Rattle On Wednesdays

ROW 67:Are We Witnessing the Downfall of the American Empire? (Or, Is America’s Future Sus?)

We got a philosophical one for ya today, with loads of politics and American-geo-political shenanigans to boot. We discuss America's impending implosion, its fall from grace on the world-economic stage, its modern history that brought us here, and how the hell do we feel about it?! Joined by a lovely guest, we get Emily's socio-pollical insight into the "sus" future and history of our country! 
We also chat:
Indianapolis Germanfest
River sitting in Autumn gloriousness
reading classic literautire (Bram Stoker's Dracula, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Washington Iriving's Legend of Sleepy Hollor)
Dylan's Baldur's Gate update
John Wick being overrated?
SPORTS!
Reagan's never ending list of movies an TV
And MUCH MUCH MORE!!!
 
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ROW66: 2 Spooky 2 TV Shows (All of Us Are Dead 2022 and Haunting of Hill House 2018)

Just like a bunch of Korean zombie teens and dysfunctional family children, you can't kill us! The boys are back from the dead, ready to get spOoOoOoOky! This week, we waxed poetic on two shows on Ye Olde Netflix Machine: Mike Flanagan's horror family drama The Haunting of Hill House and Korea's newest creature feature export, All of Us Are Dead. Have yous seen these two, popular flicks? Let us know your thoughts if you enjoyed them as much as we do!
We also chat: 
Dan's Dad's visit to the PNW
Reagan's home improvments
Cole's lack of anything
Dylan's yard work
The Pacific (2001)
Baldur's Gate (2023)
It Lives Inside (2023)
Chinatown (1972)
Haunt (2018)
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)
Hogwarts Legacy (PS5, 2023)
The newest season of Alone (2023)
That’s all for today on this week’s edition of Rattle on Wednesdays. We want to hear from you, so send us an email at RattleonWednesday@Gmail.com, or you can send us a tweet @RatonWednesdays” to be featured in the next episode.
 

ROW65: 2Spooky2Furious | Movie Reviews: No One Will Save You (2023) and The Evil Within (2002/2017)

The b oys are innit to spook it this week with two reviews of two spooky movies to prepare for the spookiest time of the year! We review the newest Hulu original, "No One Will Save You" starring Kaitlyn Dever. How did we find the gimmick? Were we spooked? Did we threaten each other's lives over differing opinions? You betcha, we did!
We also explored the Andrew Gretty-directed unforgettable and unmistakable auteur piece "The Evil Within", discuss it's absurd plot, disturbing editing, debate the central character's acting, and discuss if this is a masterpiece or a disasterpiece. 
We also chat: 
Dylan's new collection
A lot of football
If Quenton Tarentino is a hack
Marry Shelley's Frankenstein theater piece
Backpacking (and more!) at Mt. Daniel, WA
the movies and tv shows: Band of Brothers, The Pacific, The Machine, Kill Bill vol 1 and 2, Hulu's The Clearing, and the newest Hercule Periot mystery (dir. Kenneth Branaugh's) A Haunting in Venice!
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ROW 64: Another Movie Roundup: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Memories of Murder (2003), Asteroid City (2023)

There's no Dylan today so the boys are FREE discuss movies without limit! Huzzah! We chat about an overlooked K-mystery/drama (and what one of us call an absolutely 6/5, 12/10 movie?!) in Bong Joon Ho's Memories of Murder, a modern spectacle classis in George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road, and Wes Anderson's newest quirk Asteroid City.
We also chat:
John wick 4
Theater Camp (2023)
Only lovers left alive (2013)
Wheel of time s2 (2023)
FX's Legion s2,3 (2018-2019)
Bonfire and Fall excursions in Indiana's Spring Mill State Park
Dan's next journey bike riding coast to coast
Dan's experience at a George Clanton concert
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ROW 63: The Live Music Spectacular (Not Us Performing, that Would Be Terrible)

The boys are here to chat half of our favorite thing, and the other half us could barely care about: Live music! Can you guess which of us love it and which of us don't? We chat about some of our favorite concert experiences, who we'd love to see, and much, much more! 
We also chat:
General Fall stuff like bonfires and being outside
Disney's Animal kingdom
Our pledge to start going to the gym(we will see how long it lasts)
Ohio is for Lovers music festival
Trash Panda Concert
Bandera Mountian
All of us are dead (2022)
Sweet Home
Uncanny Counter 
Hunting public deer tour 
Ratchet and clank: rift apart
The Godfather trilogy
Legion s1 and s2
The reader (2006)
Wolf of wall street (2013)
Telemarketers (2023)
Fiona and Cake (2023)
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ROW 62: Forbes’ Forty-Under-Forty’s Ranking of Fast Food Tier!

In this week's episode, the boys are here with true passion, tenacity, and vindictiveness: a fast-food tier ranking list! Which fast food chain restaurants are worth dying for? Which are worth murdering a co-host over? Tune in and find out! 
 
