Boston-area film criticism mainstays Steve Head and John Black graciously invited me back to their “Post Movie Podcast” show (which you should ALL totally be downloading and “liking” on iTunes HERE) to talk “Wrath of The Titans,” “Mirror Mirror,” “The Raid” and other sundry things. Embed after the jump:

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Because I’m not done talking about TMNT reboots, apparently.

I’m the guy on the Internet who doesn’t reflexively hate Seth MacFarlane. His shows can be hit-or-miss, but he’s ridiculously talented in his own right and when he’s “on” he and his ‘family’ of writers/actors routinely pull off some great stuff. In any case, he’s now branched out into feature films; and his debut feature – shocker! – centers around a lovable jerk whose best buddy is a thing-that-should-not-talk-or-act-like-a-human-and-yet-does voiced by MacFarlane himself:

The “big idea” is that it’s the hypothetical sequel to every “boy and his magical friend” story ever: Mark Wahlberg’s character wished his Teddy Bear to life as a child, but now it’s two decades later and his “magical adventure pal” is now his “magical perpetually-adolescent-troublemaker-who-gets-in-the-way-of-his-relationships pal.”

I think it looks hysterical. I love that Ted’s design is just “basic bear,” and MacFarlane-alumni Kunis is always fun in these things.

I’m not really bothered by the idea that the remake of “Total Recall” evidently doesn’t involve Mars or three-breasted hookers. I AM, however, bothered by the fact that the remake of a movie that felt very fresh and visually-unique in it’s day is trying so hard to look like just another plug-and-play generic scifi/action movie. Oh well.