WE ARE LIVE FROM PHILLY PODFEST FOR OUR 100TH-ish EPISODE!!!

Well, really last week, but either way it was a great fucking time. For The Recasting Couch’s 100th-ish episode and live debut we recast Independence Day from Tattooed Mom (@tmoms). We somehow keep the podcast to less than an hour (or not, depending on how long our intro segment is), but we were super psyched to take the show live and a good time was had by all. Some highlights include Mike pegging the crowd with hard candy, me doing a speech in the style of Al Pacino (apparently), and a touch of mutiny from the crowd. 

This was the biggest movie on the planet (or off of it?....) in 1996. Starring Will Smith at his absolute Will Smithiest. Jeff Goldblum just blumin’ it up. Judd Hirsch just being Judd. It’s the rare movie where everyone involved hits their stride at the same time. Bill Pullman actually comes off as a halfway decent actor. There’s something magical about this movie and we attempt to recreate it in front of all y’all. 

Thanks for the continued support everyone! The live show was so much fun that we would love to try to do it again sometime. If you know of a venue that hosts pods or a festival you think our show would work at, let us know! Slide into our DM’s on twitter @recastingpod or email us at recastingpod@gmail.com. We could also use some iTunes reviews if you have the time for it. It unfortunately has a disproportionately large effect on how people discover podcasts.0

On a side note, I’m currently watching the movie for next week, and I can’t wait for this episode. Goddamn I love this movie. 

Oh, and on a side, side note. Thanks to Obie Media for recording the show. The audio is amazing and they were really great to work with!

Road. House.

This has been a long time in the making. We planned on doing it earlier and then it left streaming. Now that it’s back, we are ready to fulfill our destiny. I reveal that I have never seen this before. Mike constantly ridicules me. You know. Our standard shit. But we are back in the studio, and we recorded this only a few hours before the super fun live show for the Philly Pod Fest, so we are in rare form.  

Road House is the documentary about the life of Patrick Swayze if he never became an actor. Co-starring Sam Elliott and Kelly Lynch, this movie is just fucking fun. A totally ridiculous plot, followed by a completely over the top villain (Ben Gazzara), and an incredibly lax police department. It’s a recipe for awesomeness. 

How would you rather die? Throat ripped out or a polar bear falling on you in slow motion? It’s a tough call. Honestly, I couldn’t even decide which one is a funnier way to die. The magic claw of throat ripping is funny in a different way. Polar bear is some classic comedy shit. I think I go polar bear only if I’d be guaranteed some wacky sound effects as it happens. Otherwise it would just feel like a tree falling in the woods, you know what I mean? Me neither.

Thank you to everyone who came out to Philly Podcast Festival (@phillypodfest)! We had so much fun that we’re thinking about trying to organize another live pod. If that sounds like something you’d want to go to, hit us up publicly on twitter @recastingpod or privately by email us at recastingpod@gmail.com      

Shout out also to Tattooed Mom (@Tmoms) for hosting us (and the festival at large) and Obie Media for recording the show. That episode will drop next week. 

This week we’ve got our Jerry Mac sequel! The fucking Frankenstein episode as I like to call it. Well, then I guess that makes me Dr. Frankenstein and the podcast is my monster? I don’t know. I’m not good with metaphors. Or podcasts. Or writing blogs for that matter. Why are you here again? Anyway, we finally get down to recasting this mother, and let’s just say we have some fun with it. I make some really good picks that Mike vetos, and we go with his crappy picks (just kidding...kind of…). 

Thank you for lending your ears to the show! We love all of you individually and intensely. In fact, we’re standing outside of your window right now. If you love us even a fraction as much as we love you, go on to iTunes/stitcher/spotify, etc. and leave us a top quality rating. It really helps get the word out about the show. Or I guess you could do it the old fashioned way and actually tell a few of your friends to listen. That works too. We’d love to hear from you and discuss movies/picks/or, you know, life...man, so hit us up on twitter @recastingpod. If you would like a more...intimate conversation, slide into our emails at recastingpod@gmail.com

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY WE’LL BE AT TATTOOED MOM ON SOUTH STREET FOR PHILLY PODFEST NEXT WEEKEND! Our show starts at 6:30, but the shows begin at 12:30. I’m almost certainly going to the Nintendo Power Time Podcast, but check out the schedule and decide for yourself. Get there early, because we are going to be packing the place out. We’re going to play games with the audience, we’ll be throwing out candy, we may have some other giveaways if it gets done in time. it’s going to be great. Come by and say hi, or fondle us in a stranger-apppropriate way. Let’s get weird. Until next week.

What up Recasting Couch fans! We’ve got a hot one this week. It’s actually so hot, we couldn’t legally give you the whole episode at one time. So this week we are bringing to you part 1 of Jerry Maguire. After doing our usual intro, we got off on celebrating Tom Cruise’s entire catalog. The episode completely got away from us in the best possible way, so enjoy. 

