Sidepodfilmclub - Talladega Nights
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By Mr. C.
Welcome along to the first ever Sidepodfilmclub evening. As there is no live show this week, we didn't want to leave you without entertainment, and thought it would be fun to watch a film together. Although we have done a few small trials of live commenting TV shows in the daily threads, this is the first time we are trying to be organised about something. It's going to be brilliant.

We've chosen a motorsport related film for the evening, although I'm afraid I have to admit it does involve NASCAR. It seems to have quite a few fans in the comments, though, who have been quoting the film all week since we first suggested this idea. Here's some more information about the film:
- Name: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
- Stars: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gary Cole, Michael Clarke Duncan
- Director: Adam McKay
- Duration: 1:47:55
The best place to join us for this evening's event is the Live Commenting Live... Thing. We have embedded a clock set to London time, and when it hits 20:00, everybody needs to start their engines films. I imagine we should also take bets on how far apart we will be by the end as well.
Once we're done, let us know your thoughts, maybe even give it a Sidepodfilmrating, which we can compile over on the wiki.
I'm really looking forward to sharing this film with you, as neither Mr C nor myself have seen it before.
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You've not seen it before? Ah, excellent :D
I really love it. Can't wait to watch it with such an awesome community.
I'll put money on it being me that forgets to start it on time, or decides to pause it when I go to get food or something.... :P
I've not seen it before.. and tbh had never even heard of it before sidepodfilm club so this should be a nice evening :) i always think i don't want enough films at home, so it's giving me the perfect excuse :)
I’m afraid I have to admit it does involve NASCAR.
It's OK, it also contains Formula Un!
Just a thought, depending on your dvd player it might take a while to load the fim...
Might be best to play it then press pause as soon as it loads if your player is slo so you wont be 5-6 seconds behind?
my runtime is 121 minutes so when my video stops matching the comments, I shall fast forward. I have just learned that the Uncut one has extra scenes in it, but it's had two scenes taken out as well. Boo! They don't even give you the option to watch the theatrical version instead :(
Preperation!
I'm not prepared really, can't find PS3 controller. That's the one downside of wireless ones, I lose them often :(
Sweeties? Check.
Drink? Ready for when viewing
Film in DVD drive? Check..
yep... I'm too prepared. :P
I have just discovered you can eject a disk with the controller.
Its pointless but i love it!
I haven't got any acceptable food. What do we suggest?
I have bought American Beer (Bud) and Tortilla chips...
Mine is 121mins 26 secconds...
I have paused it at the point just before the columbia symbol appears.
I guess we should all start there as different versions will have different pre film waning titles?
That sounds about right :)
*Waning titles
Sounds good!
I do that alll the time. And then you have to walk over and take the disc out anyway :D
Oooh liking the theme. I (just about) have time to go to Tesco! Might go see if I find anything that takes my fancy
I've got mini-burgers and chips. I ought to cook it really.
I also have a choice of beers and red wine. Since this is NASCAR I should have the beer not the wine..
this is all the differences between versions (for those who have not seen it, don't read it because its the entire plot :D )
There is plenty of them so this could get complicated. I shall persist though!
Mine says "1Hr 56 Mins approx"
I have sour cream and onion chips but I've almost eaten them all already.
Same here. We should all just start at the Columbia thingy and see what happens ;)
perhaps we should have a 5 min break at 9 so we can all re sync and people can run to the loo/fridge/cupboard?
Hehehe, we'll have to see how it goes.
I don't anticipate us being in sync the entire way through at all. It's more about the conversation the film generates, rather than being frame for frame exact.
I vote we keep on truckin' and see where we end up.
My food is cooking and my first beer poured.
I don't promise to be awake :D
Have you stayed up all night, or got up especially?
I have been up all night, there has been tennis to keep me entertained :)
hmmm falafels :D
energy drink?
Sounds good
I don't like 'em. I'd make a coffee but it'd wake up my flatmate and she'd be angry.
