MARCH MADNESS 2024 - Day 30
Added 2024-03-30 16:00:12 +0000 UTCWow. Should we just give the crown to Tabletop Games now? Poor Highlander got BODIED!
Up today - chaos. Men in costumes and masks. Buttholes and Beatty.
It's ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER ADAPTATIONS vs PULP HEROES.
With ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, we'd cover the four feature film adaptations of his musicals:
Jesus Christ Superstar
Evita
Phantom of the Opera
Cats
With PULP HEROES, we'd cover five films (mostly) from the 90s, when people thought this genre was gonna be a thing:
Dick Tracy
The Shadow
The Phantom
The Rocketeer
The Spirit
So - will we be ascending to the Heaviside layer? Or Zooming in with Tracy?
Comments
Fair point but that is just one ALW musical which I can overlook for the genius of Evita 🌈 but alas that ship has sailed into Tabletop Games thank goodness 😅
Alison R.B.
2024-03-31 16:09:44 +0000 UTCNostalgia is a big part of it but Dick Tracy pretty much has the same appeal as cats. Laughing at big stars in weird costumes plus the weird Guy ™ antics of Gould and Warren. There is also the added bonus of having Stephen Sondheim songs.
Lobo
2024-03-31 15:40:24 +0000 UTCI remember seeing Dick Tracy in theaters, it was glorious.
Chris Radicone
2024-03-31 14:52:14 +0000 UTCGimme that Calcium included Tropicana with extra Pulp!
Chris Radicone
2024-03-31 14:49:12 +0000 UTCI'd love for them to do a main feed ALW run. I'd like the detail they would go in, I just don't think ALW lends itself to a fun commentary watch.
Chris Radicone
2024-03-31 14:47:34 +0000 UTCCats was covered at length by a ton of podcasts a couple years ago. Dick Tracy is underrepresented.
Robert Young
2024-03-31 14:44:46 +0000 UTCI’m a Pulp girlie from way back but if trains were added to the mix Id probably get on board with a ALW series
Lobo
2024-03-31 13:52:01 +0000 UTCBut Jesus is the most derivative IP ever.
Josh Mclane
2024-03-31 13:41:54 +0000 UTCI once did a special benefit show at the Shubert Theater in NY. It shared an alley with the Phantom theater. During rehearsals we would smoke in the alley and hear that Phantom music booming through the walls. If i never have to hear it again, it'll be too soon.
OG McDuck
2024-03-31 13:23:07 +0000 UTCLegitimately interested why people are voting for pulp heroes, I just don’t see the appeal when the Cats commentary would be an all timer
Jake Maringoni
2024-03-31 11:58:16 +0000 UTCHow do you solve a problem like Evita? THE SHADOW KNOWS
Winson Paine
2024-03-31 11:35:42 +0000 UTCNeither has the juice to put a dent in tabletop games. It's like the juggernaut vs a dachshund
ian
2024-03-31 04:48:14 +0000 UTCDo the Cats voters realise how bad Cats is? It’s not even fun bad. It could tear the pod apart.
CT
2024-03-31 04:33:09 +0000 UTCTime to pour myself a tall glass of orange juice with extra PULP.
Wyatt Gray
2024-03-31 03:49:36 +0000 UTCI’m aware of that CT. Almost like that mindset is exactly what I’m trying to persuade people against. The point I am trying to make, even.
Leah Thomas
2024-03-31 03:44:36 +0000 UTCI wish I could be on your side…but it is just Cats. That’s all anyone is voting for when it comes to ALW.
CT
2024-03-31 03:37:39 +0000 UTCBlame Cats for existing. I would have been on the side of ALW if it weren’t for the specter of that stupid meme of a movie looming over our heads.
CT
2024-03-31 03:33:44 +0000 UTC“...and cats!” is what poisoned me against the whole venture. Every other project sounds intriguing and worthwhile, until we hit the wall that is Cats
CT
2024-03-31 03:28:04 +0000 UTCZane was da bomb in the Phantom, yo
Jordan Cook
2024-03-31 02:33:41 +0000 UTCMost of those pulp movies are low to high key good and that is an unlikely world to live in
Kibblesmith
2024-03-31 01:33:16 +0000 UTCI genuinely like (most of) these pulp movies a lot. But I’ve also largely been a single issue voter for much of this poll in that I would vote for ANYTHING that opposed a Cats episode. I would vote for that parody educational sand documentary from the Simpsons if it was up against Cats. That movie is podcast poison that has been spread around enough already, and thank god it’s finally getting stopped in this instance.
