Half in the Bag: I Love My Dad, Watcher and Vengeance

careful, they'll block you for mentioning that movie.

VHS VCR

I saw that single frame too. It looks like a legit typical oversight where a clip goes a single frame too short and it just reveals the video track under it. It's just weird to see that come from these guys. Wasn't it just Mike's solo angle? Didn't seem like the usual Mike flavor freeze frame edit sort of thing.

d0nkatron 5000

He put that in there just for you :(

Rhea

But the slog from the couch to the computer probably counts as exercise, which might have given you fifteen minutes more of life. So it balances out, right?

run_away

I was sitting on my couch watching this video on my TV. At the 30 minute mark, there was a weird jump at an edit point. I backed it up and watched again. Mike is talking about the sound of “Watcher” not being as polished as a big studio movie, which is something he liked about it, and I noticed it again. It looked like a frame had been spliced in. I backed up again, and watched, and, yes, there was definitely something spliced in, but it was so fast I couldn’t make out what was in the frame. I backed up again and tried to catch it on a pause, but I couldn’t get it. Whatever it was, at this point I’m sure it was some awesome secret joke. So I pull out my phone to try and figure out how to view a YouTube video frame-by-frame. Which can only be done by viewing in a web browser. With a heavy sigh, I pull my fat old body off the couch and drag it over to the computer. It’s worth it, though, this is going to be awesome. I pull up the video to 29:58 and start going through frame by frame. I get to 30:05. There was nothing. That’s weird. I back up and watch it full speed. There’s the spliced frame again. So I go back again frame by frame. I find it. It’s the frame right as 29:59 turns to 30:00. And it’s not some fantastic hidden joke, it’s just Mike’s stupid fucking face looking at Jay. Now I’m 15 minutes closer to death with nothing to show for it. Thanks for nothing

Watching Watcher again because I got too drunk last time and forgot what happened.

Speaking of new movies on Shudder, I think y'all (and by y'all I mean mostly Jay) might enjoy "Glorious". JK Simmons plays a cosmic entity that lives in a rest stop gloryhole.

Spamwise

"I thought it was great!" "Ummm, no?" It's okay Mike, I liked it a lot too. I think if it had ended with her death I wouldn't have liked it nearly as much though, it just would've been too like, I dunno, cynical and kind of gross, even misogynistic? So yeah, glad they didn't go that way. I didn't watch the other two because I'm poor but I really love that you guys covered some smaller, lesser known films. These lower key, more analytical episodes are my favorite.

Rhea

I saw the Vengeance trailer before watching a YouTube video. Probably the first time I didn’t ‘skip ads’. Intrigued me enough, but don’t think I’ll go out of my way to watch it after the review. The Watcher though seems like a better investment of my time. Good insights on all three movies. I think Mike was drinking an Angry Orchard hard cider. I feel like he found that in the back of the fridge and wanted to get rid of it…or maybe just needed a change of pace after all the IPAs. Keep up the good work gentlemen.

David S

As much as I like Patton Oswalt, I don't think I love my Dad is a movie I would enjoy.... Completely agree about Watcher, saw it at the Munich Film Festival a few weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Vengeance I watched yesterday. Interesting thriller plot that gets eventually bogged down by too many "big", heavy handed ideas and tonal shifts that don't really gel.

schopi

Can you re:view “The Batman” and by “The Batman” I mean the 1966 “Batman the Movie” starring Adam West.

Paladin

Watcher just released on AMC+/Shudder today, watching it now since the hack frauds recommended it.

Thomas Trala

His boobery is really titillating...

Manuel Johnen

Love the bit at the end where Jay can't help breaking character to laugh at Mike's masterful boobery.

Spamwise

I genuinely appreciate all the work you do. Thank you.

Benway23

How many Plinketts are there?

DonMac

Immediately had to look up "V/H/S 94 Storm Drain" on YouTube... wasn't disappointed. Hail Rat-Man!

Manuel Johnen

I was hoping to see the RLM Studio Roof so that the creator of Super VHS could add it to the game... RELEASE THE ROOF CUT OF RLM VIDEOS!!! HashfragReleaseTheRoofCut

Munchman

A three hour long story of how Mike recognised an obscure actress, and it didn't conclude by a mention to Star Trek. What the hell is going on? I can imagine Morbius sitting down the Plinketto board, in 15 to 20 years, being called a terrible rip-off of Vampire Assassin, possibly "Duller Blade".

Bill Wilson