Don't Let the Moterncast Get You!

The Motern filmography often feels like it's operating outside standard rules and ways of making a movie. Obtuse Todd doesn't feel that way. It meets the way movies are made, designed for festivals with more typical plotting and structure, and then carries on doing the Motern thing anyway on top of all that. As always, it's a delight how little our friends can conform, even when they're trying to. What we're left with is another very funny entry about friends hanging out and singing songs, as a kind of fore-bearer to a staff favorite. We also watched Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987) and discuss clip-show sequels, the space in horror for fun absurdities, and why it might resonate more than the first entry. Don't let the Santa get you!

It's Druid mayhem as our devoted crew of Motern Media archeologists present the final two movements in the Druid Saga. While both pictures were produced around the same time, Druids Druids Everywhere has only recently released on another film's blu-ray. The disparate films offer wildly different takes on the ever-evolving Motern formula. Both are a lot of fun to explore. Won't you join us? Just don't let the Druids get you...

We’re going to need the full title — Sammy: The Tale of a Teddy and a Terrible Tunnel. An homage to 1981’s cult horror film The Pit, Sammy: TTOATAATT takes the core character, ages him significantly, and plays into the usual band of Motern Media tropes. Here, those are still being established, in the early days of backyard productions and barely connected entries into the gang’s Druid Trilogy. We discuss the cult movie that has inspired it and our varied thoughts about the success of this campy homage. Won’t you join us? Just don’t let it get you…

Musical Matt Farley becomes Mayor in this marvelous microbudget indie, the second in our series on all the movies of Motern Media. A few years following 1999's The Paperboy, Adventures in Cruben Country finds the crew established the tenor of what will become their ultimate mystique. Directed by Matt Farley, the film explores Farely's interests: lots of walking and talking; verbose scripts with delirious wordplay; pickup basketball; and lots of fun-loving solutions for how to make a small film with no money at all. It's a delight. Our show's own Matt also went to a Motern Media party in the woods! He reports back on a few hours of performances and getting some valuable time with the creators of some of our favorite movies! Don't Let the Moterncast Get You!

Did you ever make films for fun as a kid? Well, the people from Motern Media did that too. They just haven't stopped. And, you know what? The resulting films are really fun. So fun that The Twin Geeks crew are going to watch them all and talk about them. This episode is about the first Motern movie, a college made film about... College. More specifically, about a man who puts underwear on his head as a disguise so he can sell black market papers to students. It's as delightful as it sounds. So, join Calvin, Stephen, Jack and Matt for an introduction to the MoternVerse and a breakdown of why this initial film is such a charmer.