CT
2024-03-31 01:29:16 +0000 UTCPlease consider an ALW miniseries in the near future! The good kind of sickos and dang ass freak will greatly appreciate such a phan-tastic series
Maricela Gonzalez
2024-03-31 01:25:09 +0000 UTCY'all clearly don't want the butthole episode
Jack Barr
2024-03-31 00:21:19 +0000 UTCDang... I was all for ALW simply because I wanted the JCS episode. But Pulp Heroes vs. Tabletop Games will actually be a tough choice. On one hand, I really *really* want that D&D: HAT episode; yet, talks of The Rocketeer and The Phantom are kinda sorta piquing my interest...
DJ Nekroman
2024-03-30 23:57:29 +0000 UTCYeah this is the real move isn’t it
Rad Rodge
2024-03-30 23:11:19 +0000 UTCMy vote went to Pulp but if that were to happen I’d vote ALW
Peter M
2024-03-30 22:55:46 +0000 UTCALW series would be an all timer w that lineup
Austin McDougle
2024-03-30 22:35:48 +0000 UTCThe only easy day is yesterday and the only difficult one will be tomorrow. Looking like tabletop v pulp….gonna be a tough choice.
Josh Harvey
2024-03-30 22:28:29 +0000 UTCThe only phantom I’m interested in is played by Gerard Butler
Jennifer Riggs
2024-03-30 21:59:40 +0000 UTCI like musicals. I just prefer them to be good musicals.
James Manning
2024-03-30 21:19:19 +0000 UTCDo the pulp hero voters realise how bad The Spirit is? It’s not even fun bad. It could tear the pod apart.
Will McLaren
2024-03-30 21:18:45 +0000 UTCI guess Lindsay Ellis won’t be a guest. :-(
MoCoSwede
2024-03-30 21:15:43 +0000 UTCAs someone who has seen multiple ALW musicals on Broadway, those wanting ALW have clearly never been to a musical performance in their life.
Matthew Chmiel
2024-03-30 20:45:11 +0000 UTCWow. And from a fellow Dela fan? Damn. That stings.
Tommy Fitzgerald
2024-03-30 20:40:08 +0000 UTCNo.
Matthew Chmiel
2024-03-30 20:38:40 +0000 UTCAll these Phantoms - yet the only menaces I see are the people voting for PH. The mere discussion of Madonna's casting in Evita is 100% more interesting than basically anything going on in the PH flicks. Plus: Hot Antonio who sings! Hot Patrick Wilson who sings! Hot Jason Derulo who sings... and cats! Please, I implore you, do the right thing. Let the Gay Blankies have this one. 🙏🏼
Tommy Fitzgerald
2024-03-30 20:31:21 +0000 UTCThey add a cam recording of Starlight Express to the list, I’ll change my vote from Pulp to ALW.
Matthew Chmiel
2024-03-30 20:29:02 +0000 UTCblankies. please. i know most of you are musical haters. but consider how fucking funny the ALW miniseries will be.
Antonio Melgar
2024-03-30 20:15:59 +0000 UTCBoring ass Blankies
Ryan
2024-03-30 20:13:25 +0000 UTCEveryone likes movies. Not everyone likes musical movies.
Broccololipop
2024-03-30 19:39:13 +0000 UTCplease i’m begging you for the CATs ep
Benjamin Adgate
2024-03-30 19:39:06 +0000 UTCThink while you still have HOLES Move while you still see HOLES You’ll be lost, you’ll be so sorry When they’re GONE!!! Vote ALW!!!
Chet Kazalski
2024-03-30 19:38:31 +0000 UTCIs it over buttholers?
Zinny Donovan
2024-03-30 19:31:01 +0000 UTCa man of culture. i used to drive my mom and brother crazy re-renting it on my week to pick the movie as a kid.
Collin Lewis
2024-03-30 19:30:16 +0000 UTCNot looking good for ALW, I feel like the highlights for Pulp Heroes will probably end up on main feed one day…
Kawaiidebu
2024-03-30 19:29:27 +0000 UTCNot sure if I should be pleased or crestfallen that y'all skipped a joke about how "there can be only one" regarding the last round. Also, I really want an orange juice miniseries so Pulp Heroes all the way!
Beardmask
2024-03-30 19:05:57 +0000 UTC🎶 Jesus Christ! Superstar! Do you believe what they say you are?! 🎶... I don't know how to love him... 🎶 😭 Everyone is so hot and talented in JCS and song SLAP! This would be such a great ep. Commentary on the Roman soldier outfits alone. it's Easter guys, in spirit of the holiday vote ALW!
Carolyn
2024-03-30 18:56:12 +0000 UTCDo it for Mumbles. Do it for Big Boy Caprice. Do it for Dick.
