Movie Meltdown - Episode 23

Come on out to the Beatersville Car and Bike Show, where we get all revved up to talk about movies - but mostly we just sit at a table all day. Luckily along the way, we not only discuss HOT ROD GIRL, but we talk to Eddy Price of Th' Empires and even feature an interview segment with Reverend Horton Heat! Plus all that crowd and engine noise to give it real atmosphere. And we round things out with an exclusive movie theme from Th' Empires.

Plus we cruise by these topics: Terminator: Salvation, Bloomington, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Christian Bale, Nick Nolte, licking Spock’s ears, The Holy Mountain, doing ungodly things to the new Kirk, seeds of the Riddler, Master P and Vagner, Lucy Gordon, metaphysical spaghetti western, Chuck Conners, Bazooka Joe, Downtown 81, Nazi fighting puppets, Big Sky, The Choppers, he’s way fatter then we thought he was, Swingles, Full Moon, Mickey Mouse, Frank Gorshin, Th’ Empires go Crazy, puppies fighting Nazis, Eegah!, grazing the ditch, zombie puppies, losing an eye in WW2, Teens out of control, Following, Puppetmaster: Axis of Evil, PT109, recycling your 3D glassed, Zach Braff, Cameron Diaz, Alejandro Jodorowsky, King Shot, Marilyn Manson, El Topo, geek fights over movies, Asia Argento, PSA’s, a John Deer tattoo, Wayne Allwine, Adult Swim, Dragstrip Girl, wearing a scarf instead of a shirt, is a T-Bird a Hot Rod?, Batman: The Movie, Bronc Talbot, thirty year old kids, Long Play, Norman Rockwell, doing needlework while standing on the hood, I have to hike through the woods two days to see the rotting corpse, running over a small child with a Hot Rod and working with Gene Roddenberry.

Seriously…That’s enough surface noise, take it off the turntable.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 22

This week we sit down and try to understand the complicated universe contained in S. Darko. A movie that by it’s very existence, has caused controversy. We try to look at it as a normal movie, and then we attempt to break it down from the Darko side.

 So, if you have good comprehension of  tangent universes, the manipulated dead, artifacts, the living receiver, vector spirits and the fourth dimensional hypercube, well - you are a uber-geek. As for the rest of you, why not join us as we spoil the hell out of this Darko Tale.

 A note from your Editor… So for this episode, I came up with an alternative to playing the standard clips from the movie. Instead I've put together a sample of some of the fervor that was worked up as S. Darko was being made. It became an extensive, time consuming process that I began to refer to as, The S. Darko Project. Some of it is ridiculous, some of it is heartfelt, but I think it's a good representation of people's thoughts about the making of this movie. But more than that, it shows the frenzy of Donnie’s fans at the thought of a sequel. I kind of liked the way it turned out. I hope you find it as entertaining as I did.

 PLUS… we talk to LARRY BLAMIRE director of THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA. He gives us the story of how that movie came to be, updates on the sequel and more of his new projects.

 As if all that wasn’t enough in this packed episode we as touch on… Daveigh Chase, Roky Erickson, a second viewing of Star Trek, Angels and Demons, Frank the bunny, Veronica Cartwright, Tom Woodruff Jr., movies vs. books, there are no pockets in the Ultraman suit, The 13th Floor Elevators, Bait, Tangent Dimensions, hanging out with movie stars, Sparkle Motion, Nathan Fillion’s package, a radioactive monster, being born with extra fingers, the basketball player of all Wookies, literate movie geeks, red car of death, lighting DVDs on fire, Monster Squad, Elizabeth Berkley, the grammatical structure of  new movies, ghosts from the future, Maniston, nice just means she hasn’t stabbed you yet, Ed Westwick, douche bag eyes, Sledge Hammer, Gemma Arterton, Ariel the unicorn, White Noise 2, Leonardo DiCaprio, hot freak girl, blowing up your city with a nuclear bomb just to go out in style, Russell Mulcahy, Jekyll and Hyde, Samantha Darko, Heathcliff, the new Sinatra, death threats for Chris Fisher, talking to your handgun, Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe, Dirty Harry on crack, Wuthering Heights, a crabby skeleton, why didn’t Kirk rip his shirt?, Steve Zahn, and the puzzling tesseract.

You have been chosen to save the universe and your sacrifice is to listen to this episode.

Movie Meltdown -

Episode 21

Travel through space and time with us as we visit the early days of Kirk, Spock, Bones and the rest of the Enterprise gang. With this film, J.J. Abrams risked a horrible death at the hands of Trekkies for the blasphemy of attempting to re-imagine the beloved original Star Trek characters. And yet, somehow he escapes with his life and brings us quite an entertaining movie.

So along with an extensive discussion on the Trek (or Trak as the case may be) we also touch on…Wolverine 2 : Logan takes Toyko!!, The Beautiful Washing Machine, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Tomie, devilish creatures, Burt Reynolds, Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool,  The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Midnight Meat Train, Daveigh Chase, Zachary Quinto, Laid to Rest, Keanu Reeves, Angela Bettis, Robert Louis Stevenson, a head in a box, gross red-headed freckly girl with a freckle on her lip, submerging an Audi, Clive Barker, Kristin Bell is hot, Darren Lynn Bousman, Marisa Tomei and Liv Tyler, the continuing projects of Guillermo del Toro, Dom DeLuise, The Wheelman, post-apocalypse movies featuring stars of The Godfather, Transporter 3, Winona Ryder, Next Day Air, Tribes of October, Blade, Chris Pine, teenage partying, a head in a tank, Ray Stevenson, Don’t (watch) Mess With The Zohan, Shawn of the Dead, remembering a cute, young Katie Holmes, Roman, Ghostopolis, Lilo and Stitch, headbands that say “Ninja”, Fatso, Vinnie Jones, Carousel, Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark, suggestive hand movements, Flesh Eating Mothers, The Ultimate Ninja, Pizza the Hutt, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, "Are you out of your Vulcan mind?", Mickey Carroll and Davy Jones’ Locker.

J.J. Abrams, we're sure you will...Live Long and Profit.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 20

Load up on coffee, chocolate and ammo as we watch Rutger Hauer kick some ass in the futuristic world of 2008. A world where everything is wet, rats are quickly taking over and an extremely mysterious killer is on the loose. Luckily we still have a loose cannon cop like Harley Stone to tote huge guns, defy his superior officer and track down this literal - thief of hearts. Join us in watching this Rutger Hauer classic - Split Second.

As if that wasn't enough to deal with, we also address... Jet pack Nazis, The Squid and the Whale, wise-cracking guinea pigs, Francis Ford Coppola, Drop Dead Fred, Alan Arkin, breaking people in half, just how much pan and scan sucks, The Lone Ranger, Danzig, Red Dawn's scene-stealing snot, David Cronenburg, Night's in White Satin, Able Edwards, Gravedigger's giant tires, Tiny Ron, Bruiser, London, Spawn, Charlie Sheen in actual movies, flashy Star Fleet pins from the cereal box, The Dark Tower, Kim Cattrall should keep her shirt on, the force was with the ATM today, all the things wrong with Wolverine, Old Black Magic, Rumble Fish roots, alternate chromium covers, the teamwork of the Wonder Pets, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito, Videodrome, J.J. Abrams, Wall Street 2, The Rocketeer, and the birth of green screen.

Welcome to the future - of last year!