Episode 133 - The Town (with BFF of the BFE: Rev. Bruce)

Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Georgia, and Ethan (Liam's manning the getaway car) as we review Ben Affleck's 2nd directorial effort in the gritty Boston heist film, The Town - brought to us by BFF of the BFE, Rev Bruce who joins us for the Endgame on this episode.  We're talking Priuses in our 133rd episode as we discuss:

• How this film follows the format of a romantic comedy if you excuse the overwhelming trauma involved in the meet-cute
• Are we given enough time to feel sympathy for the characters in this film?
• What efforts did Ben Affleck go to in order to create an aura of legitimacy in this film
• Is Ben Affleck just remaking one of his other films and casting himself in the hero role, this go around
• Whether Doug is justified in his final kills or does he go too far
• Why does no-one pay attention to a character walking around with a duffel bag, ever
• Which actors and actresses really surprised us in this film and someone besides Georgia suffers from a little face blindness
• It's the return of Postlethwaite, and you know what that means
• We're joined once again by our BFF: Reverend Bruce and discuss Baseball, Boston, and some Dunkin' Donuts
• Georgia, Ian and Reverend Bruce all give their perspectives on how to deliver an affected accent
• We briefly give some thoughts on Will Smith's apology, the passing of Paul Sorvino and the last episode of Nick & Russ Don't Know Anything
• Whether or not The Town is the Best Film Ever.

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• Rev Bruce
• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM
• Lina Oberholzer
• Ensign Ian Davies
• Chris Pedersen 
• Katie McRae
• Duane Smith (Duane Smith!)
• Randal Silva
• The Yeetmeister
• Nate The Great
• Cheezy (with a fish on a bike)
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Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

 

Timestamps for this episode:

• 0:00 - Opening Banter
  6:45 - Reflections & Corrections
  24:20 - Shoutouts
  36:30 - Deep Dive
  1:45:10- We're joined by Hermes
  2:32:25 - Endgame