Bon Champion
2024-03-30 18:22:25 +0000 UTCGive me that Dick Tracy episode!!!
Emily Scott
2024-03-30 18:21:43 +0000 UTCI love both of these. Please find a way to do both, no matter the March Madness results.
Joe Pontillo
2024-03-30 17:59:42 +0000 UTCPatreon extra
Joe Pontillo
2024-03-30 17:59:00 +0000 UTCThis was a surprisingly difficult decision to make.
Shane Rhyne
2024-03-30 17:57:44 +0000 UTCI still have my fingers crossed for a Joel Schumacher series in the future
Lobo
2024-03-30 17:57:14 +0000 UTC<- The cat pictured here LOVED the shadow. He would stop and watch the whole movie whenever it came on. He is no longer with us. Dick Tracy was a big part of my youth but I’m voting for Pulp in honor of him 🐈⬛
Lobo
2024-03-30 17:55:37 +0000 UTCI mean… Phantom is the perfect winter movie, right?
Tyler Duggan
2024-03-30 17:47:24 +0000 UTCIt’s Easter Weekend. Have to go with Jesus Christ Superstar everytime
Rebecca C
2024-03-30 17:46:04 +0000 UTCI’ve got The Shadow rated at 4 stars on Letterboxd. A pure, nostalgia vibes movie for me.
Taman Eggers
2024-03-30 17:39:47 +0000 UTCAs a DIE HARD Stephen Sondheim fan, and large ALW hater... I'm still voting for ALW way better series.
Josh Darby
2024-03-30 17:38:32 +0000 UTCGod, these would both be so good... I gotta go with my heart, Pulp Heroes.
Begemott
2024-03-30 17:30:07 +0000 UTCThe Pulp Hero’s are the only ones that can take down Table Top! We need them now more than ever!
James Manning
2024-03-30 17:27:21 +0000 UTCMAKE THE JELLICLE CHOICE! CHOOSE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER!
Braden Poapst
2024-03-30 17:24:42 +0000 UTCYes, exactly this
Manish Agarwal
2024-03-30 17:22:58 +0000 UTCIsn’t he straight? Like super white, votes conservative, hates poor people straight?
Joe Turner
2024-03-30 17:19:10 +0000 UTCWe'll see how this wraps up come Sunday.
Christopher Teuma
2024-03-30 17:12:40 +0000 UTCNo it's Madonna's late 90s rider.
Bairbre
2024-03-30 17:09:33 +0000 UTCAs much as I love that you guys are voting for one movie with original music by Stephen Sondheim (Dick Tracy)... ALW is CLEARLY the correct choice. It's not JUST Cats, y'all! Phantom is late-stage Joel Schumacher!! Patrick Wilson!! Evita's got hot goss!! JC Supes is a hippie dirtbag!! The Sunset Boulevard that's coming to Broadway is NUTS they're gonna be SINGING LIVE ON THE STREETS! You guys are gonna get Lynch congrats...... at least may we have this :(
Leah Thomas
2024-03-30 17:07:38 +0000 UTCIf Pulp Heroes wins I am begging you to add Dick Tracy Zooms In
Tanner Methven
2024-03-30 17:07:18 +0000 UTCY'all don't even know how much we NEED a Jesus Christ Superstar episode
Zack Stoudemayer
2024-03-30 17:07:11 +0000 UTCIf you want to see the future of the Blank Check patreon, just picture the Phantom punching am anthropomorphic cat in the butthole, forever.
Adam King
2024-03-30 16:55:04 +0000 UTCThank god I don’t have to watch Cats again. 😮💨
Misfit Minded
2024-03-30 16:53:04 +0000 UTCWithout starlight express why bother with ALW.
Mike F.
2024-03-30 16:52:32 +0000 UTCPlease for the love of movies enough with the comic book characters if we need to live in a world of IP derivative works can this be Broadway musicals just this once as I commented before and will comment again let the Midnight Boys pew pew take this topic along with Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson!
Alison R.B.
2024-03-30 16:49:26 +0000 UTCIs Dicks and Cats the new Boots and Cats?
Ben Dudden
2024-03-30 16:48:50 +0000 UTCI honestly don't get what people think they'll hear from a Cats episode that hasn't been said before
Casey
2024-03-30 16:46:45 +0000 UTCThank god we don’t have to suffer through ALW.
JFox
2024-03-30 16:45:03 +0000 UTCMain feed never seems to go my way, but it’s looking like this will be 3 years in a row that I am blissfully happy with either of the Top Two on Patreon!
