Verbal Diarrhea: The Podcast for Movie Fans!

The End?

2007-06-06T04:55:00.000+10:00

Hello y'all,

It has been some time since this blog has been updated and even longer since our last show. Now I am sad to have to report that Verbal Diarrhea is dead. Kat and me can't seem to continue the show at this point and we don't know if we ever will be, unfortunately.
Hopefully Verbal Diarrhea will be revived sooner or later (nothing is forever dead, just look at Zombies ;) ) and for anyone who might be interested in my next "solo" project have a look.

Bye for now and thanks for all your support. We Love You!!!
Hope to catch y'all soon somewhere on the net.

-Mel

Review: The Fountain

2007-02-12T12:29:00.000+11:00

Going away for a couple of weeks so I might not get to update the blog as regularly. Sorry about that. But my friend Matt's birthday is important to me and I miss Wellington so you can all curse me like you want - I dont care. Well actually I do care, but there is nothing I can do. Tickets are paid for and I'm looking forward to it. The Great Barrier Reef would hate me if I didnt stop there before I leave for good for Germany so hardly any internet there either. Next time you hear from me I'm either on the road or already back home in Germany.
So as a treat I am posting my review on Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain, which (for me) is one of the best films I have ever seen. It is a highlight of the filmyear 2007 and should not be missed.
Talk to you soon and now enjoy.

-M

Listener Review

2007-02-06T22:59:00.000+11:00

Wowie, we have our first listener review and I'm absolutely delighted (no I have not taken any drugs - me swears) to post it here. Thanks Sauresprutz. I hope everyone enjoys reading it. Keep the feedback coming. Just because there is no podcast at the moment doesnt mean Verbal Diarrhea is dead. ;)

The campaign is still going on. Help us infect the web with Verbal Diarrhea. And now go on and read Sauresprutz's review.

Have fun.
-M

Review: Apocalypto

2007-02-03T12:01:00.000+11:00

Hello everyone,

I hope you enjoyed my last review (The Queen). If not - then I'm sorry to report that here is another one - this time for Mel Gibson's Apocalypto.

When I posted this a couple of minutes ago I wanted to re-write it because of things some of my friends said last weekend. We had a movie weekend and one of my friends had seen Apocalypto even though she didn't want to. And I was quite interested to find out what she thought of the film.

Turns out she found it rather silly and ridiculous, which I have to say totally suprised me. Not because her and me usually like the same films, but because I could not understand what was ridiculous about this particular film. The things she said didn't make any real sense to me, but quite to my surprise I also couldn't come up with a really good defense for the film.

So I re-read my review trying to cleanse it of any exaggeration I had made about the film, but I couldn't find any. Re-reading it I absolutely agreed with what I had written earlier. So I guess what it all comes down to is a truth we all know, but sometimes forget - people like different things. What is absolutely brilliant for one can be utter BS for someone else. And yet both of them can find something that they totally agree on as well. Fascinating creatures - are we not?!

-M

Review: The Queen

2007-01-29T13:33:00.000+11:00

Like promised I'll post my reviews here. Instead of listening to it you can read it now. Unfortunately I'm no writer so it probably won't be nearly as entertaining as our Podcast. But bear with me - I might be getting better! (Hope is all we have). ;)

Enjoy and please leave comments here on the blog or email in.

Also don't forget to vote in our "sidebar poll" and let us know whether you want a forum.

-M

BACK TO LIFE - well, sorta........

2007-01-21T13:18:00.002+11:00

Hello everyone,

sorry for the long delay and I'm even more sorry to report that unfortunately it will continue since Kat has 11 jobs at the moment.
Don't worry, Verbal Diarrhea isn't dead - we just see it as a HIATUS! I will update the blog regularly from now on for all you guys who read it (sorry to everyone who doesn't) and post my reviews on here.

According to our polls you all want a weekly one-hour-show and we were really trying to do that but then real-life just came around and bit us in the ass. :( Don't worry, we are still trying to do the weekly one-hour-show whenever life returns to normal. Thanks to everyone who voted on our polls.

