Fan Expo New Orleans Warm Up for "Ninety For Chill: The Panel"

Ninety For Chill: The #Podcast with @CatBusRuss

Bonus: Fan Expo NOLA: Day 1 - Frustrations (& Valhalla Rising)

CatBusRuss⁠ made the 17-hour train ride to New Orleans to try and outshine the "40th Anniversary: Back To the Future" cast reunion panel. With the backing of TJ and Plaideau from the ⁠NOLA Film Scene⁠ podcast, surely there would be an audience despite the stiff 7 pm panel competition at ⁠Fan Expo New Orleans⁠. No one can deny the "⁠I Dig Crazy Flicks⁠" fighting spirit. But, most of our host's friends can recall what his role in the pro-wrestling ring was. Which won out? Lets just give a participation trophy for Russ's effort.

⁠That maybe overly melodramatic. CatBus had fun meeting and hanging out with his panel guests, and appreciates them forcing him to be a little more social. A lot of promotional buttons were given out, and no one told him to jog off, so it is a winning day for this podcast. It is definitely a winner when compared to the Danish English language viking film "⁠Valhalla Rising⁠", the feature Russ watched to unwind the night prior.

Fan Expo NOLA: Day 2 - Bootleggers, Arial Artistry, & Renounced Jedi

Not a perfect day in New Orleans for ⁠CatBusRuss⁠. He did not set his alarm early enough to catch the ⁠Anthony Daniels⁠panel and convention center food is not how he wanted to sample Cajun/Creole cuisine. But he was a little more social thus providing more potential for "⁠I Dig Crazy Flicks⁠" in the future. Thank ⁠Brian Plaideau⁠ for the shove there. He is still a little shy when it comes to approaching attractive arial artists, but he will always be a work in progress.

CatBus did make it to some fun panels. It was not C3-P0, but the humble ⁠Ashely Eckstein⁠ provided ⁠Fan Expo⁠ a fun "Star Wars" love fest. He was not there for a long time, but it was a good time checking out the "⁠Fave Five From Fans⁠" podcast. So far, you can never go wrong with a "⁠Bootleg Safari⁠" panel. 

Perhaps his biggest score of the day was getting a ⁠Husk ⁠cat plushie and having the nerve to hit up some "⁠Hazbin Hotel⁠" cosplayers for a pic. It makes up for him not talking to the ⁠Arial Space Squad⁠ after their performance. Social baby steps.

 

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The Best of 2024 and the Dawn of "I Dig Crazy Flicks"

Ninety For Chill: The #Podcast with @CatBusRuss

Bonus: Ninety For Chill 200: Night 2 - Kevin Smith v. The World.

Last week (12/23), ⁠CatBusRuss⁠ talked about movies that he would like to see take on "⁠Coraline⁠" as his best sub 100-minute film discovery of 2024. One of these films was "⁠Shredder Orpheus⁠" which, after he chatted with ⁠ThePoeticCritic⁠ and consulted ⁠HappyBeebsMeowMeow⁠, determined that the skater-punk, shot-on-VHS take on Greek mythology was not going to top the ⁠Henry Selick⁠ classic.

⁠Our host⁠ purchased the Brandon Lee starring "⁠Rapid Fire⁠" on DVD 15 years ago, and despite not giving it the proper attention when viewed on cable TV, he has seen Walter Hill's "⁠Last Man Standing⁠" in its entirety. Thus, it is up to Russ's favorite comedic screenwriter, ⁠Kevin Smith⁠'s, most recent film to end the streak of animated features from ending up as "⁠Ninety For Chill⁠'s" top movie of the year.

"⁠The 4:30 Movie⁠" is Smith's version of Steven Spielberg's "⁠The Fabelmans⁠". It is an "autobiographical" take on how he became a filmmaker. If anything, this film has inspired CatBus to put the Spielberg flick on his queue just to see if he makes all the tongue-in-cheek jokes that Smith does about how movies have changed since then. Thank the gods Smith has only been doing this for 30 years, and his love for cinema was an inspiration to all of Russ's entertainment projects.

I Dig Crazy Flicks: Captain America v. #Filmsky & ThePoeticCritic

It is a new era for "⁠Ninety For Chill: The Podcast⁠". ⁠CatBusRuss⁠ insists that 70 to 100 minutes is the ideal runtime for most movies, but when something topical comes along, it may capture his or potential guests' curiosity. If it is crazy enough, the film may grab hold of the collective attention, at the very least ⁠Russ⁠'s.

