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The Black Dog Podcast

Join Lee, Darren, Jim and Elton as they waffle, wonder and jabber on about film, geek news, video games and any other tangential rubbish that spring to mind, before reviewing a movie from yesteryear. Removing the Rose Tinted Specs to see if a film really deserves its classic status or the Sh*t Covered Goggles to see if a bad film is actually as awful as its reputation.

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01:53:52

Alien Earth Episode 8 The Real Monsters

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/09/25

Weltschmerz (German: [ˈvɛltʃmɛɐ̯ts] literally "world-pain") is a literary concept describing the feeling experienced by an individual who believes that reality can never satisfy the expectations of the mind, resulting in "a mood of weariness or sadness about life arising from the acute awareness of evil and suffering" So welcome to Alien:Weltschmerz - This weeks special covering the final episode contains spoilers, regrets, sadness, existential world weariness, pleading, barganing, denial and

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02:46:01

Total Recall (1990)

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/09/24

This week in an extended episode (because we're not here next week), we all get wrapped up in trying to discuss 28 Years Later, before deciding on doing a spoiler special, then do the same for Weapons. After that Darren is blown away by Kings Cross' rejuvination and Lee watches some comedians in a tent and eats a "food coma" After that and some feedback for last weeks film, Tenet, we get our ass to Mars to discuss the Arnie & Paul Verhoeven sci fi epic Total Recall. Media Discussed This Week

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02:19:49

Alien Earth Episode 7 Emergence

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/09/19

All hope is lost... Weekend at Bernies 7: Jurassic Park isnt as fun as we thought.

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02:38:31

Tenet

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/09/16

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02:11:01

Alien Earth Episode 6 The Fly

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/09/11

This week Count Oculus makes someone jump, Darren and Elton shoot down Lee's moaning and everything on Neverland Island goes on the wonk.

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02:20:00

The Man From Earth

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/09/09

This week, which is the 16th anniversary of the podcast, Jim figures out why people wear grey underwear in Alien Earth, Darren has a birthday and Lee enjoys the Dadaction movie Nobody 2 Then after some feedback the guys head to a cheap log cabin, to sit in a room and make spurious arguments about some guy who claims to be so old that he remembers when the UK was connected to France before the channel tunnel.... No, not Darren. We're talking about The Man From Earth. Media Discussed This Week

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02:29:22

Alien Earth Episode 5 In Space...

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/09/04

In Space... No one can hear you apologise to the crew of the Prometheus because they clearly have been unfairly maligned and are not the dumbest Weyland Yutani crew in this universe any more.

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02:14:56

Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/09/02

Welcome to this weeks episode where we start with some encouraging news from Jim, listen to Darren lament the passing of Resident Alien and hear about Lee going to watch a jolly film about marital strife with his wife. Then after some questions and answers in Asking for Trouble the guys head off to go Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes.... and as is customary for all time travel movies, arguments about how the time travel works, quickly ensue. Media Discussed this weekBeyond The Infinite Two

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01:56:35

Alien Earth Episode 4 Observation

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/08/28

Eye ball sheeps

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02:29:52

The Monkey

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/08/27

This week Jim repairs a murder shed, Darren watches Blockbusters and Lee gets a mysterious phone call from someones genitalia. After that its the usual feedback and a dip in to Asking for Trouble before we turn our attention to this weeks film. Osgood Perkins returns after Longlegs to show us why you should never buy second hand toys at a garage sale, as we review The Monkey Media Discussed This Week Blockbusters - YouTube Peacemaker season 2 - HBO Banishers - Xbox / PC / Playstation The Tourist

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01:46:56

Alien Earth Special Episode 3

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/08/21

Due to popular demand (okay, vague interest and some feedback) Lee, Darren and Elton are back to discuss episode 3 of Alien Earth - Metamorphosis. We have feedback for last week, some non spoiler talk and then a lot of heavy spoiler talk for episode 3 and more random conspiracy theories than you can shake a roll of bacofoil hats at. The episode is not a blow by blow recounting, just discussion about things that we liked (or didn't) about this weeks episode. This episode also helps us all be in

