Episodes
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Midway through our December to Dismember, we've got Shane Black's bank-breaking screenplay The Long Kiss Goodnight, a chance for America's Sweetheart Geena Davis to maybe redeem herself after Cutthroat Island.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 117: The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
(00:00:18) - Intro.
(00:01:33) - Does Geena Davis get her redemption arc with this one
(00:04:46) - Did the box office suffer from the stank of Cutthroat Island
(00:05:57) - Some Shane Black talk.
(00:10:13) - Talking Sam Jackson and Geena Davis' performances.
(00:15:18) - The rest of our cast, and some last thoughts before getting into the movie itself.
(00:21:05) - The slightly limp intro.
(00:25:55) - Enter Sam Jackson's Mitch Henessey.
(00:27:53) - She's got some of that Fred Flintstone amnesia, apparently.
(00:30:16) - Mama's got a brand new murder bag, and Henessey just wants to be a dad.
(00:35:16) - All kinds of knife crime.
(00:40:37) - One-Eyed Jack comes calling.
(00:43:34) - Break!
(00:44:01) - We're back, and it's time for a little road trip.
(00:49:04) - Enter Brian Cox.
(00:52:12) - Giant guns in suitcases, and a shootout at the train station.
(01:03:04) - Amish water torture, followed by a night in Atlantic City.
(01:15:17) - Return to the suburbs.
(01:21:10) - Holding the phone company hostage, then off to ruin a false flag operation.
(01:29:31) - Timothy, you ARE the father!
(01:38:07) - This child has made a very poor choice, but now we have a race against time.
(01:46:52) - All good movies end with a Larry King segment.
(01:51:33) - Final thoughts.
(01:55:04) - Housekeeping for next week's movie, and our final film of 2024: Eastern Promises!
(01:58:00) - Outro. -
The Watchcast returns from its slumber for a trio of vaguely Christmas-related, and not-so-vaguely violence-related films, and we're kicking things off with Tim Burton's other Batflick, Batman Returns!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 116: Batman Returns (1992)
(00:00:19) - Intro.
(00:03:42) - Our topline feelings on this week's movie: Batman Returns!
(00:16:56) - Getting into the production history.
(00:33:49) - Some cast talk, including who COULD have played some of these characters.
(00:42:41) - Tim Burton vs. McDonald's.
(00:48:17) - A few remaining cast notes.
(00:52:30) - Break!
(00:52:50) - We're back, and it's time for a bird baby.
(00:55:49) - Flash forward to modern day Gotham...whenever that's supposed to be.
(01:02:41) - Clowns to the left of me, Penguins to the right, and stuck in the middle with Batman.
(01:05:20) - Meeting The Penguin.
(01:10:11) - Things go bad for Selina.
(01:18:22) - The Penguin makes his above-ground debut, and Bruce gets suspicious.
(01:24:38) - Catwoman's vigilante mission begins, and Bruce and Selina meet.
(01:31:22) - The mayoral campaign kicks off.
(01:33:48) - The circus mayhem resumes, and our three main characters finally meet.
(01:38:52) - An alliance is formed.
(01:41:48) - Framing Batman for Ice Princess murder.
(01:46:34) - The Batmobile is compromised, but Batman fixes everything like five minutes later.
(01:54:34) - Bruce and Selina discover each other's secrets.
(01:58:25) - Max is taken, and the children are in danger...briefly.
(02:02:39) - The penguin army isn't much better of a plan.
(02:06:45) - The final confrontation with Selina and Max, and the Penguin funeral.
(02:12:53) - A beautiful black cat for Christmas? What more could a man ask for?
(02:14:31) - Final thoughts.
(02:21:31) - Going over next week's movie: The Long Kiss Goodnight!
(02:23:58) - Outro. -
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We close out our November the only way we know how: with a bad movie. A bad Final Fantasy movie no less, in Spirits Within. Join us as we pick apart this troubled and expensive production, our own histories with Final Fantasy, and just what it is that happens to your soul when one of those phantom things eats it.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 115: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
(00:00:51) - Intro.
