The Bourne Legacy

The Bourne Ultimatum provided a perfect capstone to Matt Damon's Jason Bourne character, with the closing shots mirroring the opening of The Bourne Identity as we see the recovered amnesiac floating face down in the water. It's a perfect ending to the series...but there's more going on than we thought. In a fresh twist, series writer Tony Gilroy (now directing as well) and his brother Dan (The Fall) have crafted a brand new story that does something very interesting: the final minutes of Ultimatum play out in the background of the first fifteen minutes of The Bourne Legacy, connecting the worlds and pulling back the curtain on machinations that we've never seen before but were always working behind the scenes during the previous films. Jeremy Renner stars as Aaron Cross, an agent at another clandestine organization known as Outcome, and he must fight to stay alive when the events of Ultimatum go sideways and the plug is pulled on his program.

The Bourne Legacy

Co-writer/Director: Tony Gilroy

Starring: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton

The NJNM Podcast: Ep. 100 - The Quest (Guest: Jared Blanchard)

In this week's momentous 100th episode, Tyler and Ben bring the original team back together with Pat Miller and Jared Blanchard to discuss Jean-Claude Van Damme's 1996 film, The Quest.

Introduction

Character Name Game Intro - 2:23

Media Consumed

Tyler

Recounting Various Adventures at the UCB Theater - 3:05

Jared
"Frasier" - 5:35

Pat
Cloud Atlas trailer - 8:25

Ben

Captain Eo at Disneyland - 12:55

Review

The Quest - 19:18

Wrap-Up

Tyler Drops A Bomb  - 49:03

Listener E-mail/Voicemail/Twitter - 51:10
Character Name Game - 54:08

Where You Can Find Us - 56:00

"Frasier" Guest Caller Montage

Total Recall (2012)

Talk about an unnecessary remake. This wasn't just a poor facsimile of the original, it was as if director Len Wiseman ran Paul Verhoeven's 1990 original through a copy machine so many times, perpetually copying each copy, that every last ounce of intelligence and thematic relevance found in the first movie faded away, leaving only the basic story foundations intact. Total Recall is a sad and perfect example of "all style and no substance."

Total Recall
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring: Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston

The NJNM Podcast: Ep. 99 - Kazaam and Steel (Guests: Free and Eli Reyes from GeekTyrant)

In this week's episode, Tyler and Ben are joined by Free and Eli Reyes (from GeekTyrant.com) to discuss Paul M. Glaser's 1996 film Kazaam and Kenneth Johnson's 1997 film Steel.

Introduction

Character Name Game Intro - 3:55

Media Consumed

Tyler

Conan - 5:00
Steel Panther - 7:05

Eli
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story - 9:10
Roasted Glacier - 12:05

Free
BBC coverage of The Olympics - 13:25

Ben

Wreck-It Ralph early press event - 17:10
Total Recall (2012) - 18:00

Review

Kazaam - 24:00
Steel - 41:28

Wrap-Up

Next Time: The Quest  - 1:08:25

Listener E-mail/Voicemail/Twitter - 1:10:55
Character Name Game - 1:21:30

Where You Can Find Us - 1:22:48


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