HunterWick Slow Burn Podcast

About HunterWick Slow Burn Podcast

A pop culture-focused podcast about movies, music, nerd culture and the world around us. Hosted by Chad Love and Bill Hunter

Publisher

William Hunter

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Nov 2015

Latest episode

15 Apr 2024

Latest episodes

49 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Apr 2024

   Ep. 49 - A Retrospective of the Entire Jaws Film Franchise: Loving Jaws, Hating Jaws 3D, and Boggling at the many Copycat Films That Followed

   Sh-sh--SH-SHARK!!!!! Join us in the shark cage, hang onto the dock, or hide from the flying glass as we dive deep into the Jaws franchise! You can throw US some chum by donating to our Patreon page at https://patreon.com/hunterwick (https://patreon.com/hunterwick), and add your voice to those who want more fun AND thoughtful content like this on the Internet. Climb aboard the Orca as we take a Slow Burn (or maybe it's a Slow Soak) of Jaws and Peter Benchley's novel that started it all. Then we'll set sail with those that came after, the sequels and copycats. We break down the story arcs of the Jaws film and novel, Jaws 2, Jaws 3D and Jaws the Revenge. We discuss Pirahna and Orca, Sharknado and the Land Shark (he's just a dolphin, ma'am). Join your hosts William Hunter and Chad Love as they jump the shark. Drop a quarter in the slot & hit player two at The Dot Eaters: Video Game History 101 with William Hunter: https://thedoteaters.com Check out Chad Love's new album "Things That Fly" on Spotify or wherever you listen to music! Topic Index: 00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Jaws 02:11 - The shark is not working 02:50 - It's a horror movie, so randy, dope-smoking teenagers have to be punished at the beginning 03:30 - The opening sequence of Jaws is just so damn perfect! 05:04 - Jaws is one of the perfect films, particularly the acting by Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss 06:25 - Jaws director Steven Spielberg remembering his Hitchcock 08:05 - The human loss in the wake of the shark attacks 09:12 - Don't be the mayor from Jaws! 09:53 - The brilliant way Jaws is constructed as a film 11:47 - The great reveal of the actual shark 12:31 - The Mandela Effect: Brody says "You're gonna need a bigger boat." not "We're gonna need a bigger boat." 13:03 - A bit of humour in Jaws 13:40 - The incredibly suspenseful scene where Quint get a nibble on his deep-sea fishing line 14:58 - The great one-shot of Brody on the ferry with the mayor 15:46 - Incredibly, Jaws was only Steven Spielberg's 2nd feature film 17:03 - Introducing each of the main three characters in such great ways 22:16 - The electrifying scene of all three of them drinking at night on the boat 24:49 - Martin Brody's hilarious parting words to his wife as they're leaving to hunt the shark 25:10 - Another suspenseful scene Spielberg makes, without revealing the shark 26:10 - The shooting stars scenes 27:45 - Jaws isn't afraid of trafficking in jump scares 28:22 - Chad's personal story of being dragged as a kid to watch Jaws, The Car and Survive! 32:12 - Jaws as the first summer blockbuster movie 33:44 - A look at Jaws the book, by Peter Benchley, and differences between it and the film 40:23 - Jaws film co-writer Carl Gottlieb, aka Iron Balls McGinty 40:45 - Jaws 2 41:37 - In order to get people into the water to eat, Jaws starts goosing people 42:29 - Napoleon Dynamite and Pedro in Jaws 2 42:52 - Jaws 2 set-piece, the water-skiing scene 45:25 - Sheriff Brody freaks out over some bluefish 46:20 - Another great set-piece from Jaws 2, a girl screams sh-sh-SH-SH-SHAAAAARK!!! 49:47 - The shark takes out a helicopter 50:40 - The shark fries and burns at the end of Jaws 2 51:42 - Jaws III 52:05 - For what's it's worth (not much), the plot of Jaws III 53:30 - Jaws III was originally pitched as an Airplane!-type spoof film 54:33 - Lea Thompson, for whatever reason, takes a shine to Mike Brody's idiot brother 55:23 - Jaws.... in 3D! Look out! 55:46 - A rundown of the TERRIBLE effects in Jaws III, including scenes where objects disappear due to the optical process. AND THEY LEFT IT IN THE FILM! 56:50 - The bent shark they left in the film 57:28 - The one sequence in Jaws III that isn't totally inept 58:09 - The time in Jaws III where the shark swallows a scuba diver whole and he's hiding inside the shark 58:37 - The shark explodes. Watch out for the flying guts! 59:12 - Jaws: The Revenge 59:51 - The shark takes out Sean Brody 1:00:19 - Starring Lance Guest, from The Last Starfighter 1:01:28 - Ellen Brody is traumatized by sharks, so why not vacation in the Bahamas? 1:02:03 - Michael Caine slumming it in this trash 1:03:07 - The novelization of Jaws: The Revenge offers a crackpot reason why the shark chases Ellen Brody 1:03:33 - The roaring shark of Jaws: The Revenge 1:05:15 - The inexplicable exploding shark at the end of the movie 1:05:44 - Jaws Copy-Cats 1:06:00 - The great Roger Corman-Joe Dante Jaws knock-off Piranha 1:10:30 - Piranha Part Two, first directing gig for James Cameron 1:11:07 - The terrifying horror film Free Willy 1:11:44 - Orca, a movie about a vengeful Killer Whale hunted by Richard Harris 1:13:44 - Bo Derek gets her leg bitten off 1:14:15 - Great shark attack movie The Shallows, starring Blake Lively 1:15:16 - The Landshark, from SNL 1:16:37 - The terrible shark movies they make nowadays, like Sharknado, Cocaine Shark and 6-Headed Shark Attack 1:18:07 - The wrap-up

