Dollar Binema – Episode 15 – FPS: First Person Shooter

Despite promising to get back on track, we managed to come together for the second show in a month and watched a unique movie called “FPS: First Person Shooter.”  It tries to pay homage by being in the style of a classic first-person shooter and has lots of nods to several early games, especially “Blood.”  The main character is voiced by the same voice actor who played the main character in the Blood games.  While the people who made this obviously had a love for these old games, they unfortunately did not share the same love for pretty much anything that is involved with making a movie.

It starts off slow and honestly does not pick up much speed after that.  The main character is on a rescue mission to save his wife from a zombie outbreak, but given the sadistic musings of the voice actor it really clashes with the kind of character that the writers wanted to portray.  There are several interesting moments, but not enough to fill out a full movie runtime; most of the movie is just the main character singing to himself and idle animations… just so many idle animations.  Eventually he tracks down the source of the plague and finds his wife, but it’s too late and you are left wondering why either the viewer or the protagonist bothered.

Proposed Drinking Games:

— Drink when the main character gets a key

— Drink when the main character takes a dose of medicine

— Drink when the main character sings

— Drink every time there is a poorly spoken tape/letter

Podcast Intro —

Music from https://filmmusic.io

“Sonata 17” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast Interlude —

Music from https://filmmusic.io

“Narcissus” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Dollar Binema – Episode 14 – Evil Bong

Happy Day-After-Boxing-Day, it’s our Halloween special! After much mentioning, we finally rolled the “cult” “classic” “Evil Bong”. This stoner, um…. comedy? is definitely a movie, and is definitely another Full Moon production full of self referential content, strippers, and puppets. It has also spawned something in the neighborhood of 7 sequels, which isn’t at all concerning.

The film opens with a stereotypical nerdmeister meeting his new college roommates, all of which are also stereotypical one-dimensional characters. Before too long, one of them sees an ad for a giant bong in a magazine and orders it. Shortly after they start smoking from it and, one by one, the evil bong transports the smokers to, I kid you not, an evil strip club. In this club there are numerous Full Moon cameos, including multiple masturbating puppets; the strippers then proceed to kill the smokers with increasingly odd carnivorous bras. Eventually, Tommy Chong shows up and helps to save the day from the evil talking bong and amazingly all the people killed by the bong come back to life and Tommy Chong plays with toy cars on topless strippers. I think you can now see why one would need to be on something to fully appreciate this movie.

Proposed Drinking Games:
— Drink when someone lights a joint or bong
— Drink when someone says monkey
— Drink every time the movie grossly misrepresents how people act when they are high

Podcast Intro —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Sonata 17” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast Interlude —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Narcissus” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Dollar Binema – Episode 13 – Brain Twisters

Sorry it took us a while to get to this baker’s dozen, but life got in the way of letting this Scrantalaicious sci fi horror thriller out of the oven until we were truly ready for it!  (Blame our respective employers for actually wanting us to do work for a change.)  This session’s movie is the 1991 thriller:  Brain Twisters.  Also released as Fractals, we are watching the version featured in the Cult Classic Gorehouse Greats Collection, (and for free on Youtube!) 

We got a lot of lucky 13s on this episode, the time, the audio engineering, the episode number…..  just wow.  This movie is the only full-length feature by director Jerry Sangiuliano, and filmed Entirely in Scranton, PA, (as artfully noticed and researched by our dutiful hosts…)  If you liked Brainscan and thought Brainstorm was too artsy, then this might be the Brain-movie for you.  Chock full of questionable Italian representation and baffling MPAA ratings, this movie has everything you need to have a fun B-movie romp.

The film opens with a mysterious car accident that isn’t touched on ever again, (or is it?)  We then follow noted Brain Professor and absolute sex pest, Dr Rothman, as he goes on a journey finding out his experiments are driving his subjects crazy; a fact that his financiers find out far sooner than he does.  This movie features an astounding amount of what would now be considered sexual harassment and Italian racism, but it is far too disjointed to be taken seriously.  Brinker calls Jerry the Don Dohler of Scranton, and Weyant says this is the closest thing he’s seen to a True Crime re-enactment made into a feature film; it’s a fun romp that has lots of weird regional details, which adds to its ambience. 

Proposed Drinking Games:
— Drink when someone uses The Machine or has it used on them
— Drink when someone hangs up a phone
— Drink every time Dr Rothman is creepy (normal difficulty,) or a sex pest, (Irish difficulty)
— Drink every time someone wigs out and completely loses it
— Drink every time you feel like it might be a little bit racist against Italians

Podcast Intro —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Sonata 17” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast Interlude —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Narcissus” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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The Joy of Dating – Episode 7 – Ladies Night Special: Part 3 – Advice for Daters – Know Thyself and Be in Good Working Order

In the final part of Ladies Night, we all wonder why Tony decides to share his BDSM checklist with the panel, and a few of the ladies get an unexpected education on the topic.  Brinker tries to bring things back around to the topic list for the podcast, and somewhat succeeds?  We discuss how to pick the right dating app for you – it all comes down to knowing what you want and matching to the service that does that.  And while we’re on the topic of knowing thyself, shouldn’t we all do that before seeking a partner?  That, and cultivate self respect, boundaries, and a thick skin.

Are paid dating services worth it?  How are speed dating and online dating different?  What are the downsides (for all genders) of the sausage fest that is the online hetero dating scene?  We discuss all these questions, plus Bunny coins the term “low and be-fucking-hold,” among other gems.

The panel acknowledges that Ladies Night focuses on the hetero dating experience, due to the majority of the participants’ experiences being in this realm.  We aren’t being exclusionary, just speaking to our experience.  The ladies share the challenges some experienced in trying to find female partners on dating services.

Mary compliments Brinker on his incredible online dating aptitude despite his inexperience and unfortunate reliance on Tony (aka Reddit-Man).  After hearing from the ladies, Brinker determines that he is never dating again, so fingers crossed that this Mary thing works out.

The ladies have aspirations to continue the conversation, but we all know how these things work out on the Beyond Caring network.  Stay tuned, is this the final series finale?

–Intro & Outro–

Music from https://filmmusic.io

“Smooth Lovin” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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The Joy of Dating – Episode 6 – Ladies Night Special: Part 2 – Red Flags and Safety Issues

Ladies Night continues as the Beyond Caring ladies panel dives into online dating safety.  Brinker didn’t think anything about safety in his dating experience, because of course he didn’t, but we assure you the ladies all did.  Safety first, people.

When is it time to bring up your relationship goals when meeting a new person?  Everyone has some hot takes – is it before the first date, a few dates in? When does respecting everyone’s time by being on front street cross the border into coming on too strong?

We explore the ladies’ experiences further with a review of the dating services they have used, and take a quick detour to discuss when it’s appropriate to gift someone with an online dating subscription.  

Then it’s time to return to red flags.  Top hits include unnecessary vagueness, unwillingness to accept and adhere to your basic safety procedures, profile picture and username problems, and oversharing your kids.  Find out which of our panelists met her own father on an online dating service.

We transition to sharing one’s desires, especially kinks, and how things have gone wrong with the men in the ladies’ lives.  There’s a time for Tinder and a time for FetLife, and not everyone knows the difference.  Look for a deep dive on this topic in Part 3 after we all take a much needed break.

Note that Ladies Night focuses on the hetero dating experience, due to the majority of the participants’ experiences being in this realm.  We aren’t being exclusionary, just speaking to our experience.  

–Intro & Outro–

Music from https://filmmusic.io

“Smooth Lovin” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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The Joy of Dating – Episode 5 – Ladies Night Special: Part 1 – Why we’re online dating and why it’s exhausting

Surprise!  The Joy of Dating returns!  No, Brinker didn’t return to the online scene.  Surprising our hosts, Brinker’s girlfriend, Mary, asked that he convene a panel of the ladies of Beyond Caring to give the female perspective on online dating.  Grab a free Cosmo and hang out with us – it’s Ladies Night on the Joy of Dating!

Shocking no one, a group of strong ladies with opinions and adult beverages led to a 4 hour online dating deep dive.  In part 1 of 3, the ladies dive in quickly, establishing a # of dick picks rating system for bad dating experiences.  Things get heavy with two object lessons in listening to red flags when two of our panelists share their stalker experiences.  We learn why many women are exhausted by men and therefore may not even be accessible via online dating.    

Brinker gets an education in the varied and terrible world of pick up lines, including such gems as “I see you’re a nerd, can I dock my Enterprise with you?”  We learn how online dating varies greatly by area (rural vs. suburban).  Finally, we ask the ladies why they got into online dating – social awkwardness, access, and convenience prevail.

