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MARCH MADNESS 2024 - Day 28

🕑 Added 2024-03-28 16:00:14 +0000 UTC

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Nolan B

We had the chance to have a Little Nicky episode and THIS is what you do to me? 💔

Nolan B

You people disgust me.

Ancient alien

I forgot to pay for membership and couldn’t vote LMAO 😭😭😭🍅🍅

Howard Green

All respect to Highlander, the first is a classic, and a The Quickening episode is a must, but you can defiantly stop there. Unless you need 2-3 hours to discuss Mario Van Peebles (in the Highlander franchise anyway.) 4 you could justify if you are encompassing the transition to television and the various series, which have their own following I suppose.

Rebecca C

I remember seeing The Spirit in theaters and it was a tough watch. Disappointed Happy Madison didn’t knock this one out

William Volny

I don’t think anyone should be surprised by Highlander. It’s been a years in waiting Ben’s Choice.

Chris Dobson

People that think somehow the Rocketeer is the only interesting pulp hero film in that batch are out of their minds, The Phantom Slams Evil, features crystal skulls, and Treat Williams murders a man with a booby-trapped microscope!

Michael Conway

I think Dick Tracy and The Rocketeer would be great episodes. The Shadow might have some interesting BTS details I guess.

Joshua Athridge

Pulp Heroes, all the way!

Jason H

I love The Rocketeer, but the others are so bad and not in a "I want to watch them for laughs" way.

Alice

y'all are transphobic if you don't pick happy madison

disk-kun, the mascot for the famicom disk system

which three lol every one of the pulp movies is bizarre in a very different way except MAYBE the shadow and the phantom, and those movies are still weird they're just similarly weird

Janine Liberty

Clearly I don't know anything about anything, I thought Pulp Heroes would be out in the first round and Happy Madison could only potentially be defeated by Tabletop Games. This is bananas.

CT

He’s an American Hero!!

CT

I am so thrilled at the totally gonzo result of this poll! Thank god the majority of Blankies have the correct opinion this one time!

Rad Rodge

Yeah I think that just created a noncompetitive bracket

Anthony Regina

I’d say those are all fun and/or wild movies that will fun to be sit through with commentary!

Anthony Regina

I’m taking these pulps as far as I can

Laura Bee

Harold would never beat up his landlord!

Eric

dick

Eric

diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick

Adam Buckeridge

Come on happy!

Austin McDougle

On a certain level isn’t that what the pod’s about? If i was just interested in a movie I’d read about it, the friends’ personalities is what makes the show tho. Like, I wasn’t interested in Nomads at all but I loved the episode.

Jon Tiberious

Nobody is funny

Bill

I'm really happy that the Patreon users are also insane like me. The general march madness bracket winners are turning out to be way too serious.

PoorFrisco

Basically a guarantee once Twin Peaks was included.

Rad Rodge

Not that I don’t like Patrick Fischler but I do like suspenseful busted brackets more

Rad Rodge

My fear with the main feed bracket since day one has been “wouldn’t Lynch just win against any possible opponent on a main feed bracket, given the demographics of the electorate,” and it still is unfortunately feeling that way to me

Rad Rodge

Yeah that’s the thing, this has all been vanity because an index card with Jarnathan on it would’ve won hahaha

Douglas Wykstra

This was maybe the first hard decision I've had to make for this bracket.

Rad Rodge

I can sense Griffin’s disgust with our evaluation here but I kiiiiiiiinda agree about Stanton, I think John Carter is one of the most necessary movies for the show cover eventually but I’m not set on a Stanton series

Rad Rodge

Yeah this is a really blank check series with a surprising amount of variety

Blake Anderson

There are a lot of interesting careers within the happy Madison camp other than Adam Sandler. He always gets interesting ensembles because he’s (seemingly at least) such a genuine mench

tracy

blank check dick tracy is my roman empire

Michael Conway

Yikes. Pulp Heroes is gonna have 3 completely skippable episodes. Even the lame Sandler ones are going to have something interesting to talk about.

Chuck Emmett

GIMME NOTHING BUT PULP

Chris Radicone

I feel like Table Top Games can do it with Clue in the mix.

Josh Harvey

Pacino as Big Boy Caprice is worth the price admission alone.

Josh Harvey

Pre CGI Under appreciated Lovers of kitch People!

Flappy McGillicuddy-Jones III

Anything can happen

sheabobay

THIS IS THRILLING! edge of my dang seat!!!

