Blade Runner | Ep #40

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We've seen things you people wouldn't believe... For the third installment of our retrospectacle on the films of 1982, we chastise nerds for over-analyzing Ridley Scott's masterpiece Blade Runner, and then over-analyze Ridley Scott's masterpiece Blade Runner. Do you like our owl?   

Show Notes: 

03:01 Blade Runner: have it your way
03:40 Original ending w/Deckard's voice-over
05:45 The Final Cut
06:57 Ridley Scott: A likeable weirdo
07:50 Video Hound's Complete Guide to Cult Flicks & Trash Pics
10:01 Putting the cult in cult
12:10 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
16:00 The Deckard/Batty dance
16:23 Interlude: Vangelis: "Blade Runner End Titles"
17:50 Vangelis' score: "just gross"
24:28 So much style
25:30 The deal with Deckard
32:45 Interlude: "Tears in Rain"
35:10 Prometheus: Blade Runner in space
36:45 The Jesus Engineer 
41:55 An awkward, drowsy love scene
45:20 Interlude: White Zombie: "More Human Than Human"
46:05 The value of repeat viewings
49:35 The Ulysses effect
52:01 Another Runner?
56:35 Red Dwarf: Back to Earth

 

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Blade Runner | #40

Ghosts! | Ep #39

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Boo.   

Show Notes: 

01:21 See also: The Creeps
05:20 Ghost Dad
07:10 Ghost
09:45 Ghost pottery
10:05 Interlude: Vito & The Salutations: "Unchained Melody"
10:57 Ghost: Carl's end
11:20 "He's my best friend"
14:10 Haunted agenda
16:45 The waiting room (Beetlejuice)
17:15 Poltergeists
17:55 Unsolved Mysteries
20:25 The Entity
25:20 Interlude: Air: "Ghost Song"
29:50 The Amityville Horror
33:15 Red Foxx haunting
33:05 Ghost Hunters
38:35 Interlude: Bobby Brown: "On Our Own"
39:50 Ghostbusters (opening scene / Slimer)
42:01 The Frighteners
44:12 The Innocents
45:15 The Others
45:29 The Sixth Sense
46:01 High Spirits
46:29 The Changling
47:20 The ghost layer
50:23 Interlude: "Redrum"
50:55 The Shining
55:20 Majora's Mask

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Ghosts! | Ep #39

Carnivals and Fairs | Ep #38

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We close out our first summer series with a ride on the Scrambler, a pig in the race, and a pie in the face. Join us at the top of the Ferris Wheel; just don't be surprised if you get a peck on the cheek.   

Show Notes: 

00:45 Pulltabs
04:35 Carniventure
05:40 Traveling carnivals
06:42 Carnivale (series / mythology)
09:35 Please keep your hands and arms inside your ride vehicle 
10:52 Gravitron incidents
12:15 Classic carnival rides (Gravitron / Salt n' Pepper Shakers / Zipper / Octopus / Pirate ship)
16:20 Carny taunts
16:40 Music Express
18:15 Carnival scene from The Sandlot
19:55 Carnivations
20:40 Interlude: The Champs: "Tequila"
21:37 The Scrambler
24:50 Ferris Wheel
26:00 Stolen moments
29:30 Interlude: The Rosebuds: "Waiting for the Carnival"
30:20 Carnival/midway games
32:48 Glass carnival prize tiles
37:00 County/state fairs
37:40 Fair competition
40:47 The fried food phenomenon
41:20 The semantics of fried butter
44:50 Interlude: Warrant: "Cherry Pie"
45:45 Eating contests
46:00 "The Revenge of Lard Ass Hogan" (Stand By Me)
46:36 Hot Fuzz carnival scene
47:30 Charlotte's Web ("A Veritable Smorgasboard")
48:25 Strangers on a Train finale
49:03 Big 
50:40 Something Wicked This Way Comes 
50:55 Sideshows
51:40 Freaks / Freaked
53:35 Firefly sideshow scene
54:06 Fireworks 

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Carnivals and Fairs | Ep #38

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Ep #37

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They're the world's most fearsome fighting team. They're heroes in a half-shell and they're green. They're the reason Drew draws and John hangs out in the sewers. They're the TMNT, and we're talking about them.  

Show Notes: 

01:15 Jumping headlong into the ooze
03:55 Nineteen eighty-fourigins
04:40 "Stick"
06:01 The animated series
08:40 "Did you say clang?"
09:20 Turtle mania (bedsheets / lunchbox / Hostess pies / ice cream bars)
13:10 Interlude: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pies commercial 
15:50 "I love toxic waste"
16:09 Sewer playset / Pizza Thrower
16:48 Casey Jones
17:30 Bebop and Rocksteady
18:32 The Technodrome
22:10 Turtle Van / Turtle Blimp
24:35 Side characters
26:40 Shredder
27:00 Interlude: Partners in Kryme: "Turtle Power"
30:06 "I don't believe it." - TMNT: The Movie
36:35 TMNT 2: The Secret of the Ooze
37:51 TMNT 3: Turtles in Time
41:10 New toons (2003 series / 2007 movie)
43:10 2012 animated series
44:20 Interlude: Vanilla Ice: "Ninja Rap"
45:15 Turtle tunes
48:25 "Make it ice"
49:30 Turtle preferences
51:57 Cashing in on kids
53:30 FCC deregulation 

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Ep #37

Summer Blockbusters | Ep #33

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Finally, the episode you've waited all summer to experience, presented in stunning IMAX 70 mm with thunderous THX sound. You've got your tickets. You've got your popcorn. Now take your seat and tell the guy next to you how excited you are as we overwhelm you with the spectacle of summer movies.*  

Show Notes: 

01:40 June 11, 1993

03:06 Dick Tracy (premiere t-shirt / villains / the kid)

06:47 The Blank action figure

09:30 Interlude: Celebrity Jeopardy: Movies for $400

10:40 Jaws: the first summer blockbuster

15:00 What made the blockbuster

20:45 The smart blockbuster

25:55 Interlude: Meco: "Star Wars"

26:57 The Star Wars phenomenon

27:40 Waves

33:50 Michael Bay: the successful joke

37:10 The Syfy-ification of summer blockbusters

39:25 Interlude: Huey Lewis & The News: "Back in Time"

41:22 Back to the Future: high-concept with heart

42:50 Back-to-Back to the Futures

47:40 "Teasers frustrate me."

48:30 The Devlin/Emmerich Factory

49:05 Independence Day

56:10 We always win 

*This episode was recorded prior to the event that took place in Aurora, Colorado on July 20, 2012. While it contains no direct references to The Dark Knight Rises, we apologize for any such associations that may come to mind and affirm that no disrespect is intended to the victims of that event. 

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Summer Blockbusters | Ep #33