Analog Jones and the Temple of Film: VHS Podcast

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Analog Jones and the Temple of Film: VHS Podcast episodes

June 01, 2018 Theodore Rex (1996) VHS Movie Review
Do you love buddy cop movies? Do you love Dinosaus? Do you love Whoopi Goldberg!?! Well how about when you smash them all together and have to sue your star just to get her on camera? Let's travel back to the mid 90's and unearth this truely bizarre mash up in Theodore Rex! Matt and Steve are joined by special guest star, Jon Harrington, listen as all three of them try their hardest to figure out WTF they just watched.

Theodore Rex is rated PG and has a runtime of 92 minutes. It was released direct to video on July 6, 1996 and was at the time the most expensive DTV on record at 33.5 million dollars.

Directed and Written by Jonathan R. Betuel
Starring Whoopi Goldberg as Katie Coltrane
Armin Mueller-Stahl as Elizar Kane
Julet Landau as Dr. Veronica Shade
Bud Cort as Spinner
Stephen McHattie as Edge
George Newborn as Theodore Rex (Teddy)

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1 hr 2 min
May 29, 2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) Movie Review
Get your Millenium Falcon toy out of the basement and get ready to listen to Matt and Steve review Solo: A Star Wars Story. Ashley Nickell comes back and joins us once again for a Star Wars review!
Film details
Directed by Ron Howard
Written by Joanthan Kasdan, Lawrence Kasdan and based on characters created by George Lucas
Starring:
Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo
Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca
Woody Harrelson as Beckett
Emilia Clarke as Qi'ra
Donald Glover as Lando Calressian
Thandle Newton as Val
Phoebe Waller-Bridge as L3-37
Paul Bettany as Dryden Vos

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58 min
May 25, 2018 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) VHS Movie Review
Look out pardners, there's a new podcast in town! Matt and Steve discuss An American Tail: Fievel Goes West from 1991. The Mousekewitzes get kicked out of their home by cats and escape to the sewers. Once there they meet a strange marionette mouse promising them a new home out west where cats and mice live in peace. Of course Tiger comes along and Fievel gets separated from his family on the trip, I mean we need to repeat that old plot device!

Once out west the mice are asked by Cat R. Waul to build a new saloon but little do the mice know that Cat R. Waul and the rest of the cats plan on eating them soon after they are finished. Will Fievel be able to find Wylie Burp, voiced by a very old James Stewart, and get him to help? Can Tiger escape the Indian mice that think he's a god? Will this movie be as good as the first? Come listen and find out!
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1 hr 13 min
May 18, 2018 G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987) VHS Movie Review
Grab your ear buds and listen to Matt and Steve discuss G.I. Joe: The Movie from 1987. This is one of the most bizarre animated films Analog Jones has ever watched for this podcast. It stars Don Johnson; the ladies man himself, and the 60’s Pigeon from Batman, Burgess Meredith. Don’t go into a coma while watching this but just in case, don’t worry, Sgt Slaughter can save you! Remember kids, knowing is half the battle. YO JOE!!!

Directed by Don Jurwich
Based on G.I. Joe by Hasbro
Starring: Don Johnson, Burgess Meredith, Sgt. Slaughter
Production Companies: Hasbro, Sunbow Entertainment, Marvel Television, Toei Animation Co
Release Dates: April 20, 1987 (United States) or September 19, 1988 (United Kingdom)
Running Time of 93 minutes

Time Stamps
00:00 Our history with G.I. Joe & a little history on Hasbro
09:02 Matt breaks down the box art
17:26 We pop in the tape and breakdown the movie
39:00 Roadblock PSA
39:30 Behind the Scenes of the movie and we explain Duke’s “Coma”
46:37 What’s going in our museum and What’s next!

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57 min
May 11, 2018 FernGully: The Last Rainforest VHS Movie Review
Matt and Steve learn to save the rainforest! Have you ever wanted to watch Avatar in cartoon form? Well then we have found the movie for you!
Time Stamps
00:00 Welcome, FernGully Trailer and our history with FernGully
06:24 We explain the Box Art of FernGully
13:22 FernGully's breakdown
41:30 Behind the scenes of FernGully
51:21 What's going in the Museum
54:48 What's Next? GI:Joe the Movie! We also talk more on Horroroma, Matt's film festival that just happened (mostly we talk about Adam Marcus)

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1 hr 3 min
May 04, 2018 Extraordinary Tales Movie Review
Extraordinary Tales Movie Review
Matt and Steve discuss an animated anthology of five tales adapted from Edgar Allan Poe’s stories. This film is available on Netflix as of this recording and we urge you too watch for all the wonderful visuals.

