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Trope on a Rope
by The Badger's Apprentice
TROPE ON A ROPE is a weekly podcast where Jeff and his mate Colin, along with their guests discuss and dissect the common movie tropes that have come to define cinema. From the high concept sci-fi mind-f**k that contorts ideas of reality and identity; the young and naive small-town musician who is thrown into the deep-end world of money, high fashion and fame; and the brooding anti-hero whose methods test the bounds of an audiences acceptance; to the grizzled cop that will work the case no matter what their superiors say; the time-loops that allow our protagonist years’ worth of personal growth in day; and those films where Liam Neeson just f**kin’ punches shit in the face. We’ll look at them all, compare, contrast, and contemplate which are raised up the flag-pole for all to salute, and which are hoisted by their own petard. Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer
Episodes
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31 - EVENT HORIZON (1997) - ABANDONED SHIPS
Happy new year, and what better way to celebrate the boundless opportunity of the future than to look at a film where unchecked ambition and scientific endevour leads the crews of two ships straight into a blood orgy in hell itself. So join myself and colin as we wander the dark and for some…
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30 - DON QUIXOTE (2018) - TERRY GILLIAM
Hi there adventurer, we round out our wanderings through the strange world of Terry Gilliam movies with his 2018 mulligan THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE. So join Jeff and Colin as one of them probably mispronounces the name of the main character, they both attempt ill-advised and borderline...
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29 - DOCTOR PARNASSUS (2009) - TERRY GILLIAM
Hello, join us as we work our way through the turbulent waters of TERRY GILLIAM films, a man with unbounded imagination that often comes up against real world problems. In DR. PARNASSUS he (not for the first time) came up against the problem of his main character dying halfway through filming, so...
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28 - BARON MUNCHAUSEN (1988) - TERRY GILLIAM
Hey everybody! After a lengthy hiatus we are back, and will be so with new episodes every couple of weeks from now on. This time around we are looking at Terry Gilliam films, though at the time of recording we hadn't realised that yet, Instead we intended to do "The Adventure of..." films, but…
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27 - WARGAMES (1983) - 80s GAMERS - PART THREE
Welcome back to the pod, y'all. We've been away for a bit but we're back and this time we're finishing off our deep dive into 80s gamer movies with 1983's WARGAMES. So join Colin and Jeff as they discuss the movie while getting sidetracked by, Matthew Broderick's dark past, the correct...
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26 - THE LAST STARFIGHTER (1984) - 80s GAMERS - PART TWO
Join Colin and Jeff as they look back at a cult classic and find that they don't make 'em like they used to and that might be a good thing. In this they discuss whining protagonists, holographic speaker phones, anime cat girls with too many ears, and a magical set of pipes. ----- SUPPORT THE POD…
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25 - TRON (1982) - 80's GAMERS - PART ONE
Salutations Pragrammes, and welcome back to TROPE ON A ROPE, we end our hiatus by uploading ourselves into the world of 80s Gamer movies. Dial up internet using rotary phones, computers the size of rooms, and computer sounding words thrown hither and thither. With TRON ARES looming on the…
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24 - THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER (2022) - THE VIETNAM WAR - PART THREE
Hi there, sorry for the break since the last episode, but we're back, and we've actually got a bit of a backlog. So lets get back to business by rounding out the final part of our look at the Vietnam War with 2022's Apple film THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER, based on a true story that I learned of…
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23 - CASUALTIES OF WAR (1989) - THE VIETNAM WAR - PART TWO
When we picked 1989's Casualties of War to watch as part of this series it was because it's a great film, the problem is it's a heavy film. One slightly too heavy for what is supposed to be a comedy podcast, but soldier on we must... there was a pun there. Anyway, although we try to find levity...
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22 - FULL METAL JACKET (1987) - THE VIETNAM WAR - PART ONE
Sir, yes, sir! Over the next few weeks we will be looking at films covering the Vietnam war. Granted, its not great fodder for a light hearted movie podcast, but we got to watch three great films then talk about the three grim realities of them. First off is the classic FULL METAL JACKET,. So…
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21 - THE SIMPSONS (1989~) - KILL YOUR DARLINGS - PART THREE
*MINI EPISODE* Hello dear listeners and here we are, the end of our festive run (its February...) of mini episodes looking at long running and long suffering franchises. This episode we look at that which has always and shall always be, THE SIMPSONS. a show that has gone from funny short, to...
