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 PTG Episode 47: Indubitably Inglourious [55:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (70)

PTG Episode 47 is brought to you by Smallville Season 8 on DVD. Yup, this past season, which turned out to be a LOT better than I expected it to be going into the season, came out on home video yesterday, which means the new season of Smallville will be starting up very soon, on Friday, September 25th, to be exact. What THAT means is that the “Smallville Smackdown” segment of PTG will be making its return that weekend, so if you’re a Smallville watcher and you don’t like spoilers, be sure and watch each new episode BEFORE downloading or listening to PTG’s live broadcasts! Despite how silly the end of last season got, I am STILL looking forward to the start of Season 9 and what the show runners, including new producer Tom Welling (Clark Kent), have in store for us this year. What can I say, I’m an addict.

In this episode Ericathepimp and I review Inglourious Basterds, the latest film offering from Quentin Tarantino, which dominated the box office last weekend with a $37.6 million dollar haul, over $12 million better than Tarantino’s previous opening weekend best, Kill Bill Vol. 2 back in 2004. Not sure what word of mouth is going to do for ‘Basterds’ this weekend–I’ve heard just as many people say they hated it as liked it, and I can understand that because the movie is definitely not for everyone. One thing I will say for the film in addition to what’s said in the podcast is that Tarantino has once again created two unforgettable characters in Lt. Aldo “The Apache” Raines (Brad Pitt) and Colonel Hans “The Jew Hunter” Landa (Christoph Waltz). Waltz won a “Best Supporting Actor” award at Cannes for the role, and Pitt … well, sometimes with all the tabloid crap you can forget how talented the man is as an actor. As over the top and ridiculous as Raines is as a character, Pitt breathes so much zany life into him that you’re simply riveted whenever Raines is on-screen. He owns every laugh-out-loud moment in this movie without question. Yeah, the movie is too long and he’s not in enough of it, but it’s still worth seeing JUST for him, no joke.

One last note about Cure for the Run: Check out this interview shot by Michael Poley of OETV (and often the camera operator and video editor of PTG’s videos) highlighting last Saturday’s wildly-successful charity event benefiting Rock for Hunger. Can’t give enough kudos to Michael for the job he does on these video segments, even the ones that don’t have me in them. OETV(Orlando Event TV) is Michael’s independent arts preview program/website, and we wish him the best of luck with his future projects.