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Podcasts - A Couple of Cold Ones - April 23, 2012

This episode the Top 5, bad Marvel video games, a great recipe for a certain fish, Lord British, being TOO rich, a surprisingly upbeat banter about cancer, and Tweets and Emails.

Tags: acoco, korey, carlyle, podcast, spill, spill.com, box office, top 5, movies, marvel, avengers

110 Comments for A Couple of Cold Ones - April 23, 2012

April 26, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Nedan said ...

I had to check out that Mr. Turtle clip that Korey was talking about. And even though you told me exactly what would happen I still could not believe that the shit was real.
April 25, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Samuel Gelber said ...

If I had two million dollars, I'd build a kick ass sake den/sushi bar, like the one in Kill Bill. No fancy car or house in Jamaica. Just a sushi restaurant with elaborate decorations.
April 25, 2012 at 10:47 PM, Devane! said ...

@ChristianDB as far as I'm concerned Randy become the new Walter white, he's gonna be in his comic store selling meth on the side
April 25, 2012 at 6:31 AM, ChristianDB said ...

Whoa, I love randy, I hope everything is alright and they caught it early.
April 25, 2012 at 5:53 AM, Terencep said ...

boxes on the couch . hahhaaa.
April 25, 2012 at 5:46 AM, said ...

Meta is referred to something that is self referential.
April 25, 2012 at 1:07 AM, Peterslam said ...

The Avengers comes out here in the UK tomorrow. I believe haha to all you Americans is in order, will let you know how it is lol.
April 25, 2012 at 12:01 AM, Hunter Longley said ...

I've been coming to Spill all these years and never once heard dating advice from Ol' Uncle Korey! Bahahaha it was exactly what I would expect from him :D Trust me Korey, I'm taking notes...
April 24, 2012 at 10:42 PM, said ...

I love that Korey and Leon do the bit where they discuss what they're going to do for ACOCO as if they've never heard of it before. lol.
April 24, 2012 at 9:20 PM, said ...

First of all...what is meta???!!!
April 24, 2012 at 5:08 PM, said ...

@Fungusmonkey @Davril. I guess it caters to a VERY specific audience because I feel very differently about the film (About the same as the Spill Crew in their review). If you're with it then you'll enjoy it and if you're not then you won't as much. It's one of those movies where I can totally understand if you didn't enjoy it on that level.
April 24, 2012 at 3:52 PM, said ...

Here's a rare solo Spill review of the Day the Earth Stood Still.
April 24, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Stephen Watkins said ...

Spermicide flavor! Yummm
April 24, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Fungusmonkey said ...

@G-man 15 - No, I expected it to be what it was. However, what I didn't expect was a film that could have been an intelligent and humorous look at the tired tropes of the horror genre (much like the superior 'Tucker & Dale vs Evil' did), but ended up actually falling prey to it's own tropes and becoming tired itself. Other than a few great phrases and one or two geniunely funny scenes, the whole rest of the film was hackey plotting. I genuinely love Joss Whedon, but you can tell which parts of the script were his and where the rest went painfully wrong.

It ended up being a predictable, cliche-ridden, too-meta look at horror movies. If you're not a fan of horror, then you simply don't care about the constant references the film tries to cram into it's running time. If you're a big fan of horror, then the only real appeal is "ooh look, it's [insert film here]" every ten seconds. However, all that pales in comparison to the lazy screenwriting. It is LITERALLY just one giant Deus Ex Machina. Every problem is solved with the push of a button and some completely improbable solution magically presents itself.
April 24, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Winter said ...

I haven't had a chance to listen to that LEOG yet, so this was the first I heard about Randy. I am genuinely very sorry and hope he beats this thing. I am not religious type, so I'll just say my faith in Science is with you. My mum was very recently diagnosed with cancer and in all honesty things aren't looking good for her, so this is a subject quite close to my heart right now.
April 24, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Davril Chorster said ...

I'm 100% with Fungusmonkey; it's a high rental.

And G-man15, I heard form the Spill crew that it's a meta-centric deconstructionist horror/comedy and went to see with high hopes, only to be disappointed by the revealing opening credits and that all of the scenes that take place in and surrounding the cabin are boring. I understand why the college students, who are all good students, turn into 80 slasher film cliches but they not only become cliches in a cliched "horror film", they repeat the cliches and that's boring. All of the scenes with the scientists are good and so are the last 20 minutes.

Cabin in the Woods: High Rental.
April 24, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Alexandra (Zandy) said ...

The Avengers Movie is coming out 25 of April here! in New Zealand. I'm seeing it TONIGHT MIDNIGHT!
April 24, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Terencep said ...

it says acoco april 16 on the main page banner
April 24, 2012 at 6:30 AM, said ...

It is indeed a gift that you give us each week and we appreciate it. Another great episode guys.
April 24, 2012 at 6:20 AM, said ...

don't listen to FIRECOM !!! keep the intro gag!
April 24, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Dante Webb said ...

hey guys fuck cabin in the woods, the avengers is coming out soon!! sooner for the UK peeps...they actually did an avengers movie...holyyyyyyyyy shit
April 24, 2012 at 5:25 AM, said ...

@Fungusmonkey It sounds like you were expecting it to be a straight up horror film. It's really a horror comedy and a deconstruction of horror movies and the horror genre in general.

I absolutely loved "The Cabin in the Woods" but I don't fault anyone for not being crazy about it. I wasn't that much of a fan of Scott Pilgrim so I know the feeling.
April 24, 2012 at 3:35 AM, said ...

Hey guys, thanks for tackling my question!
April 24, 2012 at 2:48 AM, said ...

Hilarious. I jumped on youtube to check out that Turtle clip and found more than a handful Spillios commenting. I can just imagine someone else stumbling across the clip and wondering what ACOCO is and who the heck is this Korey guy is. That clip was pathetic. I can't imagine having to watch the entire movie.
April 24, 2012 at 2:20 AM, Derek Lynch said ...

I know what it's like to lose someone from cancer, but I also know 2 survivors! Keep your head up Spill Crew & friends!

Randy's going to be the next Walter White... but of comic books :)

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