(00:03:46) - The brief, expensive, and unremarkable life of Square Pictures.
(00:05:43) - There's SOMETHING here. It's not enough of something, but there's SOMETHING.
(00:13:50) - The cartoon villainy of James Woods. And also the cartoon villainy of James Woods' character.
(00:18:32) - Getting into the production history.
(00:35:44) - The first digital actress (and Maxim model), Aki Ross.
(00:40:16) - The aftermath of the movie's failure.
(00:42:53) - Our star-studded cast.
(00:53:20) - Briefly touching on the decidedly not-Final-Fantasy-sounding soundtrack.
(00:55:35) - Break!
(00:55:55) - We're back, let's get into Aki's dreams!
(01:02:26) - What Aki's getting up to.
(01:09:11) - A good old fashioned spirtual science argument.
(01:13:49) - Epic prank, Neil.
(01:17:59) - Hein's mandate, and realizing what's going on with the dream.
(01:20:48) - Finding the seventh spirit.
(01:26:38) - Fascist idiot does a whoopsie and wipes out New York.
(01:35:24) - This last act is ROUGH.
(01:48:56) - Final (Fantasy) thoughts.
(01:54:49) - Outro. -
We continue to dive ever deeper into the world of big budget failures with Waterworld, a sea-faring post-apocalyptic adventure so middle-of-the-road that only its astronomical budget could possibly be the source of its lasting cultural impact.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 114: Waterworld (1995)
(00:00:21) - Intro.
(00:02:10) - Our movie is Waterworld, let's get right into the budget talk.
(00:03:40) - The Costner factor.
(00:10:32) - Getting into the ridiculous production history of this thing.
(00:21:16) - Fishtar.
(00:26:07) - What is the Ulysses Cut?
(00:28:56) - Some of the finer points of this goofy apocalypse.
(00:33:37) - Drowning the Universal logo in Kevin Costner's recycled piss.
(00:37:26) - A long stretch at an atoll.
(00:45:37) - Gills? In this economy?
(00:51:02) - Break!
(00:51:20) - Escaping the atoll.
(01:01:51) - Boy does the mariner hate these women.
(01:07:03) - God, this other drifter character.
(01:13:20) - OK, the fishing bit isn't bad. The part where the kid can't swim? Less so.
(01:16:32) - Yes! Please! Show us Drylan...d'oh...
(01:22:21) - Enola is taken.
(01:26:10) - Some more context for how Costner gets that jetski, and scattered Smoker talk.
(01:29:43) - Deacon's speech, and the mariner Solid Snakes his way through the boat.
(01:37:39) - Deacon's dumb end.
(01:39:13) - Off to Dryland.
(01:45:47) - Final thoughts.
(01:49:23) - Closing out our month next week: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within!
(01:51:18) - Outro. -
It's time again for our now-annual Turkey Month, and we're kicking off a November's worth of big budget turkeys with Cutthroat Island, the pirate movie that plundered Carolco of their last remaining doubloons, and sent Geena Davis' career as a swashbuckler off the side of a boat.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 113: Cutthroat Island (1995)
(00:00:18) - Intro.
(00:02:08) - Our first turkey for November: Cutthroat Island!
(00:07:37) - The Renny Harlin factor, and the initial (fairly different) pitch for this movie.
(00:12:06) - THEY KILLED CAROLCO!
(00:18:15) - The cast we got, and the cast we could have had.
(00:23:30) - Listing off some of the myriad curses that befell this production (and some debate about Davis' stunts).
(00:32:16) - Despite all the troubles, they pulled this one off at the box office, right?!? (No.)
(00:38:49) - Addressing any lingering questions before we get into the movie proper.
(00:43:58) - Break!
(00:44:24) - We're back, and here's what the hell is happening in this movie.
(00:54:21) - The introduction of William Shaw.
(00:59:28) - I saved a guy who speaks Latin, what did you ever do?
(01:02:26) - One of the few bright spots: the carriage chase.
(01:04:41) - These puzzles suck.
