Off My Shelf

In this episode Brendan Crates returns to talk about b-movie awesomeness and 80s nostalgia with Mars Attacks and Masters of the Universe.

Mars Attacks
Release: 1996
Director: Tim Burton
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Annette Bening, Glenn Close, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, Tom Jones, Natalie Portman, Pam Grier, Jack Black

Masters of the Universe
Release: 1987
Director: Gary Goodard
Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Courtney Cox, Robert Duncan McNeil

Sweet-Bee

That’s the name of the doll I couldn’t remember.

Tower of Babel

Ok, so, this is actually a myth that tried to explain why there are different languages. I definitely wasn’t right.

Rosetta Stone

The Rosetta stone was the key to deciphering Egyptian script as it had the same decree written on it in 3 languages allowing scholars to piece together words and phrases and compare it to other Egyptian texts they had previously encountered.

In this episode Julian Spillane joins me in talking about 2 action flicks with The Man From UNCLE and Man on Fire.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Release: 2015
Director: Guy Ritchie
Stars: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki

Man On Fire
Release: 2004
Director: Tony Scott
Stars: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Marc Anthony, Christopher Walken

Harry Palmer Films

There are a series spy thrillers starring Michael Caine as “Harry Palmer” starting in 1965 with The Ipcress File. It was followed by Funeral in Berlin in 1966 and Billion Dollar Brain in 1967. It was almost 30 years before reprised the role for 2 TV movies Bullet to Beijing in 1995 and Midnight in Saint Petersburg in 1996.

The Problem with Fred Savage

A quick google yielded this article: https://deadline.com/2022/05/fred-savage-fired-as-the-wonder-years-ep-director-following-investigation-into-inappropriate-conduct-1235018451/

Forever Knight

Here’s the good stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2i5qRpGieM&list=PLzovi87vDfzIIcI4-Rx5s0YqiOaT3uF0-

In this episode Alix cook joins me in talking about 2 films that are so 90s it hurts with Magnolia and Mallrats.

Magnolia
Release: 1999
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars: Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Baker Hall, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly,

Mallrats
Release: 1995
Director: Kevin Smith
Stars: Jason Lee, Shannon Dorherty, Jeremy London, Claire Forlini, Jason Mewes, Michael Rooker, Ben Affleck, Stan Lee

Magnolia Frog Rain

Ok so, I found this article by Film School Rejects about it and according to it, we may have got the movie wrong but somehow came to the same conclusion(?). Here’s the article: https://filmschoolrejects.com/magnolia-frog-storm/

Dixon’s Rap

It is called “The Worm”. Can you figure out what he’s talking about?

Presence – with a double ass meaning
gifts I bestow, with my riff, and my flow
but you don’t hear me though
think fast, catch me, yo
cause I throw what I know with a
Resonance – fo’yo’trouble-ass fiend in
weenin yo-self off the back of the shelf
Jackass crackas, bodystackas
dicktootin niggas, masturbatin’ yo trigga
butcha y’all just fake-ass niggas —
— livin’ to get older
with a chip on your shoulder
‘cept you think you got a grip,
cause you hip gotta holster?
Ain’t no confessor, so busta, you best just
Shut the fuck up, try to listen and learn —
Check that ego – come off it –
I’m the prophet – the professor
Ima teach you ’bout The Worm,
who eventually turned to catch wreck
with the neck of a long time oppressor
And he’s runnin from the devil, but the
debt is always gaining
And if he’s worth being hurt, he’s worth
bringin’ pain in
When the sunshine don’t work, the Good Lord
bring the rain in.
Now that shit will help you SOLVE the case.

In this episode Austin Wong is here to talk about 2 comedies about animals in the wild with Madagascar and Mean Girls.

Madagascar
Release: 2005
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Stars: Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer

Mean Girls
Release: 2004
Director: Mark Waters
Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler

Where is Madagascar?

Surprisingly I was right! Like I said I’m really bad at geography so the fact that I know this is mind blowing. Madagascar is an East African country that is off the east coast of Mozambique, across the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean.

Janis Ian

Here is the song of her’s that I know. You would hear it in any nostalgic movie that takes place in the 70s.

Stripes Quote

Alex the Lion: 27, 28, 29, 30. Hmm, 30 black and only 29 white, looks like you’re black with white stripes after all.

Austin was right!

Maude Apatow

That’s who I couldn’t remember from Euphoria. She plays Lexi Howard, a character I just love, who is sister to Cassie.

Correction

Austin was kind to message me and correct himself as it wasn’t a Texas Senator but a Pastor who said that awful thing about gays. Pastor Dillon Awes of Stedfast Baptist Church said this in a speech he gave to his congregation about Pride Month and the LGBTQ+ community and apparently there were cheers when he was done. It is disheartening and sickening.

In this episode Sean Archer joins me to talk about 2 films that have nothing in common with Lucky Number Slevin and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

Lucky Number Slevin
Release: 2006
Director: Paul McGuigan
Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman, Lucy Liu, Bruce Willis

Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Release: 1985
Director: George Miller, George Ogilvie
Stars: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence

Face-palm

Hoses and donkeys are not bipedal they are quadrupeds. DUH! C’mon Tracey!

Robocop’s Partner

Her name was Annie Lewis and she was played by Nancy Allen. Nancy was one of the mean girls in 1976’s Carrie and did a various other flicks and filled out the rest of her career with some TV appearances. According to IMDB she hasn’t been in anything since 2008.

In this episode Josh Ratcliffe joins me in talking about 2 moody films from the early 2000s with Lord of War and Lost in Translation.

