Grawlix Cinematic Universe

The quest for revenge continues and if you’ve got to fight… fight dirty! The GCU boys are joined by Grawlix Podcast’s own Jesse Kiefer for a kung fu and karate double feature. First, they marvel at Sonny Chiba’s X-Ray karate chops and confusing morality in 1974’s The Street Fighter. Then the conclusion of Quentin Tarantino’s tale of the blood-soaked bride with Kill Bill Vol. 2.

In a first for the podcast our guest did NOT come with a cinematic universe pitch. Instead, Jesse presents a Street Fighter/Kill Bill mash-up by way of cartoon series. Complete with concept art! Behold the glory that is BB’s World, the saturday morning cartoon you never knew you wanted but after you hear Jesse’s pitch you will! Enjoy!

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro/Greetings
07:24 – The Street Fighter (1974)
37:43 – Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)
1:04:30 – The Street Fighter / Kill Bill Cinematic Universe

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Two ladies, two movies, a whole lot of killing. This double feature review focuses on a pair of bad@$$ women who are out for blood. First on our hitlist is Lady Snowblood, the 1973 revenge classic directed by Toshiya Fujita, based on the manga series of the same name. This movie served as a clear inspiration for our second review, Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Vol. 1 starring Uma Thurman. Enjoy!

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro/Greetings
01:41 – Lady Snowblood (1973)
35:30 – Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
1:07:57 – Lady Snowblood / Kill Bill Cinematic Universe

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Tighten your seatbelt because on this episode of the Grawlix Cinematic Universe we discuss a drive-in double feature that’ll have you white knuckling the steering wheel. It’s all muscle cars and menace as Season Taran3no hits Quentin Tarantino’s 2007 Grindhouse entry, Death Proof. It’s not a race till you’ve got some competition, though. So we paired QT’s exploitation homage with a clear inspiration on the film, the 1971 heady high-speed classic, Vanishing Point.

This is all a little too much speed for us to handle so we brought a guest along. Mike Wood of the Grindbin Podcast hitches a ride this episode! Good thing, too, as we were so busy keeping our eyes on the road that we nearly missed several major themes (and scenes) of these films. It’s going to be a wild ride!

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro/Greetings
10:42 – Vanishing Point (1971)
54:57 – Death Proof (2007)
1:40:37 – Vanishing Point / Death Proof Cinematic Universe

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GCU goes full Grawlix Prime! What began as a Pre-Show quickly bloated into a full on episode so the GCU boys decided why not just make it a bonus episode! No cinematic universe here, though. Instead, Randy and Jasper discuss the DC Universe. Specifically, the DC Universe app including their thoughts on the Doom Patrol and Titans series as well as the app’s comic book selection.

They didn’t (couldn’t?) stop there. They also discuss the state of streaming services, who comic books are made for, video game censorship, Free Comic Book Day and more. Yeah, it’s all over the place. Enjoy!

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Don’t mess aroun’ with Foxy Brown. She’s the meanest chick in town! Meanwhile, half a million dollars is up for grabs and no one knows how it’s going down. Except for maybe Jackie Brown!

This episode we’ve got a double dose of Pam Grier! First, the 1974 blaxploitation classic, Foxy Brown. Then we jump forward a couple decades (because this IS Season Taran3no, after all) to Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 hangout heist movie, Jackie Brown. As straightforward as the cinematic universe pitches should be for this double feature, somehow we take it off the rails. Enjoy!

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro/Greetings
01:12 – Foxy Brown (1974)
24:39 – Jackie Brown (1997)
51:10 – Foxy Brown / Jackie Brown Cinematic Universe

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Six stories. Four directors. Two movies. Witches, vampires, bellhops. This Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez double feature has it all. And no, it’s not THAT double feature.

This episode we discuss the Tarantino penned, Rodriguez directed From Dusk Till Dawn. Then we hop over to the comedy anthology experiment Four Rooms, written and directed by Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino.

We couldn’t talk about Four Rooms without inviting Melanie over from the Grawlix Podcast to join us. For real, we’d fair better in a certain Mexico truckstop than if we had discussed that movie without Melanie! And once again, the guest blows our mashup pitches out of the water!

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro/Greetings
03:03 – From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
22:52 – Four Rooms (1995)
45:20 – From Dusk Till Dawn / Four Rooms Cinematic Universe

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Season Taran3no continues which means more fun movies about despicable characters doing bad things! This time it’s a true Quentin Tarantino double feature. Up first is the Tarantino penned, Tony Scott directed True Romance, starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette.

Then bust out the surf guitar records and Jheri juice because the 2nd movie this episode is Tarantino’s 2nd movie, Pulp Fiction. There is no way our two nerds were going to be able to handle this job on their own so they called in their own Winston Wolfe. That’s right! Jesse Kiefer comes over from The Grawlix Podcast to discuss these early QT films.

This is mushroom cloud laying movie podcast, movie fans!

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro/Greetings
04:56 – True Romance (1993)
41:12 – Pulp Fiction (1994)
1:21:45 – True Romance / Pulp Fiction Cinematic Universe

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In all its fury and violence… the Grawlix Cinematic Universe returns for season 3! It’s a double feature of master filmmakers’ early works. We kick off season Taran3no with Quentin Tarantino’s feature length directorial debut, Reservoir Dogs.

Before we see the aftermath of the heist, though, we’ve got to see what inspired this caper gone wrong. So we also discuss Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing. This is Kubrick’s third film, a film noir style heist movie that served as inspiration for Tarantino’s Dogs. Then, of course, we’ve got to bring these two crime films together for an epic The Killing/Reservoir Dogs Cinematic Universe. Somehow.

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro/Greetings
02:52 – The Killing (1956)
31:00 – Reservoir Dogs (1992)
50:51 – The Killing / Reservoir Dogs Cinematic Universe

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Randy reacts to the greatest movies ever made… that Jasper has never seen. Some of his reactions may surprise you. While the Grawlix Cinematic Universe is on a between season break enjoy this unreleased outtake from our Season 2 finale in which Jasper lists off a few of IMDB’s Top 100 movies that he has never seen. Randy also announces the theme of Season 3. Or should we say Season Taran3no? No, probably shouldn’t. Enjoy!

Links Mentioned

GCU #20: Extended Cinematic Universe Returns

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As another season of Grawlix Cinematic Universe closes, another season finale is born. We look back at GCU #11 – #19 and all 18 movies we reviewed therein and ask… what if? What if instead of mashing up Home Alone and Die Hard we combined Home Alone and Freddy vs Jason? How about Krampus and Die Hard and Drive? Look, it’s a season finale and things are going to get wacky.

This time around we cut right to the fun stuff. Pitches! Pitches from us and, more importantly, guest pitches! Plus, we make a startling discovery about co-host Jasper. Buckle up, grab the popcorn, and open your mind! Be sure to check out this Season 2 Finale Poll and Stats post for all kinds of extra info about the movies we discussed.

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro/Greetings
04:15 – Season 2 Double Feature Poll Results
10:07 – Jesse Kiefer of The Grawlix Podcast
16:18 – Randy’s Quick Pitches Round 1
19:00 – Lee Searcey of The Covert Nerd Podcast
21:39 – Jasper’s Pitch
24:50 – Randy’s Quick Pitches Round 2
28:36 – Season 3 Thoughts
31:30 – Jasper’s Never Seen WHAT!?

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