Under the Wheels

Under the Wheels Episode 14: Bad Taste

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Gabe and Matt throw Peter Jackson's first film Bad Taste under the wheels. Topics include Michael J. Fox's post-film career, super hero movies in the good old days, Michael Caine is an amazing actor, the good and bad of docuseries and documentary filmmaking, Maori slang, New Zealand Pride,  the mystique of low budget special effects, Peter Jackson's obsession with goofy gore, how bad Goldfinger and the James Bond franchise really is, George Lucas's non-Star Wars legacy, Marcia Lucas - unsung hero in editing, surprising casting choices in Lord of the Rings, and the secret heroics of the New Zealand Film Commission.

Discussion on Bad Taste begins at 1:09:10.

Show Links:

  • As Good as it Gets
  • Vengeance is Mine
  • Branded to Kill
  • Takeshi Kitano
  • Tiger King
  • Louis Theroux - BBC Documentary Filmmaker
  • The Master
  • The Jinx
  • This film is not yet [R]ated
  • Waltz with Bashir
  • Grizzly Man
  • Double Indemnity
  • Walt Disney's Robin Hood
  • The Prestige
  • Captain America - The First Avenger
  • Lindsay Ellis Hobbit Trilogy
  • New Zealand Film Commission

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