Didint she wake you up the other night?
different flatmate :D the one whose room is off the kitchen is lovely and quiet when she goes in and out, the one whose room is upstairs with mine is screechy 24/7 :D
Things would go a lot more smoothly if I could find my remote control
Aha! Commenting when you've lost something really does work!
worked for me too! After complaining about the fact its wireless I noticed my controller was actually charging so it was a simple case of follow the cable and find it hiding under the bed.
they have changed google... i dont like it the option tabs at the top have disappered
This was relevent to this thread, but i am not sure how...
Anyone else planning to drink whenever they see a car turn left?
Reminds of the satnav commercial I mentioned the other day, which I saw earlier this year:
http://www.you...m/watch?v=kTwsEOXYBm8
Dont buy mystery flavour doritos... they are absolutly disgusting!
There's a mystery flavour?
What does mystery taste of?
I bet it tastes spicy. I've always thought mystery was spicy.
It is called ID3.
It is a combination of flaming hot monster munch and dirt
Three and a half minutes!!
Uh oh
YOU WOULDNT STEAL A CAR
YOU WOULDNT STEAL A TV
etc
Damn these...
Have paused at the Columbia fade out
my latest purchase had one I'd never seen before! It told me that if I pirate DVDs I will have no friends.
Same here!
Phew back in time!! Almost as close as me running up the path in time for the Spa start....
Where should my video be paused? Did we decide on a consensus?
Not heard of it before but have seen (and tried) the combination of two flavours.. they were.. interesting..
the start of the Columbia bit or the end? I am so confused :D
The best one is 'Knock of Nigel'.
It makes him look cool... he has his own theme tube!
When the Columbia statue thing at the start fades out
Thanks for buying this film! BUT IF YOU ILLEGALLY DOWNLOAD IT WE WIL GET YOU
um, I just bought it?
oh no I am paused at the start of the Columbia thing, it's all going wrong already!
30 secs!!
the end. i have a black screen. there's another bit straight after which says "from Columbia pictures"
30 secs...
All unpause... now!
ahh I had 30 seconds to correct myself :D
done!
is everyone GO?
I have the Finnish subtitles on, I am learn-ding!
Where are mr and mrs C!?
He has had a week to prepare for this, and Mr C still had to run around like a madman to hit play in time.
Hahaha I erm hadn't factored in that I hadn't arranged my screen for ease of co-ordinated starting! But yes I am go.
Ooh must turn subtitles on. It is a MUST
I miss the scene I know I am not watching now
One of those cars would be a nice xmas present...
Aww, poor young Ricky :(
unable, have to go back to menu to do that
i made it. on cue.
ah that kid can already drive! no stalling or anything!;)
I know that guy from somewhere
You need a stick to help you along!
Gary Cole is awesome! I love anything he's in
*remembers Office Space*
you are way ahead of me
Whaaat? How?
Cochise! :D
Sidepod education time:
"Shake n bake" in Finnish = "maista ja paista" which Google translates back into English as "countries and bake"
We may have had extra scenes
Taladega just came on
that scene was cut from the uncut one, oddly
Well they did a better job than Renault did thats fore sure
already?
christine and i are in sync to the nearest frame. we ought just share the screen!
Why is that kid really badly overdubbed? Did he have a rubbish voice?
Mmmm Speedway
Ah its American Kimi! :D
Hey, that's Bear!
Ricky Bobby has just volunteered for me
just noew
I take it you have the uncut version too? Your comments are matching up with what I'm seeing.
Oh no! I tried to mess around with the preferences and now it's jumped like 20 seconds
I do!
Don't worry about where you are - enjoy the film!
Luca Badoer got nothing on Ricky Bobby
Bobby for Ferrari
200k? Good job he isnt an f1 driver!
:D
Why out of his own pocket??
that is such a Kimi interview...
"driving has got nothing to do with interviews"
AYE KIMI. AYE.
His car is a bit pink.
nascar looks awesome in the movies.
his interviews are amazing!
I just want the crew chief to turn around and say "whatever you say bawss"
I want to see F1 drivers with floating hands
He didn't say 'for sure'.
I love the soundtrack
YAY! I like Cal, he makes me giggle :D
Can you imagine Fisichella and Kimi doing Shake and Bake?
