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For the second half of September we're checking out a pair of top flight Hong Kong action flicks, kicking off with our second Cynthia Rothrock classic, Righting Wrongs!
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(00:00:32) - Intro.
(00:02:22) - Our film for this week: Righting Wrongs!
(00:09:43) - Some background on the film's production.
(00:17:54) - On the subject of multiple endings.
(00:21:19) - Launching into the movie proper.
(00:25:26) - Meanwhile, in Hong Kong: let's blow up some kids.
(00:31:27) - Yuen Biao becomes Batman, and Cynthia Rothrock arrives.
(00:35:35) - Hello Stink Egg.
(00:45:09) - Staring at computer terminals for a while.
(00:47:04) - Break!
(00:47:23) - We're back, here's this criminal kid. He's going to die.
(00:49:13) - The parking garage scene.
(00:53:45) - Torturing a train metaphor to death.
(00:56:22) - This child is an idiot, and the reveal of the Big Bad.
(01:02:23) - If you're suspected of murder, why is court the first place you'd think to go?
(01:05:17) - Melvin Wong is going to obliterate this kid. But first he's going to obliterate his grandpa.
(01:14:05) - The assassin returns, now with high-waisted jeans.
(01:17:11) - More child assassination? More child assassination!
(01:22:03) - Another innocent dead. To the airplane hangar!
(01:27:40) - The final confrontation.
(01:33:59) - Final thoughts.
(01:35:56) - Outro.
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Our patrons voted and they wanted to see us check out Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's airborne adventure Porco Rosso! Join us as we take to the skies with a lovably grumpy pig man as he bests his rivals and rediscovers his humanity.
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(00:00:19) - Intro.
(00:02:55) - Our individual experiences with the works of Studio Ghibli.
(00:08:35) - Getting into the history of Porco Rosso's production.
(00:10:27) - Talking about the different casts and dubs.
(00:15:16) - Some chat about Miyazaki as a figure in animation.
(00:19:08) - Porco's more adult, real world themes.
(00:22:58) - Setting up the premise.
(00:25:51) - These are maybe not the most talented sky pirates.
(00:32:21) - Gina and Porco's relationship.
(00:35:24) - This movie's love of planes.
(00:37:31) - Curtis joins the pirates, and Porco's plane gets wrecked.
(00:40:51) - Break!
(00:41:12) - Milan and the cadre of women workers.
(00:48:33) - The air force comes calling.
(00:51:26) - Time to get the heck out of Italy.
(00:57:35) - The pirates have a plan...of sorts.
(01:01:48) - Curtis wants to duel to the death.
(01:05:32) - Porco revealed.
(01:08:55) - A mad dash to a madcap showdown.
(01:15:20) - Talking about the end and epilogue.
(01:22:48) - Final thoughts.
(01:29:50) - Outro.
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Every layer of Serial Experiments Lain has now been explored by our intrepid Watchcasting team, and now all that's left is to put the remaining pieces together, attack and dethrone Internet God, and if that doesn't work out, we can always hit the factory reset button.
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(00:00:27) - Intro.
(00:01:03) - Initial thoughts now that we've completed the series.
(00:11:26) - Kicking things off with Layer 10, LOVE.
(00:18:09) - Lain comes home.
(00:25:43) - Bye bye Knights.
(00:29:18) - Everybody loves Lain.
(00:35:26) - God gets a few more words in.
(00:38:37) - Onto INFORNOGRAPHY.
(00:44:32) - Flesh.exe
(00:50:57) - Don't worry Alice, Lain can fix this. She can fix anything.
(00:57:23) - Break!
(00:57:48) - We're back, and everything's fixed!
(01:01:54) - Say goodbye to the men in black.
(01:12:21) - Alice wanders through the tatters of Lain's house.
(01:21:55) - CONNECTION DENIED.
(01:28:51) - We broke Alice. Time for a factory reset.
(01:39:04) - Lain says goodbye. Lain says hello.
(01:45:03) - Final thoughts.
(01:52:25) - Our plans for next month.
(01:58:36) - Outro.
