Tv Ate My Dinner

Brooks and Sean look at the interesting film career of visionary director George Lucas, excluding his 800 pound gorillas - Star Wars & Indiana Jones.  Where was his film career going before Star Wars came along, and where might it have gone if it never had?

In today's short attention span society, are thirty second commerical spots the new entertainment?  The boys discuss it, along with classics like Burger King ads, the Geico cavemen and their weird TV show spinoff, the many incarnations of Max Headroom and whether Sonic ads are funny or just annoying.

The boys discuss movies that suck (mostly, anyway).  They trek into the vast wasteland of vampire movies, deconstructing where exactly the original undead lost their teeth and what it will take to get them back.

As the undisputed unequivocal authorities on what is empirically funny, Brooks and Sean discuss oft overlooked comedies like Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket and Noah Baumbach's Kicking & Screaming.  They also discuss sleeper classics like Office Space and the Big Lebowski, what it takes to be funny and why so many movies aren't.

In this scaled-down TVAMD minisode, Brooks and Sean review the monster flick The Host and talk a little about where horror movies are going, and how movies like Evil Dead may have taken their cue from the 60's experimental movie The Equinox:  Journey Into the Supernatural.  We cover a lot of ground in 12 minutes, folks...

As promised, the boys return to the 80's with this tribute to the Power Anthems of classics like Karate Kid, Rocky & Footloose!  If it set the scene for losers doing pullups so they could stand up to town toughs, then we'll cover it here!  Just record this show and play it every time you work out.  Or if you don't work out, then just listen to this show once and develop a six-pack montage-style!

The guys tackle the very guy-like subject of movie beatdowns, tough one liners, and other macho moments.  They also share some personal tough guy stories (all from Greg...interesting...)

Now that remakes are the new sequels, the boys tackle what movies should be reimagined (ever heard of Vally of Gwangi or Champions of Justice?), the direction giant monkey movies should be headed in, and what went wrong with the Rob Zombie Halloween remake.  There's also a couple of movies that maybe never should be remade.  Or maybe sooner or later they'll all get remade.  Who knows?

The inevitable 80's retrospective is here!  The guys go over classic 80's movies like Blade Runner, Aliens, and Back to the Future.  1987 alone gave us Predator, Robocop and Evil Dead 2.  What a decade for cool flicks.

Safety & survival tips you can get from watching movies and playing games.  The adventuring skills you picked up playing Dungeons & Dragons and watching Indiana Jones may just come in handy in your real life.  We also discuss the awesome precision and durability of booby trap technology, as evidenced in movies like The Goonies.  You'd be amazed what you can accomplish with a couple of ropes and a really big rock.

Dolph vs. Arnold:  Separated at birth?  You Dolph-fans should be pleased at this impromptu Dolph Lundgren tribute which contrasts the careers of the Masters of the Universe star and Predator macho man Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Who's the bigger action star?  You decide...

From the WWGC archives comes a beautifully bizarre Dark Crazy bonus feature.  This is part of our ongoing Radio Rescue Project, so we present this offbeat radio play that we did not produce.  We just found it.  So we give it to you, world.  Enjoy.

You cannot deny the undeniable coolness of Episode Z! Sean and Brooks take time from sharing their views on movies and television to prepare you, the listener, for mankind's inevitable fall to the growing zombie menace.  This is one episode you can't afford to miss!

The guys bring the truth when they uncover the secret conspiracies veiled in SciFi.  Were the Smurfs communist?  Did Star Trek have a secret socialist agenda?  Was Gandalf magical or did he just have awesome weed?  We may never know the answers to these questions.  But we're gonna do our best to crack this nut before the night is through.  So the real question is:  Can you handle it?  Are you ready for this much truth? 

The boys tackle all things twisty, from Twilight Zone to the Sixth Sense.  If someone dies in the first five minutes or the hero turns out to be the killer, or the whole thing turns out to be a dream, you're gonna hear about it here.  If you're not up to speed on your thrill-kill suspense films, you might want to sit this one out.  All secrets are revealed...

Sean and Brooks trek deep into Sci Fi country to explore the show that started it all.  What separates the original Star Trek from its spin-offs and countless imitators?  Where did science fiction lose its way?  And can the new Trek film set it right by bringing back Kirk and Spock?

Sean and Brooks discuss the Simpsons Movie and the newest Harry Potter, also what makes Potter such a cultural phenomenon and what drives Cuba Gooding's unfortunate career decisions...

Brooks & Sean talk about important life lessons you can learn from watching horror movies.  There are also a few lessons horror filmmakers can learn about their craft and the expectations of their audience.

Sean Gilbert, Greg Starks, and Brooks Robinson talk about movies, TV and media issues.  In this first episode we cover the Transformers movie, the new JJ Abrahms project, the success of TV shows like Heroes and the unfortunate demise of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.  There is also some talk about how housewives are ruining American television.

The Inn of the Broken Sword is a tavern that travels from place to place, wherever there are stories to tell.  And if you should wander in, you won't be leaving without telling yours...