Time Stamps
00:00 Welcome, then we talk a little about the film and last we break down “Extraordinary Tales” stories.
18:28 What we watched: Matt watched “Soft Matter” at his Windy City Horrorama. Steve watched and hated a documentary (anti-adderall propaganda film more like it) called “Take your Pills”. It’s also available on Netflix if you’re interested.
29:16 What’s Next?!? Next we will be watching “FernGully: The Last Rainforest”.

Extraordinary Tales Film Details
Released on October 23, 2015 in the US and had a budget of 2 million Euros.
Directed by Raul Garcia (Known for animating the Genie in Disney’s Aladdon)
Based on Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

Stories include
“The Fall of the House of Usher” narrated by Christopher Lee.
“The Tell-Tale Heart” narrated by Bela Lugosi.
“The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” narrated by Julian Sands.
“The Pit and the Pendulum” narrated by Guillermo del Toro.
“The Masque of the Red Death” with a voice appearance by Roger Corman as Prince Prospero.
The wrap around story had Stephen Hughes voicing the Crow and Cornelia Funke voicing Death.

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33 min
April 27, 2018Mortal Kombat VHS Movie Review
Matt and Steve discuss another New Line 90’s movie with an amazing look, that movie is Mortal Kombat!!!!

Podcast Time code:
00:00 Welcome and our experience with the Mortal Kombat game
05:02 VHS Box Art
09:44 Crew and Cast
21:56 Trailer and Movie Breakdown
47:28 Behind the Scenes & The Animated Film
59:41 What’s going in our Museum?
01:02:12 What’s Next?

Cast/Crew/Notes
Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Produced by Lawrence Kasanoff
Based on Mortal Kombat by Midway Games
Starring
Christopher Lambert as Raiden, god of thunder and protector of Earthrealm who guides the warriors on their journey. He desires to aid the heroes in defending Earthrealm, but as he himself is not mortal, he is not permitted to participate in the tournament and may only advise them and act to prevent cheating.
Robin Shou as Liu Kang, a former Shaolin monk, who enters the tournament to avenge his brother's death. He is also Kitana's love interest and among the first who notice her sympathy towards Earthrealm. As in most of the games in the Mortal Kombat series, Liu Kang is the main protagonist. This was Shou's second American film, as his last American role was in 1990, for the made-for-television film Forbidden Nights.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Shang Tsung, a powerful, sadistic and treacherous demon sorcerer, he is the film's main antagonist who killed Liu Kang's brother Chan. Tagawa was the filmmakers' first and only choice for the role; he was instantly selected after he came to his audition in costume, and read his lines while standing on a chair.
Linden Ashby as Johnny Cage, a Hollywood superstar that enters the tournament to prove to the world that his skills are for real. He is also Sonya's love interest. Ashby trained in karate and tae kwon do especially for this film. Despite the intensity of the fight scenes coupled with the actors performing most of their own stunts, on-set injuries were surprisingly minimal; the only notable occurrence was a mildly bruised kidney Ashby suffered while shooting Cage's fight scene with Scorpion.
Bridgette Wilson as Sonya Blade, an American Special Forces officer from Austin, Texas who's in hot pursuit of Kano, the criminal who killed her partner. She is also Johnny's love interest. Cameron Diaz was originally set to play Sonya, but she broke her wrist during a martial arts training session prior to shooting and was replaced by Wilson, who was jokingly nicknamed "RoboBabe" during production by director Paul W. S. Anderson. Wilson performed all her own stunts, including fight scenes.
Release Date: August 18, 1995
Budget: 18 Million
Box Office: 122.1 Million

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1 hr 10 min
April 20, 2018Rampage Movie Review
Matt and Steve discuss a big/dumb/fun movie with the Rock, a giant Gorilla, a flying wolf and a massive dinosaur alligator smashing Chicago!