(01:06:11) - Time to dig up another uncle.
(01:12:43) - Gunshot wound? No problem!
(01:17:45) - An interminable mutiny before we finally get to Cutthroat Island.
(01:25:31) - Oh look, treasure.
(01:29:49) - Let's blow some stuff up for like 30 minutes.
(01:37:11) - We saved the treasure! (...and Shaw!)
(01:40:32) - Final thoughts.
(01:46:04) - Some talk about our film for next week: Waterworld!
(01:51:28) - Outro. -
We close out our October of terror with the ghastliest, most chill-inducing horror anthology of all: The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror! Talking Simpsons' Henry Gilbert joins us as we rank our favorite Simpsons Halloween shorts from the golden age of the show.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 112: The Best of The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror
(00:00:28) - Intro.
(00:01:07) - For this week's Simpsons themed nonsense, we turn to Talking Simpsons' Henry Gilbert!
(00:03:00) - Our personal experiences with The Simpsons and where we jumped off (if we ever did).
(00:10:41) - How this week's episode is gonna work.
(00:12:21) - Leading us off is Henry's number five pick: Clown Without Pity!
(00:21:29) - And now, without further ado, here's Brad's number five: Terror at 5½ Feet!
(00:32:27) - On the subject of the recurring Kang and Kodos bit.
(00:34:31) - It's time for Alex's number five: The Shinning!
(00:46:50) - And now for Vinny's number five: Attack of the 50 ft. Eyesores!
(00:57:42) - Break!
(00:58:00) - We're back, and here's Brad's number four: Bart Simpson's Dracula!
(01:11:23) - We're up to Vinny's number four: Time and Punishment!
(01:24:01) - Brad's number three? Dial Z for Zombies!
(01:34:09) - Henry's number two: The Devil and Homer Simpson!
(01:52:01) - Alex's number two: Homer Cubed!
(02:09:17) - Rounding things out with Vinny's number two! Bad Dream House!
(02:17:05) - Talking a bit about some of the other early shorts.
(02:22:10) - Re-reading through our complete lists, and mentioning some later season shorts that we like.
(02:29:59) - Final thoughts.
(02:34:02) - Our plans for November.
(02:40:23) - Outro. -
On this week's Watchcast we continue to barrel through our month of anthology horrors with the movie that spawned a shockingly successful found footage franchise in V/H/S!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 111: V/H/S (2012)
(00:00:56) - Intro.
(00:02:47) - Our movie this week: the found footage horror anthology, V/H/S!
(00:05:57) - Boy, they have made a bunch of these things since 2012.
(00:08:30) - Some production history.
(00:16:24) - The set-up for all this grimy nonsense.
(00:26:04) - Our first full short: Amateur Night.
(00:32:49) - This girl...is not what she seems.
(00:38:20) - Rivers Cuomo is not getting out of this one alive.
(00:43:08) - Break!
(00:43:30) - We're back, and it's time for Second Honeymoon!
(00:52:14) - Moving on to Tuesday the 17th.
(01:00:08) - Eventually, the glitch comes for us all.
(01:06:06) - Next up, The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger.
(01:11:04) - Is this better than having your house be haunted? No. No it is not.
(01:19:25) - Our wrapper scumbags get got.
(01:21:32) - Our final short: 10/31/98.
(01:26:39) - If I pay $0 for a haunted house I better die.
(01:33:19) - You see what happens, Larry? You see what happens when you help a stranger in a witch house?
(01:35:58) - Final thoughts.
(01:43:01) - Our plans for next week's Treehouse of Horror spectacular.
(01:46:02) - Outro. -
With Brad out this week, Remap Radio's Patrick Klepek is here to fill the third chair as we talk through one of his personal favorite horror anthologies, Trick 'r Treat!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 110: Trick 'r Treat (2007)
(00:00:23) - Intro.
(00:02:18) - Our movie this week: Trick 'r Treat! A movie that had a weirdly difficult path to being seen by the masses.
(00:09:55) - Cast chat.
(00:13:55) - Jumping right into the movie's set-up.