And speaking of polls - you all remember our "Fav Movies of the Year Poll"? I haven't forgotten and am happy to inform everyone that we have a winner. Little Miss Sunshine won easily with 7 votes, Hard Candy comes in second with 4, but has to share second place with Pirates of the Caribbean 2 - Dead Man's Chest.
Thanks for everyone who voted and I hope the results will spark some discussion ;)

Discussion - great word, great activity, anyone interested?
When I came up with the idea of Verbal Diarrhea (well I came up with the name, the idea has been out there for ages and others have been doing it for a while) I wanted to create an environment where people could discuss movies (and everything else) and chime in with the hosts (that would be us) and basically be part of the podcast. I was wondering whether you guys are interested in that. You can mail in, voicemail in (make your voice heard) or we could put up a forum if there is interest. Let me know so that Verbal Diarrhea is not just a fun place for Kat and me.

-M

The end of one is always the beginning of another...........

2006-12-30T10:07:00.000+11:00

Heya folks,

sorry for the long void of absolute nothingness here at Verbal Diarrhea. Our private lifes have made it difficult the last month to do new podcasts and with Xmas and the New Year we have been even busier.

Just wanted to let you all know that Verbal Diarrhea is not dead and that there will be new shows in the new year. Promise! ;)

And for now all I can do I will do and that is to wish all you great folks a belated MERRY XMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! and dont forget to be all bad and naughty until the New Year. What else are New Year Resolutions for?! :p

-M

X-Men 3 commentary finally up!

2006-11-27T18:13:00.000+11:00

(X3 commentary, 49 mb, 1h 44m)

As we promised a while ago we actually did a X3 audiocommentary. We hope you enjoy us talking about this movie (we had some new revelations about it for sure). Please send us feedback, comments and suggestions either per mail (dont forget - you can record yourself and we will put it in our next podcast!) or post here on the blog.

Next commentary will be about Pirates of the Carribean 2 - Dead Man's Chest. COMING SOON! (we promise :p). Show #5 should be up next week. We are trying to record it tomorrow. You can expect an in-depth review of The Wrong Man (aka Lucky Number Slevin for you non-aussies out there).

Enjoy.

-M

The Glasses!!!

2006-11-26T23:43:00.000+11:00

As per listener request we have finally uploaded a pic of the 3D-glasses (in upchuck-colour!). Check them out big time here.

The much-talked-about-but-nowhere-to-be-seen X3 Audiocommentary should be up tomorrow (equipment, technology, luck and all kinds of shite-usually-not-on-our-side willing).

After some personal problems we should finally be able to do another podcast on tuesday (all of the above and even more willing!). So expect a new show sometime next week.

Updated our poll "Your Fav Movies of the Year":

Little Miss Sunshine: 5
Hard Candy: 4
Potc II: 4
Clerks II: 3
Snakes on a Plane: 3
Thank You For Smoking: 3
V for Vendetta: 3
Children of Men: 2
Colour Me Kubrick: 2
Ice Age II: 2
Missions Impossible III: 2
Silent Hill: 2
Transamerica: 2
Brokeback Mountain: 1
Devil Wears Prada, The : 1
Lucky Number Slevin (aka The Wrong Man): 1
Slither: 1
X-Men - The Last Stand: 1

Also thanks for everyone voting on our Podcastpoll. Seems like our listeners love the hour format. And as far as it looks you guys would also prefer a weekly podcast. Trust me people, we are working on that!

Help us infect the web with Verbal Diarrhea!!!
Please leave a review for us on or add us to your favs on and vote for us on . A new month (soon) means we need those votes again and many many more...

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!!!!
Send in your own reviews and thoughts and suggestions via VOICEMAIL (attached as an MP3 to your mail) and we will include it in the show. Just dont forget - please dont exceed a 2 minutes limit.

Good night and good luck.

-M

Episode IV - Horror-Sequel-Special. ENJOY!

