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In this, our longest episode ever, Tom and Derrick wax rhapsodic about Timothy Dalton, who deserves to be considered the Toughest Bond Ever.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_62.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 3:06 PM
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Tom and Derrick join forces with Dread Media's Des Reddick to examine the trio of films directed by the great horror author Clive Barker.  We also touch upon a variety of films adapted by Barker's works, and solve the mystery of why the poster to Nightbreed looks really, really familiar.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_61.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 2:48 PM
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Tom and Derrick welcome the Hip-Hop Maestro of BITD, Kelen 'B Hyphen' Conley, for a celebration of the work of Brooklyn's own Spike Lee.  Plus Tom and Kelen talk football and we make our guest explain how he wouldn't make out with Sasha Grey.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_60.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 6:41 AM
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In this episode, Tom and Derrick examine five films directed by the controversial director Dario Argento, a man known more for his imagery and strange behavior than for such things as plot and coherence.  All brought to you by The Decapomatic.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_59.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 8:47 PM
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It's the 2009 Obscure Films Episode, as The Guys Outta Brooklyn talk about a sextet of flicks you might not have heard about, including our annual genuflection toward Sam Peckinpah, Straw Dogs, and the futuristic adventure Cherry 2000.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_58.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 8:47 PM
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We continue our trek through Bond by exploring the fruits of Kevin McClory's judicial labors and what The Boys From Brooklyn consider the Heart of Darkness of the series.  Plus Derrick's choice for the worst Bond Girl ever, busted 70's pilots, and Christopher Walken impressions!
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_57.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 6:29 AM
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Another review show, as Tom and Derrick discuss such then-current films as Taken, The Wrestler, and Watchmen.  Plus advice to oblivious parents on how to determine which film to take your kids to.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_56.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 11:59 PM
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The Guys Outta Brooklyn continue their examination of the James Bond films with two Roger Moore entries that count amongst the best of his tenure.  Plus more use of the word 'boobs' of any episode....
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_55.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 11:36 PM
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In this episode, The Guys Outta Brooklyn examine a number of films produced by Disney during a desperate time in their existence, where they were near bankruptcy and willing to try anything....including the science fiction of The Black Hole, the family horror of Something Wicked This Way Comes and the (interminable) fantasy The Black Cauldron.  Plus....wakka-chickas.

Just accept it.

Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_54.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 10:44 PM
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In this episode, we look at one of the great cinematic idols of the 80's, Sylvester Stallone, through the prism of one of his greatest characters, John Rambo.  The popularity of one reflects the other, and we trace how what Stallone went through helped shape the character's maturity.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_53.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 1:49 AM
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The Boys Outta Brooklyn takes on a trio of films that were inspired by the works of Alan Moore: the incredulously silly Return of The Swamp Thing, the contraversial League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and the fantastic V for Vendetta.  Plus stories of brushes with Moore and Sean Connery and Derrick actually has something nice to say about Natalie Portman!

Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_52.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 4:32 AM
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It's another review episode, as Tom and Derrick look at <i>Gran Torino</i>, <i>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</i> and <i>Seven Pounds</i>, while Tom goes off on a rant concerning the man who told Eva Mendes she looked like Raquel Welch....
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_51.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 9:35 PM
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In this episode, The Guys Outta Brooklyn celebrate their fiftieth recording by talking about a sextet of films that helped shape their lives.  Including in this discussion are Tom's recounting how Danny Kaye kept the bond between him and his mom strong, Derrick talking about the first time he ever saw a movie, and what both of them did during Thanksgiving.  All this and the return of Special Correspondent Cade Reddick--joined by his younger brother and Baby Jaguar!

Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_50.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 9:26 PM
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In this episode of our overview of the James Bond films, we cover one film that is a pinnacle of Roger Moore's Bondian career...and one film that is so awful Tom and Derrick have to resort to Foghorn Leghorn impressions to get them through it.  Plus a discussion of the Stanley Kubrick/James Bond connection and more rapturious love for Carolyn Munro.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_49.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 12:05 PM
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In this episode, The Guys Outta Brooklyn get into a freeform conversation about the nature of moviegoing and how it has changed in the past few decades.  Amongst the subjects discussed are the disappearance of the independent and single-screen theater, their own moviegoing experiences and the way home media formats have changed the way people behave.  Plus, Judd Apatow treats Tom and Derrick to free popcorn!
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_48.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 6:04 AM
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We return to the James Bond series with the debut films of Roger Moore, including a film Tom titles 'Black People Hate Bond'.  Plus Derrick says something that makes Tom speechless with laughter and a discussion of the first nominee for the absolute worst Bond girl ever.