(00:22:55) - A barfy hello to Principal Wilkins.
(00:31:24) - Break!
(00:31:46) - We're back, and it's time to get into some Warren Valley deep lore.
(00:40:15) - Kids are very much NOT safe in this movie.
(00:44:34) - Anna Paquin and her sisters.
(00:50:46) - On the subject of werewolf transformations.
(00:56:09) - Our final segment: Brian Cox runs afoul of a pumpkin demon.
(01:04:44) - We've learned the true meaning of Halloween: killing those who have wronged you from beyond the grave.
(01:08:06) - Final thoughts.
(01:12:46) - A brief Halloween Ramblecast crashes into the Watchcast.
(01:20:26) - Vinny's ranking, and a short bit on next week's movie: V/H/S!
(01:23:43) - Outro. -
It's officially spooky season here on the Watchcast, and we kick off our month of anthology horror with the dream team of George Romero, Stephen King, Tom Savini, and a cavalcade of early '80s stars in Creepshow!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 109: Creepshow (1982)
(00:00:24) - Intro.
(00:01:28) - Our film to kick off our month of horror anthologies: Creepshow!
(00:05:55) - What do we know about EC Comics, and how did these two crazy horror makers get together?
(00:13:22) - Our star-studded cast, and the ongoing relevance of the Creepshow brand.
(00:17:41) - You kids and your trash comics!
(00:20:04) - Our first short, featuring the scariest holiday of all: Father's Day!
(00:25:32) - Our daddy's come back and you're gonna be in trouble! (Hey-laaaa, day-la! I want my cake!)
(00:30:47) - Stephen King like you've never seen him before!
(00:39:45) - Break!
(00:40:05) - We're back, and it's time to torture Ted Danson!
(00:56:12) - Here come the soggy ghouls.
(01:00:51) - Onto The Crate.
(01:12:26) - An opportunity presents itself.
(01:17:52) - Please do not dump your arctic beasts in our quarry.
(01:19:54) - It's time to get buggy with Upson Pratt.
(01:31:15) - Dad could not foresee the old voodoo doll twist.
(01:32:46) - Final thoughts.
(01:36:06) - Onto our remaining schedule for the month.
(01:39:41) - Outro. -
We close out our month of vaguely video game related movies with the goopiest game in town, eXistenZ! Join us as we dive many layers deep into the subrealities of Cronenberg's fleshy cyberpunk delight to see if it holds up to our fond memories.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 108: eXistenZ (1999)
(00:00:37) - Intro.
(00:02:19) - What are we doing here? We're talking about eXistenZ!
(00:03:47) - Vinny has questions, and we talk a little about when we first saw this thing.
(00:11:48) - Alex's one David Cronenberg story.
(00:14:47) - Some background on the movie's inspirations and production.
(00:19:21) - Our (shockingly young) cast.
(00:25:03) - High praise for Howard Shore and the effects team.
(00:30:39) - Our immediate introduction to the GamePod.
(00:41:37) - Death to the demoness!
(00:49:39) - Break!
(00:50:05) - We're back, and it's time to pull out a tooth bullet.
(00:58:13) - It's Gas! That guy who works at the Country Gas Station!
(01:05:58) - Let's go see what kind of accent Ian Holm has.
(01:08:53) - Time to jack into eXistenZ.
(01:19:07) - We are going Trout Farm mode, we are Chinese Restaurant maxing.
(01:31:17) - Well, the waiter's dead. Now what?
(01:37:29) - We've finished all the side-missions, let's get back to the main quest.
(01:45:54) - You are the queen of eXistenZ! Here's your VR tiara (VRa?)
(01:50:32) - A Death to the Demon encore!
(01:57:35) - Final thoughts.
(02:03:48) - Some forward-looking talk about our October theme: horror anthologies!
(02:08:14) - Outro. -
It's Ready Player One week on the Watchcast, and that's all Vinny Caravella's fault, so send any relevant complaints his way. Join us as we take our shift in the nostalgia mines of the Oasis, and wonder just how many empty licensed calories we can take in before overdosing.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 107: Ready Player One (2018)
(00:00:52) - Intro.
