THX-1138 / Bottle Rocket (Welcome To The Basement)
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We close the curtain on Season 5 by watching two early films by George Lucas and Wes Anderson. We also look back on the past year and induct 6 new Hall of Fame members. Good times. Thanks to all of our viewers for watching the show, and we'll see you next year.
In Seen It, we go straight to hell for a lost weekend and we discuss the flaws of Francis Ford Coppola's greatest achievement.
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Thanks for all the great comments. Keep em coming! If you watch one of the movies we discuss, let us know what you thought of it.
Welcome To The Basement" is a show about watching, discussing and having fun with movies. Matt choses the movie and Craig doesn't know what it is until the cameras start rolling, so none of the discussion or riffing is planned ahead of time.
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im only 12 mins in but that new meme made me fucking laugh so hard that my breakfast leaked out of my nose
Nascent was the correct term. "(especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential."
"cornell west disapproves" is my favorite Google image search of the week.
BlameSociety As a person on the autism spectrum, those numbers speak to me. They say, "This college film is freakin weird, man."
Fun fact about this episode's gift: Ken Jennings, the guy who made 2 million bucks on Jeopardy, carried a little Totoro in his pocket on all of his episodes.
I made the same mistake with The Lost Weekend; I could have sworn there was a WttB episode of it. Glad you talked about it here!
I love it when you guys explain the movie at the same time beside each other, it's so cute
Congratulations, Charles Grodin! Ever see him hosting early seasons of SNL? It's, uuuuuuhhhhhhhhh.. quite entertaining.
You should totally make the screaming lady a thing.
I had that Flash Gordon record when I was a kid!!!!
From what I saw of Bottle Rocket, reminded me of Rick Linklater.
Great video as always, totally nascent.
Does this mean that Matt, one of the best Vader/Jones impersonator, who has his own show on Cinema, who is fortyish, had not yet seen THX-1138??? Aaaa-mazing.
The short film THX-1138 is what he hasn't seen.
Oops! Sorry, my mistake then. Hey Craig! I've just ordered and read, because of you, a used copy of Double Indemnity. Also loved how you were moved by your second viewing of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. I love it too. Thanks for this year and Happy Holidays to you and Matt!
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" rofl--my thoughts exactly when I first heard that song on a Yardbirds compilation. Gotta say though, "Still I'm Sad" is a great song.
Every fan of this show has had the experience of searching through old episodes for Ray Miland and his chiropteric friend, it is very good to see that it's been put to bed.
You guys should do Sorcerer. I watched it not too long ago and found it so impressive, that it deserves a discussion.
hey hey. just what i needed.
The gods must be crazy, seen it? One of my favourite comedies to come out of my country. I know you guys would do it justice to watch or talk about.
Greatest show on the internets, hands down.
ahahahah I also want a Totoro' puppet with an umbrella XD Happy holidays guys ;)
Favorite show on TH-cam. I might have said this before and if so (and if you actually read it) I apologize for the redundancy, but if y'all made a podcast that was pure Seen It's I would be sure to listen. I feel like that might be easier to edit and possibly more accessible to people because sometimes listening is more convenient than watching. And you would potentially have more time to expand on your thoughts on certain films rather than just one or two little nuggets. Honestly I think I could listen to you two talk movies all day.
Anyway, I'll stop rambling. Thank you for broadening my movie horizons every year! Keep up the fantastic work and I promise that one day, when I'm not struggling to pay rent, I'll make a hefty donation.
lissalo Such a great idea! I would love a podcast of some kind :)
What an incredibly nascent episode!
And fun to see you guys sitting next to each other on the couch watching the cam.
Always a cheerful day when there's a new Welcome To The Basement. Ooh, and Daydream Nation in the background!
Thanks guys for another year of this great show! Looking forward to 2017 and all you'll be talking about.
