Escape Hatch (formerly Dune Pod)

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BONUS: Emergency Dune Part Two Trailer 3 Reactions (2024) Dec 13, 2023

Show notes

RED ALERT! We have a special emergency installment to provide your first look at the third Dune Part Two trailer that just dropped today. Jason is out on assignment, but the takes must flow, so we once again turn to Escape Hatch graphic designer and correspondent, Ctcher We dive into the details of the trailer to tell you everything you need to know!

Introduction (00:00:00)

Notes and Links

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Music by Scott Fritz and Who’z the Boss Music.
Cover art by ctcher.
Edited and produced by Haitch.
Escape Hatch is a production of Haitch Industries.

The Last Boyscout (1991) Dec 11, 2023

Show notes

We kick off the Holiday Season on Escape Hatch with a Shane Black Christmas classic, Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans’ football action adventure directed by Tony Scott’s The Last Boy Scout! Joining us is the showrunner of Veep and White House Plumbers, and co-host of The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, Dave Mandel.

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:20:39)
The Last Boy Scout Roundtable Discussion (00:32:33)
Your Letters (01:53:14)

Notes and Links

Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
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Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.

X-Men (2000) Dec 04, 2023

Show notes

For the first time in over 3 months, the hosts of X-Ray Vision reunite live on the air, as we welcome Rosie Knight and Jason Concepcion. You read that right. Jason and Rosie are here, and what could be special enough to bring them back together? We go to the source, where the modern superhero era started, when Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart first took up their mantles, X-Men (2000). 2 of the greatest X-Men comic fans tackle all things X and catch us up on what they’ve been up to (SPOILERS: a lot.) DO NOT MISS THIS EPISODE!

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:19:13)
X-Men Roundtable Discussion (00:24:44)
Your Letters (02:02:19)

Notes and Links

Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.

The Andromeda Strain (1971) Nov 27, 2023

Show notes

We welcome back one of our all time favorite guests, internet visionary and pottery superstar Tom Coates! We wind back the clock to the 1971 speculative science fact by Michael Crichton, The Andromeda Strain.

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:20:47)
The Andromeda Strain Roundtable Discussion (00:22:24)
Your Letters (01:42:40)

Notes and Links

Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.

Flash Gordon (1980) Nov 20, 2023

Show notes

dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun FLASH - AH AHHHHH

This is it. We finally cover Dino De Laurentis’ 1980 genre masterpiece that he made just before Dune, Flash Gordon. To guide us through this pinnacle of nostalgic adventure, providing incredible the behind the scenes details and knowledge, we welcome the author of Flash Gordon: The Official Story of the Film: John Walsh.
dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun FLASH - AH AHHHHH
*Also, how ‘bout that Alex Ross painting for the cover art? GOATed.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:14:34)
Flash Gordon Roundtable Discussion (00:17:48)
Your Letters (01:32:30)

Notes and Links

Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.

Across the Spiderverse (2023) and Aspen Extreme (1993) Nov 13, 2023

Show notes

Set Condition 1 throughout the fleet. We have the writer of Across the Spider-Verse, Dave Callaham!! Dave joins us to share amazing behind the scenes insights into writing one of the greatest animated films in history, all the way back to a year before Into the Spider-Verse was even released. Then we cover his favorite film, the classic(?) ski movie from the 90’s starring a young Peter Berg, Aspen Extreme.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:05:38)
Interview with Dave Callaham (00:07:55)
Across the Spider-Verse BTS (00:28:18)
Aspen Extreme Roundtable Discussion (00:42:47)
Your Letters (01:52:03)

Notes and Links

Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.

Inside Man (2006) Nov 06, 2023

Show notes

It’s the return of the king: Jason’s college debate team partner, Jeremiah Gordon! We tackle our. Very. First. Denzel. We watched Spike Lee’s Denzel Washington joint, the taut heist thriller co-starring Clive Owen and Jodie Foster, Inside Man.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:12:04)
Inside Man Roundtable Discussion (00:16:09)
Your Letters (01:18:47)

Notes and Links

Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Oct 30, 2023

Show notes

WITNESS HIM! For his SIXTH appearance on the pod, we welcome the showrunner of Max’s House of the Dragon and co-host of The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, Ryan Condal. He tells us all about buying Captain Kirk’s away team jacket from Wrath of Khan, interviewing Anthony Daniels(!), and gives us the latest BTS details on House of the Dragon’s Season 2 production. Then we tackle the first truly holy action art film of the 21st century, Mad Max: Fury Road.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:04:38)
Ryan Condal Interview (00:10:22)
Mad Max: Fury Road Roundtable Discussion (00:29:30)
Your Letters (01:52:21)

Notes and Links

Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) Oct 23, 2023

Show notes

When fate strikes and a guest can’t make it, Jason and Haitch turn to each other and make it work. This time, we covered one of the guest’s all time favorite movies, which neither of us had seen, William Friedkin’s gritty, eighties crime drama, To Live and Die in L.A. It rules. Also discussed, Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:11:59)
To Live and Die in L.A. Roundtable Discussion (00:14:39)
Your Letters (01:12:28)

Notes and Links

Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) Oct 16, 2023

Show notes

DO YOU LIKE STAR WARS?
We welcome Supervising Sound Editor from Skywalker Sound, Mac Smith (veteran of Ponyo, Up, Tron Legacy, Avengers: Endgame, and Star Wars: Visions) to teach a clinic about how sound design works in movies. And to demonstrate it, Mac walks us thru the perfect showcase of Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi! Experience Star Wars thru the ears of an expert and hear details you never noticed that subconsciously enhance the story. We were blown away and you will be too.

Chapters

Introduction (00:00:00)
Hatch News (00:21:25)
The Last Jedi Roundtable Discussion (00:24:07)
Your Letters (02:04:54)

Notes and Links

Check out the BRAND NEW Escape Hatch Merch Drop! Our all new collection of swag is available now and every order includes a free Cameo style shoutout from Haitch or Jason. Browse our collection now.
Join the Escape Hatch Discord Server! Hang out with Haitch, Jason, and other friends of the pod. Check out the invite here.
Escape Hatch is a TAPEDECK Podcasts Jawn! Escape Hatch is a member of TAPEDECK Podcasts, alongside: 70mm (a podcast for film lovers), Bat & Spider (low rent horror and exploitation films), The Letterboxd Show (Official Podcast from Letterboxd), Cinenauts (exploring the Criterion Collection), Lost Light (Transformers, wrestling, and more), and Will Run For (obsessed with running). Check these pods out!.
See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on Letterboxd
Escape Hatch’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
Rate and review the podcast to help others discover it, and let us know what you think of the show at letters@escapehatchpod.com or leave us a voicemail at +1-415-534-5211.

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