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The Nextlander Watchcast 003: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
🕑 Added 2022-07-18 16:01:04 +0000 UTCThe aliens have arrived, and so has The Nextlander Watchcast! Join Alex, Brad, and Vinny as they experience Steven Spielberg's extraterrestrial extravaganza and ponder the big questions about life, space, and what ever became of Roy Neary's poor family.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:15) - Intro
(00:01:24) - We're watching Close Encounters of the Third Kind!
(00:04:22) - Alex's highly controversial belief about Close Encounters, and some early impressions.
(00:10:20) - The aliens' actual motives are somewhat unclear, also some of Spielberg's best, tensest scenes.
(00:11:27) - The believability of these characters and their lives.
(00:13:51) - Vinny doesn't like the abandoning of the family.
(00:18:00) - Roy falls apart, and Teri Garr has had enough.
(00:24:16) - A sidenote about subtitles.
(00:25:22) - Back to the plot, and talking Roy's discover of what Devil's Tower is.
(00:27:06) - Is Barry going to remember any of this?
(00:29:04) - Break!
(00:29:21) - We're back, and talking Roy and Jillian crashing the Devil's Tower party.
(00:33:24) - Some production history, and Paul Schrader's "embarassing" script.
(00:37:08) - Back to Roy and Jillian climbing that mountain.
(00:39:25) - Daft Punk is playing at my mountain.
(00:44:32) - Talkin' ship designs and special effects.
(00:48:02) - A couple of things Vinny completely misremembered about this movie.
(00:50:11) - Everybody's back and feelin' fine!
(00:55:48) - Again, what happened to Roy's family after all this?!?
(00:59:55) - Answering the most important question: would cell phones affect this story?
(01:00:39) - Brad wants to effects nerd it one more time, and how the film feels today in 2022.
(01:03:21) - Is this the greatest movie we have ever seen (on this podcast)?
(01:05:41) - Rapid fire question time!
(01:11:47) - Outro
Comments
Shane W
Great overview, Guys. But how could you miss Lance Henriksen’s seminal performance at 1:32:00. 😍
Mike Leiderman
Yep, the ship model is at Smithsonian Udvar Hazy near Dulles Airport. Check it out and Space Shuttle Discovery and a SR-71, too. Awesome museum.