Catch the ladies next time in Part 2 to learn their thoughts on dating safety, when to lay down relationship goals, red flags (prevent those stalkers from happening!), and what’s acceptable regarding the dating person’s kids – should they appear in an online dating profile?

Note that Ladies Night focuses on the hetero dating experience, due to the majority of the participants’ experiences being in this realm.  We aren’t being exclusionary, just speaking to our experience. 

–Intro & Outro–
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Smooth Lovin” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) 

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Dollar Binema – Episode 12 – Lemon Sky

We wrap up a cool dozen episodes with the 1988 Kevin Bacon film: “Lemon Sky.” After finally getting through our Kevin Bacon wall after the travesty that was “Queens Logic,” we are treated with what turned out to be a TV adaptation of a play by the same name. This dialogue heavy film definitely keeps the look and feel of a stage play; it’s more artsy-fartsy than our typical tripe, but we manage to get through the free form jazz and sometimes disjointed narrative… Drinking may have been involved.

This film is set in what looks like the 1950’s, with a son (Kevin Bacon) meeting his estranged father and traveling across half the country to move in with his new family. Things seem to start off fine, and Bacon meets his half siblings and adoptive step siblings. His estranged father quickly starts pushing his son to go to school and find a job, both full time, while also berating him for not doing all the other things he used to do as a teen. Through a series of internal and external monologues we find out the one step sister is on a variety of drugs and his other adoptive step sister is being hit on by his dad. He becomes more abusive and claims Bacon is a homosexual because he isn’t out chasing girls, and kicks him out. Bacon drops a whole lot of exposition about past abuses from his father before he left his mother, everything pretty much falls apart, and the credits roll. Overall, the acting is pretty good in this film, but unless you are really into the arts you are probably gonna want some drinks to get you through this thing.

Drinking Games:

– Drink every time a beer is opened

– Drink every time the movie cuts to Kevin Bacon in a black shirt

– Drink every time there is a monologue with a lighting change

– Drink every time a you see a new person shows up in the “dream bar”

– Drink every time you think Kevin Bacon and his stepmom are going to bang (a drunk Brinker suggestion)

Podcast Intro —

Music from https://filmmusic.io

“Sonata 17” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast Interlude —

Music from https://filmmusic.io

“Narcissus” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Dollar Binema – Episode 11 – Decadent Evil

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For our eleventh episode and our first anniversary, we have randomly chosen the 2005 (that looks like it’s from the 90’s) movie: Decadent Evil. This is the first movie off our four movie disc from the mind of Charles Band; we struggled to come up with a full length episode with this movie, as the runtime was barely over an hour and a good 15 minutes of that was opening/closing credits.  This of course made the drinking game more difficult, also, this movie is not good, but does manage to stray into the realm of being somewhat entertainingly bad, as long as it is accompanied by a rapid fire drink fest.

Drinking Games:

Remember this movie is only an hour long, so hard liquor is probably not the best choice.

– Drink every time there is a credit sequence
– Drink every time a vampire bites someone
– Drink every time you see a greek statue or there is a dutch angle exterior shot, (you’ll know it when you see it)
– Drink every time a homunculus is jerking it. If you think he might be, he is.
– Drink every time you see a black and white checkered floor

Podcast Intro —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Sonata 17” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast Interlude —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Narcissus” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Dollar Binema – Episode 10 – The Peacemaker

Well we made it; for our tenth episode we are watching the 1997 action movie “The Peacemaker,” which was picked by our colleges of Brad and Rick Also Have a Podcast. It was not easy to find the movie while also adhering to the strict rules we have established for Dollar Binema, but thanks to eBay, we managed to score this masterpiece within our budget. The movie details a plot to steal nuclear warheads from the unstable former Soviet Union and hide the theft under the guise of a train crash. But through the efforts of George Clooney and Nicole Kidman, the day is eventually saved. While nowhere near the best movie we have watched thus far, it was unexpectedly good for a movie picked by Rick.

The movie follows the plan of a rogue Russian general to steal numerous warheads, with the help of a Bosnian musician….to um…arm them? It vaguely makes sense when you watch it. It also depicts Bosnia in the most over the top eastern European squalor way possible, like Borat cranked to 11, making the scenes more accidentally humorous as opposed to the tragedy they were going for. Anyway, the protagonists stop the general, while George Clooney commits some war crimes along the way and the bomb then ends up in New York City, thanks to some comically bad decisions by law enforcement.

