FS #256: Star Trek / In the Heat of the Night / Top 5 Films of 2003
Then, if our translations are correct, the two went on to discuss an even more archaic piece of celluloid, the year 1967’s "In the Heat of the Night," on its surface a murder-mystery procedural but which also apparently serves as a boiling and revolutionary commentary on 20th century race relations in the United States starring two excellent thespians, Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. The transmission then ends with another historical artifact, a listing of the Top 5 Films of 2003. I am excited to see if these films exist in the Academy's archives. We will continue to examine the strange communication from this very alien Filmspotting duo before heading home to rendezvous with Star Fleet. Before warping home, however, Lieutenant Ditka wants to swing by Home Depot, maybe Bed Bath and Beyond. You know, if there's time.
Plus, Massacre Theatre -- presented by In Review Online -- Listener Feedback and music by Akron/Family.
** POTENTIAL SPOILER WARNING **
Adam is confident that he did not actually reveal any spoilers during the "Star Trek" discussion, but if you're really sensitive about knowing any specific plot points, then consider yourself warned.
Filmspotting #256
:13-15:11 - Review: "Star Trek"
Music: Akron/Family, "Everyone is Guilty"
16:07-20:18 - Voicemail/Contest/Polls
20:19-28:57 - Feedback ("Sugar," Summer '09 Movies)
Music: Akron/Family, "Creatures"
29:42-34:13 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: B. Stark)
34:14-44:56 - New Hollywood #4: "In the Heat of the Night"
Music: Akron/Family, "The Alps & Their Orange Evergreen"
45:23-51:49 - New DVDs/"Audience of One"/Donations
51:50-1:08:51 - Top 5: Summer Preview
1:08:52-1:12:14 - Close/Next Show/Outtake
NOTES
- In addition to our "Girlfriend Experience" contest, click here to get a shot at a pair of tickets to see "Anvil! The Story of Anvil."
- Check out Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting Podcast, which can be accessed through iTunes here.
- Full Onion News Network "Star Trek" story here.
- Yes, we did skip right over "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" in our New Hollywood Marathon. Sorry for the lack of notice! It's just not the movie "In the Heat of the Night" is.
- The USA Today retrospective on Columbine can be found here.
- "Audience of One" official site
CORRECTIONS
- None yet that we know of...
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Labels: In the Heat of the Night, JJ Abrams, Star Trek, Top 5 Films of 2003
posted by Candace @ 3:07 AM
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9 Comments:
it is bowling green state university.
bgsu if you're hip enough.
I dare say this new Capt. James T. Kirk is a more accurate embodiment of all that is Capt. James T. Kirk (better than the original)
I think you were way too hard on Star Trek and yes, you were being way too serious.
longk, you've been listening way too long to drop the old 'lighten up' comment on us.
One interesting Star Trek note that you didn't bring up: *why* the this first one in the new series had to be a "complicated" time travel story.
It had to be a time travel story (which I didn't find complicated at all, honestly - really, you did?) because they're changing the canon. They were quite explicit at one point that they can now do *anything* at all, and not be constrained by the movies as they've already been written.
So, next movie - any major character can die. And not get some sort of hokey resurrection. They can be really dead.
If you don't understand why this is important, then you don't understand Trekkies - I'm not one, but I get the mindset.
This was critical to inject new life into the series - hitting a reset.
Seriously, you thought it was a complex plot? I rather liked that I never felt like they were insulting my intelligence by dumbing down the script, even if they felt they had to use Nemoy for exposition.
Maybe the Onion thing is causing confusion. I don't recall complaining that the plot was too hard to follow. More muddled than it needed to be... poorly setup/handled... perhaps unnecessary since Abrams should have felt free to reboot it anyway? Yes.
Okay, just admit it, you're doing it on purpose. Any name that's vaguely French and you mispronounce it. But doing it with an actor who's been on the American scene for half a century is going a bit too far. It's not Sydney "Poytiee" but Sydney "Pwatiee". I'm beginning to think you guys can't even hear the difference. (Check some YouTube interviews to find out if you can. Your only consolation is that Larry King seems to get it wrong too.) The good news is that you got the Brothers Dardenne right ..., but they're Belgian.
I know this will make us sound really ignorant and stubborn... but Matty and I are both committed to never saying, "Pwatiee" on Filmspotting. I can't even imagine saying that more than once during a discussion.
Just caught up with this show today...sadly, a little late to enter Massacre Theatre the one time I immediately know the answer. (That movie would have made my top 5, but I didn't expect it to make yours.
Love the show as always, but wanted to make sure to pop in here to say that this week's music was especially great! I just downloaded two Akron/Family albums based solely on the snippets I heard here!
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