Try this experiment: play Throbbing Gristle in your car as you go through the automated car wash (while seated inside your car). Not sure if they let you do that where you are, but I did it several times in the 80s. The experience was almost Disneyland like.
Wonderful episode, sure to be one of the WttB classics!
Happy holidays to you both (and to Cecil), this is one of my favorite shows on youtube and I can't wait to see what you bring next year!
Next christmas you should watch: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.
What another great year of WttB. Best show on TH-cam. You guys are the best movie critics ever and I can't wait for next year.
PUNCH!
And Stu gets snubbed once again for the Hall of Fame :(
Im gonna say it again, Narc, its so good :)
Happy holidays guys! Can't wait for the new season.
The end of year show is always one of my favorites.
Cheers for all the vids in 2016
Thanks for another wonderful year, guys. Wish I could have donated more often, but regardless you three never fail to produce quality entertainment.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, boys. Here's to another five great seasons; I'll be here for every darn episode.
Fun fact: the beating sounds at the beginning of NIN;s Mr. Self Destruct are sampled from THX-1138.
Also, kudos for Daydream Nation in the back there.
That shot in the Bottle Rocket short film of the flowers with Vince Guaraldi's 'Skating' is one of my favorites in all of Anderson's films. I really wish it had been redone in the feature.
I was just thinking that the Vince Guaraldi appearance was the one distinctly Andersonian touch in this film (well, maybe the pinball machine as well). There were a few more standard-bearers in the feature-length version, and finally in "Rushmore" the iconography was fully in place.
T.A. Epley I completely agree with this statement.
The female runner: Lara Lindsey. She was also the voice of the computer in the tv series Logan's Run. I didn't know there was a tv series until I looked on imdb just now.
Such a totally nascent episode. Missed the Beethoven episode somehow, nice to have an extra one I haven't yet seen though. Merry Couchmas everyone
I just woke up my dog laughing at your new scream meme! Thanks guys, keep it up!!!!
Wow, what a beautiful episode! You start off with talking about a podcast I just listened to couple of days ago, spice it up with a Throbbing Gristle reference and you have Daydream Nation in the background. Fantastic as always! Also I made a list, I don't know if it's really a thing, but it is for me. If I remember correctly, Craig took on a challenge last season(?) to see 150 movies during the year, I wanted to see a hundred (that I hadn't seen before). Here's a list of everything I've seen so far this year:
The Exorcist
Hateful Eight
El orfanato
Rushmore
Phantom of the Paradise
Boogie Nights
Dawn of the Dead
Dahmer
Chopping Mall
Pirates
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Foxy Brown
Paperitähti
Leijonasydän
Il Conformista
The Notebook
Blazing Saddles
Kindergarten Cop
Love Exposure
Spellbound
Marty
The War In Space
Under the Skin
Deliverance
Goodfellas
Bug
Mad Max: Fury Road
Daisies
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Mies vailla menneisyyttä
It Follows
Tinker Bell
Roar
Lost In Translation
Scorpio Rising
Lucifer Rising
Daft Punk Unchained
I Saw the Devil
Left Behind
Dog Day Afternoon
Interstellar
Inception
Hobo with a Shotgun
Truman Show
Yellow Submarine
The VVitch
Niin metsä vastaa*
Savage Streets
Blood and Black Lace
The Conqueror
Malcolm X
Men Behind the Sun
Slap Shot
Fitzcarraldo
Apocalypse Now! (theatrical cut and redux)
Hearts of Darkness
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Lady Snowblood
La Vie d'Adèle
Interstella 5555
Tonari no Totoro
Death Wish
Panic In Year Zero!