Jestin

If you think a Rocketeer episode is worth sitting through 2 months of the Shadow, the phantom, the spirit, and dick tracy then I don't know what to say

Jestin

Oh yeah HT and Mixed Nuts are definitely classics. Let's step aside and let them cover the movies with real cultural legacies like *checks notes* "the phantom" and "dick tracy"?

Taman Eggers

PULP PARTY!!

Susan Hoffa

It’s all about Dick Tracy

Devin

They've done way more Sandler (HT1, 2 and 3, plus Spanglish and Mixed Nuts), than they have Beatty. Let's put Sandler to bed for a bit.

Manton

Waaaay more Shadowheads than expected

Carolyn

I would like to put it out there, that Little Nikky is to be added to the pulp hero list in the unlikely event Happy Madison doesn't pull through

Max Newfield

And it was enough!

Tyler Duggan

I told y’all, pulp heroes is gonna take it. People here and on Reddit were makin fun of me, but I knew… I knew…

Avri Rosen-Zvi

The Rocketeer rules and the Shadow deserves more love. It's really stylish and fun

Avri Rosen-Zvi

Pulp heroes all the way, baybeeee!

PG

Get Flash Gordon in there. Let's see Sky Captain too.

Kerry Benton

Man, this one is pretty hard...both of these sets are really appealing. I might have to flip a coin!

CT13

Dick Tracy wins this

Adam Grzegorczyk

Love comedies on main feed, not ideal for commentaries.

Patrick McEvoy

Zing!

Philip M Bernstein

They've only covered one Beatty-related movie though, right?

Alison R.B.

If pulp wins over Sandler then I can only assume that this is karma for ALW winning that vote but seriously there are enough podcasts about comic book characters please leave this topic to The Ringer shout out Van Lathan and Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson🫶🏼

Blake Anderson

I feel like they’ve covered Beaty enough. I’m always hesitant on these weird fascination of griffin series. They are weird and his fascination is justified but they aren’t movies I’m interested in

PoorFrisco

I buy that. In my head the main audience and the Patreon audience are the same, but that obviously isn’t true. I’m hopeful for main feed busted bracket some year, but this year makes that seem like a long shot. I’m even bummed about the next bracket update episode since it’ll be a lot of, “well, the favorite won this matchup too.”

Chris Bench

This was precisely my reaction.

Alison R.B.

Seriously I agree don’t we have enough podcasts about superheroes leave this crap to the Midnight Boys over at The Ringer shout out to Van Lathan 🫶🏼

Robert Young

I hated the spirit when I first saw it, but since the homogenization of the genre I kind of appreciate it. At least it was trying something.

SJCMX

thank god. i was so scared to hit that button

Blake Anderson

Austin powers series ruled. Let’s watch Sandler crack the boys up

Blake Anderson

Guys no offense but who cares about pulp heroes? We did it with raimi already. They’re weird but bad? Not enough for me.

FirstPet BirthStreet

Rocketeer fuckin rips

Johnny Pomatto

I've been saving a SHADOW/PHANTOM double feature for a special night, and I would love a gentle nudge towards fully excusing myself to do it. Love all of the PULP HERO films, except for THE SPIRIT, but who knows, maybe I'll learn to love it!

Geraint Thomas

The people demand Warren Beatty's Dick

Billnetherlands

I've only seen the Rocketeer. Pumped for PULP.

Ian Green

I’m not sure where you stand PoorFrisco, but I’m wondering whether the chalk-y nature of the Main Feed Bracket vs. the more chaotic Patreon bracket reflects a more “I only watch films” voting base for main feed whereas the Patreon has a higher % of sportos who understand the beauty of a busted bracket.

Matthew Chmiel

Both have their highs, mids, and lows. This is a tough one. Either way, I hope who makes it forward has enough juice to wipe ALW off the face of the earth.

Aidan

Add John Carter to Pulp Heroes now that Stanton is done

John Dog

Ah now, be fair! He *has* made one - the *same* one, about 30 times or so! Honk honk!

Manish Agarwal

I voted Pulp Heroes because I've never seen The Shadow and note with interest that (a) it's directed by Aussie stylist Russell 'Highlander' Mulcahy and (b) our Checkmates commentary might coincide with Alec Baldwin's upcoming trial... 🦹🏻‍♂️🚨

Chris Radicone

BAM! POW! ZAPP! KA-BLAMMO! Take that you Nazi scum! Gimme a dame and some quippy dialog and you got the juice! Extra Pulp...

