Episode 12

The Thing | S1E12

Today, we travel back to June of 1982 to discuss Kurt's performance in a horror sci-fi mystery, The Thing!

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Transcript
Katie:

Hello.

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Hello, I'm Katie and welcome to

Retro Made Your Pop Culture Rewind.

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Let's take another trip down memory lane.

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Today we travel back to June

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performance in a horror mystery.

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The thing I'm happy to have Zoe

Richardson from his show Back

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Look Cinema here with me today.

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Zoe is a podcaster and a movie

enthusiast, an artist who enjoys creating

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graphic art, a comic book lover from

way back, a lover of sci-fi books.

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So hopefully he enjoyed the

thing, the sci-fi nature of that.

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also an insatiable video game player and

I was actually very honored to guest on

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Back Look Cinema a little while back.

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And we covered the super fun

85 movie that was Teen Wolf.

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And Zoe is actually, just coming

back from hiatus and he will be

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back with new episodes by the

time this episode comes out.

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So Zoe, thank you so much for joining me.

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Tell us more about you and your show.

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Zo Richardson: Thank you.

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It's great to be here.

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So I am in the process of

retooling the show, just slightly.

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and the way that I'm retooling it

actually, I've kind of been doing

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it already, so I wanna focus on,

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having guests on the show.

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So the goal is to have a guest on

every episode and, the focus on,

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what we liked about the movie and

the trivia, like I always do, but

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sometimes I feel like it runs too long.

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So I'll probably arrange it in such a way

that I'll have three things that we liked

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about the movie and then like maybe, 10

interesting things of trivia, like the

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top 10 trivia, well trivia things that

I found interesting about the movie.

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And it's like when you dig into

the behind the scenes, you find

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a lot of interesting things.

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As a matter of fact, I was just

reading that, I forgot his name,

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but the guy who played the shark

on Jaws, do you remember that dude?

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Katie: The shark hunter.

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Ooh.

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Zo Richardson: Right?

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the guy from the boat, right?

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So it was his boat.

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I

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remember the name of the Yeah.

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Quentin, that's so the guy, the,

his son, that guy's son is actually

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doing a stage play of the behind

the scenes shenanigans on Jaws.

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because, right.

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So the trivia movies is really

interesting and that's what something

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I want to, I don't want that to

be the focus of my podcast, but I

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wanna highlight that on a podcast

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and, that those are some of

the things that we're doing.

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Katie: That sounds really fun.

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I'm really excited for new episodes.

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So well, shall we get into the

retro frame of mind by opening the

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time capsule from ? June, 1982.

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Okay.

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So the early eighties.

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We haven't covered a ton.

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and you know, I was like a year,

not quite even a year old at this

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time, so I don't recall a lot of

these shows, but some in syndication.

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But it's kind of fun to go

back to the early eighties.

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It's very different from

the late eighties I found.

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so according to Nielsen ratings from the

81 to 82 season, the popular primetime

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shows were Dallas, the Jeffersons

Threes company, which I freaking love.

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I still watch that show Alice the Dukes

of Hazard two Close for Comfort, which I,

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had never heard of that Have you heard of?

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Too Close for Comfort.

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Zo Richardson: Yeah.

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Used to watch it all the time.

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Katie: Really?

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Zo Richardson: Yeah.

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It's about, cartoonist and his family.

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And that's what I found so

fascinating about the show.

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He wrote a, I think the name of

his, it was like a daily strip in a

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newspaper, and I think the name of

his strip was called The Cosmic Cow.

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And it's it's not focused on that

work, but it was just, it's like

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in a plateau of like TV landscapes

where you have the main characters

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as doctors, lawyers, or plumbers or,

waitresses or that sort of thing.

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This guy had a totally unusual lifestyle.

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He was a cartoonist

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and that's how he supported his family.

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remember this one particular storyline

where, he had drawn the panels for the

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comic and he was supposed to submit

them to the newspaper for work, and

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somebody had destroyed the panels and

he had to draw them all over again.

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Katie: That's very sitcom.

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That's super sitcom.

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Zo Richardson: yeah.

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Katie: I did read that was actually based,

there was a British show, as we often do.

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we kind of imitate what the

British do, but Oh, interesting.

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So you've, okay.

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I've never seen too close for comfort,

so that sounds like a fun one.

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Mash, did you watch Mash?

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Were you a MASH

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Zo Richardson: Yeah, I watched, I wa

I don't know if I was a mass person,

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I knew that when the theme song came

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on, it was time to go do something else.

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I was like, oh, my time

for watching TV is over.

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And I watched some episodes

sometimes it was like, I would

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watch it and I would enjoy it, but

I wouldn't watch it on purpose.

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But it had, it was such a draw to me

that when the final episode aired,

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I had to watch the episode, like the

series finale, and it was gripping.

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it.

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was way more potent.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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It was incredible.

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It was like, 'cause it was more dramatic.

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The

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season, the series finale, the

one that ended the entire series.

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So this is when they had to, it

was a chaotic escape from Korea

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because this is a show about the

Korean War and it was hardly funny.

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It was so

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serious.

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And, it was about a lot of it covered

like the post-traumatic stress that

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the, the doctors had gone

through while they were in Korea.

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yeah, it was incredible.

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Katie: I actually haven't seen it,

but I have isn't it in like the

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records, like the most watched bit of

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Zo Richardson: Yeah.

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Katie: ever or something

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Zo Richardson: it's one of the most,

yeah, it's one of the most watched,

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'cause it was a very popular show.

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So it was one of the most watched series

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finale, in history.

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Katie: interesting, huh, okay.

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Also popular at this time was One Day

at a Time, and Archie Bunker's Place.

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So those were the top shows.

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Were you into the Dallas, like

those like the soap opera ones?

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Did you watch any of those ever?

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Zo Richardson: that's one of those

things where if I seen them, it's only

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because somebody else was watching.

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So my mom's watching or my

grand, my grandparents are

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watching or something like that.

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I'm not watching it, it

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just happens to be on TV and I

don't want to get up and go to

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my room, so I'm gonna watch this.

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and I was, and I watched enough of

it to get caught up in who Shot JR.

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But I couldn't tell you all of

the characters in, in Dallas

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or Falcon Crest or any of that.

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I just knew that they were on and I had

to watch 'cause they were watching it.

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Katie: The who Shot Jr.

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That's how I, that's I've never seen

Dallas, but I know it's so a part of pop

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culture that I know that's from Dallas.

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Yeah.

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It's crazy Town and I never watched,

so there's Company and The Jeffersons

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are two shows that were super

popular at this time that obviously

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I didn't watch when I was an infant.

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But those are, two shows that have

really found, a place in syndication.

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They're both on all the time.

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And that's how I've seen those two

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Zo Richardson: Yeah.

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It's funny with the Jeffersons, I

used to always think that it was a

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syndication of, I never knew that there

were new episodes by the time, or maybe

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it was 'cause it was 1982, I think I,

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I was watching those shows like The

Jeffersons forever and, Three's company.

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That's a trip because you, people

say things like, well, a show

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like that can't be made today.

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And I think a show can be made like

that can be made today, but it'd be a

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lot of like pushback and controversy

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over that show because it was

like, it was pushing against a lot

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of cultural taboos at that time.

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Katie: That's

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Zo Richardson: And so it was a since it

was, and that's what made the show funny.

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It was, it was basic based on the

culture of the time, on the time when

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they were, they would have female

only housing and the guys trying to,

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and it was another show like that

starring Tom Hanks, Booz and Buddies.

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But that's

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a older show.

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And these,

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Katie: it ended that, the

finale of that show was in:

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Zo Richardson: right, so Bos and

Buzz is about guys cross-dressing

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so they can get affordable housing.

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three's company is about a guy pretending

to be gay, so he could live with two

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women so he could have affordable housing.

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Katie: It what a time.

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What a time.

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And nobody, it, what's funny about that is

nowadays people would be up in arms about,

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Zo Richardson: Oh yeah.

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Absolutely.

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Katie: people have a cow about stuff that

like, it's be upset about real things.

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How about, okay,

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Zo Richardson: Right.

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And here's the thing, they'll say, oh,

they didn't do that back in my day.

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And I'm like, they were

doing exactly that back in

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your day,

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Katie: Exactly.

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Exactly.

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There are so many examples of it.

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I know.

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Zo Richardson: Right, right.

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Katie: I could go on.

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But yeah.

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let's see.

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So also what ended, it's interesting,

like I do feel older than I am because

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I remember watching, reruns of W K R

P in Cincinnati and that ended in 82.

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Like its finale was in

82, like it ended in 82.

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That's crazy.

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Also ending in 82 was Mark and

Mindy, and Laverne and Shirley.

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I'm very familiar with all of these

shows, but I never watched them.

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But obviously they ended

by, you know, basically when

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I was born,

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Zo Richardson: I, feel like I've watched

all the sitcoms 'cause most of the

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shows you have named so

far, I've watched those

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Katie: oh, sitcom sitcoms are

my jam because in the eighties,

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so do you have any guesses of

some sitcoms that started in 82?

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Zo Richardson: Nope, not a clue.

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I'm bad with time.

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Katie: okay, cheers.

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Started

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in 82, family ties and silver spoons

also night writer, but it's not a sitcom.

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But I feel like this is kind of the

advent of the ultimate sitcom decade.

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You know, like we're moving away from some

of these like soaps and stuff like that.

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Zo Richardson: yeah, that's when they

had, must see, I think, I don't know if

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they called it must see tv, but it was

something about a Thursday night that,

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N B C had a slogan because

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they had this Thursday night up

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and,

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Katie: I think, yeah, you're right.

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Oh, Thursdays were the

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Zo Richardson: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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That's when I think, the

lineup was The Cosby Show.

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A different World

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Cheers.

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And a couple other shows.

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I felt like I watched them all

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Katie: you have a really good memory.

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I, me too.

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most of the episodes I've done so

far have been more like mid or late

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eighties, or even early nineties.

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So like the same, like cheers on

the Roseanne and the Golden and

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Girls Like, and The Cosby Show.

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Those are like mainstays

in the top ratings.

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But, so since this is 82, it's a

little different, which is a nice

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little refresh, refreshing change.

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Zo Richardson: Right.

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And you mentioned night Writer.

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I remember that was like

an event, like the first

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episode of the night writer

Everybody had to gather around

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and watch this first episode.

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Katie: Oh, and that's, what's his face?

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David Hasselhoff.

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Is he Knight, right?

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Or is Knight Rider the car?

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Who's Knight?

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Zo Richardson: Knight Knight

Rider refers to the character

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that David Hasselhoff plays.

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His name is Michael Knight, so

they call him the Knight Rider

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is a play on, the time of day night,

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and his name Knight, and he

works for the Knight Foundation

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and a lot of bit to the lure.

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the car was like, an advanced

prototype of basically an AI

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operated, self-aware automobile

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and they go out and fight crime.

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Yeah.

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that's Knight Rider We all loved it.

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Katie: I can see guys,

boys really liking that.

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Zo Richardson: Yeah.

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My aunt, my, my aunt liked that show too.

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and I was surprised.

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Katie: well, or maybe, are

there attractive people in it?

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David Hasselhoff was probably

like pretty to look at.

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Zo Richardson: it's Hollywood.

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it's all Pretty people

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Katie: people.

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So there's something for everyone.

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Zo Richardson: right?

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Katie: were you, were you a

Saturday morning cartoon kid?

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Zo Richardson: Yeah.

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That's the only time I willingly got

up early on Saturday morning, was I

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would get up as early as possible.

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I would get up, I would try to get

up at six o'clock to catch the,

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'cause sometimes they, they

would have like vintage cartoons,

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like in the early hours before the

cla, the regular, the current cartoons.

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So I remember getting up early to try

to watch, something like Felix the Cat,

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or I don't know, some old Spider-Man

cartoon, like from the:

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I would try to get up

early to watch those.

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Katie: Dang.

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I don't remember getting

up that early, but I do.

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Oh, Saturday mornings was the best.

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And in 82, so some of my favorites, I,

again, like I remember a lot of things.

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I must have just saw a lot of reruns

because I loved The Smurfs, which

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was, one of the big shows in 82.

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I mean, that spanned like

nine seasons, I wanna say.

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Zo Richardson: Yeah.

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Katie: and then also shirt tails.

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This is the first time

shirt tails has come up.

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So 82, do you remember the shirt tails?

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Little Animals?

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yeah.

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And then on Sundays, captain

Kangaroo, did you ever watch that?

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Zo Richardson: yes, I watched a

little bit of Captain Kangaroo until

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I felt as though I aged out of it,

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Katie: Okay.

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Zo Richardson: I definitely watched,

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Katie: what were some of

your favorite cartoons?

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Zo Richardson: I don't know

when they came out, but you've

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mentioned a lot of them on the show.

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there was the Transformers, spider-Man

and his amazing friends, and then that

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was paired with the Incredible Hulk.

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the Bugs Bunny, he

roadrunner like 90 minute,

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cartoon.

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Katie: Yeah.

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Zo Richardson: Yeah.

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And there was, I mean, I was

watching that all the time.

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And then there's Hannah Bara Laugh

Olympics and that's always fun.

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Katie: Yes.

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I love all the Hanna Bara stuff.

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all their cartoons.

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Like I'll watch anything.

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Zo Richardson: Right, right.

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Katie: I liked a lot of the sixties stuff

Flintstones was one my favorites, and I

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don't think it was on a, they had like

spinoffs, like the baby versions and

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stuff like that, and they weren't as good,

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Zo Richardson: Yeah.

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right.

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That was actually, I would just

say that actually aired when it

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originally aired that it aired.

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In, in, at nighttime at, what

do you call it, primetime.

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That was primetime television.

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Katie: the Flintstones.

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Zo Richardson: Yeah.

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It was actually meant, yeah, it, as if

you remember back in the day when, like

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the television, the actors themselves

would advertise certain products

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so that's where, you know, the sponsors,

they would have they would do the ads

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as opposed to like TV commercials or

along with regular TV commercials.

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So you have Fred Flintstones, the

animated character, doing commercials

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for like cigarettes, right.

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Katie: oh my God.

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that, oh my God, that's amazing.

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Actually, like in its own

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Zo Richardson: Yeah.

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Katie: That's

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Zo Richardson: Right,

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Katie: I didn't know that.

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I didn't know it was on Prime time.

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Cool.

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I watched it like after school, the

Flintstones and the Brady Bunch was on.

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After school, like at

three 30 on t b s always.

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Zo Richardson: right.

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Fact, check me on the Flintstone thing.

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I'm like 90% sure that it's accurate.

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Katie: It's okay.

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we like to speculate on the show.

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No worries at all.

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. have you heard of, so then there's like

this, like midday programming that like

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after, like all the good cartoons are

on, this is one I didn't know existed.

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It's the Gary Coleman show was, in

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like animated, but it was Gary Coleman.

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Zo Richardson: Oh,

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I may Have seen a little bit of, I've

probably seen a little bit of that.

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Like every, a lot of celebrities had

cartoons, MC Hammer, harder cartoon for a

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little while.

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the Jackson Five, obviously

they had a cartoon.

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the Globe Triers had a cartoon.

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Katie: the Globetrotters.

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Zo Richardson: but I think I remember

a little bit of Gary Copeman.

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Oh, do you remember Mr.

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T had a cartoon

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Katie: he certainly did.

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Zo Richardson: he had an action

figure that was 12 inches high.

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Katie: Really,

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Zo Richardson: Yeah,

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Katie: funny.

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Zo Richardson: I remember the song

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Katie: oh God, Mr.

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So I literally just got done

recording for my Rocky show and

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we're in Rocky three right now.

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So we have Mr.

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T, so he will forever.

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Mr.

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Zo Richardson: right?

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Katie: Sort of on that note, were

you, did you watch wrestling at all?

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Zo Richardson: Oh man.

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I watched wrestling all the time.

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And as a matter of fact, there

was, there used to be a, a

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Saturday morning show that WWF did

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well, back at the time it was called W

F and it was called the Saturday Morning

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Superstars.

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And it's I would watch it, but

you didn't always get like the

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prime wrestlers in that show.

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So you would get like the,

a lot of the unnamed or.

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And then every once in a while they'll

throw in like a Hulk Hogan or an

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a whole lot of the, like the big

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name wrestlers.

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Katie: yep.

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my God.

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There was a cartoons in the eighties.

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Literally everything.

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I'm not, and I did, in doing the

show, I learned that a lot of things

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like lasted for half a season or

something like, but they would

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Zo Richardson: yeah,

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Katie: would try anything, see if

kids would watch it and buy cereal

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:

in the commercials or whatever

417

:

Zo Richardson: yeah.

418

:

Katie: they were trying to sell us.

419

:

Zo Richardson: But yeah,

I was all about wrestling.

420

:

Katie: who are your wrestlers at all,

but also like early eighties is very

421

:

different than like later in the decade.

422

:

Zo Richardson: Right, right.

423

:

I don't remember the timeframe,

424

:

but .Like I started, obviously

I started off with Hulk Hogan.

425

:

he was a big draw.

426

:

I was drawn in just

like everybody else was.

427

:

And then later on it's

like the junkyard dog

428

:

and somebody like, and then there's

like people that I didn't know

429

:

that I enjoyed watching 'cause

I love to hate him so much.

430

:

So there was somebody like macho man

431

:

and it's you know, he was so bad.

432

:

I hated the macho man 'cause he was like,

everything against everything I stood for.

433

:

But he is so entertaining.

434

:

I didn't realize until I watched this,

YouTube clip and he was doing this thing

435

:

with, you know, those little cups of

cream that you put in your coffee that you

436

:

get at seven 11.

437

:

And he was doing this speech in his

promo about the cream of the crop.

438

:

He's being interviewed by Mean

439

:

Gene Erland.

440

:

And he was talking about

I'm the cream of the crop.

441

:

And he was taking these little cups

and he was putting 'em all over and

442

:

he's trying to put it on his shoulder.

443

:

He's trying to put it on

top of mean Gene's head.

444

:

And he is saying the little cups of

falling and he just producing these

445

:

little cups of cream, putting 'em

all over the place while he's talking

446

:

about how he's the cream of the

447

:

crop.

448

:

And, and then there are other

ones like, I like Undertaker.

449

:

Maybe he

450

:

was like the early

451

:

nineties, but he was

definitely one of my dudes.

452

:

and then there were the rockers

who I believe came out in the late

453

:

eighties before they broke up.

454

:

And, the, the guys with

the face paint like sting

455

:

and the,

456

:

Katie: Oh,

457

:

Zo Richardson: You You had Sting,

you had, the Road Warriors.