Mononoke-hime
Office Space
Indie Game: The Movie
Spotlight
Perkele! Kuvia Suomesta
Little Miss Sunshine
Koroshi no rakuin
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Beavis and Butthead Do America
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Rock n Roll Nerd
Aliens
The Hurt Locker
Pilvilinna
Ichi the Killer
Schizopolis
The World's End
Yume
Lost Face*
Dans la maison
The Ladykillers
Thunder Road*
The Four Rooms
Traction*
Kristiina*
Käpy selän alla
Amorandom*
The Wolfpack
The Mist
Day of the Dead
Jacob's Ladder
Logan's Run
Terror Firmer
Miller's Crossing
Ghost World
The Godfather
Quadrophenia
The Room
The Terminator
Dead Man
The Wrestler
The Thing from Another World
Moomins on the Riviera
La jetée*
Doctor Strange
Cat Soup*
You Only Live Twice
Cape Fear
Little Murders
Room 237
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Misery
The Iceman
Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB*
Bottle Rocket*
*shorts
I'm gonna try to see the rest of the movies you watched this year during the holidays, I made it my mission this season to watch all of them before seeing the episodes. Have a good one lads!
Enjoyed reading your list. Some good stuff on there!
Thanks a lot!
Yay, Daydream Nation in the background!
Great season guys....finished late due to holidays but better late than never. Keep up the great works!
Jessica Harper! i was anticipating the name as soon as you mentioned the hall of fame and you delivered beautifully. thank you thank you! - a big fan of hers and the show
all the best in 2017!
Great work
great show, good shit, been around since episode one and am so glad to see the show continue on, and as smart and entertaining as ever.
Nascent was the correct word to use there, Matt. Good job!
Kelly's Heroes is one of my favorite films. Fun fact: it also was a huge inspiration for the video game "Battlefield: Bad Company." The plot revolving around the soldiers forsaking the war when they find gold is also featured in said video game when B company (Bad Company) happens upon the exact same thing and must stave off both sides of the war in their attempts to procure the gold
Fantastic Owen Wilson Matt. I'm disappointed that Craig didn't join in with a Luke.
This episode was brought to you by PUNCHING !! Thanks Matt and Craig all the best for 2017
Another great episode! Have yourselves some happy holidays guys!
Dammit Craig, you made me think about Hamburger Lady by Throbbing Gristle, right before bed... :(
we need an unboxing playlist!! I don't know why I exclaimed that, but it would be great.
also, I love everything you wonderful people do, can't wait for season 6!!!
Damn, i remember Bookstop. I loved that store. I woke up from a seisure next to one!
Seen it: "Carlos the Jackal." Originally a 3-part miniseries with a theatrical cut from The Criterion Collection, it's a biopic about the international terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez. It's got great locations and a fitting post-punk soundtrack featuring New Order and Wire. Thanks for a great year!
Wire is one of the best bands EVER, they're amazing and criminally obscure. Mention them as often as you can. I do.
I like the show a lot as well as beer and board games, good job and merry Christmas Matt Sloan and Co. check Leon the professional, the best movie of all time IMO, just watched Brazil on your recommendation, was good stuff.
Seen It! - Clean, Shaven starting Peter Greene, a must see from the criterion collection
Have you seen Tampopo? A literal spaghetti western about ramen and food and cowboys in Japan!
yeautre If you guys haven't seen it, please consider watching it on the show. It's a delightful movie.
you should definitely watch the feature length version of THX 1138, it's a very interesting movie!
I look forward to the return of the dying runner from "Logan's Run" meme!
17:48 Outland (1981) has a really good foot chase.
I saw that for the first time recently. I thought it was Zardoz going into it, so that was a pleasant surprise.
I think Matt is really getting into his Stu character
The Pepper guy later on starred as Bubbles in the Trailer Park Boys.
a meme for the show should be, when things get too complicated you show the lions overrunning the guy from roar.
See ya next year gents!
a palpable hit
Not sure if you know this Matt but Paddy Chayevsky wrote the screenplay for Altered States as well, but due to creative differences with Ken Russell he had a pseudonym used for the credits.
Speaking of Russell, have you seen *The Devils*? It's a wild movie, maybe a bit too much for the show
Y'know, the film immersion tank for a short film might be really interesting as a WttB episode.
