072 - The Lawnmower Man (1992)

This is it, for now. So to close out the show, Bridget, Matt, and Quintin talk about all 100 movies (and definitely only 100 movies; they most certainly didn’t watch a specific movie from 1996) they watched for the podcast and rank them! It’s all just an excuse to reminisce about the past few years, and gather around one last time to talk about movies. But don’t worry, while the podcast is ending, we’ll still be around. We’re planning some big things for 2022, so check out our Youtube channel and social media handles in the near future to see what we’ve got cooking.

Well, we finally did it: found a film that had the potential to damage children irreparably and involved characters living in a literal trash can. We couldn’t think of a better way to go out! So we talk about one last movie before calling it a podcast. One where tiny, disgusting little goblin “children” work in a sweatshop and pee and vomit and eat human body parts. Our work here is done.

It’s a very special episode as Brady expert and Matt’s sister Laurie Spring is back again to talk about her favorite tv family. Listen in as the crew goes to business and talks about architectural sabotage, Alice’s indentured servitude, and disgusting pie-eating table manners. Will they find the true meaning of Christmas? No, absolutely not.

Also, be sure to tune in to the next show for a VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

World of Commotion’s Danielle Brown and Jarrod Staples join us once again to talk about another beloved Disney property everyone surely remembers. An intellectual property so ingrained in the public consciousness that Disney would have no need to go and pick up the rights to a different, more marketable science fiction property 35 years later! Only one movie has the backbone to explore topics like robo slaves, the origin of Satan, and what if Slim Pickins was a robot that suffered constant abuse, and it certainly doesn’t have a Skywalker.

In a world where every child is Drew Barrymore, the mob runs addiction management companies, and suburban houses have Troll infestations, only one cat can hit it big in Atlantic City and still save the day. From the drugged out mind of Stephen King comes the eternal question: what is this troll’s deal? Where did he come from!?

Content Warning: There’s some talk of a plot point involving threatened sexual assault throughout the show.

This week, we have not one...not two...but THREE adaptations of Washington Irving’s the Legend of Sleepy Hollow...for Halloween! First up, Bing Crosby constant body shaming in Disney’s The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949). Next up, the sweet sound of Glen Close’s voice in Rabbit Ear’s partially animated The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Then finally, we lose count of decapitations in Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow (1999).

Only one dinosaur movie from 1993 had the audacity to tell truths that the big Hollywood studios were afraid to tackle. Sure, Jurassic Park hints at man’s folly, but only this Roger Cormon produced classic dares to float the hypothesis that maybe people are so terrible that all women should be killed by a virus that forces them to birth dinosaurs, dooming humans to extinction. Fans of nihilistic dinosaur puppets are in for the ride of their lives...probably in some sort of tractor trailer truck hauling live chickens.

Bridget’s original pick for episode 69 has everything you’d expect from a sexy romance film: pickup artist Dracula, terrible accents, trains, Beastman getting it on, and of course, discussions about real estate deals. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a woman excitedly share her bed with Bat Boy’s hot older brother!

They don’t make ‘em like they used to! I mean, how many murders do kids in movies witness these days? One? Maybe two? But do they witness upwards of 3 murders, relive several of them over and over, almost get murdered himself, and by a close family friend? So this week, Matt wants to bring us back to those simpler times, and to one of the movies that inspired the creation of this podcast!

It’s a kids movie that teaches important lessons like dealing with grief, the passage of time, not trusting the government, and the theory of general relativity! If you don’t remember this one, don’t worry. Neither does Sarah Jessica Parker, apparently! This podcast also contains multiple minutes about how we all just thought this movie starred Henry Thomas.