The Countdown

The Top 8 TV Shows of the Last 8 Years

Countdown #423

 

8 All the A$$e$ Month continues as Wayne and Paul celebrate eight years of The Countdown podcast by this time counting down the best eight television shows they each have seen since the podcast began in March 2015.

 

Will there be some surprising choices? You betchya.

 

Will Wayne get upset at The Soundboard? Of course.

 

And will the lads argue about one especially divisive choice? You wouldn't have it any other way.

 

Find out what tops the lists, amid a whole slew of recommendations for you to enjoy, as The Countdown continues...

 

Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.

 

But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.

 

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

 

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 review

Phase 5 of the MCU resumes with the final installment in a previously beloved series, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3.

 

Paul and Wayne were of course on hand to witness the end of this particular era as well as the first use of an F-bomb in the MCU! *gasp shock horror*

 

Can James Gunn nail the landing with a series that for a series that many feel is among the strongest in the MCU? Or did being fired for long-ago inappropriate tweets and then re-hired after he made splash with DC colour this finished product ...

 

There's only one way to find out - at least when it comes to the perspectives of two podcasters from Perth, Western Australia named Wayne and Paul - as The Countdown continues ...

 

Time Stamps

GotG Vol 3 NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 10:55

GotG Vol 3 SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 10:55 - 26:25

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 26:25 - 27:50

 

Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.

But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

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The Worst 8 TV Shows of the Last 8 Years

Countdown #422

 

The first part of the show's four-part series celebrating 8 years of The Countdown is here!

 

Having been given the sub-title of 8 All the A$$es$ month (with thanks to Sam Hurley from the Movie Reviews in 20 Q's Podcast), the series begins with the boys taking aim at the worst 8 television shows of the last 8 years.

 

Now you might think that after 8 years, these two fools would have worked out how to specify a brief, but you would be wrong! As Paul has decided to interpret the brief one way and Wayne - much to his outrage and consternation - in another. In other words, it's Bizarro World throughout this Ep, but it at least maintains the usual crass, over the top humour and hot, hot takes that you've come to expect from the show.

 

So, join Wayne and Paul as they call out the very worst of the worst television, as The Countdown continues ...

 

 

Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.

 

But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.

 

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

 

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The Mandalorian Season 3 review

The one successful Star Wars series has finished it's third season on the Disney+ streaming service, so of course, it's time for Wayne and Paul to assess what Jon Favreau and the House of the Mouse have brought us ...

 

Wayne is the unapologetic Star Wars fan, so he has many thoughts on this thirs season following Din Djarin and Grogu, primary among them: Just how much interest from the ladies will admitting his fandom lose him? Paul, meanwhile, is trying to get his head around some of the complete filler episodes that have been trotted out here, but will they affect his overall view of the season?

 

Learn the answers to all these questions, as well as consider how inconvenient living with a helmet permanently on would be, as The Countdown continues ...

 

Time Stamps

Mando S3 NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 9:31

Mando S3 SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 9:31 - 31:40

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 31:40 - 32:18

 

Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.

But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

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Top 10 Movie Insults

Countdown #421

 

You know how this is the nicest, most easy-going podcast where two friends get along all the time and there's nary a bad word said between them?

 

If you answered "yes", you're lying to humour this description, so thank you for the effort, but there's really no need. Paul and Wayne know their show is built on hurling insults at each other, so it should come as no surprise that when Top Level Patron to the show, David Powell, said do the Top 10 Movie Insults, the lads needed little convincing.

 

What follows is much like Wayne's genitalia - short in length, but big on laughs - as the boys perform their favourite movie insults for (or is that at?) each other. Paul may even call upon the Soundboard in an even more integrally important way than its regular critical role, much to Wayne's annoyance.

 

So tune in to find out how badly Wayne loses it, as The Countdown continues ...

 

Given B-Dizzle and David's podcast We Watched a Thing a listen to say thanks for the awesome topic.

 

Then check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.

