Archives for the month of: September, 2009

Hindsight, as boring conversationalists often say, is a wonderful thing. Until now, they were right. (500) Days of Summer is an enjoyable distraction while it's on and just another movie when it's over. Nothing more, nothing less. It's the cinematic equivalent of the girl - or boy, we at Low Standards are a progressive people ...

DISCLAIMER: There is an episode here... a long one; it just takes a while for the lengthy silence preceding it to vacate itself. The gentle white noise, however, makes itself comfortable. As a result, this installment sounds like it was recorded while boarding an aircraft. This time, the rant baton passes to Ian for an ...

 

In which our heroes take meta a step further. After months of references and recommendations from Ian, Chris gives SModcast a try and promptly calls out Kevin Smith (with whom he shares a fondness for wet-wipes) and Simon Pegg (whose stand-up and recent film appearances displease him.) An unprecedented sexual revelation inspires much debate, taking ...

 

Ian has a change of heart regarding Land of the Dead. Chris doesn't.  A brace of bot comments on Low Standards' site prompts a mixture of laughter and lamentation. Chris takes on LucasArts. Ian attempts to permanently dissuade Chris from witnessing Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Rampant capitalism menaces the eclectic games fan and the ...

 

Ian's post-mortem of a recent night out leads Chris to proclaim his co-host "gay Spanish Fly." Ian questions that assessment. Distractions of the week: Chris's washing machine (which sounds curiously like a cybernetic water tap/blender) and Chris's phone.