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Scarif Scuttlebutt PodcastEP166 QuickCuts With ATWOur latest QuickCuts show teams me up with the guys from the After The Weekend Movie Show. We discussed family movies of the 80s and how that genre at that particular time really cemented the action adventure themes we see today. Plus we respond to some listener voicemails. Questions and comments from across the inter webs, I've got some responses. And we have a special Sentry Mode Q&A with Blake of Dork Wars Podcast. Take a listen and see how he does. The Scarif Scuttlebutt Podcast is a proud founding member of the Red5Network...and that's the scuttlebutt.2023-08-2450 min

Artificial Turf WarsATW Episode 171: An Award-Winning PodcastThroughout the shutdown of MLB caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, ATW will be doing looks back at various aspects of franchise history, from the draft to award winners and snubs to interesting pennant races and more. This week, Greg and Josh look back at the Toronto Blue Jays history with end of season awards and what they meant to the franchise and fandom at the time. They range from Alfredo Griffin's Rookie of the Year win* in 1979 to Josh Donaldson's MVP in 2015. They also look at some historic snubs, including basically Dave Stieb's entire early-mid 80s run and some...2020-04-051h 09

Around the World in 80s Movies30 - No Monster Can Keep Us Apart: DRAGONSLAYER (1981) - Podcast Film ReviewDisney collaborated with Paramount Pictures to make a fairly adventure for audiences that were a bit older in DRAGONSLAYER, a rousing but somewhat brutally dark tale of a sorcerer's apprentice who must undertake the treacherous journey of slaying a dragon that regularly consumes the women of a nearby village as a peace offering. Adventure and one amazing dragon, perhaps the best ever put to film, make this a notable entry for lovers of 1980s fantasy flicks.2018-04-2711 min

Around the World in 80s Movies29 - No Monster Can Keep Us Apart: CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981) - Podcast Film ReviewRay Harryhausen's final film marked the popular early 1980s adventure based on ancient Greek myths, CLASH OF THE TITANS. Harry Hamlin stars as Perseus, the illegitimate mortal son of Zeus who ends up falling for the beautiful princess Andromeda, having to overcome puzzles and a variety of vicious beasts in order to gain her hand in marriage. If only she weren't slated to be sacrificed to the giant (and reportedly invincible) Titan known as the Kraken…Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, and Burgess Meredith are in supporting roles in this dated but charming fantasy flick.2018-04-2014 min

Around the World in 80s Movies28 - No Monster Can Keep Us Apart: THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989) - Podcast Film ReviewThe Disney Renaissance kicked off with this smash hit animated feature that brought the studio back in a major way, THE LITTLE MERMAID! Featuring great vocal talent, quality animation, and a killer score and soundtrack, it delighted a generation, and will delight many more, with its story of Ariel, a teenage mermaid who dreams of love with a hunky sailor prince, Eric, only made possible through a bad deal with a sea witch named Ursula.2018-04-1418 min

Around the World in 80s Movies26 - The Girl of My Dreams: MANNEQUIN (1987) - Podcast Film ReviewAndrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall star in this smash hit bubblegum romance about a struggling artist who falls in love with a mannequin possessed by a lovelorn ancient Egyptian spirit who turns his life around. James Spader, Estell Getty, and Meshach Taylor have supporting roles in this quintessential 80s fantasy-romance. Does it hold up?2018-03-3111 min

Around the World in 80s Movies24 - Brink of Extinction: LEGEND (1985) - Podcast Film ReviewFollowing up two sci-fi masterpieces in ALIEN and BLADE RUNNER, Ridley Scott turned his gaze toward the realm of fantasy with LEGEND, starring Tom Cruise and Mia Sara. Critics greeted the film with a shrug upon its initial release, but it has gained a cult following over the years, and the Director's Cut release has had some re-evaluate it. Is it still problematic, or is it a film that has aged well over time?2018-03-1718 min

Around the World in 80s Movies22 - Brink of Extinction: THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982) - Podcast Film ReviewJim Henson conceived of this elaborate realm of fantasy in which two competing races vie for the destiny of a faraway planet, as the evil Skeksis try to thwart the Gelflings of prophecy from uniting the planet yet again and bringing equilibrium to life there for those enslaved. This imaginative film had been a disappointment on early release but has gained a rabid following among fantasy fans. Frank Oz co-directs this film done entirely with puppets, and is a rare film that doesn't a human character in sight.2018-03-0419 min

