Movie Meltdown - Episode 155

Movie Meltdown - Episode 154

We are back, and the holiday party continues, as we cover a few geek activities, and “very special“ installment of the ever popular Marlena Moment. Then we watch the beloved holiday classic that is “Black Christmas“. As the Sofa Theater discussion kicks in we discuss, ‘The Bob Clark Thing’ - about a massively influential director that left his mark on cinema history. As well as Olivia Hussy, Margot Kidder, a creepy-looking Christmas tree, a fabulous fur coat and an awesome One From The Vaults memory from the movie’s star John Saxon!

All that plus the festive holiday fun that is… soulless, dead-eyed, robot carolers, It’s a Bodies Alive Christmas!, Firefly, The Muppets, I want punishment, party line, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Insidious, it looked like Cher and Mickey Avalon had a baby, goldfish swimming in your hot chocolate, super slo-mo camera, How I Met Barney, yellow bastard in the attic, Battlestar Galactica, Lizzy Caplan, Psycho-influences, I’ve gotta go take a shower… everyone’s dead, American Horror Story, my teeth feel like sandpaper, calling back in time, a real world scene from a John Waters movies, it wasn’t that piano’s fault he sucked, Limitless, a Veronica Mars reunion, Gilda Radner, that is back when toys shot rockets, you drink too many damned sofa drinks, The Hot Damn Hobo, Jason Segel, Brian Posehn, which cocaine Abe?, being sober makes you afraid of pain, it’s weird how many gay guys I’ve loved in my day, a pig with no back legs, choking on Aphrodite A’s missiles, hot damn hobo ghost, Jackass 3, Party Down, is Margo Kidder living in my alley? - and our own special take on Scott Weiland's new Christmas album!

Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers revealed, so go watch the original 1974 “Black Christmas”.

“He’s just got that creepy, not human…but sort of used to be human look to it…it’s pain, but it’s also like - I’m already dead. I’m already dead! And I’m just doing this because they reanimated my body just enough to sing and dance!”

Movie Meltdown - Episode 153

Join us as we kick off our holiday party and anniversary celebration in this the 4th annual Movie Meltdown Holiday "Special". In our usual way we embrace all holidays… well, at least we give them as much reverence as we do Christmas. Plus we enjoy a festive beverage, hear from some of the listeners and occasionally talk about movies.

And while Misty does her holiday Kristen Stewart impression, we discussion… I hate egg nog, aliens bearing gifts, Slash 2.0, Elijah Wood, I coincidentally made out with him in middle school, Fisher Stevens, D & D, he’s a total Shalhoub, making fists with your toes, I don’t wanna squish your meat incorrectly, should I not tell people Happy Thanksgiving?, blown away by fireballs, Mitch Hedberg, Buck, candy!, The Siege, anime Supernatural, DJ Ashba, The Phantom Menace light saber duel, Memento, celebrating Krampus every month, rock frontman Rip Taylor, taking a survey on adult diapers, a protocol droid with a virus, WTF happened to Steve Guttenberg’s career, can we deport Dave Coulier?, a shady t-shirt dealer, he’s not gay… he’s just pale, Johnny 5, I’m pretty sure there was like a chunk of something in there, fake Madonna, not remembering waffles, 20-sided dreidel, red velvet milk, which Dead is Dean?, Macaulay Culkin, Don’t Tell Her it’s Me, our weird connection to the Garbage Pail Kids, Guns and Roses, hidden jerky, Donald Glover, you can’t tell the players without a program… and their defects, Jocko, that movie was stupid anyway… but he just made it worse with his face, Lethal Weapon 2, Jay is Dory from Finding Nemo, …it’s card games… algebraic equations… and Stars Wars movies, and where exactly was Bruce Willis during the 9/11 attack?

“Merry fucking Christmas, from Misty and everybody else at Movie Meltdown."

Movie Meltdown - Episode 152

This week we are back as we discuss the Universal classic "Creature from the Black Lagoon". Dave joins us again this week, and he's not only a big "Creature" fan (who brings cool toys!!), but in the past he has worked with members of the cast Julie Adams, Ben Chapman and Ricou Browning!

And at some point before we discuss the Halloween Candy Conspiracy, we also mention… A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, Tree of Life, watching a movie on your iPhone, Jack Arnold, wearing your utility belt, it was the most gratuitous use of 3D technology I have ever seen, a bad-ass Han Solo move, science vs. money, Gorilla at Large, AntiChrist, the moment that life began on the planet, an encyclopedia of 50's ingénue gestures and looks, Destroy all Monsters, Clearwater Springs Flordia, back when women used to wear wigs, conservatism is progressive, Thunderball, The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas, was that a cosmic vagina?, the adolescent boy that is 'The Creature', an intense David Hyde Pierce, being friends with a Bigfoot, David Lynch, Island of Lost Souls, a pure carved leather corset, the Summer of 1982, if your are terrified of me... I'm gonna kill you, the child care cave, Gilligan's Island and Tarantula for breakfast.

Spoiler Alert: Seriously, just go watch “Creature from the Black Lagoon”… it’s a classic.

"You know, you watch 'The Creature from the Black Lagoon', and you can't help thinking what it would be like to have sex with that thing. And by 'that thing', I mean... a 50's chick."

Movie Meltdown - Episode 151

This week a full crew settles into the coffee shop for another edition of The Caffeinated Movie Geek featuring one of our favorite segments The Grind. This time around we discuss the impact of the disappearance of brick and mortar video stores. From nostalgia to new technology to building a community of movie fans we address the whole situation.

Plus while we try to decide if we are a movie abuser or not, we also mention… Super 8, Escape from New York, Raymond Carver, NetFlix, Zombie Cheerleading Camp, Scream 4, Wristcutters, geek comradery, Kenneth Branagh, the punk DIY approach, Mantra, Splice, Neve Campbell, Lonely Hearts, The Addams Family, the gatekeepers, the community of a video store, Ray Harryhausen, Like Water for Elephants, Hamlet, DVDs on the shelf, Adam Carolla putting in a swimming pool, the caves under Kansas City, “dollar Wednesday“, the consistency of bagged iced, a mathematical process for figuring out what you like, AFI, Coppola writing Patton, a bag of weed and an old Yes album cover, Night of the Living Fred, The Godfather, Joe Johnston, mixing comedy and horror, StakeLand, the disappearance of 35mm, seriously… we like independent films, Red State, ME TV, guerilla filmmaking, the porn-renting customers, six degrees of separation, the death of Borders, my wife… the savage, the Vulcan mind-meld state of the audience, out-of-print movies, living in a hive, Wolfman, Attack the Block, the psychic Dances with Wolves, copyright law, Roger Dean, President Donald Pleasence, driving a car with a vortex under the seat, Captain America, more lens flares?!?, Everything Must Go, bypassing the system, Ernest Scared Stupid, defining a “B-movie” in today’s market, a movie-geek support group and is it a steamy thriller or an erotic masterpiece?

“At what point do you say, I’m gonna chase what the market wants?”