Episode #27 - Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control
Andy: “The lovely and talented Amelia F. gave me this as a graduation gift. I really have no idea what it’s about, but I like all of those things.”
Jackie: What did that say?
Oscar: Rated PG for “mild thematic elements.”
Jackie: What does that mean? (0:00)
Stacey: Hey Oscar, what animal was that?
Oscar: Naked mole rat.
Andy: I like this movie already. (0:01)
Stacey: I wonder if elephants ever step on their own trunks… (0:02)
Andy: By the way, my nightmares now have a soundtrack. (0:03)
Jackie: I’ve always been profoundly creeped out by circuses. This isn’t helping… and hey, it’s shot like Battlefield Earth. (0:04)
Andy: Thing is, none of these are fast, cheap, or out of control. They’re more disciplined, studious, and meticulously crafted. (0:06)
Oscar: …so the guy who shot this has filmed me naked. (0:09)
Stacey: So… what’s this movie about again?
Oscar: These four people, I guess.
Stacey: Are they connected some how?
Oscar: I guess we’ll see.
Jackie: This isn’t very fast, cheap, and out of control.
Andy: Right now I’m imagining a robotic topiary naked mole rat in the cirucs. (0:16)
We’re quietly enjoying this one.
Andy: …still don’t understand why they called this movie “Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control.” (0:33)
Jackie: This is… not boring… it’s strangely - kinda slow moving.
Oscar: Yeah. I like it though.
Andy: Me too.
Jackie: I’m having a hard time putting them all together.
Stacey: They’re all working on the human experience?
Jackie: No - what about the topiary guy?
Stacey: Oh yeah.
Oscar: I guess they all study behavior?
Jackie: The topiary dude?
Oscar: I guess with the girl.
Andy: Maybe they could call this movie “Quirky Jobs”? (0:39)
More quiet observation… lots of quiet observation.
Stacey: This thing… still isn’t fitting together, yet… (1:05)
Andy: I’m going to try a serious review here. I see this movie as a story about custodianship - each of these people were responsible for taking care of something, and we saw their obesssion and love portrayed whether it be topiary or naked mole rats. In the end, the balance of humanity and these peculiar others did make for a nice story, even if it didn’t tie together for me until the end of the movie I still have no idea why they called this movie what they called it. It makes little sense, and takes away from the film. 1 Wristwatch.
Oscar: Honestly, I’m enough of a sucker for this kind of thing that it didn’t need to tie up at all for me. I can listen to unusual people talking about unusual things all day, and anything involving naked mole rats is automatically an excellent thing. 100 1-Kilogram Robots
Jackie: While I enjoyed each person’s individual story, I don’t feel they were connected enough to constitue one documentary. Also, the clips of old movies seemed mostly disconnected from the interviews. I might have enjoyed it more were I not totally exhausted. 1 Very Zen Bowel Movement.
Stacey: Naked mole rats - cool. Topiary - need to look at. Robots - lot of fun. Lion tamers - kind of interesting. Why? 15 or 20 naked mole rat babies.