2006-11-14T00:12:00.000+11:00

(Show #4, 30 mb, 1h 5m)

After running into yet some more difficulties recording (or rather trying to record) our horror-sequel-special we have finally done it. We hope you enjoy it.

This time we review Nightmare Before Christmas 3D, Saw 3 and The Grudge 2 plus some Trailers in our Trailer section.

Featured song: "Scotty Doesn't Know" by Lustra.

Featured review: "Crank" and "I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer" by Trent.

Trailers: "Deja Vu", "Tenacious D"

The mentioned X-Men 3 Audiocommentary episode should be up within the next couple of days. It is done and ready for upload. So check back here soon and also leave us some feedback. We know tons of people listen to the show, but we'd really appreciate more feedback and some input and suggestions. So get off yar lazy asses and write something - or better - RECORD YOURSELF and send us your feedback so we can play it on the show!

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!!!!
Send in your own reviews and thoughts and suggestions via VOICEMAIL (attached as an MP3 to your mail) and we will include it in the show. Just dont forget - please dont exceed a 2 minutes limit.

And while you're at it help us be heard by more people. Please leave us a review on or or vote for us on . Help us infect the web with Verbal Diarrhea!

Please take a second and vote on our PODCAST POLL in the sidebar.
Seems like everyone likes the one hour format we have. At least the people that voted (given the 100% result) Thanks for your input. We highly appreciate it. Keep it up!

Our ongoing "Fav Movie of the Year" poll needs some more input. So keep those votes coming. Current standings.....

VOTE FOR YOUR FAV MOVIES OF THE YEAR

Hard Candy: 4
Little Miss Sunshine: 4
Potc II: 4
Clerks II: 3
Snakes on a Plane: 3
Thank You For Smoking: 3
V for Vendetta: 3
Children of Men: 2
Colour Me Kubrick: 2
Ice Age II: 2
Missions Impossible III: 2
Silent Hill: 2
Transamerica: 2
Brokeback Mountain: 1
Lucky Number Slevin (aka The Wrong Man): 1
Slither: 1
X-Men - The Last Stand: 1

(Show #4, 30 mb, 1h 5m)

-M

Corrections, apologies & poll.....

2006-11-03T20:08:00.000+11:00

Okay so I listened to one of our recent podcasts and noticed we never put up the name of the animationstudio that did the ANTBULLY (even though we said we’d do that :p). So I finally looked it up. It was – DRUMROLL – DNA Productions. At least they did the majority of it (close to 100%).

And while I was at it I sat my ass down and posted our „favorites of the year“ (so far) list and thought I’d start the poll with our favs as well. Send in your votes via email or comment here on the blog. You can vote for more than one movie and feel free to suggest other movies being put on the list. At the end of the year we will take the top 10 voted movies and do the overall years fav poll.
Speaking of poll - please take a second and vote on our PODCAST POLL in the sidebar.

So here is our favs list, which will be the list for the poll as well. Until you guys get off YOUR lazy asses (just kidding) and email other movies in to be put on the poll list.

VOTE FOR YOUR FAV MOVIES OF THE YEAR

Brokeback Mountain: 1
Children of Men: 2
Clerks II: 3
Colour Me Kubrick: 2
Hard Candy: 4
Ice Age II: 2
Little Miss Sunshine: 3
Lucky Number Slevin (aka The Wrong Man): 1
Missions Impossible III: 2
Potc II: 4
Silent Hill: 2
Slither: 1
Snakes on a Plane: 3
Thank You For Smoking: 3
Transamerica: 2
V for Vendetta: 3
X-Men - The Last Stand: 1

Speaking of your input - me literally slaughtering Tiffany’s review last podcast gave me the following idea – feel free to send in feedback, comments and suggestions (incl your own reviews) via a voicefile attached to your e-mail. That way we can play it in our next podcast. But please dont exceed a 2 minutes limit. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!!!!

And last, but certainly not least we come to the apology. For weeks we have been trying to get the Amber Benson video and pictures up. Its all digitised and should be up soon. Sorry for the delay. Bear with us.

Please leave us a review on or or vote for us on . Thanks!