As you may imagine, we really enjoyed this movie. It’s somehow way more than the sum of its parts. It’s Renee Zellwegger’s first big movie. Bonnie Hunt fills in as the skeptical sister with her usual zest, and Jonathan Lipniki makes is grand opening and grand closing here. The movie really has it all. Oh, and Cuba Gooding Jr. does some stuff that may or may not have ended in him getting an Oscar. 

Thanks for listening everyone! Our downloads keep on growing every month and that’s all because you continue to spread the word about the pod. Also, shout out to all of our new PodCoin listeners.

Your homework this week is to tell three more of your friends to check it out. If you have a free moment, go on iTunes and leave us a rating, that also helps spread the word. If you want to chat with us, we are all over twitter and instagram @recastingpod. You can also email us at recastingpod@gmail.com. DON’T FORGET PHILLY PODCAST FESTIVAL! JULY 27TH, 6:30 AT TATTOOED MOM ON SOUTH STREET! It’s going to be so much fun. We’re going to be hanging out all day and once we’re up we’re going to be recasting Independence Day. You’ve got plenty of forewarning so start getting your picks ready because we’re going to be heading into the crowd to get some of your picks. 

Oh boy, we have a fun topic this week.  We are talking movie conspiracies. 

This episode contains conspiracies about movies, in movies and by movie people.  This was a fun one to record but there were so many that we didn't get too in depth about any of them.  Consider this a primer for episodes in the future where we take one or two of the topics discussed on this episode and go deep.  But this week we just review nearly 2 dozen different conspiracies around movies. 

This is always a fun topic to discuss but if you are not careful, you could lose half a day following the internet rabbit hole into these theories.  Which I have done, on more than one occasion.  I find the batshit crazy things that people think fascinating.  Seeing it through the Hollywood lens was really fun.  The things that people believe and the connections they make are frightening.  I love movies, even to the point of obsession sometimes but I never have thought of connecting a movie to a real life event or tying multiple movies together in some strange universe.  Maybe I don't have enough time on my hands.

Welcome to all of the new listeners.  We have seen a significant uptick in the past month and we greatly appreciate you being here. 

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Sometimes, you’ve got to stop fucking around with the curveball, and just give em the heater. Well that’s what we’ve got for you this week. Major League is the movie that we’ve recast this week. This screwball comedy about a group of outcasts striving to win the pennant with the hapless Cleveland Indians is an absolute joy to watch. The huge ensemble cast (that took us forever to get through) is led by Tom Berenger as Jake Taylor, the has-been catcher with balky knees, whose hoping his return to the majors is enough to rekindle his lost relationship with Lynn (Rene Russo). The rest of the rag-tag team is rounded out by Charlie Sheen as the bad-boy closing pitcher with a million-dollar arm, and ten cent corneas. Dennis Haysbert as the voodoo priest who can’t hit a curveball, Corben Bernsen as the prima-donna with no heart, and Wesley Snipes as a fast-talking, fast-running (and not much else) new guy. They are anchored by the incomparable Coach Lou Brown (James Gammon), and they plan on ruining the new owner’s attempt to get them to fail their way out of their stadium contract and move the team to Miami. 

This is just a fun freaking movie. We were supposed to recast a different movie, but I saw this on streaming, and I knew we just had to audible and choose it. It’s a perfect spring/summer movie to get you amped up to go outside and enjoy America’s Pastime. Mike, who is not a fan of this movie, even enjoyed the rewatch and I finally think I may have turned him on it. The recasting runs a bit long because there are just so many damn characters, but we end up with a pretty decent cast. 

As always, we appreciate everyone listening and helping spread the word about the show. Our numbers have been steadily climbing and we want to keep that trend up, so please tell a friend, co-worker, family member, or anyone else who you think would be interested in hearing about Ackmans both large and small. Find us online @recastingpod, or email us at recastingpod@gmail.com. Be sure to mark your calendars for Philly Pod Fest. We’ll be doing a live show at Tattooed Mom on South Street, so go to the Philly Pod Fest website for more details. 

Hello TRC fans, we are back with a new episode.  This week, we are joined by our friend from the Medium Popcorn podcast, comedian and podcaster Brandon Collins as we recast the 1996 horror classic: Scream.

This cast is just packed.  Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy, Rose McGowen, Courtney Cox, David Arquette and the list goes on.  The original casting was just about perfect, although Mike take issue with one cast member in particular. 

Our guest, who picked this movie, explains the special impact this movie had on his life and shows off a nearly encyclopedic knowledge of the movie and the fun facts that surround it.

All in all, we really liked this movie.  It felt like the convergence of the right people, with the right script and right director at the right time.  Surprisingly, it really holds up. That being said, I think that we put together a fun cast that I would pay to see try this movie.

