Completely Conspicuous 521: Content Overload

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the decade in TV and movies. Show notes: - Going over some of our favorites of the decade - Jay: Haven't seen a lot of critical faves - Both enjoyed Blackkklansman - Toy Story 3 is the best of that series - Matt: Beasts of the Southern Wild was a stunner - In the Loop is profanely excellent - Jay never saw Inside Out; Matt says it's borderline educational - The traumatic sadness of Disney movies - Don't ban offensive old movies - Stereotypes in older movies stick out - The series 24 was so over the top about torture and terrorists - Writing for women's roles in the '80s was pretty awful - Post-9/11 jingoism - Good Sorkin: The Social Network - Bad Sorkin: The Newsroom - When older celebs are trending on Twitter - Matt: In praise of Monsters - Timothy Olyphant is great - Matt needs to watch Justified - Black Mirror is predicting everything - The Americans is an excellent show - Matt hasn't seen Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul - Orphan Black features an amazing performance by Tatiana Maslany - Bill Hader elevates himself from comic genius to dramatic auteur on Barry - Russian Doll came out of the blue - The People Vs. OJ Simpson was excellent, with a bizarre performance by John Travolta - The sneaky genius of Legends of Tomorrow - Dark on Netflix is a German show that is brilliantly out there - Downton Abbey: Cultural phenomenon that doesn't make sense - The Leftovers got better when it went beyond the book - The Marvel shows on Netflix were surprisingly good (except for Iron Fist) - The fight scenes in Daredevil were intense and creative - So much content out there that it's impossible to see it all Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts and anywhere else you get podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.