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20 - STAR WARS (1977~) - KILL YOUR DARLINGS - PART TWO
*MINI EPISODE* Happy New year dear listeners, as our January meat hangovers continue, we continue with our mini episodes looking at long standing franchises, their current state and their possible futures. This time we're looking at the always controversial for some reason STAR WARS FRANCHISE....
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19 - THE MCU (2008~) - KILL YOUR DARLINGS - PART ONE
*MINI EPISODE* Merry Christmas dear listeners, as Colin and I enter various states of festive related food and drink comas, we've pre-recorded some mini episodes that will play over the holiday period. In these we'll be looking at some long running series and asking whether or not the should...
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18 - EXECUTIVE DECISION (1996) - STAKES ON A PLANE - PART THREE
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to this, our final instalment in our STAKES ON A PLANE series, where we look back at that time Steven Seagal cartwheeled out of an aeroplane like a complete chump. Thats right, its 1996's EXECUTIVE DECISION, staring, amongst others Johnny Legs... yeah I listen to...
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17 - PASSENGER 57 (1992) - STAKES ON A PLANE - PART TWO
Salutations fellow traveller, put your seat back, pop your headphones in and join Colin and Jeff as they take a look at 1992's Die Hard Clone PASSENGER 57, a film whose runtime is only a few minutes longer than this podcast about it. In this episode we learn not to disparage the mental state of…
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16 - RED EYE (2005) - STAKES ON A PLANE - PART ONE
Welcome aboard, please get yourselves comfortable, stow your bags and tray tables, and pay special attention to your cabin attendants because this flight aint gonna be your usual city-hop. Because for the next few weeks we'll be looking at STAKES ON A PLANE. They'll be terrorists, hijacking,...
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15 - DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOUR AMONG THIEVES (2023) - THE REVENGE HEIST - PART THREE
And so, weary traveller, we make it to the end of our journey through the murky undertaints that make up THE REVENGE HEIST, so pull up a chair by the fire and have yourselves a cup of mead as we delve into 2023's surprisingly fun D&D:HAT. ----- WATCH THE FILM 🎬 Physical: https://amzn.to/3MJeEKr...
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14 - NOW YOU SEE ME (2013) - THE REVENGE HEIST - PART TWO
Come closer... closer still... no, like, really close. Uncomfortably close... okay, maybe back off a bit. But still stay close, because the closer you look, the less you'll see, because that's how miss-direction works, a basic tenet of magic performance that most people know about but this movie…
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13 - THE ITALIAN JOB (2003) - THE REVENGE HEIST - PART ONE
The crew's been gathered, the targets picked, and plans drawn up because the con is on. But this ain't your regular heist movie, this is the specific REVENGE HEIST, where our heroes need to get back at those who have wronged them. So over the next few episodes we'll be watching as justice is...
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12 - 8 MILE (2002) w. Christian Stoner - MUSICIAN/ACTOR - PART THREE
Join Colin, Jeff, and special guest Christian Stoner as we round out our look at musicians who've turned their hand to acting in films that are not about them, but also not-not about them. This time come with us as we travel back to 1995 Detroit, a blue and green tinted industrial landscape and…
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11 - PURPLE RAIN (1984) w. Christian Stoner - MUSICIAN/ACTOR - PART TWO
Dearly beloved, we are gathered hear today to discuss the beautiful 1984 oddity that is Purple Rain. Join Jeff, Colin, and special guest self proclaimed "greatest Prince fan ever" Christian Stoner as we attempt to purify ourselves in the waters of lake Minnetonka, before turning on Jeff because...
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10 - HOUSE PARTY (1990) w. Christian Stoner - MUSICIAN/ACTOR - PART ONE
There are plenty of movies about musician's rise to fame and glory, but not as many that star actual musicians playing exaggerated versions of themselves, and fewer still where they don't care about fame and glory but rather that they get to the party on time, dance, rap, and get their f**k on....