Tobey
2024-03-30 16:41:28 +0000 UTCThe Shadow is incomprehensible, might be a good one to puzzle through. The Phantom is charming and possibly underrated
John Howell
2024-03-30 16:41:02 +0000 UTCPutting an end to Jesus Christ Superstar on Easter weekend seems fitting.
Adam
2024-03-30 16:40:42 +0000 UTCPlease i just want to hear them talk about Cats
Whitney
2024-03-30 16:40:26 +0000 UTCThe Two Friends talking about JCS and Cats will be infinitely more interesting than them talking about Dick Tracy. I am resigned to my fate that pulp heroes will win, but I’m not happy about it.
Paul Sabourin
2024-03-30 16:40:12 +0000 UTCGo Pup Eras go!!
Kate
2024-03-30 16:31:30 +0000 UTCPulp pulp pulp pulp pulp! Get Jarvis Cocker on as a guest.
Anthony Regina
2024-03-30 16:26:07 +0000 UTCI’ve been voting for ALW but exclusively to hear them talk about Jesus Christ Superstar. It’s my favourite musical but the only ALW I enjoy. Today I had to concede and vote Pulpies.
Nick Lavery
2024-03-30 16:23:30 +0000 UTCEither way, Madonna wins.
heather
2024-03-30 16:22:56 +0000 UTCPhantom vs Phantom!
David
2024-03-30 16:22:31 +0000 UTCFolks! Cats! Are you mad?
Jamie
2024-03-30 16:22:13 +0000 UTCThat makes no sense: ALW’s work is some of the straightest expression of a queer art form!
Manish Agarwal
2024-03-30 16:21:40 +0000 UTCNooooo
Ryan Michael Liston
2024-03-30 16:20:11 +0000 UTCWe could’ve been basking in the light of Sandman features but now we’re in the drudgery of Dicks and Cats.
dorium
2024-03-30 16:19:21 +0000 UTCDo I want Jesus Christ Superstar of the Phantom… This is the toughest one of the year for me…
Spotpilgrim7
2024-03-30 16:18:25 +0000 UTCI hate Andrew Lloyd Webber, but the patreon Blankies have swung me around on that my hate is homophobia and so now I need this explored.
Christopher Teuma
2024-03-30 16:18:06 +0000 UTCPhew! I love musicals, but can’t stand ALW
Manish Agarwal
2024-03-30 16:16:33 +0000 UTCI really want a Beatty miniseries so I'm voting against Pulp all the way. Nothing I want can win now, so its damage limitation time.
HappyCroc
2024-03-30 16:16:14 +0000 UTCPULP PALS PARTY!!
Taman Eggers
2024-03-30 16:13:39 +0000 UTCI don't know why implicating each other's buttholes in crimes wouldn't be audio-friendly
Laura Robinson
2024-03-30 16:13:14 +0000 UTCIs “buttholes, and Beatty” a reference to Madonna presenting her butthole to Tracy in his office?
Don Knott Steiner
2024-03-30 16:11:38 +0000 UTCI love that the final two are looking like they will be "non-traditional" Patreon franchises where they're thematically linked instead of being a normal movie series. I'd be happy with either one, table top games or pulp heroes, but I'll probably go with tabletop games.
Zef Wagner
2024-03-30 16:09:36 +0000 UTCWell I don't want them to finger each other's buttholes.
Tom
2024-03-30 16:08:43 +0000 UTCEither will be great!
Gretchen Lindensmith
2024-03-30 16:08:07 +0000 UTCI cant belive you all don't want to hear them finger each other's butt holes on mic.
Matthew
2024-03-30 16:06:27 +0000 UTCNo
Trevor Talley
2024-03-30 16:06:06 +0000 UTCPULP PULP PULP
Matt Reifschneider
2024-03-30 16:05:43 +0000 UTCHIGHLANDER MORE LIKE BYELANDER
Matt
2024-03-30 16:05:34 +0000 UTCCATS CATS CATS
Charles
2024-03-30 16:04:33 +0000 UTCTime to euthanize these pussies once and for all.
Matthew Chmiel
2024-03-30 16:04:30 +0000 UTCIt's weird how disgusted Maltin looks by a 90something cosplayer when he's had John Landis on his pod twice.
astrolupine
2024-03-30 16:02:01 +0000 UTCDo it for: Bennyanydots Hoz the Theater Cat The Pig Tum Scratcher Skimbenshanks the Dirtbike Cat Mungobenny and Rumplehozer Old Deuteronbenny Benstopher Hoz The Magical Mr. Mispositivelees Benbalurina Macavbenny Hozabella the Fashion Cat
Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat
2024-03-30 16:00:32 +0000 UTC
