Ep. 363: Double or Nothing -- "Surrogates" (2009) / "Gamer" (2009)

The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are once again pairing similar movies released shortly together, this time 2009's "Surrogates" starring Bruce Willis in a world of robot doubles, and "Gamer" where Gerdald Butler competes for his life, and also the world and culture are awful, and maybe that's the point but is that good enough to count as commentary?

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Episode 363 includes:

-R.I.P. Kevin Conrroy, Gallagher, Aaron Carter, Saul Bass

-Nate is charmed by the shakespeare spinoff, "Rosaline."

-Be says "Wakanda forever" succeeds on its real-life gravitas.

-Double or Nothing -- "Surrogates" / "Gamer"

-The gents chat about two 2009 sci-fi action movies about people controlling other humans to serve as their real-world avatars. In the bland "surrogates," it's Bruce Willis investigating a murder in a world where 98% of people stay at home and operate their surrogate robots to go outside. In "Gamer," the team behind the "Crank" movies assault our senses and good taste with a murder game show where Gerald Butler is a death row inmate being controlled in kill-or-be-killed combat by Logan Lerman. There are... vast differences of opinion on "Gamer."