Episode Timecodes:
05:05 Rampage Movie Details
10:39 Trailer & then Movie Breakdown
13:43 Spoiler discussion
33:00 Behind the Scenes
34:54 Nerd News
37:37 What Did You Watch?
42:19 Next Week
Rampage Details
Directed by Brad Peyton (Cats & Dogs 2, Journey 2 and San Andreas)
Produced by
Brad Peyton
Beau Flynn (Marley Sheltons wife) (San Andreas, Hercules and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, as well as critically acclaimed independent films like Requiem for a Dream and Tigerland)
Screenplay by
Ryan Engle
Carlton Cuse (Also wrote San Andreas and Executive Producer on Lost)
Ryan J. Condal
Adam Sztykiel (Wrote the Screenplay for Due Date and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip)
Story by Ryan Engle Based on Rampage by Midway Games (Warner Bros bought them in 2009)
Starring
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Davis Okoye, a primatologist and head of an anti-poaching unit. (Did another video game movie “Doom”)
Naomie Harris as Dr. Kate Caldwell, a discredited genetic engineer who teams up with Okoye. (Moneypenny from Bond)
Malin Åkerman as Claire Wyden, the woman responsible for the infection and mutation of George, Ralph, and Lizzie with the mutagenic serum for Project: Rampage. (Played Silk Spectre II from Watchmen and Final Girls)
Jake Lacy as Brett Wyden, Claire’s dimwitted brother and PR for the company (The Office and HBO’s Girls)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Harvey Russell, a government agent who works for an agency called OGA, nicknamed the Cowboy (Negan on Walking Dead, The Comedian in Watchmen and Grey’s Anatomy)
Joe Manganiello as Burke, the leader of a private military group (True Blood and Magic Mike films)
Edited by Bob Ducsay (same guy who did Star Wars the Last Jedi)
Production company
New Line Cinema (Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit Films, Rush Hour films, Austin Power films, TMNT, Dumb and Dumber, The Mask)
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures (Merged with New Line in 2008)
Release date
April 13, 2018 (United States)
Running time: 107 minutes
Budget $120 million

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48 min
April 13, 2018Super Mario Bros. the Movie (1993) VHS Movie Review
Matt and Steve discuss a super flop from 1993 and do we ever go long! There's just too much to talk about with this extreme 90's movie.

Film Details
Released on May 28, 1993 in the US, rated PG and had a runtime of 104 minutes
Taglines:
Anything is possible, You just gotta believe in it…
A Bright, Clamorous Extravaganza!
This Ain’t No Game, It’s a Live-Action Thrill Ride!
This Ain’t No Game!
Can Two Plumbers Save the World From Going Down the Drain?
Directors: Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton (co creators and directors of Max Headroom (an AI host portrayed by Matt Frewer), they also did a lot of Music Videos)
Writers: Everyone considering there was 7 flipping scripts. The main three on IMDB are Parker Bennett (Mystery Date, The Thief and the Cobbler), Terry Runte (Mystery Date, The Thief and the Cobbler) and Ed Solomon (Bell & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Men in Black).
Cast:
Bob Hoskins as Mario Mario (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Mermaids)
John Leguizamo as Luigi Mario (Spawn, Voice of Sid in Ice Age, Land of the Dead)
Dennis Hopper as King Koopa (Hoosiers, Speed, Waterworld and TCM 2)
Samantha Mathis as Princess Peach (Little Woman, Broken Arrow, American Psycho)
Fisher Stevens as Iggy (The Burning, Short Circuit and Hackers)
Richard Edson as Spike (Ferris Bueller’s Day off and Do the Right Thing)
Fiona Shaw as Lena (My Left Foot: The Story of Christy, Harry Potter)
Featuring Mojo Nixon as Toad and Lance Henriksen as the King
Music by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Predator, The Avengers)
Produced by Roland Joffe (The Killing Fields, Fat Man and Little Boy, The Scarlet Letter)
Art/Production Designer (Blade Runner, Demolition Man and Soldier (1998 Russell))
Production Co: Hollywood Pictures (Disney owned) & Lightmotive (One False Move: Written by Billy Bob Thornton and starring Bill Paxton)
Distributed by Buena Vista (Disney)
Movie Breakdown (Scenes to Highlight)
The odd 8 bit prologue (That’s Dan Castellaneta or Homer Simpson)
Intro of Mario & Luigi
Her name is Daisey? Where is Princess Peach? Digging for Dinosaur bones under the Brooklyn Bridge? Whatever
Dinner (I thought you had no money)
Why is he called King Koopa, where the F*CK is Bowser!?!
Thoughts on Dinohatten (How did they get this from a bright and colorful video game?)
Old Lady gets tossed over a bridge, WTF?
Why is Toad a protestor?
Police Station and name reveal
So Goomba’s are giant body/small head creatures? Not Mushroom minions?
Electric Cars (Mad Max)
Night Club Scene (Really needs a Iggy and Spike Rap)
Why does Koopa keep the King alive? Just kill him...
Lena is wearing what must be the tightest dress ever
Why did he make Iggy and Spike smarter?
Why is Koopa such a germ freak?
Why can Daisy merge the worlds? She’s Royalty, that’s all I’m getting.
Did Lena just stab Yoshi????!!!!!
At least there’s a desert world like in Mario 3
Finally their costumes!!!
The elevator scene is so weird but I giggled
Why is everyone so calm about Koopa and Goopas appearing out of nowhere and turning Scapelli into a chimp, with a Super Scope 6, then calling him a monkey.
Finally that Bob-omb came into play
So Mario and Luigi turn Koopa into a T-Rex but he can’t take it and he turns into slim? LAME, We get no giant dinosaur fight!
Wait, why can’t Luigi stay with Daisy? You’re a broke plummer on Earth, F that, stay with the Princess and rule that place!
Ha, they really thought this was going to be a franchise!?
Post End Credits: The Super Koopa Cousins, Sure