Despite being a 90’s action movie, we will give credit to it for being surprisingly realistic in many ways and mostly avoiding the magic action hero tropes. Even though the villain had won for all intents and purposes, the only way the heroes saved the day was because the villain wanted to make a point, and detonate the bomb at the United Nations. Overall the movie wasn’t bad, and if post Cold War action movies are your thing, this shouldn’t disappoint, but let’s get to the import part….

Drinking Games:

– Drink every time there is a ridiculous establishing shot of Bosnia
– Drink every time a nuclear bomb changes vehicles/mode of transport
– Drink every time a vehicle crashes into another vehicle
– Drink every time the camera focuses on shoes

Podcast Intro —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Sonata 17” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast Interlude —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Narcissus” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Dollar Binema – Episode 09 – Barb Wire

 

The movie takes place during the 2nd American Civil War, with one side literally dressed as Nazis, and the other side just not explained at all. There is the appearance of a really interesting world backdrop and a story going on with the war, but it is not talked about at all, and instead focuses on a leather clad, bar owner/bounty hunter. It is very obvious from the beginning that there is only one reason this movie was made, and that is to gawk at Pamela Anderson. There is a loose plot about special contact lenses, but the main character really dont give a fuck about any of it until the very very end of movie. It is by no means good, but probably served its purpose in a pre Internet world.

Drinking Games:

– Drink every time Barb Wire kills someone without using a gun
– Drink every time there is a retinal scan
– Drink every time you recognize an actor, but don’t know their name
– Drink every time you see Barb Wire topless (use your best judgement on this, because the opening credits could in fact kill you)

Podcast Intro —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Sonata 17” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast Interlude —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Narcissus” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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The Joy Of Dating – Episode 4 – Series Finale

In a surprise to everyone involved, the Joy of Dating will be closing its doors now that its purpose has been fulfilled in what might be the biggest flex that the Beyond Caring Media Network has ever made.

Brinker breaks the news that he has found someone and they’re surviving the global pandemic together; he also has many notes saved up from his time spending weeks going through Bumble profiles and has developed some strong opinions on the state of online dating; he also has found several interesting trends that are worth reviewing. Topic highlights include: “there’s a concerning amount of women that are trump voters and have bad trigger discipline” and “online dating is absolutely earning a profit off your desperation”

Tony takes a bit of a backseat throughout this one, but that doesn’t stop him from insisting that he has plans for a second series, plus he finally admits that Reddit is garbage.

–Intro & Outro–
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Smooth Lovin” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

https://archive.org/download/jod-004-series-finale/jod004%20-%20series%20finale.mp3

Dollar Binema – Episode 08 – Assassin 33 AD

Well our producer Richard (Dick Cam) Cameron surprisingly pulled through for us and got us a review copy of Assassin 33 A.D.; a movie that answers so many questions that no one in their right mind would ever ask. Questions like: “what would a cross between Avengers: End Game and Left Behind look like?” or “could Jesus download English into his brain?”. I assure you that these questions and more are answered by the end of the movie, and somehow managed to garner a more than $1 rating from both of us.

As you can imagine a movie where the plot revolves around an Islamic terrorist plot to go back in time and kill Jesus, it has more than a few issues with depictions of Muslims and those from the middle east. The motivation of the main villain is never really fleshed out, so his whole plan seems pretty cartoonish and one dimensional, to say the least. There is also a very white Jesus, and the female dialogue was obviously written by someone that has no idea how people talk. That being said, it is just crazy enough to be entertaining. The movie is all over the place, with overlapping timelines, “interesting” interpretations of Christian and Islamic beliefs, and motivations that don’t make a whole lot of sense, but somehow manages to stay consistent and somewhat coherent throughout. This movie is essentially the movie Ed Wood would have made, if he had decided to make that movie for the Baptist Church of Beverly Hills, instead of Plan 9 From Outer Space, which means that it is much more enjoyable if you are drinking.

