Home Theater Experience: Colony
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Heart of the Beast, Passenger, and the Return of Arrow ALL Home Theater Gold
This week: We talk about our X-es, and delve into a couple of Creggers!! Plus: How an extra half inch can make ALL the difference!!
Enjoy!
Lets get into ALL our Home Theater Experiences!
So much fun!
“If you can’t laugh while talking Home Theater, you’re doing something wrong.”
Right?
Push Play and hear for yourself.
This week, Steve and DJ welcomed John back and they had some fun catching up on his memorabilia room being reassembled as he gets the house ready to sell. Then they jumped into a packed movie-and-home-theater conversation, starting with Steve’s enthusiastic recommendation for Colony, a wild Korean horror thriller from the director of Train to Busan. They talked about why it works so well as a suspense ride, how creative the Atmos mix is, and why fans of intense creature features should keep it on their radar. They also revisited Captain America: The First Avenger as part of our Marvel rewatch, reflecting on how much fun these earlier MCU films still are and why this one may matter again heading into Doomsday.
The guys also dug into two very different recent watches: Heart of the Beast, which hit them hard emotionally with its survival story and powerful man-and-dog bond, and Passenger, a lean supernatural road horror with an unexpectedly strong Atmos presentation. To wrap things up, they took a nostalgic detour into Arrow, revisiting the start of the CW DC universe and appreciating just how entertaining that first season still is in a proper home theater setup. Altogether, this episode was a mix of laughs, horror, comic-book nostalgia, and the kind of home theater geekery we love most.
🍿CHAPTERS🍿
1. (00:00:23) Opening banter and the Bright Side intro
2. (00:02:06) John returns and rebuilds his theater room
3. (00:04:23) Collectibles, Hot Toys, and room memories
4. (00:07:39) Chat roll call and home theater community talk
5. (00:14:30) Colony review and standout Atmos sound design
6. (00:27:21) Doomsday tickets and Captain America revisited
7. (00:51:13) Heart of the Beast review and survival debate
8. (01:14:13) Passenger review with horror and Atmos highlights
9. (01:33:28) Arrow revisited and the CW shared universe
10. (01:49:27) Closing remarks and next week preview
🍿Links from the Show🍿
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🍿Thanks to:
Theme Music by Jeff Bernheart/Throne Vault Productions.
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