458

:

I

459

:

was struggling to remember their name.

460

:

you had, all of the, all of those guys.

461

:

you had the Harlem Heat.

462

:

Love those guys.

463

:

Katie: Well, I don't

464

:

Zo Richardson: And

465

:

Katie: Heat.

466

:

Zo Richardson: they're, well,

you probably know one of them.

467

:

It's, oh, goodness gracious.

468

:

I'm forgetting everything.

469

:

You got me on the spot here.

470

:

I'm

471

:

losing memory, but,

472

:

Katie: remembering a lot more than I do.

473

:

Zo Richardson: right.

474

:

So Harlem Heat was a black tag

team pur from Harlem, but in

475

:

real life, never lived in Harlem.

476

:

it was, gosh, gosh, I can't remember.

477

:

I'll remember later on.

478

:

and then, with Harlem Heat, they

started in W C W and then, after,

479

:

actually they, they spent all,

almost all of their time in W C W.

480

:

And then when, WWE bought W C W,

481

:

some of the wrestlers, including

Harlem Heat went over to WWE

482

:

Booker t I knew I was gonna

483

:

remember.

484

:

So Book Booker t is

somebody you would know.

485

:

And the other one,

486

:

I, his name goes in and outta memory.

487

:

Then, my fav one of my

favorite wrestlers of all time.

488

:

from that area at least, late

eighties, early nineties,

489

:

that was the ultimate warrior.

490

:

And I used to love watching the Ultimate

Warrior, apparently caused a lot of,

491

:

wasn't everybody's favorite wrestler

492

:

as far as the people who

actually had to work yeah.

493

:

The other wrestlers.

494

:

Right, right, right.

495

:

As a matter of fact, the, they hated

them so bad that they came out with

496

:

a disc video on the Ultimate Warrior.

497

:

This is long after he left.

498

:

Yeah.

499

:

And then, like later on, it's

like they re they made amends

500

:

him, the Ultimate Warrior and wwe.

501

:

So they came out with a, like a,

an alternate video series that kind

502

:

of praised the ultimate warrior

and his exploits in wrestling.

503

:

and then I forgot about Andre, the

giant obvi, he's definitely one of

504

:

the ma, one of the main men, and I'm

forgetting a whole bunch of wrestlers,

505

:

that I used to love the SSID Vicious.

506

:

Katie: Oh, I don't know.

507

:

Zo Richardson: I mentioned Sting.

508

:

There was, he's just a big, just

a great big Viking looking dude,

509

:

and he almost always has short hair there.

510

:

There's also the

511

:

Steiner Brothers.

512

:

I love the Steiner Brothers.

513

:

Katie: Dang.

514

:

You have a really good memory.

515

:

It's so funny because, wrestling, the

vast majority of my guests have been men.

516

:

And even though I'm a girl, I do, I

remember watching wrestling, but wrestling

517

:

must have been such a thing that,

518

:

Zo Richardson: Right?

519

:

Katie: that I've talked

to who was into it.

520

:

Zo Richardson: yeah, it's

just a male soap opera.

521

:

It's, and it's just

522

:

fun to watch them.

523

:

And it's it's so different now.

524

:

Back when I was growing

up, we used to think it was

525

:

real, and it's and then you

would get into con we would call

526

:

them conversations with people.

527

:

It's well, wrestling isn't real.

528

:

It's yeah, it's right.

529

:

Katie: Yeah.

530

:

your team sucks.

531

:

Nuh, yours does.

532

:

Zo Richardson: yeah.

533

:

But, and then later on

that all changed, but

534

:

still, it's different looking at it now

than when we thought that it, was real.

535

:

Katie: Agreed.

536

:

I mean, I obviously don't follow it

now, but, and some people still do.

537

:

I just can't imagine it being as

fun, like just knowing, I don't know.

538

:

Zo Richardson: Well, I see, I

still catch the occasional mask.

539

:

See, the drama is still there.

540

:

Like the storylines are still there.

541

:

And that's all we were really following

542

:

were the storylines even back in the day.

543

:

Katie: all,

544

:

Zo Richardson: We just, the

only thing we know right?

545

:

The only thing that we know

is that it's predetermined.

546

:

So what you got, what you understand

is that now you're watching a bunch

547

:

of stunt performers perform stunts.

548

:

So the stunts that they perform are

549

:

fascinating and I like it today because

550

:

there are so many more

women wrestlers now,

551

:

and they are fantastic.

552

:

So one of my favorite is Charlotte Flair.

553

:

She's the daughter of Rick Flair,

554

:

Katie: I hear

555

:

Zo Richardson: she does

556

:

Katie: isn't she?

557

:

Zo Richardson: She does one of my

favorite finishers of all time.

558

:

So she does a variation of Rick

Flair, his finisher was the

559

:

figure four leg lock and you know,

560

:

a pretty much basic moves.

561

:

He just gets your leg, he wraps him up

and he racks you in pain until you submit.

562

:

So she does her own version of the

figure four leg leg lock where she

563

:

gets you in a bind and she arches

her back and then she does something

564

:

extra I forgot what it's called.

565

:

But it's a, when you see

it, it's a fascinating move

566

:

and, it's just mesmerizing,

the athleticism.

567

:

'cause it's still athleticism.

568

:

I mean, the outcome is predetermined, but

they're still falling onto real tables.

569

:

They're being hit with wheelchairs

when they die from the top rope

570

:

onto the concrete floor of the

stadium, it's, that's real.

571

:

Right.

572

:

That they're still getting hurt.

573

:

Right.

574

:

Katie: Oh, I, I've, yes.

575

:

I very much appreciate that

it's, it is real and it does take

576

:

talent, and it's a lot of, yeah.

577

:

To your point, I just

578

:

Zo Richardson: So that's,

579

:

Katie: bit.

580

:

I'm like, well, if you know

that, it's just I don't know.

581

:

Zo Richardson: It's, but it's

funny, it's entertaining.

582

:

the recent, I haven't been

watching, but I'm kind of, but

583

:

my stunt still watches a lot, so

584

:

I get hints of what's

going on in wrestling.

585

:

So one of the recent storylines

is, Ray Mysterio, junior, Ray

586

:

Mysterio Jr's son is in wrestling.

587

:

Dominique Ma Mysterio.

588

:

And, but he's a heel and he's

turned, he's joined a heel group.

589

:

So as groups tend to do, they'll

590

:

beat up on Ray Mysterio

or something like that.

591

:

So there's tension between

Ray Mysterio and his son.

592

:

'cause Ray Mysterio doesn't

wanna fight his son,

593

:

but his son wants to fight

to prove that he's a man.

594

:

And it's a whole

595

:

big thing.

596

:

So that's the nice storyline to follow.

597

:

There's another nice storyline

that happened where you had,

598

:

Oh, shoot, I forgot name.

599

:

I'm forgetting names now.

600

:

So there's this group where you had

the world champion and his brothers

601

:

were with him, and they're from

like the island Pacific Islanders.

602

:

And, he's been wrestling

for a very long time.

603

:

Roman

604

:

Reigns and Roman brings, and you had

his, his, his cousins are his, like part

605

:

of his crew and he has a whole bunch of

people that are part of his crew, but then

606

:

his cousins that the tag team champions,

they, he's having beef with them.

607

:

they're not what you call it.

608

:

they're not, they're

fighting amongst themselves.

609

:

and there's tension.

610

:

So now because they wanna

shine and he won't let them

611

:

shine is that sort of thing.

612

:

And so now they're, you know, they're

building up to a big fight between

613

:

Roman Reigns and his, and his crew.

614

:

So the

615

:

storyline still work for me

616

:

just because it's they, 'cause they know

how to write it to, to make it appealing

617

:

and,

618

:

Katie: true.

619

:

I can see

620

:

Zo Richardson: yeah.

621

:

it's just a live action cartoon.

622

:

Katie: Yeah, that's a

good way of putting it.

623

:

And I like how you say it's

a soap opera for boys or men.

624

:

that's a

625

:

Zo Richardson: yeah.

626

:

Yeah.

627

:

Katie: you know.

628

:

Zo Richardson: Right, right.

629

:

Katie: mentioned, Andre the Giant,

we, so in:

630

:

like really big wrestlers, you'll

probably remember these guys.

631

:

Big John Stud, you remember Big John

632

:

Zo Richardson: yes.

633

:

Katie: Gorilla Monsoon.

634

:

Zo Richardson: I know him as an announcer.

635

:

I'd never seen him wrestle.

636

:

Katie: Okay.

637

:

So he's probably a, he's probably

an out, an announcer then,

638

:

Jesse Ventura

639

:

Zo Richardson: Yes.

640

:

Katie: and then Captain Lou Albano,

641

:

Zo Richardson: Right.

642

:

Katie: the bearded like fat guy

with like rubber bands in his beard.

643

:

and there, yeah, he was in the cartoon.

644

:

I remember the cartoon with him in it.

645

:

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

646

:

And the funny thing about Captain Lou,

he's been in a couple of music videos.

647

:

I know that he was in one with, Cyndi

648

:

Laufer.

649

:

Thank you, God.

650

:

It's it was right on the tip of my tongue.

651

:

Glad you got it out.

652

:

And then, 'cause I was gonna get stuck.

653

:

He also played, he was one of the

first actors to play a live action.

654

:

Mario, as

655

:

Mario from the video game,

super Mario Brothers.

656

:

Katie: Oh,

657

:

I didn't know that.

658

:

Zo Richardson: the live action version

on television, when Mario had a cartoon.

659

:

and then there's, what you call

it, yeah, the rubber bands.

660

:

The rubber

661

:

bands were a thing, right?

662

:

That's

663

:

just, his, style.

664

:

And he's, he was right.

665

:

And he wrestled for a long time.

666

:

Like by the time I started, I started

wr watching wrestling, at least

667

:

when I started paying attention.

668

:

gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura,

they had become announcers.

669

:

They weren't wrestling

670

:

Katie: Okay, got it.

671

:

Okay.

672

:

Zo Richardson: but, but he was

Captain Lu Bannon was still

673

:

wrestling.

674

:

Katie: Well, he like Cyndi Lauper somehow,

like they became friends 'cause she kind

675

:

of became a part of wrestling somehow.

676

:

I remember her being like a fan of

Rowdy, rowdy Piper and stuff too.

677

:

It what a weird

678

:

Zo Richardson: Oh yeah, that's another guy

I forgot to mention that he was awesome.

679

:

Roddy,

680

:

rowdy Roddy Piper and, Cyndi Loffer.

681

:

I know that she performed in one of the

Wrestlemanias, but I don't know how many

682

:

shows that she appeared on,

but she at least did that.

683

:

Katie: Yep.

684

:

Agree.

685

:

Yep.

686

:

the Rock's dad, Rocky Johnson

apparently was big in 82.

687

:

Zo Richardson: Yeah, absolutely.

688

:

he was part of a tag

team for the most part.

689

:

That's how I think, his partner

was like s Samson or something

690

:

like that.

691

:

and they were like, I don't know if

they were ever tag team champions, but I

692

:

know they were very prominent TAG team.

693

:

Katie: okay.

694

:

Yeah, I don't remember him at all.

695

:

so I don't, I,

696

:

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

697

:

I don't remember, I don't remember

watching him wrestle, but I remember

698

:

when the Rock started being promoted by

699

:

wwe, they would promote him as the

first, third generation wrestler because

700

:

his grandfather was, what's his name?

701

:

Something Maya via Grand Chief Maya Via,

702

:

and when the Rock first came on,

he called himself Rocky Maia.

703

:

So Maya Via was for his grandfather

and Rocky was for his father.

704

:

Rocky Johnson.

705

:

Katie: Good to know.

706

:

also, Mr.

707

:

Fuji.

708

:

Zo Richardson: Yes, I remember.

709

:

Went to Fuji.

710

:

he was a manager though.

711

:

I

712

:

don't think he was a wrestler.

713

:

Katie: These might, these

are just people in wrestling.

714

:

Zo Richardson: Right, right, right, right.

715

:

Katie: And then Ika, S I K A.

716

:

Ika.

717

:

Ika.

718

:

Zo Richardson: I don't remember him.

719

:

Katie: I think he was like

a warrior esque looking

720

:

Zo Richardson: Nope.

721

:

Doesn't, Nope.

722

:

don't got 'em.

723

:

Katie: Well, move on to music of 1982,

specifically the week of June 25th,

724

:

which is when the thing came out.

725

:

So the Top billboards this

week, there's some good ones.

726

:

Number one song is Ebony and Ivory by

727

:

Zo Richardson: Oh yeah.

728

:

Katie: Stevie Wonder.

729

:

Zo Richardson: Right.

730

:

Katie: I don't like that

731

:

song,

732

:

Zo Richardson: you?

733

:

I love that song.

734

:

Well, I grew up with that song.

735

:

So

736

:

Katie: I don't know.

737

:

Zo Richardson: and Paul McCartney's

had some great collaboration.

738

:

So he did some with Stevie Wonder,

he did some with Michael Jackson and,

739

:

Katie: oh

740

:

yeah.

741

:

Zo Richardson: other people.

742

:

but yeah, I always liked that

song, but it's not, you know,

743

:

not everybody's gonna like, it.

744

:

don't feel

745

:

shame.

746

:

Katie: all right.

747

:

All things are not for all people.

748

:

Zo Richardson: Right.

749

:

There you go.

750

:

There you go.

751

:

Katie: I do some of these other ones.

752

:

So number two is, don't You

Want Me by the Human League?

753

:

I loved that.

754

:

That was like starting to

get that like eighties sound.

755

:

Do

756

:

Zo Richardson: Right.

757

:

I don't remember him.

758

:

I like, I know.

759

:

Katie: want me, right?

760

:

Zo Richardson: Nope.

761

:

Still, Nope.

762

:

that still, I my memory is

fractured What are some other

763

:

Katie: What about Totos?

764

:

Rosanna number three song this week?

765

:

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

766

:

Yeah.

767

:

I remember that one.

768

:

Katie: Then, heat the heat

of the moment by Asia.

769

:

I don't remember Asia.

770

:

What else did they sing anyway?

771

:

Zo Richardson: You know what's funny

is that there are a lot of songs

772

:

that I listened to growing up that

I didn't know who sang them until I

773

:

started using, like streaming music.

774

:

Like I used YouTube, YouTube

music to stream my music.

775

:

And so you get to see

the name of the artist

776

:

who sang.

777

:

I was like, oh, that's who sang this song.

778

:

Katie: I'm the same way because

we didn't have, or even like on

779

:

the radio now it's digitized.

780

:

So you, a lot of times it'll

show you who it is, but

781

:

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

782

:

Yeah.

783

:

Katie: we were growing up.

784

:

Zo Richardson: Right.

785

:

Katie: have a digital radio unless you

happen to catch the video on M T V, but,

786

:

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

787

:

That or the dj.

788

:

I mentioned the name of the person.

789

:

I mean,

790

:

there are a lot of times they'll

say the name of the person when

791

:

they play the song, but a lot

of times I'm also not paying

792

:

attention, so I'll just go and I'm

blissfully ignorant, I don't know.

793

:

And I don't care.

794

:

I just I like this song.

795

:

Especially like when

you're young, like when

796

:

you're in a single digits or you're

in your early teens, like you're 10 or

797

:

12, maybe you don't care about

who sang the song that much.

798

:

It's only when you get 15 and

799

:

16 that you start caring

who the artist is.

800

:

Right?

801

:

Right.

802

:

And so you get the power

to buy your own albums.

803

:

So you have to know the

artist is, and then you start

804

:

putting posters of people on

805

:

your wall.

806

:

You know, it, it's a progression.

807

:

Katie: Who'd you have who, what posters.

808

:

Speaking of what posters

did you have on your wall?

809

:

Do you remember

810

:

Zo Richardson: most.

811

:

Mostly it was like

science fiction posters.

812

:

like there was this movie called

Dark Man, had a Dark Man poster up.

813

:

I had the cast of Star Trek,

the Next Generation, that poster

814

:

I

815

:

Katie: Oh,

816

:

Zo Richardson: I think

I found it somewhere.

817

:

Yeah.

818

:

and stuff like that.

819

:

I don't remember any, like actors

or singers, like an actor, just

820

:

for sake of being an actor.

821

:

They had to have played something.

822

:

but I, those two I remember

823

:

specifically, but I know

I had plenty of others.

824

:

I just can't think of 'em

825

:

Right.

826

:

now.

827

:

But those two are top of mind.

828

:

I probably had a bunch of Star

Trek posters, but not, not many.

829

:

singing,

830

:

or Singers.

831

:

Right, right.

832

:

Or bands or groups.

833

:

I know I had favorite groups,

but I didn't have their posters.

834

:

Katie: Who's your favorite group?

835

:

Zo Richardson: one of them was, yeah.

836

:

well, the earliest ones that

I can remember, I remember I

837

:

bought, my fir, the first album

I ever bought was George Michael

838

:

Faith.

839

:

Katie: good.

840

:

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

841

:

Yeah.

842

:

and then I also liked New Edition.

843

:

then there's,

844

:

Katie: Is that with Bobby Brown?

845

:

Was he a new edition?

846

:

Zo Richardson: And when by the, well,

I liked them the entire time, like

847

:

when they first came out, I think

it was like the early eighties.

848

:

So I liked them the entire

time, but I wasn't able, even

849

:

really able to buy the album.

850

:

Or, the funny thing is I'm not

even cognizant that I could

851

:

buy albums until later on,

852

:

but, so by the time I was cognizant

that I could buy album, it was,

853

:

the, the later ones when they just

had brought in Johnny Gill and

854

:

Bobby Brown was out the group.

855

:

But there, there was also, and then the

separate constituents of new editions.

856

:

So like Johnny Gill by himself,

Bobby Brown by himself, and Biv Devo

857

:

and, tr Ralph Tresvant by himself.

858

:

And then there's also

like heavy d and the boys

859

:

and the guy that used to call himself

the Fresh Prince, DJ So it's actually

860

:

when they first came out, it was

DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince.

861

:

So I like,

862

:

that dual or group.

863

:

Katie: that was good.

864

:

God, I kind of forgot what was

like, what was one of those?

865

:

Was it summertime?

866

:

Was that them,

867

:

Zo Richardson: Well, yeah, that's them.

868

:

that's, them.

869

:

but when I started listening to 'em, like

the first song that I really recognized

870

:

them was a song called Parents Just Don't

871

:

Understand.

872

:

And that and that's the, it didn't

introduce me to rap music 'cause

873

:

I would hear it but I would,

874

:

it wasn't clicking with me at the time,

875

:

the earlier rap stuff.