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We've got layers upon layers to peel back this week on the Watchcast, as we cruise through some of Serial Experiments Lain's most surreal imagery and dense infodumping yet.
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(00:00:30) - Intro.
(00:02:00) - Our layers for this week: Society, Rumors, and Protocol. Also a brother check-in on where we're all at.
(00:09:50) - Drilling down on Layer 07: Society.
(00:12:56) - Justin.tv man, and these everyday folks who seem to be up to something.
(00:19:32) - The first of many infodumps to come.
(00:33:02) - Checking in on where we're at leading into the next crazy episodes.
(00:33:59) - Break!
(00:34:16) - We're back, and it's time for some blasphemous rumors.
(00:37:55) - Mom and dad's death stare.
(00:40:44) - Alice and friends think Lain did something, and God's back.
(00:48:55) - Alice sees Lain of the Wired.
(00:55:59) - What is Lain to do?
(00:58:20) - The Metal Gear Episode.
(01:04:50) - Polling the podcast about what we know about all this freaky history.
(01:08:46) - Cyberia, and dolphin stuff.
(01:16:19) - A date with Taro.
(01:24:11) - Xanadu. Not the Olivia Newton John one. The space library one.
(01:26:32) - The Schumann Resonance.
(01:34:57) - Trying to make sense of what we've seen.
(01:39:51) - Outro.
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We continue our journey through Serial Experiments Lain with Layers four through six this week, and if anything's for certain, it's this: we absolutely understand everything going on.
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(00:01:06) - Intro.
(00:03:13) - Launching into our episodes for this week, and the state of Lain's bedroom.
(00:07:03) - A whole new Lain.
(00:11:32) - *Daytona USA theme voice* PHAN-TO-MAAAAAA!
(00:18:55) - Lain has friends, but her real friend is the computer.
(00:21:14) - Another kid has a phantomA freakout.
(00:26:17) - The Knights are up to something, and dad has a stern word about Lain's computer time.
(00:29:35) - Laser men are back.
(00:32:30) - Break!
(00:32:51) - We're back, and it's time for Distortion.
(00:37:02) - Lain is getting some interesting lectures, and Mika's getting messages.
(00:45:39) - Another weird dinner, and Mika's increasingly distressing visions.
(00:49:45) - Oh no, Mika. Oh no.
(00:54:25) - Moving into Kids, and Lain's unbelievable computer escalation.
(00:58:03) - These damn kids won't stop praising the sun!
(01:01:37) - Lain ain't having this nonsense.
(01:04:26) - It's time to meet Professor Loredump.
(01:14:35) - Lain gets pissed.
(01:21:23) - Final thoughts.
(01:27:20) - Outro.
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For the first time the Watchcast moves into the wide and wild world of anime! We're christening our first anime watch with the 1998 series Serial Experiments Lain, both because it's great, and it gives us an excuse to talk about old computers.
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(00:00:32) - Intro.
(00:02:09) - Our histories with Anime.
(00:12:35) - So what are we kicking off our great anime adventure with? Serial Experiments Lain!
(00:20:23) - The Apple Computers connection.
(00:22:36) - Soundtrack talk.
(00:27:00) - Launching into our first episodes.
(00:35:08) - Talking about our protagonist, her family, cool computers, and terrifying emails.
(00:40:56) - Lain checks her email, and decides to upgrade.
(00:50:01) - Break!
(00:50:19) - Lain's fashion sense, and our introduction to Club Cyberia.
(00:57:00) - Lain's "friends" invite her to the club.
(00:59:57) - The new Navi arrives.
(01:05:53) - Things are going down at Cyberia.
(01:09:44) - Lain's folks ain't around right now.
(01:12:39) - Weird stuff keeps happening to Lain.
(01:16:45) - Dad suddenly clams up, and Lain returns to the scene of the crime.
(01:23:26) - The Iwakuras get an unwelcome visit, and Lain's weird end-of-episode face.
(01:28:31) - Final thoughts on our first few episodes.
(01:36:40) - Outro.
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The season one finale of Twin Peaks is upon us, so it's time to play the game of Alive, Dead, or Arrested, and address the many, many cliffhangers we've been left to reckon with.
