Episode 12: 2014 Summer Movie Preview, Steven Spielberg VS. Michael Bay, Top 5 Blockbusters Films
Coming to a theater near you! We discuss the business behind blockbuster films, debate what makes for a great summer movie, and explore what the future of cinema might look like. From Captain America: The Winter Soldier to Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, we predict what films will earn the Super Fantastic Nerd Hour stamp of approval. The kings of summer cinema, Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay, face off in the INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER. We share our top 5 blockbuster films.
Download MP3
Subscribe in iTunes
Show Notes
- 0:00 – 29:44: The business of blockbuster films.
- 29:45 – 55:25: 2014 summer movie preview.
- 55:26 – 1:02:59: INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER – Steven Spielberg VS. Michael Bay.
- 1:03:00 – 1:26:38 Top 5 blockbuster films.
Links
- Jaws: the first blockbuster
- Greenlighting Movies in the Tentpole Era: A Tough Numbers Game
- Too Many Tentpoles: Hollywood's Homegrown Summer Movie Crisis
- I saw The Lone Ranger so you don’t have to
- Fear of Movie Duds Makes Disney Rethink 'Tentpoles'
- Disney Exec Says Tentpole Movies are About Spectacle, Not Story. Is He Right?
- George Lucas & Steven Spielberg: Studios Will Implode; VOD Is the Future
- AV Club gives Sharknado an 'A'
- Is It Possible to Make a Hollywood Blockbuster Without Evoking 9/11?
- How Do I Know If My IMAX Theatre is Real 70mm IMAX or lieMAX (Digital IMAX)?
- Michael Bay vs. his critics.
- X-Men Days of Future Past San Diego Comic Con 2013 panel
- "98% human" award winning PETA video
- The Inception Sound EVERYWHERE NOW!
- Mila Kunis on being a Trekkie
Trailers
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2
- Godzilla
- X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Edge of Tomorrow
- How to Train Your Dragon 2
- Transformers 4: Age of Extinction
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Jupiter Ascending
- Hercules
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Into the Storm
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014 Summer Film Predictions
Conrad:
- X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Godzilla
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Ali:
- X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Top 5 Blockbuster Films
Conrad:
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Star Trek (2009)
- X-Men
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Jurassic Park
Ali:
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Jurassic Park
- Independence Day
- Spider-Man
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Honorable Mentions:
- Die Hard
- Ghostbusters
- Back to the Future
- The Dark Knight
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- The Rock
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan