How Soon Is Now?

Previously on Adam Riff™:
I am chuffed to present Backwash, a podcast by Adam Robot and I.


Episode 4:

1. "The Terminator" / Airport Spas / Lysol Wipes / Fruit
2. Crystal Pepsi / Frozen Surge / Mountain Dew-Flavoured Chicken Wings
3. Queueing for Star Wars / Cinemas
4. Sadako vs. Kayako / Herbie Hancock
5. Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways

Pardon any popping on my end. I'm getting a $100 microphone to remedy it.

#backwash

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

51. Self-Surgery (The Knick, S02E10)


Honourable Mention

  • Surgery/Re-entry (The Last Man on Earth, S02E10)
  • "Hotline Bling" (American Horror Story, S05E10)
  • Ash vs. Ash (Ash vs. Evil Dead, S01E08)
  • Stadium Bathroom (F Is For Family, S01E03)

Stray Observations

  • "Technically, it's just carbonated fudge." (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S03E10)
  • "Somebody's got a lot of business to attend to. Who are you, Barbara Corcoran?"

    "He didn't even make me one of the good sharks! I'm clearly Lori!" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S03E10)
  • "And those farts Gina kept smelling…"
    "They were Ramon."
    "No, it was sewage."
    "And Ramon." (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S03E10)
  • "Will you try to blow out a fart for me?"
    "Hey, bud, how 'bout a real quick fart? Just anything you got." (The Last Man on Earth, S02E10)
  • "There is no justice, but there is mercy, because that's what we can give to each other." (Getting On, S03E06)
  • Getting On Season Grade: C+
  • ♫: Black Sabbath – "War Pigs" (Fargo, S02E10)
  • "From this moment forward, I decree, no more schnitzel or strudel." (Fargo, S02E10)
  • "An act of cruelty, remember?" (Fargo, S02E10)
  • "In the morning, we journey home to bathe in that warm champagne that is corporate praise." (Fargo, S02E10)
  • "Camus says knowing we're gonna die makes life absurd."
    "Well, I don't know who that is, but I'm guessing he doesn't have a six year-old girl."
    "He's French."
    "Ugh, I don't care if he's from Mars. Nobody with any sense would say something that foolish. We're put on this earth to do a job, and each of us gets the time we get to do it. And when this life is over, and you stand in front of the Lord… Well, you try telling him it was all some Frenchman's joke." (Fargo, S02E10)
  • "Your husband, he said he was gonna protect his family no matter what, and I acted like I didn't understand, but…I do. It's the rock we all push – men. We call it our burden, but…it's really our privilege." (Fargo, S02E10)
  • RT: The Fargo finale had one hell of an Easter egg pointing back to s1 (Fargo, S02E10)
  • Fargo Season Grade: B+
  • "Cheekbones for days." (American Horror Story, S05E10)
  • "Mama smells appetizers." (American Horror Story, S05E10)
  • Iris' tribute video. (American Horror Story, S05E10)
  • "I wanted it to be a beacon of hope for my three followers on Instagram." (American Horror Story, S05E10)
  • The Knick Season Grade: C+
  • Robert Downey Sr. (Saturday Night Live, S41E09)
  • Patrice O'Neal character design (F Is For Family, S01E02)
  • Mohican Airlines ad (F Is For Family, S01E05)
  • Guest starring Joe Buck (F Is For Family, S01E05)
  • "Frank, this man earned this. Let him fuck on your car." (F Is For Family, S01E06)
  • F Is For Family Season Grade: D

#clipoftheweek

Toxicity

J.J. Abrams shot at least one scene of [The Force Awakens] in full screen, 70mm IMAX, meaning IMAX is undoubtedly the best way to see the movie.

"As someone who really hasn't been the most vocal advocate of 3D, the strangest thing happened to me on this. I actually felt that there were things that were playing better in 3D. I had never felt that before. And if people have access to a theater that has laser projection, it is shockingly better."

Only 7 theaters in North America will be showing Star Wars with 3D IMAX Laser projection. There's AMC Metreon 16 & IMAX – San Francisco…

[source]


October 19

Fuck! Tickets went on sale while I was working out.

Metreon IMAX…

Welp, the only IMAX screening that's not sold out on Thursday or Friday is at 9:00am, and you can't reserve seats for it. [grumbling]


November 26

What time should I arrive to queue for a 9:00am screening? 4:00am?

6:00am was sufficient for an 8:00am screening of The Dark Knight Rises, but this is Star Wars.

Ugh. I am not looking forward to queueing.


December 14

Why isn't my screening listed among Friday showtimes?

Was I sold a ticket that should not have been sold? Did a tech company buy out my screening? I don't want to show up at 4:00am only to get bumped by, like, Salesforce employees.*

[calls AMC]

Okay, but if you de-list screenings that sell out, why is every other IMAX screening still listed?

Damn. The 5:15am screening that precedes mine sold out. Perhaps I should arrive at 3:00am? Ugh.


December 17

Gotta finish working out early today so I can not consume any liquids after 6:00pm so I won't, fingers crossed, have to pee during the film tomorrow.

Am I gonna get any sleep tonight?

Dehydrated and on no sleep – undoubtedly the best way to see the movie.

I think I can afford one 8oz Red Bull 10 minutes before the film begins.


* Apple bought out my screening of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation in July, bumping me to a later screening.

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

50. Wedding Photo (Transparent, S02E01)


Honourable Mention

  • Lao Ban Santa (Fresh Off the Boat, S02E10)
  • Chanel's missive to end all missives (Scream Queens, S01E12)

Stray Observations

  • "I hereby christen thee…Snackie Chan!" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S03E09)
  • "You're what sneezes are!" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S03E09)
  • "Damn, Neil DeGrasse Tyson!" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, S03E09)
  • "We are the nine thousand, two hundred, sixty-one. We are not spared." (The Leftovers, S02E10)
  • ♫: NOVA – "Kyabe Knights" (The Leftovers, S02E10)
  • The Leftovers Season Grade: B+
  • "Nobody wants to see another Paris." (Homeland, S05E10)
  • Martin Freeman narrating (Fargo, S02E09)
  • "It's just a flying saucer, hon. We got to go." (Fargo, S02E09)
  • "Okay then." (Fargo, S02E09)
  • "I thought Irishmen had potatoes. It looks like you're just smuggling some tater tots." (WWE Raw, 12-07-15)
  • "Werewolf pubes." (Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter, S01E01)
  • "A rolling stone gather no moss, but it do gather pubes." (Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter, S01E01)
  • Garrity Chinatown (Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter, S01E01)
  • "Don't you switch my words."
    "I'll words you switch!" (Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter, S01E01)
  • "Neon Joe is gonna be out of our pubes soon enough." (Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter, S01E01)
  • "All these white Santas are just Chinese Santa's Mitch-es." (Fresh Off the Boat, S02E10)
  • "We can't give mom Tupac lyrics as her present." (Fresh Off the Boat, S02E10)
  • "To all the relentless unwashed hoards on Twitter, who have taken every opportunity to mock and attack me mercilessly from the safety of their stained futons…" (Scream Queens, S01E12)
  • "I lost my virginity to a Nickelback song." (Scream Queens, S01E12)
  • "I'm gonna go disinvite Jerry Seinfeld from speaking at commencement. He told a joke about a woman once." (Scream Queens, S01E13)
  • "Couple that with my BJ lips.." (Scream Queens, S01E13)
  • Jesse Helms Stadium (Scream Queens, S01E13)
  • "I just don't understand how deep the hole's supposed to be."
    "Whore deep!" (Scream Queens, S01E13)
  • ♫: Martika – "Toy Soldiers" (Scream Queens, S01E13)
  • Deputized strippers (Scream Queens, S01E13)


(Scream Queens, S01E13)

  • "I remember that little girl's face in the bathroom that night. It's burned into my memory, like Joe Theismann's injury and '2 Girls 1 Cup.'" (Scream Queens, S01E13)
  • Scream Queens Season Grade: C-


(Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter, S01E02)

  • "I'd like to hear a little bit about it about it." (Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter, S01E02)
  • "You're jealous of a goldfish? A daily chore that ends in heartbreak?" (Black-ish, S02E10)
  • "What is PC but a verbal form of gentrification?" (South Park, S19E09)
  • South Park Season Grade: C+
  • "Ooh, you smell good. What is that, McDonald's?" (The League, S07E13)
  • Old Nick Kroll is Larry David (The League, S07E13)
  • The League Season Grade: D
  • You're the Worst Season Grade: C-
  • "Goddamn Hulu." (American Horror Story, S05E09)


(Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter, S01E03)

  • Nathan For You Season Grade: A-
  • Convincing gumbo (Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter, S01E04)
  • "Your last name Willis?"
    "No, why?"
    "'Cause right about now, I feel like saying, 'What'chu talkin' 'bout, Bruce?'" (Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter, S01E04)


Penile guillotine + dignity cap (Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter, S01E04)


Barrett having sex with a giant hacky sack (Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter, S01E04)

  • The Amazing Race Season Grade: D-
  • "Put my Iwo in your Jima." (Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter, S01E05)
  • "I'll never forget how you move your body to reggae." (Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter, S01E05)
  • Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter Season Grade: C
  • "She's a filing cabinet with a hairdo." (Transparent, S02E01)
  • ♫: Alice Boman – "Waiting" (Transparent, S02E01)
  • ♫: LCD Soundsystem – "Dance Yrself Clean" (Transparent, S02E02)
  • "Canter's cole slaw, the best." (Transparent, S02E07)
  • Transparent Season Grade: C

#clipoftheweek


Edit the Sad Parts

Previously on Adam Riff™:
I am chuffed to present Backwash, a podcast by Adam Robot and I.


Episode 3:

1. "99 Bottles of Beer"
2. T-shirt Designs / Creativity
3. The Perils of the Long-Tail Single / Lil BUB's Album / Jon Benjamin's Jazz Album
4. 2016 Superhero Film Preview
5. Corbin Bernsen's Snow Globe Collection / Film Soundtracks / Vin Diesel

Note: We recorded this before the latest Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer dropped.

#backwash