(00:01:40) - It's Ready Player One week, and that's Vinny's fault.
(00:09:57) - Vinny has read the book, and he knows the differences (I could not find clips of his Bombcast rant, sorry).
(00:16:34) - Who is responsible for this?
(00:26:39) - The licenses that got away.
(00:30:31) - Cast talk.
(00:42:09) - Some initial houghts about why this movie doesn't work for us.
(00:46:56) - Break!
(00:47:14) - We're back, and it's time to launch into whatever the hell is going on here.
(00:58:08) - Kicking off the first challenge with King Kong Kart.
(01:09:38) - What the hell is IOI's deal.
(01:17:09) - Onto challenge two and the Halliday archive.
(01:22:43) - The Shining level.
(01:29:15) - The IOI pitch.
(01:38:48) - Real world meet-up.}
(01:40:53) - Challenge three on Planet Doom (but not that DOOM, just a generic sort of Doom).
(01:48:02) - This is not a great final battle.
(01:56:28) - We found the damn egg.
(02:09:57) - We won the game! Life is OK for everybody now!
(02:13:09) - Final thoughts.
(02:24:28) - Talking about our final movie for the month: eXistenZ!
(02:26:30) - Outro. -
This week on the Watchcast, it's Cloak & Dagger! No, not the Marvel thing. The loosely Atari-related thing from the '80s! Join us as we discuss illegal game tapes, Dabney Coleman's action hero credentials, and how we feel having just watched the kid from E.T. kill a guy.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 106: Cloak & Dagger (1984)
(00:00:24) - Intro.
(00:01:00) - Our movie this week: Cloak & Dagger! (Not the Marvel thing.)
(00:10:42) - Talking about the movie's connection to Atari and video games.
(00:17:52) - Some top-line thoughts about what does and doesn't work in the movie.
(00:20:49) - Talking about some of the folks who helped make this thing.
(00:27:33) - The strangely common refrain of this movie being important to kids who have trouble relating to their dad.
(00:28:30) - More production and cast talk.
(00:35:43) - The movie's opening Hitman level.
(00:37:10) - Our intro to the kids and Morris.
(00:44:45) - Infiltrating Textronics.
(00:51:07) - Evil video game scientists are hunting your children!
(00:58:30) - Break!
(00:58:46) - We're back, and the bad guys are coming to kill this kid.
(01:05:39) - Unlocking the secrets of the forbidden Atari tape.
(01:12:28) - There is no plan here. These people are dumb as hell.
(01:16:13) - Davey is on the run.
(01:21:30) - Sure, let's make a kid ride in a trunk with a corpse. PG! Parental Guidance!
(01:26:07) - To the Alamo!
(01:31:32) - Wacky child driving antics!
(01:36:28) - Jack Flack might not be a great role model.
(01:45:41) - To the airport! Where unsupervised children will be welcomed with only moderate questioning.
(01:50:37) - This is one of the goofiest hostage situations in film history.
(01:56:40) - Final thoughts.
(01:59:58) - Girding ourselves for next week's movie: Ready Player One!
(02:05:00) - Outro. -
Continuing along our path of video game related movies, we come to last year's Apple TV retelling of the story of Tetris and its makers. Join us as we dig through the true history of the game, pick apart the extremely Hollywood-ized additions to the story, and muse about our own histories with Tetris.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 105: Tetris (2023)
(00:00:13) - Intro.
(00:03:48) - A second Robert Maxwell reference has hit the Watchcast.
(00:07:50) - Let's talk about our histories with Tetris, and dive into some licensing history.
(00:12:40) - A certain ongoing lawsuit, and a little bit on the folks involved in this production.
(00:17:44) - Getting into the extremely hasty intro to this story.
(00:28:20) - Running down some of the real world figures and their portrayals here.
(00:40:40) - Break!
(00:41:12) - We're back, and it's time to start picking apart licensing rights.
(00:51:22) - The cheesy (but delightful) Game Boy unveiling.
