Wednesday, October 22, 2025

GalaxyCon Des Moines 2025: Scottish Panels, Panels with Jess McCord, Dante's Sentimental Swear Words

I Dig Crazy Flicks with @CatBusRuss

Bonus: Scottish Panels Galore @ GalaxyCon Des Moines - Day 2

CatBusRuss may have missed the "Speed Friending" event as he recovered from the stress of making it to day one of ⁠GalaxyCon Des Moines⁠ (Never mind the stress of his personal dramas.), but he worked his promotional butt off and is damn near out of the con's "⁠I Dig Crazy Flicks⁠" buttons. This is thanks to the help of ⁠Jess McCord⁠ of the tabletop RPG "⁠Skies of Fortune⁠". The two guested on each others' panels respectively and had so much fun, Russ nearly lost his Yeti microphone.

But ThePoeticCritic may think that is justified because he was in a rush to get to see his first ⁠John Barrowman⁠ panel. It was a fun show, but Barrowman's lack of humbleness leads our host to believe he getting paid way too much to frolic around and curse at conventions. If only the appreciative ⁠Karen Gillan⁠'s panel would have followed his instead, ⁠CatBus⁠ may have felt better about his love for the country that is cool with the C-word.

Russ also had fun running into some familiar faces from his travels this year, and if it was not for his hard out, ⁠Darby Harn⁠ from ⁠ScreenRant⁠ (Check him out on the "⁠The Last Jedi⁠" episode.) would have had him as a guest on his "Humanity of Superman" panel. Perchance this professional nerd gig may pay off for this kid from Peoria.

Episode 237 - Dante Hicks's Sentimental Swear Words, GalaxyCon Des Moines (Day 3), and 'Dario Argento's Dark Glasses'

CatBusRuss⁠ was too worn out to catch the "⁠Josie and the Pussycats⁠" reunion panel with Rachel Leigh Cook & Tara Reid, but he still had a handful of "⁠I Dig Crazy Flicks⁠" buttons to give out, so he made it to day three of ⁠GalaxyCon Des Moines⁠. Just in time to catch the Q&A with ⁠Brian O'Halloran⁠⁠ the star of "⁠Clerks⁠".

This was an insightful panel where our host was impressed about how active he is in film and television, and every actor's fascination with Jason Mewes. It also gave ⁠CatBus⁠ a sound byte to open this episode with. If Russ is not tempting the Hollywood big wigs to start sending out cease and desist letters, is he putting enough effort in promoting this podcast?

Our host also ran into ⁠Jess McCord⁠ at that panel and the two stuck around to check out the "⁠Inglourious Treksperts⁠" panel/podcast recording with ⁠Bret Spiner⁠. It was a fun panel that pretty much ignored the series and films that are the actor's claim to fame, "⁠Star Trek: The Next Generation⁠".

With October coming up, CatBus has been trying to figure out when to release all of his banked podcasts/panels (Hopefully to coincide with Spooky Month). While he was figuring out that schedule, he decided to post up a review for the latest feature from ⁠Dario Argento⁠, "⁠Dark Glasses⁠". Russ is going to be on ⁠Jamie Ray's "Fave Five from Fans"⁠ podcast where the two will discuss all elements of the Italian auteur's career some Friday in the upcoming weeks, until it doesn't.

Follow me on Bluesky @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.

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The Undrafted and Wrongfully Drafted

"Bull Durham" was not drafted on the Baseball Draft (A film that can only be drafted at #1)
"No Fear of a Black Hat" on the Fictional Band Mini-Mega Draft
The entire George Lucas Draft
"The Birdcage" instead of "La Cage Aux Folles" on the Drag Draft
"Road Trip" was not even mentioned during the Road Trip Draft
"Major League" instead of "Drop Zone" on the Wesley Snipes Draft
"Black Swan" instead of "Mermaids" on the Wynona Ryder Draft
"Akira" instead of "Ghost World" on the Comic Book Movie (Non-Super Hero) Draft. Tetsuo is a Supe.
"Now You See Me" instead of "Diggstown" on the Con Artist Movie Draft
"The Onion Movie" instead of "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask" on the Sketch Comedy Anthologies Draft
"The Big Lebowski" not being marked eight on the Coen Bros. Draft
"Labrynth" or "Dark Crystal" not receiving the number 1 or 2 spot in the Jim Henson Draft
"Stage Fright" on the Giallo Draft. It is a slasher despite the presentation.
"Assault of Precinct 13" and "Prince of Darkness" Instead of "Escape from New York" and "The Thing" on the John Carpenter Draft
"Con Air" instead of "US Marshalls" and "Universal Soldier" instead of "Time Cop " on the 90's Action Draft
"WarGames" instead of "Spies Like Us" on the Cold War Draft
"Traffic" instead of "Side Effects" on the Steven Soderbergh Draft
"Fight Club" instead of "The Virgin Suicides" on the 1999 Draft ("Suicides" made the Actor Directorial Debut Draft)
Any Kirk Douglass instead of "The Shining" being on the Kubrick Draft
"Return of the Jedi" instead of "Tokyo Drift" on the Threequels Draft (there's only one "Return," okay, and it ain't "of the King," it's "of the Jedi.")

Deserves a Second Chance

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

I find the DC movies, or at least Zack Snyder, was trying to bring comic books to the big screen as opposed to adapting comic books for the big screen. If you read, (or watch the excellent animated adaptation of) "The Dark Knight Returns", it is a very slow build to the battle between the Bat and Supe. This is regarded as one of the best threads in comics.

As a guy who fell in love with wrestling in the 1980's, the very methodical showdown is what I loved. It's a love letter to comic book fans who read and note every detail and want to try figuring out the plot before the character do. Come at the flick this way, and I think you will get something out of it.

Tropic Thunder (2008)

This is a feature that dares you to be offended. When director Ben Stiller is that forthcoming like Robert Downey Sr. was with 1969's "Putney Swope", an audience saying that something is in poor taste, hence not funny, means they are afraid to make a mockery of a concept.

My own experience with junkies bankrupting me allows me to thoroughly enjoy Jack Black's making addiction seem ridiculous. Robert Downey Jr. nails his taboo performance and I would say helps the call for actors from a demographic to be the first people called on for the roles representing them. As for the "Forest Gump" knock off jokes, they serve as a way to ridicule us for what we accepted (and encouraged) as fine a decade prior. The narrative that controls the pace in the second act can drag, but the content that is delivered cannot be cut.

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