The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 13 - "A Tale of 2 Trailers"

In our post-Christmas episode of The Basement Vagrants Podcast we discuss two of the biggest trailers hitting the internet lately, The Three Stooges and The Dark Knight Rises.Download the episode h...

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The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 12 - "The Basement Vagrants Go Medieval"

It's the Basement Vagrants Podcast, YAAAAAY!Bubs from The Ring Crew Show joins us this week and we review The Muppets, as well as talk about Crank 3, The Three Stooges trailer, we discuss some of our favorite TV shows and more.Download the episode he...

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News - New Munsters and Sony's Latest Moneymaking Scheme,

The classic 1960s television comedy The Munsters is the next property stepping up to the remake plate. NBC has ordered a pilot for a new version of the series and director Brian Singer (X-Men, Superman Returns) is going to be in charge of the project. Most cynical television fans such as myself would likely assume that Singer was tapped to helm NBC's latest experiment due to the popularity of some of his recent films but Singer was actually interested in the project before the network ever expressed interest in it. The direction for the new show has been described as "an imaginative reinvention of The Munsters as a visually spectacular one-hour drama." So the wacky hijinks of Fred, Lily, Grandpa and Eddie are going to be shoved aside in favor...

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BV Mini Podcast #2 - Saint's Row the Third and Halo Anniversary

I take another half hour to talk about another couple of games I've been playing lately, Saint's Row the Third and Halo Anniversary. It's just me again, but your other favorite podcast co-hosts will be back again next week, don't worry.Download the episode hereLinksSaint's Row 2 - Shogo Akuji's DeathSaint's Row 2 - Maero's DeathSaint's Row 2 - The Death of Car...

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BV Top 5's - Top 5 Most Overrated Games of 2010

The year is coming to an end, and the biggest gaming boom in recent memory is in full swing. Saint's Row The Third, Goldeneye Reloaded, Halo Anniversary, Uncharted 3, Skyrim, WWE 12 and Skyward Sword just to name a few. It's a great time to be a gamer and a bad time to be a poor one. During the greatest 3 weeks of the year I started to think of years past, specifically last year and some of the games released that just didn't live up. This is my list of the top 5 most overrated games of 2010.5. ModNation Racers.ModNation racers is a PS3 racer in the vein of Mario Kart. In fact, it's exactly like Mario Kart. So much even that you can actually race as all your favorite Mario characters, unlicensed versions of them of course. The gimmick here...

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The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 11 - "The Dork Knights"

We're back, and we're talking Batman. We go through (almost) the entire history of the Caped Crusader and discuss the high points and the low points, as well as the future of the franchise.Thanks for listening. Download the episode h...

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Basement Vagrants Mini Podcast #1

Hi everybody. I'm sorry for the lack of updates, but I can explain, in this mini podcast. I just wanted to take a half hour to talk about a couple games I've been really into lately, as well as what's happening with the show and what's going to happen in the future.Download the episode hereThe Basement Vagrants Podcast is coming back. Stay tuned for our next episode next we...

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My Top 5 Favorite Comedies

Hi, this is Matt from The Basement Vagrants, and I've compiled a list of my top 5 favorite comedies. These are all movies that I have watched at least 20 times, have entire scenes, or even the entire film, memorized, and still laugh at after years and years of watching. It was hard to narrow it down to 5, but I'm pretty happy with my list.Please, I beg you, if you haven't seen any of these movies, you're doing yourself a great disservice by not seeing them. Unless your tastes are wildly different from mine (For example, if you think The Hangover is the pinnacle of comedy), in which case disregard this and watch some Dane Cook clips on YouTube instead.5. The ProducersThe Mel Brooks classic The Producers is one of the comedy legend's first movies,...

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Sorry for Lack of Episodes

I just wanted to make this post to apologize for the lack of an eepisode this week. We had one recorded, but technical difficulties prevented it from being finished. We will have one up next week, I guarantee!**Not a guaran...

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The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 10 - "FOX Hath No Mercy"

We made it to 10 episodes! Woooooo! I can't believe it! In our 10th episode, Bubbs and D-Roc from The Ring Crew Show sit in the hole with me as we talk about The Simpsons possible cancellation, The Human Centipede 2, the iPhone 4S, and we embarrass ourselves by singing childrens television themes.How can you pass this one up?Download the episode h...

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Great News for Simpsons Fans

The show may be ending! Yay!After 23 seasons (10 of them good) The Simpsons may be ending it's painfully long run due to contract negotiations. It seems that the voice actors are not happy with their $8,000,000 a year salaries being cut by FOX and negotiations for the 24th seasons have reached a standstill.As a true Simpson's fan, this is great news. I feel like Terry Schaivo's husband watching the women (or in this case TV show) he loves slowly being kept alive by artificial means, while any shred of heart and humanity has left the shell of what it once was long ago.It's time to pull the plug guys. End it. Put a bullet in old Bessie so she doesn't have to suffer anymore.Then for good measure, but a bullet in ol' Family Guy while you're at...