Matt never brought back that Logan's Run clip.
I'm glad matt gave props to roar.
after seeing the episode i knew i had to see it for myself
still havent though, know where i can?
I got it from a video store in Madison. And yes, Madison still has a video store, and one that would have a copy of Roar.
Hmmm, still looks way better than the Star Wars prequels, though. :3
Le Samouraï has a notable chase scene.
Nas·cent adjective (especially of a process or organization) Just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
Oh Craig, I can give you 13 minutes of black and white fun if you know what I mean😏...sorry I had to, it was set up so perfectly I had to
If you are talking about Oreos then I'm in.
+Craig Johnson of course, it's my favorite cookie
Matt. Friend. What the hell is up with your hair.
It was not a good day for my hair that day. I wish there was a phrase I could use to describe that, but I can't think of one.
it's called Christmas Eve Eve hair, common in Northern Europe and cold climates
As a Wisconsinite, I regretfully cannot sympathize... He's done a great job of it before but it literally looks like he just got out of a car wash with the top down.
Theregoesfame looks fine to me
I wish I had those hair. I wish I had hair. :(
I'd like to pad myself on the back for guessing you'd pick "fighting" for your hall of fame in the last episode. January will be a long month.
One day, for no particular reason, I just felt like runnin'.
Hey guys! I hope you have a great Christmas! Have you seen the Rockumentary "Such Hawks, Such Hounds?" It is absolutely amazing. It chronicles the rise of some very very under rated artists and an under rated genre in general.
Have you guys seen Akira Kurosawa's Ran?
30 Odd Foot of Grunt (not Grunts) - '30 odd' means 'about 30' and 'grunt' means powerful, usually in reference to engines. I've never heard of '30 odd foot of' something as a colloquialism, but I take it to mean 'a lot of'.
I've never heard their music, but always thought it was kind of a fun name.
Woah!
Hazaah!
Have you seen Sunshine directed by Danny Boyle? I recently watched it and didn't quite know what to make of it. Would love to hear you guys discuss it.
It's weird to see this film in 4:3 and then I realized you're NOT watching THX-1138, you're watching the 4EB version which was the student project you mentioned! Have you seen the actual film itself?
Have you guys seen Häxan? Its an Amazing creepy Danish film directed by Benjamin Christensen
I was rooting for Edmond O'Brien to get into the HALL OF FAME. Maybe next year.
If only Wes Anderson was the one that went on to direct Star Wars.
I wonder if Welcome to the Basement fans will ever become divided over big leather couch vs old leather couch.
nas·cent
ˈnāsənt,ˈnasənt/
adjective
(especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
synonyms: just beginning, budding, developing, growing, embryonic, incipient, young, fledgling, evolving, emergent, dawning, burgeoning
Have you seen Black Dynamite?
Logan's run anagram...Guns 'N Oral
$9 in 1994 equals $14.60 today.
Speaking of Ray Milland, have you seen The Uninvited, a good old fashioned ghost story from 1944. Perhaps the first example of a Hollywood film in which the ghosts turn out to actually be ghosts and not rum runners and underground Nazis attempting to scare the people away from a house or a place so that they can continue their nefarious deeds (ala Hold That Ghost, etc).
Seen it? Hardware and Dust Devil
In american graffiti the black zztop-esqe car it's licence plate reads THX II38.
I know I'm kinda late, but I thought maybe you'd like to know Russell Crowe's band changed their name from "Thirty Odd Foot of Grunt" to "The Ordinary Fear of God" (so they could still keep their acronym TOFOG). Still stupid, but not as hard on the ears lol
Have you seen Grave of the Fireflies?
Instead of the screaming lady you should have he guy saying "incredible" when someone tells a bad joke
Trainspotting, seen it? I watched it for the first time last night, by the end of the movie I wasn't sure what to think of it, what it was all supposed to mean. Thoughts?