Tue, 23 June 2009  Movie Meltdown – Episode 27 Greetings dear friends of mine… This week we buckle up and discuss DEATH RACE 2000, where hit and run driving is no longer a felony. It's the national sport! Awesome cars, bloody deaths, topless chicks and a plot against The President. And somewhere down that highway, they find a way to make an actual statement about violence in our society. Plus we compare and contrast this classic version to the new Jason Statham version. We also unveil a new feature, Moviegamers Review, in which we give a critique of movie tie-in video games. This installment we hear from Shinfo Ryan with a review of the new Ghostbusters game. Plus a recommendation you check out a new show called, Family Movie Night. Plus along the way we careen into… Roland Kickinger, great breasts, talcum powder, Meatballs, Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, the frightening realization that Gary Busey is your uncle, The Bride, selling out your country for a sack of croissants, all the fun of pushing a wheel with a stick, barely wearing a shirt, Shipping News, The Insiders, Silver Bullet, the new Conan, Year One, leather underwear, Hot Pocket edition, Lowell from Wings, Lifeboat, Bride of Frankenstein, Rollerball, The Proposal, John Carter of Mars, dressing like the gimp, Jessica Alba, the illusive Thundercat’s Lair, The Running Man, Sam-a-rick, Mission: Impossible 4, wearing out your cool t-shirts, Whatever Works, futuristic overalls, perfect storm of geekery, it's not cool to be a poser - but it's less cool to refer to someone as a poser, the return of John Carpenter, also the return of freckle-lip,Teen Wolf, lifting the car to the surface, frothing media and the Death Race 2000/Animal House connection. So get out your gimp-suit and put on your crash helmet – it’s gonna be a hell of a ride! |
Wed, 17 June 2009 
Movie Meltdown - Episode 26 This is the Way the World Ends - Southland Tales. This week we turn off our exhausted brains and attempt to discuss - Southland Tales. Richard Kelly of Donnie Darko fame assembles this conglomeration of ridiculousness, including the ensemble cast of Dwayne Johnson (a.k.a. The Rock), Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Justin Timberlake and Mandy Moore. Yep, somebody lost a bet... This train wreck of a movie incites comments that range from, "I like this movie - screw you guys." to "It's a piece of shit!". And as we try to rationalize with ourselves, you'll hear quotes like, "And really, [I was] even questioning why I was liking it, as I was watching it. Because I shouldn't like it. It's a mess!" and "I don't think I'll ever see this movie again - ever. But I had a good time." This movie is a lot to deal with, and our discussion just scratches the surface. Plus we interview filmmaker Linas Phillips, director of Walking to Werner. A movie about the director's journey on foot from Seattle to Los Angeles to meet Werner Herzog. And along the way meets some strange characters and questions his true motivation. And we talk about these and many other things... William Mapother, Pickin' and Trimmin', riffing on Twilight, Madonna sucks the life out of you, the Terminator TV series, sad in a good way, underlying adult themes, Wes Craven, Brigitte Bardot, Mazes and Monsters, Conan!, furry-footed tree dweller, Tony Scott, Revolver, Norwegian black metal, Werner Herzog, Jason Statham with hair, I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, slice of Americana, "retool-ing" The Warriors, mandolins, Krysta Now, Eruption, Janeane Garofalo, Until the Light Takes Us, Great Speeches From a Dying World, Andre 3000, pumpkinhead Brandy, Atonement, Scream trilogy, Jaime King, Masi Oka, Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Marcus Nispel, Frank Frazetta, whoopee - a zeppelin, a mohawk on Shia LaBeouf, Church burnings, Flyover Film Festival, Ray Liotta needs to keep clothes on, more on Up, Rifftrax, Body of Evidence, the legend of the fisherman, being taken out by spaghetti, Nintendo and Dreamcast games, The Defenders and Pixar porn. Come along for moments of genius, and the craziness that surrounds it. Have a nice apocalypse! Comments[0] |
Tue, 9 June 2009  Movie Meltdown - Episode 25 This week we discuss the new straight to DVD release - The Devil's Tomb. Starring Plus we say goodbye to Joan Alexander, Kien Shih and David Carradine. And we unveil a new character in our Movie Fan Freakshow – The Skipper! And at some point we mention… being hopped up on caffine, The Reader, crotchety Schwarzenegger, Barbarella, Lois Lane, John Turturro is just a whiney bitch, Stallone goes Bollywood, Rescue Dawn, why do trailers ruin movies for you?, more Up, Kate Winslet naked, Darned Love, Total Recall, Woody Guthrie, remaking Blade Runner, China Syndrome’s South American Fanboy Experience, the thinktank over at Lionsgate, Beastmaster love, Werner Herzog, The Haunting in Connecticut trilogy, a modernized American Hamlet, the removable hand, James Cameron, Robert Rodriguez, Sean Connery Jr., Legally Blonde, Maximum Overdrive, Scrimshawing, Enter the Dragon, Henry Rollins is awesome, help us The Rock you’re our only hope, The Silver Chalice, Taken, Castlevania, Commando, Martin Scorsese, Ingmar Bergman and Hal Ashby, the lame London brothers, reeking of hand lotion, haunting all way to the bank, he had green teeth, just how likable John Goodman is, Liam Neeson - he kills good!, animated Tribbles, and the Emilio Estevez coloring contest. Last we heard, The Devil was filing suit against use of his name in this film.
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Tue, 2 June 2009  Movie Meltdown - Episode 24 Can Episode One: The Phantom Menace cure cancer?? We investigate that claim, in this week's Sofa Theater feature - Fanboys. Our own geek gang takes a look at this plot to steal a print of the new Star Wars movie. As well as, we reminisce about the insanity that led up the Episode One release, and recall our own initial reactions to the film. And we profess our undying love for Kristen Bell. Lots of Star Wars geekery plus we address the harsh realities of Geek Wars. How many young dorks will be taken out in the name of Trek vs.Wars? Plus recap last week's outing to the car show, and we discuss some new Trendy Movie Geek items - included the new super-limited edition Movie Meltdown T-shirt!! And amidst all that we come across... a metal valkyrie Outfit, a giant crocodile, addressing the new Terminator, Dear Dracula, the most universal reaction I've ever seen to anything cinematically in my life, Up, missing stop motion animation, Natalie Portman Warrior Princess, The Surrogate, Alien, Flight of the Navigator, Ham Salad, selling out is the Dark Side, Bohemian Rhapsody, Quarantine, 1408, Seth Rogan, Ernest Borgnine, Joss Whedon, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, 4Q2 and Artie Deco, William Shatner, our awesome new opening theme, Kevin Smith, cornnuts, Rogue, why won't the Wayans Brothers just stop?, Owen Wilson, Paul Verhoeven, producers follow the money, household appliances, My Little Ponies, pizza in a cup, the animated Star Trek series, cliche Steven King, An entire generation said - Jar Jar ?!, making our own stop motion movies, James McBride, chainmail, Ridley Scott, mirth-filled moments, Jungle 2 Jungle, N64, slave girl Leia, the most impressive geeked out van, Ray Parks, the Weinstein re-cut, Jason Mewes, scram Lumpy!, we need an epic caper, what a martyr, My Little Predator, Buffy the Vampire Slayer - the movie, Hardware Wars, amazing celestial battles ablaze with death-dealing weaponry, all Rush all the time, crazy jungle boy, making your own daggers, ironing your clothes as an alternative to watching a bad movie, space drones, Drag me to Hell, Jason Bateman,12 year olds and pyrotechnics, the podrace scene and metachlorians - WTF? 3 fanboys and 1 fangirl, we be getting down with no delay. Comments[0] |
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