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02:24:23

Morbius

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/08/20

This week Jim chills out watching camping videos and eating hot sauce, Darren binge watches Resident Alien and Lee discovers a loathing for Ticketmasters practices and a new unique canvas for one of his drawings. After that its time for some feedback for The Martian and some crazy questions with Asking for Trouble until we realise we can put it off no longer as we step gingerly in to the Sony Spider-Man Without Spider-Man universe to review Morbius... Is it really THAT bad? Or had people not seen

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01:54:57

Alien Earth Special Episodes 1 and 2

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/08/15

In space no one can hear you say... What is this!? Welcome to a special episode for the first two episodes of Alien Earth. Join Lee, Darren and Elton as they sift through the wreckage of the USCSS Maginot (Mango? Mongo? Um Bongo?) to discuss what they liked, what they didn't and precisely how thick one characters plot armour truely is. The first 10 mins are spoiler free, while the other 1hr 40mins is definitely not... Its totally spoilertastic.

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02:26:41

The Martian

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/08/12

This week Jim gets Bookish, Elton is outraged by dabbing AI, Darren waits for a tow truck and Lee drinks a chilli and gets inappropriate photos of Hula Hoops. Then after a lot of feedback about Ice Cubes War of the Worlds and a Asking For Trouble section that disappears down a 70s and 80s US TV nostalgia rabbit hole, we get to this weeks movie. This week we review Ridley Scotts sci fi adventure The Martian Media Discussed This Week Bookish - U & Alibi Channel / Now TV Weapons - Theatrical

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02:13:55

War of the Worlds 2025

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/08/05

This week Jim shouldn't have gone to spec savers, Darren discovers that doctors have long fingers and Lee watches the Naked Gun re-quel Then its a return for Asking for Trouble before we head to the cheapest part of town, to watch a 90 min teams call and Amazon product placement advert as we get on the algorithm bandwagon to kick the hell out of the 2025 War of the Worlds. Media Discussed This Week The Naked Gun 2025 - Theatrical Release The Assassin - Amazon Prime War of the Worlds 2025 - Jeff

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09:03

Parish Notice - 31-7-25

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/07/31

For reasons The Lego Movie announced on episode 226 - Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, is now off the table. So Lee gathers Jim and Elton to his dark sanctum to announce a last minute replacement film

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02:20:38

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/07/29

This week, Jim recovers with some quality codine and John Lithgow being disturbing with a puppet, Darren is threatened by chickens and discusses the MCU movie of the hour Fantastic Four with Lee. There is also the briefest mention of some trailer for blue cat people that are now slightly red, as well as the vital importance of Norman Reedus to various internet services. Then after some brief feedback its on to this weeks movie. A film that wants, very much to be Inglorious Basterds but with a more

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02:32:04

On The Beach

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/07/23

This week Jim has a run of bad luck, Elton makes a couple of fair games that might get him locked up. Darren boldly goes for a Strange New Worlds new season and Lee plays reverse charades. After that and some feedback its on to this weeks film... A film that gives you a quieter take on the end of the world without the need for leather chaps or rage monkeys. The nihilistic 1950s film On The Beach

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02:06:42

Invaders From Mars (1986)

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/07/15

The lunatics have taken over the asylum as foolishly Jim and Elton have left Lee and Darren unattended. So without adults in the room, something makes an unexpected comeback, but not before Darren tells us about Brick, the Wrath of Becky (not a sidequel to Wrath of Khan) and Ziam a bloody awful zombie flick. Lee on the other hand has problems with Wes Andersons Phoenican Scheme and gets creeped out by a 45 min short film called Chime. Then after some brief feedback its on to this weeks film. A

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02:08:12

Superman (2025) Special

The Black Dog Podcast ·

2025/07/14

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! Its two old men talking about yet another superman movie after the last eight. Welcome to a special episode where Lee and Darren share their personal opinions about the latest take on the man of steel the good and bad. The cast is broken into two parts the first 30 mins is spoiler free general feelings and caveats so we don't get pulled in to any kind of internet nonsensical ideological gang warfare. While the rest is spoiler heavy as we pick through James Gunns

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