NOTE: There's about a nine minute chunk toward the end of the show where you may notice a slight dip in audio quality. One of our tracks got messed up, so that section is taken from a backup. Nothing was lost, just wanted to give the heads-up in case you noticed the change in quality.
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(00:00:40) - Intro.
(00:01:25) - A timely takedown of ABC Prime Time's coverage of the Twin Peaks finale.
(00:09:38) - Kicking things off with Realization Time.
(00:16:19) - A bit of production background on the episode.
(00:19:49) - Lucy's secret, and the introduction of Waldo.
(00:24:57) - Leo's stakeout, and the teens hatch a plan.
(00:30:02) - Audrey's also doing undercover work.
(00:36:54) - Cooper's philosophy, and some other miscellaneous moments.
(00:40:08) - Josie's confession, and Catherine's visit from the insurance company.
(00:48:52) - Plans (and a bird) are executed.
(01:03:26) - Break!
(01:03:55) - We're back, and it's time for the season finale!
(01:08:35) - Picking up where we left off...
(01:12:21) - Cooper sets his trap for Jacques.
(01:20:41) - Shelley gets kidnapped, and Jacques gets got.
(01:27:33) - James is sad, Leo's going to burn it all down, and Nadine is making dark plans.
(01:33:13) - Josie and Hank clarify some things.
(01:42:36) - Catherine almost makes you think she ain't terrible. Almost.
(01:46:12) - Trying to tie some of these conspiracy board pieces together.
(01:52:24) - The cliffhanger medley begins, and we play Alive, Dead, or Arrested.
(02:09:49) - Finally, the mother of all cliffhangers.
(02:24:16) - What our plans are for the Watchcast for the immediate future.
(02:30:29) - Outro.
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We're over the halfway point on Twin Peak's first season, and the dirty business of all the townsfolk is front and center on this week's Watchcast episodes: The One-Armed Man, and Cooper's Dreams!
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(00:00:15) - Intro.
(00:02:58) - Kicking things off with The One-Armed Man!
(00:08:30) - Launching into this week's dirty business.
(00:15:31) - Jacoby's interrogation.
(00:22:26) - Finding the one-armed man, and even more than we bargained for.
(00:29:37) - Donna and Audrey join forces.
(00:35:08) - Hank has arrived on the scene.
(00:39:14) - Just look at that dang llama.
(00:41:58) - Shelley and Bobby begin to hatch a plan, and the boys hit the range.
(00:46:58) - Our first significant time with cousin Maddy.
(00:51:09) - Ben and Audrey's deal.
(00:56:35) - Birds and frame-ups.
(01:00:08) - Leo and Ben's meeting.
(01:04:03) - James and Donna discover the locket missing, and the Josie/Hank reveal.
(01:08:12) - Break!
(01:08:33) - We're back, and it's time to dive ever deeper into Cooper's Dreams!
(01:14:51) - Finding out all kinds of things at Jacques' apartment.
(01:18:46) - Ed and Norma break it off.
(01:24:02) - Audrey goes nuclear, and James dumps some lore.
(01:32:37) - Bobby gets broken down.
(01:37:26) - The Log Lady lays it out.
(01:42:28) - What a party.
(01:49:09) - The episode's rapid fire final revelations.
(01:54:08) - Final thoughts on this week's episodes.
(01:56:41) - Outro.
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We've hit the halfway point of Twin Peaks' first season, and it's time to dig into all the things that are beginning to reveal themselves. Join us as we uncover forensic evidence, attend completely uneventful funerals, and discover just what the heck the dang Bookhouse Boys are all about.
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(00:00:22) - Intro.
(00:01:35) - Our episodes this week: Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer, and Rest in Pain! And now, here's the Log Lady.
(00:04:30) - Butter and brie baguettes.
(00:11:04) - Them Horne boys are up to no good.
(00:17:55) - Bobby and Mike have an...encounter with Leo.
(00:27:08) - The country called Tibet.
(00:34:43) - Enter: Albert Rosenfield.
