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On this week's Watchcast we dive deep into the movie that kicked off Tom Cruise's obsession with crafting exciting near death experiences for himself in Brian De Palma's Mission: Impossible!

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 89: Mission: Impossible (1996)
(00:00:36) - Intro.
(00:02:03) - What is our familiarity with any version of Mission: Impossible.
(00:04:54) - A little bit of M:I history.
(00:11:14) - How this movie came to be (and some discussion of The Tom Cruise Experience).
(00:19:24) - Talking about writers, and writing.
(00:25:43) - Pressing the Tom Cruise button.
(00:28:41) - Last production notes.
(00:32:32) - How did the TV cast feel about this movie? Well...
(00:36:50) - Break!
(00:37:13) - We're back! Let's dig into everything going on in Mission: Impossible.
(00:43:05) - Setting up the next (and final) mission for some of this team.
(00:53:43) - Time to go to work.
(00:56:47) - EVERYBODY'S DEAD.
(01:02:18) - M:I gadgetry.
(01:04:25) - Tom Cruise discovers Usenet.
(01:11:40) - Claire's back, so let's go meet Max.
(01:21:02) - The Langley Job.
(01:37:21) - We have a NOC list, and suddenly, Jim Phelps!
(01:48:37) - Let's jump on a train. And off a train. And onto a helicopter. And then off the helicopter back onto the train.
(02:06:12) - Folks, we have a franchise.
(02:08:10) - Final thoughts.
(02:15:38) - Talking about next week's film: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.
(02:20:10) - Outro.

On this week's Watchcast we scrutinize the ridiculous 1987 movie version of TV's driest cop show, Dragnet! And in the process Vinny and Alex try their best to figure out why the heck this movie, of all movies, holds so much real estate in their brains.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 88: Dragnet (1987)
(00:00:37) - Intro.
(00:02:07) - Goofball Hanks vs. Dramatic Hanks.
(00:05:45) - Talking about old Dragnet.
(00:11:22) - Did any of us know the show at all? And where does this movie fit in the lineage of cop comedies?
(00:18:43) - Some (limited) production notes.
(00:22:06) - Our (mostly) all-star cast.
(00:29:09) - The chapter you've all been waiting for.
(00:38:29) - Why don't they make Dragnets anymore.
(00:42:04) - Break!
(00:42:25) - We're back, let's set some pornos on fire and get Tom Hanks in here.
(00:49:59) - The nature of P.A.G.A.N.
(00:54:59) - The interrogation of Emil Muzz.
(00:57:47) - Grab your goat leggings, it's party time.
(01:06:56) - How do you top a P.A.G.A.N. party? You don't.
(01:11:44) - Grandma Mundy and the Brown Derby.
(01:16:59) - Pep to the rescue, and trying to piece together this evil plot.
(01:25:04) - Party at the Bait mansion.
(01:31:55) - To the airport!
(01:36:16) - A reverend arrested is a virgin saved.
(01:38:38) - Final thoughts.
(01:44:19) - Our film for next week: Mission: Impossible!
(01:47:54) - Outro.

On this week's Watchcast we kick off a month of TV-related movies with the first trip to the big screen for a beloved pair of cartoon dumbasses in Beavis & Butt-Head Do America! 

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 87: Beavis & Butt-Head Do America (1996)
(00:00:12) - Intro.
(00:01:27) - What does Beavis & Butt-Head mean to us?
(00:10:10) - The music video (and reality show) riffs, and Mike Judge's voices.
(00:15:10) - The various controversies.
(00:21:20) - Liquid Television origins, and the show's limited availability.
(00:25:27) - Pelting Vinny and Brad with Beavis & Butt-Head related questions.
(00:35:10) - Getting into the movie's production history.
(00:41:30) - Our all-star cast.
(00:46:35) - Break!
(00:46:58) - We're back, and it's time to study Butt-head's giant crotch.
(00:51:22) - Theme song talk.
(00:53:18) - A brief stop at Highland High, and meeting Muddy. 
(00:58:31) - Our journey across America begins.
(00:59:46) - Arriving in Vegas, and soundtrack talk.
(01:03:53) - Beavis & Butt-Head Don't Do Dallas.
(01:06:49) - On a bus tour to destroy America's landmarks, and Tom Anderson's life.
(01:12:04) - Lost in the desert.
(01:16:42) - Throwing Beavis from a moving trunk.
(01:18:42) - It's all going down in Washington.
(01:24:22) - White House Dumb.
(01:29:20) - The final stand-off. 
(01:30:41) - A kindred spirit in Bill Clinton.
(01:32:54) - Finally, the boys are united with their one true love.
(01:34:16) - Final thoughts.
(01:39:16) - Talking about next week's movie: Dragnet!
(01:42:09) - Outro.

