We're back, but this time not on our regular nonsense. We have a guest on the podcast for the first time. (We're counting those other two times as guest hosts because Mark wasn't there.) Adam (whom you might know as @galooticus on the social-media-formerly-known-as-Twitter) joins us to discuss his four movie choices. They're all considered to one degree or another Cult Classics, but Adam admits that he mostly chose them in an effort to troll Bob. Joke's on him, though; Bob liked them all well enough.
Do beware for SPOILERS! that lurk throughout. Hail to the king, baby.
00:00 Podcast and guest intro
03:22 Duel (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067023/)
13:35 Strange Brew (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086373/)
19:07 Max von Sydow
25:10 Bob claims Strange Brew is just like Nolan's The Odyssey
25:45 Tremors (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100814/)
31:59 Sequels to Tremors
33:40 Bob is failing to remember Ben Stiller's name
36:52 Army of Darkness (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106308/)
47:06 Bob's an idiot, that's two totally different people (and Bob was mixing up the names) Duke Henry from Army of Darkness is Richard Grove and Airk the Red from Willow is Gavin O'Herlihy. In his defense...well, no, he's just dumb.
52:09 Wrapping up; will Adam return?
19 Aug 2026
The Odyssey
Quicker turnaround for a quicker podcast. Mark wanted to talk about The Odyssey, so Bob went and saw it in the theater and now you get to hear us yammer about it for 30 minutes or so. Obviously it will contain many SPOILERS! , but there is also some desultory conversation at the very end about some other movies worth watching that, oddly for us, we don't spoil. Enjoy!
00:00 Intro
00:36 The Odyssey (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33764258/)
01:33 Cinema format digression
04:10 Back to the movie itself
22:41 Other odds and ends we've watched (no spoilers)
25:45 Bob says Spielberg should retire
28:00 Thoughts on voice-acting
29:34 Wrapping up
Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
3 Aug 2026
Directorial Debuts
Back much quicker with our 75th episode. That's about all the fanfare we had planned. This episode we're discussing the debut features from a variety of directors. Most of the movies are rather older, but if you don't believe in statutes of limitation on such things, beware the fearsome SPOILERS! that lurk in the podcast ahead.
00:00 Intro and topic
01:42 Selecting the films
04:21 Mark's first choice: Eraserhead (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/)
07:30 All the Dunes (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5A60D4MtkKCstWwV45OdKk?si=2d9548b66cdf4528) episode
11:42 Bob's first choice: sex, lies, and videotape (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098724/)
20:47 Mark's second choice: Following (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154506/)
26:57 Takeshi's Castle (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=takeshi%27s+castle)
27:56 Bob's second choice: Violent Cop (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098360/)
34:52 Mark and Bob's third choice: The Duellists (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075968/)
48:32 Other contenders
52:33 Wrapping up
Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
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