876

:

But that was the song that

really got me into rap music was

877

:

Parents just don't understand.

878

:

And that was like the Yeah.

879

:

. Yeah, because it spoke to

880

:

me, it was speaking my language.

881

:

'cause parents didn't

882

:

understand.

883

:

Yeah.

884

:

And then it, yeah.

885

:

Yeah.

886

:

and then it I think that was the first

rap album that I bought and Yeah.

887

:

yeah.

888

:

And also it's LL Cool j

889

:

I think that my cousin

took me to that concert.

890

:

Katie: what a, oh, ll oh man.

891

:

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

892

:

Right, right.

893

:

So tho those are some of the acts

that I really enjoyed growing up.

894

:

Katie: Those are good ones.

895

:

all right.

896

:

I'm gonna circle back to the

remainder of the top 10 in June of 82.

897

:

Willie Nelson's always on my mind.

898

:

That was 82.

899

:

Huh?

900

:

I, for some reason, thought

that was like older than that,

901

:

Zo Richardson: It

902

:

is just 'cause he sounds old

903

:

Katie: Yeah.

904

:

. Yeah.

905

:

Yeah.

906

:

He's like forever, like 70

907

:

or

908

:

Zo Richardson: Right?

909

:

Absolutely.

910

:

Katie: The number six song is

literally one of my favorite songs

911

:

Ever Hurt So Good by John Cougar.

912

:

That album, again, this is 82, I just,

like older things, but that is, that's

913

:

one of those few albums where almost

every song is like a hit or really

914

:

good, you know, you don't have to skip.

915

:

It's a

916

:

that's a great album.

917

:

Zo Richardson: love those.

918

:

Unskilled For me, that's

George Michael's album.

919

:

Katie: Yep.

920

:

Zo Richardson: That's,

the New Edition album.

921

:

I, what's it called?

922

:

I can't remember what it's called, but

like the, like I said, the one that I

923

:

mentioned earlier, that's Unskipable.

924

:

even, he's the dj.

925

:

I'm the rapper.

926

:

That's why DJ Jazzy DAF from

the Press Prince that I feel

927

:

like that's ins skippable,

928

:

but maybe it's because I just

listened to him over and over

929

:

again.

930

:

Katie: And you get to know like

when one song ends, you like know

931

:

exactly what the next song is

932

:

Zo Richardson: yeah.

933

:

It gets bad,

934

:

Katie: Crimson and Clover by

Joan Jet in the Black Arts.

935

:

That was quite a song.

936

:

The number eight song is Let It Whip

and the group is Daz, d a Z band.

937

:

I know the song, but I, the

group is unfamiliar to me,

938

:

Zo Richardson: right?

939

:

Right.

940

:

Is that the one that's Let

it whip it good, whip it.

941

:

Good.

942

:

Is that it?

943

:

That's the only song that comes to mind.

944

:

Katie: Well I think that's,

I think that's right.

945

:

Hey guys.

946

:

It's Katie.

947

:

Pardon the interruption?

948

:

Uh, clearly we were wrong.

949

:

So I just thought that I

would have that in there.

950

:

Um, not at all the song we were thinking

of totally different, but still.

951

:

Recognizable the number nine

song, never heard of the group.

952

:

The group is called Juice Newton, or

maybe that's a person Never heard of that.

953

:

The, the song title is Love's

Been a Little bit hard on Me.

954

:

I feel like I know that

955

:

And then number 10 is The

Other Woman by Ray Parker Jr.

956

:

The only reason I know Ray Parker Jr.

957

:

Is because I think last episode

he's, he sings Ghostbusters.

958

:

Zo Richardson: Right.

959

:

That's the only reason I know him.

960

:

I don't know him from anything else.

961

:

Katie: my guest and I,

we thought it was a one.

962

:

He was a one hit wonder with Ghostbusters,

but I guess he, he broke the top 10 again

963

:

with the other woman, which I dunno.

964

:

But

965

:

Zo Richardson: Right, right.

966

:

That's the problem.

967

:

He nobody knows that one

968

:

or nobody really remembers.

969

:

He's not known for that

970

:

one.

971

:

You know, fame is a fickle

972

:

thing.

973

:

Katie: boy, isn't it?

974

:

So there are a few things that

were happening in the world.

975

:

June, 1982, general Efrain Rios Mont

probably pronouncing that horribly.

976

:

declares himself, president of Guatemala.

977

:

That sounds familiar.

978

:

Somebody just declaring

themself president, but

979

:

Zo Richardson: there's actually

a film about somebody like that.

980

:

we call him Napoleon, and

981

:

he declared himself president at once.

982

:

Have you seen the trailer for that?

983

:

Katie: I haven't is it's a

new, it hasn't come out yet.

984

:

Zo Richardson: No.

985

:

It hasn't come out yet.

986

:

It's a film by Ridley Scott.

987

:

It stars Jacques Wing Phoenix and

Jacques Wing Phoenix playing Napoleon.

988

:

Katie: That's gonna be

989

:

Zo Richardson: you get a chance, when

you get a chance, it's tantalizing.

990

:

So go watch that.

991

:

That trailer.

992

:

Katie: he's good.

993

:

he'll, anything he does is good.

994

:

So I'm gonna definitely check that out.

995

:

Argentina surrenders to Great

Britain ending the 74 day

996

:

Falcons Islands conflict.

997

:

I don't, I feel like I remember

hearing about that, but

998

:

yeah, that happened in June.

999

:

Zo Richardson: same.

:

00:37:09,650 --> 00:37:11,560

Heard about it That wasn't interested.

:

00:37:13,165 --> 00:37:15,175

Katie: This one you'll have heard about.

:

00:37:15,835 --> 00:37:19,895

you know, there was a, an attempted

assassination of President Ronald Reagan.

:

00:37:20,725 --> 00:37:21,015

Well,

:

00:37:21,155 --> 00:37:23,295

his would be assassin.

:

00:37:23,485 --> 00:37:24,295

John Hinkley.

:

00:37:24,885 --> 00:37:25,695

John Hinkley.

:

00:37:25,925 --> 00:37:29,535

He's found not guilty of that 81.

:

00:37:29,635 --> 00:37:30,615

So this is 82.

:

00:37:30,915 --> 00:37:33,215

He tried to shoot the president in 81.

:

00:37:34,245 --> 00:37:38,495

He's found not guilty

by reason of Insanity.

:

00:37:39,695 --> 00:37:43,075

So his trial, I, yeah, I

bet that was a big trial.

:

00:37:44,405 --> 00:37:46,165

Zo Richardson: I think

that he's actually insane.

:

00:37:46,405 --> 00:37:47,165

I probably heard about

:

00:37:47,165 --> 00:37:49,315

it at the time too,

but it's, I believe it.

:

00:37:49,345 --> 00:37:53,675

It's, but being found guilty by

reason of a sanity is actually

:

00:37:53,675 --> 00:37:55,915

worse than being just found guilty

:

00:37:56,175 --> 00:37:56,525

Katie: Right.

:

00:37:57,345 --> 00:37:59,545

Zo Richardson: because it's if

you're found not guilty by reason,

:

00:37:59,765 --> 00:38:01,705

ofs sanity, you still get locked up.

:

00:38:01,815 --> 00:38:06,555

It's just that you, ostensibly

you're locked up until you're cured,

:

00:38:06,555 --> 00:38:09,995

like you sent in for treatment,

but you might never be cured.

:

00:38:09,995 --> 00:38:13,115

They might never say that, okay,

you're cured now, and then when

:

00:38:13,115 --> 00:38:16,645

you get cured, then you can be

charged and held and you can

:

00:38:16,645 --> 00:38:17,605

be given another trial.

:

00:38:18,025 --> 00:38:18,605

Katie: That's right.

:

00:38:19,475 --> 00:38:19,765

Yeah.

:

00:38:19,865 --> 00:38:23,175

Zo Richardson: But, the problem

is being found, of sound bind and

:

00:38:23,175 --> 00:38:25,215

body like being declared sane.

:

00:38:25,565 --> 00:38:28,255

Once you're committed in the

institution, that might never happen.

:

00:38:28,605 --> 00:38:29,665

So you're just stuck there.

:

00:38:29,775 --> 00:38:30,575

Katie: indefinitely.

:

00:38:30,755 --> 00:38:31,595

Zo Richardson: there, right?

:

00:38:31,595 --> 00:38:32,235

Indefinitely.

:

00:38:32,455 --> 00:38:35,355

So that's the problem with

being declared not guilty

:

00:38:35,615 --> 00:38:36,715

by reason of insanity,

:

00:38:36,955 --> 00:38:37,525

Katie: Good point.

:

00:38:37,705 --> 00:38:38,525

Really good point.

:

00:38:39,225 --> 00:38:41,845

the fourth NASA space shuttle,

miss Mission Columbia.

:

00:38:42,035 --> 00:38:45,765

Four launches that maybe

was like a lesser known one.

:

00:38:46,345 --> 00:38:52,515

baby William of Prince Charles and

Diana Princess of Wales is born.

:

00:38:53,135 --> 00:38:54,715

so I am older than William.

:

00:38:55,235 --> 00:38:57,315

I don't think I realized

that he was born in 82

:

00:38:58,975 --> 00:38:59,325

Zo Richardson: right.

:

00:38:59,775 --> 00:39:03,235

Katie: he maybe looks older 'cause

he is got the receding hairline.

:

00:39:03,385 --> 00:39:03,915

Poor William.

:

00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:04,490

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:04,930

Yeah.

:

00:39:05,485 --> 00:39:07,665

Katie: And then some huge movie releases.

:

00:39:07,725 --> 00:39:12,865

So the thing in addition to the thing

in June, so it was number seven at the

:

00:39:12,865 --> 00:39:16,425

box office, some other big releases.

:

00:39:16,925 --> 00:39:22,005

a couple would be right up your alley et

one of the biggest movies of all time.

:

00:39:22,260 --> 00:39:25,760

Zo Richardson: Ah, it's one of the

few movies that I saw at the theater,

:

00:39:26,305 --> 00:39:26,685

Katie: Me too.

:

00:39:27,570 --> 00:39:27,790

Zo Richardson: and

:

00:39:28,430 --> 00:39:28,750

I was,

:

00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,080

Katie: re-released, I saw it

at the theater because didn't

:

00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:32,320

they have an anniversary, rele

:

00:39:32,900 --> 00:39:33,190

Zo Richardson: yeah.

:

00:39:33,220 --> 00:39:37,670

They did that before, ca before most

people had cable, so there were many

:

00:39:37,670 --> 00:39:39,510

movies that were constantly rereleased.

:

00:39:39,530 --> 00:39:41,190

So one of those was Enter the Dragon.

:

00:39:41,420 --> 00:39:43,110

Another one of those is Star Wars.

:

00:39:43,110 --> 00:39:43,350

Another

:

00:39:43,350 --> 00:39:46,350

one of those is ET but I am, I saw it.

:

00:39:46,380 --> 00:39:48,790

Yeah, I saw it when it first came

out, at least around that time.

:

00:39:48,910 --> 00:39:49,390

I saw it in

:

00:39:49,710 --> 00:39:50,110

:

:

00:39:50,620 --> 00:39:51,640

Katie: You were, must

have been really little.

:

00:39:52,060 --> 00:39:52,280

You

:

00:39:53,140 --> 00:39:53,430

Zo Richardson: yeah.

:

00:39:53,700 --> 00:39:54,400

10 or 12.

:

00:39:54,990 --> 00:39:55,280

What?

:

00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,080

Whatever,:

1982 takeaway, 1971,

:

00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:00,520

whatever that answer is,

:

00:40:02,390 --> 00:40:02,770

Katie: got it.

:

00:40:04,940 --> 00:40:05,670

Zo Richardson: yeah, that.

:

00:40:05,780 --> 00:40:09,530

but yeah, I remember that's one of the

few movies that, my mom took us to see.

:

00:40:10,070 --> 00:40:14,230

And, I remember being late

because she's permanently on

:

00:40:14,230 --> 00:40:16,190

black people time, so I never

:

00:40:16,250 --> 00:40:17,050

Katie: I would've been pissed

:

00:40:17,050 --> 00:40:17,410

though.

:

00:40:18,130 --> 00:40:18,250

I.

:

00:40:18,250 --> 00:40:18,930

don't wanna be late

:

00:40:18,990 --> 00:40:19,210

for

:

00:40:19,535 --> 00:40:20,735

Zo Richardson: didn't, well see.

:

00:40:20,765 --> 00:40:23,815

It's not, it's, it wasn't

something like not, I was

:

00:40:23,815 --> 00:40:24,975

anticipating going to the movies.

:

00:40:25,215 --> 00:40:27,615

I don't think I had any

idea of what I was going to

:

00:40:27,615 --> 00:40:27,775

see.

:

00:40:28,035 --> 00:40:30,855

It was just excitement of going to

the movies and then getting there.

:

00:40:31,035 --> 00:40:33,455

And the credits have already

passed, so you already know

:

00:40:33,455 --> 00:40:34,735

that you're late to the theater.

:

00:40:35,235 --> 00:40:39,015

But it's funny right, because it's,

I've never seen the beginning of et tea

:

00:40:39,580 --> 00:40:40,120

Katie: Oh my god.

:

00:40:40,540 --> 00:40:43,520

You know, actually your mom probably

planned that because if you're late,

:

00:40:43,540 --> 00:40:46,280

you don't have time to stop at the

snack bar, so that way you don't have

:

00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:49,240

to buy your kids snacks for the movie.

:

00:40:49,365 --> 00:40:50,455

Zo Richardson: Well,

she wasn't gonna do that

:

00:40:50,455 --> 00:40:50,775

anyway.

:

00:40:50,775 --> 00:40:54,215

It's not like she had tojo us or

Fool us or anything like that.

:

00:40:54,275 --> 00:40:56,655

It is, it's like we just

going in a movie to eat.

:

00:40:56,895 --> 00:40:59,535

I, and I'm not sure if,

if we had snacks or not.

:

00:40:59,625 --> 00:41:00,585

I don't remember eating popcorn.

:

00:41:00,785 --> 00:41:01,505

maybe we didn't.

:

00:41:01,505 --> 00:41:02,185

I don't remember.

:

00:41:02,205 --> 00:41:07,175

But I've cultivated a habit of not

eating popcorn in the theater because

:

00:41:07,315 --> 00:41:08,695

I'm kind of rebellious like that.

:

00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:12,240

Katie: I am, I'm one of

the, I'm glad, oh gosh.

:

00:41:12,240 --> 00:41:13,600

There's another one of us.

:

00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:16,760

I am not a popcorn person either.

:

00:41:16,790 --> 00:41:17,240

Like I,

:

00:41:17,885 --> 00:41:18,235

Zo Richardson: Right,

:

00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:20,960

Katie: remember even when I did go

to the theater as a kid, I would

:

00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:22,360

get like milk duds or something,

:

00:41:23,295 --> 00:41:23,645

Zo Richardson: right.

:

00:41:23,875 --> 00:41:24,165

Yeah.

:

00:41:24,165 --> 00:41:27,385

The only time I would get like

popcorn or soda is that if I'm with

:

00:41:27,625 --> 00:41:28,825

somebody else, then they have to have

:

00:41:28,895 --> 00:41:29,945

popcorn or soda.

:

00:41:29,945 --> 00:41:31,625

So it's okay, I guess,

I guess we're getting

:

00:41:31,625 --> 00:41:35,385

popcorn and soda, but I try to avoid

it, especially if I'm going into theater

:

00:41:35,405 --> 00:41:37,055

by myself, then I don't touch the stuff

:

00:41:37,660 --> 00:41:41,460

Katie: I don't, . better not to,

I think the movie Popcorn, that

:

00:41:41,780 --> 00:41:44,660

whatever the butter business they

put on it, it can't be good for you.

:

00:41:46,395 --> 00:41:48,015

Zo Richardson: No, none

of that is, but it's good.

:

00:41:48,215 --> 00:41:49,205

I mean, it's delicious.

:

00:41:49,265 --> 00:41:50,025

it's passable.

:

00:41:50,465 --> 00:41:53,145

I can eat it, but I'm not

go, if I can help it, I

:

00:41:53,145 --> 00:41:55,815

don't .It's like I'm

offended by the pricing

:

00:41:56,990 --> 00:41:57,890

Katie: Oh, right.

:

00:41:59,353 --> 00:42:01,173

You can always sneak your own snacks in.

:

00:42:01,865 --> 00:42:02,565

Zo Richardson: you could do that.

:

00:42:02,625 --> 00:42:07,455

But it's I just, it seems to me like my

logic has always been that if I can go

:

00:42:07,455 --> 00:42:11,455

there and pay like a reasonable price for

fast food or whatever, or if I can eat at

:

00:42:11,455 --> 00:42:15,415

home before I go to the movie theaters,

I can not eat for two hours and be fine.

:

00:42:15,625 --> 00:42:15,975

Right.

:

00:42:16,845 --> 00:42:17,135

Katie: Yeah.

:

00:42:17,185 --> 00:42:18,185

you're not gonna die.

:

00:42:18,385 --> 00:42:19,145

I know, but

:

00:42:19,165 --> 00:42:20,155

Zo Richardson: Right, right, right.

:

00:42:20,245 --> 00:42:21,065

Katie: for a lot of people.

:

00:42:21,135 --> 00:42:22,665

It's kind of part of the experience.

:

00:42:22,765 --> 00:42:23,305

I'm with you.

:

00:42:23,485 --> 00:42:24,785

So I don't need it.

:

00:42:25,325 --> 00:42:28,865

But what's becoming more popular,

and I obviously like movies

:

00:42:29,005 --> 00:42:32,905

now are way different, and I

go to movies so infrequently.

:

00:42:32,905 --> 00:42:35,185

it's probably, it's been

over a year, probably since

:

00:42:35,215 --> 00:42:36,625

I've been to a movie theater.

:

00:42:37,285 --> 00:42:41,785

But I like the Cides now because

you can order a meal and it's

:

00:42:41,785 --> 00:42:43,225

like regular restaurant pricing.

:

00:42:43,405 --> 00:42:43,745

You know,

:

00:42:43,975 --> 00:42:44,265

Zo Richardson: yeah.

:

00:42:44,315 --> 00:42:47,215

Katie: you can order a meal or a

beer, like I'll do a beer or a glass

:

00:42:47,215 --> 00:42:48,415

of wine, like that's more my jam.

:

00:42:48,415 --> 00:42:52,815

And it's not like, it's not

like $40 for a glass of wine.

