What Else Sucks?

Heads up, there are some Better Call Saul spoilers in this post and in the episode. This week we're talking about the second and third episodes of Better Call Saul.  As we've come to expect, things start ramping up early and hard so we take a dive into two different episodes to see what's going on. In today's What Else Sucks podcast, we talk about Kim's "Give me a dollar" line and what that means in the overall narrative, we decide we'll have a montage of the week and this week's is Kim's getting-ready-montage, we talk about bringing Gus into the show and how that went over, Chuck and Jimmy's devolving relationship, Mike's narrative complications, as well as some predictions for how episode 3's events will affect things moving forward. Scott mentions a couple particular shots and they're in the shownotes at http://whatelsesucks.wixsite.com/whatelsesucks/blog. ​​ As always, you can hit us on Twitter any time, @whatelsesucks. We are also looking for local music to have on the show!  If you make music or kn

Heads up, there are some Better Call Saul spoilers in this post and in the episode. This week we're talking about the season premiere of AMC's superb Breaking Bad prequel: Better Call Saul.  Starring Bob Odenkirk and Jonathan Banks, this show is every bit as good as - if not better than - it's chronologically later counterpart.   In today's What Else Sucks podcast, we talk about the increasing narrative depth of the cold opens, just how damn good this show's montages are, the understanding and disconnect between Jimmy and Kim, predictions for next week, as well as some other fun stuff. As always, you can hit us on Twitter any time, @whatelsesucks. We are also looking for local music to have on the show!  If you make music or know someone who does, shoot us a message on Twitter, Facebook, or email us at whatelsesucks@gmail.com. Today's music is "Where You've Been" by The Famous Slip Slams.  Check us out on Twitter @slipslams on at soundcloud.com/thefamousslipslams.

Heads up, there are some spoilers for Taboo in this post and in the episode. ​   This week we're talking about the season 1 finale of the FX series, Taboo.  As expected, we got some great explosions, some gunfighting, and a few surprises.  With no official word on whether or not there will be a season 2, here's hoping we get some kind of resolution. In today's What Else Sucks podcast, we talk general opinions on the finale (0:45), Taboo's characteristic big open reveal (1:31), changes to the title sequence in this finale and also its relevance to the show (4:15), Strange and Delaney's last meeting and where Dumbarton fit in (5:35), the big show down and the rescue operation (7:10), a dramatic ending and a new heading for Portugal (10:33), predicting any boat episodes (11:34), Jason loves rag-tag groups (13:17), fact check: very well could have been oak (19:00), season 2 predictions (19:06), Black Sails and a hypothetical crossover (20:53), MVP and LVP for season 1 (21:51), fact check: the guy Scott was talk

Heads up, there are some spoilers for Taboo in this post and in the episode. This week on the second to last episode of season 1 of FX's new show, Taboo, the final conflict begins to take shape.  Everyone's pieces align for an explosive send off into season two and, frankly, we're all pretty stoked.   In today's What Else Sucks podcast, we kick off with a fact check on the definition of inaugural - "marking the beginning" (0:35), Jason makes a super timely Limp Bizkit reference (1:51), another big surprise regarding the Delaney family history that Brace offed Horace with the arsenic (2:00), we talk about James Delaney's chess game (3:59), the continuation of drama between James and Zilpha (5:10), the mechanics behind the plot driven aspects of the show as opposed to character drive (5:29), Chichester's investigation progress (8:22), commercial break edits and any reason to bring up "Mad Men" (11:24), whatever the hell Delaney got dosed with in the torture sequence (12:00), Braxton turns up (13:19), the repe

Heads up, there are some spoilers for Taboo in this post and in the episode. ​ This week on FX's new show, Taboo, the wheels that get moving in the last episode pick up speed and we see some threads getting tied off while others are just getting started.  Knowing all this is building to a big old season finale makes it even better. In today's What Else Sucks podcast, we kick off with a pretty intense revelation about James' past with his mother (1:54) and then discuss Thorne's funeral and surrounding events (4:15), the possibility of blurring the line between delusion and magic among characters (6:15), just how nuts James Delaney might be - even compared to someone like Atticus (7:35), why James can't just buy another boat (9:17), the next moves for the gunpowder (11:49), Chichester's moves on the chess board and the implications (15:36), Winter's fate and trying to find alternative explanations (18:19), imagining James Delaney in other TV shows (22:15), 19th century fermentation science (26:38), HBO's and