Shaaaaaake and Bake!
they would totally maista ja paista
Oh my word. If Kimi tried that, I'd have a heart attack.
See Jenson would NEVER autograph Jules. Shame on you Ricky ;)
They have big trophy's!
:P :P
but would he autograph a baby?
Id love to sign your baby...
The Tijuana advert was very convincing
*taps spring*
Woiuld kimi advertise the jackhawk 9000?
I hope so...
i hope not....
hehehehe. i loves this film.
F1 needs to be more like movie nascar. movie nascar looks like fun.
KFC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is one of my favourite moments, I love this prayer and dinenr scene :D
He met a girl and now she is EVERYWHERE. Familiar.
:D:D
I want to start saying grace to "bearded Jesus"
I like to picture Jesus in a tuxedo shirt, it says that he's formal but I;m here to party
Brilliant
I like the Christmas Jesus best.
"I like the Christmas Jesus best."
*applauds grace*
Simply amazing
makes me sad I don't say grace. Is bearded Jesus Nick Heidfeld? Can I say gwace to him?
:)
Go on Bernie with a mustache!!
Oh my word these children are awful :(
like a spider monkey!
What a bizarre dinnertable discussion.
Mountain Dew... Always to blame!
the actual commentators!
I wish I had some right now!
really? coooool!
It's good we have someone that knows this stuff! :)
Rubens would totally win in the same way
They are the FOX guys and they are nuts!
I couldn't have picked them from a lineup, thats for sure!
(but they only do half the year - another network does the 2nd half)
Michael Clarke Duncan to take over the BMW buyout team please.. if anyone upset him in FOTA, there'd be fun times
I know too much
I can't take this man seriously. He is always the guy from Ally McBeal to me.
We go together like chinese food and chocolate pudding!
it's like jenson and rubens...
"its in the geneva convention"
It's Heikki....
no way! gr
it truly is a fictional comedy!
;)
:)
whenever Sebastien Bourdais enters the room, I now imagine he enters to a saxophone.
"it's painful and I love you!"
hehehe lol! i already love this french guy :D
worst accent ever!
Formula... UHHHH.
:D
Formula Un!
Hahahaha, I LOVE the american examples conversation. brilliant :D
eheheh go french guy!!
to me his eyebrows say "Alonso"
hehe 'profiling purposes'
"Chinese food? Pizza?"
Alonso's one hell of a fighter then
Damn you Borat.
Not a fan of the ridiculous French accent.
"no we are not french" hahahaha
Get down you little pancake!!
Eurgh
I've got it, he is Montoya!
next race can you remind me to call someone a "Formula One jazz nutjob"
That is a fair compromise Ricky. Do it!
:D :D
actual f1 footage?
Actual F1 cars!
NASCAR seems complicated.
nice renault livery!!! :)
"Break it pepe le pieu"
SpeedTV look terrified!
I'm so confused.
Its andy richter!
hehe "..and is a statement of fact and in no way a comment.."
How on earth did they get the rights to using f1 footage?
I'm too drunk to taste this chicken!
and F1 logos!
"It rhymes, they're both verbs, awesome!"
no idea?
F1 teams need to hire people with nobel prizes in physics...
i must have another version, have fallen back
"he sold the windsheild!"
"does that blow your mind?"
I think is someone did that in F1 it just might!
He does look like Alonso with a helmet on!
Honestly where have I got to? None of this stuff is happening/has happened recently what time does your itunes say :S
But I doooo love Fig Newtons...
34:36.
I like his sponsored cast!
Alonso totally drinks little cups of tea when driving
Ooookay thanks :)
I hope so.
I would pay to see Alonso say to someone "is that a catch phrase or is that epilepsy"
You spilled my Macchiato?
Thats quite a crash...
ahahah! 'peaches and cream!!!'
:D
You made me drop my Magnum?
where's yours?
I cant wait for someone to get a visor sponser in F1.
You need backup in nascar?
What happened to his broken arm?
I don't tink this has ever happened in F1. Someone get Tom Cruise for Ricky!!!
