Jun 8, 2012
Movie Meltdown - Episode 179
Again this week we come to you “live” from WonderFest. And things continue to get more awesome as we check in with Beau to hear the real story about what goes on behind the scenes at the show. One of the stories involves - well, we’ll just say these three things: naked woman... dogs blowing up... and Korean tacos. For the rest, you’ll just have to listen to the whole story.
Then we join forces with one of our new favorite geeks...
Eric Chu.
Eric is the artist and concept designer responsible for the
re-imagining of the
Battlestar Galactica
series.
Including working on the concept designs of the
Cylons,
Raiders,
Vipers
and
Galactica
herself! In our running series The Art of Being a Movie
Geek, we talk to Eric about his early artistic ventures as
well as his work on Battlestar. Plus of course, our host has to ask
him about his work on the Beetlejuice animated
series!
Then Eric sticks around for this week’s
Out on the Town
feature:
Dark Shadows.
We sit down and try to have a level-headed conversation about Tim
Burton’s 2012 version of this classic story. We end up not only
looking at the movie, but also the changing themes and elements in
Burton’s career. Plus we have a special guest appearance (with Dark
Shadows thoughts) from friend of the show and a terrific artist in
her own right...
Belle Dee!!
And somewhere in the midst of the movie geek conversations, we also
mention... convention badge chainmail, being uncomfortable with
relationships, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, really bad puns, an
underground tunnel, Lorne Greene, playing video games vs. drawing,
Big Fish, Vincent Price, when you fell in love with movies as a
kid, Chuck Jones, macrame, John Carpenter, soft and glowy like a
Glamour Shot, Cover Girl, the model contest, being a professional
geek, self-indulgent filmmakers, Chloë Grace Moretz, being taunted
for liking comic books, monkey’s inside everything, Vincent, hating
animation, Humanoids from the Deep, Heather’s wedding, convention
family reunions, super’fx, the word talent is over-used,
Frankenweenie, John Eaves... production designer on Star Trek, I’ve
got a landfill with my name on it, being hooked up with a
homewrecker and... perhaps a special cameo appearance from Wilford
Brimley.
Spoiler Alert:
Full spoilers for the 2012 film “Dark
Shadows”.
“Remember what we used to have Tim... can’t we just get that
back?”
"Dark Shadows" artwork by Belle Dee. For more on her work, go to: http://doowackadoodles.blogspot.com/