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30something Movie Podcast

John W. Reid

One movie each week. 30 years in the making.

tv & film film history

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Episode #155: "Cannon Fodder" | Superman IV: The...

30something Movie Podcast ·

2017/10/09

When the United States and North Korea threaten nuclear war... oops, sorry... jump back 30 years. When the United States and the Soviet Union threaten nuclear war, it takes a mind-wiped Lois Lane and some random school kid's letter for Superman to decide to rid the world of nuclear weapons. He gets more than he bargained for, however, when Lex Luthor returns to the scene and has engineered the perfect weapon of mass destruction: Golan-Globus... (Sorry... did it again...) Nuclear Man! 1. Intro &

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Episode #154: "I'm Possessed!" | Innerspace (1987)

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2017/10/04

Have you ever had one of those days where you had a plan in mind, but everything went wrong? Let's say, for example, you planned to be miniaturized and injected into a lab rabbit so you could study it from the inside, but instead the lab was attacked by saboteurs who wanted to steal the technology for themselves and you ended up being inadvertently injected into a grocery store assistant manager who also happens to be a hypochondriac. Typical, right? 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Innerspace Background

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Episode #153: "Nostalgia+Robots" | *batteries not...

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2017/10/02

When real estate developers strike and the Goonies aren't around to save you, who can the residents of a dilapidated old apartment building/diner turn to...? The Fix-its, of course! 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Superman Extended Edition release [8:14] 3. Spaceballs: The Auction (and X-Files returns again) [22:27] 4. *batteries not included Background Info/Trailer [25:57] 5. *batteries not included Discussion [31:53] 6. Wrap-up [1:19:44] The trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJmvsb13dA8

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Episode #152: Favorite Movie Music of All Time 3!

30something Movie Podcast ·

2017/09/29

Pat, Jeff and John decided to put each other through the torment of having to narrow down their favorite movie composers, scores, individual songs, etc. to a series of "top 5" lists. Here's part 3! 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Favorite Dramatic Scores [31:55] 3. Favorite Compilation Soundtracks [1:00:49] 4. Honorable Mentions [1:16:14] 5. Wrap-up [1:38:05]

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Episode #151: Favorite Movie Music of All Time - Part...

30something Movie Podcast ·

2017/09/25

Pat, Jeff and John decided to put each other through the torment of having to narrow down their favorite movie composers, scores, individual songs, etc. to a series of "top 5" lists. Here's part 2! (And feel free to weigh in on the Blues Brothers is/isn't a musical debate!) 1. Intro/Favorite Soundtracks of the 80s [0:00] 2. Favorite Movie Musicals [25:59] 3. Favorite Individual Songs [51:27] 4. Wrap-up [1:32:24]

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Episode #150: Favorite Movie Music of All Time

30something Movie Podcast ·

2017/09/20

Pat, Jeff and John decided to put each other through the torment of having to narrow down their favorite movie composers, scores, individual songs, etc. to a series of "top 5" lists. They made it out alive... mostly. We hope you all enjoy our very special 150th episode! 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Tobe Hooper RIP [8:18] 3. What makes a song or score "work?" [12:34] 4. Favorite composers [25:17] 5. Favorite film scores of all time [1:17:10] 6. First soundtrack owned [1:32:30] 7. Wrap-up [1:37:21]

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Episode #149: "Spaceballs: The Podcast" | Spaceballs...

30something Movie Podcast ·

2017/09/13

Planet Spaceball is running out of air, but King Roland of Druidia has plenty of fresh air — and the Spaceballs want it. They kidnap Princess Vespa and will force Roland to give up the super secret unbreakable code to open the planetary shield... unless Lone Starr and his faithful Mog friend, Barf, can stop them! 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 35th Anniversary [11:01] 3. Spaceballs: The Background Info/trailer [18:13] 4. Spaceballs: The Trivia Game [33:35] 5. Spaceballs: The

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Episode #148: "Ministers of Death" | Full Metal...

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2017/08/30

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. 1. Intro/Solar Eclipses [0:00] 2. What Fall 2017 movies are we looking forward to? [10:47] 3. Full Metal Jacket Intro./Background info/Trailer [21:10] 4. Full Metal Jacket discussion [27:16] 5. Favorite Stanley Kubrick movie? [58:35] 6. Wrap-up [1:02:05] The trailer: (Explicit

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Episode #147: "Just Play It Loud!" | Good Morning...

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2017/08/23

In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam. 1. Intro, Movie background info, trailer [0:00] 2. Good Morning Vietnam discussion [17:26] 3. Favorite scenes [30:32] 4. Favorite quotes [37:32] 5. Wrap-up [50:07] The trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mJoHqmtFcQ Behind the Scenes Recordings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkM57ihoHNA&t=472s The Real Adrian

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Episode #146: "Cadillac of the Skies" | Empire of the...

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2017/08/16

When a young Bruce Wayne gets separated from his parents, he must learn to do whatever it takes in order to survive in a Japanese internment camp, whether it's stealing supplies for his friend Basie, protecting the weaker residents of the camp, or being left completely in awe of anything with wings and a propeller. Empire of the Sun was directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Christian Bale and John Malkovich, with music by John Williams. 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Empire of the Sun background info/trailer

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Episode #145: "They Love Everybody But You" |...