I moved it, I'd ended up at 50 somehow. I don't know. I knew I'd be the one to get confused :P
dangerous and inconvenient!
I dont remember the crash being quite that ridiculous!
Oh apparently Oprah Winfrey helps invisible fire too
awwww.. you back with us now? in hospital.
But it brinks home the money!
move it back!
With THAT WOMAN trying to kill him, yeah.
I love the " I'm on fire scene!"
"please dont let the invisable fire burn my friend2 is an awesome line!
have fast forward to him stabbing his leg...
"Sometimes people who get a knock on the head get special powers. Read a comic."
You definitely still got some fight in you!
I wonder if Bear's NASCAR skills will be handy in space.
ouch
I CAN WALK!
Eurgh
oh... my.... ouch....
I can totaly see f1 driver reading a book in a nascar race to take the micky
"We'll use this knife to pry it out!"
"Use this knife to pry it out" :D
I am watching on 1.5x speed to catch up to the theatrical edition :D
I'm slowly falling behind all of you and i have no idea why
French Paint it Black?
paint it black in french?
is yours the uncut dvd too?
yeah, i just noticed!
I reckon THAT WOMAN speaks to Mclaren PA like that. ;)
aww she is being mean to the PA i shall call Jules 2.
hehehehehhehehehehehehhehehehe
26mph!!
badoer on track
It;s Luca Badoer!!!!
it's like algesuri's out lap
I howp Luca badoer doesn't do this though...
Hehehe!! "What are those things? Are those the other cars?"
Nooo don't incite Luca's wife to leave him.....
French Anando is sooooo dramatic.
Bad photoshopping there.
"Nooo! I honestly did not know that!"
ahahaha THAT woman 2 is true to character... well what i imagine she is like anyway lol
That is the stupidest nickname I ever heard?
Really?
Nah you got me. That's awesome.
Hehehehe.
How is she marrying him as well then?
Hahaha what a silly man....
Because of your anger :P
As I say, NASCAR is confusing :P
everytime I see THAT woman now I will think of this character :D
Hehe, he was only gone for three hours!
:D :D
Luca badoer to work in a Piza parlour
She is going to take heikki?
That's a reason never to leave the house if ever I heard one!
Oh that is DFINITELY Luca badoer.
:D :D
so Lewis is going to go crazy and his team mate who is not allowed to win will take his woman. Hmm. Where does the lovely Catherine fit in here? ;)
Lewis will also sign his PA on the head
All I think of when I see Gary Cole is Bill Lumbergh...
'yeeeeeeeah... urrmmm... about those TPS reppoorrts, yeeeaahh...'
Ricky's children are absolutely lovely
they gonna go far.
I do like the little one's accent.
Rob's driving tips :)
heeeeh!
I wonder if TITUS RAIKONNEN speaks like that...
:D
I wonder if ferrari considered this technique for Badoer...
Control your heart rate!
Dont' speak to me when I am driving
ANARCHY!
I don't even know what that means but I love it!!
I think I have an affinity with the little one. I say this sentence a lot!
do they not make houses out of bricks?
Looks exactly like NASCAR to me....
he did turn left.
Cal is becoming more like rubens as the movie goes on...
"Do you remember that I hate you?"
rubens does not phone jenson whilst in pants in a hot pant to talk about GI joe!
In a hot spa.... thats a bad typo :(
movie is stuck gah!
He does sound like Rubens. It's kinda creepy. Plus we have seen Rubens nearly naked recently....
Piquet bit of driving there :D
most houses in America are wood right?.. i'm probably wrong, i only know what my friend told me..
They're mainly wooden yeah. God only knows why.
no-one told them about the big, bad wolf?
Wet wakeup... nothing worse!
LUCKY CHARMS!!!
Someone didn't love you enough when they were little did they?
The little one is kinda sweet... :P
I miss them, they were yummy
they sell them in the shop over the road from my house..
I've never tried them :( They look tasty all the colours.
woah!
WHAT??
