FITWR Volume 2

It's our fifth Quell as Fighting in The War Room, and one of us is super pregnant. With Katey Rich's due date passed, each host picks a movie that they would pass on to the next generation, even if that generation isn't biologically theirs. We go in the order of "most likely to have children in wedlock" starting with pregnant Katey and The Music Man, moving to Matt Patches and Searching For Bobby Fischer, then to David Ehrlich for The World of Tomorrow and finally for Da7e who chose Kung Fu Panda. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich) Patches (@misterpatches), Da7e (@Da7e) and David (@davidehrlich). TECHNICAL NOTE: David is missing from the first segment due to technical and audio difficulties.  We also welcome your feedback! Find us and like us at our Facebook page  Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! It helps us with expanding to new listeners, especially in these early days of the new podcast! Format 00:39 – Welcome to Episode 125! 05:05 – The Music Man 21:47 – Searching For Bobby Fischer 40:59 – World of Tomorrow 1:02:52 – Kung Fu Panda   Previous Quarter Quells: * OpKino Classic: First Quarter Quell (August 26th 2011) * OpKino Classic: The 2nd Quarter Quell (Feb. 22nd 2012) * OpKino Classic: Storytelling Quarter Quell (Aug 10th 2012) * OpKino Classic: Family Interview Full Quell (Feb 8th, 2013) * FITWR 025 – The Filmmaking Quarter Quell (June 3rd, 2014) * FITWR 050 – QQ2: Movies for the Moment (Dec. 2nd 2014) * FITWR 075 – QQ3: Movies We Wanted To Be When We Grew Up. * FITWR 100 – Significant Other Full Quell

Let’s Talk Literal Escapism This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David kick things off with Finding Nemo and it’s upcoming sequel Finding Dory. Patches doesn’t remember liking Nemo and is suspcious of Dory, so David tries to help. Then, Patches has two documentaries he wants to pimp in the mini segment Tickle, about an online tickling group and Nuts about a historical figure. Finally, recent have all the hosts thinking about escapism and how movies can provide that in a variety of ways. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich) Da7e (@da7e) Patches (@misterpatches), and David (@davidehrlich). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round: Funniest Action Sequence 01:33- Intro: Welcome To Episode 123! Reviews! 06:18 – Tidbit: Finding Nemo/Finding Dory 17:36 – Mini Segment: Tickle and Nuts (Documentaries) 25:13 – Segment 3: Escapism 46:46 – Outro  

We ALL Want a Do-Over Please Note: Da7e suffered from verbal dyslexia during Fighting In The War Room Episode 120 and knows that he said “Casual” every time he meant “Causal.” Rest assured his soul has died 1000 deaths since then and he’s eternally sorry. Thank you for letting us know, you can stop now. This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David are here to debate bad decisions. First, Patches and David saw Adam Sandler’s second Netflix movie The Do-Over with David Spade and…ugh. Then, a thought experiment about making Katey’s unborn child a baby movie star followed by a long segment three where we debate how much Johnny Depp’s recent allegations of domestic abuse can really hurt his franchise. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich) Da7e (@da7e) Patches (@misterpatches), and David (@davidehrlich). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round: Best Post SNL Performance? 01:24- Intro: Welcome To Episode 121! Reviews! 05:38 – Tidbit: Adam Sandler’s The Do-Over 18:52 – Mini Segment: Baby Acting – Cool? 26:13 – Segment 3: Johnny Depp and Everyone’s line for disengagement 52:47 – Outro  

