45. Gotta Detect 'Em All!

On this episode we discuss the 2008 Mark Wahlberg vehicle, Max Payne, based on the game with the same name developed by Remedy Entertainment and Rockstar Studios. The game was a goofy Neo-noir corridor shooter, while the movie adaptation was a dark and strange crime thriller with a slight mystical flair. Its a drug fueled nightmare of a time, and I'm not talking about the film. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Ben and Jordan discuss the new Netflix teaser trailers for their Resident Evil original series. They also discuss Spartan 117, the Master Chief, finally getting his nut after 21 years. Is there too much Resident Evil content nowadays? I believe it can only be described as complete global saturation. Also special congratulations to Ashley and Tyler on their recent college graduation! Pogchamp Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

On this very special episode we have returning guest Kyle Redman to talk about all of the games we are currently playing. This episode was recored a couple of weeks ago, but honestly the content still applies today. Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

This week we watched the first live action Pokémon movie, Detective Pikachu (2019) starring Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, and Kathryn Newton. Pokémon is one of those special franchises that isn't afraid of experimenting with their property and usually getting positive results. Ready for some useless Pokémon facts? You better be, because FMVpod is blasting off again!

This week's episode sees Ben and Jordan pitching video game movie ideas, attempting to conjure potential plagiarism lawsuits for stealing their ideas. We're deadly serious, if you take our ideas without cutting us a check first, we will see you in court buddy. Anyway, just a fun speculative time you should totally come join in on. Who's gonna make a FMVpod movie?

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is out now! And we watched it! And one of our mics decided not to work! What a time to be alive in the year of our lord 2022! So how was the second outing of Ben Schwartz as Sonic and Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik? Was Idris Alba a sexy Knuckles as promised?  Well, you'll just have to endure the terrible audio to find out. This microphone is *insert Jaleel White's voice* "NO GOOD".

...but Paramount Plus beat me over the fence. On this special episode of the FMV Sequence, we watched the first episode of the brand new Halo television series starring pornstache himself, Pablo Schreiber. We even have a special guest, streamer Otis "Mcgoatis" Greenhoward. Otis, Ben, and Jordan aren't sure why the Halo show made the choices that they did, but by god they will try their hardest to figure it out. Finish this fight? More like finish this episode. Helljumpers? More like Hellwatchers. Okay, I'm done. I need a weapon. I don't keep it loaded son, you'll have to find ammo as you go. Okay I am FOR REAL done now. Is that enough Halo: Combat Evolved references for the algorithm?

On this episode of the FMV Sequence, Jordan brought in a recent list posted online by IGN covering all of the in development video game based movies and television shows. Apparently he thought it would be a quick and fun topic to just take a peek at all of the gaming related content that would coming up in the near future. This discussion should only take about 25-30 minutes...

This week we watched the 2021 action comedy Free Guy, a video game adjacent film starring Ryan Reynolds. I don't think we've had a more decisive movie on the podcast before, and this conversation gets just loose as the plot of the film. With elements from Halo, Fortnite, and Marvel all wrapped up with a GTA bow, how could this movie go wrong? 

I guess this is where I try to justify why this episode is about a Star Wars television show that has nothing to do with video games. Uh...Temuera Morrison has been voicing Boba Fett, Jango Fett, and the Clones in video games for 20 years. This show might be the closest thing we get to the canceled 1313 game that was supposed to be an original Boba Fett story. Yeah, that works. I mean, of course we're gonna talk about Star Wars every chance we get. We talk about the whole first season in detail, and hopefully you had enough time to experience the show for yourself.