Lord Of War
Release: 2005
Director: Andrew Niccol
Stars: Nicholas Cage, Jared Leto, Ethan Hawke, Ian Holm

Lost in Translation
Release: 2003
Director: Sofia Coppola
Stars: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris

Jet – The Band

They are an Australian band that formed in 2001. I believe this is the song Josh Was referring to.

OMG IT SONDS JUST LIKE LUST FOR LIFE!! Also I think the video style was taken from the non-movie-clip parts of the video. WOW!

Tent Cities

This is what we were referring to if you didn’t know. Toronto Star Article

It was an unnecessary and mean thing that were done to these people who had no options.

Painting Reference

So according to a quick google, the painting that is being referenced is the “Jutta” by American photorealist John Kacere. Once you see the image (you can look it up yourself) painted in 1973, you can clearly see the reference.

Ghibli Museum

Yes, it was open when I was there as it opened in 2001. I apparently didn’t know about it or just didn’t get the chance.

Location Correction

I said I was describing Ueno but I meant to say Odaiba. Sorry, it was a little while ago.

Lazy Egg

Gudetama (which literally translates to “lazy egg”) is a character created by a Japanese company Sanrio.

The Plural of Titmouse

It is “titmice”

In the Mood for Love

Here’s the IMDB.

In this episode I have 3 guests, Alix Cook, Jessica Lutzer, and Tim McLennan, who are here to talk about the 3 year epic that really only takes 13 months, Lord of the Rings.

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Release: 2001
Director: Peter Jackson
Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Christopher Lee, John Rhys-Davies, Liv Tyler

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Release: 2002
Director: Peter Jackson
Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Christopher Lee, John Rhys-Davies, Liv Tyler

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Release: 2003
Director: Peter Jackson
Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Christopher Lee, John Rhys-Davies, Liv Tyler

Time Spent on these movies

Original Release Time – FOTR 2h 58mins. TTT 2hr 59mins, ROTK 3h 21mins – 9hr 18mins

Extended Editions – FOTR 3h 28mins. TTT 3hr 43mins, ROTK 4h 10mins – 11hr 21mins (x2)

Lord of the Rigs Crazy Fandom

Alix was very nice and sent the following note

“The story I was telling you about crazy Lord of the Rings fans is actually WAY MORE NUTS than I remembered, holy smokes.

If you’re interested in that particular rabbit hole, start here: https://fanlore.org/wiki/Victoria_Bitter_Wank“

Alex Trebek and Nerdcore

Its worse and more glorious than I remembered. He calls them “losers”! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8_GNi6OTZY

The Makeover song

It takes a sec to get there but it is totally worth it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVr2jKGQzH8

In this episode Shayna Fine Joins me in talking about a murderous sing plant and a poker game gone wrong with Little Shop of Horrors and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.

Little Shop of Horrors
Release: 1986
Director: Frank Oz
Stars: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Release: 1998
Director: Guy Richie
Stars: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Sting, Steven Mackintosh

Cameo’s in Little Shop of Horrors

Technically not a cameo but the Greek Corus was Tisha Campbell, Tichina Arnold, and Michelle Weeks.

Also you’ll see John Candy, Bill Murray, Jim Belushi, and Christopher Guest

The Toxic Avenger

According to IMDB this is the plot: Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.

Also according to IMDB, Marisa Tomei appears in the movie as an extra.

Musical Scrubs Episode

It is S6E6 called “My Musical”. The most memorable songs are “Everything Comes Down To Poo” and the absolute classic “Guy Love”

British Action

Ok, ok, I know I said I was not aware of British Action movies but that is because I completely forgot about James Bond films….but also, I know they can be characterized as action films especially starting at the Timothy Dalton films, but I don’t know why but I don’t regularly think of them as action films but spy films which can be considered to be a sub-category of action films. But Lock. Stock can also be characterized as a Heist/comedy-heist which can also be a sub category of action. What is my point?…….I don’t know.

In this episode Emma Yim joins me in talking about young women finding their place in the world with Little Miss Sunshine and A Little Princess

Little Miss Sunshine
Release: 2006
Director: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Stars: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin

A Little Princess
Release: 1995
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Stars: Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham

War

We spoke about the book being written in 1905 and in the movie the father goes off to fight in WW1. This is obviously a deviation from the original work as WW1 would not have even started when the book was completed. In the book, the father doesn’t go off to war. She is simply sent from India to England to go to school and while there he father “dies” of jungle fever otherwise known as Malaria.

Becky

Becky is played by Vanessa Chester who was in Jurassic Park: The Lost World as Kelly Curtis; the daughter to Jeff Goldblum’s Ian Malcolm.

In this episode Jamie Cochrane joins me in talking about 2 movies with proper names in the title, highly stylized, and released in December 2004 . These movies have a lot in common… Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Release: 2004
Director: Brad Silberling
Stars: Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Meryl Streep, Emily Browning, Liam Aiken

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Release: 2004
Director: Wes Anderson
Stars: Bill Murray, Anjelica Huston, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Willem Defoe, Jeff Goldblum

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events – TV Show

There are 3 seasons of the show with 25 episodes. From the looks of it I got to the 2nd episode of season 2. Also, they do 2 episodes per book in the series except for the final episode.

The Aflac Duck

Yes, it is technically product placement but only if you catch it and have seen any of the commercials.

Here’s a commercial. The duck is voiced by Gilbert Godfrey. https://youtu.be/o6pkAriA7aI

Here is the clip I am talking about. https://youtu.be/tsIYleoAQpY

It’s real!

Count Olaf’s Car

According to IMDB, Count Olaf’s car is a 1960 Imperial Crown Limousine by Ghia.

And, interestingly, Mr. Poe’s car is the Tatra 603, a car built during the Cold War in Czechoslovakia.

I don’t remember any other cars in the movie.