(01:06:37) - Henk's Moscow adventure begins.
(01:18:01) - The real negotiations begin.
(01:29:14) - Henk and Alexei bond.
(01:34:45) - Is Henk about to lose everything? No, because there'd be no movie otherwise.
(01:40:41) - Donald Kaufman's Tetris.
(01:47:56) - The aftermath (and some loose talk about the Tetris movie we ALMOST got).
(01:55:24) - Final thoughts.
(01:58:22) - Talking about our film for next week: Cloak & Dagger!
(02:02:32) - Outro. -
We're kicking off a full month of video game related movies with what is far and away the most important video game commercial of our collective childhoods, The Wizard! Join us as we torment our younger selves by forcing them to confront the cold, hard reality of a movie from our youth not quite standing up to the test of time...or the test of anything, really.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 104: The Wizard (1989)
(00:00:27) - Intro.
(00:04:27) - We finally get around to saying the name of our movie this week: The Wizard!
(00:10:15) - Picking apart a bunch of the family scenes that were cut.
(00:18:32) - Getting into the background of the folks who made this thing.
(00:34:18) - Why did Nintendo get involved in this nonsense?
(00:47:31) - Break!
(00:48:06) - We're back, and let's kick off this video game movie with a wildly neglected child.
(00:58:59) - Just two young kids skateboarding from Utah to California. An extremely normal thing to do.
(01:06:26) - Haley has an idea to exploit this traumatized child's adeptness at video games.
(01:11:09) - Is that how a Power Glove™ works?
(01:14:13) - Father and son bonding over Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
(01:22:04) - Reno! It's a town! And some musings on the Nintendo Help Line.
(01:30:25) - Haley gets her monologue.
(01:36:04) - FINALLY, we are in California.
(01:41:55) - A Universal backlot chase climax? In this economy?!?
(01:49:01) - The real star of the movie: Super Mario Bros. 3!
(01:56:00) - Sure, Jimmy just won $50k, but what is that worth if we don't solve his trauma before the credits?
(02:02:42) - Final thoughts.
(02:05:55) - Talking about the rest of our films for this month.
(02:12:14) - Outro (and Vinny's ranking). -
We're closing out our run of movies with Twin Peaks cast members with the '80s punk classic, Repo Man! Join us as we chase down a rogue Chevy Malibu, do a bunch of idiotic crimes, and explore the lattice of coincidence that binds us all.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 103: Repo Man (1984)
(00:00:12) - Intro.
(00:01:35) - Our film this week: Repo Man! And some discussion of how it relates to the punk scene of its time.
(00:10:47) - Some background on how this movie came to be.
(00:20:39) - Cast chat.
(00:24:47) - That soundtrack.
(00:26:56) - Driving full speed down a desert highway into the film itself.
(00:29:45) - Our introduction to Otto.
(00:33:14) - I am become Repo Man, pilferer of vehicles.
(00:37:18) - Otto's home life.
(00:42:06) - Break!
(00:42:39) - We're back, and it's time to learn the Repo Code.
(00:45:56) - The Rodriguez Brothers.
(00:49:03) - Otto meets Leila.
(00:51:42) - Miller's musings about the universe.
(00:55:32) - Playing hot potato with an extremely hot Malibu, and a brief history of American ska.
(01:01:49) - A gunfight in San Pedro.
(01:03:37) - Things start getting weird(er).
(01:06:30) - Let's give a warm welcome to The Circle Jerks!
(01:11:10) - Bud gets in hot water, Otto happens upon the Malibu, and some talk about the movie's reception.
(01:16:49) - The Repo Wives, and the goofiest hold-up you've ever seen.
(01:20:47) - Tracking the many seemingly incoherent things that happen toward the end.
(01:30:11) - Flying off into the wild irradiated yonder.
(01:33:18) - Final thoughts.
(01:40:54) - Housekeeping for next month.
