“That’s about the stupidest idea I’ve heard all day.”

The distinguished professors discuss the Roger Corman-produced Alien-knockoff The Dingwhopper – oops, it’s actually called Forbidden World. Topics include the magic of Jim Wynorski, the dingwhopper’s unfortunate resemblance to Audrey II, competent set design and lighting, the ubiquity of footage from Battle Beyond the Stars, the patience of Alien, the epistemological problems posed by random flashbacks, the lies told by the movie poster, the dinner scene from Alien (and Spaceballs), eating while covered in alien biohazards, Underalls and plastic stripper heels, onanistic whirligigs, lack of sense of space/ place, the steam bath and yellowish-tinted shower scenes, the weird role of sex and nudity here, the wistful diegetic sounds of the space clarinet, the mistakes of taking the movie outside and showing the monster too much, Dead Space and Marc Singer, and the ultimate test of visual storytelling: being able to understand a movie with the sound off.

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Music credits:

"Laser Groove" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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