2. 

   14 Mar 2024

   Ep. 48 - Remakes, Robots and Ridiculous Prophecies

   Please consider donating to us at https://patreon.com/hunterwick (https://patreon.com/hunterwick) and add your voice to those who want more fun AND thoughtful content like this on the Internet. Join Bill and Chad as they take a stroll through the dumpster fire of remakes and how Hollywood needs to just stop it. Next, they take a look at the robots we were promised and still haven't received. Lastly, they take a hard look at a ridiculous prophecy that isn't really a prophecy. Imagine: "Behold a pale horse..." and then some idiot says, oh, my god the Lone Ranger beheld a pale horse named Silver! Eeeeerie." Dumb. This podcast is brought to you by the HunterWick Slow Burn with your hosts: Bill Hunter – writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters (https://thedoteaters.com) Chad Love – writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing (https://canadianculturething.com) Check out Chad Love's music (https://open.spotify.com/artist/560A2vR7VmtGSYXVRempwW) on Spotify: Edited by Bill Hunter Written by Chad Love and Bill Hunter In-House VO Scream: Alec Hunter Theme music by Chad Love Produced by HunterWick Productions Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@HunterWickProductions)

3. 

   4 Mar 2024

   Ep. 47 - Everything you wanted to know about the Friday the 13th movies but were AFRAID!

   Everything you wanted to know about the Friday the 13th movies but were AFRAID! Please consider donating at our Patreon page and add your voice to those who want more funny and interesting content like this on PodBean - https://patreon.com/HunterWick Settle into a seat next to Bill, grab your popcorn (don't cut a hole in the bottom of the bucket because Bill won't fall for that twice!) and get ready for Chad's terrifying campfire tale of the Friday the 13th 12-movie story arc! Can you believe there's been 12 Friday the 13th movies in this slasher franchise out to scare the Jason Voorhees out of you? Well, there has and they are crap! Or mostly crap. If you're a die-hard fan of the franchise, we're sorry to hurt your feelings but too bad - just like this franchise - it's toooo baaad. Chad took a machete for the team and suffered through nine of them. Find out which three weren't that painful. Which ones made his blood boil, which one left him cold and which one was like a puck in the face! Find out why this franchise is a time capsule for a female body part - and which one? How many degrees of Kevin Bacon is Jason Voorhees? Is Jason afraid of the water? Why is Michael Myers so much better and why didn't they call Jason X: "Spacin' Jason X"? So, take a break from all of that irresponsible sex, make sure all of your campers aren't drowning in Crystal Lake and pull on your fisherman's sweater because you'll no longer be required to watch all of these movies in order to get your hunting season machete license. Bill insisted this not be referred to as comprehensive history but still Chad did all the viewing for you, your fraidy cats, and almost answers all of these questions. P.S. Can you believe Chad's Aunt Monique didn't know Jason's last name? She asked him and when he told her she was in disbelief, asking where they had said this subtle off-handed script note. Sheesh. This podcast is brought to you by HunterWick Productions, with your hosts: Bill Hunter – writer, and creator of video game history website The Dot Eaters Chad Love – writer, musician and creator of the Canadian Culture Thing Check out Chad Love's music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/560A2vR7VmtGSYXVRempwW?si=WqsOuGyESVeq5WdSUWplpg Edited by Bill Hunter Written by Chad Love In-House VO Scream: Alec Hunter Theme music by Chad Love Produced by HunterWick Productions Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HunterWickProductions Social: Instagram @hunterwickproductions Facebook @HunterWickProductions X @HunterWickProd

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