(01:44:31) - Outro. -
On this week's Watchcast we continue our loose theme of films featuring Twin Peaks actors that also happen to take place in Los Angeles and have memorable soundtracks with the 1987 sci-fi/horror/action romp, The Hidden! Join us and Agent Not Cooper as we track down a body-hopping, spree-killing alien before he becomes President of the United States.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 102: The Hidden (1987)
(00:00:26) - Intro.
(00:02:07) - Our film this week: Agent Cooper (and Hank!) in The Hidden! And some Commando catch-up talk.
(00:08:38) - A little bit about the production history and people involved.
(00:15:21) - Our killer cast.
(00:24:53) - Launching into the film itself (in a stolen Ferrari).
(00:34:49) - The body swapping begins, and we meet Lloyd Gallagher.
(00:46:54) - Break!
(00:47:17) - We're back, and it's time to eat steak weird and listen to punk rock!
(00:54:11) - Ferraris! Cocaine! Guns! All the pleasures of Earth.
(01:01:40) - Guess who's coming to dinner?
(01:05:48) - Commander Ivanova like you've never seen her before!
(01:10:41) - A lukewarm pursuit in a pimp car to a mannequin factory.
(01:16:14) - Bad dog, bad lieutenant.
(01:21:41) - The police station massacre.
(01:27:57) - Why you stalkin' about, Willis?
(01:34:24) - A brand! New! FAMILY!
(01:39:19) - Final thoughts.
(01:42:11) - Housekeeping for next week, and outro. -
Before the Watchcast goes on a one week hiatus, we've got one more movie to shove into your faces, and this time it's the Schwarzenegger squib and explosion fest Commando! And Dan Ryckert's here to lend his film school analysis to this classic of the dudes blowing up genre.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 101: Commando (1985)
(00:00:18) - Intro.
(00:01:53) - Where has Commando been all Brad's life?
(00:11:12) - Some background on how Commando got made.
(00:15:44) - Our incredible cast (in that some of them greatly strain credibility).
(00:26:04) - Some budget and stunt talk.
(00:29:38) - Break!
(00:30:03) - We're back. Let's party!
(00:38:29) - We've gotten our pesky introductions out of the way, now let's start blowing people up.
(00:45:06) - John Matrix will not be participating in any coups today.
(00:49:24) - Matrix is off the plane, now it's time to find Sully, and say hello to Rae Dawn Chong.
(00:57:25) - Matrix (briefly) explains himself.
(01:00:15) - Time to fight Bill Duke and kill the other guy from Renegade.
(01:04:36) - Supermarket Sweep, John Matrix style.
(01:08:22) - Thank goodness he found the one flight attendant that had been taking sea plane lessons.
(01:13:41) - An orgiastic delight of squibs and explosions.
(01:20:12) - Let off some steam, Bennett.
(01:26:01) - Just bodies.
(01:27:47) - Final thoughts.
(01:29:51) - What's coming up on the Watchcast in two weeks, and also Vinny's ranking.
(01:33:45) - Outro. -
Twin Peaks is wrapped, but we find ourselves longing for more time with the cast, so why not dig into some of the non-Lynch movies these folks have made over the years? First up, Robert Forster's triumphant comeback movie and, at least in one host's estimation, Quentin Tarantino's best overall work, Jackie Brown!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 100: Jackie Brown (1997)
(00:00:39) - Intro.
(00:01:46) - Our movie this week: Jackie Brown!
(00:09:46) - Working our way through the all-star cast.
(00:22:31) - How this movie got made.
(00:28:30) - Launching into the movie itself.
(00:32:20) - Meeting Jackie Brown, then meeting Ordell, Louis, and Melanie.
(00:39:33) - Our introduction to Max Cherry, and bye bye Beaumont.
(00:48:44) - Dargus!
(00:51:59) - A surprisingly all-star cast for a pre-trial hearing, and Jackie gets sprung.
(00:58:43) - Break!
(00:59:03) - We're back, and Ordell's in a killing mood again.
(01:04:42) - Max pays a morning visit.
(01:10:48) - Jackie hatches her plan, and Melanie jumps on Louis.
(01:17:52) - A longing memory for the heyday of music stores and fashion malls.