:

00:42:52,885 --> 00:42:53,575

It's like a regular,

:

00:42:53,915 --> 00:42:55,385

Zo Richardson: Right, right, right, right.

:

00:42:55,455 --> 00:42:56,855

Katie: pay at a restaurant normally.

:

00:42:57,355 --> 00:42:58,255

So I kinda like that.

:

00:42:59,295 --> 00:42:59,585

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

00:42:59,585 --> 00:43:00,805

I've been to one, I don't.

:

00:43:01,515 --> 00:43:02,955

I think it was like an A M

C or something like that.

:

00:43:02,955 --> 00:43:05,355

But I went to a theater like

that serves you after you order.

:

00:43:06,035 --> 00:43:07,395

'cause I went and I ordered food.

:

00:43:07,395 --> 00:43:08,635

It was like, oh yeah, just go inside.

:

00:43:08,685 --> 00:43:09,285

we'll bring it to you.

:

00:43:09,325 --> 00:43:10,395

I was like, oh, it's like that.

:

00:43:10,395 --> 00:43:11,075

That's nice.

:

00:43:11,695 --> 00:43:11,985

Katie: Yeah,

:

00:43:12,655 --> 00:43:12,875

Zo Richardson: and

:

00:43:12,945 --> 00:43:13,105

Katie: is.

:

00:43:13,975 --> 00:43:15,435

Zo Richardson: So it,

it is nice to do that.

:

00:43:15,575 --> 00:43:18,655

I just, I actually just went to

the theater a couple of times,

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00:43:19,435 --> 00:43:23,745

so a few weeks ago I went to see,

into the Spider Verse, I think it

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00:43:23,745 --> 00:43:23,865

was.

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00:43:24,645 --> 00:43:27,615

And then I think I, no, it's

crossed the spider verse.

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00:43:27,875 --> 00:43:31,105

So I saw that in the theater

and I'm fuzzy on the details.

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00:43:31,105 --> 00:43:34,545

If I seen anything else between

that and the movie that I just saw

:

00:43:34,975 --> 00:43:36,865

last week, I saw a Man on fire.

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00:43:37,045 --> 00:43:38,865

No, that's, I'm getting my moves mixed up.

:

00:43:39,065 --> 00:43:41,745

I saw Equalizer three

completely different movie

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00:43:43,965 --> 00:43:46,295

Katie: Wait, is Denzel Washington in that

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00:43:47,255 --> 00:43:47,795

Zo Richardson: Yes, it is

:

00:43:47,995 --> 00:43:48,515

Denzel Washington.

:

00:43:48,585 --> 00:43:50,675

Equalizer three is a third in the series.

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00:43:51,175 --> 00:43:55,275

He plays, uh, a badass

assassin and he kills people.

:

00:43:55,775 --> 00:43:58,635

And just, you can't

ask for more than that.

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00:44:00,035 --> 00:44:00,535

Katie: that's true.

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00:44:00,775 --> 00:44:04,495

I, to be honest with you, didn't know

there was an equalizer two , so I

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00:44:04,675 --> 00:44:05,025

three.

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00:44:06,125 --> 00:44:06,415

Zo Richardson: yeah.

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00:44:06,415 --> 00:44:07,255

Equalizer two.

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00:44:07,395 --> 00:44:10,935

Not, I didn't enjoy that quite

as much as Equalizer one.

:

00:44:10,935 --> 00:44:12,055

Equalizer one is great.

:

00:44:12,405 --> 00:44:17,015

Equalizer two is just like mid,

or probably even less than mid.

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00:44:17,315 --> 00:44:19,615

And then Equalizer three probably mixed.

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00:44:19,855 --> 00:44:19,975

I

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00:44:19,975 --> 00:44:21,895

just listened to this podcast there.

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00:44:21,895 --> 00:44:24,375

There's a podcast called Watch Skip Plus.

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00:44:25,305 --> 00:44:25,595

Katie: okay.

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00:44:25,955 --> 00:44:27,125

Zo Richardson: they didn't truly enjoy it.

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00:44:27,125 --> 00:44:28,485

They didn't like it as much.

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00:44:28,485 --> 00:44:29,485

they were kind of disappointed.

:

00:44:29,485 --> 00:44:32,445

They thought that it wasn't

even as good as Equalizer two.

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00:44:32,865 --> 00:44:34,645

But I felt differently.

:

00:44:34,885 --> 00:44:39,125

I truly enjoyed Equalizer three, and

I don't know why my perspective is

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00:44:39,125 --> 00:44:42,805

different from theirs, but I, me and

Zach, we enjoyed ourselves there.

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00:44:42,805 --> 00:44:43,295

Katie: Well good.

:

00:44:43,875 --> 00:44:47,935

I'm good for you for going to the

theater lately to support the arts.

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00:44:48,455 --> 00:44:48,945

Zo Richardson: enjoyed.

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00:44:49,435 --> 00:44:50,465

Right, right, right.

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00:44:50,905 --> 00:44:52,545

I just liked the experience

inside the theater.

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00:44:52,970 --> 00:44:53,260

Katie: yeah.

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00:44:53,530 --> 00:44:53,820

Yeah.

:

00:44:55,420 --> 00:44:56,270

star Trek two.

:

00:44:56,370 --> 00:44:57,190

The Wrath of Con.

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00:44:57,330 --> 00:44:58,150

Did you see that movie?

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00:44:58,390 --> 00:44:59,030

I bet you did.

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00:44:59,275 --> 00:45:01,055

Zo Richardson: Oh yeah,

that's exactly one.

:

00:45:01,155 --> 00:45:03,815

That's another one of the movies

that my parents took us to.

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00:45:04,115 --> 00:45:07,865

And that was one, it was one

of the most impactful movies

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00:45:08,025 --> 00:45:09,985

I saw, especially at that age.

:

00:45:10,345 --> 00:45:15,165

I remember there was a moment in a movie

and, I started tearing up and my mom

:

00:45:15,165 --> 00:45:16,565

leaned up and was like, are you okay?

:

00:45:16,825 --> 00:45:18,165

And I was like, yeah,

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00:45:19,390 --> 00:45:23,450

Katie: Aw, I have not seen that.

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00:45:23,950 --> 00:45:24,490

but I would

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00:45:24,635 --> 00:45:25,035

Zo Richardson: my God.

:

00:45:25,170 --> 00:45:26,850

Katie: I know, listen,

you're gonna hate me.

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00:45:26,870 --> 00:45:28,090

I'm not a sci-fi person.

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00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:29,020

Zo Richardson: no, I don't

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00:45:29,020 --> 00:45:29,380

hate you.

:

00:45:29,410 --> 00:45:33,140

It's not, you know, but I think

that you would like that one.

:

00:45:33,210 --> 00:45:36,870

It's, well actually you would

like that one and you would

:

00:45:36,870 --> 00:45:38,350

like, star Trek four, the voyage.

:

00:45:38,430 --> 00:45:38,470

Hum.

:

00:45:38,710 --> 00:45:40,790

'cause Star Trek four is much

more grounded because they

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00:45:40,790 --> 00:45:42,150

go to Earth, they go, they

:

00:45:42,310 --> 00:45:45,510

actually go to the past, they go

to:

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00:45:45,900 --> 00:45:46,870

that current year.

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00:45:47,050 --> 00:45:47,340

Katie: okay.

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00:45:47,610 --> 00:45:50,470

Zo Richardson: And then, and so you would

see it from a different perspective.

:

00:45:50,750 --> 00:45:53,940

'cause now you're, 'cause

you're looking at a film that's

:

00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:55,860

in the past set in the past.

:

00:45:56,120 --> 00:45:58,730

So all of the, it's not

a set that they're on,

:

00:45:58,730 --> 00:46:02,090

they're actually on the streets

of San Francisco and the people

:

00:46:02,090 --> 00:46:05,330

walking around, they're not

wearing costumes, they're regular

:

00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:09,130

pedestrians just going about their

day just happen to be caught on

:

00:46:09,130 --> 00:46:11,000

camera of a Hollywood production.

:

00:46:11,310 --> 00:46:16,270

There's actually, some scenes where,

the actors like, William Shatner

:

00:46:16,270 --> 00:46:20,400

and Elle Nichols and, the other

actors, they're going around asking

:

00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:24,160

regular people on the street where

they can find a nuclear submarines.

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00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:26,680

These, the people that they're

talking to aren't actors.

:

00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:29,760

They're like real people that

they're talking to on the

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00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:30,840

streets of San Francisco,

:

00:46:31,020 --> 00:46:34,760

asking them where they can get, where

they can find a nuclear submarine.

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00:46:34,860 --> 00:46:35,750

So that's fine.

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00:46:35,770 --> 00:46:36,430

That's, that.

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00:46:36,750 --> 00:46:37,270

was, yeah.

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00:46:37,585 --> 00:46:39,105

Katie: I might have to give them a chance.

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00:46:40,140 --> 00:46:40,430

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

00:46:40,690 --> 00:46:41,270

So yes.

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00:46:41,820 --> 00:46:42,110

skip.

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00:46:42,140 --> 00:46:45,320

Star Trek one, watch Star

Trek two, three, and four.

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00:46:45,900 --> 00:46:46,120

And.

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00:46:47,100 --> 00:46:48,590

Then skip to Star Trek six.

:

00:46:48,730 --> 00:46:51,470

if you want to watch them, but

you, I think you would like

:

00:46:51,660 --> 00:46:53,150

Star Trek to the wrath of Con.

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00:46:53,445 --> 00:46:53,735

Katie: Okay.

:

00:46:53,980 --> 00:46:54,910

Zo Richardson: that was pretty awesome,

:

00:46:55,015 --> 00:46:55,375

Katie: try it.

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00:46:55,495 --> 00:46:56,095

I will try it.

:

00:46:56,755 --> 00:47:00,615

horror is not my thing

either, which is odd.

:

00:47:00,815 --> 00:47:05,615

'cause now we're, the movie we're covering

today is horror sci-fi mystery, but Kurt's

:

00:47:05,615 --> 00:47:07,325

in it, so that's why we're covering it.

:

00:47:07,615 --> 00:47:11,235

but Poltergeist, I have seen Poltergeist

and I do like some horror movies.

:

00:47:11,235 --> 00:47:12,635

there are some that are just really good.

:

00:47:12,915 --> 00:47:13,995

Poltergeist being one of 'em.

:

00:47:14,335 --> 00:47:18,545

It was, one of the biggest

movies in, June of 82.

:

00:47:19,455 --> 00:47:20,745

Then also, Annie.

:

00:47:21,355 --> 00:47:23,835

Annie, did you watch the Real Annie?

:

00:47:23,885 --> 00:47:24,445

with Carol

:

00:47:24,550 --> 00:47:24,770

Zo Richardson: the,

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00:47:25,275 --> 00:47:25,975

Katie: as Mrs.

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00:47:26,050 --> 00:47:28,460

Zo Richardson: oh, she was in that,

I didn't remember She was in that.

:

00:47:28,460 --> 00:47:29,420

Yeah, she was in that

:

00:47:29,420 --> 00:47:29,620

one.

:

00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:33,610

I think I've definitely watched

bits and pieces of it, but I don't

:

00:47:33,610 --> 00:47:35,490

ever remember watching it fully from

:

00:47:35,490 --> 00:47:36,330

beginning to end.

:

00:48:20,310 --> 00:48:23,750

Katie: I might have to watch it later

today 'cause it's, I remember loving

:

00:48:23,770 --> 00:48:27,510

and I don't even like a musical either,

like it's an exception at any rate.

:

00:48:27,580 --> 00:48:30,830

Then Firefox, which I'm, I

don't know what Firefox is, but

:

00:48:30,830 --> 00:48:32,230

it was big in 82 apparently.

:

00:48:32,850 --> 00:48:33,750

And then also

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00:48:34,290 --> 00:48:35,000

Zo Richardson: Don't know that one.

:

00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:37,990

Katie: Blade Runner, I'm sure

you've seen Blade Runner.

:

00:48:39,060 --> 00:48:40,090

Zo Richardson: Yes, I've seen it after.

:

00:48:40,350 --> 00:48:44,190

It was, it's weird because, I guess when

it was in theaters, I didn't know it

:

00:48:44,190 --> 00:48:45,870

was in theaters when it was in theaters.

:

00:48:45,870 --> 00:48:48,590

And I wasn't really familiar

with it until after it came out

:

00:48:48,770 --> 00:48:50,970

on V H Ss or, yeah, it was v h s

:

00:48:50,970 --> 00:48:51,330

at the time.

:

00:48:51,670 --> 00:48:54,810

And the funny thing about that is

people used to talk about it all the

:

00:48:54,810 --> 00:48:58,890

time, talk about what a great movie

it is and how impactful it was, and

:

00:48:58,890 --> 00:49:00,050

it just never got around the scene.

:

00:49:00,110 --> 00:49:04,170

So I finally watched it

and I was like, it's okay.

:

00:49:04,750 --> 00:49:09,370

Katie: You know that is so funny

because Blade Runner and the

:

00:49:09,370 --> 00:49:14,370

thing, so they both came out at

the same time, but the As so et.

:

00:49:14,700 --> 00:49:21,340

Blade Runner and the thing, both

Blade Runner and the thing performed

:

00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:23,780

not well at the box office.

:

00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:30,620

And some have said it's likely because

ET was so huge and it was more like

:

00:49:31,600 --> 00:49:33,940

. Cute and sweet and not like darker.

:

00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:38,620

And it was sort of like the

appetite that people had was more

:

00:49:38,620 --> 00:49:40,060

in the ET direction at the time.

:

00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:44,620

And so at the time, blade Runner

and the thing suffered from

:

00:49:44,620 --> 00:49:46,580

that, from being lumped with et.

:

00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:54,890

But later, both films are now considered

some of the best films of their genre.

:

00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:56,450

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

00:49:56,890 --> 00:49:57,570

Katie: a apparently,

:

00:49:57,570 --> 00:50:01,250

like even the thing, it was like, it's

like number a hundred and something

:

00:50:01,510 --> 00:50:09,060

in the a f I or the IMDBs top two

50, and it's IMDB rating is an 8.2.

:

00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:10,620

I'm like really shocked.

:

00:50:10,820 --> 00:50:17,540

I am actually shocked by that, partially

because it's hard to get a high rating.

:

00:50:17,730 --> 00:50:19,540

Like 8.2 is

:

00:50:19,630 --> 00:50:20,570

Zo Richardson: On I N D B.

:

00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:21,490

Yeah.

:

00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:23,810

It's very hard to get a above a seven.

:

00:50:24,030 --> 00:50:24,250

So

:

00:50:24,250 --> 00:50:25,560

when you see a eight, it's like

:

00:50:26,090 --> 00:50:26,380

Katie: yeah.

:

00:50:26,600 --> 00:50:28,250

And I'm a little shocked by that.

:

00:50:28,830 --> 00:50:34,040

And then the last movie is Grease

two, which is kind, it's kind of dumb.

:

00:50:34,430 --> 00:50:37,360

It's not nearly as good as

regular grease, but, all right.

:

00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:42,600

So before we get into, before we get

into the thing, as you know, Zoe,

:

00:50:42,670 --> 00:50:47,760

this season of Retro Made is focused

on our men, one of which is Kurt

:

00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:49,040

Russell, the other, Patrick Swayze.

:

00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:52,320

Do you have any specific

thoughts about either of them?

:

00:50:53,910 --> 00:50:54,200

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

00:50:54,380 --> 00:50:55,620

I like to watch both of them.

:

00:50:55,620 --> 00:50:57,060

They're both for me.

:

00:50:57,060 --> 00:50:58,340

They're both box office draws.

:

00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:01,780

I'm always interested in seeing

a movie if either one of them

:

00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:04,100

are in it, are in that movie.

:

00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:10,205

but I don't wanna say it like I lost

interest in Patrick Swayze Early on,

:

00:51:10,425 --> 00:51:15,405

but he wasn't really doing movies that

I wanted to see him in, because I think

:

00:51:15,405 --> 00:51:17,785

after, ghost and, what you call it,

:

00:51:18,525 --> 00:51:22,175

Roadhouse, and then there were some

movies, like he was in a movie called Ken.

:

00:51:22,675 --> 00:51:27,135

And for some reason I wasn't interested

in a movie called Ken and then he's, oh

:

00:51:27,195 --> 00:51:27,635

Katie: of kin?

:

00:51:27,885 --> 00:51:28,175

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

00:51:28,175 --> 00:51:30,695

I think it was next if Ken,

oh, he was also in point break.

:

00:51:30,755 --> 00:51:32,185

So I definitely watched him in that.

:

00:51:32,645 --> 00:51:37,905

And then he, his, his guest appearance

on Saturday Night Live was an

:

00:51:38,185 --> 00:51:39,625

absolute classic, and I remember loving

:

00:51:39,685 --> 00:51:39,845

Katie: that.

:

00:51:40,065 --> 00:51:40,725

Oh my God.

:

00:51:41,865 --> 00:51:43,255

The, the Chippendales dancer.

:

00:51:43,755 --> 00:51:44,255

Is that what

:

00:51:44,405 --> 00:51:44,755

Zo Richardson: Right.

:

00:51:44,815 --> 00:51:46,035

The Chipman Jail dancer.

:

00:51:46,355 --> 00:51:46,855

Katie: Oh my God.

:

00:51:47,325 --> 00:51:48,595

Zo Richardson: Right, right, right.

:

00:51:49,775 --> 00:51:50,555

It was, yeah.

:

00:51:50,555 --> 00:51:51,515

That's super incredible.

:

00:51:51,685 --> 00:51:51,925

yeah.

:

00:51:52,025 --> 00:51:54,085

but I always liked Patrick Swayze.

:

00:51:54,585 --> 00:51:58,545

Did you know that his name, at least for

a brief period of time, became, a slang?

:

00:51:58,925 --> 00:52:01,545

It was kind of like a slang term, at least

:

00:52:01,695 --> 00:52:04,505

I've heard it one time used as a slang.

:

00:52:04,685 --> 00:52:06,665

So specifically Swayze,

:

00:52:06,835 --> 00:52:07,295

Katie: for what?

:

00:52:07,425 --> 00:52:08,215

Slang For what?

:

00:52:08,975 --> 00:52:09,815

I have not heard this.

:

00:52:11,625 --> 00:52:16,235

Zo Richardson: are you, I think

that's means like, are you, It's

:

00:52:16,235 --> 00:52:19,325

kind of hard to, articulate because

I've only heard it in one instance,

:

00:52:19,785 --> 00:52:21,325

but it's like, are you super cool?

:

00:52:21,425 --> 00:52:22,005

are you tough?