(00:37:36) - Checking in on some of the other townsfolk.
(00:41:00) - Cooper's dream.
(00:51:25) - Break!
(00:51:44) - We're back, and it's time to Rest in Pain.
(00:54:07) - Cooper's latest breakfast escapades.
(01:00:48) - Albert vs. Decency.
(01:05:16) - Maddy, and shows within shows.
(01:08:02) - Norma's hubby is gettin' out, and Leo gets a visit.
(01:11:48) - Another Bobby and Major Briggs heart-to-heart.
(01:15:10) - Albert's report.
(01:19:33) - Checking in with Ed and Nadine, and Audrey's latest sneakiness.
(01:21:40) - Laura's funeral.
(01:27:27) - Something darker is alluded to, and the Bookhouse Boys reveal themselves.
(01:36:19) - There are two sets of books, but Catherine knows that Josie knows.
(01:40:52) - Dr. Jacoby reveals himself (not literally).
(01:43:39) - Leland on the dance floor.
(01:46:57) - We're halfway through season one, so it's time for BOLD PREDICTIONS.
(01:55:40) - Outro.
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After a couple of weeks away, the Nextlander Watchcast is making its triumphant return, and we're kicking off our exploration of the first season of David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks!
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(00:01:27) - Intro.
(00:03:11) - The day has finally arrived. We're watching Twin Peaks!
(00:08:32) - Some immediate love and fascination with Agent Dale Cooper.
(00:11:23) - Getting into the history of how Twin Peaks came to be.
(00:17:46) - Talking about the cast.
(00:20:36) - Angelo Badalamenti's music.
(00:24:37) - Launching into the pilot, AKA Northwest Passage.
(00:32:32) - The aftermath of discovering Laura.
(00:41:24) - Meeting a bunch of the townsfolk (and finding out who they're sleeping with).
(00:47:17) - Catherine and Josie.
(00:50:25) - Ronette Pulaski arrives, and here comes Dale Cooper.
(00:56:06) - The investigation begins.
(01:03:51) - Audrey Horne: Agent of Chaos.
(01:08:22) - The town meeting, and Donna and James' meeting.
(01:19:46) - The burying of the locket, and Sarah's vision.
(01:22:54) - Break!
(01:23:41) - We're back, and Coop is upside down.
(01:30:45) - Shelly discovers Leo's bloody shirt.
(01:33:21) - The interrogation of James.
(01:36:49) - Bopping around between different folks.
(01:43:01) - Fishy is in the coffee, and Ben and Catherine have a plan.
(01:46:42) - Donna visits the Palmers, and we meet the man in the mirror.
(01:52:19) - Touching on the episode's director and his influence on the Coop/Audrey storyline.
(01:53:39) - Our veneration of Major Briggs.
(01:58:48) - HOW many pieces of cherry pie?!?
(02:01:18) - Leo sucks ass, James is having a nice family dinner, and Dr. Jacoby is up to some stuff.
(02:06:57) - Talking about episode cliffhangers, and whether answers await us for the show's many questions.
(02:10:26) - Final thoughts.
(02:11:58) - Outro.
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The Nextlander Watchcast is wild at heart and weird on top as we tackle our final film before a two week hiatus. Join us as we dive into the burning passion of Sailor and Lula and all the various forces conspiring to break them apart in David Lynch's Wild at Heart!
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(00:00:44) - Intro.
(00:01:59) - Our final film for David Lynch June: Wild at Heart!
(00:08:14) - So why this, of all Lynch films to close things out? Let's be real. It's Cage.
(00:11:41) - Let's get into the production history.
(00:17:42) - Cage and Dern's contributions.
(00:23:26) - So how was Wild at Heart received in 1990?
(00:32:04) - Let's talk about what actually happens in this movie. A lot happens.
(00:33:20) - An aside about Crispin Glover and some other scattered scenes.
(00:35:16) - On the subject of Lula's mother and the film's opening.
(00:41:18) - Johnny and Santos and various murders.
(00:51:23) - Time to do some dancin'.
(00:57:45) - Welcome to New Orleans.