It certainly does look delicious!
they also have about 10 different kinds of pop tarts, and cand floos spread stuff.. there is a whole american isle
Commitmophobe!
aisle
Are the Lucky Charms £7.50 though? Cos I found a shop with them at that price. :(
i dont think they are anywhere near that much. there are several shops round here which do american food.
He did what he needed to though. That's something.
Sounds like the Heikki approach
You can be third, you can be fourth. heck, you can even be fifth!
Hey, Mr C, Sidepodroadtrip coming up.
ahaha
it's Jules 2!
I want French Anando to appear in my video games
i will investigate and drop a pic tomorrow
he's mocking him in a video game :)
it really is!
"Ooh, I'm on fire!"
only he really isn't Jenson... i say Jules cause i don't know of any other PAs...
No Rubens like literally on fire.....
course. nothing like him...
I have never tried them so I investigated the price at the USA Food store here. $14 for a box. No thank you!
I can confirm Jenson has never run about Spa in his pants
Awwww that's such a shame :(
...yet.
What a speech from Jules 2!
like that whitsnake video..........
:D :D :D
grrrr *gives evils*
Monaco on the other hand...
Hehehe pitcrew :)
was that elvis costello?
yep!
"That's just dumb."
"It's not dumb."
"That's dumb."
"Why's it dumb?"
"I dunno."
will you be my katie couric?
classic lines.
I wish there was an academy award for best movie ever made
:o !! i want a truck with M&M sponsorship!!!
I feel like I'm in highlander...
I don't think Anando wants to go to Scandinavia....
Jules 2 does not approve of Glenns tactics
Mr C!!!
Mr C sponsors the car!
"Everything cool that Susan said, you wrecked it."
that car has my name on it!
Shoulda been a panda...
A Nacho Fountain?!?
a nacho fountain!..
Oh they should definitely have driver entrances in F1. Imagine anando doing posing!
Kimi would just stand there angry. Epic.
nacho fountain? Oh my word. Whoever wrote this film reads the comments too!
with 6 types of cheese!
Gouda!
That would be sooo good!
Mr C is even on his racesuit ;)
oooh Monster Magnet!
This movie has a fantastic soundtrack...
Saliva!
Must. find. OST. of. this. film.
Do you think the driver talk to themselves out loud on the way round to the grid?
Hahaha what a loser.
If I was them i would. I always talk to myself when I'm driving though :D
i hope so.
This John guy is no ted Kravitz
I'm sure Anando does. All his evil plotting and all....
"I hate to add to your moral confusion..."
That's what Piquet should have done ;)
I don't understand what this slingshot business is.
"listen to how i sound...I sound like a massive prick"
Its the way temamates help each other in nascar... renault tried something simil.......
Shake and Bake, baby!
have you watched days of thunder???
Um... yes. I forgot it.
don't worry, niether do i..
Flav tactics!
omg!
Bacicly slipstreaming like in f1, but you use 2 cars to do it so when one pulls away the benefit to the 2nd one makes you go even faster..
commercial break mid crash! loves it.
I love that Highlander line :D
Come on Mr C's debris, you can make it over the line!
i would like them to run the rest of the way....
Do it Jenson style!!!
aha! brilliant :)
I can picture vettel going "and now we shall dance..." :D
:D :D :D :D
:D
ehehehe
I feel like in real life, the green one could actually run faster. He looked like he was holding back :)
I like how the family celebrated except the little child, who looked very confused
Sir, you taste of America
:D
"and now the matador shall dance with the blind shoe maker"
What A Quote!
The stewards made thsi decision WAY too quickly for my liking
Don't mess with the podium ceremony!!
it's not a proper race... there is no podium....not a proper one...
running in racing flares?
Whats Diablo mean?
It's like... spanish for fighting chicken...
the entire field! ha
that counts as a big one, right?
snow blindness in cats?...
but they have 'trophy time' :P
How big are NASCAR crashes really?
Like HAMMERTIME?
That was awesome :D
Credits stuff!!
I LOVE post film outtakes!!
Agreed!!
He's making me really want to watch Armageddon!
dale earnhart is in it?
Next time we need a film with just one version!