:

00:52:22,145 --> 00:52:22,485

Are you,

:

00:52:22,545 --> 00:52:23,085

man enough?

:

00:52:23,265 --> 00:52:24,565

Are you, are you,

:

00:52:24,675 --> 00:52:25,275

Katie: Swayze like.

:

00:52:25,580 --> 00:52:27,050

Zo Richardson: right, are you super mask?

:

00:52:27,050 --> 00:52:29,530

Because it's like the one time

you hear, if you listen to,

:

00:52:29,790 --> 00:52:31,620

rough Ryder's Anthem by D M

:

00:52:31,665 --> 00:52:32,885

Katie: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

:

00:52:32,990 --> 00:52:35,680

Zo Richardson: so that's the

song where I heard it used as a

:

00:52:35,730 --> 00:52:36,080

slang.

:

00:52:36,740 --> 00:52:38,320

So there's a,

:

00:52:38,390 --> 00:52:38,610

Katie: yes,

:

00:52:38,610 --> 00:52:39,010

you're

:

00:52:39,125 --> 00:52:42,005

Zo Richardson: there's a partner

song with a, is y'all people crazy?

:

00:52:42,235 --> 00:52:43,725

I'll bust you and be Swayze.

:

00:52:43,835 --> 00:52:47,185

I'll be cool, I'll be the

man, I'll be the it factor.

:

00:52:47,435 --> 00:52:47,785

Right.

:

00:52:48,760 --> 00:52:51,930

Katie: because he can kick ass and

take names and look hot doing it.

:

00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:52,850

Yeah.

:

00:52:53,155 --> 00:52:53,865

Zo Richardson: Right, right.

:

00:52:54,565 --> 00:52:58,745

and then like Kurt Russell, he's been in

a lot of my favorite movies and he's just

:

00:52:58,985 --> 00:53:01,025

a cool, he's just so laid back in scenes

:

00:53:01,325 --> 00:53:05,035

in most of his movies, it's like

a dude that you could chill out

:

00:53:05,035 --> 00:53:06,275

and play Mortal Kombat with.

:

00:53:06,475 --> 00:53:08,115

I don't know, just a pretty chill dude.

:

00:53:08,335 --> 00:53:11,705

And, so yeah, I, and I like a

lot of Kurt Russell's movies.

:

00:53:12,590 --> 00:53:12,880

Katie: Same.

:

00:53:12,900 --> 00:53:15,600

Do you think that Kurt and Patrick

look at, look alike at all?

:

00:53:17,035 --> 00:53:18,735

Zo Richardson: You know

what, I was ready for this

:

00:53:19,015 --> 00:53:19,095

question.

:

00:53:21,315 --> 00:53:23,465

.And well here's, let me issue a preamble.

:

00:53:23,505 --> 00:53:27,035

I actually wrote some notes, when I

think of people that look alike, I

:

00:53:27,035 --> 00:53:29,075

think of people that I would confuse

:

00:53:29,735 --> 00:53:30,475

for one another.

:

00:53:30,825 --> 00:53:34,595

like they look so much alike that I

think they're the other person or I get

:

00:53:34,595 --> 00:53:35,915

them confused or something like that.

:

00:53:36,575 --> 00:53:42,705

for example, you have, Jessica Chasta

and Bryce, Dallas, Howard, I can hardly

:

00:53:42,895 --> 00:53:44,825

tell them apart, they look like twins.

:

00:53:45,325 --> 00:53:46,345

As a matter of fact.

:

00:53:46,575 --> 00:53:47,905

They look so much apart.

:

00:53:47,975 --> 00:53:54,065

They look so much alike that even Ron

Howard, he asked his daughter Dallas about

:

00:53:54,065 --> 00:53:55,785

a film that she was in and Dallas says,

:

00:53:56,085 --> 00:53:57,785

no, dad, that wasn't me.

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00:53:57,785 --> 00:53:58,385

That was Jessica.

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00:53:58,735 --> 00:53:59,345

Justine stain,

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00:53:59,560 --> 00:53:59,720

Katie: do.

:

00:53:59,920 --> 00:54:00,640

I can see that.

:

00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:03,280

I can see that Jessica's way

prettier in my opinion, but,

:

00:54:04,100 --> 00:54:06,680

Zo Richardson: and then another

example I have is Michael.

:

00:54:06,690 --> 00:54:08,650

Sarah and, Jesse Eisenberg.

:

00:54:08,975 --> 00:54:09,325

Katie: Uhhuh?

:

00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:13,450

,

Zo Richardson: They look, they not only look alike, but they kind of act

:

00:54:13,450 --> 00:54:16,450

alike and they can almost like be in the

:

00:54:16,730 --> 00:54:17,210

same roles.

:

00:54:17,950 --> 00:54:20,690

So the, that's kind of who I see as being

:

00:54:20,690 --> 00:54:22,330

looking alike and almost acting

:

00:54:22,430 --> 00:54:22,850

the same.

:

00:54:22,875 --> 00:54:24,655

Katie: doppel Gangy is kind of your

:

00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:25,250

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

00:54:25,550 --> 00:54:25,770

Yes.

:

00:54:26,220 --> 00:54:26,570

Right.

:

00:54:26,990 --> 00:54:28,980

So Kurt Russell and, and

:

00:54:28,980 --> 00:54:29,540

what's his name?

:

00:54:30,220 --> 00:54:31,140

.Patrick Swayze.

:

00:54:31,250 --> 00:54:31,540

Yeah.

:

00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:33,620

See, I told you, I guess

was Steve's memory.

:

00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:35,100

I'm like the dude from Quantum Leap.

:

00:54:35,600 --> 00:54:37,860

So they, they don't

really look alike to me.

:

00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:39,420

It specifically because.

:

00:54:40,705 --> 00:54:42,905

Kurt Russell has a really

square looking jaw to

:

00:54:42,905 --> 00:54:42,985

me.

:

00:54:43,055 --> 00:54:44,705

It's like he's, it's a really square jaw.

:

00:54:44,735 --> 00:54:47,745

It's like more jaw than

the average person.

:

00:54:48,215 --> 00:54:50,065

It's like kind of out there.

:

00:54:50,245 --> 00:54:51,015

it's, and maybe

:

00:54:51,035 --> 00:54:52,875

Katie: have a similar jaw bone structure?

:

00:54:53,215 --> 00:54:53,435

No.

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00:54:53,675 --> 00:54:53,895

Zo Richardson: not.

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00:54:54,115 --> 00:54:54,615

Not really.

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00:54:54,895 --> 00:54:58,375

I think, Patrick Swayze,

he, his is more regulars.

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00:54:58,485 --> 00:54:59,295

It's more regular

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00:54:59,295 --> 00:55:01,295

looking like human portions.

:

00:55:01,595 --> 00:55:04,255

And then Kurt Russell, it's kind of

:

00:55:04,555 --> 00:55:06,655

out there with how square his face

:

00:55:06,715 --> 00:55:06,935

is.

:

00:55:07,285 --> 00:55:12,155

I feel like patches, Swayze is slightly,

his face is slightly, more oval or more,

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00:55:12,655 --> 00:55:12,945

Katie: Okay.

:

00:55:12,975 --> 00:55:14,215

Zo Richardson: I don't wanna say thinner,

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00:55:14,315 --> 00:55:14,935

Katie: it, well, it is.

:

00:55:14,955 --> 00:55:18,515

Zo Richardson: but it's more

of a over than, and Kurt, see

:

00:55:18,575 --> 00:55:19,715

I'm forgetting names again.

:

00:55:19,845 --> 00:55:21,605

Kurt Russell is more squareish.

:

00:55:21,675 --> 00:55:22,485

It's kind of a square

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00:55:22,705 --> 00:55:23,225

Katie: I see

:

00:55:23,225 --> 00:55:25,995

Zo Richardson: so that, that's

why I feel like they don't,

:

00:55:26,215 --> 00:55:27,395

to me, they don't look alike.

:

00:55:27,775 --> 00:55:30,385

And then it's like the

hairs is always different.

:

00:55:30,435 --> 00:55:35,295

up until recently, Kurt Russell

had this huge, like lion's mane of

:

00:55:35,295 --> 00:55:37,455

hair in most of the movies that he's in.

:

00:55:37,915 --> 00:55:40,385

and, Patrick Swayze less he still

:

00:55:40,405 --> 00:55:44,605

has, and he's Patrick Swayze has a

tendency to have a, what do you call that?

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00:55:44,745 --> 00:55:45,715

like business in the front

:

00:55:45,715 --> 00:55:45,955

part.

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00:55:45,985 --> 00:55:46,275

Yeah.

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00:55:46,455 --> 00:55:47,865

Katie: Well, Kurt had a mullet too.

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00:55:47,895 --> 00:55:48,705

They both, that's

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00:55:48,785 --> 00:55:49,075

Zo Richardson: yeah.

:

00:55:49,345 --> 00:55:49,635

Yeah.

:

00:55:49,705 --> 00:55:51,185

Katie: both have a similar mullet.

:

00:55:52,140 --> 00:55:52,430

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

00:55:52,500 --> 00:55:53,560

his is less mul.

:

00:55:53,685 --> 00:55:53,975

Katie: Okay.

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00:55:56,365 --> 00:55:56,655

. Okay.

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00:55:57,805 --> 00:55:58,095

Okay.

:

00:55:58,855 --> 00:55:59,295

hear you.

:

00:55:59,735 --> 00:56:00,175

I hear you.

:

00:56:00,445 --> 00:56:00,735

Okay.

:

00:56:00,925 --> 00:56:01,215

Okay.

:

00:56:03,300 --> 00:56:04,160

Zo Richardson: But that's all I'm saying.

:

00:56:04,240 --> 00:56:05,560

I couldn't wait for you

to ask me that question.

:

00:56:05,820 --> 00:56:07,040

Oh, this is my big chance.

:

00:56:07,230 --> 00:56:07,520

Yeah.

:

00:56:07,560 --> 00:56:08,040

I was prepared,

:

00:56:08,340 --> 00:56:09,440

Katie: and you did come with it.

:

00:56:09,540 --> 00:56:10,520

So thank you for that.

:

00:56:11,020 --> 00:56:15,840

I'm gonna keep trying, I'm telling you

what you guys Also, I need more listeners.

:

00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:19,680

I have had some listeners reach out

and say that they agree with me.

:

00:56:19,970 --> 00:56:24,670

if there are more of you out there,

please reach out, Facebook, YouTube.

:

00:56:24,850 --> 00:56:27,430

You can email retro

Made podcast@gmail.com.

:

00:56:27,450 --> 00:56:28,350

Please let me know.

:

00:56:28,820 --> 00:56:29,110

Okay.

:

00:56:29,560 --> 00:56:31,670

Shall we get into the movie?

:

00:56:32,090 --> 00:56:32,630

The thing,

:

00:56:34,540 --> 00:56:35,250

Zo Richardson: let's do it.

:

00:56:40,810 --> 00:56:42,540

th,:

:

00:56:43,320 --> 00:56:48,300

The rating I found this to be,

I've never experienced this.

:

00:56:48,300 --> 00:56:50,820

Doing the show 16 plus is the rating.

:

00:56:51,730 --> 00:56:52,820

Have you seen that before?

:

00:56:53,140 --> 00:56:53,260

Z

:

00:56:54,370 --> 00:56:55,300

Zo Richardson: What is 16 plus?

:

00:56:55,300 --> 00:56:55,900

What is that from?

:

00:56:56,580 --> 00:57:01,900

Katie: I think it is that they didn't

submit it for a proper M P A A rating,

:

00:57:03,770 --> 00:57:05,150

Zo Richardson: Oh, I've never

:

00:57:05,150 --> 00:57:05,430

heard of

:

00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:05,800

Katie: it's like

:

00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:06,000

their

:

00:57:06,110 --> 00:57:06,590

Zo Richardson: never seen it.

:

00:57:07,520 --> 00:57:09,360

Katie: Somebody that knows

better, please let me know.

:

00:57:09,360 --> 00:57:12,800

But in my like 32nd research, I

was like, what is the 16 plus?

:

00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:15,280

'cause it's not r it's not PG 13.

:

00:57:16,260 --> 00:57:20,030

yeah, it appears as though it wasn't

submitted for an actual rating.

:

00:57:20,370 --> 00:57:24,510

And so it was like a suggestion

that whoever gives the producers

:

00:57:24,615 --> 00:57:24,855

Zo Richardson: don't know.

:

00:57:24,855 --> 00:57:28,735

That might, maybe that's a, like

a European rating when I Google

:

00:57:28,835 --> 00:57:30,375

it, it'll say that it's rated

:

00:57:30,690 --> 00:57:31,590

Katie: really Okay.

:

00:57:31,735 --> 00:57:32,215

Zo Richardson: just goog.

:

00:57:32,405 --> 00:57:35,615

Yeah, but that's just goog it

not going to the website, just,

:

00:57:35,675 --> 00:57:37,175

that's just what Google has

:

00:57:37,175 --> 00:57:37,335

found,

:

00:57:38,065 --> 00:57:40,605

Katie: The equivalent, it probably

is like the equivalent of an

:

00:57:40,645 --> 00:57:42,045

R, like if it were to be, yeah.

:

00:57:42,105 --> 00:57:42,325

So

:

00:57:42,375 --> 00:57:42,725

Zo Richardson: right.

:

00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:45,710

Katie: maybe since then it has

gone through the rating system.

:

00:57:46,530 --> 00:57:50,870

but yeah, so our director here, so we

have Kurt Russell in this obviously,

:

00:57:51,370 --> 00:57:53,990

and he has teamed up with his long time.

:

00:57:54,060 --> 00:57:57,510

Like he, you know how there's

like duos, John Carpenter and

:

00:57:57,510 --> 00:57:58,870

Kurt have teamed up a lot.

:

00:57:59,410 --> 00:58:01,990

And so John Carpenter

is the director here.

:

00:58:03,390 --> 00:58:08,310

Apparently this was his first foray

into making like a major studio film.

:

00:58:09,740 --> 00:58:13,520

And I feel bad that it did not

like Bode Wealth, like it didn't

:

00:58:13,520 --> 00:58:16,950

do well with critics and audiences

at first, since then it has.

:

00:58:17,410 --> 00:58:21,430

But also John Carpenter for you

all, I, everybody knows, but he

:

00:58:21,690 --> 00:58:24,750

is kind of known for a lot of his

horror movies, including Halloween.

:

00:58:24,980 --> 00:58:26,440

They live, Christine.

:

00:58:27,060 --> 00:58:31,400

And then, some of his other collabs

with Kurt, which we already covered

:

00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:32,360

big trouble in Little China.

:

00:58:32,360 --> 00:58:33,160

That was one of them.

:

00:58:33,900 --> 00:58:37,640

And we will be covering Escape

from New York and Escape from la.

:

00:58:37,700 --> 00:58:40,515

So those are some of the

other Kurt collabs with John

:

00:58:40,515 --> 00:58:43,660

Carpenter, writer Bill Lancaster.

:

00:58:44,160 --> 00:58:46,180

He also wrote Bad News Bears.

:

00:58:46,680 --> 00:58:48,070

And then John W.

:

00:58:48,070 --> 00:58:48,980

Campbell Jr.

:

00:58:49,960 --> 00:58:51,060

was one of the other writers.

:

00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:55,500

And he also wrote the

:

:

00:58:57,445 --> 00:59:00,705

Now the cast I found interesting.

:

00:59:00,965 --> 00:59:07,745

We have Kurt Russell as McCready or

Mack Wilfred Brimley with no mustache.

:

00:59:08,165 --> 00:59:08,945

Did you recognize

:

00:59:09,205 --> 00:59:09,425

Zo Richardson: Yes.

:

00:59:09,815 --> 00:59:10,105

Katie: Yeah.

:

00:59:10,965 --> 00:59:11,585

Zo Richardson: No, not really.

:

00:59:11,625 --> 00:59:13,865

I had to look at 'em hard and long.

:

00:59:14,065 --> 00:59:17,105

I was like, that guy must

be Wilfred gr Brimley.

:

00:59:17,105 --> 00:59:18,265

That must, it must be that

:

00:59:18,265 --> 00:59:22,185

guy because he was basically

unrecognizable without his mustache.

:

00:59:22,325 --> 00:59:26,545

And then he's a lot more because he is

younger, he's a lot more, I dunno, active,

:

00:59:26,825 --> 00:59:30,865

I guess, you know, he was, you know,

swinging the ax and pointing a gun.

:

00:59:30,885 --> 00:59:34,915

He was, I didn't picture him moving

as fluidly as I've seen, 'cause

:

00:59:34,915 --> 00:59:37,115

I've only seen him as an older man.

:

00:59:37,395 --> 00:59:41,105

'cause, as I, yeah, 'cause as I've told

you before, this is my first time watching

:

00:59:41,105 --> 00:59:43,025

the film and I was like, Wilford Brimley.

:

00:59:43,025 --> 00:59:44,945

So he's done more than

just those commercials.

:

00:59:46,605 --> 00:59:48,135

Katie: Well, did you see Cocoon?

:

00:59:48,135 --> 00:59:49,655

He was in Cocoon and

:

00:59:49,705 --> 00:59:49,925

Zo Richardson: Yes.

:

00:59:50,045 --> 00:59:50,885

I saw Cocoon.

:

00:59:51,075 --> 00:59:52,765

Katie: only in his forties, I wanna say.

:

00:59:52,795 --> 00:59:54,165

Like he was, he's one of those

:

00:59:54,235 --> 00:59:54,775

Zo Richardson: Oh really?

:

00:59:54,985 --> 00:59:57,325

Katie: he looks older than he.

:

00:59:57,555 --> 00:59:59,445

That was a thing back then, but yeah.

:

00:59:59,785 --> 01:00:02,365

And then our house, did you

ever watch the TV series?

:

01:00:02,505 --> 01:00:04,565

Our House, Shannon Doherty was in it.

:

01:00:04,745 --> 01:00:05,205

He was in

:

01:00:05,315 --> 01:00:06,295

Zo Richardson: no, I didn't see that one.

:

01:00:06,685 --> 01:00:06,975

Okay.

:

01:00:07,065 --> 01:00:08,225

Katie: I don't think it lasted very long.

:

01:00:08,645 --> 01:00:11,865

and then we have Keith, David as Childs.

:

01:00:12,605 --> 01:00:13,345

He was another one.

:

01:00:13,455 --> 01:00:13,745

Okay.

:

01:00:13,820 --> 01:00:14,040

Zo Richardson: Yes.

:

01:00:14,255 --> 01:00:15,065

Katie: This, okay.

