#117 - Movie Review - Rollerball (1975)

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This week, we review a movie slightly older than all of us (well, okay, *significantly* older than guest host Preston and soon-to-return Andruw; Todd & Dave really are old). It's the 1975 kind-of-futuristic, kind-of-sci-fi sports film, "Rollerball." This was recently chosen randomly on our still-unnamed-season-3-portal, but it's a season 2 leftover Wheel of Insanity pick chosen by our late friend & co-host, Dave Teague.

- Why did the guys start the episode talking so much about microphones? (No, seriously, why?)

- Why did Dave Teague pick this movie for us to review? (No, seriously, why? ...We'll explore & theorize.)

- Which drug does one co-host think might have enhanced the viewing of this movie (if he were in to that sort of thing...which he's not...or so he claims...we're not around him all the time, so how do we know)?

- What did the co-hosts think of the "futuristic" 2018 depicted in this movie compared to the actual 2018 we got?

- How does that future setting reflect or differ from our society today?

- What is the point of the Rollerball game itself?

- Which co-host(s) have read "Tale of Two Cities"? If you guessed Todd, you need to listen to more episodes.

- What deeper meanings were the Geeks able to get out of this movie?

- How did Preston help make the review more intellectual and coherent?

- How creepy was it, three grown men spending almost 1.5 minutes debating go-go dresses vs. summer sun-dresses?

- And, what upcoming topic did we randomly roll on the portal this week?

Listen now to score the answers to these and other questions as we circle around the topic of..."Rollerball."

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In honor of Dave Teague.

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Public domain music used:

- Intro (1st half): "Toccata_et_Fugue_BWV565" by Johann Sebastian Bach in the public domain, downloaded from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toccata_et_Fugue_BWV565.ogg

- Intro (2nd half): "be-on-my-way-109191" by Sergei Chetvertnykh ("SergeQuadrado") via Pixabay.com

- Unfunny Presidential Reference: "Hail to the Chief" in the public domain

- Drug Trip Reference: "weeknds-122592" by DayFox via Pixabay.com

- Go-Go Dress Reference: "funky-turn-on-113880" by Oleksii Kaplunskyi ("Lesfm") via Pixabay.com

- Creepy Go-Go Dress vs. Summer Sun-Dress Debate: "Pickled Pink" by Kevin MacLeod via FreePD.com

- Lightning Round Clock (Preston's & Todd's): "energetic-upbeat-vintage-funky-pop-groove-dance-party-114502" by Dmitry Taras ("SoundGalleryByDmitryTaras") via Pixabay.com

- Lightning Round Clock (Dave's): "piano-blues-and-gospel-sisters-choir-humming-9067" by JuliusH via Pixabay.com

- Outro: "funkalicious-10403" by BeachVibesMusic via Pixabay.com