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As we set out to do battle with Peter Yates's "Krull," we examine the Arthurian legend of Excalibur and how both "Krull" and "The Last Starfighter" rely on setting up their stories with their own versions of this myth. We discuss John Boorman's "Excalibur" and Disney's "Sword and the Stone" being the best adaptations and then use the sword in the stone analogy when picking movies out - the times we found kings, and the times we found duds. Find out where "Krull" ranks. Special Guest Charles Phoenix returns to tuck us in at the end of the episode as he says good night to the drive-ins that have darkened their screens over the years.

In 2020, my 64 year old Russian-born step-mother-in-law, Valentina, had been an American citizen for 15 years, but she didn't have any idea what a drive-in was. And since the only way to watch movies with an audience during the pandemic was at the drive-in, my family and I decided to take Valentina on her very first experience. Beyond ThunderamaDome gets its own spotlight with this segment: a 2020 trip to the West Wind Las Vegas Drive-In documenting the night with all its ups and downs. What makes the drive-in so special? Listen and find out. Includes Special Guest, Charles Phoenix, the midcentury pop culture expert on all things Americana.

For our 2nd episode, we rev the engines on our nostalgia meter by talking about which arcade games from our youth we wished were magic tickets into secret videogame lands. We recount how Covid helped America's dwindling drive-ins regain their significance during the pandemic and then we time-travel with our audio segment back to 2020 for the Drive-in Edition of Beyond Fest that we attended. Then we put all our quarters into Nick Castle's "The Last Starfighter" by talking about how much we love this film.

Enter the 'Dome with us on our first episode as we tackle the 1970's Italian film genre of Eurocrime, what it is and why it's so cool! We also compare movie deaths of characters that scarred us over the years and then we scar you with our Most Haunting Film Deaths segment for Beyond ThunderamaDome - where Hollywood Nate asks some of his co-workers from his "Suits" days about which film deaths always haunted them, and why that can be a good thing! Our Main Event is the double-feature pairing of Ruggero Deodato's "Live Like A Cop, Die Like A Man" and Enzo G. Castellari's "Street Law." Also included, a SpendoVision segment chock full of Eurocrime-centric goodies you can buy.