Welcome to the "⁠I Dig Crazy Flicks⁠" era of the podcast. It allows for a greater range in cinema to discuss and is definitely more marketable. And the craziness kicks off this year after Russ saw his father's reaction to a television ad for "⁠Captain America: Brave New World⁠".

His dad has never been to the theater to catch a Marvel movie, and with his reaction to ⁠Harrison Ford⁠ transform from POTUS to Hulk, it is unlikely he will despite CatBus explaining why it makes perfect sense.

Let it be stated, Russ is not the most logically sound of his family. He probably should not have left that conversation so pumped to skip pass "Wakanda Forever", "Quantumania", and "Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3". Our host might just be quick to excite, so he decided to consult with his older sister, ⁠ThePoeticCritic⁠, to perhaps talk him down...or trigger his argumentative nature as the two breakdown the flaws of franchise factories and post-pandemic cinema.

Follow me on Twitter @catbusruss. If you want to be on the show, contact me on Twitter or send an email to russthebus07@gmail.com. All we need is a theme, movie, director, or actor and a focus on sub 100-minute material. As long as the credits start before the 1:39:59 mark on the runtime bar, the movie qualifies.

4 Years of Ninety For Chill: 1970s Movie Marathon and Christmas Cinema Chaos

Ninety For Chill: The #Podcast with @CatBusRuss

Episode 199: '70s Cinema Marathon: Before the Excessive Coke.

CatBusRuss⁠ decided to dive into some of his purchases this year. He explores half of his first ⁠Vinegar Syndrome⁠ order, the 1973 horror comedy "⁠Arnold⁠" and a classic he picked up on iTunes which was nearly his top discovery of 2020, the 1972 ⁠Bruce Dern⁠ sci-fi vehicle "⁠Silent Running⁠". Marrying corpses for inheritance loopholes and a conservationist space movie prove the seventies were a special time. Too bad cocaine and capitalism ruined these unique ideas come the 1980s.

Russ also discovered the difficulties of finding movies before 1980 on major streaming platforms. He found the offerings on Netflix and Paramount+ to be quite poor. Fortunately, Shudder is aware of what a classic horror feature is and Prime Video is a video library with fewer rental fees. The second half of this seventies marathon brings the full-frontal nudity with ⁠David Carradine⁠'s failed spiritual successor to "Death Race 2000", "⁠Death Sport⁠", and the steamy, lesbian-vampire classic "⁠Daughters of Darkness⁠".

The influence of the 1971 vampire film can still be felt on vampire cinema 50 years later. This inspired our host to revisit his review for the queer-vampire, indie-horror comedy, "Bit" to cap off this episode.

Ninety For Chill 200: A Christmas Miracle with ThePoeticCritic

It might be an overstatement to suggest that ⁠ThePoeticCritic⁠ is miraculous, but she allows for this year (and this incarnation) of "⁠Ninety For Chill: The Podcast⁠" to conclude the only way ⁠CatBusRuss⁠ would allow it. That is with a guest. This was a near last minute arrangement, so the two siblings will not be chatting about a movie. They will be reviewing their experiences from this year in cinema, but with our host's work situation, his big sister wanted to bring in a little Christmas right now.

The two do investigate what makes a holiday picture. Does it need to be released (or intended to be released) around the season? How Christmassy does it have to be? Has ⁠Shane Black⁠ actually wrote a genuine Xmas movie? Are all Oscar-bait features representative of the holiday spirit as "⁠Mystery Science Theater 3000⁠" suggests?

As for the best experiences this year, ThePoeticCritic does not offer too many opinions, but helps guide ⁠Russ⁠ in coming to a decision in the three feature race of "⁠Coraline⁠ (09)", "⁠A Boy and His Dog⁠ (1975)", and "⁠Shredder Orpheus⁠ (1990)". Maybe CatBus will get caught up on 2024's actual movies once he can step away from the retail hell that might have driven his cynicism. Buy batteries before the kids open the damn gifts.

Follow me on Twitter @catbusruss. If you want to be on the show, contact me on Twitter or send an email to russthebus07@gmail.com. All we need is a theme, movie, director, or actor and a focus on sub 100-minute material. As long as the credits start before the 1:39:59 mark on the runtime bar, the movie qualifies.