She doesn't remain the worst because she looks great in a bikini.

Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_47.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 9:53 AM
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Another of our periodic review shows, highlighted by Tom threatening to 'Go Shylock' on the directors of his new Worst Movie Ever and a celebration of one of The Boys Outta Brooklyn's favorite actors, The Great Don Cheadle.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_46.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 4:30 AM
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We examine the trend during 2008's television season for both hyper-intelligent characters and adaptation of British television series by discussing Fringe, The Eleventh Hour, The Mentalist and others.  Plus we learn how Derrick's wife feels we are analogous to the two leads of Boston Legal.

Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_45.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 9:47 AM
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We continue our survey of the Bond films with the first in a series of...well, one George Lazenby films and the film that brought a very bored looking Sean Connery back.  Plus the connection between Blofeld and the debut of the first version of B Hyphen's Better In The Dark theme.
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Category: Film -- posted at: 9:30 AM
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Our second annual Obscure Horror Films For Halloween Episode, featuring Tom and Derrick's discussion on films like The Wicker Man, The People Under The Stairs, Highway To Hell and The Descent.  Plus Tom imitates Gilbert Gottfried, some talk about films to make you claustrophobic, and thoughts on the fate of Patrick Bergin.

Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_43.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 10:02 PM
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It's our Obscure Film Episode for 2008, with an emphasis on such forgotten crime thrillers as Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead, The Limey, and Hammett.  Plus a review of The Last Dragon is disrupted by imitations of Julius Carey and Derrick's theory regarding the connection between Miracle Mile and Cloverfield.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_42.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 2:29 PM
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Originally meant to be our second annual Bad Films We Love Episode (and propelled by our propensity for breaking into song at the drop of a joke), this sees us pick some of our favorite Obscure and Strage Musicals--both surprisingly great ones like Little Shoppe of Horrors and terrible-but-we-love-them ones like Josie and The Pussycats.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_41.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 8:18 AM
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In the third part of our overview of James Bond, we are struck speechless before the amazingly awful 'psychedelic cinema' Bond spoof, Casino Royale right after we discuss the Japanese travelogue that is You Only Live Twice.  Plus The Guys Outta Brooklyn try to figure out how a man can wash his own intestines.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_40.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 10:41 PM
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In this review episode, we heap praise upon four films from the summer of 2008, especially the comic book films The Incredible Hulk and The Dark Knight.  But the big significance of this episode is not the reviews, not the debut of The Man Of A Thousand Voices as Tom creeps Derrick out with his Joker impersonation, but the first appearance of The Better In The Dark Junior Correspondence Cade Reddick!
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_39.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 11:28 AM
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In this episode, The Guys Outta Brooklyn examine the three cinematic adaptations of Richard Matheson's scientific take on vampirism, I Am Legend--all with different approaches, and all with something that makes it partially faithful to the source material.  Plus some discussion of mixing animation with live action.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_38.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 8:10 AM
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In this second part of our look at the James Bond films, we examine the two movies that truly launched Bondmania, as well as debate what makes a good Bond theme and tell the story of how Bond bankrupted the oldest toy company in the nation.

Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_37.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 12:50 AM
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In what we hope will remain our longest episode ever--two hours of Brooklyn-y goodness--we look at all the incarnations of The Dark Knight in film and television throughout the ages.  Plus a defense of Joel Shumacher, a debate on the charms of Katie Holmes and the revelation of the original cast and title of Batman Forever.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_36.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 8:21 AM
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In this episode, The Guys Outta Brooklyn celebrate the legendary Vincent Price by reviewing the seven films that comprise the MGM Screen Icon Set, including the two Dr. Phibes films, Theater of Blood and Witchfinder General.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_35.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 10:25 AM
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The first of our critical appraisals of the James Bond films provides some background on the origins of the longest running action movie series of all time before covering the first two Sean Connery capers.  Plus the long-lost words to Monty Norman's iconic James Bond theme!
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_34.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 12:18 AM
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In this review episode, the Guys Outta Brooklyn are full of joy over films like the black and white version of The Mist, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (and not just because Kristen Bell is in it), and Iron Man.  Oh, and Tom ponders the relationship between post-apocalyptic worlds and cars when he discusses Doomsday.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_33.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 12:36 AM
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In This episode (dedicated to comic artist Gil Kane), The Guys Outta Brooklyn discuss movies they'd like to see remade, such as Conan, Doc Savage and the Flint movies.  Plus a defense of Billy Zane's gut and a rant about Frank Spotnitz' reworking of Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_32.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 9:01 AM
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In the second of our two part celebration of Doctor Who, The Guys Outta Brooklyn reveal their choices for the best stories of the series, including a special focus on the Philip Hinchcliffe era, an argument for the hardcore nature of Sarah Jane and the revelation of the one woman who might rival Kristen Bell for Tom's affection.
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Category: Film -- posted at: 8:15 AM
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For Dennis Quaid's birthday, we celebrated the man with a discussion of some of our favorite Quaid films (and a memory of his appearance on the ultra-obscure variety hour The Big Show).
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_30.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 3:13 PM
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Our first anniversary program in which Tom and Derrick talk about the books and comics they would turn into films if they were movie producers.  Plus podcasts they recommend for long commutes and gratuitous Dennis Quaid and Kristen Bell.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_29.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 3:04 PM
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The first of two parts focusing on the long-lived Doctor Who television series.  In it, The Boys Outta Brooklyn spend almost two hours talking about the history of the series from its humble beginnings as a children's show to its present status as an international cult classic. 
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_28.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 10:47 AM
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Another review program, noteworthy primarily for Derrick's mini-essay on Why Transformers is best viewed while drunk and another rant from Tom revolving around his beloved Kristen Bell and her role in Heroes.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_27.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 9:17 PM
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This landmark episode wraps up our first 'series within the series,' as Tom and Derrick look at the rest of the films that adapt Marvel Comics characters, then looks at upcoming (circa February of 2008) Marvel films. 

Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_26.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 8:13 AM
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In this episode, we examine how the saga of Herbert West went from a striking case of a group of people all being in the right place at the right time to create greatness to...well, a zombie penis fighting a rat.  Plus--an excerpt from a techno Reanimator song, and Tom consistently mispronounces the name of one of the key people in the series!
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_25.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 3:30 PM
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In this episode, Tom and Derrick review the double-bill event Grindhouse and try to figure out why what was touted as a major event became a major disaster.  Plus, the Guys Outta Brooklyn talk about their own Grindhouse memories.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_24.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 3:05 PM
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In this episode, we celebrate the life and career of Derrick's dream girl, blaxploitation legend Pam Grier, by examining a sextet of the actress' films.

Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_23.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 9:11 PM
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Our fifth episode looking at media incarnations of Marvel characters focuses on The Hulk.  We examine the Green Eyed Monster's history from crappy cartoons to the famous television series to the Ang Lee-directed debut feature.  Plus we give much love to Sam Elliot and Tim Thomerson and Derrick challenges people to a knife fight.
Direct download: Better_in_The_Dark_22.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 9:16 PM
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In this special episode, we celebrated Christmas by looking at action movies set during the holidays, from the famous (Die Hard, Lethal Weapon) to the obscure (Trancers).
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_21.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 7:40 AM
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Another review episode, featuring 30 Days of Night, The Bourne Ultimatum, Shoot 'Em Up and our famous 'white trash intervention' for Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_20.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 7:18 AM
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In this episode, Tom and Derrick celebrate Sports Movies, including both versions of The Longest Yard, Slap Shot and Dodgeball

Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_19.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 1:43 PM
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The last of our preview episodes before we decided it wasn't fun for us, including advice on Child Rearing, praise for Tim Burton and Vincent Price, and more Kristen Bell slobbering in the case of Tom.

Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_18.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 9:04 AM
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Our first Halloween Suggestions Episode saw us talking about a sextet of unusual horror films for people who wanted to look beyond Freddie, Jason, and Michael for their October 31st marathon.  Amongst the films discussed are Cemetery Man, Phantasm, From Dusk 'Til Dawn III: The Hangman's Daughter and both versions of House On Haunted Hill.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_17.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 3:10 PM
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The fourth in our survey of Marvel characters in film and television turns the spotlight on BladeWe trace the cinematic version of the Daywalker from his origins not in the New Line film but as a guest star on the old 90's Spider-Man cartoon to the end of the line as a bit of background in a cable series supposedly about him.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_16.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 12:25 PM
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Another review program, covering 1408, 28 Weeks Later, Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer, and The Boys Outta Brooklyn's dismantling of Spider-Man 3.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_15.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 1:48 PM
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The third episode in our series exploring the filmic adventures of Marvel characters focuses on the company's biggest comic series, The X-Men.  We trace the history of Marvel's Merry Mutants from their status as the company's biggest failure to its revival under the tutelege of Chris Claremont to its position as Saturday Morning Kings and the film trilogy.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_14.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 8:04 AM
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Another landmark in the history of the show, this was the first Films You Haven't Seen Yet...But Should program, as Tom and Derrick revealed their love for such neglected classics (and almost classics) as Dark City, Johnny Dangerously, The Brood and Dark Narcissus
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_13.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 8:40 AM
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In this landmark episode, released in anticipation of last year's Halloween remake by Rob Zombie, Thomas examines each and every entry in the original Halloween series, from Donald Pleasance worrying about releasing evil into the world to Busta Rhymes kung-fuing Michael Myers.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_12.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 3:01 PM
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In this, our second preview episode, is notable not for discussions of whether The Boys Outta Brooklyn were excited by such films as The Bourne Ultimatum, Saw 4, and Stardust, but because Derrick and Tom continue their tangents with discussions about pop princesses and the Hollywood treatment of Hong Kong directors.  Even without those tangents, it's the first mention of that film Tom held above all others as the Worst of The Worst, Pulse.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_11.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 8:16 PM
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Another of our classic episodes was supposedly about the Guys Outta Brooklyn examining the development of the serialized network television meme...but it became about Tom letting loose with another rant, this one a scorchingly anti-Heroes screed.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_10.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 3:12 PM
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This is the first of our annual Movies That Suck That We Love episodes (although the second of these somehow metamorphed into our Musical Episode), where we come clean about movies that we know we shouldn't like but do anyway.  Among the highlights are Derrick's attempt to justify his love of Star Trek Five, and Tom's explanation why Norm MacDonald is funny.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_9.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 12:32 AM
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This episode (released the day Kerwin Matthews died, to whom it was posthumously dedicated) covers the trilogy of Sinbad films which contained special effects work by the incomparable Ray Harryhausen...and also contained some slobbering over the stunning b-movie icon Caroline Munro.

Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_8.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 8:22 AM
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Our first quarterly review of then-recent films is not notable for reviews of movies like 300 and The Number 23, but because it contains the very first Tom Deja rant, where he goes on a tear against Ghost Rider.  Plus the Guys Outta Brooklyn expound on such tangents as shakey-cam and Uwe Boll, which helped form the show into what it is today.

Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_7.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 9:26 PM
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The second of our episodes exploring the media incarnations of Marvel Comics super-heroes (originally a bonus episode tied in with the release of Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer), featuring Tom finally laying the infamous 'NBC Booted The Human Torch Off The '78 Cartoon Because They Were Afraid Kids Would Light Themselves On Fire' urban legend (For the last time, It's NOT TRUE, folks!), the Guys Outta Brooklyn examining the story behind the never-released Roger Corman film--which is more interesting than the film itself--and a look at the ultra-obscure radio series.  The episode also contains Tom and Derrick discussing the sequel with more enthusiasm than facts...lucky for us, the sequel deserved it.

Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_6.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 4:14 PM
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One of our most elaborately produced early episodes (and it's not without its own hazards--there's a drop in audio quality about twenty minutes in) sees The Guys Outta Brooklyn explore the George Romero Zombie series.  Not only do we examine the first four films set in Romero's zombie storyline, we look at the remakes of Night of The Living Dead and Dawn of The Dead.  Plus, the legendary first 'Canada...what gives?' moment.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_5.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 12:49 PM
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Our second preview episode from 2007, which shows the development of that winning Better In The Dark formula, as Tom and Derrick take the time away from looking at the movies to talk about Don Imus, DVD buying habits, funny voiced celebrities (including Tom's first impersonation of a celebrity) and why they don't care about Transformers.

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Category: Film -- posted at: 8:42 AM
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The first in our now-legendary survey of Marvel Characters in the movies--tied in to the then-current release of Spider-Man 3--sees Tom and Derrick examine the wall-crawler in cartoons, live action and the first two Sam Raimi films!  It also contains from far-from-accurate speculations, and far more enthusiasm about the third film than it ultimately deserved.
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_3.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 10:17 PM
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Another blast from the past (soon to be updated), as Tom and Derrick examines the premiere pulp series in movies, the Indiana Jones series.  Join us as we examine with more enthusiasm than facts the films that made all of us want to learn how to weild a whip!
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_2.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 12:56 PM
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Return to where it all began, with the first all-too-primitive episode of Better In The Dark.  Here, The Guys Outta Brooklyn examine upcoming films for March and April 2007.  Enjoy our early baby steps before we can even think about walking!
Direct download: Better_In_The_Dark_1.mp3
Category: Film -- posted at: 12:53 PM
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