 

But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.

 

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

 

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Evil Dead Rise review

The Evil Dead franchise is back and Paul couldn't be more excited!

 

The listeners, meanwhile, decided Wayne's fate, so he was forced to sit through this one as well, despite generally not being a horror fan.

 

Will Wayne find more here to like than he would like to admit? Or has he spat the dummy at watching any and all horror films for the show?

 

Or will Paul be disappointed, having had to wait ten years for one of his favourite film franchises to return to the big screen?

 

There's just so much on the line, as The Countdown continues ...

 

Time Stamps

Evil Dead Rise NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 16:20

Evil Dead Rise SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 16:20 - 26:47

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 26:47 - 27:58

 

Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.

But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

Top 10 Stoner Movies

Countdown #420

 

It's Episode 420 and as Patron Extraordinaire Chris Yeany worked out, this Episode drops American time on 420 ... So what option was there other than to do the Top 10 Stone Movies for this week's show?

 

None.

 

"Don't condescend me, man."

 

"That's just like, your opinion, man."

 

"Ladies, ladies, ladies! Jay and Silent Bob are in the hizzouse!"

 

"I am not amused."

 

"It’s almost a shame to smoke it. It’s like killing a unicorn, with like, a bomb."

 

If any of these quotes sound familiar, you're going to have a good time with this Ep. If they don't, sit back and get ready a ride on an escaped cheetah to a place that sells mini-burgers, all while wondering exactly where your car is ... as The Countdown continues.

 

Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.

 

But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.

 

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

 

Head on over to Patreon to find out to have your topic covered on the show and see what extras you're missing.

The Super Movie Bros. Movie review

500 million dollars later, Wayne and Paul decide they better see what all the fuss is about and head to the cinemas to catch the latest triumphant video game adaptation, The Super Movie Bros. Movie.

 

Amazingly, the song "When Will I Be Famous" is not used once in this 90 minute animated adventure, but a bunch of other crappy needle drops are, and Wayne, at least, is all about them. But does he like, well, ANYthing else about this film? And how many times has Paul defended a non-horror against Wayne's version of Negatron?

 

Learn the answers to these questions, as well as well as weigh in on the controversy about a nihilistically depressed character in a film for kids, as The Countdown continues ...

 

Time Stamps

The Super Movie Bros. Movie NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 15:12

D&D: Honor Among Thieves SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 15:12 - 22:19

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 22:19 - 23:25

 

Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.

But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

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Top 10 Last 10: The Theater is Back! Edition

Countdown #419

 

It's Top 10 Last 10 time, and in case you weren't aware, the theater experience is back! So the boys are celebrating by reviewing a bunch of films they've recently watched (in Wayne's case that means he saw them within the last week) and have yet to speak about on the show.

 

Everything from low budget horror to Academy Award nominees get a look in this week, as Wayne again laments his life choices (when it comes to film), and Paul is more than pleasantly surprised by some of what he watched.

 

Tune in to find out what you should and should not watch in the months ahead, as The Countdown continues ...

 

Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.

 

But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.

 

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

 

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Air & The Pope’s Exorcist reviews

Two reviews again this week, but Wayne was too busy to see both, so Paul kicks things off by reviewing the well-received Air, which once again combines the talents of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to tell the story of how Nike lured Michael Jordan to join them fresh out of college.

 

Then, Wayne joins Paul to review The Pope's Exorcist, a horror film starring Russell Crowe which Wayne suggested to see, somehow having no idea it was a horror. Paul has a load of fun with this, but who's enjoying themselves by the end of the film? The answer may shock and disturb you ...

 

Which, if any of these films, is worth your time and hard-earned to see at the theatre? Find out as The Countdown continues ...

 

Time Stamps

Air NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 10:26

The Pope's Exorcist NON-SPOILER Review: 10:26 - 20:11

The Pope's exorcist SPOILER-FILLED Review: 20:11 - 29:57

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 29:57 - 30:45

 

Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.

But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.