The Film Thugs Movie Show

There was a time when calling a different area code was prohibitively expensive. Like, crazy expensive. Like 10 cents a minute was considered a steal of a deal. Now, now not so much. You can talk to and do a show with someone half a world away with the cheapest laptop on the market. The future is NOW! So, this brings us to our first ever FILM THUGS INTERNATIONAL episode. Person- John Gibson from The Film Wu Podcast- www.filmwu.podbean.com The place- Scotland The subject- We listed films and actors that we think the average person would associate with Scotland, and John listed the films that he most associates with America/Texas. A good time was had by all. So, join in the conversation, we promise you will enjoy yourself.

In 1962 a movie was released which served to make every film before and since look hideous and uninspired. It asked only that you be willing to sacrifice 4 hours of your time. In 1987 a more definitive version was released into theaters where Jim saw it for the first time and instantly fell in love with it. Since that first screening he has seen it, in the theater, 4 additional times. Clarkson had never seen it. Any of it. At all. So, when the 50th anniversary, digital restoration hit theaters for a single day... we knew where we had to be. The film in question... Lawrence of Arabia. Not an epic... THE epic. The next day we sat down with Jason, who you might remember from our "Dark Knight Rises" pub cast and our 100th Episode Spectacular, and recorded our thoughts on their first screening and Jim's 24 hours of theater time watching the greatest film ever made.

If the best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry, then what of the not so well laid plans? Do they even stand a chance? Well, this week you find out.

Normally, we aim for some level of clarity in our show topics. Granted, we don't strictly stay on that topic, but there is a fairly concise idea that guides our show prep.

This week we said, "Hell with that!"

Last week, while deciding what to do, the following text conversation occured...

Campbell- "'Nice Shot!' Our favorite shots, camerawork, and cinematography in general."

Dirkes- "Shots is a good idea, but do we have time to prep?"

Campbell- "How about a general badass concept? Like Dean Winchester badass. Creatures, characters, effects, chicks, gadgets, cars, ect..."

Dirkes- "General badassery! I love that!"

And with that as our guide... we prepared.

So this week, with the shakiest of foundations, we discuss the things we find "bad ass" and discover how big a tent that really is.

Someone, I believe it was Plato, once said, "Never work with children or animals," I believe the original quote was longer, but it trails off into a very racist diatribe, so I'm just going with the first part. This week we (sort of) discuss people who didn't follow this rule. That's right, we are (sort of) discussing the best and the worst animals in movies. In addition, Jim changes his shirt at least twice, we discuss having a child step in your testicles, and Jim breaks Clarkson's spirit in an off air clip and makes a bold offer to anyone who can figure the statement out. Tweet your best guesses to us with #sewertale and we will read them on the air. Speaking of being read on the air, we are working on a new show idea. Here it is... Email any and all questions you have about anything, and we do mean ANYTHING to thugquestions@gmail.com. Hunter from the Midnight Movie Cowboys will check that address and compile a list of the best questions. He will then forward them to us and we will answer them SIGHT UNSEEN on the show. We need about 20 or so, so get on the stick. This will be a completely free form show, dictated by questions, and all responses will be genuine. Repeat, we will not hear these questions until we get the e-mail from Hunter the day of the recording, and we won't read them until the show starts. So remember, e-mail any query about any subject to thugquestions@gmail.com and help us make an amazing show for you people! Oh, we also announce the winner of our Summer Movie League, and Jim explains why he hasn't sent the prize yet.

Hollywood is rife with urban myths, legends, curses, and outright falsehoods. This week we decided to take a look at some of the most notable, interesting, and strange ones and marvel at the amount of easily disprovable nonsense people tend to believe. We also dive headlong into the surprisingly diverse world of candy corn, discuss possible Kardashian career moves, and finally answer the question, "why would one need to shave a pumpkin?" All this week on an exciting new episode of... The Film Thugs!