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The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 9 - "The Best of Both Nerds"

Hailing frequencies open listeners! It's the Star Trek episode of the Basement Vagrants Podcast. In his episode, Schweitzer and I discuss Trek, our favorite series, episodes, movies, Janeway haircuts etc. If you're a fan of Star Trek, or talking, you'll love this episode!Download the episode h...

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Vagrant Video Reviews - Knockout (2011)

Check it out everyone! Here's our review of the film Knockout starring Stone Cold Steve Aust...

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The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 7 - "Four Angry Men"

Episode 7 is here! Woo hoo! D-Roc and Punga from The Ring Crew show are with Matt and Shweitzer this time to talk about Blockbuster shutting down, the merits of wrestling and boxing, FOX's Sunday Night Snorefest and lots of other stuff.Click here to download the podca...

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My Retro Gaming Room

Hi everyone, this is Matt from The Basement Vagrants. I wanted to make a short post today showing off a project that I started working on this week. It's not finished yet, and I'm hoping that it's only going to improve as weeks go by, but here is what I've got so far.I present, my retro gaming room!All the consoles you see here are hooked up and working. There are a few consoles I have that I haven't been able to hook up yet for various reasons (Sega Mastersystem, Intellivision, Genesis etc.) And yes, I was watching Spawn.I'm working on getting more poster, older ones in particular to keep with the retro theme, but these will have to do for now. Posters will cover the walls eventually.More pics to come when it looks even awesom...

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The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 6 - "Stop the World of Warcraft, I want to get off!"

It's time for episode 6 of The Basement Vagrants Podcast! This week we talk about George "The One Destined to Bring Bullshit to the Force" Lucas, everybodys favorite robotic police officer, The Expendables 2 and of course, World of Warcraft.Download the podcast h...

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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Review

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The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 5 - "It's The Wallace Grisby Show!"

This time Schweitzer and I are alone and talking about James Bond. We even manage to stay on topic this time, most...

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Thunderball Review

The James Bond series started off very strong with a fantastic trilogy of films, but the silver had to start to tarnish eventually, and it all started with Thunderball. I wouldn't say that Thunderball is a bad entry, but it's the distinct point in the series where cracks would start to show in the franchises armor, and is a major step down in quality after the first 3 films.Fuck Aquaman!In Thunderball, 007 must try to recover two nuclear bombs stolen by Emilio Largo, head of extortion and "Number 2" of the criminal organization SPECTRE. Largo plans to use the bombs to hold the world hostage for £100 million by threatening to detonate them in either the United States or England. Thunderball is a largely water themed movie, with many scenes taking...

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The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 4 - "Bangin' It"

We've got a big show for you this time. In this episode, Derek and Punga from The Ring Crew Show join us to talk about, what else, wrestling! Plus some other stuff, but mostly WRESTLING! Don't miss this episode, ya jabro...

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Shark Night 3D Review

Here’s a quick math question: What do you get when you have a cheesy horror movie about killer sharks, plus the director of Snakes on a Plane, plus 3D? The answer may surprise you. I it was a fun, cheesy, wink-at-the-camera horror movie with some awesome gimmicky 3D scares. It turns out I was wrong. The correct answer is a boring, cliché, tired horror retread with limited 3D and cringe worthy dialogue and characters. Who knew?This is about as 3D as the movie gets In Shark Night, a group of teenage horror movie clichés decide to spend summer break at the island home of one of their friends. But, unbeknownst to everyone, the lake that surrounds this island is infested with sharks. That’s about all you get a for a plot, other than a needless,...

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Goldfinger Review

Goldfinger is widely considered to be the best that the James Bond series has to offer. It’s certainly the most iconic Bond film and it set the standard that all subsequent entries in the series would attempt to reach. Homage has been paid to this films many memorable scenes and characters in Hollywood, in movies, television, comic books, music and many other mediums. It was the first Bond film to receive an Academy Award (sound editing) and one of the most financially successful Bond films of all time. The Plot The movie opens with James Bond 007 relaxing at a luxurious hotel in Miami, where he just happens to run across the wealthy, gold obsessed, Auric Goldfinger. Bond and his partner Felix Leiter soon receive word from M, the leader...

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From Russia With Love Review

From Russia With Love is the second movie in the James Bond franchise, and can be considered a direct sequel to Dr. No. The film came out in 1963, only a year after its predecessor and with double the budget. The Plot SPECTRE is at it again, this time planning to steal a cryptographic device called a Lektor from the Russians and sell it back to them, and exact revenge on James Bond for killing their operative Dr. No. SPECTRE’s leader, referred to only as Number 1, enlists the services of ex-counter intelligence officer Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya) to trick Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi) a cipher clerk working in Istanbul, Turkey, into defecting to British Intelligence with the device, and luring James Bond into their web. The Villains ...

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