(01:04:37) - Break!
(01:04:58) - We're back, and talking the open road and Chris Isaak.
(01:10:39) - The broken doll, Sherilyn Fenn.
(01:15:29) - Big Tuna, Texas.
(01:20:18) - Enter: Bobby Peru.
(01:26:18) - Bobby's proposition.
(01:32:55) - The robbery is on. Bobby's head is off.
(01:38:53) - Sailor's back in the clink. Then, six years later...
(01:49:00) - Final thoughts.
(01:53:35) - Some forward-looking Twin Peaks thoughts.
(01:57:10) - Outro.
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We're midway through David Lynch month on the Watchcast, and this episode is positively drenched in desert power as we tackle the director's incredibly ambitious and profoundly messy adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune!
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(00:00:20) - Intro.
(00:01:38) - Our film this week: Dune! And our individual experiences with the novel and its terminology.
(00:08:17) - The long confusing history of how Dune made it to the screen.
(00:15:47) - Enter: David Lynch.
(00:29:44) - OK, this movie has a lot of problems, but let's talk about what it does well.
(00:33:42) - Getting into the abundance of set-up for the story.
(00:39:43) - Trying to untangle the whole Bene Geserit thing.
(00:45:22) - A brief bit on Patrick Stewart, and some other performances.
(00:48:20) - On the subject of Paul.
(00:51:41) - Break!
(00:52:00) - We're back, and we're talkin' Harkonnens and traitors.
(01:00:02) - The Atreides' arrival.
(01:05:25) - Dr. Wellington has a plan.
(01:09:11) - We are officially off the rails.
(01:14:00) - And here! Come! The Fremen!
(01:19:16) - Steamed Fayd.
(01:23:25) - What if a training montage was like half a movie.
(01:27:25) - Bah gawd King, that's the Emperor's music!
(01:31:06) - This galactic empire kind of sucks at fighting. Also Paul is now Space Jesus.
(01:36:49) - Final thoughts.
(01:43:41) - Outro.
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A new month means a new theme, and this month we're leading into our scheduled Twin Peaks season one watch in July with a trio of David Lynch's earlier films, and kicking that off with the unpredictable and nightmarish small town mystery of Blue Velvet.
NOTE: This film depicts scenes of sexual violence, and while we do not include clips of any of those scenes, we do discuss them at length.
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(00:00:22) - Intro.
(00:00:54) - This month's films: a little bit of early David Lynch!
(00:03:34) - Our movie for this week: Blue Velvet!
(00:09:48) - Lynch's vision of American life, and the film's intro.
(00:13:42) - The freaky ear.
(00:16:32) - Let's back 'er up a second and talk a little about how this got made.
(00:24:19) - Talking about our cast.
(00:32:22) - Last notes on the production and the critical response.
(00:39:50) - Jeffrey and Sandy begin their quest for the truth.
(00:45:27) - Break!
(00:45:44) - We're back, and boy howdy, the nightmare has officially kicked off.
(00:54:35) - Jeffrey is all the way in over his head.
(01:01:52) - Time for a joyride.
(01:07:26) - Spending some time at Ben's.
(01:13:48) - The joyride continues.
(01:19:24) - Don't worry about Jeffrey. He's fine.
(01:23:53) - Bad things have happened to Dorothy.
(01:29:21) - Shootout at Frank's hideout, and Jeffrey discovers a horrible and confusing scene.
(01:37:44) - And then...epilogue?
(01:40:44) - Final thoughts.
(01:49:12) - Outro.
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Grab your 3D glasses if you've got 'em and get your slo-mo inhaler ready, because we're closing out the month of May and our Some Guys Are Coming to Kill Us theme with 2012's ultraviolent comic adaptation, Dredd!
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(00:00:33) - Intro.
(00:02:06) - Our final film for Some Guys Are Coming to Kill Us month: Dredd!
(00:03:47) - A little history on the Judge Dredd comic and how this movie adapts it.
(00:11:17) - Talking how this adaptation came together.
(00:16:45) - Our star-studded cast.
