By The Farsighted Network
The podcast currently has 64 episodes available.
Before we dive into the episode, have you seen our badass logo? Awesome designer Trais Colton Barhaug rocked that for us and you should go support him now! T-shirts, pins, and stickers are on their way.
Thanks to Justin’s long time friend, Kwalified, a diehard wrestling fan and dope emcee hailing from Hawaii, for our great intro song.
Leon White – aka Vader – was one of the greatest big men in pro wrestling history. Sadly, his acting career wasn’t quite as successful. But watching the nonsensical 1995 live action adaptation of one of Japan’s longest running and most popular manga series gave us the opportunity to indulge in some truly stellar wrestling.
Enjoy our discussion of Fist of the North Star and 3 great matches from Big Van Vader in three different promotions with three distinctly different styles.
Doug is back on Twitter and his other podcasts never left, Cinema Smorgasbord and No-Budget Nightmares
Follow Justin on Twitter and check out his writings here and at Cinapse.
Follow Curtain Jerkers on Twitter and Instagram.
This podcast is available now on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and other podcast platforms. If you can’t find it somewhere that you prefer listening, just comment below or email Justin and he’ll fix that. You can also subscribe by adding the feed URL to your podcast app: http://farsightedblog.com/feed/podcast/curtain-jerkers.
As always, this is the podcast that asks the hard-hitting questions like, “What the fuck is wrong with Justin’s mic” or “Why the hell is this even a movie” or “Why does Merder hate us and herself”… and the most important questions of all…
Is Nicolas Cage a legitimate acting genius?
After having a few real bangers, Merder was tired of letting the others pick the movies because she was getting dangerously close to actually liking Nic. Enter 1993’s Deadfall, a true shit show. Resting alongside Trapped in Paradise, this one was absolute dreck. The crew genuinely hopes they are more entertaining than this film.
For a good synopsis of the film, you can just listen to Snot’s “Deadfall”, which is played at the end of the episode. It’s way better than the movie, for sure.
And you can watch Merder and Loki be badass derby girls on Friday night on the Rockstar Roller Derby Twitch. Live tickets are sold out, but Justin will be announcing it all live on Twitch.
SPECIAL THANKS to The O’Mulligans for allowing us to use their fantastic track “Cage Rage” as our official theme song! Listen to “Cage Rage” on Bandcamp and support the band!
Done in 60 Seconds by The O'Mulligans
Follow us on Instagram at @cagematchpodcast to be a part of the show. We’ll be posting more over there now and will have more opportunities for giveaways and other fun stuff over there, too! You can check out Loki, Merder, Justin, and The Farsighted over there too.
The Farsighted is also on Xitter (pronounced “shitter”) and Facebook too, so join the discussion.
Before we dive into the episode, have you seen our badass logo? Awesome designer Trais Colton Barhaug rocked that for us and you should go support him now! T-shirts, pins, and stickers are on their way.
Thanks to Justin’s long time friend, Kwalified, a diehard wrestling fan and dope emcee hailing from Hawaii, for our great intro song.
Before we kick off this episode, we’d like to congratulate @malikibeats on Twitter/X for winning our swag giveaway! Thanks for the support.
Speaking of thanks, we’ve got to thank this episode’s guest, indie wrestling star and long time member of Young Dumb & Broke, the one and only Charlie Tiger, who you can follow on Twitter at twitter.com/charlietiger_ and Instagram at instagram.com/thecharlietiger_/.
Charlie wanted to talk one of his all-time faves, “The Whole F’in Show” Rob Van Dam. He and Doug picked some iconic matches for us all to discuss and Doug introduces us all to 1997’s Bloodmoon, in which RVD “stars” as one of the main villains victims. Charlie shares some fun insight, Doug plays historian, and Justin… well… he’s there, too.
Enjoy the show and remember to follow Charlie so you can check out his various escapades and matches all over North America and beyond!
Doug is back on Twitter and his other podcasts never left, Cinema Smorgasbord and No-Budget Nightmares
Follow Justin on Twitter and check out his writings here and at Cinapse.
Follow Curtain Jerkers on Twitter and Instagram.
This podcast is available now on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and other podcast platforms. If you can’t find it somewhere that you prefer listening, just comment below or email Justin and he’ll fix that. You can also subscribe by adding the feed URL to your podcast app: http://farsightedblog.com/feed/podcast/curtain-jerkers.
Before we dive into the episode, have you seen our badass logo? Awesome designer Trais Colton Barhaug rocked that for us and you should go support him now! T-shirts, pins, and stickers are on their way.
Thanks to Justin’s long time friend, Kwalified, a diehard wrestling fan and dope emcee hailing from Hawaii, for our great intro song.
