) goes to hell when the wife gets shot by accident by two teens from afar, which triggers a life changing event for four different people in three different continents. -Movie Menu’s Pick of the Week-

The history of Babel is fascinating. According to the narrative in Genesis Chapter 11 of the Bible, the Tower of Babel was a tower built by a united humanity to reach the heavens. Because the hearts of men were said to be inherently evil and disobedient, they were striving to make a name for themselves instead of worshipping the God who created them. Because of this open defiance, God stopped their efforts by confusing languages so that no one could understand each other. As a result, they could no longer communicate and the work was halted. The builders were then scattered to different parts of Earth. This story is used to explain the existence of many different languages and races. The tower of Babel never got close to being finished. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Babel)

  • Catch a Fire- Terrorism is the main focus of this dramatic portrayal of a man in South Africa during apartheid to battle against a regime.
  • Death of a President- This mockumentary has a promising premise of following an investigating while using actual video with fictional video of the assassination attempts on George W. Bush.
  • Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss- In this child adapted story, the roles of Romeo and Juliet are portrayed as Seals. This is not a joke, I’m serious.
  • Saw III- Perfect for Halloween, the third installment of the terror of Jigsaw brings in his new apprentice to terrorize more victims in this gruesome movie.
  • Shut up and Sing- This documentary follows the aftermath and backlash of Natalie Mains of the Dixie Chicks after her negative comment about George W. Bush.
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Production Blog

Planning the Podcast
So when The Prestige came out, my friend Stephen was interested in being a special guest. And with such success from our previous special guests, we figured why not take a chance on an unknown kid. So Stephen came onboard to review the movie with us. However with John not having a computer, things got more interesting on place where to record. So we made arrangements to go back to the place where we first started, and record at Z’s place.

Day of Podcast
So after the movie we headed over to start recording. Of course we had to initiate Stephen into Movie Menu so we shaved his head and made him wear a chicken suit through out the Podcast. Okay so that didn’t happen, but now we know what to do when our next “special” guest comes on… yes… (evil laugh). So of course we record the Banter before anything and we have some technical difficulties. Funny thing is that this time we actually had a sound guy while the past episodes we didn’t. Ironic, we know.

So after a long discussion about nothing, we decide on creating the intro that would be fitting for this show. So after we recorded all was good and rest was needed.

Post Production
After a long rest, work was needed to be done. We recorded A LOT of material and had too take out at least half of it, so this was going to be more difficult than expected. Of course the impossible became possible and we edited the show the way we saw fit. Added some cool effects and tried covering our mistakes (which we didn’t do a good job on heh). Hopefully this show is enjoyed by many because this took a lot more work than anticipated.

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The queen of scream, Sarah Michelle Gellar returns with grudge 2 and then they decide to kill her in the first 10 minutes. Add this film to a list of movies you wish their wasn’t a sequel and prepare yourself as the avalanche of holiday films bombard your local theater. So make Ronald Reagan proud and don’t forget to spray or neuter your cats, otherwise the terrorist win. Long live freedom fries!!!

Panelist: Rush-anbow, Dan-aliscious, and Gangues-John Sound guy: Halle Joel Osman

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Movie Menu: Greatest Show Ever!

Matt Damon is impotent… on that note, sometimes art imitates life. So when we went to see The Departed and saw rats were involved, we decided that we’d find some rats of our own. The best we could do find, however, was Mickey Mouse and Chuck E. Cheese. Not exactly the rats we had in mind, but it was fun beating the crap out of them. So, pop some Viagra pills Matt, and enjoy this week’s episode of Movie Menu.

Panelist: Dan “the� Rat, Mike “Irish� McStand

Sound Guy: Sound Person

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Before the fame of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker made 2 full length movies, and Movie Menu is proud to present to you a review of one of them: Orgazmo. This movie tells the story of a Mormon moving to Los Angeles to spread the word of Jesus and circumstances force him to work in the porn industry. The world is a better place because of people like Matt Stone and Trey Parker who are brave enough to push the boundaries and maybe with enough sucking up, they would consider taking our auditions seriously! Our greatest dreams of becoming The Fudge-Packer dancers have not been realized, but we’re still holding hope their next movies will need us. So sit back, grab some tissues, recharge your “pencil”, shake it like a salt shaka, and go get you some BOOM BOOM in the night. Or call us at (800) GO PENIS, P.O. Box: D Sanchez & Lil Donkey Punch.

Panelist: Diana Cums-a lot, Christina Ride-her, and Vasthy Hoot-her nany

Sound Guy: Six-John-Nine

Next Week’s podcast: Employee of the Month   (maybe)  

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