But what we set out to do was not to be, you know, a weekly critical round-up podcast. What is it doing that’s unique in the film podcast world?īax: Well, the thing it does that’s close to unique is that it’s almost 10 years old. Tell me a little bit about Battleship Pretension. Here’s the conversation: Battleship Pretension’s David Bax (L) and Tyler Smith (R) We recently spoke to Smith and Bax via phone to discuss Battleship Pretension’s longevity, the challenges of growing an audience and how changes in their lives have impacted their response to movies. Episodes are long-sometimes very long-and range from lighthearted lists of the hosts’ favorite cinematic death scenes, to more intellectually rigorous discussions of film theory, to festival recaps, previews and filmmaker interviews.īut regardless of topic, Battleship Pretension holds together as a cohesive whole thanks to the chemistry of its two host and their respect for one another, despite the fact that Smith and Bax differ not just ideologically (Smith leans to the right politically and is an outspoken Christian the enthusiastically self-described “SJW” Bax doesn’t, and isn’t) but often in their approach to film as well. Based in LA and helmed by pals Tyler Smith and David Bax (who honed their rapport together as film students at Columbia College Chicago) the show is a gloriously unwieldy, discursive entity malleable enough to approach a seemingly endless variety of movie-related topics from an equally extensive set of angles. Steadily producing new episodes for over 10 years now, Battleship Pretension has carved out a unique niche within the ever-expanding world of online film chatter.
In our regular feature Podlight, we take our earbuds out just long enough to go behind the microphone with the voices and creators of the web’s most innovative and enduring film podcasts to find out what makes these shows tick and unpack ideas about the current state of online film discussion.
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