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2017/08/09

Most Vietnam War movies deal with the psychological torment of war and how soldiers left as idealistic young men, but came back scarred physically and mentally... and having to face a nation that was not proud of their sacrifices. Hamburger Hill tells a different story: one of a band of brothers trying to do the impossible in the midst of war, racism, and the knowledge that they may now be outcasts even in their own country. 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk [6:33] 3. Hamburger Hill

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Episode #144: "So.Many.Trailers." | San Diego Comic...

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2017/08/07

Last month saw the release of a ridiculous amount of amazing new trailers at San Diego Comic Con... and some pretty exciting news coming out of Disney's D23 Expo. It's like an eating contest of movie trailers and we'll spend the next couple of hours digesting it all... Okay... that just sounds gross now. 1. Intro [0:00] 2. D23 announcements [8:13] 3. Thor Ragnarok [45:06] 4. Justice League [53:21] 5. Stranger Things 2 [1:10:46] 6. Ready Player One [1:19:50] 7. Marvel's Defenders & Inhumans

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Episode #143: "All Good Podcasts..." | Star Trek: The...

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2017/08/03

Space... the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise... first airing in 1987 and running 7 seasons, The Next Generation was the definitive Star Trek for 80s kids. Join us as we get all dressed up for a Betazoid wedding and talk about our favorite characters, episodes, aliens and ships. 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Ranking the Star Trek: The Next Generation era films [7:51] 3. Which character do you most resemble or most want to be? [14:15] 4. Worst 5 episodes [24:06] 5. Top 5

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Episode #142: "The Best of Both Podcasts" | Star...

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2017/07/26

Space... the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise... first airing in 1987 and running 7 seasons, The Next Generation was the definitive Star Trek for 80s kids. Join us as we proceed at full impulse and talk about our favorite characters, episodes, aliens and ships. Part 2 will follow soon! 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation cast/background [8:04] 3. Star Trek: The Next Generation discussion [21:09] 4. Favorite characters [28:07] 5. Favorite aliens

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Episode #141: "It's a Feeling; A Heartbeat" | Dirty...

30something Movie Podcast ·

2017/07/20

Lace up your dancing shoes and get ready to shake your maracas... it's time for Dirty Dancing! Nobody puts our podcast in a corner... The trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcra0-0Gu4U The complete soundtrack: http://www.what-song.com/Movies/Soundtrack/584/Dirty-Dancing

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Episode #140: "My Dreams Are Pure Rock N Roll" | La...

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2017/07/13

The life of up-and-coming rock 'n' roll prodigy Ritchie Valens was cut tragically short on "The Day the Music Died," but his memory lives on in the 1987 biopic La Bamba starring Lou Diamond Phillips. 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Star Trek: TNG episode preview [8:49] 3. La Bamba movie info/trailer [19:23] 4. La Bamba discussion [28:30] 5. Wrap-up/Bye-bye [1:10:42] The trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wRCCUVT5jE

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Episode #139: "I Don't Do Requests" | The Running Man...

30something Movie Podcast ·

2017/06/28

It's 2017, the world economy has collapsed. Food, natural resources and oil are in short supply. A podcast, hosted by three guys who love 80s movies rules with an iron hand. Join us for our latest review and you could be the next contestant in the hottest game show around: The Running Man! 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Han Solo movie news [7:08] 3. Wonder Woman reviews [17:03] 4. The Running Man movie info/trailer [23:02] 5. The Running Man discussion [33:45] 6. Favorite Schwarzenegger one-liners [1:17:50] 7

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Episode #138: "Creature Stole My Twinkie" | The...

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2017/06/21

Thirty years before this podcast begins it was a time of darkness in the Monster Squad clubhouse. Fast forward three decades to a time when John and a small band of freedom fighters (Pat) conspired to rid the world of vampires and monsters... and to save mankind from the forces of eternal evil by producing a podcast so amazing that the entire world would listen to it and marvel.... They blew it. 1. Intro [0:00] 2. "Movies By Minute" podcasts discussion [3:07] 3. New movie news/Big Trouble in Little

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Episode #137: "Groovy" | Evil Dead II (1987)

30something Movie Podcast ·

2017/06/15

Legend has it, that it was written by the dark ones: NECRONOMICON EX MORTES; Roughly translated...The Book of the Dead. To trace the origin of the Book, we must go back...back...to a day when spirits ruled the earth. When the seas ran red with blood. It was this blood that was used to ink the book. It was also with this blood that we recorded this podcast. Even though that doesn't make any sense at all. But it doesn't have to... it's Evil Dead II. 1. Intro/Evil Dead II movie info/trailer

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Episode #136: "Stop A War With Love" | Wonder Woman...

30something Movie Podcast ·

2017/06/12

She's come to the world of men and we don't deserve her. Much to the surprise of movie executives — but not movie fans — Wonder Woman has been the biggest success of the DCEU so far. Does it deserve that accolade? What do we want to see from a sequel? Also, we take a moment to say goodbye to another superhero: Adam West. 1. Intro [00:00] 2. Black Panther trailer discussion [08:29] 3. RIP Adam West [14:10] 4. Wonder Woman movie info/trailer [25:43] 5. Wonder Woman discussion [38:30] 6. What would

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