Drinking Games:

– Take a drink every time there is a gold cross prominently displayed in the female lead’s cleavage (it’s surprisingly/unsurprisingly a lot)
– Take a drink every time a taser is used
– Take a drink every time a character wearing a time bracelet dies
– Take a drink every time you feel like you need one

Podcast Intro —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Sonata 17” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast Interlude —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Narcissus” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

https://archive.org/download/dbp-007-assassin-33-ad/dbp007%20-%20Assassin%2033AD.mp3

Dollar Binema – Episode 07 – The Devil’s Tomb

Welcome to Hell! In this episode we watch the 2009 horror film “The Devil’s Tomb”, a Cuba Gooding Jr. direct to video movie, from a string of direct to video releases for him that year. The movie also stars Henry Rollins (Black Flag) playing a confused priest, Ron Perlman pretty much as himself, and Taryn Manning (Orange Is the New Black) as one of the film’s antagonists. We are again recording over a conference line due to ongoing COVID concerns, and have tried to not fall down the IMDB hole; hopefully avoiding any more passive aggressive emails from our producer Dick Cameron.

This movie is not good to say the least, but is nowhere near the worst movie we have watched thus far. There are so many action/horror movie tropes that the script could have been completely written using predictive typing, and half the cast look like they are just doing this for the rent money. It was made for 10 million dollars over the course of 2 months and it definitely shows, coming off like a SYFY original movie with less sharks and more demon pustules. While the movie does not lend itself to thought or discussion afterwards, we did come to the conclusion that it lends itself to good drinking game fodder.

Drinking Games:

– Drink whenever Cuba Gooding Jr. has a flashback.
– Drink whenever the hacker character Click, gets some sort of bodily fluid on his face.
– Drink whenever a member of the team splits off from the rest by themselves.
– Drink whenever a gun is fired, chug your drink through any auto-fire scenes. (warning: you will be drinking a lot)

Podcast Intro —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Sonata 17” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast Interlude —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Narcissus” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

 

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Brad And Rick Also Have a Podcast – Episode 7 – Vidcon Quarantine

Brad and Rick delve into what games they’ have had time to revisit in this new pandemic world. Brad rambles on about his classic gaming systems while Rick once again waxes poetic about the glory that is Dungeon Lords in between reminiscing about various other PC games of yore. Right in the heat of Brad and Rick’s ROM hack discussion, inspiration just may have hit. Tune in to find out what’s BaRAHaP-ening on a stream near you!

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The Joy Of Dating – Episode 3 – Audience Purge

Joy of Dating is back and it’s time to put a Brinker on the market! This episode was recorded the first week of March, so we won’t be touching on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting social interactions or anything like that; it’s just two guys talking about the dating game and both of them should absolutely know better.

Brinker has done (some) of his homework and has some thoughts on Tony’s “must read” blog post from OKCupid; (it’s a real mixed bag.) Tony has a bullet-pointed commentary from the creation of Brinker’s first dating profile on Bumble and we almost drop into an episode of Doing It Wrong when the duo is presented with Bumble’s account creation interface. There’s a Reddit break, then Brinker goes over the kinds of profiles you see in the first day swiping around on a dating app outside of a major city.

–Intro & Outro–
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Smooth Lovin” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Brad & Rick Also Have A Podcast – Episode 6 – Brad and Rick Didn’t Send Me A Name For This One

 

Brad and Rick continue their remote-styled COVID-quest into Podcast excellence. Brad and Rock wax poetic about Bad Boys for Life and discuss only the most scientific nature of that magic elixir known to many as Beer. Will Bad Boys receive the coveted no-clown stamp of approval? Tune in to find out!

 

 

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Dollar Binema – Episode 6 – The Brainiac

We have meet once again to watch the third and final movie on this disc of horror.

The movie is the 1961 Mexican horror film “The Brainiac” or “El Baron del Terror”. The movie follows the “revenge” plot of a sorcerer/necromancer/witch/

whatever from 1661, who he magics his way 300 years into the future after being burned at the stake. This movie plays out as your stereotypical 50’s/60’s B-movie horror film, and it’s full of all the tropes and production quality you would expect. This movie is also of the caliber to have been riffed by RiffTrax. There is much awkward staring, brain sucking, and exactly zero Swedish sex scenes.

Drinking Game:

After much discussion we came up with the following to do for the drinking game.
– Drink whenever the Baron eats from the brain chalice or sucks out a brain.
– Drink whenever a face is transposed over another persons face, the monster counts.

This movie is also available in it’s entirety on YouTube, with a little searching.