:

01:00:15,065 --> 01:00:18,515

This was his, first

credited feature film role.

:

01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:23,940

. It launched a very prolific career

that's lasted more than 35 years.

:

01:00:24,360 --> 01:00:27,660

But it took me a long

time to recognize him.

:

01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:29,660

I'm a young Keith David,

:

01:00:31,080 --> 01:00:31,300

and

:

01:00:31,580 --> 01:00:31,930

Zo Richardson: right.

:

01:00:31,960 --> 01:00:32,730

Because he

:

01:00:32,730 --> 01:00:33,290

is so young.

:

01:00:33,790 --> 01:00:35,250

But what gets you is

:

01:00:35,300 --> 01:00:35,520

Katie: Yes.

:

01:00:35,710 --> 01:00:36,820

Zo Richardson: voice gets you.

:

01:00:37,860 --> 01:00:42,630

Katie: Same to, I'm gonna, this might

be surprising, but be, maybe not.

:

01:00:43,430 --> 01:00:45,360

this was my first viewing of this as well.

:

01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:47,180

Zo Richardson: Oh, awesome.

:

01:00:47,380 --> 01:00:47,870

Katie: well, 'cause

:

01:00:48,370 --> 01:00:50,310

horror and sci-fi not really my thing.

:

01:00:50,390 --> 01:00:53,350

I do love Kurt, but I was only, I was

an infant when this movie came out and,

:

01:00:54,040 --> 01:00:57,910

know, I, I live with a bunch of girls

and so I don't know, for whatever reason,

:

01:00:57,910 --> 01:01:01,810

this never made its way around our house.

:

01:01:02,270 --> 01:01:03,980

So this was my first viewing

:

01:01:04,800 --> 01:01:07,300

Zo Richardson: I'm like you,

I'm not into a lot of horror.

:

01:01:07,420 --> 01:01:08,460

I don't watch a lot of horror.

:

01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:11,540

if it's if it's good

horror, it's gonna scare me.

:

01:01:11,540 --> 01:01:13,460

Give me the heebie-jeebies, and

I don't want that in my life.

:

01:01:13,640 --> 01:01:16,370

And if it's bad horror,

then it's just like corny.

:

01:01:16,370 --> 01:01:20,320

It's yeah, it's cheesy and corny and

it's I don't meet, it's like I'm not

:

01:01:20,320 --> 01:01:22,350

interested in a bunch of cheese and corn.

:

01:01:23,050 --> 01:01:25,940

So the best example of a

really good horror that I had

:

01:01:25,940 --> 01:01:27,580

watched one time was saw too.

:

01:01:27,840 --> 01:01:30,860

So I saw that it scared the

heebie-jeebies outta me.

:

01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:32,380

it was, it did exactly

:

01:01:32,380 --> 01:01:34,940

what it's supposed to do,

which it horrified me.

:

01:01:34,940 --> 01:01:35,980

It was absolutely horrifying.

:

01:01:36,280 --> 01:01:39,900

And so I came out with two conclusions

of the first conclusion is, wow,

:

01:01:39,900 --> 01:01:41,100

that's a really good horror movie.

:

01:01:41,240 --> 01:01:45,060

And the second one was, well, I don't need

to watch any of these song movies again.

:

01:01:45,200 --> 01:01:46,580

I'm convinced that it's a good movie.

:

01:01:46,900 --> 01:01:47,940

I don't have to partake

:

01:01:48,030 --> 01:01:50,320

Katie: Yeah, those are a bit,

those are a bit much for me.

:

01:01:50,520 --> 01:01:56,700

I like the classics, like Rosemary's Baby

or like the Omen, like that kind of what's

:

01:01:56,700 --> 01:01:59,900

the Stanley Hotel one with Jack Nicholson,

:

01:02:00,070 --> 01:02:00,930

Zo Richardson: Oh, the Shining

:

01:02:01,040 --> 01:02:02,320

Katie: I like the classics.

:

01:02:02,940 --> 01:02:07,000

and then also the ones that we watched

as like preteens at slumber parties,

:

01:02:07,070 --> 01:02:11,720

like Freddie Kruger, that kind of

nightmare on Elm Street type stuff.

:

01:02:11,720 --> 01:02:13,720

Like dumb, silly teen horror.

:

01:02:14,300 --> 01:02:15,240

But yeah, I don't know.

:

01:02:15,240 --> 01:02:16,040

it's not my super jam.

:

01:02:16,140 --> 01:02:16,480

I'm same.

:

01:02:16,480 --> 01:02:17,360

I don't wanna have Nightmares.

:

01:02:19,710 --> 01:02:26,290

, which this didn't, I don't know

it, it is called Horror Mystery,

:

01:02:26,440 --> 01:02:30,930

like it's categorized in horror

mystery and sci-fi, which I think

:

01:02:30,930 --> 01:02:32,810

that tracks like I would say yes.

:

01:02:33,450 --> 01:02:34,410

I wasn't scared though.

:

01:02:34,978 --> 01:02:35,528

Zo Richardson: Right, right.

:

01:02:35,648 --> 01:02:39,168

I think it's because it, there,

there were some pretty good jump

:

01:02:39,168 --> 01:02:41,528

squares there there were

parts of the movie where I was

:

01:02:41,528 --> 01:02:45,098

horrified, but I think it's like,

we're watching it, like when you're

:

01:02:45,178 --> 01:02:48,258

watching an old movie, especially

a whole mo horror movie, you are

:

01:02:48,578 --> 01:02:50,018

somewhat watching it out of context.

:

01:02:50,478 --> 01:02:55,938

So watching it in when it originally

premiere has a way different effect on

:

01:02:55,938 --> 01:03:00,458

us than watching it now, like 20 years

or 30 years later or something like that.

:

01:03:00,948 --> 01:03:04,148

but they, the, I would say that

the special effects are still

:

01:03:04,538 --> 01:03:07,908

more or less effective and I

liked the horror elements of it.

:

01:03:08,458 --> 01:03:10,318

Katie: No, I, that was

actually one of my notes.

:

01:03:10,738 --> 01:03:13,178

I don't know if people are gonna

scream at me or be in agreement

:

01:03:13,178 --> 01:03:14,738

with me, but I liked the effects.

:

01:03:15,628 --> 01:03:17,828

I actually was like, pretty impressed.

:

01:03:17,848 --> 01:03:21,508

And this is:

watching it in 23, 20 23.

:

01:03:21,848 --> 01:03:22,948

I'm like, oh, that's pretty good.

:

01:03:23,018 --> 01:03:25,918

Like it's, it is gory and gross and ugh.

:

01:03:26,148 --> 01:03:27,958

Like I, I thought it was pretty

:

01:03:28,098 --> 01:03:28,388

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

01:03:28,778 --> 01:03:29,068

Yeah.

:

01:03:29,348 --> 01:03:33,148

:

like we saw in this movie that's when

:

01:03:33,148 --> 01:03:35,948

it basically was at a mature moment.

:

01:03:36,208 --> 01:03:40,638

it was still, it's, it was continuously

getting better, but it had matured so

:

01:03:40,638 --> 01:03:43,718

people know, knew what they were doing

when they wanted to make, you know,

:

01:03:43,748 --> 01:03:46,918

fake things look real, especially when

you're dealing with a monster movie.

:

01:03:47,018 --> 01:03:48,418

if you've got the right budget,

:

01:03:48,448 --> 01:03:51,258

then you can get some very

effective effects at that time.

:

01:03:52,248 --> 01:03:54,188

Katie: I'm jumping all over

the place, but to your point,

:

01:03:54,288 --> 01:03:55,948

it did have it, it's budget.

:

01:03:56,598 --> 01:03:57,548

We'll get back to the cast.

:

01:03:57,568 --> 01:04:01,468

But to your point about budget,

this did have a spectacular

:

01:04:01,528 --> 01:04:02,868

budget for a horror movie.

:

01:04:03,058 --> 01:04:08,388

$15 million, was substantially

larger than, you know, average

:

01:04:08,388 --> 01:04:09,588

horror films of that time.

:

01:04:10,298 --> 01:04:16,828

Just as an example, Friday the 13th,

which was in:

:

01:04:17,693 --> 01:04:18,233

Zo Richardson: Oh wow.

:

01:04:18,443 --> 01:04:22,253

Katie: Halloween, the:

or John Carpenter's original, who

:

01:04:22,363 --> 01:04:27,623

also did the thing, his original

Halloween had a guess, guess what?

:

01:04:27,623 --> 01:04:29,383

Its budget was Halloween.

:

01:04:29,383 --> 01:04:29,943

Like one of the

:

01:04:29,943 --> 01:04:31,383

most famous horror movies ever.

:

01:04:33,083 --> 01:04:34,143

Zo Richardson: if you're gonna have me

:

01:04:34,143 --> 01:04:37,133

guess I'm gonna guess, maybe, 500,000.

:

01:04:37,183 --> 01:04:37,503

Katie: very close.

:

01:04:37,503 --> 01:04:38,263

3 75.

:

01:04:38,873 --> 01:04:39,703

Isn't that nuts?

:

01:04:40,073 --> 01:04:40,363

Zo Richardson: okay.

:

01:04:40,523 --> 01:04:41,103

Katie: That's crazy.

:

01:04:41,403 --> 01:04:47,263

So in comparison, the thing in

:

:

01:04:47,263 --> 01:04:50,183

it only grossed 19.6 worldwide.

:

01:04:50,443 --> 01:04:53,223

So it did make its money back,

but it was not, it's clearly

:

01:04:53,403 --> 01:04:54,703

not what they were hoping for.

:

01:04:56,393 --> 01:05:00,563

Zo Richardson: Well, with, in us in

people in the movie biz, what they

:

01:05:00,563 --> 01:05:04,843

like to say is that if it's not making

twice its production cost and it's

:

01:05:04,843 --> 01:05:07,923

not really making this money back

because they never factor in marketing.

:

01:05:08,243 --> 01:05:08,463

Katie: oh,

:

01:05:08,653 --> 01:05:09,143

it's not,

:

01:05:09,243 --> 01:05:09,603

Zo Richardson: a mil,

:

01:05:09,613 --> 01:05:12,623

Katie: it's not, that's not included

in the, I actually didn't know that.

:

01:05:13,373 --> 01:05:13,723

Zo Richardson: right.

:

01:05:13,863 --> 01:05:16,843

So you have the budget of the

movie is separate from the

:

01:05:16,843 --> 01:05:17,203

marketing.

:

01:05:17,343 --> 01:05:21,573

It usually costs, if, if a movie costs

$15 million to produce, they usually,

:

01:05:22,233 --> 01:05:24,143

Spend $50 million in marketing.

:

01:05:24,523 --> 01:05:28,703

And so the overall cost of movies

somewhere around $30 million.

:

01:05:28,723 --> 01:05:30,343

So if it only made 19 million,

:

01:05:30,813 --> 01:05:31,503

then It didn't

:

01:05:31,503 --> 01:05:32,463

really make its money back

:

01:05:33,323 --> 01:05:36,283

Katie: I, that's actually really

helpful for me to know that the

:

01:05:36,313 --> 01:05:39,163

marketing budget is usually about

the same as the production budget.

:

01:05:40,943 --> 01:05:41,163

Or

:

01:05:41,233 --> 01:05:41,523

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

01:05:41,593 --> 01:05:41,883

Yeah.

:

01:05:41,883 --> 01:05:43,563

It's usually, that's how most people

:

01:05:43,823 --> 01:05:44,403

factor it.

:

01:05:44,403 --> 01:05:48,513

Like when they're talking about if a

movie is a flop or if they want a movie

:

01:05:48,623 --> 01:05:50,513

like doubling it will have it make its

:

01:05:50,513 --> 01:05:54,353

money back and tripling

it will garner a profit.

:

01:05:54,493 --> 01:05:58,373

So they really want, so like when you

see these like huge movies, like a $200

:

01:05:58,373 --> 01:06:00,353

million movie, like I think the Flash

:

01:06:00,373 --> 01:06:04,033

is somewhere around $200 million

and it only makes 150 million.

:

01:06:04,183 --> 01:06:07,073

Well it, that's a lot of money

to make for any movie to make.

:

01:06:07,073 --> 01:06:07,673

It's a lot of money.

:

01:06:07,933 --> 01:06:10,113

But what you're spending

way too much money for this

:

01:06:10,113 --> 01:06:10,313

movie.

:

01:06:10,313 --> 01:06:13,393

Like you spent $200 million,

probably too much money,

:

01:06:13,833 --> 01:06:14,273

probably too much.

:

01:06:14,653 --> 01:06:19,503

And then there are other Budget,

budgetary things that happen, like

:

01:06:19,643 --> 01:06:22,143

you spend a certain amount of money

in a movie and then somebody gets

:

01:06:22,143 --> 01:06:23,223

hurt, so you have to push back

:

01:06:23,223 --> 01:06:23,703

production.

:

01:06:24,123 --> 01:06:25,533

pushing, well, like pausing.

:

01:06:25,533 --> 01:06:29,373

Production costs the studios

money so that can blow up the

:

01:06:29,373 --> 01:06:32,493

budget or something like

the pandemic, when, when

:

01:06:32,513 --> 01:06:35,213

you had slow productions

that can blow up the budget.

:

01:06:35,313 --> 01:06:38,513

or like when you start to make a

movie and then you have to, maybe

:

01:06:38,513 --> 01:06:41,883

you have to fire the lead actor and

you have to film everything all over

:

01:06:41,883 --> 01:06:44,643

again, that, that could

have a substantial effect

:

01:06:45,023 --> 01:06:45,643

on the budget.

:

01:06:45,863 --> 01:06:46,883

all, all right.

:

01:06:46,883 --> 01:06:49,203

Hollywood accounting is

different from what us regular

:

01:06:49,213 --> 01:06:49,563

folks

:

01:06:49,763 --> 01:06:50,863

Katie: no, the, thank you for that.

:

01:06:50,863 --> 01:06:51,863

That's really good insight.

:

01:06:51,963 --> 01:06:52,253

okay.

:

01:06:53,003 --> 01:06:54,093

Where'd we live off Keith?

:

01:06:54,363 --> 01:06:54,653

Okay.

:

01:06:54,753 --> 01:06:55,853

So rounding out the cast.

:

01:06:56,093 --> 01:06:58,853

I actually, one of the things I

did find kind of hard as my first

:

01:06:58,853 --> 01:07:01,453

viewing is remembering who was who.

:

01:07:01,803 --> 01:07:02,093

Like

:

01:07:02,223 --> 01:07:02,783

Zo Richardson: Yeah, me too.

:

01:07:03,133 --> 01:07:03,423

Same.

:

01:07:03,443 --> 01:07:03,723

Katie: members.

:

01:07:04,463 --> 01:07:04,753

Zo Richardson: Same

:

01:07:04,843 --> 01:07:06,933

Katie: so we have, Glad

that I'm not the only idiot.

:

01:07:06,953 --> 01:07:07,493

No, I'm kidding.

:

01:07:07,753 --> 01:07:08,053

I'm kidding.

:

01:07:08,073 --> 01:07:08,573

You're not.

:

01:07:09,033 --> 01:07:13,563

because, so for big fans of a movie,

I've only seen it once, but so

:

01:07:13,563 --> 01:07:16,563

have I had I seen it like twice, I

would've gotten it probably quicker.

:

01:07:16,703 --> 01:07:22,923

But Richard Masseur played Clark

and he was also in risky business.

:

01:07:22,923 --> 01:07:27,753

And my girl, TK Carter played Nalls.

:

01:07:28,173 --> 01:07:30,073

did you recognize him in anything?

:

01:07:31,518 --> 01:07:33,958

Zo Richardson: I definitely, he

definitely looks familiar to me,

:

01:07:33,958 --> 01:07:36,678

like I've seen him before, but I

don't know where I've seen him at.

:

01:07:36,678 --> 01:07:37,438

Maybe he's a comedian

:

01:07:37,738 --> 01:07:39,318

or I probably saw him on sitcoms.

:

01:07:39,608 --> 01:07:39,958

Right.

:

01:07:40,178 --> 01:07:43,888

But I, I don't, I don't

remember his, where I seen him

:

01:07:43,888 --> 01:07:45,088

from, but I remember his face.

:

01:07:45,373 --> 01:07:48,223

Katie: he's been in a ton of

stuff, including Runaway Train,

:

01:07:48,623 --> 01:07:50,583

Southern Comfort, punky Brewster.

:

01:07:51,483 --> 01:07:56,463

And where I know him most is

he played Milo from the show.

:

01:07:56,533 --> 01:07:59,583

Good Morning, miss Bliss, which

was what Saved by the Bell was

:

01:07:59,683 --> 01:08:01,103

before they called it Saved by the

:

01:08:01,268 --> 01:08:03,928

Zo Richardson: oh, was, was he a kid?

:

01:08:04,108 --> 01:08:05,128

No, he couldn't have been a kid.

:

01:08:05,188 --> 01:08:05,608

was he

:

01:08:05,683 --> 01:08:06,323

Katie: was another teacher.

:

01:08:06,703 --> 01:08:08,083

He was an, yeah, he was a.

:

01:08:09,828 --> 01:08:12,828

Zo Richardson: now, I was asking, was he,

you said he was on pun Punky Brewster.

:

01:08:12,828 --> 01:08:13,388

Was he a regular

:

01:08:14,458 --> 01:08:15,278

Katie: He was an adult.

:

01:08:15,918 --> 01:08:19,058

I don't, I don't remember if he,

'cause I loved Punky Brewster,

:

01:08:19,058 --> 01:08:20,018

but I can't picture him.

:

01:08:20,028 --> 01:08:20,318

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

01:08:20,718 --> 01:08:24,298

Katie: He was a regular, he was a

regular, he was one of the other,

:

01:08:25,948 --> 01:08:27,868

I don't know, like dude from

the neighborhood or something.

:

01:08:30,827 --> 01:08:31,368

Zo Richardson: He was there.

:

01:08:31,518 --> 01:08:31,808

Yeah.

:

01:08:31,888 --> 01:08:35,627

I, if I recognize him, I would probably

remember him from Punky Brewster.

:

01:08:35,747 --> 01:08:38,627

I mean, that's probably why I remember

him, because I did watch a lot of that.

:

01:08:38,978 --> 01:08:39,268

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:08:39,327 --> 01:08:42,868

And I love how in the movie, so

his role in the movie must have

:

01:08:42,868 --> 01:08:46,408

been, like cook, like the, 'cause

he seemed to, I don't know.