Around the World in 80s Movies21 - BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III (1990) - Podcast Film ReviewThe third and final entry in the BACK TO THE FUTURE Trilogy sees Marty and Doc in the Old West of Hill Valley in 1885, where Marty must save Doc from getting gunned down by an ancestor of Biff Tannen. It's a softer, and more romantic effort, as Doc finds love with the charming schoolteacher, Clara Clayton, who is also supposed to meet her maker, unless Marty can figure out a way to save them both without messing things up for the future! 2018-02-2412 min

Around the World in 80s Movies20 - BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II (1989) - Podcast Film ReviewMarty and Doc must head 30 years into the future to save Marty's kids from calamity,l but end up making a mess of the past when Biff Tannen takes over the DeLorean. Will they save themselves, and their pasts, as well as their futures?This ingenious sequel takes the premise of the original film for a loop-de-loop of logic few were expecting it to go, from the minds of Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale.2018-02-1614 min

Around the World in 80s Movies19 - BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) - Film Podcast ReviewRobert Zemeckis, Bob Gale and Steven Spielberg present the original 1985 class, BACK TO THE FUTURE!Michael J. Fox plays 17-year-old Marty McFly, a spirited teenager who doesn’t seem to quite fit in with his current family, so much so that he spends a great deal of his time helping out an eccentric local scientist, Doc Brown, in his kooky experiments. One night, Doc calls Marty out to an empty mall parking lot to witness his latest triumph, a souped- up DeLorean that he has modified as a time machine. Upset that Doc has used the plutonium given to make...2018-02-0913 min

Around the World in 80s Movies18: HI-CONCEPT HIGH SCHOOL - My Science Project (1985) Film Review PodcastJohn Stockwell, Fisher Stevens and Dennis Hopper appear in this low-budget sci-fi/comedy from 1985, MY SCIENCE PROJECT, where teens find an alien contraption of seemingly unlimited power that opens a portal from which people and things from Earth's past and future pour into their high school. Now the teens need to pull the plug on it before everyone is in mortal danger. It's a very 80s movie in the best ways — and the worst.2018-02-0211 min

Around the World in 80s Movies17: HI-CONCEPT HIGH SCHOOL: Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) - Podcast Film ReviewFrancis Ford Coppola directs this fluffy but endearing film that asks the age-old question, "what if we could do it all over again?" An Oscar-nominated performance from Kathleen Turner bolsters this whimsical romantic comedy-drama with a time-travel twist, with a quirky role for Nicolas Cage as her no-good husband.2018-01-2713 min

Around the World in 80s Movies16: HI-CONCEPT HIGH SCHOOL - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) - Film Review PodcastThe breakthrough performance for Keanu Reeves, along with co-star Alex Winter, in this fun time-traveling romp through history, as two California teens pick up verious historical figures in their phone booth through time to pass an oral presentation that will secure Earth's future — a future in which Bill & Ted are revered as saviors! George Carlin supports in this fun flick from 1989.2018-01-2111 min

Around the World in 80s Movies15: THE BLUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE - The Land Before Time (1988) Movie Review PodcastDon Bluth collaborates with executive producer Steven Spielberg again, this time also joining forces with George Lucas for THE LAND BEFORE TIME, the film that would kick off a series of ten additional straight-to-video animated features for kids. Dinosaurs were all the rage, and Bluth and co. rode the wave to box office success with this feature about a young dinosaur that must find his way to the Great Valley, with the help of a variety of adorably cute dino friends.2018-01-1310 min

Around the World in 80s Movies14: THE BLUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE - An American Tail (1986) - Podcast Film ReviewDon Bluth's second feature film as director sees him joining forces with producer Steven Spielberg for AN AMERICAN TAIL, which details the immigrant experience for many of American ancestors in their long journey to the land of freedom and opportunity. Drawing from anecdotal material from Spielberg's own grandfather's stories, this heartwarming animated feature would go on to earn the most money up to that point at the box office for a film on its first run. The first of several animated adventures featuring hero Fievel Mousekewitz.2018-01-0611 min

