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MARCH MADNESS 2024 - Day 23

Skimbleshanks the railway cat has commandeered the Midnight Meat Train - ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER moves on to the next round!

Up today - a CIA analyst vs a immortal Scottish guy who may or may not be an alien.

It's JACK RYAN vs HIGHLANDER.

With JACK RYAN, we'd cover the following four films:

Clear & Present Danger
Patriot Games
The Sum of All Fears
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

We would NOT cover The Hunt for Red October because we just did on main feed! Also, no Krasinski series.

With HIGHLANDER, we'd cover four movies:

Highlander
Highlander 2: The Quickening
Highlander 3
Highlander Endgame

Who moves on, Jack Ryan or Connor MacLeod?

Comments

The Ben hive is strong

Bill Ahern

I’m crying over Ryan

Josh Harvey

The only winner I've voted for is Happy Madison. I don't think I fit in here.

Broccololipop

Add Search for Vengeance to the Highlander series, we need the Yoshiaki Kawajiri rep on the podcast

Toastman Jack

My partner LOVES the Highlander movies (at least the two she's seen) and this weekend I got us the third and fourth to watch and she asked about The Source, just in an, 'I thought there was a fifth?' sort of way. And I just was like no, The Source is truly unwatchable I've seen it once and I will never under any circumstances watch it again.

outb0undflight

I fancy Jack Ryan much more once we can get Red October added back in. So no.

Jon Ryves

For Ben!

BestowalDonkey8

*cue ben sword swishing motions*

Ray Goldberg

I completely forgot about the Pine Jack Ryan movie

Patrick Mike

As someone who has done a podcast episode on The Source, I’m torn between wanting to save them the pain and wanting to hear them suffer:)

Heath Lambert

Which one has more bones in it?

Max Muller

Im a Blank Check fan before I’m a Jack Ryan fan, and so Ben gets my vote 🫡

Evan

I’ve never seen any of the Highlanders, but the Jack Ryan films feel like diminishing returns, so Highlanders it is. Jamelle Bouie’s is covering the Ryan films from a political angle on his podcast, which is probably more interesting than the filmmaking angle (which is pretty ho-hum).

MoCoSwede

Toot! Toot! All aboard for Highlands

Carolyn

How can anyone vote against the pure, wholesome joy of Ben swinging a pretend sword?

Janine Liberty

lol I still can’t believe he won…highlander and Jack Ryan are good, either.

nate kidd

By chance is there a promo code for Blankies for the video from Town Hall?

Isaiah Bornman

Is there no movement about including Highlander: The Source?

Craig A

There can be only one!

Andrew Spitzer

the jack ryan movies are better which is why you should vote highlander

Ben Burbank

Branagh as director is absolutely the top priority about a Jack Ryan series for me, I would be voting it farther along if it hadn’t happened to run into Highlander

Rad Rodge

Ryan! Need more actor talk

Anthony Oleszkiewicz

There can only ben one…

Theodora

Got to go with Highlander for the Highlander 2 production stories alone.

Harry Russ

There can be only one… Choice that is duh 💁🏻‍♀️

Alison R.B.

Hosley Hive, rise up 🙌

Lucas Pauley

Has to be highlander ! Double dose of Connery and just to hear the wtf is this to Highlander 2

Barry Wigham

I can't tell if I want Jack Ryan because it's a segue into the weird oeuvre of Kenneth Branagh as a director (sometimes they clear, sometimes they sail into mediocrity baybee) or if I don't want it because Shadow Recruit was one of the cringiest films...voted for Highlander.

Michael C

Once more into the breach... for Ben. 🗡

ChewyWalrus

Highlander. More like there should've been only one.

Lukas Ridge

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 For Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇸 For Spain 🇪🇸 🏴‍☠️For Hosley 🏴‍☠️ ⚡THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! ⚡

Luke Crawford

Okay, good to know. Might just have to check it out one day

Jack Barr

Those movies are progressively more unhinged and would culminate in having the crew encounter "sir, they're fucking our pussies"

Winson Paine

OOF that barker loss was a little embarrassing people, what are we doing here??

Dylan C

I think they made that choice just to hear him pronounce “Juan Sanchez Villalobos Ramirez” at least once.

Miles Lemaire

Highlander 1 is a very fun, action sci-fi with a really fun performance by Sean Connery. Highlander 2 is absolutely batshit crazy. If you like genre flicks Highlander is kind of a must see.

Jordan Cook

Gimme that Benergy! ⚔️

Manish Agarwal

The Garland loss made me a little sad (bye bye Dredd), but the Barker loss really fucking hurt.

FrancescoTakesItEasy

I've never seen Highlander. Please tell me 1) is this a better choice and 2) should I check it out for myself

Jack Barr

You must have seen a different movie then, because while not technically good, Highlander fucking rules.

FrancescoTakesItEasy

Who is voting for Jack Ryan and why?

Dante Cuestas-Thompson

For Ben

Jason Fillo

he’s the only Scottish person in the cast and he plays a Spaniard. 80s coke energy undefeated

Sam!

MCLEOD!!!

Drew Wobser

People keep saying "there can only be one," but there are unfortunately three other Highlander movies.

Will Redmond

it loses steam but no movie that starts with a beheading in a car park can be all bad

Sam!

There can Ben only Hoz

Henry Leineweber

There Ben only be one.

Kent Siri

There can be only one! Vote Ben 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Erin

There can only Ben one.

Kent Siri

Do It For Ben

Devon Uy

In honor of this march up, I watched Highlander last night. Before voting for it, please keep in mind that it is Very Bad.

TheLibraryClark

I don’t see Highlander beating tabletop but here I vote!

Kawaiidebu

There can only be Ben.

Kent Siri

For Ben 🫡🥹

Hogan

For Ben.

Omeed

Easy

Dani Hatch

Voting Highlander for Jamelle

MarthaMarcyMarley&Me

A vote for Highlander is a vote for seeing Sean Connery walk around in a red velvet hat with a huge peacock feather.

Miles Lemaire

Voting Highlander for Ben.

Charles


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