Documenteers: The Documentary Podcast Bob Sham & Friends

One last round of Star Wars. Just one more podcast/Youtube video discussion about all of the Star Wars movies in REAL chronological order is what the world needs right now. We’re calling this months theme, “FORCED”. The Star Wars nostalgia well has run pretty dry for us the last several years so we decided one more heartfelt examination and, seriously, we will probably never watch these movies ever again. Maybe if a child relative comes along and asks us to watch Star Wars with them then we may oblige but this hypothetical child relative could grow up to kill all of their friends and help turn the galaxy into a totalitarian nightmare so maybe we would have to stand our ground. That said, we’re 2/3rds through George Lucas’s prequel trilogy about the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker with the 2002 blockbuster “STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES”. All of those vague references of the past in the original trilogy are getting brought to life and now we know that the clones from “The Clone Wars” are actually an army of castrato Boba Fetts. The Trade Federation are still at it and they got the Hammer Horror Dracula calling the shots. Let’s not forget that this is, supposedly, a love story. It’s not as much of a charisma vacuum as the last film but the passion still seems dissonant. Maybe it’s all the Skywalker whining. They definitely upped the lightsaber game in this one for all the nerds who said their lives were over because of Jar Jar Binks. What’s funny is that those people will always buy the tickets. Every time. Let’s get into the clone zone.

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And so it begins. We’re gonna FORCE it all down one more time. This isn’t just a casual viewing and discussion of Star Wars on a YouTube/podcast for the umpteenth time. Well, it kinda is but we’re likely never going to watch these movies ever again after this month. We have our personal place in Star Wars history. Our own generational emotional attachments. Taking it all in to this day, our personal excitement for the franchise has greatly waned. It’s probably just a natural feeling as we get older but the nostalgia dump is getting very unwieldy across several film franchises and we’re more than happy to let others get emotional about Star Wars after the month of May. So one more ride within a galaxy far far away all month long and we say it’s the final word on these movies. Empty your brain of all opinion and simply adopt our perspectives with no question. We’re going chronologically so we’re starting it off with the prequel trilogy and easily the strangest of all the Star Wars movies. We’re discussing George Lucas’s 1999 prequel to his massive sci-fi franchise called “STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE”. Even its apologist have to admit that the first foray into the story of a young Anakin Skywalker is absolutely weird and helping greatly with that feeling is the notorious alien sidekick “Jar Jar Binks”. Jar Jar isn’t the only bizarre choice for the movie but he’s definitely the hardest one to contend with. It almost seems like an Andy Kaufmanesque prank to observe this strangeness in such a major blockbuster film. We also got a messiah narrative, metachlorians, Jedi being fully complicit in slavery, pod racing and Darth Maul who you know is badass because he can get it at both ends of the lightsaber. We were chomping at the bit to watch the first Star Wars movie in 16 years. When it released, and the dust settled, many of us were more than a little confused. But it’s okay. Now we know that Jar Jar is the key to all of this.

Here’s the making of documentary which seems very eye opening in hindsight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da8s9m4zEpo

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Deep Space Fantasy - Movie Review 6 Pack by Bob Sham & Friends

We’re doing a double shot this week for our overarching, year long theme called “A DREARY YEAR OF LARS VON TRIER”. Doubling down because it may be a few months before we get back into good ‘ol Lars so what better way to lead into a May loaded with Space Fantasy than with a movie about a group of people in Denmark embarking on a social experiment by going out into everyday society and pretending to be mentally challenged? A quiet woman named Karen finds herself roped into this strange group. Karen questions the morality of behaving in such a way but Karen has also found a sense of joy and belonging with the group. Is this an anti-bourgeois act that transcends the quiet oppressions of a “civilized society” or is it all just one big goddamn joke? Lars von Trier’s contribution to the Dogme 95 manifesto, “THE IDIOTS” (or “IDIOTERNE” if you’re nasty) from 1998 is #2 in the Dogme series and though we keep saying this…this one has definitely gotta be Lars von Trier’s most light hearted film. We feel pretty confident about the claim this time. Lot’s of nudity and some fucking. Just reporting that for you Mr. Skin types out there.

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Breaking The Waves (1996) by Bob Sham & Friends

Hamlet 2 (2008) by Bob Sham & Friends