Thanks for listening everyone. Our numbers are showing that you all are doing your jobs and telling friends, but it’s not over yet! We need you to keep spreading the word, and we’ll keep delivering this A+++ content (no guarantees). Mark your calendars now because we are doing our first live podcast for Philly Pod Fest on July 27th at Tattooed Mom on South Street. Admission is free, and we’re super excited for it, and we’re expecting a pretty packed house. So come out and support all of the podcasts (but mostly ours), and get some cheap drinks. Here’s a pro tip, when you are at Tattooed Mom, ask for a “Mom Chip” and if you show that chip when you order a drink, you’ll get $1 off. If you have any questions about the fest, email us at recastingpod@gmail.com, or reach out to us on twitter @recastingpod. See ya next week!

This week we recast Limitless.  We had mixed feelings about this one.  It feels like it could have been more fun.  Other than DiNero phoning it in, the rest of the performances are passable but the story just doesn't add up.  Bradley Cooper, who is Mr. Likeable, was not likeable at all in this movie.  The part was just poorly written.  There are no sympathetic characters for the audience to relate to.  There is no one to root for.

Ultimately, we thought that this was a good concept, wasted.  We explore some ideas on how to improve the story but a lot of the issues are things that needed to be removed, not added.  The tone of the movie was just off. 

We still had fun talking about it. 

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In 2005, there was a movie that came along that changed everything we thought we knew about comic book movies. That film was Batman Begins...and Sin City...and V for Vendetta...and Fantastic Four...and CONSTANTINE! Based on the Hellblazer comic from DC, John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) is some sort of exorcist that is loosely tied to the church who acts as a mercenary in the invisible fight between good and evil. Although the lines between good and evil may not be as solid as you thought…

Ultimately, this was a pretty fun movie to rewatch. Keanu plays his lovable, flawed, down-on-his-luck hero oh so well. I’m not historically a Rachel Weisz fan, but she does a fine job as Angela/Isabel Dodson, a cop who is using John to get to the bottom of her twin sister’s murder/suicide. Shia LeBoeuf does a great job as the quintessential sidekick. Tilda Swinton plays Gabriel, the half-angel that is looking to bring an end to the war, one way or another. Gavin Rossdale surprisingly steals the show as Balthazar the half-demon who is trying to facilitate the invasion of earth by the son of Satan. Now, we don’t meet the son of Satan, but we do meet the Prince of Darkness himself, played by none other that Peter Stormare. Add to that some fun characters played by Djimon Hounsou and Pruitt Taylor Vince, and this movie has all of the ingredients for a solid film, and it gets there. But just barely. I don’t know what could have been done differently, but this ended up being a C+, when it could have been an A.

Our twitter has been blowing up, so check us out @recastingpod (same for insta, and our email recastingpod@gmail.com). Keep chatting us up, keep sending us your picks, keep suggesting movies for us to recast and be sure to get your friends to follow, because we are gaining speed towards our Big #Lebowski2000 countdown. You get us to 2000 twitter followers, and we’ll give you a White-Russian soaked deep dive on one of the greatest comedies of all time. See you next week.

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Ronin. Ronin, Ronin, Ronin… How we had such high expectations for rewatching this car chase/heist movie. This movie nowhere near achieves the sum of its parts. The parts are impressive. A lot of people who are great in a lot of things. Many we’ve even fawned over before, but not this time. There is zero chemistry between anyone in this movie except for Robert DeNiro and the always fun Jean Reno. There is a forced romance angle with Bobby D and Natascha McElhone who has a quiet disconnect the entire movie. Sean Bean is okay, I guess, although he isn’t given a ton to work with. His character was really poorly conceptualized, or perhaps not developed enough to make his storyline make any sense at all. Stellan Skarsgård mails it in, Jonathan Pryce is woefully miscast as an IRA terrorist, although Michael Lonsdale chews some nice scenery as Jean Pierre, it’s just too little too late at that point.. The whole thing just didn’t work, and it’s too bad. In addition to the forced romance angle, the whole Ronin story didn’t even really apply to the movie itself, and even the car chase scenes ,that it’s known for, fell flat. So, naturally Mike and I do what we always do when faced with a movie that we really didn’t like all that much. We roast the hell out of it. Lots of laughs in this episode, so make sure you check it out.

You all are the absolute best, thank you for listening! We’ve gotten a really nice upswing in listeners and interactions on social media (@recastingpod wherever it matters), and it’s all because you are spreading the word about the show.

We also have an exciting announcement, we have just been booked for the Philadelphia Podcast Festival! Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 27th at Tattooed Mom on South Street in Philly. We’ve been dying to do a live pod, and this is going to be an epic one, so make sure you come out! It’s 100% free, and Tattooed Mom is a killer spot with reasonably priced drinks. Make sure you come see us after the show, we’d love to bullshit with you. See you then!