38 min
Episode 11, or “Shlubby Off Script is the best Off Script” Off Script
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- TV & Film
In which sci-fi fan Kylie Klein-Nixon and her somewhat willing protege Emily Brookes delight over Taika Waititi joining the Star Wars universe, talk about the high and low points of that and other franchises and - finally - rank the Chrises.
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Can we make Taika Waititi New Zealander of the Year again? Fresh off winning the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Jojo Rabbit, and with his second Thor film in the works, it’s been announced that the Kiwi filmmaker will co-write and direct a Star Wars movie.
There are already some who are grumbling about this decision, but Kylie and Emily are thrilled with it and think that particular Waititian blend of genre reverence, deadpan humour, self-referentialism and pathos might be exactly what this legendary, if not uneven, franchise needs.
Of course you can’t talk about Taika Waititi in franchises without discussing Thor: Ragnorok. We chat about that, too, and the ups and downs of Star Wars, Avengers and Star Trek.
All of which leads us to a frankly long-overdue Ranking of the Chrises (that’s Evans, Hemsworth, Pine, and Pratt, for those of you unfamiliar with the term), leading to some surprising conclusions.
Plus, Kylie starts to ease Emily into Dune, Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming two-part adaptation of the classic novel (the first of which is due out in December), which Emily will have to watch as a Timothee Chalamet completist, even if she doesn’t consider herself a sci-fi fan.
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Folks are super excited about Waititi’s turn at the Star wars helm. Check out this killer Māori/lightsaber make-up look.
Waititi isn’t the first Māori filmmaker to make his mark on the Star Wars Universe. That honour goes to Temuera Morrison for his turn as Jango Fett in Attack of the Clones.
Tem also performed the voice of Boba Fett in the zhooshed up 90s re-release of The Empire Strikes Back, a role it was announced on Saturday he’ll be reprising in Kylie’s favourite Star Wars instalment to date - The Mandalorian. This Is The Way!
What We Do in the Shadows is currently in its second season. It airs on FX and Hulu in the US and Neon in New Zealand, and is probably available where you live.
Here’s the incomparable David Mitchell and Robert Webb asking: “Are we the bad guys?”
Murray and Bret are not happy about Jemaine dating and Australian girl in Flight of the Conchords.
As Kylie points out, it will probably be a while before we have a Dune trailer, but Vanity Fair has released the first stills and they are fittingly epic.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/off-script-nz/message
In which sci-fi fan Kylie Klein-Nixon and her somewhat willing protege Emily Brookes delight over Taika Waititi joining the Star Wars universe, talk about the high and low points of that and other franchises and - finally - rank the Chrises.
*
Can we make Taika Waititi New Zealander of the Year again? Fresh off winning the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Jojo Rabbit, and with his second Thor film in the works, it’s been announced that the Kiwi filmmaker will co-write and direct a Star Wars movie.
There are already some who are grumbling about this decision, but Kylie and Emily are thrilled with it and think that particular Waititian blend of genre reverence, deadpan humour, self-referentialism and pathos might be exactly what this legendary, if not uneven, franchise needs.
Of course you can’t talk about Taika Waititi in franchises without discussing Thor: Ragnorok. We chat about that, too, and the ups and downs of Star Wars, Avengers and Star Trek.
All of which leads us to a frankly long-overdue Ranking of the Chrises (that’s Evans, Hemsworth, Pine, and Pratt, for those of you unfamiliar with the term), leading to some surprising conclusions.
Plus, Kylie starts to ease Emily into Dune, Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming two-part adaptation of the classic novel (the first of which is due out in December), which Emily will have to watch as a Timothee Chalamet completist, even if she doesn’t consider herself a sci-fi fan.
*
Folks are super excited about Waititi’s turn at the Star wars helm. Check out this killer Māori/lightsaber make-up look.
Waititi isn’t the first Māori filmmaker to make his mark on the Star Wars Universe. That honour goes to Temuera Morrison for his turn as Jango Fett in Attack of the Clones.
Tem also performed the voice of Boba Fett in the zhooshed up 90s re-release of The Empire Strikes Back, a role it was announced on Saturday he’ll be reprising in Kylie’s favourite Star Wars instalment to date - The Mandalorian. This Is The Way!
What We Do in the Shadows is currently in its second season. It airs on FX and Hulu in the US and Neon in New Zealand, and is probably available where you live.
Here’s the incomparable David Mitchell and Robert Webb asking: “Are we the bad guys?”
Murray and Bret are not happy about Jemaine dating and Australian girl in Flight of the Conchords.
As Kylie points out, it will probably be a while before we have a Dune trailer, but Vanity Fair has released the first stills and they are fittingly epic.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/off-script-nz/message
38 min