It’s time to dive into Dave Bautista aka WWE’s Batista (guess the “u” was too confusing for Vince). The Jerks talk two of his top rated matches and his silver screen star turn in James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy. But before we jump in, Justin talks Mania coming to his city and the events he’ll be attending. Doug also highlights some of the shows he’s most excited to catch online this weekend.
Enjoy the show and be sure to share this episode and our previous one on social media with the hashtag
Anyone who shares this episode and/or the next on socials with the tag #CurtainJerkMania gets entered for #free #swag from @TheFarsighted!#podcast #podernfamily #wrestling #prowrestling #giveaway #film #movies https://t.co/E13IUybB9Q
— justinmania xl (@thepaintedman) March 28, 2024
Doug is back on Twitter and his other podcasts never left, Cinema Smorgasbord and No-Budget Nightmares
Follow Justin on Twitter and check out his writings here and at Cinapse.
Follow Curtain Jerkers on Twitter and Instagram.
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Episode 2 with a full team. Broken ankles, technical difficulties, and Justin being lazy (not really but he’s easy to blame) pushed back the release a couple weeks, but ALAS… we’re still on pace for a monthly episode, though we’re pushing to the third week of the month moving forward instead of the first… whoops… but we’re here, we promise! But it’s time for the important questions…
Is Nicolas Cage a legitimate acting genius?
On this month’s episode, Justin’s wife, and the illicit love of both Loki and Merder, joins to discuss her favorite Cage jawn, Kick-Ass! Spoiler alert, Merder HATES… how much she loves Nic in this one! If you’re watchign along, next month we’re watching 1993’s Deadfall, one of the the couple 0% Rotten Tomatoes films that Nic happens to star in, so maybe Merder will get to truly hate on him again next month, we shall see!
And the contest we promised last month officially drops right here in the show notes (instead of on Instagram)…
It’s easy as 1-2-3…
SPECIAL THANKS to The O’Mulligans for allowing us to use their fantastic track “Cage Rage” as our official theme song! Listen to “Cage Rage” on Bandcamp and support the band!
Done in 60 Seconds by The O'Mulligans
Follow us on Instagram at @cagematchpodcast to be a part of
Before we dive into the episode, have you seen our badass logo? Awesome designer Trais Colton Barhaug rocked that for us and you should go support him now! T-shirts, pins, and stickers are on their way.
Thanks to Justin’s long time friend, Kwalified, a diehard wrestling fan and dope emcee hailing from Hawaii, for our great intro song.
Originally record for November, then eventually slated for February release, and now it finally drops in late March. But it’s worth it… we think.
Listen to Doug and Justin chat about Abdullah the Butcher in the ring and on the silver screen… with 1981’s Roaring Fire. Alongside Sonny Chiba as “Mr. Magic”, Abdullah plays bigass bodyguard Spartacus in this bizarre and fun little action joint.
Doug is back on Twitter and his other podcasts never left, Cinema Smorgasbord and No-Budget Nightmares
Follow Justin on Twitter and check out his writings here and at Cinapse.
Follow Curtain Jerkers on Twitter and Instagram.
This podcast is available now on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and other podcast platforms. If you can’t find it somewhere that you prefer listening, just comment below or email Justin and he’ll fix that. You can also subscribe by adding the feed URL to your podcast app: http://farsightedblog.com/feed/podcast/curtain-jerkers.
Before we dive into the episode, have you seen our badass logo? Awesome designer Trais Colton Barhaug rocked that for us and you should go support him now! T-shirts, pins, and stickers are on their way.
Thanks to Justin’s long time friend, Kwalified, a diehard wrestling fan and dope emcee hailing from Hawaii, for our great intro song.
The lost November episode is goin to finally make its tardy appearance in February, but we needed to make a point to check out Iron Claw this month and dive into the tragic Von Erich story. So we veer from focus on a wrestler turned actor this month and focus on film and the real life subjects of the film (though our original plan was this film and an episode about MJF, but his part was too minimal and the Von Erichs deserve the coverage).
So we look at a few of the great WCCW Von Erichs matches alongside discussion of the fantastic A24 film.
You can’t follow Doug on Twitter anymore… but check out his other podcasts, Cinema Smorgasbord and No-Budget Nightmares
Follow Justin on Twitter and check out his writings here and at Cinapse.
Follow Curtain Jerkers on Twitter and Instagram.
This podcast is available now on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and other podcast platforms. If you can’t find it somewhere that you prefer listening, just comment below or email Justin and he’ll fix that. You can also subscribe by adding the feed URL to your podcast app: http://farsightedblog.com/feed/podcast/curtain-jerkers.
