Zo has had some bad days, but he'd never had days as bad as the end of the world! It started with a localized storm, next there was the largest aircraft he'd ever seen hovering over D.C.. It was so large that he could just barely see it from his apartment all the way in the suburbs of Suitland, Maryland. One would suppose that it was a "UFO", but it was later identified as an honest to goodness extra-terrestrial space craft - one of fifteen that where hovering over major cities all around the world. President Whitmore suggested that we stayed in our home given that the aliens had not made any overtly hostile action. That's utter ridiculousness! It's time to get the Hell up outta here right now! Of all the times a thing like this could happen: it had to happen two days before Independence Day?

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00:03:53 Opening Credits for Independence Day starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum and Margaret Colin

00:20:39 Favorite Parts of the 1996 film Independence Day

01:09:42 Trivia from the Sci-Fi Action Adventure film - Independence Day

01:17:47 Critics' Thoughts on Roland Emmerich's Independence Day

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Zo somehow ended up in the wild west, but it's incredibly west and it's incredibly wild. At a port he notices there's a skirmish as people are disembarking a passenger ship. It's a fight between one man defending a woman against half a dozen men. The man handles himself well against the men and is only hampered by the woman accidently hitting that man while she's trying to help him. The man announced that his name was Mathew Quigley and at this the men stopped fighting, made amends and both Quigley and the woman join the men on their wagons and they head out to the Outback. It was the most curious exchange witnessed by all those gathered at the port that day. It left the people to wonder who was that man Quigley and what was he doing Down Under?

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00:04:10 Opening Credits for Quigley Down Under starring Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo and Alan Rickman

00:10:09 Favorite Parts of the 1990 film Quigley Down Under

00:42:45 Trivia from the Australian Outback western - Quigley Down Under

00:50:34 Critics' Thoughts on Simon Wincer's Quigley Down Under

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Zo is back, baby! He's been places and he's seen some things: namely he's been to the theater and he's seen Masters of the Universe and Mortal Kombat 2. Are these films worth your time? If you're curious then check out this episode for some SPOILER FREE reviews from a fan of these icons from the 1980's.

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00:05:48 Masters of the Universe Review

00:22:18 Mortal Kombat 2 Review

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Zo visits some old friends at a trailer park. It seems like a normal place with kids running amok, teenagers fooling around and senior citizens looking for someone to fix their TV's so that they can watch their soap operas. Alex is just the guy the guy that they need: a recent high school graduate who is this neighborhood's handyman. Zo noticed that Alex is also fantastic at the Starfighter videogame. Zo had tried the game himself and isn't really good at it, but Alex is a genuine prodigy. Unfortunately, there's not much that anyone can do with the skills of "Best Videogame Player" in the mid 1980's. It's not like you can play this Starfighter game to train to pilot an actual spaceship right? . . . Right?

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00:04:50 Opening Credits for The Last Starfighter starring Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Dan O'Herlihy and Catherine Mary Stewart

00:14:53 Favorite Parts of the 1984 film The Last Starfighter

00:50:51 Trivia from the fantasy videogame space adventure - The Last Starfighter

00:59:58 Critics' Thoughts on Nick Castle The Last Starfighter

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Zo is on a research project that takes him to the National Institute of Mental Health and while there he discovered their secret program of animal experimentation on rats, mice, dogs, cats and other animals. These experiments seem cruel and unnecessary. What he's heard is that some of the rodents had gained super-intelligence and had escaped the lab. The scientists at NIMH has tracked them down to a nearby farm. There's not a lot that Zo can do with this intel; he can only hope that the brave mice and rats can avoid re-capture and live a life free of pain and torture. These animals should forever remain The Secret of NIMH.

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00:03:59 Opening Credits for The Secret of NIMH starring Elizabeth Hartman, Derek Jacobi, and Dom DeLuise

00:20:46 Favorite Parts of the 1982 film The Secret of NIMH

00:56:43 Trivia from the animated adventure - The Secret of NIMH

01:05:36 Critics' Thoughts on Don Bluth's The Secret of NIMH

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Zo got a rare chance to see a couple of movies and he's going to give you his SPOILER FREE impressions of The Mandalorian and Grogu and Is God Is. These are two very different movies that, by all rights, shouldn't be in the same episode . . . yet here we are! The Mandalorian and Grogu is first; if you want to skip to the next review, then you can skip to the next chapter or go to the 10 minute mark.

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00:02:13 The Mandalorian and Grogu Review

00:10:00 Is God Is Review

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Zo, still roaming around the 1800's, and Zorro is very much active. He appears when the people, his people cry out for his intervention. His people, the people of California, are on the precipice of great change as they vote on whether or not to become a state of the United States. Those in favor of this monumental move believe that becoming a state would offer some relief from oppression an grant a greater opportunity for freedom, but Zo has heard rumors that there are powerful forces that are working behind the scenes to make sure that California never achieves statehood. Zo has also heard the gossip that Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife Elena are getting a divorce. This would be kind of sad because they seemed like such a lovely couple, but it be like that sometimes.

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00:02:22 Opening Credits for The Legend of Zorro starring Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones

00:12:17 Favorite Parts of the 1998 film The Legend of Zorro

01:00:49 Trivia from the swashbuckling action thriller - The Legend of Zorro

01:13:19 Critics' Thoughts on Martin Campbell's The Legend of Zorro

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Zo is transported into a time of change for Spanish California. It's a time of mystery, corruption, intrigue, romance and high adventure. It is a time when the common folk are oppressed by their wealthy overlords and they cry out for justice. The legend who had once defended the people against the chaos has been gone for many years, but Zo hears whispers of his reappearance. There is hope in the air that the people will once again shout out with joy at the sight of their champion and they will once again see their hero in a mask. They will once again cheer for a man as quick as a rattlesnake, as skilled as a scorpion, and as cunning as a fox. Once again a man will wear The Mask of Zorro.

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00:05:34 Opening Credits for The Mask of Zorro starring Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones

00:16:11 Favorite Parts of the 1998 film The Mask of Zorro

01:17:52 Trivia from the swashbuckling action thriller - The Mask of Zorro

01:27:57 Critics' Thoughts on Martin Campbell's The Mask of Zorro

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Zo impossibly finds himself on a futuristic space craft ostensibly designed for science and exploration, but for a space craft of peace, the U.S.S. Enterprise is sure loaded for bare with powerful shields, nimble impulse engines, deadly accurate phasers, devastating photon torpedoes and a brilliant Captain. She will require all of these advantages as her Captain and crew discover and attempt to dismantle a galaxy spanning conspiracy that threaten to plunge the United Federation of Planets into an endless war with the Klingon Empire.

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00:02:50 Opening Credits for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and Deforest Kelly, Kim Cattrall and Christopher Plummer

00:32:52 Favorite Parts of the 1991 film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

01:50:03 Trivia from the intergalactic political thriller - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

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Zo is ravished by a horrible unknown raspatory ailment. It could be Covid, the flu, the cold or all three at once. In any case he was unable to record a show for this week; however, Zo reached out to his friends Troy and Brad from Not a Bomb podcast and they graciously leant one of their shows to this podcast for you to enjoy.

The episode is #153 - Masters of the Universe (1987). In this episode Zo is a guest and he discussed with Troy and Brad whether or not this cult classic should indeed be considered a bomb.

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