It’s Not A Paradox This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David fix their audio and deliver a whole show! AMC has finally brought a Preacher adaptation to screen? Is it working for our hosts, who didn’t read the graphic novel (except for Da7e, who did)? Then, Independence Day: Resurgence released an almost 5 minute trailer. That is too long. Finally, SPOILERS FOR GAME OF THRONES in segment 3 when we debate the perils and perks of time travel in an ongoing narrative. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich) Da7e (@da7e) Patches (@misterpatches), and David (@davidehrlich). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round: What X-Men? 01:34- Intro: Welcome To Episode 120! Reviews! 07:35 – Tidbit: Preacher 22:21 – Mini Segment: Independence Day Resurgence’s trailer is too long. 28:12 – Segment 3: Time Travel in Extended Narratives (SPOILERS FOR GAME OF THRONES) 52:09 – Outro  

When Segment 3 Got Deleted This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David suffer some technical difficulties, so this week’s segment 3 about hte “Game of Thrones” phenomena had to get cut (it was full of static and pauses, you would have hated it). After a now ironic couple of reviews that include audio quality knocks, the team takes on Weiner, the new documentary that closely follows the Anthony Weiner scandal. Then, Patches is on the Dakota Johnson train now that he’s seen How to be Single. Then the show wraps up because of technical difficulties. Drag. We’ll fix it. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich) Da7e (@da7e) Patches (@misterpatches), and David (@davidehrlich). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round: Casually Progressive Comedy 01:57- Intro: Welcome To Episode 119! Reviews! 07:50 – Tidbit: The documentary called Weiner 19:34 – Mini Segment: How to Be Single and Dakota Johnson 23:55 – Outro

Plus, David is a Fanboy about Radiohead This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David hear you: That Captain America: Civil War review last Friday was divisive. Our comments and Twitters felt the force of Civil War fans who felt David and Patches went too hard on the film, so this week as a way of using that to further discussion, David talks about Radiohead’s new album Moon Shaped Pool helped him understand Marvel fandom, then Katey and Da7e get a whole segment to respond to Friday’s review and the comments left on FightingInTheWarRoom.com. Then, Jodie Foster’s Money Monster is coming out this week with Julia Roberts and George Clooney as the stars, but it doesn’t seem like those names hold the sway they used to. Is Money Monster a relic of an older form of star power? Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich) Da7e (@da7e) Patches (@misterpatches), and David (@davidehrlich). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round: It’s OK Being Single 01:35- Intro: Welcome To Episode 118! International Reviews! 07:01 – Tidbit: David uses Radiohead to understand fandom 19:48 – Mini Segment: Da7e and Katey Civil War Redux 28:43 – Segment 3: Star Power 51:27 – Outro

With Special Guest Chris Plante! This week, Katey, Patches, Da7e and David are joined for a third segment by Chris Plante of TheVerge.com because David was forced to see video game film adaptation of Ratchet and Clank and we thought maybe an expert video game opinion was required to answer some of the deeper questions of the film’s mere existence. Before that, the regular four hosts talk about the state of modern theatrical comedy, since Da7e saw Keanu this weekend and was one of the few Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich) Da7e (@da7e) Patches (@misterpatches), David (@davidehrlich) and special guest Chris Plante (@plante) Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round: Favorite Palm d’Or 01:45- Intro: Welcome To Episode 117! NO REVIEWS?! 03:59 – Tidbit: Is theatrical comedy better on Netflix now? 17:42 – Mini Segment: Hamilton v. Rent 27:37 – Segment 3: Video Game Story with Chris Plante, Ratchet and Clank 57:54 – Outro

With returning guest Joe Reid of Decider! This week, Katey, Patches, and special guest Joe Reid of Decider and the Extra Hot Great podcast gaze into the magical mirror of their local AMC multiplex and wonder, “Mirror, Mirror, on the 60-foot wall, which fantasy franchise is the fairest of them all?” The answer is not The Huntsman: Winter’s War. Plus, your answers to our Elvis and Nixon-themed lightning round question. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich), Patches (@misterpatches), and Joe (@joereid) Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! We read new reviews on the show!