:

01:08:46,457 --> 01:08:46,738

I feel

:

01:08:46,827 --> 01:08:47,118

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

01:08:47,118 --> 01:08:47,758

It looked like he

:

01:08:47,818 --> 01:08:49,938

Katie: the, his domain

was the kitchen it seemed,

:

01:08:51,413 --> 01:08:53,773

Zo Richardson: I think they were all

researchers, but he specialized in

:

01:08:54,048 --> 01:08:54,408

Katie: they all

:

01:08:54,408 --> 01:08:54,608

had

:

01:08:54,693 --> 01:08:55,173

Zo Richardson: don't think they

:

01:08:56,118 --> 01:08:56,558

Katie: a jam.

:

01:08:56,643 --> 01:08:56,933

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

01:08:56,933 --> 01:08:57,212

Yeah.

:

01:08:57,212 --> 01:08:58,053

They all had a niche.

:

01:08:58,163 --> 01:09:00,933

Like Kurt Russell was

the, or what's his name?

:

01:09:01,173 --> 01:09:02,573

McGready was the helicopter

:

01:09:02,573 --> 01:09:02,893

pilot.

:

01:09:03,303 --> 01:09:05,613

but that's the only job I

knew that, what's his name?

:

01:09:06,133 --> 01:09:07,372

Somebody there was a doctor there

:

01:09:08,113 --> 01:09:10,792

and, there was a guy that was kind

of like the head of the project,

:

01:09:10,917 --> 01:09:11,207

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:09:11,413 --> 01:09:14,553

Zo Richardson: but I don't know

what their specific jobs were.

:

01:09:15,163 --> 01:09:17,943

except for the helicopter

pilot and the doctor.

:

01:09:18,093 --> 01:09:20,063

Everybody else was just there to

:

01:09:20,063 --> 01:09:20,263

me.

:

01:09:20,353 --> 01:09:20,702

Right.

:

01:09:20,883 --> 01:09:21,323

Katie: were a few.

:

01:09:21,823 --> 01:09:25,483

So yeah, so McCready like Kurt,

we'll call him Mac McCready and

:

01:09:25,483 --> 01:09:26,803

Kurt all one in the same ounce.

:

01:09:27,063 --> 01:09:30,393

He was the helicopter pilot and

kind of seemed to sort of not

:

01:09:30,393 --> 01:09:31,872

be the boss, but he takes over.

:

01:09:32,743 --> 01:09:34,353

Wilfred Brimley is, Dr.

:

01:09:34,752 --> 01:09:34,952

Blair,

:

01:09:36,082 --> 01:09:36,372

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

01:09:36,372 --> 01:09:36,893

He was a

:

01:09:37,063 --> 01:09:40,542

Katie: another doctor though that they

keep calling Doc, we'll get to him.

:

01:09:40,542 --> 01:09:44,063

But Keith, David Childs, I'm

not sure what his specialty was.

:

01:09:44,993 --> 01:09:49,372

but Clark seemed to be the dog

handler guy, like he seemed to

:

01:09:49,473 --> 01:09:49,763

that.

:

01:09:50,343 --> 01:09:53,962

And then Nalls, he was where

I was going with the kitchen.

:

01:09:54,183 --> 01:09:56,563

He was on roller skates when we meet him.

:

01:09:56,633 --> 01:09:56,923

Like

:

01:09:56,933 --> 01:09:57,473

Zo Richardson: All the time.

:

01:09:57,603 --> 01:10:01,763

Katie: like on roller

skates, which is so:

:

01:10:01,963 --> 01:10:02,443

I love it.

:

01:10:02,823 --> 01:10:03,393

Zo Richardson: Yeah, it is.

:

01:10:03,583 --> 01:10:03,873

Yeah.

:

01:10:03,943 --> 01:10:04,233

Yeah.

:

01:10:04,233 --> 01:10:04,353

It.

:

01:10:05,033 --> 01:10:07,613

Katie: Palmer is played by David Lenon.

:

01:10:07,813 --> 01:10:12,452

I don't know what Palmer's specialty

is, but he is in a lot of other things.

:

01:10:13,113 --> 01:10:17,452

If anybody had watched the show, 30

something, he played Miles in that.

:

01:10:17,993 --> 01:10:21,493

He was also in the movie

Gone Girl and then Dr.

:

01:10:21,593 --> 01:10:22,013

Copper.

:

01:10:22,193 --> 01:10:25,413

So yeah, there's, I always, I did get

confused when they said Doc, 'cause

:

01:10:25,413 --> 01:10:28,533

I'm like, I thought B Brimley was

Doc, but then they called him Blair.

:

01:10:29,913 --> 01:10:30,553

I was confused.

:

01:10:30,553 --> 01:10:31,993

But apparently they're both doctors.

:

01:10:33,428 --> 01:10:36,358

Zo Richardson: yeah, not, well, Blair

is specifically a medical doctor.

:

01:10:36,738 --> 01:10:38,748

The other doctor is probably, some kind of

:

01:10:39,028 --> 01:10:39,228

scientist

:

01:10:39,343 --> 01:10:39,563

Katie: Ah,

:

01:10:39,738 --> 01:10:41,478

Zo Richardson: that he has

a doctorate in something.

:

01:10:41,858 --> 01:10:44,438

But you know, I don't know what,

and it didn't seem like he was

:

01:10:44,438 --> 01:10:47,678

doing the medical stuff, or at

least he wasn't doing it well.

:

01:10:47,723 --> 01:10:47,943

Katie: Yes.

:

01:10:48,523 --> 01:10:52,373

So he, let's see, Richard DeHart plays Dr.

:

01:10:52,373 --> 01:10:52,733

Copper.

:

01:10:53,113 --> 01:10:56,853

He actually won an Emmy for

his supporting role in LA Law.

:

01:10:58,468 --> 01:10:58,758

Zo Richardson: Okay.

:

01:10:59,098 --> 01:11:00,118

That's probably where I

:

01:11:00,438 --> 01:11:01,998

remember him from because I saw

:

01:11:02,223 --> 01:11:02,563

Katie: Did he

:

01:11:02,668 --> 01:11:06,278

Zo Richardson: It's funny, right, because

he looked familiar, but I couldn't,

:

01:11:06,398 --> 01:11:07,638

I didn't know where I knew him from.

:

01:11:07,898 --> 01:11:10,238

And I'm, it must be LA Law

'cause I watched a lot of

:

01:11:10,338 --> 01:11:10,758

LA law.

:

01:11:10,933 --> 01:11:14,873

Katie: Yeah, he won an Emmy for his

supporting role in that, Vance Norris.

:

01:11:15,073 --> 01:11:16,393

I didn't know his name was Vance.

:

01:11:16,493 --> 01:11:19,393

We, in the movie, they just

refer to him as Norris.

:

01:11:20,063 --> 01:11:26,753

He's played by Charles Hallahan

and he, what is so funny is

:

01:11:28,243 --> 01:11:31,103

it, I didn't recognize, 'cause

he's ev this is 40 years ago.

:

01:11:31,803 --> 01:11:32,153

Zo Richardson: Right.

:

01:11:32,448 --> 01:11:37,948

Katie: you, he is familiar and he played

Bill in the TV show Grace Under Fire.

:

01:11:38,288 --> 01:11:39,348

Did you ever see that show?

:

01:11:40,603 --> 01:11:41,702

Zo Richardson: No, I

never watched that one.

:

01:11:41,838 --> 01:11:42,158

Katie: I did.

:

01:11:42,478 --> 01:11:42,758

I did.

:

01:11:42,758 --> 01:11:43,758

And I recognized him.

:

01:11:43,838 --> 01:11:44,798

I knew, I was like, oh yeah.

:

01:11:44,868 --> 01:11:45,158

Okay.

:

01:11:45,568 --> 01:11:51,478

let's see, there was another show,

oh, also, the TV series, hunter, he

:

01:11:51,478 --> 01:11:55,028

played Captain Charles Deva on that.

:

01:11:55,283 --> 01:11:55,573

Zo Richardson: Okay.

:

01:11:55,613 --> 01:11:56,452

I did watch Hunter,

:

01:11:56,758 --> 01:11:57,138

Katie: he was

:

01:11:57,313 --> 01:11:58,413

Zo Richardson: but I don't remember him

:

01:11:58,818 --> 01:12:01,778

Katie: It's, there were a lot of

people hard, hard to recognize because

:

01:12:01,918 --> 01:12:03,218

I'm not used to seeing them young.

:

01:12:04,673 --> 01:12:05,023

Zo Richardson: Right.

:

01:12:05,378 --> 01:12:05,668

Yeah.

:

01:12:05,688 --> 01:12:09,948

As a matter of fact, I was just looking at

Richard Diehard, and it's an older picture

:

01:12:09,948 --> 01:12:12,508

of him, so I now I

recognize him from LA Law.

:

01:12:12,728 --> 01:12:14,128

He was the head of the law firm,

:

01:12:15,823 --> 01:12:16,113

Katie: yeah.

:

01:12:16,173 --> 01:12:16,913

Oh, okay.

:

01:12:17,213 --> 01:12:18,033

That's, yep.

:

01:12:18,702 --> 01:12:18,993

Okay.

:

01:12:19,353 --> 01:12:23,193

I know the pictures on I M D B are

like older, like they're, yeah.

:

01:12:23,893 --> 01:12:24,473

who do we have?

:

01:12:24,883 --> 01:12:30,113

Peter Maloney plays Bennings

and he was in a ton of stuff,

:

01:12:30,413 --> 01:12:31,483

but I didn't recognize him.

:

01:12:31,593 --> 01:12:35,123

He's in like Summer of Sam

Requiem for a dream and private

:

01:12:35,173 --> 01:12:36,933

parts that, oh, what's the guy?

:

01:12:36,933 --> 01:12:37,893

The radio host guy?

:

01:12:37,923 --> 01:12:39,452

That movie that he did in 97

:

01:12:39,668 --> 01:12:39,888

Zo Richardson: Oh,

:

01:12:39,938 --> 01:12:40,528

Katie: Shock Jock.

:

01:12:40,598 --> 01:12:40,888

Yeah.

:

01:12:41,218 --> 01:12:41,698

Zo Richardson: that's good.

:

01:12:41,818 --> 01:12:42,218

I was just

:

01:12:42,218 --> 01:12:42,498

talking

:

01:12:42,702 --> 01:12:43,723

Katie: is, oh my God.

:

01:12:43,963 --> 01:12:44,603

I actually like

:

01:12:44,668 --> 01:12:47,077

they, I like them because

they're big into like animal

:

01:12:47,077 --> 01:12:48,518

rescue, Nordstrom Animal League.

:

01:12:49,068 --> 01:12:49,848

Howard Stern.

:

01:12:49,848 --> 01:12:50,128

Howard

:

01:12:50,128 --> 01:12:50,448

Stern.

:

01:12:50,448 --> 01:12:51,048

Howard Stern.

:

01:12:51,118 --> 01:12:51,708

Zo Richardson: There we go.

:

01:12:51,708 --> 01:12:52,148

Thank you.

:

01:12:52,598 --> 01:12:53,718

'cause that was gonna bug me for the rest

:

01:12:53,858 --> 01:12:54,138

Katie: I know.

:

01:12:54,298 --> 01:12:55,577

I, my brain works the same way.

:

01:12:56,238 --> 01:12:59,077

then rounding out, they cast,

Gary, who's like the cat.

:

01:12:59,158 --> 01:13:00,998

They refer to him as the captain.

:

01:13:01,068 --> 01:13:03,558

Like he's supposed to be

the guy in charge, I think.

:

01:13:04,258 --> 01:13:08,238

And he's played by Donald Moffitt,

who, is very familiar face.

:

01:13:08,948 --> 01:13:13,958

He's known for playing L B J in the

Right stuff and also a president

:

01:13:14,138 --> 01:13:15,998

in clear and present danger.

:

01:13:16,418 --> 01:13:18,858

So he plays presidents well, apparently.

:

01:13:19,008 --> 01:13:21,368

Zo Richardson: I feel like

he's been in a few sitcoms.

:

01:13:21,528 --> 01:13:23,648

'cause his, this is another

guy whose face is very

:

01:13:23,908 --> 01:13:24,198

Katie: very

:

01:13:24,398 --> 01:13:24,518

familiar.

:

01:13:24,568 --> 01:13:25,528

Zo Richardson: I can't tell you where I

:

01:13:25,528 --> 01:13:25,888

seen him.

:

01:13:26,488 --> 01:13:29,478

Katie: Those are the ones that I had

heard of or I thought people would most

:

01:13:29,478 --> 01:13:32,918

connect with the music got shot on.

:

01:13:33,108 --> 01:13:33,398

Okay.

:

01:13:34,258 --> 01:13:38,888

The score is done by Enio Morone, I

hope I'm pronouncing that correctly.

:

01:13:40,108 --> 01:13:42,158

He, okay.

:

01:13:42,418 --> 01:13:46,558

He also composed on Once Upon A

Time in America, the Untouchables

:

01:13:46,888 --> 01:13:51,188

Bugsy, and received several Oscar

nominations for those scores.

:

01:13:51,288 --> 01:13:53,388

So he's like well known

for being really good.

:

01:13:53,618 --> 01:13:59,088

However, he got a Razz nom for this

movie, the score in this movie.

:

01:13:59,118 --> 01:14:00,168

What do you think about that?

:

01:14:00,982 --> 01:14:03,582

Zo Richardson: I mean, I didn't really

pay that much attention to the music.

:

01:14:04,162 --> 01:14:06,102

It was, I mean, good for what it was.

:

01:14:06,262 --> 01:14:08,542

I mean, I didn't really

give it much thought.

:

01:14:09,172 --> 01:14:13,412

Katie: I specifically was looking for it

because I knew that he was well known.

:

01:14:14,192 --> 01:14:18,572

and, but that this score got a rousy,

and so I was trying to like, I'm

:

01:14:18,982 --> 01:14:22,182

like, okay, let me see if that's,

you know, that's warranted or not.

:

01:14:24,022 --> 01:14:28,102

I don't, I, it did feel like, I

did feel like the music hit you

:

01:14:28,102 --> 01:14:31,702

over the head with it, but I feel

like in this type of a movie, I.

:

01:14:32,537 --> 01:14:34,557

It like it told us how to feel like it.

:

01:14:34,557 --> 01:14:36,397

Oh, we, you know, but I liked it.

:

01:14:36,517 --> 01:14:40,637

I actually thought it was good

music and I liked the cues.

:

01:14:41,037 --> 01:14:42,997

I actually really thought it was good.

:

01:14:43,217 --> 01:14:45,157

So I don't know what this razzi is about.

:

01:14:46,232 --> 01:14:46,522

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

01:14:46,562 --> 01:14:47,122

I don't know either.

:

01:14:47,722 --> 01:14:51,162

I mean, it's just there to,

it's it's not super iconic.

:

01:14:51,472 --> 01:14:52,002

It's not like

:

01:14:52,002 --> 01:14:53,162

something that you're gonna hum along

:

01:14:53,162 --> 01:14:54,242

when you're in the shower or something.

:

01:14:54,432 --> 01:14:56,602

It's not like you're gonna hear

a song from this soundtrack

:

01:14:56,822 --> 01:14:57,882

and think of this movie.

:

01:14:58,142 --> 01:15:02,162

You probably won't think anything

of it at all, you know, or whatever.

:

01:15:02,782 --> 01:15:05,472

but I don't think it's, I don't

know if I would give it a razzy or

:

01:15:05,472 --> 01:15:08,872

maybe it was just, that was just

the worst of that particular year.

:

01:15:09,067 --> 01:15:10,267

Katie: they're, so don't even get

:

01:15:10,292 --> 01:15:10,872

Zo Richardson: you didn't,

:

01:15:10,947 --> 01:15:11,347

Katie: Razzies.

:

01:15:12,162 --> 01:15:12,512

Zo Richardson: right.

:

01:15:12,512 --> 01:15:16,112

Because if you think about it, that

like the movies you named like ET came

:

01:15:16,112 --> 01:15:17,662

out that year, what was the other one?

:

01:15:17,722 --> 01:15:19,282

The, star Trek, the WR of

:

01:15:19,282 --> 01:15:19,562

Colin.

:

01:15:19,742 --> 01:15:20,762

If you listen to that

:

01:15:20,762 --> 01:15:24,802

soundtrack, that is, that's a blood

pumping soundtrack or that one.

:

01:15:25,062 --> 01:15:26,882

and then ET obviously is iconic.

:

01:15:27,382 --> 01:15:28,802

So when you compare like this

:

01:15:28,802 --> 01:15:32,602

soundtrack to some of the

other movies, then that's, I

:

01:15:32,602 --> 01:15:33,722

think that's what they're going

:

01:15:33,727 --> 01:15:38,917

Katie: Maybe, I guess I, it was

very typical, horror, like ominous.

:

01:15:39,637 --> 01:15:40,037

I don't know.

:

01:15:40,037 --> 01:15:44,207

I don't know if maybe they thought

it was a bit much, but I liked it.

:

01:15:44,247 --> 01:15:44,727

I liked it.

:

01:15:45,007 --> 01:15:45,447

I don't know.

:

01:15:46,057 --> 01:15:47,007

Zo Richardson: Right, right, right.

:

01:15:47,447 --> 01:15:47,737

Katie: Okay.

:

01:15:48,237 --> 01:15:52,617

So if any listeners, I actually listen

to a fair amount of podcasts that

:

01:15:52,617 --> 01:15:53,977

cover movies that I haven't seen.

:

01:15:54,497 --> 01:15:54,617

I.

:

01:15:55,322 --> 01:15:57,942

But it kind of sometimes helps

me determine whether or not I

:

01:15:57,942 --> 01:15:59,782

will watch the movie or not.

:

01:15:59,922 --> 01:16:05,782

So if you are one of those listeners that

has not seen the thing, or if you haven't

:

01:16:05,782 --> 01:16:09,952

seen it in, I don't know, 40 years, the

description, if you need this refresher.

:

01:16:09,952 --> 01:16:14,312

Members of an American scientific

research outpost in Antarctica

:

01:16:14,582 --> 01:16:18,312

find themselves battling a

parasitic alien organism capable

:

01:16:18,452 --> 01:16:20,312

of perfectly imitating its victims.

:

01:16:21,102 --> 01:16:24,352

They soon discover that this task

will be harder than they thought.

:

01:16:24,492 --> 01:16:27,672

As they don't know, which members

of the team have already been

:

01:16:27,672 --> 01:16:31,192

assimilated and their paranoia

threatens to tear them apart.

:

01:16:32,962 --> 01:16:34,062

So what did you think?

:

01:16:34,172 --> 01:16:34,662

Overall?