We also chat: Coles' visit to a Cincinnati Red's game, Fantasy Football 2024, Dylan's new side hustle that he's already abandoned, Reagan's home renovations, and Dan's gone fishin'. We also get into:
Armored Core
Kingdom: Ashin of the North (2021)
The hatchet wielding hitchhiker (2022)
Muscles and Mayhem
Untold: Hall of Shame (2023)
Rurounie Kenshin: The Final (2021)
End of How To with John Wilson
What We Do In The Shadows season 5
The Sopranos and Many Saints of Newark
Legion (2017-2019)
Wheel of Time season 2
American graffiti (1973)
21 grams (2003)
No country for old men (2007)
Dune (2021)
Amadeus (1984)
High Fidelity (2000)
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ROW 61: No, No, It Wasn’t Me, It Was a Spooky Ghost!

This week, we turn up the spookies and discuss GHOSTS! Are they real? Do we believe in them? Have any of us experienced the spooks in real life? What is their crossover with extraterrestrials? Do ghosts necessitate an afterlife? We discuss it all! Tune in... IF YOU DARE!!
We also chat:
Reagan and Cole review their recent emo concert (All American Rejects, New Found Glory, and The Starting Line),
Dan's visit to another hippie music festival, playin Armored Core and Madden 2024,
Dylan laments on sport betting legality in Florida,
Fantasy Football and NFL Craziness last week,
a few episodes of How to with John Wilson season 3,
a MAD rant on the state of Superhero Movies (the Flash),
a somber take on AG Iniarritu's "Biutiful" (2010) starring Javier Bardem,
a Norwegian dark humor satire "Sick of Myself" (2023),
low budget, but high quality sci-fi "The Artifice Girl" (2023),
the ethical morality of How to Blow up a Pipeline (2023),
and the atrocity that is Lynch's Dune (1984).
 
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ROW: 60: Comics, and Vampires, and Anime, and Space Operas... Oh My! (TV Round Up: What We Do in the Shadows, My Love Story, Hacks, The Expanse)

The boys meet up this week to share the first two episodes of a TV of their choice and share their thoughts of each after all watching them: What We Do in the Shadows streaming on Hulu, My Love Story streaming on Hulu, Hacks streaming on Max, and The Expanse streaming on Prime Video. Have you seen each show? Send us in your thoughts! As usual, we hurt each other's feelings, make each other feel bad, and generally piss each other off- but all in the name of comedy!
 
We also chat: Porky’s (1981), Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1, Zom100: Bucket List of the Dead (live action), Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul, Untold: Swamp Kings, Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child, Madden 2024, the upcoming NFL season, The Lord of the Rings, How To with John Wilson, Rick Steves documentaries, Reservation Dogs, Telemarketer$, the Sopranos, Arkansas (2020), A scanner darkly (2006), Amadeus (1984), and Sicario (2015).
 
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Reuploaded- ROW 55: Game Review: Firewatch (2016)

Reuploaded without audio issues:
The boys are back with a flashy new video game review this week! The boys all played and finished the game, because they're all responsible adults who prioritize their podcast agenda (RIGHT?!). We discuss the story (spoiler alert!), gameplay, graphics, what we enjoyed, and what we would have liked to have seen otherwise. Have you played the game? Let us know your thoughts!
We also chat: warm weather drinking, another week and another card show, the incoming harvest, an MLM Cult Book: "Ringing the Bell" by Luke St. Germaine, hiking at Del Campo peak,
Movies: Master and Commander, Mission Impossible 1 (the first one), M:I 2 (the bad one), and Infinity Poo
Games: Dylan's Pokemon Nuzlocke run, Hunter: Call of the Wild
TV Shows: Midnight Mass, Derry Girls, The Vow Pt 2, Our Planet 2

ROW 59: Catching Up and Checking In (on a Sh*t Ton of Movies and TV) Roundup!

And we're back! After yet another unforeseen hiatus, three of the boys check back in after some eventful weeks in our personal lives: from State Fair shenanigans, family reunions, concerts, trips around the country, and birthdays, we share A LOT about our last few weeks away. With a few weeks away, we also caught A sh*t ton of of TV and movies, such as:
A sh*t ton new to cinemas: Oppenheimer, Barbie, Talk to Me, The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Reagan started a sh*t ton of new TV shows: What We Do in the Shadows season 3, How To with John Wilson season 3, Reservation Dogs season 3, Good Omens season 2, Only Murders in the Building season 3, and Japan's "chernobyl", The Days
Sports Documentaries: Quarter Back, Untold : Johnny Manzel
Christopher Nolan flicks: Following, Interstellar, and Dunkirk
Absurd documentaries: The Pez Outlaw, Attack of the Cliche, Glitch: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia
Some Classics: Ghost Busters (1&2), Leaving Las Vegas
Dylan caught a sh*t ton of amine: 100 Things to do before I turn into a Zombie, Records of Ragnorok, Bubble, Kingdom (1&2), Rurouni Kenshin: The Begging, Rurouni Kenshin: Origins
Kingdom (Season 1 & 2)
A sh*t ton of Hollywood Blockbusters: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Amazing Spiderman, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, War for the Planet of the Apes, 28 WEEKS Later
Some overlooked dramas of 202: Till, To Leslie, The Inspection,  The Quiet Girl
Some gritty horror and thrillers: Free Fire, High Rise, Enys Men, The Outwaters, Insidious 2 and 3
Some light book reviews: Detective Up Late, How to Raise and Anti Racist, Manhattan Cult Story
Video Games: Alan Wake, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart