Episode 152 - Avatar

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12/13/22 • 187 min

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Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew as we're heading to Pandora without nearly enough time to mourn as we review Avatar in the wake of its upcoming sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water. We're learning not to doubt the creative vision of James Cameron to reach a bankable conclusion in our 152nd episode as we discuss:

The clear inspiration behind the source material
Who was the first choice to play Jake Sully and how much did refusing this film cost him
Why are there so many links to LOST in this film
Does Michelle Rodriguez ever play against type?
Looking back, how do we feel about the 3D fad that was the early 2010s
What's the deal with the tail sex? Is this a Mandela effect or did it really happen?
Ian mixes up two actors in an unlikely mistake
Would this have been a different review if it had happened in 2009?
We discuss more football (from both sides of the pond) and celebrate a pretty big milestone for us
Whether or not Avatar is the Best Film Ever

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

Rev Bruce
Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM
Lina Oberholzer
Ensign Ian Davies
Chris Pedersen
Katie McRae
Duane Smith (Duane Smith!)
Randal Silva
The Yeetmeister
Nate The Great
Cheezy (with a fish on a bike)
Andy Dickson
Holly Callen
Richard
Ryan Kuketz

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog. Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song. You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

Timestamps for this episode:

0:00 - Opening Banter
8:00 - Reflections & Corrections
20:20 - Shoutouts
25:40 - Deep Dive
2:22:35 - Endgame

The clear inspiration behind the source material
Who was the first choice to play Jake Sully and how much did refusing this film cost him
Why are there so many links to LOST in this film
Does Michelle Rodriguez ever play against type?
Looking back, how do we feel about the 3D fad that was the early 2010s
What's the deal with the tail sex? Is this a Mandela effect or did it really happen?
Ian mixes up two actors in an unlikely mistake
Would this have been a different review if it had happened in 2009?
We discuss more football (from both sides of the pond) and celebrate a pretty big milestone for us
Whether or not Avatar is the Best Film Ever

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

Rev Bruce
Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM
Lina Oberholzer
Ensign Ian Davies
Chris Pedersen
Katie McRae
Duane Smith (Duane Smith!)
Randal Silva
The Yeetmeister
Nate The Great
Cheezy (with a fish on a bike)
Andy Dickson
Holly Callen
Richard
Ryan Kuketz

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog. Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song. You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

Timestamps for this episode:

0:00 - Opening Banter
8:00 - Reflections & Corrections
20:20 - Shoutouts
25:40 - Deep Dive
2:22:35 - Endgame

Previous Episode

Episode 151 - Logan Lucky (w/ BFF of the BFE: Hermes)

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Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew as we're joined by BFF of the BFE: Hermes as we review the West Virginia Ocean's Eleven remix that is Logan Lucky in the 300th ever piece of BFE content. We're joined by BFF of the BFE: Hermes Auslander and we're singing our favourite John Denver songs and mocking people who can't drive stick in our 151st episode as we discuss:

The many, many, many parallels between this film and Ocean's Eleven
Whether this film wasted Seth MacFarlane
If this a fun enough film for a heist movie
The many plot holes in the film
What's noteworthy about the Cinematographer, Editor and Writer of the film
A fun fact about how Game of Thrones links with Logan Lucky
It's Face Blindness central as we all miss an actor or two in this loaded cast
We update who is still alive in BFE Whammageddon
We're joined by BFF of the BFE: Hermes Auslander of The Scuttlebutt Podcast
Whether or not Malcolm X is the Best Film Ever

Catch so much more of Hermes on his podcast, The Scuttlebutt Podcast at . https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scuttlebutt-podcast/id1503504933 (Apple) or https://open.spotify.com/show/2n9CNB9X6QXnmvn78HBEoJ?si=ca1784afd4874ff3 (Spotify)

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

Rev Bruce
Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM
Lina Oberholzer
Ensign Ian Davies
Chris Pedersen
Katie McRae
Duane Smith (Duane Smith!)
Randal Silva
The Yeetmeister
Nate The Great
Cheezy (with a fish on a bike)
Andy Dickson
Holly Callen
Richard
Ryan Kuketz

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog. Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song. You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

Timestamps for this episode:

0:00 - Opening Banter
8:00 - Reflections & Corrections
20:20 - Shoutouts
25:40 - Deep Dive
2:22:35 - Endgame

Next Episode

Talking ’Headless’ with Shipwrecked Comedy’s Sean Persaud, Sinead Persaud, & Mary-Kate Wiles

Whether you're a Bing man or a Google gal, you need to type 'Shipwrecked' into your search engine of choice and take in some of the best web-based comedy you're going to find out there. We were lucky enough to be joined by Sean a while back to talk about Mank and some Shipwrecked stuff but we're triply fortunate to be joined this time by Sean, his sister and screenwriting partner, Sinead, and producer Mary Kate Wiles (they're all insanely talented comedic actors to boot). Check out 'Headless' and then check out our interview so you're not absent from their glory.

Find out so much more about Shipwrecked at their website: https://www.shipwreckedcomedy.com/

Check out Episode 1 of Headless on their website or directly on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/gZjidIkpXS0

Headless theme composed by Dylan Glatthorn. Used with permission.

Catch more of Dylan's stuff at:

http://dylanglatthorn.com/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4490064/