Episode 33: Summer 2014 Recap, Summer 2013 VS. 2014, Top 5 Films and TV Shows of the Fall Season

The summer is TERMINATED! We look back at the 2014 summer blockbuster season, see how our predictions panned out, and share our winners and losers. In the INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER, which summer season was better for nerds – 2013 or 2014? Things get autumnal as we share the top 5 films and TV shows we're looking forward to this fall. 

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Show Notes

• 0:00 – 36:33: Summer 2014 Recap.
• 36:34 – 47:40: INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER: Summer 2013 VS. Summer 2014.
• 47:41 – 1:13:21: Top 5 Films and TV Shows of the Fall Season. 

Links

• Summer blockbusters 2014: Hollywood’s difficult season
• Why Summer Movie Box Office Was Down In 2014
• Best/Worst-Marketed Films Of Summer 2014
• The winners and losers of summer 2014
• The age of the beautifully directed blockbuster is upon us
• The Best Movies Of Summer 2014: Aliens, Apes, Heroes, Monsters and Families
• Supercomputing: The Behind-the-Scenes Star of the Summer Blockbuster
• This Summer Has Actually Restored My Faith In Pop Culture
• Spider-Woman in 3D is terrifying and impossible

Top 5 Films and TV Shows of the Fall Season

Conrad: 

1. Constantine (trailer) 
2. Walking Dead - Season 5 (trailer)
3. Ascension (trailer)
4. Interstellar (trailer)
5. Gotham (trailer)

Ali:

1. Interstellar (trailer)
2. Star Wars Rebels (trailer)
3. Ascension (trailer)
4. Birdman (trailer)
5. Walking Dead - Season 5 (trailer)

Honorable Mentions:

• Z Nation (trailer)
• Agents of Shield: Season 2 (trailer)
• Gone Girl (trailer)
• Big Hero 6 (trailer)
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (trailer)
• Flash (trailer)

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.

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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: 

1. X-Men: Days of Future Past
2. Godzilla
3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Ali:

1. X-Men: Days of Future Past
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Top 5 Blockbuster Films

Conrad: 

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Star Trek (2009)
3. X-Men
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
5. Jurassic Park

Ali:

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
2. Jurassic Park
3. Independence Day
4. Spider-Man
5. 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