Podcast Intro —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Sonata 17” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast Interlude —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Narcissus” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Dollar Binema – Episode 5 – Fury Of The Wolfman

We have decided to bite the bullet and continue on with the other two movies on our 3 movie DVD. We are also trying something new by doing our review over a conference, due to COVID concerns, and will be continuing to do episodes in this manner for the foreseeable future.

The second movie on this disc, is the 1972 Spanish horror film “The Fury of the Wolfman”, or as we described it, “Someone thought that was a good idea”. Despite the movie being utter trash, it was just awful enough to be entertaining, and we were able to make a full length episode about it, in spite of a short sideline into currency conversion. We discovered that this movie had a very odd history, being delayed at first, then released with different edits in different countries. Most notably we found out that the Swedish version of this movie had numerous sex scenes added in, this is unfortunately not that version of the movie.

Drinking Game:

After much discussion we came up with the following to do for the drinking game.
– Drink whenever you think that the Swedes would have added a sex scene.
– Alternatively just drink whenever you have become confused about what is happening in the movie. (warning you will be drinking a lot)

This movie is also available in it’s entirety on YouTube, as nobody in their right mind would keep the copyright on this.

Podcast Intro —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Sonata 17” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast Interlude —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Narcissus” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

 

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Dollar Binema – Episode 4 – Dr Blood’s Coffin

We have listened to fans…well fan anyway, and have not gone down the IMDB hole this episode. We are also ditching the not trying to spoil the plot, at least for now, because it was getting super difficult to actually review the movie and make a drinking game without giving some stuff away.

What we have for you today is Hammer Films wannabe “Doctor Blood’s Coffin” (1961) part 1 of a 3 pack of older horror films. This film comes from the British Isles, and is part, Dr. Frankenstein, part Jekyll and Hyde, part zombie movie, and 100% bottom of the barrel. The plot follows the misguided and deranged Dr. Blood as he experiments on the local townsfolk, and generally does a really, really bad job of covering his tracks. We tried really hard to give this movie an in depth discussion but the movie did not give us much to work with, and needless to say, a drinking game will be very important if you were to ever watch this movie.

Drinking Game:

After much discussion we came up with the following to do for the drinking game.
– Drink when detective wipes his sweaty forehead.
– Drink when Dr. Blood is being super obviously guilty in public, and nobody notices.

This movie is also available in it’s entirety on YouTube, as nobody in their right mind would keep the copyright on this.

Podcast Intro —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Sonata 17” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast Interlude —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Narcissus” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

 

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Brad & Rick Also Have A Podcast – Episode 5 – Quarantinecast

 

**Editors note, Episode 4 does not technically exist, because the episode where Brad and Rick remembered their podcast did not actually remember how many episodes they had. This number should be right though.**

Brad and Rick try to figure out how to talk to each other without violating social distancing guidelines. In this soon to not be so special episode of the Quarantinecast, Brad and Rick discuss how society is getting a grip on its new way of living. Hint, society still needs TrumpNet!

 

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Dollar Binema – Episode 3 – Sushi Girl

In this episode of Dollar Binema, the crew discovers a very interesting 2012 Tarentino-like called “Sushi Girl,” a character-actor laden movie that was made with a budget of less than a million dollars. The film stars Tony Todd, (who apparently backed the film as executive producer,) Mark Hamill, (taking his career in a very interesting direction,) Noah Hathaway, (ATREYU…) Sonny Chiba, (Who apparently now must be a sushi chef in all movies,) and Cortney Palm, (who would go on to make such movies as ‘Zombeavers’)

Surprise guest actors include Michael Biehn and Danny Trejo, making this movie a weird singularity of actors that both don’t appear in enough movies and ones that appear in almost everything.

We apologize in advance for trying to review this movie without spoiling anything. Turns out it’s real hard to do a deep dive of a plot-driven movie filled with character actors and not talk about what actually happens in it.

Podcast Intro —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Sonata 17” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast Interlude —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Narcissus” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Brad And Rick Also Have A Podcast – Episode 3 – Brad And Rick Remember Their Podcast

Brad and Rick remembered they have a podcast. In this episode, Brad and Rick both forget the name of the new Bad Boys movie, discuss how Starlink was their idea first, recount tales of their journeys since the last podcast, and drink some Birth of a God. TRIGGER WARNING – Hot casino planet takes occur in this podcast.

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The Joy Of Dating – Episode 2 – Scrolling Down and Getting Worse

The feedback on episode one was interesting and ranged from “kick your cohost” to “drop your cohost like a bad habit” so we’re going to take that under consideration and move forward accordingly like all advice one gets from the Internet.

This Episode:
Recorded directly after our first episode, Tony continues to “advise” Brinker on the obvious schemes of Internet dating communities (with a disturbing focus on Reddit, which explains a lot,) and decides to focus on just the worst aspects of everything as opposed to giving any positive direction. Brinker goes on the record as saying he has no idea what he’s even looking for, and really doesn’t understand why Tony keeps going on about Reddit. Tony has an idea for a recurring segment and explains why Brinker might be in a good starting position for this.
–Intro & Outro–
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Smooth Lovin” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Dollar Binema – Episode 2 – Queens Logic

A whole two people told us that Dollar Binema was for keeps, so we’re making more of it. Tune on in as our hosts continue to dive within the maddening depths of the dollar store DVD bin as we find a rare breed amongst the usual trash: an R-rated Rom-Com romp that is full of professional actors of the 90s. It’s not like any of their careers could take a bad turn, right?

This week’s piece of Binema is 1991’s “Queens Logic,” starring starring Kevin Bacon, Linda Fiorentino, Joe Mantegna, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Malkovich, Ken Olin, Chloe Webb and Tom Waits(!) Tune on in to find out if the R rating is for John Malkovich’s ass, or Kevin Bacon’s dong.

Podcast Intro —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Sonata 17” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast Interlude —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Narcissus” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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The Joy of Dating – Episode 1 – Setting Expectations

Episode Description:

In this special Beyond Caring Media Network presentation, our hosts decide to explore the world of modern dating. Join us as we periodically check in on what’s it’s like for Brinker to be on the dating scene, being directed with sage-like advice from the always-tactful “Just Tony.”

This Episode:
A name is decided upon, Brinker tries to justify why this is necessary, Tony stumbles on a million dollar idea, discussions are had on meeting places and why choice is important, the value of basic human decency, the traps of asynchronous communication, the value of being yourself, and knowing when to walk away.

 

–Intro & Outro–

Music from https://filmmusic.io

“Smooth Lovin” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

 

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Dollar Binema – Episode 1 – Dragonslayer

Welcome to the first episode of Dollar Binema. In this Beyond Caring Media Network Miniseries, our two movie-nerd co-hosts will only review the finest of DVDs that one of them found at their local dollar store or thrift shop, letting you know if you should spend your hard earned dollar on films that are either diamonds in the rough, or spectacular splats of film that are only good for drinking games at parties. As the rules go, they’re only allowed to review movies they haven’t seen, so the contents of this show are going to be… eclectic to the say the least.

First on this list, is 1981’s Dragonslayer, starring Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson, and a large dragon puppet.

Podcast Intro —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Sonata 17” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Podcast Interlude —
Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Narcissus” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Doing It Wrong – Episode 9 – It Just Worked

Now that we’re done boring everyone with numbers, the testees detail what it was actually like living with a Windows phone. Emotions continue to run pretty high as the testees try to hide the pain by eating pickles loudly on the podcast. User experiences are all over the board; you couldn’t even get this kind of scatter on a graph if you took it to the skeet range, (although that’s to be expected considering the state of a dying OS.)

Brad develops stockholm syndrome for a timeclock app, Brinker forces his cohosts to be positive for a change, Tony takes the phone on the open road, and Doug’s wife thinks he’s dead.

Cruising for Goblins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Doing It Wrong – Episode 8 – Powerpoint Counts As Work

The gauntlet continues as the testees are shown the power of mobile PowerPoint, (but no one pays attention,) and the advanced tests push the testees to the limit. Identities are stolen, motor skills are impacted, the entirety of Ghostbusters is watched, and John completely violates the sanctity of the experiment.

Brinker forgets how to run a podcast, Brad cannot remember colors, Doug doesn’t understand the difference between written and actual history, Tony gets bitter because he had to plug in a dongle and press a button.

Cruising for Goblins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Doing It Wrong – Episode 7 – This Seems Vaguely Familiar

In honor of Microsoft’s most recent and best failure of an OS, the testees are launching deep into the bowels of the world of Windows 10 Mobile. Highly divisive at launch, even more so as time went on and MS changed its story on developer support, updates, and pretty much everything between its initial birth as Windows Phone 8. Since Support officially ends for it at the end of the year, now’s the time to get into the party before the lights are shut off and it becomes forgotten to everyone but mobile powerpoint enthusiasts and camera snobs.

