Another all-star panel highlights our Top 10 Characters from The Muppets:

Which one of us will choose a character from Labyrinth and who will pick a key persona from Fraggle Rock?

Who picked Yoda in their list?

Is there anyone who didn't include Grover, Kermit or Miss Piggy?

Is Oscar more of a computer hacker or a straight-up perv?

How many guitars has Animal destroyed during his Rock star career?

And if we weren't able to make you smile perfectly for 2 hours straight talking about this pop culture phenomenon, should we hang up the show for good?

We'll tell you how to get to Podcasting Street!

GUESTS INCLUDE:

Nicole Michele, Stephanie "Heavy D" Tyler, Cliff Stevenson, Tim Caldwell & Oreo Brewer

SONGS USED:

"Bohemian Rhapsody" by The Muppets

You're getting yet another fun crossover episode with Cinema Recall Podcast:

We dive into the themes of David Cronenberg's successful remake The Fly (1986) and its 1989 sequel.

Which of the metaphors were well-done?

Which of the deleted scenes was wise to not be included?

What other key filmmakers were part of the creative process?

All that and more reasons to do a insect-filled double feature!

Another audio essay of me and my podcast crew summing up some of the best moments of the STARSHIP TROOPERS movie trilogy and animated spin-offs.

Aside from playing scene and soundtrack clips, we dig into why there's something about an inane future warfare setting mixed with monster movie parodies that just keeps appealing to every generation!

SONGS USED:

"Song 2" by Blur

"Code Red" Trailer Song by Alan Silvestri/Immediate Music

Film blogger Jon Mark joins Cam to discuss the diverse film composer James Newton Howard's discography:

How does Howard infuse more natural music and avoid repetition beats?

How did he do tons of comedies and horror mysteries without getting typecast by genres?

And more deep orchestral cuts (and admiration)!

AUDIO CLIP INTRO:

Collider Connected Interview

We conclude the week with a fun focus on a series of disaster action movies starring, your's truly, Ice-T:

Which of these are a solid use of the rapper/rock star's talent?

And which of these are just campy fun filled with other B-movie actors, bizarre DIE HARD/TOWERING INFERNO type plots and stock footage from other movies?

FILMS REVIEWED:

Judgment Day, Stealth Fighter, Final Voyage, Sonic Impact, Air Rage, Ticker, Ablaze & Black Horizon/Stranded

AUDIO CLIPS USED:

FINAL VOYAGE DVD Commentary Track by Jim Wynorski and Claudia Christian

MUSIC USED:

Soundscrate Free-to-Use Music

Enjoy this part new episode, part re-edit:

Cam Sully, Jon Mark & James Alex Krueger (Composers: The Movie Score Podcast) look at the overall Grunge Rock music cliches, trends, marketing and actual sound with the group Saliva being the partial focus.

Why do record studios not let originality breathe?

Why do so many groups have to make everything sound like the 5 other groups already in existence?

And why can't we just let every new subgenre be its own thing instead of endless comparisons?

Enjoy this remastered episode from our crossover with CINEMA RECALL Podcast:

The Vern and Ashley Jirak help Cam sum up Roger Corman's produced Rock N' Roll High School movies in this lively, daring and hysterical double feature review!

I get to dig into the mega-hit Hong Kong gangster franchise YOUNG AND DANGEROUS:

Starring Cantopop singer-turned-actors Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang & Nicholas Tse and directed/shot by Andrew Lau & Alan Mak (INFERNAL AFFAIRS trilogy), it blends what feels like a typical gangster drama with a rap music video-style turf war, dark comedy & stylish fight scenes!

SONGS USED:

"Noise Attack," "Overcast" and "Harmful or Hatal" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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We present to you a Music Stars themed week which allows for more deep cuts on some cult favorite movies:

Join me for a minisode on the BELLY films starring DMX, Nas, The Game & Michael K. Williams (A.K.A. Omar from HBO's The Wire).

Where does the first film rank in terms of some of the many other CARLITO'S WAY/GOODFELLAS inspired films?

Why did they do this in-name-only sequel and did it entertain or fail completely?

Why didn't Hype Williams have a bigger cinematic career outside of MTV music videos?

And how is the soundtrack utilized for the narratives in these films?

Armor up, speed away to your crib & join the Ruff Ryders for this engaging deep cut!

FREE TO USE MUSIC BY SOUNDSCRATE.

To conclude the flesh-eaters themed week, we note Zack Snyder's Zombie themed trilogy (Dawn of the Dead remake, Army of the Dead & Army of Thieves):

Is the 2004 version of Dawn the rare example of how to make a remake its own thing without having to draw needless comparisons to the original yet completely different film?

And that and why the Netflix follow-ups cause a divisive reaction!

(Plus, why The Crazies is also a rare kind of remake that stands on its own two feet.)

GUESTS INCLUDE:

The Vern (Cinema Recall)

Ryan McGann (Offtopic Podcast)

Oreo Brewer

Richard Glenn Schmidt (Hello! This is the Doomed Show)

Matthew Soto

Gabriel Jewett

Steve Unger Jr.

Mack Lambert (Mack & the Movies)

Allen Adams & Kevin Edwards (Deadnotes Podcast)

Jeff Kerr,

Gil Palmer,

Crystal Hairston, 

Cameron Scott (Cinema Degeneration)

&

Jon Mark.

SONG INTRO:

"Viva Las Vengeance" by Panic! at the Disco