We close out our month of '90s hero flicks with the heroes in the half shell! Join us as we dive deep into Turtlemania and ponder the strange edges of this surprisingly solid rubber suit turtle movie.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 86: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990
(00:00:14) - Intro.
(00:02:21) - What level of Turtles fandom are we operating at, and some talk about the comic origins.
(00:05:55) - Toy talk, and discussions of censorship around the cartoon and movie.
(00:11:44) - The movie's production history.
(00:21:30) - The animatronic suits.
(00:36:19) - Soundtrack talk, and sequel talk.
(00:44:54) - Break!
(00:45:14) - Cowabunga, we're back!
(00:48:26) - (Roger Daltry voice) TEENAGE CRIME WAVE!
(00:53:31) - The boys achieve their first victory.
(00:59:10) - Casey Jones you'd better watch your swing.
(01:04:45) - The Danny problem.
(01:08:35) - Half (shell) of the turtles' origin story.
(01:12:44) - Splinter gets rat-napped.
(01:15:04) - Sam Rockwell?!?
(01:16:51) - A very ridiculous Shredder.
(01:22:45) - Raiding April's apartment.
(01:26:01) - Splinter tries to get through to Danny.
(01:28:59) - A nice trip to the country.
(01:37:13) - Sewer sweet sewer, and Casey goes on a sneaking mission.
(01:39:57) - The second half (shell) of the origin story.
(01:45:04) - Racing toward our final battle.
(01:51:34) - The final showdown with Shredder.
(02:00:14) - Final thoughts.
(02:08:07) - What's coming up on the Watchcast.
(02:12:26) - Outro.

On this week's Watchcast we tackle the mother of all comic book blockbusters in Tim Burton's Batman! Join us as we talk Nicholson's Joker, the Keat-dawg, cool gadgets, and all that sweet, sweet merchandise.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 85: Batman (1989)
(00:00:27) - Intro.
(00:01:44) - The status of superhero movies when Batman came around.
(00:07:13) - The cultural phenomenon that was this movie, and some thoughts on its tone.
(00:10:24) - Talkin' Jokers past and present.
(00:18:27) - Where we were at when Batman came out, and what merchadise did we partake of.
(00:27:46) - The movie's production history.
(00:38:25) - Our cast, and how the Keat-dawg got the part.
(00:51:20) - Why Tim Burton didn't stick around past the first sequel.
(00:54:08) - Some additional production notes.
(00:57:26) - Talking about the soundtrack, both Elfman and Prince.
(01:04:18) - Somehow, Warner claims this lost money.
(01:09:38) - Break!
(01:10:09) - We're back, and it's time to actually talk about this movie!
(01:15:44) - The introduction of Jack Napier and Vicki Vale.
(01:22:36) - #@&%ing Eckhardt.
(01:27:43) - Raiding Axis Chemicals.
(01:38:55) - Bruce and Vicki get together.
(01:43:20) - Here comes the Joker!
(01:49:54) - The Joker's sick crime table.
(01:55:00) - Hired goons?!?
(02:00:19) - The Joker's grand plan.
(02:05:13) - A bad night at the museum.
(02:11:31) - And we are off to the Batcave.
(02:16:53) - Let's get nuts.
(02:22:04) - The reveal of Bruce Wayne's childhood trauma.
(02:29:50) - Let's go blow up a chemical factory, then we can have a Prince party.
(02:38:14) - Our cathedral climax.
(02:49:52) - Tune in next time for the continuing adventures of Batman and Vicki Vale!
(02:52:17) - Final thoughts.
(03:00:42) - Outro.

 We continue to push through our current spate of '90s hero flicks, and this week we attempt to sate a deep need for more Billy Zane in our lives with the 1996 comic strip adaptation The Phantom! Did we enjoy watching him Slam Evil? Not so much, but we did have fun talking about it! 

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 84: The Phantom (1996)
(00:00:36) - Intro.
(00:03:32) - Taking the 20,000 foot view of this very ridiculous movie.
(00:11:46) - Getting into the production history.
(00:22:12) - Launching into this grand-ish adventure, and the movie's history of the Phantom.
(00:27:02) - The opening jungle action sequence.
(00:30:50) - Joining our hero and his ghost dad in the Skull Cave.
(00:34:38) - Meanwhile, at the Playboy Mansion.
(00:44:06) - Break!
(00:44:26) - We're back, and we cleared up Vinny's phantom, uh, Phantom t-shirt.
(00:45:49) - Drax confronts a librarian.
(00:50:32) - Catherine Zeta-Jones' sky pirates, and the Phantom to the rescue.
(00:54:42) - Now it's the wolf and the horse to the rescue.
(00:59:12) - My friends, "The Rope People."
(01:02:56) - The Phantom takes Manhattan.
(01:10:15) - A very disrespectful museum trip.
(01:14:36) - Diana gets kidnapped, the Phantom gives chase.
(01:21:00) - The Phantom hangs on for dear life, and we arrive at magical pirate island.
(01:32:01) - Let's fight some pirates and unite some skulls.
(01:38:49) - It was Kit Walker all along! Who knew?!?
(01:43:23) - Final thoughts.
(01:51:18) - Tracking the path of Billy Zane.
(01:53:37) - Outro.