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9 - DEEP IMPACT (1998) - DEATH FROM ABOVE - PART THREE
Welcome to the end of our end of the world deep dive with DEEP IMPACT, the less flashy sibling of '98's big swinger ARMAGEDDON. It didn't have the budget, the special effects, the spinning cameras or Bruce Willis trying to beat Ben Affleck to death with a pipe, but it did have heart, annoying...
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8 - DON'T LOOK UP (2021) - DEATH FROM ABOVE - PART TWO
Welcome back to part two of our dive into end of the world films, specifically asteroid/comet impact movies. This ones a bit of a fudge because technically this is a metaphor for something else, but still a horrid reminder that if any of these impact events happened in the real world we'd be too...
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7 - GREENLAND (2020) - DEATH FROM ABOVE - PART ONE
Its the end of the world as we know it, and I feel a'ight. Why? Because over the next few weeks we have some explosive entertainment in the form of END OF THE WORLD MOVIES, specifically DEATH FROM ABOVE. Humanity is looking at the business end of a giant space rock and maybe, just maybe, we might...
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6 - THE GOLDEN COMPASS (2007) - FRANCHISE FALSE STARTS - PART THREE
So here we are, at the end of our journey as we look at the times movie studios stuffed up their franchise plans so hard that they had to abandon everything after the first instalment. In fact, by finishing this series of films we've managed to do what they couldn't. We started with JOHN CARTER,...
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5 - THE MUMMY (2017) - FRANCHISE FALSE STARTS - PART TWO
Part two of our deep dive into the times movie studios had big ambitions, dollar signs for eyes, and the desire to start their own franchises in the hope they would be money printing machines, only to completely botch it on the first attempt. This week we're looking at Tom Cruise's THE MUMMY…
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4 - JOHN CARTER (OF MARS - 2012) - FRANCHISE FALSE STARTS - PART ONE
Hi there, over the next three weeks we're going to look at the curious phenomenon of the FRANCHISE FALSE START, where movie studios confidently bet the farm then biff it on the first attempt. We start with the biggest box office failure of all time (still hasn't been beaten), 2012's JOHN CARTER....
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3 - BLADE (1998) - PRE-MARVEL MARVELS - PART THREE
Welcome to the final part of our deep dive into the world of PRE-MARVEL MARVELS, and what existence was like before the MCU. This week we are looking at the first heroes of the comic book movie renaissance: Mr. Eric Blade the First. So pour yourself a Horlicks, and settle down for 45 or so…
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2 - FANT4STIC (FANTASTIC FOUR - 2015) - PRE-MARVEL MARVELS - PART TWO
Welcome to part two of our dive into PRE-MARVEL MARVELS, and what the world looked like before the MCU. This week we're looking at a Marvel property that was more MCU adjacent, the infamous 2015 version of FANTASTIC FOUR, or as it came to be known due to poor poster design FANT4STIC, So pull up a...
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1 - THE PUNISHER (2007) - PRE-MARVEL MARVELS - PART ONE
Welcome to the first episode of the TROPE ON A ROPE PODCAST, join Jeff and Colin as they examine PRE-MARVEL MARVELS, starting with 2004's THE PUNISHER staring Thomas Jane. Part violent killing spree, part sitcom, all heart. Here we try to explore what comic book movies were like before the MCU...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
TROPE ON A ROPE is a weekly podcast where Jeff and his mate Colin, along with their guests discuss and dissect the common movie tropes that have come to define cinema.
From the high concept sci-fi mind-f**k that contorts ideas of reality and identity; the young and naive small-town musician who is thrown into the deep-end world of money, high fashion and fame; and the brooding anti-hero whose methods test the bounds of an audiences acceptance; to the grizzled cop that will work the case no matter what their superiors say; the time-loops that allow our protagonist years’ worth of personal growth in day; and those films where Liam Neeson just f**kin’ punches shit in the face.
We’ll look at them all, compare, contrast, and contemplate which are raised up the flag-pole for all to salute, and which are hoisted by their own petard.
Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer
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TROPE ON A ROPE is a weekly podcast where Jeff and his mate Colin, along with their guests discuss and dissect the common movie tropes that have come to define cinema. From the high concept sci-fi mind-f**k that contorts ideas of reality and identity; the young and naive small-town musician who is...
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