Tuesday, October 25, 2022

NinetyForChill: The Podcast - SkimbleSHANKS, ”Frankenstein”, ”The Invisible Man”, & "Booze, Boobs, & Blood"

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Episode 91: SkimbleSHANKS, ”Frankenstein”, ”The Invisible Man”, & "Booze, Boobs, & Blood".

SkimbleSHANKS presents ”Frankenstein”, ”The Invisible Man”, & Booze, Boobs, & Blood

October 25, 2022
Rae and Ween from "Booze, Boobs, & Blood Podcast" come to "NinetyForChill: The #Podcast" to close out #SpookyMonth. When they took up Cool Movies Darth's offer to come on the show, it was mentioned that they had only scratched the surface of John Whale's filmography during their Pride Month episode dedicated to him. Thus, CM Darth is more than happy to further engage the Universal Monsters. The result, a drunken, foul-mouthed conversation about "Frankenstein (1931)" and "The Invisible Man (1933)".

Allow me to get out of third-person. Happy Prof. Shurtleff of Illinois Central College? I (CM Darth) will try not to make so much light of violent death in this summation. This is my declaration of changing perspective.

It has actually been a really trying couple of weeks. I think it maybe an indication that I am not a youngster anymore. When I say youngster, I mean in my mid twenties when I was drinking six nights a week. After this episode, sobriety does not sound like a bad idea.

I am not blaming Rae and Ween for this. Spooky Month on the other hand...

The boozing started with "The Night of the Demon" Podcast three Wednesdays ago. Thursday was dedicated to my free-lance trivia. I had to go out on Friday to be social. Saturday was KMFDM at the Metro where I soon realized that L7 was going to be there the next weekend. Sunday morning was a nervous breakdown over doing all of this only accompanied by my sense of alienation.

Beating up some Gopher fans at the Blind Pigs would have been a way to course correct. A night in county would have prevented me from falling into the lather, rinse, and repeat cycle. The same drinking pattern came about for L7 and the "Mothra vs. Godzilla" podcast.

Thankfully, the Southern Professional Hockey League season has started. I have not drank since the trivia night after I recorded with the B3 episode, and a trip to Peoria for Rivermen hockey would keep me away from the bottle. And the Quad City Storm best be glad that I was not drinking. Imagine how crazy that Twitter beef would have been if I was drunk and depressed.

October has been a month of extreme ups and downs. If only I could find a cohost to manage me. What it comes down to is that I have great nights like KMFDM, L7, and Podcast recordings, and then I have to return to reality. This is blog post now seems to be me thinking out loud. With that said, if you want to be a permanent part of the show, send an email to russthebus07@gmail.com.

Rae and Ween have their hands full. They each seem to have their own podcast outside of B3. If only I could be that busy...and smart.

These lasses from Cleveland's primary podcast provide extremely thorough rundowns of horror movies. This made them great guests for this show. I can be a little dense when it comes to subtleties. Rae and Ween wanted to chat about the films of James Whale because of his sexuality.

Cinematography, acting, and direction are things that I am great at criticizing. Picking up on motivations of all involved, that where you need the latter B's.

But, perhaps not the booze. It was a fun conversation, but we nearly ran as long as both films in length. There is a lot fun movie talk, but the tangents will run wild.

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.

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

NinetyForChill: The Podcast - SkimbleSHANKS presents: Mothra vs. Godzilla vs. ThePoeticCritic

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Episode 90: SkimbleSHANKS presents: Mothra vs. Godzilla vs. ThePoeticCritic.

SkimbleSHANKS presents: Mothra vs. Godzilla vs. ThePoeticCritic

October 18, 2022
ThePoeticCritic joins the likes of Gregory Carl as one of NinetyForChill's annual spooky month guests as she comes to chat about Kaiju movies. Cool Movies Darth did not know that his big sister had purchased the Criterion Collection's complete "Godzilla" box set, so he may have underestimated the knowledge that would be brought to the show. He gets to chat about the modern, less fun features, but TPC from Pumpkin Town brings the A-Grade knowledge about giant monsters to this episode.

As I copy and pasted the last paragraph from two episodes ago (House), passive aggression maybe my only means of aggression. This week's #SpookyMonth bonus episode is the complete conversation with Mitchell Whitt from "Morbidly Macabre" about "Dance of the Dead". After expressing criticism about his podcast's "Chris Benoit" episode, Michell took at least two weeks insulting me on that show.

This had been mentioned on this podcast before, but I never went deep into it. I figure when I release a 2 hour 45 minute bonus episode, I better explain what is going on before letting the conversation commence. Sadly, nailing that intro was my priority, so immediately calling him out for being an egotistical psychopath did not happen.

There is a link to his show. Give the episodes from "Columbine" to "Child Star Tragedies" a try, and it will speak for itself. Why scream it out I suppose when you can get him some listens? Let him show how awful and two-faced he is. I only wonder how he would react if I posted the review on a podcast platform instead of Facebook.

I wish I could be more like "Godzilla". This guy just straight up chooses violence. ThePoeticCritic helps me understand the modus operandi of the original King of the Monsters. Until he gets a more ferocious kaiju to challenge for his crown, he could care less about the little people.

This is what makes Mothra so cool. She is quick to negotiate. It really makes me further dislike the Legendary Pictures Monster-Verse. Mothra is just a foot note, a means to prolong "Godzilla: King of the Monsters". That movie is 2 hours and 20 minutes long. "Mothra vs. Godzilla" is 50 minutes shorter.

It focuses on fun. Samuel L. Jackson versus King Kong was definitely fun. Deciding that Rinko Kikuchi can only serve as a means to shows there are stakes in a Kaiju franchise sequel is not. Jackson did not make it to "Godzilla vs. Kong" and I am pretty sure that John C. Reilly's character from "Kong: Skull Island" would not be alive for the latest HBO Max movie. If it is not Guillermo Del Toro offering anime and monster movie fan service, I am out.

When it comes to ThePoeticCritic, it seems it would take a lot are arm twisting for her to verify the current kaiju scene. Perhaps she has too much knowledge about these monster. Anything more would be excessive. Thus, I did pick her brain about what else she has been watching.

We will get to hear about a "classic" Michael Biehn flick in "The Fan". We address Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder" in 3D. She also suggest a wide release for a Hanna-Barbera Halloween special.

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.