Heads up, there are some spoilers for Taboo in this post and in the episode. ​   This week's episode of Taboo on FX started big with some dueling action and then slowed down to get some serious expositional elements going and it's looking like a pretty wild ramp up for the last 3 episodes of season 1. In today's What Else Sucks podcast, we get some coverage on the duel (0:34), discuss some predictions that seem to have been confirmed (7:45), the possibilities for James' purported son and their relationship (8:50), touching base on the over/under on botched murder attempts on James Delaney (10:10),  what Lorna's angle might be in all of this (12:04), Scott's prediction for Brace's pistol usage (13:06), the Crown opening a case against Jonathan Pryce's Sir Stuart Strange - sure to bring some great standoffs (13:38), how much Horace Delaney knew about Nootka's importance (18:33), another tangent regarding AMC's "Better Call Saul" - only season 1 available to stream on Netflix for now (21:42), Brandon has right

Heads up, there are spoilers for Taboo in here. ​​ This week, more shit hits the fan and we get a good old fashioned, 19th century heist sequence complete with explosions and, uh, distractions.   Jason and Scott dig in with some Pirates of The Caribbean connections in the cast along with some bad puns (8:23), we get botched murder attempt number 2, bringing us ever closer to covering the 3.5 over/under in spectacular fashion(11:31), another great 1814 British colloquialism from none other than #StreetAlfred himself (12:15), the heist! (14:39), Carlsbad is revealed (18:43), Jason proposes a new style of dueling that remarkably resembles Family Feud (22:11), the guys predict the duel outcome (23:14), the guys also have an odd fixation with the ease of dying in the 19th century (25:49 and beyond), predictions for the big confrontation moments of the season (25:40), some mid-season analysis on how the show is playing out so far (28:46), and we cap things off with the most and least valuable character awards (3

 The guys give some recap on the latest episode of "Taboo," and Brandon brings up an interesting theory regarding the young Winter (4:29), Jason solicits Brandon's thoughts on Thorne Geary (6:17), #StreetAlfred (8:35),  Brandon makes another connection (10:39), Braxton fact checks to inform us that 1 pound in 1814 is worth about 75 pounds today (14:44) and how important the Duke of Richmond might have been, Scott makes a prediction about how the royalty and the East India Company interact in coming episodes (16:40), Brace - aka Street Alfred - making the petty power moves (19:30), the guys discuss theories on the identity of Carlsbad (21:05), Scott delivers a hot take on FX's standing in the cable-scripted-drama game (25:44). As always, you can hit us on Twitter any time, @whatelsesucks. We are also looking for local music to have on the show!  If you make music or know someone who does, shoot us a message on Twitter, Facebook, or email us at whatelsesucks@gmail.com. Today's music was "The Great Blueberry W

Just to be safe, we should say that there are minor spoilers in this post and in the episode.  Episode 2 of FX's new series, "Taboo" starring Tom Hardy aired this week and while it clued us in to some more details about James Keziah Delaney's (can't resist throwing that middle name in) often guessed about past, there ended up being more questions than before by the end of the episode. There are admittedly and unfortunately, fewer top hats in this episode. We find out some things, such as what James buried in the beginning of episode 1 - huge ass diamonds, that just about everyone is on the take from East India Company, and that there is an American spy presence in London.  We're also met with questions about who sent this silver toothed guy to get his neck bitten out in botched murder attempt number one as well as who sent this actress lady to lay a claim to the Delaney inheritance.   A recurring point in the conversation is how well paced the show is.  According to this article on Rotten Tomatoes, Hardy

Contrary to popular belief, the What Else Sucks Podcast is not dead.  As proof of that, we have a new episode about a guy who says he is dead. Jason and Scott's affinity for Tom Hardy roles is well documented and evidenced in the minicast on  "Bronson" (which you should totally check out - the movie that is, and also our show about it).  After honing his ability to give intimidating looks, Hardy's new venture that he and his father, "Chips" Hardy, worked on together is a gritty looking period piece out of 1814 London, called "Taboo." Taboo airs on FX, Tuesdays at 10:00pm EST. In this episode, Jason recommends another Hardy movie called "Locke," Scott delivers two hot take predictions for this season of the show, the guys discuss gravedigging and graverobbing, and they give an over/under on the botched murder attempts on Hardy's character, James Keziah Delaney. Check the episode out, check Taboo out, and let us know what you think of both.  We're on Facebook and Twitter (@whatelsesucks) and will probably b

Scott and Jason share their thoughts on the Brazilian movie, City of God. There might be some spoilers? But you should watch the movie anyways, it's on Netflix and it's very good.

In this abbreviated version of What Else Sucks, Scott and Jason discuss the movie Bronson which does not suck and stars Tom Hardy with a sweet mustache. There are some spoilers, kind of.