Around the World in 80s Movies13: THE BLUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE: The Secret of NIMH (1982) - Podcast Movie ReviewDon Bluth's first big screen effort under his own name after splitting from Disney, along with several other Disney animators and artists, in order to try to return to the kind of groundbreaking style and commitments to storytelling that their former company had been skimping out on during the 1960s and 1970s. THE SECRET OF NIMH adapts Robert C. O'Brien's 1972 book, "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH", and makes an interesting animated allegory for the experience these artists went through on their quest for independence and destiny.2017-12-3016 min

Around the World in 80s Movies12: STOCKING STUFFERS - Scrooged (1988) - Podcast Film ReviewI look back at a film that some people herald as a great Christmas film. I've always had issues, but wanted to give it another shot. Do I come around?Bill Murray stars as Frank Cross in this modern take on the Charles Dickens' class, "A Christmas Carol". Richard Donner directs.2017-12-2411 min

Around the World in 80s Movies11: STOCKING STUFFERS: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) - Podcast Film ReviewThe third in National Lampoon's Vacation series, Christmas Vacation has gone on from being a minor blip to a holiday favorite for many families over the years. Chevy Chase at his most slapstick-y sets the formula for many dysfunctional Christmas comedies to follow. John Hughes scripts.2017-12-2211 min

Around the World in 80s Movies10: STOCKING STUFFERS: A Christmas Story (1983) - Podcast Movie ReviewBob Clark directs and co-writes my favorite Christmas film of the 1980s, and perhaps my favorite of any era, A CHRISTMAS STORY, a nostalgic look at childhood that makes me nostalgic for my own. Peter Billingsley stars as Ralphie, who wants more than anything to get a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, even though the adults think he'll just shoot his eye out.2017-12-1910 min

Around the World in 80s Movies6: FAIRY TALES - Labyrinth (1986) Podcast Film ReviewJennifer Connelly is cast in one of her first starring roles as Sarah, a teenage girl who has grown tired of her stepmother and father leaving her home alone to babysit her infant brother, Toby. In a bout of exasperation, she wishes him away, and inadvertently summons the vain and moody Goblin King of myth, Jareth (played by David Bowie), who kidnaps the baby and steals him away into his fantasy realm. There, the baby boy remains hidden in a dangerous castle in the middle of an ornate labyrinth. If Sarah wants a chance at getting the brother she really di...2017-11-0515 min

Around the World in 80s MoviesFAIRY TALES: Ladyhawke (1985) Podcast Film ReviewSet in France during the Middle Ages, Philippe ‘The Mouse' Gaston, a convicted pickpocket escapes from a castle dungeon only to get involved in a bitter feud between the powerful, scheming Bishop of Aquila and two lovers, a former captain of the guard named Etienne of Navarre and a lady named Isabeau d'Anjou, who were cursed with dark magic when the Bishop, who also fancies Isabeau, finds out of their union. The spell transforms the knight into a wolf by night, and the lady into hawk by day, and they can only see each other briefly in human form at daw...2017-10-3018 min

Around the World in 80s Movies2: STAR WARS: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back – Podcast Film ReviewThe Empire Strikes Back continues the Star Wars saga in exciting fashion, with the Empire now having driven the Rebels from their secret base to another on an ice planet called Hoth. The Empire eventually locates this new base, forcing an evacuation, whereupon a more experienced Luke is told by the "spirit" (aka Force Ghost) of Obi-Wan Kenobi to seek out a wise and powerful Jedi instructor named Yoda for training. Meanwhile, romance is brewing between Han Solo and Princess Leia,, but Han has problems of his own as he is plagued by bounty hunters and the Empire out to...2017-10-0114 min

Australian Transformers WeeklyATW Ep 121, 1st Sep 2017This week we have more images of Takara Trypticon, a big Megatron to go with a big Prime and some nice looking 3p bots are on the way. Show Notes: Opening credits (8bit Transformers Theme) OPENING Welcome to Australian Transformers Weekly, your first choice for transformers news in Australia This is episode 121 Recorded live on 1st September, 2017 This week your hosts are: Jason Brad John WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO THIS WEEK? 00:05:39 Take Your Bot To Work Day Take your b...2017-09-041h 09