It’s a review menagerie! This week, Kitty Rich, Matt Pooches, and David Ehrliphant brave the wild for Disney’s reimagined Jungle Book. Jon Favreu’s live-action take wants to be like the original, wants to walk like the original, and wants to talk like the original. FITWR’ll see if it’s true. Plus, answers to our talking animal lightning round question. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich), Patches (@misterpatches), and David (@davidehrlich). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! We read new reviews on the show! MUSIC “Bare Necessities,” Titus Burgess

Hardcore. This week, Da7e heads to the West Coast for business, so Katey, David, and Patches bring their East Coast Bernie Sanders impressions to the war room. What trash TV are we watching? Are video games more influential than movies to today’s modern filmmakers? Who’s The Boss? All questions answered on this week’s show. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich) Da7e (@da7e) Patches (@misterpatches), and David (@davidehrlich). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round: Middle Aged White Guy Movies 01:31 – Intro: Welcome To Episode 113! Review! 06:12 – Tidbit: The Boss 19:46 – Mini Segment: Terrible television shows we watch 26:47 – Segment 3: Hardcore Henry and video game movies 47:33 – Outro Music “The Boss,” Rick Ross ft. T-Pain “Naked and Afraid,” Beth Crowley “Video Games,” Lana Del Rey “Katie Queen of Tennessee,” The Apache Relay

There are no small parts, just small…whatever. This week, David Ehrlich takes a sudden vacation to switch jobs, so Katey, Patches and Da7e have run of the war room. After a review that asks for fewer political opinions, the group unwisely decides to talk about the Tribecca Film Festival scheduling the anti-vaccination documentary Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe then pulling it from the schedule after public uproar. Then, Batman V. Superman made a lot of money at the box office…so just like 10 Cloverfield Lane, we have to stop and wonder what that means. Finally, Wonder Woman’s brief appearance in Dawn of Justice prompts us to talk about our favorite movie roles that don’t take up a lot of screen time. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich) Da7e (@da7e) Patches (@misterpatches), and David (@davidehrlich). Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! FORMAT 00:00 – Lightning Round: Spiritual Sequels 02:13 – Intro: Welcome To Episode 112! Review! 05:02 – Tidbit: Tribecca and Vaccination Docs 18:56 – Mini Segment: BvS Made a Ton of Money 30:00 – Segment 3: Small But Great Roles 50:32 – Outro Music “Truth” by Gwen Stefani “Is She With You?” by Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL “Sho Nuff” by Fatboy Slim

Each Host Replaced By The Person Who Puts Up With Them This week, we’re changing up the format for our 100th Episode Full Quell Special! It’s our fourth Quell as Fighting in The War Room (and our 2nd 100th episode as a foursome), and we’ve all stopped going it alone. It’s time to meet the significant others, the people who have put up with us podcasting multiple times a week for years and years. David’s fiancé Elisa says David’s not trolling you, Katey’s husband Michael would sometimes rather watch House Hunters, Matt Patches’ better half Michelle proves to be the saner party and Da7e’s girlfriend Java has things to say about Jane Austen adaptations. Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich) Patches (@misterpatches), Da7e (@Da7e) and David (@davidehrlich). We also welcome your feedback! Find us and like us at our Facebook page Please subscribe on iTunes and KICK US A REVIEW if you like what you hear! It helps us with expanding to new listeners, especially in these early days of the new podcast! Format 00:00 – Welcome to Episode 100! 03:50 – Elisa 23:20 – Michael 43:08 – Michelle 59:00 – Java   Previous Quarter Quells: * OpKino Classic: First Quarter Quell (August 26th 2011) * OpKino Classic: The 2nd Quarter Quell (Feb. 22nd 2012) * OpKino Classic: Storytelling Quarter Quell (Aug 10th 2012) * OpKino Classic: Family Interview Full Quell (Feb 8th, 2013) * FITWR 025 – The Filmmaking Quarter Quell (June 3rd, 2014) * FITWR 050 – QQ2: Movies for the Moment (Dec. 2nd 2014) * FITWR 075 – QQ3: Movies We Wanted To Be When We Grew Up.