TJ, Joseph, Clark, and Marcus after ‘The MovieByte Podcast’ Episode 23.
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TJ and Joseph are joined by TrekMovie.com founder and editor in chief, Anthony Pascale, to discuss the nine minute prologue debut of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’, what we know and don’t know about the film, who the villain ultimately is, how JJ Abrams’ ‘Trek’ is not just for fans, but goes for a broader appeal, which Enterprise is the best, how it’s not just a question of old ‘Trek’ or new ‘Trek’ and more. Lots of nerdery to be had here. Then TJ and Joseph are joined by Clark Douglas, who appeared on episode 14 of ‘The MovieByte Podcast’ with TJ, and new guest Marcus Pittman to discuss ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’. Much discussion is had about the merits as well as the not so good aspects of the film. While all enjoyed the film and ultimately rated it on the positive side of the scale, there were varying degrees of elation and disappointment with the film. This is a fun one, be sure to join the discussion!
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TJ and Clark Douglas before and after Episode 14 of The MovieByte Podcast. They talk about Joseph being out on Jury Duty and general prep for the podcast episode, the fact that Clark has not yet seen Taken 2, film scores and John Williams, more soundtrack discussion, Sherlock Holmes score, Snow White and the Huntsman Score, films being dark and gritty, The Avengers, the Batman Trilogy, which was better, film criticism and writing, The Matrix Trilogy, Cloud Atlas, the MovieByte approach versus the Movieology approach, Star Trek geekery, Star Trek IV and Leanard Rosemenman’s score, I Am Spock, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn, First Contact, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and Cliff Eidelman’s score, the fifth Star Trek film and Shatner’s ego, fighting god and winning, and finally, JJ Abram’s Star Trek and Michael Giachino’s score.
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In this episode, TJ is joined by Clark Douglas while Joseph is off on jury duty. TJ and Clark talk a lot about Clark’s radio show and podcast about film scores and soundtracks, Alan Silvestri and Clark’s recent highlighting of his work, what it’s like to be a radio station manager, Hans Zimmer and his approach to film scoring, some of Clark’s favorite composers such as John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith and more, as well as some geeky discussion of Star Trek and Star Trek Scores, and then TJ and Clark talk about their differences of opinion on John Williams. They then briefly discuss a couple of quick things from Clark’s interview on Movieology. After this they turn their attention to a couple of films. TJ briefly discusses Taken 2, which Clark has not seen. It is simply not as good as the original Taken and was very disappointing to TJ. And finally, they discuss the fine film Argo, Ben Affleck’s career, the great acting in the film, the great story telling and more.
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