Doug gets pissy about procedure, Brinker acts like he has any right to criticize other podcasters on procedure, Tony loses a SIM card, Brad doesn’t listen, and this show has a troubling amount of listeners.

Cruising for Goblins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Doing It Wrong – Episode 6 – Samsung Tizen – An OS For Giving Up

The testing continues as Tony brings his ass back to the table. Using Discord turns out to be the ultimate test of motor skills and patience. Doug almost destroyed a breakfast bar, Tony gets twist-tie paper stuck all over his head, and Brad stays creepily quiet while doodling lewd acts on a whiteboard.

Cruising for Goblins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Doing It Wrong – Episode 5 – Samsung Tarzan – An OS For Your Garbage Can

After a quick recap, (because The Testees forgot that they recorded a pre-show,) the testing begins! We find out a surprising revelation about the core back-end of the OS and have tons of fun with cellular radio bands. Doug Clears his mind, Brad struggles to be thorough, and Tony gives up.

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Doing It Wrong – Episode 4 – Samsung Tizen – an OS for your phone

The Testees are back with a new theme song, (because we lost the other one,) to get the hype train a-rollin on what is surely going to be the hottest OS release of the decade. Before getting into the nitty gritty on actually using Samsung’s shiny new OS, we talk about what we want in a mobile operating system, what we think could be done better, and then we give our initial impressions on unboxing the phone we’ll be using for the future trials: the Samsung Z4!

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Brad and Rick Also Have A Podcast – Episode 3 – Brad and Rick also Watch Movies

WARNING!!! TOY STORY 3 SPOILERS!!! Brad and Rick return to podcasting and only sort of forget how to do it. Rick reveals a shocking development in Beyond Caring Trivia, and Brad valiantly tries to keep him on topic. Eventually Brad and Rick talk about the state of cinema in the modern age.

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Doing It Wrong – Episode 3 – It Just Fell In The Trash

Episode 3 – It Just Fell In The Trash
The testees move on to the real meat of the challenge: actually living with an iPhone for a week. Adam lays out the ground rules for data gathering, Doug continues to belch directly into the microphone, Tony gets got, and Brad probably talks with his girlfriend. Also stay tuned for a dramatic reading of Brad’s weeklong iPhone journal and a wrapup discussion of the whole experience along with the upcoming notch wars.

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Doing It Wrong – Episode 2 – It Just Broke

This Episode picks up right after the crew finishes the Swappa tests and moves on to ones that Adam devised himself. Brad gets Brad about app drawers, Tony is unable to use the basic tools of verbal communication, Siri doesn’t do jokes, Doug tries to lead Brad astray, Adam will never be a Pokemon master, and no one really likes the hard touch. (This is the last episode in the arc that deals with raw stats.)

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Doing It Wrong – Episode 1 – It Just Works

Welcome to the first episode of Doing It Wrong: a (drunken) round-table discussion on technology and how we use it; the hosts for this series are Adam, Tony, Brad, and Doug (the tall one.) In this run, Adam has forced his co-hosts to setup and use an iPhone as their regular phone for a whole week, but only after they perform the dreaded “Swappa Tests” to make sure that they didn’t receive a bum phone from some random schlomo on the Internet.  There’s a preamble on who the hosts are and why you should care, but after that, I hope you guys like raw statistics!

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Brad and Rick Also Have a Podcast – Episode 02 – Brad & Rick Forgot To Name This One

Brad and Rick discuss athletic leisure-wear, trivia throw downs, and the science of personality analysis. Rick non-expertly psychoanalyzes Brad and Brad proves that the Internet is faster than books. To cool down, Brad and Rick drink some ManchilD mead experiments and Brad discovers what saffron tastes like, tune in to learn what he thinks.

Published: August 2017

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Brad and Rick Also Have a Podcast – Episode 1 – Brad and Rick Forget What Rhetorical Means

Brad and Rick’s friends all started podcasts, so Brad and Rick decided to also start a podcast. In this, their inaugural episode, Rick asks Brad rhetorical questions taken from popular songs and Brad provides insightful answers. Not so special guest Adam joins as the first fan of the podcast.

Published: May 2017

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