Ian Fagan died, so now his little brother (middle-aged family man Ted Fagan) and big brother (old gay nerd Matt Fagan) battle grief and stay connected by co-hosting a podcast about movies. Named after Ian Fagan's internet handle and favorite rhetorical idea (the Depot Devoid of Thought), the brothers share childhood memories, and celebrate the terrible movies that turned them into the dreadful men they have become.
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Scream 3 might roll around at the bottom of the inverted bell curve that represents the arc of the franchise, but the Depot Devoid Podcast can't just skip over it. Our dear chums Gail and Dewey are, as always, a joyous company to keep, but for a movie from a genre master (in a franchise that acknowledges the mechanics of good horror storytelling) it falls short of expectations. Matt Fagan loves the Scream franchise, even though sometimes it tries pretty hard to push him away. Ted Fagan is begrudgingly willing to continue the journey. Nobody is getting out of Courteney Cox's Dark Palace unharmed.
Happy Halloween, friends, and we hope you packed your bags because... Woodsboro Goes To College! And Depot Devoid Podcast tags along for the ride. This rushed production is so full of holes, it's a wonder the actors didn't all fall out, yet for some reason it remains a delight to watch. Dewey limps. Gail streaks. Randy is full of more holes than the plot itself! Come on out to our party, and don't forget: harmonica style is okay!
Kicking off the Halloween season, those meandering Fagans take their first slasher movie into the Depot Devoid! They're starting with Scream One, famously regarded as the best of the prequels to Scream 3, and one of Matt's favorite Courteney Cox vehicles. Does anybody have anything new to say about Scream? Probably not! But Woodsboro is a kickass place to hang out in. If you're not getting stabbed. Also available as a full video on the Depot Devoid YouTube Channel.
A full video version of this episode is available on the Depot Devoid YouTube channel! Our TRANSFORMERS saga comes to a close with part 4, in which Matt and Ted reveal their terrible, terrible ideas for a new Transformers movie adaptation. It has been a difficult journey, mostly because we had to watch the 2007 Transformers movie to get here, but we started this quest with two living Fagan brothers and we finished with the same number. At the Depot Devoid Podcast, we consider that a victory.
The destruction continues in part 3! How can you make a worse Transformers movie than Michael Bay, if you don't watch the Transformers movie by Michael Bay? I promise you, if we could have found a way, we would have. Instead, stupid nerd loser brothers Matt Fagan and Ted Fagan endure the most epically punishing six or seven hours ever committed to screen: the running time of the 2007 live-action 'movie' Transformers. Our goal, this whole time, has been to study the Transformers franchise and, armed with that wisdom, pitch to each other our own worst-possible-versions of a Transformers film adaptation. Our intention is to concoct a scenario that is WORSE than the 2007 Michael Bay movie. But have we set for ourselves an impossible task? When I asked my Magic Eight-Ball, it replied, "Before time began, there was The Cube." We're so fucked.