The VFX Show we want is the VFX Show we can’t have and what the #VFX Show we can’t have is already what we had and lost. Mike (Odysseus) Seymour, Jason (Emmaeus) Diamond, and Matt (Antinous) Wallin discuss Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”. Listen for free on FX Guide or watch on YouTube.
VFX Show 306: Disclosure Day
[In alien language] - Don't be afraid of what you don't know as Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin share their thoughts on Steven Spielberg’s latest summer release, Disclosure Day. We discuss the film’s strengths and weaknesses, examine its use of #VFX, and explore what works, and what doesn’t, in Spielberg’s newest blockbuster.
Listen for free on FXGuide or watch the episode below on YouTube.
VFX Show 305: The Backrooms
For starters, on the latest VFX Show Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin can't feel anything. Can you imagine how good that must feel? I mean, there's no thoughts, no pain, no ego. No fear. They simply... exist, like furniture as they discuss Kane Parsons debut feature film, “The Backrooms”. Listen for free on FX Guide or watch on YouTube below.
VFX Show 304: The Mandalorian and Grogu
Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin take a side quest and discuss the first Star Wars movie in seven years, The Mandalorian and Grogu. We discuss the #vfx and the film in detail. Is this the way?
Listen for free on FX Guide or watch our chat on YouTube below.
VFX Show 303: Project Hail Mary
Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin put the “not” in astronaut as we travel light years to talk about the incredible #VFX and filmmaking in “Project Hail Mary”. Listen for free on FX Guide.
VFX Show 302: Avatar: Fire and Ash
Bro…Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin return to Pandora to discuss the visual effects in James Cameron’s box office juggernaut, Avatar: Fire and Ash. Listen or watch for free on FX Guide.
VCUarts Uncharted interview
The amazing Aaron Anderson interviewed me this last month for the new VCUarts Uncharted podcast series. We discuss my past career work, teaching, and the question, “what is arts research?” Aaron did a great job of making me sound sane in a tightly edited 24 minutes of what was a meandering two hour chat.
VFX Show 301: Frankenstein
"It's pronounced 'Fronkensteen.” Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin are “Puttin’ on the Ritz…” as they assemble pieces of the dead, electrify this creature feature, and discuss the #VFX in Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein”.
Listen for free on FX Guide.
VFX Show 300: Fantastic Four
Your planet is now marked for death. Your world will be consumed by Mike “Galactus” Seymour, Jason “The Thing” Diamond, and Matt “Silver Surfer” Wallin There is nothing you can do to stop them, for they are a universal force, as essential as the stars. Hold your loved ones close and speak the words you've been afraid to speak. Use this time to rejoice and celebrate. For your time is short. I herald their beginning. I herald your end. I herald... The #VFX Show Episode 300. Listen or watch for free on FX Guide.
VFX Show 299: Superman
Look. up in the sky! It’s a bird, a plane, it's the #VFX Show! This week Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin leave their respective fortresses of solitude and head to Metropolis to discuss James Gunn’s “Superman”. Listen for free on FX Guide.
VFX Show 298: Jurassic World Rebirth
Survival is a long-shot on the latest episode of the #VFX Show. Dinosaurs, Mike “Titanosaur” Seymour, Jason “T-Rex” Diamond, and Matt “Quetzalcoatlus” Wallin are reborn to talk about the film and the visual effects in Gareth Edwards “Jurassic World Rebirth”. Listen for free on FX Guide.
VFX Show 297: F1
Its lights out and away we go on the latest #VFX Show. We hit the circuit and discuss F1. In the pole position is Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond is number 2 on the grid, and Matt Wallin is the chief mechanic in the pit.
VFX Show 296: Mission Impossible - Final Reckoning
Good evening listener. FX Guide has released a new episode of the #VFX Show. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to listen and be entertained. Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin will be your initial points of contact. As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This podcast will self-destruct in ten seconds. Good luck.
VFX Show 295: Thunderbolts*
Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin are cast into their own personal “shame rooms” in the latest episode of the #VFX Show where we come out of the shadows to discuss Marvel’s “Thunderbolts”. Listen for free on FX Guide.
VFX Show 294: Black Mirror (Season 7)
A mirror shows what you see, and a black mirror shows the dark side of it. Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin are back from traveling and discuss the #vfx in season 7 of Black Mirror. Plus we catch up with Jason about the Sci/Tech Oscars. Listen for free on FX Guide.
The great Paul Giamatti steps into photographs and memories in the season 7 episode entitled, “Eulogy”.
VFX Show 293: Special Episode with Scott Ross
In this special episode of the VFX Show, we talk with former ILM general manager and Digital Domain co-founder Scott Ross. Scott has a new book entitled: UPSTART: The Digital Film Revolution Managing the UnManageable. We discuss the book, the #VFX industry, and the current challenges facing artists and companies around the world.
VFX Show 292: Oscars and Alien: Romulus
Mike “Better Man” Seymour, Jason “Wicked” Diamond, and Matt “Cornelius” Wallin discuss the #VFX Oscar race and explore the visual effects of Alien: Romulus. Listen for free on FX Guide.
VFX Show 291: Better Man
On the latest VFX Show, Mike Seymour, Jason Diamond, and Matt Wallin go ape for the #VFX in the new film “Better Man”. Listen for free on FX Guide.
VFX Show 290: Wicked
On this VFX Show Mike “Tinman” Seymour, Jason “Scarecrow” Diamond, and Matt “Lion” Wallin discuss the holiday box-office juggernaut “Wicked”. Listen for free online at FX Guide.
Godland
This sequence from Hlynur Pálmason’s 2022 film Godland is so powerful. If you have not seen this film, I highly recommend it.