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We discuss reactions to our ‘Star is Born’ episode and reflect on our experience doing the podcast. Also, our laziness regarding noise gate. Happy 4th of July.
Too Old to Die Young is an American crime drama (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_film) web television (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_television) miniseries (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniseries) written by Nicolas Winding Refn (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Winding_Refn) and Ed Brubaker (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Brubaker) and starring Miles Teller (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Teller) and Augusto Aguilera (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Aguilera) . It premiered on Amazon Video (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Video) on June 14, 2019.
Too Old to Die Young follows "a grieving police officer who, along with the man who shot his partner, finds himself in an underworld filled with working-class hit men, Yakuza soldiers, cartel assassins sent from Mexico, Russian mafia captains and gangs of teenage killers."
We discuss reactions to our ‘Star is Born’ episode and reflect on our experience doing the podcast. Also, our laziness regarding noise gate. Happy 4th of July.
Too Old to Die Young is an American crime drama (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_film) web television (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_television) miniseries (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniseries) written by Nicolas Winding Refn (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Winding_Refn) and Ed Brubaker (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Brubaker) and starring Miles Teller (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Teller) and Augusto Aguilera (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Aguilera) . It premiered on Amazon Video (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Video) on June 14, 2019.
Too Old to Die Young follows "a grieving police officer who, along with the man who shot his partner, finds himself in an underworld filled with working-class hit men, Yakuza soldiers, cartel assassins sent from Mexico, Russian mafia captains and gangs of teenage killers."

![Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Reservoir Dogs is a 1992 American heist film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heist_film) written and directed by Quentin Tarantino (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino) in his feature-length debut. It stars Harvey Keitel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Keitel) , Tim Roth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Roth) , Chris Penn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Penn) , Steve Buscemi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Buscemi) , Lawrence Tierney (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Tierney) , Michael Madsen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Madsen) ,
OPENING SCENE: https://youtu.be/hvFZUOn1TCs
Tarantino, and Edward Bunker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bunker) , as diamond thieves whose planned heist of a jewelry store goes terribly wrong. The film depicts the events before and after the heist. Kirk Baltz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Baltz) , Randy Brooks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Brooks_(actor)) and Steven Wright (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Wright) also play supporting roles. It incorporates many motifs that have become Tarantinos hallmarks: violent crime, pop culture references, profanity, and nonlinear storytelling (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear_storytelling) .
The film is regarded as a classic of independent film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_film) and a cult film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_film) ,[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_Dogs#cite_note-3) and was named Greatest Independent Film of all Time by Empire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(film_magazine)) . Although controversial for its depictions of violence and use of profanity, Reservoir Dogs was generally well received, with the cast being praised by many critics. Despite not being heavily promoted during its theatrical run, the film became a modest success in the United States after grossing $2.8 million against its $1.2 million budget, and was more successful in the United Kingdom, grossing nearly £ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sterling) 6.5 million. It achieved higher popularity after the success of Tarantinos next film, Pulp Fiction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction) (1994). A soundtrack was released featuring songs used in the film, which are mostly from the 1970s. Reservoir Dogs (1992)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yWUXTOeK7fM/mqdefault.jpg)






