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The Warriors (1979)
Retro Futurist Culture - July 16, 2024 00:13 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsCAN YOU DIG IT?!?! Hoptimus is joined by Fenrir from theadultgamer.com to discuss the 1979 film “The Warriors”. We break down the basics of the film, the music, the actors, the fight scenes & the drama behind the scenes. How many rewrites of the script were there?! Why did they have suc...
Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 17: DE SADE (1969) and THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (1969)
There's Sometimes a Buggy - July 12, 2024 04:01 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of our Lilli Palmer Acteur-ist Oeuvre-view series, we watched a couple of 1969 movies somewhere on the horror spectrum: De Sade, a movie of ideas that doesn't live up to them, written by famed horror/sci fi author Richard Matheson; and The House That Screamed, an Italian slasher...
The Forest: Healing Mind, Body and Soul - Driving to the Rez - Episode 209 - Part One
Driving to the Rez - With Inelia Benz and Larry Buzzell - July 10, 2024 16:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsGo to Part Two Read the Article When I looked at 2024, for the light side of the split, I saw that healing was going to enter our awareness and lives strongly this year. Topics in this episode: The Healer's workshop at the Shamanshack Healing story in the forest Healing in th...
Events Leading to Columbus' First Voyage
Stories of American History - July 10, 2024 13:00 - 5 minutesEvents Leading to Columbus' First Voyage This episode discusses the events that led up to Christopher Columbus' first voyage of discovery. From the Book Colonial American History Stories - 1215 - 1664 The Author's Website The Author on Locals The Author on Facebook The Author on Twitter The Au...
Great American History Stories - Conclusion
Stories of American History - July 05, 2024 10:00 - 5 minutesGreat American History Stories - Conclusion Greetings, today I will tell some more stories from my book, A Day in United States History - Book 2. This batch of 6 stories are from July through December and are much shortened versions of the articles in the book. A Day in United States History - ...
Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1947: CYNTHIA (dir Robert Z. Leonard) and HIGH WALL (dir. Curtis Bernhardt)
There's Sometimes a Buggy - July 05, 2024 04:01 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 14 ratingsFor this MGM 1947 Studios Year by Year episode, we discuss Cynthia, a gentle family melodrama starring a luminous 15-year-old Elizabeth Taylor as an over-protected teenager, and High Wall, a psychiatric film noir with great roles for Robert Taylor and Herbert Marshall as sweaty noir protagonis...
The Lemurian Portal in Shasta is Open Again - Driving to the Rez - Episode 208 - Part One
Driving to the Rez - With Inelia Benz and Larry Buzzell - July 03, 2024 16:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsGo to Part Two Read the Article The Lemurian Portal in Shasta is Open Again Topics in this episode: The Lemurian Portal in Shasta was closed The strong Lemurian Presence Lemurian Portals Possible evidence for visiting Lemuria The shadows of the Old Paradigm The mechanics o...
What if Batman's origin is tied into the origin of Jack the Ripper? From DC Comics Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
Dear Watchers: an omniversal comic book podcast - July 01, 2024 10:16 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWhat's that lurking around the corner? It's the latest episode of Dear Watchers! We head to Victorian era London to discuss the very first Elseworlds comic - Batman: Gotham By Gaslight that sees the Bat tangle with Jack the Ripper. We talk the real life history of Jack the Ripper plus h...
Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 16: NOBODY RUNS FOREVER (1968) & HARD CONTRACT (1969)
There's Sometimes a Buggy - June 28, 2024 04:48 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 14 ratingsAfter some rocky episodes, our Lilli Palmer Acteurist Oeuvre-view uncovers a couple of gems: Nobody Runs Forever aka The High Commissioner (1968, directed by Ralph Thomas), a spy thriller bursting at the seams with the charms of Rod Taylor and Christopher Plummer, and Hard Contract (1969, the ...
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Retro Futurist Culture - June 22, 2024 00:13 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHoptimus is joined by SixButtonSamurai again to talk about the TERMINATOR universe. This time to talk about one of the biggest summer blockbusters ever T2 Judgement Day. Why did it take so long for this sequel to come out?! How did they do those FX shots?! What kind of deleted scenes we...
Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1947: CALIFORNIA and CALCUTTA
There's Sometimes a Buggy - June 21, 2024 04:01 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 14 ratingsFor this Paramount 1947 Studios Year by Year episode we watch a couple of films by producer/director team of Seton I. Miller and John Farrow: California, starring the belligerent sexual tension of Barbara Stawyck and Ray Milland in a left-leaning fable about the establishment of law and order i...
Water Fundraiser at the Shamanshack! - Driving to the Rez - Episode 207 - Part One
Driving to the Rez - With Inelia Benz and Larry Buzzell - June 19, 2024 16:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsGo to Part Two Read the Article The vibrational frequency at the Shamanshack is much higher and stronger than other places.This fact alone, makes this location unique to the known Earth. Topics in this episode: fundraiser for a well the ever-evolving story of the Shamanshack ...
And Even More American History Stories
Stories of American History - June 18, 2024 19:00 - 6 minutesToday I will tell some more stories from my book, A Day in United States History - Book 2. This batch of 6 stories are from January through June and are much shortened versions of the articles in the book. From the Book A Day in United States History - Book 2 The Author's Website The Author ...
What if Snagglepuss (the Hanna Barbera cartoon lion) was gay (& also an iconic American playwright)? From DC Comics Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles
Dear Watchers: an omniversal comic book podcast - June 17, 2024 22:16 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHeavens to Murgatroyd! We're back with another Pride Month episode. This week we are covering Mark Russell's extraordinary 2018 miniseries Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles that sees the effete pink lion turned Tennessee Williams-esque playwright drinking at the Stonewall an...
Special Subject – The Wartime Mizoguchi – THE STORY OF THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUM (1939) & THE 47 RONIN (1941)
There's Sometimes a Buggy - June 14, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 14 ratingsFor our June Special Subject we revisit the work of Kenji Mizoguchi, looking at two films from earlier than his best-known (in the West) period: The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939), about cross-class lovers and what it takes to become a great artist, and The 47 Ronin (1941), based on a...
More Selected American History Stories
Stories of American History - June 13, 2024 12:00 - 9 minutesToday I will tell some more stories from my book, A Day in United States History - Book 1. This batch of stories are from July through December and are much shortened versions of the articles in the book. From the Book: A Day in United States History - Book 1 The Author's Website The Author on...
Reviewing 2024 - Half way there... - Driving to the Rez - Episode 206 - Part One
Driving to the Rez - With Inelia Benz and Larry Buzzell - June 12, 2024 17:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsGo to Part Two Read the Article In this article, and the podcast that accompanies it, I will skim over the information I revealed in Dec '23 at a public level. And during the Deepdive in the second part of this podcast we can go into the uncensored items and information. Topics w...
Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 15: SEBASTIAN (1968) & OEDIPUS THE KING (1968)
There's Sometimes a Buggy - June 07, 2024 05:07 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 14 ratingsThis week's Lilli Palmer Acteurist Oeuvre-view sees Lilli in two small but crucial roles: Sebastian (1968), starring Dirk Bogarde as a Cold War cryptanalyst of divided political loyalties, and Oedipus Rex (1968), starring Christopher Plummer as Freud's favourite plaything of the gods. We discu...
Is it all about killing Short Term Memory? - Driving to the Rez - Episode 205 - Part One
Driving to the Rez - With Inelia Benz and Larry Buzzell - June 05, 2024 20:32 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsGo to Part Two Read the Article The information on this article can send us quickly spinning into a victim/aggressor cycle. Therefore take this into consideration, and understand that if you do fall into it, or high levels of righteousness, this is not the point of the article. The ...
Some Selected American History Stories
Stories of American History - June 05, 2024 14:00 - 6 minutesSome Selected American History Stories Stories on this episode include a number of "firsts," for colonial America. They include the first hospital, the first magazine published, the first recorded St. Patrick's Day celebration, the 1712 New York Slave Rebellion, and the first deportation. A Day...
What if Wolverine was gay (and an exile from another world named Howlett who was boyfriends with Hercules)?
