24 Panels Films(trips) Podcast
A new #FilmsTRIPS #podcast is out! This time, Andrew and I celebrate 250 regular episodes by discussing #TheWachowskis' directorial debut, #Bound! https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/24panelspersecond/episodes/2023-08-28T16_55_52-07_00 #GinaGershon #JenniferTilly #JoePantoliano #ChristopherMeloni #BillPope #LillyWachowski #LanaWachowski
Episode 250: BOUND (1996)

Films(trips) celebrates 250 regular episodes by taking a look at the directorial debut of Lilly and Lana Wachowski, Bound!What do Andrew and Dave make of the 1996 cult favourite? How great is Christopher Meloni's suit in the film? And why do the hosts bicker about Performance and The Man Who Fell to Earth? Tune in and find out!Next Episode: A YA film from... Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron?All music by Andrew Kannegiesser. Editing by Dave Babbitt.

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Aug 29, 2023 at 12:12amWeb
Show threadAnthony DeanSep 3, 2023

@24panels

- An “Empty Nest/Living Single” crossover? Not a different NBC show for this epic Queen Latifah-starring massive crossover event, like, well, “Friends?” (Both shows were made/released through Warner Bros.)

- Insert “Jimbo’s real name is Corky” Simpsons image here?

- Ah, Kevin Michael Richardson… the go-to animation voice actor for most of the past 15-20 years. Wikipedia says he’s voiced everyone from the Shredder in TMNT (2012) to Barney Rubble.

Show threadAnthony DeanSep 3, 2023

@24panels

- Speaking of understated vs. over-the-top, the original US “Queer As Folk” (which was mentioned) always seemed the latter to me. Since it aired on Showtime, guess they figured they didn’t have to worry about censors, and/or the show's general determination to be the anti-“Will & Grace" (and aimed at gay male viewers) as much as possible.

- Warner Archive serves a useful function… and oddly one of the few good things about WB that hasn’t been gutted in penny-pinching lately.

Show threadAnthony DeanSep 3, 2023

@24panels

- “Bound” is streaming on a number of streaming services stateside: Amazon Prime Video; Paramount+; and MGM+.

- The top 5 films out the same weekend as “Bound”: “The First Wives’ Club” (week 3), “The Glimmer Man” (opening); “That Thing You Do!” (opening); “D3: The Mighty Ducks” (opening); and “Extreme Measures” (week 2)

Show threadAnthony DeanSep 3, 2023

@24panels

Finally, congratulations on your podcast's anniversary!

Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastSep 4, 2023
@dtgeek Thanks!
Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastSep 4, 2023
@dtgeek At this point, I've seen all of those except The Glimmer Man and Extreme Measures.
Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastSep 4, 2023
@dtgeek I've never seen either of the US versions, only clips of the original UK version from once-and-future Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davis. On the other hand, I did get to sit in a university lecture done by one of the writers of the US QaF, Karen Walton, who was their to discuss her film GINGER SNAPS.
Show threadAnthony DeanSep 4, 2023
@24panels the UK version seemed more toned down from what I saw, albeit hard to understand what anyone was saying (no closed captions/heavy accents). The US version set the show in Pittsburgh (albeit one oddly devoid of people of color; they actually filmed in Toronto, which... still points such out), and once it ran out of the handful of UK episodes to remake/Americanize, things got... "interesting"?
Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastSep 4, 2023
@dtgeek That's my understanding (and it was indeed a Canadian co-production).
Show threadAnthony DeanSep 4, 2023

@24panels yeah, a lot of over-the-top episodes, especially as the show wore on.

A reboot of the US QAF (in the spirit of TV's wave of reboots) aired recently on the Peacock streaming service. Apparently it changed up/modernized things: more people of color, more attention to nonbinary/trans folk, and set the show in New Orleans.

Show threadAnthony DeanSep 4, 2023

@24panels Showtime also aired a similar show, "The L Word," centered around a cast of LGBTQ women. It also got a reboot/revival a few years ago, albeit on Showtime itself.

There was also "Noah's Arc" in the mid-aughts, about a group of Black gay friends in LA. I liked that show; they finally put it on Paramount+ a few months ago. It also had a reunion special during the pandemic on YouTube.

Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastSep 4, 2023
@dtgeek Remember the L-Word (though I think I only ever saw one actual episode: didn't have cable growing up). Noah's Ark completely slipped me by, but if it was the mid-aughts, that was about the time I mostly didn't watch television save Doctor Who and episodes of Masters of Horror as those were released on disc.
Show threadAnthony DeanSep 4, 2023
@24panels "Noah's Arc" aired here on Logo, a LGBTQ-oriented cable channel, albeit one that's since slid downhill into being largely "off-topic". The show (and its wrap-up made-for-TV movie) is on DVD, though.
Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastSep 4, 2023
@dtgeek Thanks! Will have to look up more on it.
Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastSep 4, 2023
@dtgeek I remember it being announced, but haven't seen anything much about it since. Granted, it is tough to breakthrough right now with the billion and one channels and streamers that exist.
Show threadAnthony DeanSep 4, 2023
@24panels considering the state of Peacock ("we're still here!"), not surprising. 😛
Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastSep 4, 2023
@dtgeek I just love the idea trying to come up with even one workable idea that would allow the characters of these shows to cross over. I just know that somehow it would result in a classic sitcom trope of "everyone wins tickets to the same vacation destination."
Show threadAnthony DeanSep 4, 2023

@24panels "when one of the 'Friends' cast hires Maxine Shaw, Attorney At Law, to settle a legal problem, tempers flare as the 'Living Single' cast meet the 'Friends' cast, with the former finding the latter knockoffs.

Which group are the 'real' friends? Khadijah and Synclaire, or Ross and Chandler? Only one thing is certain: all of them live in New York! And only by crossing over to the 'other' New York can they become... 'The Friends of Two Worlds'!"

Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastSep 4, 2023
@dtgeek It ends with both groups promising to keep in touch, only for neither show to ever bring up the other again.
Show threadAnthony DeanSep 4, 2023

@24panels alternative: an annual series of team-up episodes titled "Crisis on (something-or-other)"?

(*Tries to come up with Crime Syndicate versions of both show's casts for the "Crisis on Earth-3" pastiche...*)