Join us this week for a special edition of Film Friday starring our friend and special guest star Frank Fradella. We had a great time in the studio recording this and think you'll enjoy it too. And in addition to great podcasters, our movie this week is also top-notch: a cross between the Smurfs and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. So listen up, and if you think you can identify the movie get your guess in to echo@popupchinese.com for a chance to win a free month of premium access to Popup Chinese.

marco64
 said on
March 13, 2009
Nice podcast. Great energy between the three of you.
brett
 said on
March 14, 2009
I actually think I know this one.

*crossing fingers*
imron
 said on
March 14, 2009
So if I get this correct, can I have three wishes? Or does that only happen if I rub the magic lamp?

P.S. The podcast seems to cutout halfway through.
trevelyan
 said on
March 14, 2009
strange. It's cutting out for me here too, but wasn't yesterday. Re-uploading [Update: re-uploaded]. Thanks Imron.
stratman1
 said on
March 16, 2009
I don't even have to listen to the podcast anymore, I just look at Imron's comments :)
maxiewawa
 said on
March 16, 2009
aiyaaaaah 天啊 it seems I have to say this every Film Friday, sorry for be so dramatic but I'm at my wits end and its tearing me each week I say that I'm going to quit film friday cos it's so aaaaargh. In short:

不知道。

By the way, when do we get the answers to earlier FilmFridays? I'm dying to know the answer "Lost In Mongolia".
trevelyan
 said on
March 16, 2009
@maxiewawa - you got the nearly impossible one with the submarine, so you'll get no sympathy from me. ;) Will say that Brendan loves his misdirection, so maybe you should just ignore everything he says. The smurf reference is fair game though.

Just put up the answers to the previous weeks' films. They were Flight of the Pheonix and Lord of the Rings III: Return of the King. You're allowed to yell at us in ALL CAPS if we don't post this stuff the week after by the way. There's only one contest going at any time.

The reference to Inner Mongolia was to the Gobi Desert, incidentally, which starts a few miles west of Baotou. It's worth seeing for anyone into 60s era industrial development (admittedly, probably not a huge crowd). You cross over a short canyon and are suddenly in the middle of rolling sand dunes that stretch out unending to the horizon. Not too many people caught the clue I think. The popular image of Inner Mongolia in China seems to be the grasslands, while I don't think many people outside China have ever heard of Inner Mongolia.
Echo
 said on
March 16, 2009
@Imron,

We will find something you don't know one day!

@stratman1,

好像好几天没看见你来留言了呀，很想念你啊！最近怎么样？新疆小伙儿 :)

@maxiewawa,

虽然几天前你问了一个很让我伤心的问题，但是我还是希望你能赢film friday的，加油阿，别放弃！

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com