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Last week we discussed Forrest Gump, a film that Brendan Leonard believes introduced millions of people to ultrarunning. Today, Cody and Jonathan discuss what many regard as the greatest ultra film of all time, ‘Unbreakable: The Western States 100.’ It documents the 2010 running of Western States, and the 2025 race happens this Saturday, June 28. As always, Cody and I discuss what’s aged the best, what’s aged the worst, who needed BLISTER+ the most, and more.Let Us Know Your Thoughts!Email us here or leave a comment on our site with your hot take or thoughts on the film. Or tell us which movies you’d like to see us cover on Blister Cinematic.RELATED LINKS:BLISTER+ Get Yourself CoveredTOPICS & TIMES:Why This Film? (2:03)Most Rewatchable Scenes (13:26)Best Lines (28:04)What’s Aged the Best? (32:23)What’s Aged the Worst? (35:53)‘Hottest Take’ Award (39:09)Who Needed BLISTER+ the Most? (40:47)Gimme More (41:44)Gimme Less (43:40)Burning Questions (46:38)Companion Film: Sequel, Prequel, or Spinoff? (47:28)Memorabilia You Want the Most (52:35)Best Life Lesson (55:31)Who Won The Movie? (56:56)Our Final Grades (58:02)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister PodcastBikes & Big IdeasGEAR:30CRAFTED

Forrest Gump premiered on June 23, 1994, then went on to get nominated for 13 Oscar awards, and Tom Hanks won for Best Actor. But according to Brendan Leonard (semi-rad.com), the real story is that this blockbuster film introduced millions of people to the sport of ultrarunning. So Brendan and Jonathan discuss that, plus what’s aged the best, what’s aged the worst, who needed BLISTER+ the most, and more.RELATED LINKS:BLISTER+ Get Yourself CoveredTOPICS & TIMES:Why This Film?(1:18)Impressions First Time Seeing It? (7:28)Forrest Gump as a Running Movie (11:04)Most Rewatchable Scenes (24:26)Best Lines (29:29)What’s Aged the Best? (40:10)What’s Aged the Worst? (46:24)‘Hottest Take’ Award (54:31)Who Needed BLISTER+ the Most? (58:47)Burning Questions (1:01:01)Sequel, Prequel, or Spinoff? (1:06:58)Memorabilia You Want the Most (1:09:06)Who Won the Movie? (1:15:29)Our Final Grades (1:17:29)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister PodcastBikes & Big IdeasGEAR:30CRAFTED

On this day — June 10 — in 1982, ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial’ premiered in the USA. This film by Steven Spielberg won multiple Oscar awards, became the highest-grossing film of all time, and caused a significant boost in BMX-style bike sales. So today, Jonathan Ellsworth & Simon Stewart revisit E.T. and discuss what’s aged the best, what’s aged the worst, “loose parenting,” Reese’s Pieces, who needed BLISTER+ the most, and more.RELATED LINKS:BLISTER+ Get Yourself Covered2019 E.T. Commercial / SequelTOPICS & TIMES:Why This Film? (3:20)Most Rewatchable Scenes (23:17)Best Lines (42:28)What’s Aged the Best? (46:57)What’s Aged the Worst? (56:50)Who Needed BLISTER+ the Most? (58:40)‘Hottest Take’ Award (1:00:19)Memorabilia You Want the Most (1:10:52)Who Won the Movie? (1:13:53)Our Final Grades (1:17:35)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister PodcastBikes & Big IdeasGEAR:30CRAFTED

Forty years ago (May 22, 1985), snowboarding was featured for the first time ever in a massive, mainstream film: the James Bond movie, ‘A View to a Kill’. So in honor of its 40th anniversary, Jonathan, JBobb, and Simon break down the opening on-snow action of the film; discuss its historical significance; and share a number of wild facts about this crazy movie and its star-studded cast.RELATED LINKS:BLISTER+ Get Yourself CoveredYouTube: The Ski/Snowboard SceneCO Snowsports Museum: Bond’s SnowboardTOPICS & TIMES:Why This Film? (1:37)JBobb’s Hottest Take (4:53)The 80's (16:12)Roger Moore as James Bond (34:56)Christopher Walken as Max Zorin (37:05)Grace Jones as May Day (42:26)Most Rewatchable Scenes (46:00)Best Lines (51:15))What’s Aged the Best? (53:07)What’s Aged the Worst? (56:28)‘Hottest Take’ Award (59:27)Who Needed BLISTER+ the Most? (1:02:02)Burning Questions? (1:05:07)Memorabilia You Want the Most (1:05:44)Who Won the Movie? (1:14:11)Our Final Grades (1:17:04)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister PodcastBikes & Big IdeasGEAR:30CRAFTED