(00:23:38) - Kicking things off with an all-timer of a future drug concept: slo-mo! And some 3D cinema talk.
(00:32:08) - The plot may be thin, but it does the job.
(00:42:15) - What sets that plot in motion (also how did we forget to mention Domhnall Gleeson).
(00:50:41) - Break!
(00:50:59) - We're back, and our judges are stuck.
(00:57:22) - A brief aside on the monumentally bad choices the tower block's medical guy makes.
(01:01:09) - Let the killing commence!
(01:05:58) - Kay is an awful, awful dude. Ma-Ma is still somehow worse.
(01:10:56) - Let's get mental.
(01:16:52) - The dumbass kids and Anderson's capture.
(01:22:58) - And here come the bad judges.
(01:26:18) - Bye bye Kay.
(01:32:13) - Wait!
(01:36:15) - If you're going to hotwire your heartbeat to demolition grade explosives, don't skimp on the transmitter!
(01:42:36) - Mopping things up after throwing Ma-Ma from the balcony.
(01:47:50) - Final thoughts.
(01:51:26) - Outro, and housekeeping notes for June and July's Watchcasts.
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It's the reason for the season of Some Guys Are Coming to Kill Us this week, as we tackle a movie Brad and Vinny have been dying to see in the 2011 Indonesian action epic, The Raid!
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(00:00:53) - Intro and opening thoughts on our movie for the week: The Raid!
(00:10:20) - How The Raid came to be.
(00:24:01) - Grousing about the remake (which is supposedly still happening), and a brief discussion on the sequel.
(00:26:32) - The set-up for the movie.
(00:35:25) - Our good guys are in the building and have secured the lower floors. Hard part's over, right?
(00:40:35) - And just like that, everybody's dying.
(00:46:46) - Break!
(00:47:04) - We're back, and it's popping off.
(00:52:16) - An abundance of leg damage.
(00:54:52) - Machetes through walls.
(00:57:50) - A very bad use of a butter knife.
(00:59:15) - Some big character moments for our main cops.
(01:08:52) - Mad Dog's comin'.
(01:12:30) - It's over for the brother.
(01:15:47) - The last levels, and the last fight with Mad Dog.
(01:22:23) - Winding to the conclusion.
(01:29:06) - Final thoughts.
(01:31:40) - Outro.
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We're smack-dab in the middle of our Some Guys Are Coming to Kill Us theme, and this week we talk at length about one of the greatest licensed soundtracks of all time in 1993's Judgment Night! And we talk about the movie too, if you're into that sort of thing.
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(00:00:16) - Intro.
(00:01:18) - Our movie for this week: Judgment Night! It has at least one thing going for it.
(00:03:56) - Talking about the scared dudes of this movie vs. Trespass.
(00:09:25) - Denis is not such a menace.
(00:14:08) - Vinny reveals himself to be a Piven-head.
(00:16:20) - A little info on how this got made.
(00:22:06) - The story of the Judgment Night soundtrack.
(00:42:55) - Larger feelings about the rap rock genre in general.
(00:46:24) - Break!
(00:46:45) - We're back! And we should probably talk about the actual movie now.
(00:51:22) - Our protagonists, such as they are.
(00:56:50) - Dropping our suburban boys into the post-apocalypse.
(01:00:20) - Enter our crew of bad guys.
(01:06:06) - The train yard.
(01:08:58) - The blur of the next chunk of the movie.
(01:15:29) - The endless rooftop sequence (with a not bad payoff, to be fair).
(01:20:39) - Just what this movie was missing: a sewer level.
(01:28:16) - Winding toward our extremely long and limp conclusion.
(01:41:55) - Final thoughts.
(01:45:49) - Outro.
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Two weeks into May and some guys are still coming to kill us! Join us as we watch Bill Paxton and William Sadler make increasingly poor decisions as Ice Cube and Ice-T menace them in Walter Hill's Trespass!
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(00:00:30) - Intro.
(00:02:39) - Our movie for this week: Walter Hill's Trespass!
(00:07:39) - Talking about our cast.
(00:09:13) - An aside about the video camera motif.
(00:11:09) - Back to the cast.