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2 hr
April 13, 2018 Super Mario Bros. the Movie (1993) VHS Movie Review
Matt and Steve discuss a super flop from 1993 and do we ever go long! There's just too much to talk about with this extreme 90's movie.
Film Details
Released on May 28, 1993 in the US, rated PG and had a runtime of 104 minutes
Taglines: Anything is possible, You just gotta believe in it…A Bright, Clamorous Extravaganza!This Ain’t No Game, It’s a Live-Action Thrill Ride!This Ain’t No Game!
Can Two Plumbers Save the World From Going Down the Drain?
Directors: Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton (co creators and directors of Max Headroom (an AI host portrayed by Matt Frewer), they also did a lot of Music Videos)
Writers: Everyone considering there was 7 flipping scripts. The main three on IMDB are Parker Bennett (Mystery Date, The Thief and the Cobbler), Terry Runte (Mystery Date, The Thief and the Cobbler) and Ed Solomon (Bell & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Men in Black).
Cast: Bob Hoskins as Mario Mario (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Mermaids)John Leguizamo as Luigi Mario (Spawn, Voice of Sid in Ice Age, Land of the Dead)Dennis Hopper as King Koopa (Hoosiers, Speed, Waterworld and TCM 2)Samantha Mathis as Princess Peach (Little Woman, Broken Arrow, American Psycho)Fisher Stevens as Iggy (The Burning, Short Circuit and Hackers)Richard Edson as Spike (Ferris Bueller’s Day off and Do the Right Thing)Fiona Shaw as Lena (My Left Foot: The Story of Christy, Harry Potter)Featuring Mojo Nixon as Toad and Lance Henriksen as the King
Music by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Predator, The Avengers)
Produced by Roland Joffe (The Killing Fields, Fat Man and Little Boy, The Scarlet Letter)
Art/Production Designer (Blade Runner, Demolition Man and Soldier (1998 Russell))
Production Co: Hollywood Pictures (Disney owned) & Lightmotive (One False Move: Written by Billy Bob Thornton and starring Bill Paxton)
Distributed by Buena Vista (Disney)
Movie Breakdown (Scenes to Highlight)
The odd 8 bit prologue (That’s Dan Castellaneta or Homer Simpson)
Intro of Mario & Luigi
Her name is Daisey? Where is Princess Peach? Digging for Dinosaur bones under the Brooklyn Bridge? Whatever
Dinner (I thought you had no money)
Why is he called King Koopa, where the F*CK is Bowser!?!
Thoughts on Dinohatten (How did they get this from a bright and colorful video game?)
Old Lady gets tossed over a bridge, WTF?
Why is Toad a protestor?
Police Station and name reveal
So Goomba’s are giant body/small head creatures? Not Mushroom minions?
Electric Cars (Mad Max)
Night Club Scene (Really needs a Iggy and Spike Rap)
Why does Koopa keep the King alive? Just kill him...
Lena is wearing what must be the tightest dress ever
Why did he make Iggy and Spike smarter?
Why is Koopa such a germ freak?
Why can Daisy merge the worlds? She’s Royalty, that’s all I’m getting.
Did Lena just stab Yoshi????!!!!!
At least there’s a desert world like in Mario 3
Finally their costumes!!!
The elevator scene is so weird but I giggled
Why is everyone so calm about Koopa and Goopas appearing out of nowhere and turning Scapelli into a chimp, with a Super Scope 6, then calling him a monkey.
Finally that Bob-omb came into play
So Mario and Luigi turn Koopa into a T-Rex but he can’t take it and he turns into slim? LAME, We get no giant dinosaur fight!
Wait, why can’t Luigi stay with Daisy? You’re a broke plummer on Earth, F that, stay with the Princess and rule that place!
Ha, they really thought this was going to be a franchise!?
Post End Credits: The Super Koopa Cousins, Sure
1 hr 59 min

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