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Movie Meltdown - Episode 626
Sam Drog returns… and this time I’m not sure we truly represent both sides of the argument as we discuss Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver. 
And as we bust into a large box of Wheat Thins, we also cover… Close Encounters of the Third Kind, bag-head musicians, Maximilian, shoveling coal, let’s not forget holes, The Island, badass robot arms, Irish jig dancing, a good laser, a gluten allergy, I still got into it with caveats, this might take some mental gymnastics to get excited about, a Nature Valley commercial, viking amish paradise, the titular scar, she’s filled with magic fairy dust, check the haircut, Quaker Oats bland guy, that’s not an efficient way to kill, underground laser town, pick a thing,The Black Hole limited series, this is work for all of us, Roger Corman, The Freshmaker, you humans are dumb, it's like a trailer for a movie that you never get to see, you got techno rave Jeff Goldblum fly crystalis snot-covered guy coming up out of the water, Farm Wolverine, Army of the Dead, struck a mean silhouette, flexing his shots, you need oven mitts, a car with no motor in it, physical labor, Micheal Bay, Monk in space, fooled again by holes, commercial director style, they beat in a scene, our little space coup, you gotta have some carbs dude, Silence of the Lambs, the coal room, the planet’s the thing, that’s the subscription model, Tyler Perry seduced by AI and the valor of the everyman.
Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for “Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver”, so watch the movie before you listen. I mean, if you care? 
“Wait a second… this might not have been a good movie!”
 

Movie Meltdown - Episode 625
After going to see Melissa Joan Hart and Caroline Rhea’s new, live performance, we discuss that… and then just go ahead and discuss Melissa’s 1999 movie Drive Me Crazy. 
And while trying to decide if we trust ourselves to ever eat pancakes again, we also bring up… Adrian Grenier, really expensive parking, Rob Thomas, being catfished, how much the world has changed since the 90s, Benicio del Toro, orange powder, weird computer searches, bra removal, Eden Sher, a sanitized high school, comedy disconnect, every scene is punctuated by our pop song of the moment, the trying clothes on montage, a slightly elevated fort, rebellious teenagers, the indie comedy scene, iZombie, pagers, the Ali Larter era, off-stage comedians, Holliston, the ever-changing mall experience, Party Down, The Donnas, the animal testing subplot, a hollowed out carcass that other critters have moved into now and Britney Spears.  
Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for “Drive Me Crazy”... you have been warned. 
“This is a low key reverse of 'She’s All That'”.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 624
We’re back to round out the Enzo G. Castellari trilogy as we discuss Escape From the Bronx. 
And while we carefully construct an exact miniature version of our future city, we also delve into… Dune 2, Sydney Sweeney, Jodorowsky's Dune, Poseidon, Emmy Rossum, Turkey Shoot, Henry Silva, Mark Gregory, the death truck rolls up and the guys pour out, George Miller, are they being exploded or electrocuted, Piranha 3D, animal safety in films, Wish stormtroopers, Antonio Sabato, goombas in suits, influencing science fiction, Wolfgang Petersen, Strike Jr, Three Thousand Years of Longing, The NeverEnding Story, Australian post-apocalyptic movies, setting up explosions, Escape from New York, a post-apocalyptic sewer, Australian exploitation cinema, so it’s just these two dudes wandering through the sewer now, John Carpenter, The Adventures of Milo and Otis and the sexy popcorn bucket.  
Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for “Escape From the Bronx”. I mean, if you can actually spoil that movie?
“Nothing was really done here… we just killed time and people.”

Movie Meltdown - Episode 623
Join us "live" from Lexington as we discuss our day at the Lexington Comic & Toy Convention!  
And while we assemble and eat our Mr. Bones candy, we also address… Julie Brown, crocheting, Tim Jacobus, American Gladiators, Emma Roberts, maybe I am the reason you stress out, 3D printing, Scream 6, Earth Girls Are Easy, The Fast and the Furious, Cynthia Rothrock, VHS rental pricing, What We Do in the Shadows, walking with your elbows all the way out, Kathy Long, Goosebumps, garbage can candy, Sam Irvin, Dune, getting movie posters back in the day, Jeff Speakman, R.L. Stine, getting stung by a jelly bean, seeing Madonna live, Fight Club, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, people being polite, Out There, Mark Dacascos and the best way to judge Charisma Carpenter's height. 
Spoiler Alert: Spoilers for Scream 6, Scream 4 and random moments from season 4 of What We Do in the Shadows… you have been warned. 
“Oh, wait a minute… I’ve seen movies!”
For more on the convention, go to: lexingtoncomiccon.com

Movie Meltdown - Episode 622
This episode we discuss the recent comedy Bottoms directed by Emma Seligman and starring Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri.
And while we take turns punching each other in the face, we also mention… Mad Max: Fury Road, The Monkees, Easy Rider, football players, The Bear, the most level-headed out of a bunch of crazy people, magic melons, Leslie Nielsen, phone books, cloning is real, alternate crazy world, winning awards, quick one liners, the commentary track, painfully realistic, this should be red flags all over the place, smart comedies and dumb comedies, Instagram posts, musical ironic jokes, the differences in being a high school student today versus years ago, Head and the insane universe of Jim Steinman.
Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for the 2023 movie "Bottoms", so watch the movie before you listen. 
“Ha, ha… joke’s on you! You got a better movie than you even thought you were gonna get.”

Attack of the Killer Soundtrack 68  Composer Erich Stem once again joins us as we play and discuss all the 2023 Oscar nominees for both Best Original Song and Best Original Score. And as we try to decide if we are really into serialism or total serialism, we also cover… the mandocello, the use of motives, electro punk, Tōru Takemitsu, chord progression, it disrupts the food industry, Threnody, sci-fi predictions, singing about battling oil and greed, Woman in the Dunes, whispering song voice, hard bop, real life events attaching themselves to songs, scat singer, Disney songs, connecting with the song, detuning, Juilliard trained, AI writing, compared to other songs of a similar style, a dry studios recording sound, free jazz, Milton Babbitt, use of instrumentation, Krzysztof Penderecki, ultra modern pop and a certain very successful song writer.  “...I think it makes it better for the movie industry.”