Film Review: Trollhunter (2010) — A (World) SFF Film Odyssey
Trollhunter (2010)(Trolljegeren in Norway) is André Øvredal’s most popular film, though it is, I’d argue, sorely overlooked by American audiences. Originally released in October 2010, the film was eventually transplanted to U.S. audiences via the Sundance Film Festival in January 2011. The premise is fairly simple: Under the guise of presenting secret footage, Trollhunter follows a trio of student journalists who arrive in the mountains in order to interview and document the actions of a mysterious man named Hans who locals suspect is illegally killing bears. In their attempts to catch the man in the act, they follow him and discover that Hans is actually a trollhunter, protecting the borders between human and troll territories with a UV light gun and other clever amenities. Invited to ride along, the trio document Hans’ journey to determine what has caused a recent series of violent troll events, only to realize that they’re in over their heads.
Episode 52 — Schizophrenic Computers, Weird News, and Bad Movies
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow4.0a–SchizophrenicComputersWeirdNewsAndBad/Sandf–Episode4.0a–News–SchizophrenicComputersWeirdNewsAndBadMovies.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSOur super special episode is here. Half of it, anyway. Jason Sanford, John Ottinger, and Adam join us for a discussion about the SF/F/H movies coming out in June, some really weird science news, and film adaptations of SF/F books. A few jokes are had at Shaun’s expense and Inception gets what’s coming to it… (This episode is half of a much larger recording. The second half is discussion oriented and is focused on religion in SF/F and our thoughts on why fantasy literature fairs better than science fiction. I expect that episode to go up on Monday, if not earlier.) Tune in and enjoy! Note: If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 52 — Download (MP3) Intro, Upcoming Movies, and News (0:00 – 56:16) Yellow Brick Road (at Bloody Disgusting) (We’ll ruin the movie for you: the bad guy is foot fungus contracted in the woods.) X-men: First Class (IMDB) (Somewhere Stan Lee is wiping his butt with $100 bills.) Super 8 (IMDB) (In which J. J. Abrams ruins some trains and childhood innocence…) Trollhunter (IMDB) (UV lights also work on Newt Gingrich.) Green Lantern (IMDB) (Ab porn. That’s all this is. Two hours of a hot guy’s abs.) Transformers: Dark of the Moon (IMDB) (Whatever…) Bradley Cooper Anxious to Adapt Dan Simmons’ Hyperion (Which will come out right after The Hangover: Alcoholics Anonymous Edition.) Adolf Hitler Had an Army of Talking Dogs ($10 says they learned by watching re-runs of Mickey Mouse…) Pyramids (Possibly) Discovered in Tanis, Egypt Using Satellites (We’ll find the Ark and start melting Nazi brains…) Scientists Inflict Computers with Schizophrenia (Isaac Asimov wakes up and says, “WTF? Did nobody read my frakking books?”) Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