Cody and Jonathan discuss The Eiger Sanction, because it celebrates its 50th anniversary this week; it stars Clint Eastwood, who was the biggest movie star in the world at the time; and, perhaps most importantly here, Alex Honnold has called The Eiger Sanction the most realistic climbing film that Hollywood has ever produced. So … is Alex right? And how does the rest of the film hold up?RELATED LINKS:BLISTER+ Get Yourself CoveredTOPICS & TIMES:Why ‘The Eiger Sanction’? (1:44)Satire or Serious? (9:41)Hollywood & Climbing(12:21)Most Rewatchable Scenes (19:42) Best Lines (28:56)What’s Aged the Worst? (32:24)‘Hottest Take’ Award (47:26)Attention Span Award + Gimme More (51:14)Should This Film Be Remade? (53:36)Who Needed BLISTER+ the Most? (58:26)The Word "Sanction" + Burning Questions (1:00:00)Sequel, Prequel, or Spinoff? (1:03:11)Memorabilia You Want the Most (1:05:25)Who Won the Movie? (1:06:47)Our Final Grades (1:07:30)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister PodcastBikes & Big IdeasGEAR:30CRAFTED

Today, we are talking to Mountain Gazette editor, Mike Rogge, about the film ‘Jeremiah Johnson’ that stars one of the most famous actors of all time, Robert Redford. So why did Mike want to discuss this film that came out 53 years ago? Why was it so important to Robert Redford? How did it end up becoming one of the most popular GIFs / memes today?? And how well does the film hold up?RELATED LINKS:BLISTER+ Get Yourself CoveredMountain GazetteTOPICS & TIMES:Next Week’s Film (1:08)Why ‘Jeremiah Johnson’? (2:03)The Actors (15:20)Most Rewatchable Scenes (19:27)Best Lines (32:53)What’s Aged the Best? (41:08)The GIF / Meme Phenomenon (45:11)What’s Aged the Worst? (50:09)‘Hottest Take’ Award (58:37)Who Needed BLISTER+ the Most? (1:01:41)‘Gimme Less’ Award (1:06:46)Attention Span & Would It Work Today? (1:09:04)Recasting Couch (1:10:08)Memorabilia You’d Most Want? (1:11:23)Who Won the Movie? (1:12:44)Our Final Grades (1:13:43)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister PodcastBikes & Big IdeasGEAR:30CRAFTED

Jonathan talks with Nikolai Schirmer about snow monk warriors, obsessive weirdos, and his outstanding new movie, ‘Ski: The Greatest Ski Tour of All Time.’ Plus, Cody Townsend (who is in the film) joins in to talk about the evolution of ski culture, filmmaking, and more.RELATED LINKSWatch the Trailer for ‘SKI’Get Yourself Covered: BLISTER+Join Us! Blister Summit 2025TOPICS & TIMES:BLISTER+ Member Competing @ Kings & Queens (0:44)Niko’s Film Tour & Travels (3:00)Cody's Involvement (6:17)Ski Movie or Not: Obsessive Weirdos (8:59)Cody Jumps In(17:16)The Evolution of Ski Culture (20:58)Pressures of Production (27:50)Niko’s Dream (42:28)Being Present While Filming (51:25)Niko on Cody (59:35)Bad Facial Hair (1:02:41)Where is ‘Ski’ Being Shown? (1:03:45)Niko’s Favorite Ski Movie? (1:05:10)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister PodcastBikes & Big IdeasGEAR:30CRAFTED

Jonathan and Amie Engerbretson break down Katie Burrell’s ski comedy, Weak Layers. It’s a hilarious, not-very-suitable-for-work movie that features many of your favorite skiers and an incredible number of great lines, but please, just remember to “Shhhhhhh!”RELATED LINKSGet Yourself Covered: BLISTER+Join Us! Blister Summit 2025Blister Summit Awards 2024TOPICS & TIMES:Why This Film? (2:43)Most Rewatchable Scenes (16:31)The Lead Actors (21:58)Best Lines (28:17)Cameos (33:20)Hottest Take Award (36:45)Who Needed BLISTER+ the Most?What’s Aged The Best? (43:00)What’s Aged The Worst? (46:34)‘Gimme More’ Award (55:49)‘Gimme Less’ AwardWho Won the Movie? (1:00:53)Our Final Grades (1:03:34)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister PodcastBikes & Big IdeasGEAR:30CRAFTED