David freeman

Please I cannot handle that much Adam Sandler for 3-4 months. For variety, vote pulp heroes!

Nathan Bagwell

Oh no what do I do!?

Matt

Woooooah

Jonathan Gage

We need Happy Madison origins guys

Zwoozy

PULP PULP PULP PULP

PoorFrisco

I love Spike Lee but it’s going to be incredibly disappointing and boring if all 1 seeds are in the final four.

Dan Licata

Happy Madison Origins is the obvious choice

Patrick McEvoy

I don’t have anything against comedies. Maybe someday Sandler will make one.

Emily Scott

The Phantom came up in conversation at my regular movie trivia this week and a friend was telling me that it was originally written as a comedy, but then another studio took it over, didn't know about the comedy aspect, and filmed it completely straight. I already wanted a Dick Tracy ep but now I really need that Phantom ep as well.

Wyatt Gray

I have a sinking feeling that it will come down to Highlander vs. Happy Madison and Ben will be forced into a Sophie's Choice. So anyway I'm voting PULP because I've been meaning to revisit The Rocketeer. I've been loving March Madness this year by the way, thank you for all the hard work the BC Team put in!

Andrew

Did someone order a root canal? Because we're here for pulp!

Emily Parker

LET ME HAVE MY WEDDING SINGER EPISODE

Anthony Pierre Coco

Ahhhh you nerds. Go Sandman!

Josh Darby

I'm shocked I thought "Good" Sandler was gonna go the whole way!

Mesfin Mebrate

The Spirit is all I'm here for.

Corby Weyhmiller

Hahahaha.

Doug Robertson

Mostly because Dick Tracy and The Rocketter will be better than Water Boy and Wedding Singer

Jay Kay

Guys we can’t miss a breakdown of little Nicky a truly insane film

Evan

These matchups ultimately come down to uniqueness for me, and Pulp Heroes is simply more interesting than episodes about some of the most talked-about comedies of all time. Extra pulp, please.

Joel Cunningham

Tabletop is taking it!

Jeff Burnett

The anti-comedy contingent of blankies is back, even though the Austin Powers episodes were S-tier

Del Lorenson

Seeing these two H2H, kinda surprised Sandman never dipped his toe into a pulp hero comedy. The career arch lined up perfectly with the pulp hero "moment" and seems like a genre ripe for a high concept comedy

Ryan Spearman

A vote for Happy Madison is a vote for Carl Weathers

bigcabba

Pulp has so much interesting content and people we've never discussed. More varied. Same cast and crew with Sandler. Plus, comedies aren't as interesting to listen to on the Patreon. More fun to watch, but it's just the guys laughing and describing bits. That said Austin Powers kind of ruled.

Scott Carberry

50/50 ! C’mon pulp heroes!

I am a robot who turns into a car and I find no humor in this

Sorry, but I can't not vote for The Rocketeer

Chet Kazalski

Folks, we’re just picking who is going to lose to ALW

Ryan Michael Liston

So close!

Aaron Summers

Will happily take Waterboy and Little Nicky over Phantom and Spirit, thank you.

Curtis Bellemer

I agree, would love to get a John Carter ep!

Tobey

C’mon, Pulp Heroes! Slam evil!

Dante Cuestas-Thompson

Happy Madison Origins aka default Sunday on every bachelor party I’ve gone to

Austin McDougle

it’s too damn hot for a penguin to be walkin’ around!!!!!

Fred Mercado

Hard agree.

bigcabba

I think so. How much juice can you get out of Sandler films as far as content? Same cast and crew and the guys just laughing at the movie. So much interesting context with the PULP movies.

Peter M

Ok but if we do Pulp Heroes can we get commentaries on Warren Beatty’s bizarre Dick Tracy webisodes?

Begemott

C'moooon pulp! Those movies are so fun and weird, and comedies are never as good for commentary, imo.

ryan mcgrath

If it were only the first 2 sandler’s I would vote for happy Madison without hesitation.

Jeff Brax

I cannot sanction his buffoonery

Benjamin South

In Little Nicky there's a guy with boobs on his head

Alex Staniloff

I love the Sandman but Dick Tracy AND The Rocketeer? C'mon!

Zak Goldberger

Yall should throw John Carter into pulp heroes now that Stanton is out - only reason to do Stanton anyways and I feel like it’d be better as a commentary

Nathan D

Very fun I think. There's probably only one good movie on the list (Rocketeer) but the rest are big swings with big stars the that miss... bigly. So I think they'd be interesting commentaries.