Sidepodfilmclub II?
Michael Clarke Duncan just got even mroe awesome...
hehe. itunes is calling you...
hehehe that was fun. i fear that i may need comments every time i watch a film now :P
Too clever for a SidePodPlan....
Same here!
yes!!
...just waiting for pat's ultra long version to finish now.
Hehehe :)
Just a bit :-)
i also fear that i may end up spending lots of money renting movies from itunes because although it took 4 hours to download,it was strangely too easy.
Anyone else want to go get thrown out of applebees?
I am all done, on 1.5x speed :D
Ooh me!
Yay!
Am thinking this live commenting film thing is awesome. May have to do something with this.
I tried doing that but suzi q was a bit too crazy in 1.5
I am done now! i was on the same version as pat but i skipped ahead at the hospital...
It was very very fun :) I agree with the single version though, would make it easier for all
a regular thing?
They can be big.. the biggest can take out 8-10 cars.
we weren't all majourly out of sinch though were we?
*sync...
I was, my version was 15 mins longer i think!
Errrrrm....
part of the issue is that uk/pal versions run 5 frames a faster than the us versions. so even the same film may finish earlier depending on where you bought it.
The uncut ones were about 5-10 minutes behind I think
Credits!
I think Dust to Glory should be the next live-comment film, or perhaps Days of Thunder if the NASCAR kick is going to continue
Evening all.
Sounds like you had fun with the film
How about Cars?
What in the heck? Is that a joke?
i think christine needs to watch that again! ;)
YES. I love that movie.
Ooh that'd be awesome!!
Moral ambiguity!!
:(
I thought UK was 25 fpm and US was 24
I wasn't skipping like Amy and Nick :-)
no. pal runs at 25 fps. ntsc runs at 30 fps. when films get converted for our viewing they run fractionally quicker. so over the course of a film, you've gained about a minute.
I have inspected my copy, it appears to not be extended or uncut in any way :D
we'd have to buy it though, because it's not for rental on itunes.
we both rented a copy today, which is a bit silly.
Errrrm couldn't you both watch on the one computer then comment on your own....
hollywood uses 24fps, but US TV uses 30fps.
so we're closer to how it looks in the movies. however, DVD's are mostly 30fps i believe.
you could rent it from blockbuster?
Its probably in the bargain bins by now though...
Those numbers don't add up. The 30 fps is 20% quicker which is about 18 minutes over the course of a minute
maybe. we'll have to think about it. the rooms not quite set up for that.
30% quicker? it's only 5 frames a second.
what?? outside?
so its 7am and I'm not tired. What to do!
Plus there'd still be the whole computer sharage issue. I think they threw their tv out the window....
5 out of 30 is 20% more than 25. So you in effect 1 second at the faster speed takes 1.2 seconds at the slower speed
Sidepodrockstars
its still 17% quiker!
the film should therefore be 17% longer unless they duplicate frames for the ntsc version...
Don't sleep
hehe. we need... maybe... four eeepc's.
aw yay... Jenson is alive.. he has been tweeting..
interesting. i'll have to look into it. but US films normally run a minute or two longer due to conversion.
Is that another 4 eeeeepcs?
he's not on fire?
post-movie 'comfort break' then a comment catch-up for me
Did you think he wasn;t alive?
is this really Vettel?? http://twitter.com/real_Vettel
just the original four.
I always thought one ran at 24 and the other at 25 but I never knew which way round it was but maybe it is UK tv and UK cinema that has those two speeds
To vettel about how the vet wont have KERS
I see BBC2 is running a Ringo memorial night
how can I fill in the next 15 hours or so until I can sleep?
Jb asked him a trick question i think and he passed
well it's nice to know he is alive... he's been quiet on twitter for at least a week :P
I'ma jump back over to the daily! Has been super awesome to watch the film with you all though :)
Ramsay street!?
I concur :D
our videos run at 25fps. that much i know.
Eat chocolate
For anyone on the LCLT I posted on the daily a few minutes ago that the final spacewalk of the shuttle mission just started on NASA TV
Agreed, even though I was behind :-)
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