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Four turtles and a giant rat…and you thought your family was strange. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles returned to the big screen this week and proved a ninja’s killing ability does have a down-side: every person they’ve killed is one less person watching a ninja movie. How stoned was TMNT creator Peter Laird when he thought of this idea, and can you imagine what his bosses might have thought, “so not only do you wanting ninja turtles but you want to name them after famous Renaissance artist?” Word of advice: mixing your prescribed medication with your “medication”, could make you the richest stoner to ever step foot on your own private island. “Pass the cheetos!”

The Foot-Clan: Michael-San, Emperor Daniel Mu, and John-ika Kurosawa

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Pre-Production
So this weekend there were a few contenders for the pick of the week. There was Reign Over Me, Shooter, and The Hills Has Eyes 2. However, when we heard Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was being released, we were gitty like little school girls. We grew up watching TMNT, and it was my first look into the world of the ninja’s and samurai’s as a kid. This being a CGI continuation of the live action movies, it seemed to be an interesting addition to the collection.

Day of Podcast
I’ve been working on a project, so time was an issue when recording the show. Mike and I saw it the morning of, while John saw it the night before. We only had 3 hours to record the banter, which seemed impossible because usually our days of recording take up an entire day. Though, Mike took it upon himself to work on the intro on his own, so we can just focus on the banter. This was the best idea because we finished recording within an hour. Another great news was that Mike got the new mixer to work, so we were able to record our show with better equipment.

Post Production
Mike and John edited the show this week. John edited the banter down, while Mike worked on the intro. The idea for the intro came from Mike, and basically it is a theme song that goes perfect for this episode. You just might be surprised, but if you love the original show, then you’ll love this theme too.

Hey it’s the first week of Spring! What that means for you: time to let some light into your house/room, get some cleaning done, and start working on that physic cause summer is just around the corner and you don’t want to be that kid with the over-sized Mickey Mouse floating device around your waist. “I’m sorry sir, but the AMC theaters of America prohibit any assortment of floaties…” At what age does the floaties around the arms seem lame? A little kid can get-away with it, but can a young adult with a fear of the water since watching Species. Not that I would know that individual fearing a sexy Russian femme-bot is going to force herself onto me so she could produce an offspring. No…clue…ummm…who that…(clears throat) would be. How about we get back to Movie Menu: Entertainment News

March 16-22nd Edition
• March of the Germans: United Artist Entertainment and Bryan Singer (Usual Suspects, X-Men 1+2, Superman Returns) are scheduled to work on an untitled thriller based on an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Who is to star you ask? Tom Cruise. The same man who purchased the film for United Artist. Anyone else get the vibe Tom Cruise is trying to give the finger to everyone and show he doesn’t need Mission Impossible? I just can’t wait to see who will play Adolf Hitler because I have strange suspicion it is going to be Katie Holmes…you know, because she has RANGE. (Yahoo!)
• The Green Hornet: Columbia Pictures has picked up where Kevin Smith has left off and acquired the rights to make the long-awaited Green Hornet film. The Green Hornet was a Newspaper Publisher by day, and masked hero at night, so a totally-unique premise of a superhero living a life in the media and saving the world at night. (Monsters & Critics)
• Harry will not Pot-Her : Emma Watson is pretty much done playing Hermione and has rejected an offer to continue her role in the Harry Potter series, leaving a void in her character for the last 2 installments. “Hurry! Someone get Dakota Fanning on the phone!” Citing her desire to branch out and not be type-casted, the young…(drool)…hottie…will..now… I’m sorry! All this talk of Emma Watson has me all hot and bothered. I need to use the restroom!! (Cinema Blend)
• Cate Blanchett : Harrison Ford now has a love interest in Cate Blanchett for Indiana Jones IV: The Curse of Arthritis. Wait, apparently that titled has not been confirmed, but Movie Menu is giving you the scoop! Just don’t tell anyone because I don’t need to see George Lucas in court…again. The David Koepp script for Indiana Jones IV has been closely guarded so no word on what the relationship will stem from, but I imagine a special blue pill that starts with the letter V and ends with: iagra will play a major role in the film. (The Hollywood Reporter)

 

RELEASE DATE: July 11th, 2007

 

DIRECTOR: Timur Bekmambetov

 

 

STORY: The Russian’s answer to the Matrix trilogy, this is the sequel to Night Watch. A man serving in the battle between Light and Dark comes into the possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow.

 

Frank Miller must sleep with silk sheets on a gold bed-frame because there is no one in Hollywood that doesn’t want to participate in one of his movie. But how many people are willing to sleep with the comic book king? Whatever it takes, you can bet on seeing Movie Menu with their heads chopped off while battling Crispin Glover’s chainsaw. Maybe Frank Miller can write a comic book based on Movie Menu saving the world from a giant lizard with octopus legs named Ketchup…or Catsup, whichever tickles your pickle. Onions to this idea! Add it up with a slab of ground beef, lettuce, and sesame seed buns and you have a hamburger! Wait…what were we talking about again?

Panelist: Mike Mithodonos, King Daniel of New Guinea, and John Antonio Leonardo

 

Next Movie Menu Podcast: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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Planning the Podcast

After watching horrible and so so films, we decided to treat ourselves to watching Frank Miller’s 300. We knew this was the movie to podcast because the style it was made and the creativity of the artwork that went into making this movie looked phenomenal. Also, with the success of Sin City, another Frank Miller film adaptation, the anticipation of this film stretched across the world. So of course Movie Menu was there!

Day of Podcast

After a few scheduling problems, (mainly on my part because of work), we finally met up to record the show. However, discussion was created over the fact that one of us didn’t particularly enjoy the movie. The name will remain nameless until you listen to the show; however, it raised some questions. So we recorded the banter, of course checking out the levels prior to the recording, that way everyone is evened out and not fighting to talk over one another, even though it still happens. However, the first recording wasn’t enough. It seemed like something was missing, so we ended up scraping the first recording and doing another one. Then we figured what was missing, the gross comedic jokes that Movie Menu is famous for!

Post Production

So we had three ideas for an intro. However, we couldn’t think of a correct way to execute them. The first idea was of someone yelling “PODCASTERS! TONIGHT, WE DINE IN HELL!” And then cuts to us actually eating in hell with the Devil. However, so many ideas were tossed and different variations were created, that we shifted ideas to us actually dining either at norms, to heaven, then us just burning. Then someone, I say someone because I can’t remember who it was, and I know it was me, came up with doing a Richard Simmons Parody of Sparta Work out Video, but didn’t translate too well with audio. So we scrapped the whole Intro Idea. Figured the show was strong enough that it really didn’t need one, since the first 5 minutes aren’t really about the movie, we thought that it would speak for itself. SO ENJOY!