(01:24:02) - The first drop.
(01:28:56) - The heist is on.
(01:41:37) - Louis messed up.
(01:47:29) - Jackie talks her way past the cops, but now she's got Ordell to deal with.
(01:57:59) - Closing things out with Jackie and Max.
(02:01:05) - Final thoughts.
(02:05:55) - Housekeeping for next week, and outro. -
The watching may have concluded, but the discussion is not yet over! Join us as we dive into the books, the wikis, the fan theories, and everything else that encompasses Twin Peaks one last time.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Bonus Episode 002: Twin Peaks: The Books and Everything Else
(00:00:40) - Intro.
(00:06:45) - What did the guys go hunting for in the intervening week.
(00:09:33) - Explaining The Secret History of Twin Peaks, by Mark Frost.
(00:10:54) - Dougie Milford: The Forest Gump of clandestine government projects.
(00:14:49) - What do we know about Jack Parsons? The concept of Thelema? The Goddess Babalon?
(00:20:00) - By gawd King, that's Richard Milhouse Nixon's music!
(00:31:33) - But who is the Archivist?
(00:35:54) - Summing up what the Secret History has to offer (and some Final Dossier talk.
(00:46:32) - Break!
(00:47:05) - We're back, and now it's time to find out what happened to your favorite characters (like Audrey!).
(01:00:06) - Let's talk about Donna (and the Haywards, and also Lana we guess).
(01:08:11) - How's Annie? (Also, Hank's dead.)
(01:11:02) - The long and ridiculous story of Norma's parents.
(01:14:33) - Bouncing around a bunch of minor characters and plot threads.
(01:16:20) - Josie!
(01:19:23) - There is, unfortunately, no significant new info on Harry.
(01:20:18) - Vinny wants to know more about the nature of certain characters (and places).
(01:29:31) - Carl, the Packards, and beyond.
(01:36:45) - On the subject of Tammy (and some other odds and ends about Diane and Jeffries).
(01:43:10) - Any later thoughts on the finale with a week to stew on it?
(01:45:21) - Going through some of your submitted questions and theories.
(02:22:18) - Final thoughts on all things Twin Peaks.
(02:28:10) - Some housekeeping for next week and beyond.
(02:31:05) - Outro. -
The final of Twin Peaks: The Return is upon us, and all that's left to do is vanquish evil, find Laura, and come to a definite and complete understanding of exactly what the hell is going on in whatever year this is.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 099: Twin Peaks: The Return Parts 17 & 18
(00:00:48) - Intro.
(00:06:09) - A short housekeeping note about next week's bonus episode.
(00:07:48) - Diving headlong into Part 17, or, The Past Dictates the Future.
(00:16:01) - Everybody makes a break for Twin Peaks.
(00:20:13) - Jerry's OK! And taking stock of whose stories we saw a conclusion to and who we didn't.
(00:26:43) - Mr. C arrives at the coordinates.
(00:37:17) - Mr. C arrives at the sheriff's station.
(00:42:49) - A lot of things happening at once.
(00:47:03) - Lucy's big moment.
(00:51:43) - Bopping the BOB egg.
(00:55:08) - Curtain call for most of our cast.
(01:00:44) - Off to the Great Northern, and to Philip.
(01:11:36) - February 23rd, 1989.
(01:20:51) - The return of Julee Cruise.
(01:23:10) - Break!
(01:23:34) - On to Part 18, otherwise known as What Is Your Name?
(01:31:02) - Cooper returns, and then heads off to...where? Or when?
(01:39:18) - Is a motel just a motel? Or is it something more?
(01:45:11) - Exploring beautiful Odessa, Texas.
(01:49:54) - Say hello to Carrie Page.
(01:54:19) - On the road with Agent Cooper.
(01:57:33) - Arriving in Twin Peaks.
(02:01:38) - What year is this?
(02:02:43) - What does it mean, guys?
(02:24:55) - Talking about books, and our plans for next week's bonus episode.
(02:34:34) - Outro. - Montre plus