Before we dive into the episode, have you seen our badass logo? Awesome designer Trais Colton Barhaug rocked that for us and you should go support him now! T-shirts, pins, and stickers are on their way.
Thanks to Justin’s long time friend, Kwalified, a diehard wrestling fan and dope emcee hailing from Hawaii, for our great intro song.
After Justin waiting so long to finish editing and posting the November episode, he gave up and decided the Jerks would save their discussion of a certain butcher named Abdullah for the new year and tope suicida themselves head first into the holiday season. To properly celebrate, the Doug and Justin needed some help, so they recruited Robert of The Atomic Elbow to join them in discussing a few matches from one Paul Wight and his HUGE ROLE in the INCREDIBLe Christmas classic, Jingle All the Way.
While Justin may be the only fan of Jingle All the Way, neither Doug nor Robert came here to condemn, so a good time is had by all!
Shout out to Marion Stegeman Hodgson of Athens, Georgia! And be sure to follow Robert on the Instagram machine!
You can’t follow Doug on Twitter anymore… but check out his other podcasts, Cinema Smorgasbord and No-Budget Nightmares
Follow Justin on Twitter and check out his writings here and at Cinapse.
Follow Curtain Jerkers on Twitter and Instagram.
This podcast is available now on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and other podcast platforms. If you can’t find it somewhere that you prefer listening, just comment below or email Justin and he’ll fix that. You can also subscribe by adding the feed URL to your podcast app: http://farsightedblog.com/feed/podcast/curtain-jerkers.
We’re back… and as per usual, we’re woefully and wonderfully inconsistent. That’s kinda our thing…
Is Nicolas Cage a legitimate acting genius?
This was our “spooky season” episode, even if it is out a week or so after Halloween… so we decided to cover a horror film. Who better to tackle the spooy than our good friend Raven?
On this episode, we ramble about the douchebaggery of Lovecraft and Richard Stanley, bring back the Cage-O-Meter (no matter how we decide that’s supposed to be pronounced), and ramble some more. Arriving at a 3ish on the Cage-O-Meter, we didn’t hate this movie but couldn’t stay in love with it… as Justin noted, you just can’t get away from the Richard Stanley of it all.
But alas, we had fun and we hope you enjoy listening and hanging out with us!
SPECIAL THANKS to The O’Mulligans for allowing us to use their fantastic track “Cage Rage” as our new official theme song! Listen to “Cage Rage” on Bandcamp and support the band!
Done in 60 Seconds by The O'Mulligans
Follow us on Instagram at @cagematchpodcast to be a part of the show. We’ll have polls for next month’s CAGE-O-METER rating, future giveaways, and much more. You can check out Merder, Justin, and The Farsighted over there too.
The Farsighted is also on Twitter and Facebook too, so join the discussion.
We’ll see you next month with a our poll winner – Arrmy of One – starring Russell Fucking Brand as God! Merder is really going to hate it and Justin can’t wait!
And a quick shoutout to NINGEN ISU, who’s Lovecraft themed track called “The Colour Out of Space” closes the pod.
Before we dive into the episode, have you seen our badass logo? Awesome designer Trais Colton Barhaug rocked that for us and you should go support him now! T-shirts, pins, and stickers are on their way.
Thanks to Justin’s long time friend, Kwalified, a diehard wrestling fan and dope emcee hailing from Hawaii, for our great intro song.
Due to the Skate or Die Film Fest, Justin got this episode out a full week later than he intended… but what’s new? He’s always slow as hell, so ya’ll should be used to it. When he references a discount code for the fest, it’s a bit late… but alas, what are we if not consistent. Doug is consistently timely and knowledgeable, Justin is consistently overbooked and running behind. We’d apologize and say it won’t happen again, but we’re not liars.
We are, however, huge fans of Terry Funk. On this episode, we celebrate him with 3 matches and a great film in which he has a fun but part. Check out our thoughts on 3 distinct eras of The Funker, as well as the 1989 Swayze joint, Roadhouse.
You can’t follow Doug on Twitter anymore… but check out his other podcasts, Cinema Smorgasbord and No-Budget Nightmares
Follow Justin on Twitter and check out his writings here and at Cinapse.
Follow Curtain Jerkers on Twitter and Instagram.
This podcast is available now on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and other podcast platforms. If you can’t find it somewhere that you prefer listening, just comment below or email Justin and he’ll fix that. You can also subscribe by adding the feed URL to your podcast app: http://farsightedblog.com/feed/podcast/curtain-jerkers.
The podcast currently has 64 episodes available.