(00:13:11) - Let's get into the plot.
(00:16:52) - A little more history of how this movie came together, and some of the cultural stuff swirling around it.
(00:23:52) - Aw shucks Bill Paxton and scumbag William Sadler.
(00:26:54) - Bradlee, the closest thing this movie has to a hero.
(00:32:41) - The gold and King James' crew.
(00:36:03) - Our main characters meet, and it does not go well.
(00:41:04) - Break!
(00:41:27) - We're back, and Raymond's here.
(00:43:56) - All the ways they try to kill these guys, and the gang's internal power struggle.
(00:53:36) - Raymond and Savon's skullduggery.
(00:57:53) - Here come the real cops.
(01:00:29) - Lucky tries to break free, and, well...
(01:05:05) - It's on.
(01:13:43) - Well, at least Bill Paxton and Bradlee make it!
(01:20:27) - Final thoughts, and some soundtrack discussion.
(01:29:07) - Outro.
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Another month means another theme on the old Watchcast, and this month's was voted on by our patrons! They chose "Some Guys Are Coming to Kill Us", and to kick things off we've turned to a familiar and favorite director in John Carpenter and his '70s exploitation classic, Assault on Precinct 13!
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(00:00:21) - Intro for our theme: Some Guys Are Coming to Kill Us, and this week's movie, Assault on Precinct 13!
(00:08:21) - The '70s-ness of the whole thing.
(00:12:35) - Alex, how did this movie get made?
(00:16:26) - Our cast of mostly unknowns.
(00:25:09) - Setting up all the threads that lead to the titular assault.
(00:38:21) - Meeting the doomed dad and daughter.
(00:49:13) - Break!
(00:49:33) - We're back, all the people are in place, it's time for things to pop off.
(00:54:03) - Hot damn does Carpenter love his sequences that go on way longer than you'd expect.
(00:58:04) - Nothing good can ever come from having a jar of blood chucked at you.
(01:05:54) - The assault is over! Everything's OK, right? Right?!?
(01:09:11) - Leigh is kinda the secret bad-ass of this movie. Also, poor Wells.
(01:15:04) - A last stand plan begins to form.
(01:21:32) - And just like that, it's all over.
(01:27:33) - Final thoughts.
(01:35:22) - Outro.
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For our final video game movie for the month of April, we're checking out another Paul W.S. Anderson joint in his zombie and laser-grid filled attempt at making a Resident Evil movie.
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(00:00:15) - Intro.
(00:00:41) - Our final video game movie for the month of April: Resident Evil!
(00:06:50) - Our histories with the Resident Evil games.
(00:13:28) - There is not a whole lot of Resident Evil in this Resident Evil movie.
(00:15:15) - How did this movie get made, and why is it like this?
(00:27:47) - Let's start talking about the actual movie.
(00:30:38) - Great intro, but things start falling apart a little bit after.
(00:35:52) - The Umbrella commandos arrive.
(00:40:13) - If Umbrella knows what's going on, this is a terrible plan. If they don't, this is still a terrible plan.
(00:44:55) - Break!
(00:45:13) - We're back, The Hive is open, and it's time for everyone to die.
(00:47:51) - The famous laser grid.
(00:54:18) - Say hello to the Red Queen.
(01:02:42) - Everyone's running around all willy-nilly. Plus, zombie dogs.
(01:12:11) - The senselessness of the T-virus.
(01:14:43) - Spence's heel turn and subsequent death.
(01:24:00) - Ridin' the train, high on, uh, antivirals? This rhyme doesn't work.
(01:29:48) - Put him in the Nemesis project!
(01:32:07) - The movie just refuses to end.
(01:37:03) - Chatting about the various sequels and reboots that came after.
(01:43:20) - What are we doing next month? (We already ran the poll, Some Guys Are Coming to Kill Us won.)
(01:46:45) - Outro.
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Our first couple of video game adaptations this month were pretty dire, but business picks up this week as we check out Paul W.S. Anderson's first foray into games as cinema in Mortal Kombat!
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(00:00:18) - Intro.