Dear Watchers: an omniversal comic book podcast - June 03, 2024 10:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHappy Pride Month, Bub! After many X-Men episodes we are finally focusing on the most famous X-Man of all: Wolverine! We romp through many multiverses and meet Howlett, a gay version of Wolverine who is in a relationship with Hercules. We start by covering Wolverine's legendary first ap...
Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1946: THE CAT CREEPS & SHE-WOLF OF LONDON
There's Sometimes a Buggy - May 31, 2024 04:29 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 14 ratingsFor this Universal 1946 episode, we chose a B-movie double bill, The Cat Creeps (directed by Erle C. Kenton, best known for Island of Lost Souls) and She-Wolf of London (directed by Jean Yarbrough, Abbott and Costello specialist), hoping for hidden gems. But did we find any? And in the Fear and...
A Journey There and Back Again - Driving to the Rez - Episode 204 - Part One
Driving to the Rez - With Inelia Benz and Larry Buzzell - May 29, 2024 16:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsGo to Part Two Read the Article An exploration of syncronicities Topics in this episode: Syncronicities and where do they come from Not everything is a sign or syncronicity Example of communicating with the trees Feedback from the human collective How the human collective o...
Conquistadors and Missionaries
Stories of American History - May 28, 2024 17:00 - 8 minutesConquistadors and Missionaries This episode discusses the Conquistadors that conquered much of South and Central America for the Spanish. The opening chapter of my book, The Early American Explorers, delves into this topic. From the Book The Early American Explorers The Author's Website The A...
Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 14: MIRACLE OF THE WHITE STALLIONS (1963) and OPERATION CROSSBOW (1965)
There's Sometimes a Buggy - May 24, 2024 04:28 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this week's Lilli Palmer Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode, we encounter more Nazis in a couple of movies very loosely based on real WWII incidents: Disney's Miracle of the White Stallions (1963), based on Operation Cowboy (but with the equine eugenics shoved into the subtext), and Operation Cr...
What if Furiosa (of Mad Max) barely appeared in a comic of her own name (but remained the best character ever)? Plus what is Mad Max canon + NO SPOILERS for Furiosa!
Dear Watchers: an omniversal comic book podcast - May 20, 2024 10:16 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsPut the pedal to the metal and join us as we explore the world of Mad Max in comics and on screen! We talk about George Miller's one of a kind film series especially Fury Road before exploring the Mad Max: Fury Road comic book series that shows the origin stories for Nux and Immortan Jo...
Terminator (1984)
Retro Futurist Culture - May 17, 2024 10:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHoptimus is joined by the legendary Six Button Samurai from OH GOD IT HZ fame. We break down the seminal 1984 Sci Fi thriller TERMINATOR by director James Cameron. This was the film that really broke Arnold Schwarzenegger to a box office draw! What made this film so influential? What me...
Special Subject – Produced By Sam Goldwyn, The 1940s: THE LITTLE FOXES (1941), THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (1942), THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946), and MY FOOLISH HEART (1949)
There's Sometimes a Buggy - May 17, 2024 04:22 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 14 ratingsThis week we have a whopping big episode for you: Part 2 of our look at Samuel Goldwyn Productions, dealing with the 1940s; and, in our Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto segment, brief discussions of three Powell and Pressburgers, kicking off TIFF's May retrospective. For this episode we watched ...
NDEs - What do people come back with? - Driving to the Rez - Episode 203 - Part One
Driving to the Rez - With Inelia Benz and Larry Buzzell - May 15, 2024 15:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsGo to Part Two Read the Article People have Near Death Experiences (NDEs) and often come back with a lot of information, or a mission, directions, orders, instructions or interpretations of what happened to them. Topics in this episode: Other people's accounts of their NDEs In...
The Age of Discovery - The Exploration of the New World
Stories of American History - May 14, 2024 16:00 - 5 minutesPrince Henry the Navigator, Christopher Columbus and the Age of Discovery The Age of Discovery took place from the 15th through the 17th Century and featured a vast expansion of the European's knowledge of the world. Two men played a crucial role in that era, Prince Henry the Navigator and Chris...
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