The Inflection Cut

Halstead & Eric
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Join us as we navigate the cinematic multiverse, pondering the great what-ifs in entertainment history. We look at the history of what actually happened, what could have gone differently, and what effect it might have had on the media landscape.

  1. 12/17/2025 · BONUS

    Peter Berg's Dune - BONUS FEATURE - The Other Dunes

    While you wait for our (post?) holiday special, here's a little bonus special feature for you - a discussion we had while making the Peter Berg's Dune episode about the other versions of Dune that almost got made or did (kinda) get made. If you haven't listened to that episode, we recommend that you do so before listening to this. But hey, do what you want - we're not the boss of you. Enjoy, and we'll be back soon!

    20 min
  2. Peter Berg's Dune

    12/05/2025

    Peter Berg's Dune

    Join the team as they glue on goatees and head for the darkest timeline, set in motion by a seemingly innocuous event: Peter Berg making his dream project Dune in 2009. It's either a VERY late Halloween episode or an early holiday gift, depending on how you feel about the careers of Denis Villeneuve, Tyler Sheridan, and many others caught up in this inflection. Among the burning questions answered: Why did a $250 movie version of the board game Battleship happen? How did the 2008 writers' strike affect the future of the presidential race? What if the Yellowstoneverse was as important to 21st-century media as the MCU? The answer to these questions and so many more can be found in this episode of The Inflection Cut! Show notes: https://tinyurl.com/mv4vctuv

    1h 8m
  3. Star Trek: Planet of the Titans

    09/26/2025

    Star Trek: Planet of the Titans

    This month, the team heads to the final frontier to look at the decade-long struggle to revive Star Trek in the 1970s.  Even though there were no new episodes in the 1970s, CBS almost immediately had regrets about Star Trek's cancellation and spent the disco era trying to find a way back to the quickly growing legions of fans. As always, Halstead and Eric are ready with the tough questions, like: What stopped the creation of a new Paramount TV network mere months before it was to go on the air with a new Star Trek show that was deep into pre-production? How did Lucille Ball (yes, as in I Love Lucy) save Star Trek not once, but twice? What the heck is a Medical Parapsychologist? The answer to these questions and so many more can be found in this episode of The Inflection Cut! Show notes

    1h 6m
  4. Orson Welles' Heart of Darkness

    08/06/2025

    Orson Welles' Heart of Darkness

    Halstead and Eric take a slightly different approach in the latest episode of the Inflection cut. They focus on Orson Welles' originally planned first film, an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1899 novel Heart of Darkness. However, along the way, they can't avoid the '70s elephant in the room - Apocalypse Now. While it was finally brought to the screen by Francis Ford Coppola in 1979, it was initially planned to be directed by George Lucas in guerrilla fashion while the Vietnam War was still going strong! The team pulls on every thread on the crazy sweater, like: What do a hard-left socialist director and a right-wing, self-proclaimed 'Zen Facist' screenwriter have in common? Could Heart of Darkness have wound up even more groundbreaking and influential than Citizen Kane?  Why might Citizen Kane subject William Randolph Hurst end up helping Welles get Heart of Darkness made? These questions and many more are answered in this month's The Inflection Cut! Show notes

    1h 2m
  5. Trevorrow's Star Wars Ep IX: Duel of the Fates

    06/20/2025

    Trevorrow's Star Wars Ep IX: Duel of the Fates

    On a new episode of The Inflection Cut, Halstead and Eric tackle the internet's safe space, Star Wars and its fandom. Specifically, the Episode IX that almost was, Colin Trevorrow's Duel of the Fates. The team tackles the questions that really matter, like: What if the final film in the Star Wars trilogy of trilogies was actually good? How did a little-seen indie destroy Disney's planned production of the final film in the Skywalker Saga? Would Duel of the Fates have been Disney's New Hope or Revenge of the Space Bros? These questions and many more are answered in this month's The Inflection Cut! Show notes

    1h 16m
  6. Del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness

    05/24/2025

    Del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness

    On this episode of The Inflection Cut, Halstead and Eric look at Guillermo del Toro's many attempts to get his passion project, an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's novel At the Mountains of Madness, to the big screen. At one point, we were mere inches from a $150 million blockbuster written and directed by Del Toro, produced by James Cameron, and co-starring Tom Cruise! As always, the team tackles the questions that really matter, like: What if instead of Kaijus vs. Mecha in 2012, we got Tel Toro, Cameron, and Cruise vs. Cthulhu? Was the world ready for a big-budget Hollywood take on Cosmic Horror? What film drove the stake through Mountains fo Madness' heart? Was it Prometheus or The Hobbit? These questions and many more are answered in this month's The Inflection Cut! Show notes

    1h 2m
  7. George Miller's Justice League Mortal

    04/18/2025

    George Miller's Justice League Mortal

    On the Season 2 premiere of The Inflection Cut, the team returns to the early aughts WB and DC to look at the big-budget Justice League by the director of Mad Max that was inches from production start when it was cancelled. They also offer a shocking follow-up to the Coyote vs. Acme-focused season finale. Were we robbed of supreme Aussie superhero goodness? What if the Snyderverse had been the Millerverse? Did Christopher Nolan kill this fresh take on DC's mightiest heroes? These questions and many more are answered in this month's The Inflection Cut! Show notes

    1h 10m
  8. Who Killed Coyote vs. Acme

    02/08/2025

    Who Killed Coyote vs. Acme

    In a special mystery season finale, the team looks at a film that was actually completed but never released - Coyote vs. Acme. After a smooth production process and very successful test screenings, the film was nevertheless hidden away by Warner Brothers in 2024, never to be seen again. Why did WB Discovery refuse to release or sell Coyote vs. Acme? Was it wrong place wrong time, or was it MURDER? Can the team finally defeat The Inflection Cut's own Thanos? These questions and many more are answered in this month's The Inflection Cut! Show notes: https://tinyurl.com/57hy7tbn

    1h 2m
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Join us as we navigate the cinematic multiverse, pondering the great what-ifs in entertainment history. We look at the history of what actually happened, what could have gone differently, and what effect it might have had on the media landscape.

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  • Creator
    Halstead & Eric
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Explicit
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