-M

Episode III - Up and running

2006-10-30T22:44:00.000+11:00

Get Episode III of our Podcast with our latest reviews.

This time we review Little Miss Sunshine (starring Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano and Alan Arkin) and Children of Men (starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine and Clare-Hope Ashitey) plus introducing our new sections for Trailers and DVDs.

Featured song: "This Is Halloween" by Danny Elfman.

Featured review: "Man of the Year" by Tiffany Dirig.

Big hugs to those who have listened to us so far. We love you guys (and the girls too)!!!!! Email us comments and suggestions. And dont forget the poll we never mentioned again - what are your fav movies of the year?! Send in your answers via email or comment here on the blog.

Hope you enjoy our latest show. Let us know what you think and whether the "hour" format is too long.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Trailers: Frank Miller's "300", Eragon, Day of the Dead

Please leave a review on PodcastPickle and iTunes and vote for us on PodcastAlley

Verbal Diarrhea has a Logo!!!!

2006-10-29T14:44:00.001+11:00

We finally got around to creating our logo. And heeeeerrrrreeeee it is.....

We hope you like it. Next podcast should be online before Halloween so stay tuned!
As always we welcome feedback and comments so keep those coming.

Episode II - Up and ready for your ears!

2006-10-16T06:56:00.000+10:00

Welcome to Episode II of our Podcast with better sound quality!!!!!!

This time we review Friends with Money (starring Francis McDormand, Jennifer Anniston, Catherine Keener and Joan Cusack among others), The Ant Bully (voiced by Julia Roberts, Nicholas Cage, Meryl Streep, Bruce Campbell, Paul Giamatti among others), the World Trade Center (starring Nicholas Cage, Michael Pena, Stephen Dorff, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello among others) and we get sidetracked again so expect some randomness in the show as well ;)

Featured song: "You Suck" by The Murmurs

Many thanks to those who have listened to us so far and given feedback. Keep it coming. We love you guys!!!!!

Download and read a review of "The Black Dahlia" sent in by Pete... thanks Pete!!!!!

Hope you enjoy the new show. Let us know what you think.

Got a question (or 2) for Amber Benson?

2006-10-10T01:00:00.000+10:00

Awesome news!

Kat and me will get a chance at interviewing Amber Benson (of Buffy fame!) at a private movie screening this thursday here in Sydney.

If you're interested in asking Amber some questions we would like to gather as many as we can and give them to her. The interview (as well as the Q&A) with her will be in one of our next podcasts.

Send in your questions via email or post here on our blog.

Got it. Found the bug ...

2006-10-08T23:09:00.000+10:00

Hello everyone,

we thought we'd let you know what the status is on Verbal Diarrhea. For everyone who listened to our first podcast we are happy to let you know we bought a good mike and finally figured out our soundprobs. So no more of those - hopefully ;)

So far we have gotten around to watch Friends With Money and The Antbully (yes we actually managed to get to a screening!). World Trade Center is on our list for next tight-arse-tuesday and the next podcast should be up next monday latest incl our reviews of those movies. So check back here for that or subscribe to our feed on iTunes. *points to LINK SECTION*

We hope you enjoy our podcast and we would love to hear your feedback, comments and opinions. Let us know what you would like to hear about.

WE DID IT - First Episode Up!

2006-10-04T20:22:00.001+10:00

Download our first episode here

To subscribe to our iTunes RSS feed click here

We aint no pros and this is our first podcast so bare with the semi-not-so-great quality... we will get better we promise ;-)

Soon now, soon......

2006-09-27T22:31:00.000+10:00

Welcome to the home of Verbal Diarrhea (or VD as we lovingly or rather lazily call it) - the online podcast for movie freaks, where we discuss everything about movies.
So stay tuned, take a seat on the beanbag, munch on some popcorn (or other no-good-for-ya-food) for the first of hopefully many future podcasts of Verbal Diarrhea or give us some input as to what you would like to hear and talk about.
Sit back, chill and enjoy the madness!!!

your friendly neigbourhood crazies
K+M