(00:00:52) - Our movie this week: MORTAL KOMBAT (caps to imply yelling). Plus our histories with the MK franchise.
(00:12:35) - Getting into the history of the games and the development of the film.
(00:19:18) - Good ol' Goro.
(00:22:41) - The injury list and fight choreography talk.
(00:24:24) - Our illustrious cast.
(00:37:37) - Getting into the film's ruthlessly efficient set-up.
(00:42:35) - The theme song and soundtrack.
(00:45:06) - Accepting the ridiculousness of it all and BIG SPOOKY BOAT.
(00:52:05) - Break!
(00:52:25) - Welcome to Shang Tsung's island.
(00:58:25) - It's banquet time, and Reptile's here.
(01:01:01) - My dinner with Goro.
(01:06:02) - Kicking off the tournament and a shout out to Hakim Alston.
(01:10:10) - Fight after fight after fight!
(01:20:32) - Fear is the mindkiller, or so we've heard.
(01:28:40) - Off to Outworld we go. If you understand the set-up for this Reptile fight, please explain it to us.
(01:33:28) - Time for Liu Kang to meet his destiny.
(01:40:51) - We did it! The world is saved! Nothing bad can happen now!
(01:45:05) - Final thoughts.
(01:47:46) - Outro.
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For our second video game movie of the month we take a trip down Shadaloo way to check in on Guile, M. Bison, and the whole World Warrior gang as they shoot, explode, and rarely street fight their way through the incredibly ill-advised adaptation of Street Fighter.
CHAPTERS:
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(00:00:15) - Intro.
(00:01:32) - Our histories with the Street Fighter games.
(00:09:05) - Brad asked how this got made, and here's your answer.
(00:11:54) - Our illustrious cast.
(00:27:37) - The movie's peculiar character alignments.
(00:35:54) - The movie isn't nearly cartoonish enough, but Raul Julia is at least trying to get it there.
(00:41:29) - The set-up for all this stupid stuff.
(00:46:50) - Break!
(00:47:16) - We're back, and evil plans are afoot.
(00:51:21) - Bison's plan is bad, but Chun Li's plan isn't that much better.
(00:57:41) - JCVD's Oscar moment.
(01:02:17) - Bison's art gallery (and his big moment with Chun Li).
(01:09:24) - Fight sticks and catchphrases and illy colored camouflage.
(01:13:52) - Blanka might as well not even be in this movie.
(01:16:57) - Everyone's in place. Let's (FINALLY) have some fights.
(01:25:00) - Freeze frame!
(01:30:48) - Final thoughts.
(01:37:07) - Outro.
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For the month of April the Watchcast crew will be digging through the detritus of early video game movies, and we're kicking things off with the mother of all game-to-cinema adaptations in the profoundly weird Super Mario Bros.!
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(00:00:16) - Intro.
(00:04:59) - Talking a bit about earlier Mario adaptations.
(00:09:14) - The long and twisted history of how this got made.
(00:19:36) - Some casting what ifs.
(00:24:18) - Boy, the people who starred in this movie do not have nice things to say about it!
(00:33:11) - This is about as off-putting a "family" film as this era ever produced.
(00:35:18) - The set-up for this weird-ass movie.
(00:43:02) - Truly this is a movie about the plight of struggling working class plumbers and under-funded archaeologists.
(00:50:34) - Some special effects and set design talk.
(00:53:20) - The depiction of the Koopa dimension.
(00:59:00) - Break!
(00:59:18) - We're back, and things are nutty in this Koopa Kingdom.
(01:02:30) - A valid question: what is Koopa's plan?
(01:06:54) - The movie's endless parade of baffling aesthetic choices.
(01:14:05) - Yoshi, what have they done to you?
(01:18:35) - The bonkers car chase.
(01:24:17) - Nothing says Super Mario Bros. like a goofy club scene.
(01:29:52) - Finally, the Mario brothers get their jumpin' powers (and their awful secret handshake).
(01:36:43) - Heading into the final confrontation (which takes like 25 minutes).
(01:48:09) - Final thoughts on the film.
(01:51:47) - Outro.
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