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Nerd Lunch Episode 141: What Ever Happened To…

Posted in movies, nostalgia, podcast, pop culture, TV shows with tags movies, Nerd Lunch Podcast, pop culture, TV shows on July 22, 2014 by Paxton

On this week’s episode of Nerd Lunch Jeeg is hosting and we are again joined by Matt Ringler from the Schlock Treatment podcast. Matt is with us to participate in a scavenger hunt. And there is only one thing on our list: celebrities.

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We all pick a celebrity that we’ve ever wondered, “What the hell happened to that guy?” and we find out what happened to that guy. Fairly simple premise and it turns into a very funny show. Listen up and be entertained. As always.

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Nerd Lunch Episode 138: Drill Down: Star Trek the Motion Picture

Posted in movies, podcast, pop culture, Star Trek with tags movies, Nerd Lunch Podcast, podcasts, pop culture, Star Trek on July 2, 2014 by Paxton

For this episode of Nerd Lunch we return to our Drill Downs on the Star Trek movie franchise. Back in episode 06 we looked at Generations and First Contact. Then in episode 46 we looked at Insurrection and Nemesis. Today, we go back to the beginning and watch the very first Star Trek movie, The Motion Picture.

We talk about our first experiences with this movie, we talked about what we liked and didn’t like. We discuss the endless naval gazing, giant sphincters and terrycloth uniforms. And we ponder the place this movie has in the pantheon of other Star Trek films. It’s a good discussion on the first movie. Come join us.

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The Shadow starring Alec Baldwin turns 20 years old today

Posted in movies, pop culture with tags anniversaries, movies, pop culture on July 1, 2014 by Paxton

The Shadow

Today marks the 20 year anniversary for Russell Mulcahy’s The Shadow starring Alec Baldwin, Penelope Ann Miller and John Lone. I saw it in the theater and it has been one of my favorite movies ever since. We recently discussed this movie on Episode 15 of the Cult Film Club. We also listed out 30 of the things we love about The Shadow right here.

Here’s what the newspaper ad for this movie looked like when it premiered on July 1, 1994.

I’ve been quietly collecting and picking up memorabilia from this movie over the last few years.

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Like many movies of the time, The Shadow received an official movie magazine which featured articles interviewing the cast and crew and talking about the character of The Shadow.

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It would also receive a novelization written by genre superstar James Luceno.

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12 Completely insane Polish posters for American movies

Posted in movies, pop culture with tags movie posters, movies, pop culture, War Games on June 25, 2014 by Paxton

Holy crap. I think Poland needs a therapist, Stat!

(Via cinemaposter.com)
E.T. – E.T. looks totally high in this poster. “My finger lights up! Heh, heh, heh! I could totally nosh on some Reese’s Pieces right now, dude.”

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Weekend at Bernie’s – This is a poster for the Human Centipede version of Weekend at Bernie’s. WTF, Poland?!

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Alien – I don’t know what movie the Polish watched, but DAMN.

(via polishposter.com)
Raiders of the Lost Ark – Dude, that one part in Raiders where the tentacle crawled through the human skull with saber-tooth fangs totally terrified me when I was a kid. Remember that? No? Was that just me?

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Enter the Dragon – Are we sure this isn’t a sequel to The Crow? Or a documentary about The Cure?

(via wellmedicated.com)
The Neverending Story – It looks like a 5 year old with crippling ADHD drew this poster. Is that supposed to be Falcor? And Bastian? The Hell?!

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Nerd Lunch Episode 134: Batman 75 Retrospective

Posted in Batman, comic books, movies, podcast, pop culture, TV shows with tags Batman, comic books, movies, Nerd Lunch Podcast, podcasts, pop culture, TV shows on June 4, 2014 by Paxton

For episode 134 of Nerd Lunch we invite not one, but TWO guests to join us. Our good friend Jay from The Sexy Armpit and Michael May from Michael May’s Adventureblog join us for a very special topic: Batman. This year is Batman’s 75th anniversary and we are here to look at Batman across all media much like we did with Superman last summer for episode 90.

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We talk about our first encounters with Batman, some of our first merchandise and then we delve into the comics followed by lots of movie talk. It’s an info packed episode that ran so long I had to cancel Nerd-to-Dos. But it’s a fun episode with lots of awesome information and a spiffy new Batman-y podcast intro that I think you’ll like.

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