:

01:16:34,662 --> 01:16:35,142

Thoughts?

:

01:16:36,807 --> 01:16:39,347

Zo Richardson: Well, my overall

thought was that it was starting

:

01:16:39,617 --> 01:16:41,467

like a lot slower than I

:

01:16:41,467 --> 01:16:42,067

anticipated.

:

01:16:42,277 --> 01:16:42,627

Right.

:

01:16:42,847 --> 01:16:45,677

So I thought that it was going to,

It's gonna start off I don't know.

:

01:16:45,677 --> 01:16:46,957

I don't know what I was expecting.

:

01:16:47,077 --> 01:16:48,757

I think I expected it to move

:

01:16:48,757 --> 01:16:50,237

faster in the beginning.

:

01:16:50,977 --> 01:16:52,717

So that, that was surprising.

:

01:16:52,717 --> 01:16:55,237

And then the other thing was

that they introduced so many

:

01:16:55,237 --> 01:16:56,157

characters at the same time.

:

01:16:56,177 --> 01:16:57,837

You don't really get to

sit with them and know 'em.

:

01:16:57,837 --> 01:16:59,197

So like you, I got confused at who,

:

01:16:59,537 --> 01:17:01,237

at as to who was who.

:

01:17:01,657 --> 01:17:05,277

And then sometimes like when you see

somebody who's familiar to you, but you

:

01:17:05,277 --> 01:17:09,957

can't picture, you can't place them right

away, that can also be a distraction.

:

01:17:10,177 --> 01:17:12,957

So with some of the people that

we talked about that, that I've

:

01:17:12,957 --> 01:17:16,197

seen before, like the, the person

who played, now what's his name?

:

01:17:16,287 --> 01:17:16,987

the one that, the

:

01:17:17,267 --> 01:17:18,187

comedian that we talked about.

:

01:17:18,912 --> 01:17:19,262

Katie: Nalls.

:

01:17:19,337 --> 01:17:19,627

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

01:17:19,797 --> 01:17:20,147

Nalls.

:

01:17:20,407 --> 01:17:24,047

So that was a problem for me because it's

like I knew him, but I didn't know from

:

01:17:24,047 --> 01:17:24,247

where.

:

01:17:24,467 --> 01:17:27,647

So that was just, that was distracting

me from paying attention to the story.

:

01:17:28,217 --> 01:17:29,097

but that's a me problem.

:

01:17:29,097 --> 01:17:30,097

That's not the movie problem.

:

01:17:30,552 --> 01:17:31,432

Katie: I know what you mean though.

:

01:17:31,541 --> 01:17:35,152

Zo Richardson: so it started off slow,

but it started I guess the middle of the

:

01:17:35,372 --> 01:17:37,512

second act all the way to the third act.

:

01:17:37,612 --> 01:17:41,352

That's when it really started to pick up,

and I, it got invested in the story, but

:

01:17:41,402 --> 01:17:45,752

it took a while also, the shooting, the,

them trying to shoot the dog that was

:

01:17:45,752 --> 01:17:48,312

also that was a little bit offputting.

:

01:17:49,022 --> 01:17:50,472

It's like, why are they

trying to shoot this dog?

:

01:17:50,472 --> 01:17:51,392

Like, that's how the movie

:

01:17:51,482 --> 01:17:52,992

Opens with them trying to shoot the dog

:

01:17:53,177 --> 01:17:53,697

Katie: am pissed.

:

01:17:53,712 --> 01:17:55,192

Zo Richardson: then, right.

:

01:17:55,242 --> 01:17:58,932

and and also what's distracting is

that there's, there are two shots.

:

01:17:58,932 --> 01:18:00,772

There are shots where

it's like a wide shot.

:

01:18:00,772 --> 01:18:03,492

You see the guy leaning out of a

helicopter with a rifle, but then

:

01:18:03,492 --> 01:18:07,012

when they do a point of view shot,

it looks like he's using a shotgun.

:

01:18:07,592 --> 01:18:08,452

I'm like, so what is it?

:

01:18:08,452 --> 01:18:08,652

Is

:

01:18:08,652 --> 01:18:10,572

he using a shotgun or is he using

:

01:18:10,892 --> 01:18:11,291

a rifle?

:

01:18:11,682 --> 01:18:12,692

It's like these two guns.

:

01:18:13,602 --> 01:18:15,332

Yeah, these two guns don't look the same.

:

01:18:15,807 --> 01:18:19,177

Katie: Fun fact, that guy is actually

Kurt Russell's, I forget his name,

:

01:18:19,177 --> 01:18:21,887

but it's Kurt Russell's, either

father-in-law or brother-in-law.

:

01:18:22,527 --> 01:18:22,647

I.

:

01:18:22,902 --> 01:18:23,122

No

:

01:18:23,122 --> 01:18:23,762

brother-in-law.

:

01:18:23,762 --> 01:18:25,282

Brother-in-law, not father-in-law.

:

01:18:25,522 --> 01:18:25,812

Zo Richardson: Okay.

:

01:18:25,922 --> 01:18:26,602

Katie: his brother-in-law.

:

01:18:26,752 --> 01:18:27,041

Yeah.

:

01:18:27,662 --> 01:18:31,422

I, the opening scene, as you

mentioned, I said out loud, I'm

:

01:18:31,502 --> 01:18:32,662

watching with my dogs, by the way.

:

01:18:33,842 --> 01:18:37,942

And I, my brain goes in so many ways.

:

01:18:38,012 --> 01:18:41,972

I don't know which point I wanna start

with first, but I'll start with, I said

:

01:18:41,992 --> 01:18:43,572

out loud, I'm like, screaming at the tv.

:

01:18:43,572 --> 01:18:44,732

Whatcha doing?

:

01:18:45,192 --> 01:18:46,852

Why are you shooting at this dog?

:

01:18:47,152 --> 01:18:49,132

I'm like, oh, this is gonna piss me off.

:

01:18:49,132 --> 01:18:51,132

Like immediately I'm like,

this movie's gonna piss me off.

:

01:18:51,352 --> 01:18:54,212

But obviously there's a reason

why they're shooting at this dog.

:

01:18:55,662 --> 01:18:56,012

Zo Richardson: Right.

:

01:18:56,012 --> 01:18:56,252

Right.

:

01:18:56,252 --> 01:18:58,291

And it's it's not just, it's

not like a mus like they're

:

01:18:58,291 --> 01:18:59,492

in the middle of Antarctica.

:

01:18:59,672 --> 01:19:02,952

it's a husky, just seemingly the

running on the ground is being chased

:

01:19:03,092 --> 01:19:06,712

by a helicopter, and they're shooting

at Husky is like my favorite breed of

:

01:19:06,712 --> 01:19:06,872

do.

:

01:19:07,072 --> 01:19:10,352

'cause I never had a Husky,

but I enjoy watching clips of

:

01:19:10,352 --> 01:19:14,222

Huffs, Huskies on YouTube or

whatever Huskies are beautiful

:

01:19:14,252 --> 01:19:14,541

dogs.

:

01:19:14,722 --> 01:19:20,412

And so he's sh he's shooting at this

Husky is I'm like, oh no, not the Husky

:

01:19:20,932 --> 01:19:21,252

Katie: I know.

:

01:19:21,632 --> 01:19:23,912

Zo Richardson: I'm just saying that he's

so invested in shooting at this dog that

:

01:19:24,332 --> 01:19:28,062

he gets on the ground and he shoots the

people that the Huskies, surrounded by.

:

01:19:28,362 --> 01:19:28,822

So Yeah,

:

01:19:29,122 --> 01:19:30,782

really into shooting this dog.

:

01:19:30,862 --> 01:19:34,672

Katie: 'cause the team members, like

the dog finally gets to like the camp.

:

01:19:35,352 --> 01:19:37,932

'cause aside from that,

it's just like a open snow.

:

01:19:39,062 --> 01:19:42,252

Husky gets to the camp and they're

like, what the, what is going on?

:

01:19:42,592 --> 01:19:46,172

And I also couldn't tell, 'cause they

continually are shooting at this dog.

:

01:19:46,672 --> 01:19:51,372

And so since I know it's a whore, I'm

like, are they hitting him and he's

:

01:19:51,562 --> 01:19:53,212

unfazed by it or are they missing?

:

01:19:53,932 --> 01:19:57,452

I wasn't sure which was true, but

they continually shoot at this dog.

:

01:19:58,987 --> 01:20:00,997

Zo Richardson: Yeah, it definitely

felt like to me like they were missing

:

01:20:01,387 --> 01:20:04,757

It's just like they were really well for

one thing, shooting from a helicopter,

:

01:20:04,777 --> 01:20:06,397

the helicopter moving, the dog is moving,

:

01:20:06,657 --> 01:20:08,797

so this is gonna be a very difficult shot.

:

01:20:09,057 --> 01:20:10,837

And they're not like professionals.

:

01:20:10,837 --> 01:20:12,997

they're scientists on a

different research station.

:

01:20:13,187 --> 01:20:18,557

They happen to have firearms and why they

would have a, like a high powered rifle

:

01:20:18,777 --> 01:20:22,916

in Antarctica where there are no predators

that will require that type of gun.

:

01:20:23,357 --> 01:20:23,797

I don't know.

:

01:20:24,087 --> 01:20:26,347

but he apparently was not good at

:

01:20:26,627 --> 01:20:28,867

shooting, the dog or anything at that

:

01:20:29,002 --> 01:20:29,291

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:20:29,367 --> 01:20:31,727

Zo Richardson: he was aiming for the

dog and he shot somebody in a leg.

:

01:20:31,867 --> 01:20:32,887

So he's not good.

:

01:20:33,077 --> 01:20:34,127

He's not good with the

:

01:20:34,182 --> 01:20:34,402

Katie: no.

:

01:20:34,432 --> 01:20:38,122

Well 'cause they're, nor as we find

out they are Norwegian researchers

:

01:20:39,747 --> 01:20:40,037

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

01:20:40,302 --> 01:20:41,622

Katie: another outpost somewhere else.

:

01:20:41,962 --> 01:20:44,562

The other thing I was just

gonna note about, I, I assume

:

01:20:44,562 --> 01:20:45,802

people feel the same way.

:

01:20:46,272 --> 01:20:47,162

Tell me what you think.

:

01:20:47,802 --> 01:20:50,842

Whenever I see a dog in a movie,

like opening, like an opening

:

01:20:50,892 --> 01:20:53,682

scene where there's a dog, any

type of movie, and there's a dog,

:

01:20:53,702 --> 01:20:55,202

I'm like, uhoh, I don't like this.

:

01:20:55,312 --> 01:20:56,282

That dog's gonna die.

:

01:20:57,062 --> 01:20:58,982

Or something is happening to the dog.

:

01:20:59,422 --> 01:21:02,342

'cause otherwise there's no reason

for us to be, oh, is this happy scene

:

01:21:02,342 --> 01:21:03,541

with this family and there's a dog.

:

01:21:03,642 --> 01:21:05,041

I'm like, Do you feel that way?

:

01:21:05,137 --> 01:21:07,317

Zo Richardson: No, I

don't, no, I don't always.

:

01:21:07,557 --> 01:21:11,247

'cause it's like, it could be,

the dog is like part of the cast,

:

01:21:11,827 --> 01:21:13,327

so I don't always feel that way.

:

01:21:13,377 --> 01:21:13,497

I

:

01:21:13,497 --> 01:21:14,297

don't get a sense of horror.

:

01:21:14,387 --> 01:21:15,627

maybe if it's a horror movie,

:

01:21:15,857 --> 01:21:18,107

then yeah, it might be something

happening with the dog.

:

01:21:18,192 --> 01:21:19,352

Katie: a thriller or something.

:

01:21:19,742 --> 01:21:20,032

Yeah.

:

01:21:20,212 --> 01:21:21,672

But I'm always like, I don't know.

:

01:21:21,672 --> 01:21:22,112

I don't like

:

01:21:22,207 --> 01:21:22,497

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

01:21:22,497 --> 01:21:25,937

They, in a thriller, the dog is,

tends to be used as some kind of

:

01:21:26,207 --> 01:21:27,017

checkoffs gun.

:

01:21:27,357 --> 01:21:30,777

So you see the dog in the first

stack in the second, and by the

:

01:21:30,777 --> 01:21:34,577

end of the movie, the dog solves

the murder or has a key piece of

:

01:21:34,737 --> 01:21:35,697

evidence or something like that.

:

01:21:36,117 --> 01:21:39,977

But I never really have a

foreboding feeling about the, a

:

01:21:39,997 --> 01:21:41,497

dog at first when they first show

:

01:21:41,572 --> 01:21:42,452

Katie: I always do.

:

01:21:42,672 --> 01:21:42,892

Ugh.

:

01:21:43,272 --> 01:21:44,392

And even like comedy.

:

01:21:44,422 --> 01:21:45,552

Even a comedy Turner.

:

01:21:45,552 --> 01:21:46,712

And Hooch one of my favorites.

:

01:21:46,952 --> 01:21:49,732

'cause I love, a dog de Bordeaux,

the type of dog that's in that movie,

:

01:21:50,137 --> 01:21:50,807

Zo Richardson: Right, right,

:

01:21:50,952 --> 01:21:51,652

Katie: dog dies.

:

01:21:51,832 --> 01:21:53,132

I'm like, Aw, I hate it.

:

01:21:53,212 --> 01:21:53,612

I hate it.

:

01:21:53,652 --> 01:21:53,932

I hate

:

01:21:53,957 --> 01:21:54,517

Zo Richardson: Oh, yeah.

:

01:21:54,517 --> 01:21:55,157

They might do

:

01:21:55,157 --> 01:21:55,717

something like that.

:

01:21:55,767 --> 01:21:57,487

the dog may die by the end of the movie

:

01:21:57,972 --> 01:21:58,192

Katie: Ah,

:

01:22:02,797 --> 01:22:03,087

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

01:22:03,087 --> 01:22:04,127

That, that might happen.

:

01:22:04,467 --> 01:22:07,807

they get the dog pulls your heart

strings and then it gets cancer

:

01:22:08,307 --> 01:22:09,317

and they have to, you know,

:

01:22:09,637 --> 01:22:10,357

euthanize the dog,

:

01:22:10,412 --> 01:22:11,791

Katie: I'm like, I don't

want any part of this movie.

:

01:22:11,852 --> 01:22:15,072

If there's a dog in it, . 'cause

I know it's about to happen.

:

01:22:15,612 --> 01:22:18,272

Now, speaking of this dog,

let's see if I can find it.

:

01:22:18,272 --> 01:22:19,952

There is some trivia about that dog.

:

01:22:20,132 --> 01:22:21,192

his name was Jed.

:

01:22:22,142 --> 01:22:24,082

The, yeah, his name is Jed.

:

01:22:25,387 --> 01:22:29,207

He is actually half wolf, half malamute.

:

01:22:29,347 --> 01:22:30,847

That's what kind of dog the dog is.

:

01:22:30,847 --> 01:22:32,287

Which Malamutes are very similar.

:

01:22:32,287 --> 01:22:34,687

Looking to Huskies sometimes it's

hard to tell the difference, but this

:

01:22:34,687 --> 01:22:35,607

one is actually half wolf.

:

01:22:35,827 --> 01:22:38,727

So actually, at first when they're

shooting, I actually wasn't sure.

:

01:22:38,747 --> 01:22:40,967

I'm like, is it maybe a

wolf they're trying to kill?

:

01:22:41,087 --> 01:22:41,447

I don't know.

:

01:22:41,447 --> 01:22:43,607

But there's no Wolf's

Antarctica, so nevermind.

:

01:22:43,857 --> 01:22:44,207

Right.

:

01:22:44,207 --> 01:22:45,087

There's no wolves in

:

01:22:45,327 --> 01:22:46,037

Zo Richardson: Right, right.

:

01:22:46,507 --> 01:22:49,577

It's, pretty much only

penguins and I can't think of

:

01:22:49,817 --> 01:22:51,057

anything else as an Antarctica

:

01:22:51,057 --> 01:22:52,377

besides penguins.

:

01:22:53,487 --> 01:22:53,777

Katie: Okay.

:

01:22:54,197 --> 01:22:55,617

So anyway, that's who Jed is.

:

01:22:55,666 --> 01:22:56,307

that's the dog.

:

01:22:56,487 --> 01:23:00,097

And actually, he's the, that chase

scene, the dog in the rest of the

:

01:23:00,097 --> 01:23:04,817

film is Jed, but the dog shown

in the chase scene is not Jed.

:

01:23:05,367 --> 01:23:08,977

It's a different dog that

they painted to look like Jed.

:

01:23:12,607 --> 01:23:13,047

I don't know.

:

01:23:13,347 --> 01:23:14,527

I'm not sure why, but yeah.

:

01:23:15,313 --> 01:23:15,553

Zo Richardson: I guess.

:

01:23:15,693 --> 01:23:16,913

He couldn't run like that.

:

01:23:17,373 --> 01:23:19,273

Jed couldn't run like this dog.

:

01:23:19,553 --> 01:23:21,943

Katie: maybe, but everybody

was saying like that he was

:

01:23:21,943 --> 01:23:23,423

such a good like dog actor.

:

01:23:24,063 --> 01:23:24,423

I don't know.

:

01:23:24,583 --> 01:23:24,903

I dunno.

:

01:23:24,923 --> 01:23:29,263

As far as dog actors go, do you have

any specific scenes that really stood

:

01:23:29,263 --> 01:23:31,423

out to you or that were your favorites?

:

01:23:33,083 --> 01:23:35,743

Zo Richardson: we already went over one

of 'em, which is them chasing the dog and

:

01:23:35,743 --> 01:23:36,423

trying to shoot it.

:

01:23:37,123 --> 01:23:39,663

and then I noted Wilford

Brinley without the mustache,

:

01:23:39,663 --> 01:23:40,303

so that was a

:

01:23:40,368 --> 01:23:40,827

Katie: Oh my God.

:

01:23:40,878 --> 01:23:41,468

We're the same.

:

01:23:43,202 --> 01:23:45,373

Zo Richardson: oh, also, Kurt is calling.

:

01:23:45,603 --> 01:23:47,853

He's, he says, we gotta

talk to the Swedes.

:

01:23:47,853 --> 01:23:49,173

He's no, they're Norwegian.

:

01:23:49,353 --> 01:23:49,573

So

:

01:23:49,633 --> 01:23:49,853

it.

:

01:23:49,853 --> 01:23:51,263

was that was pretty funny, right?

:

01:23:51,263 --> 01:23:53,043

He kept doing it until near the end.

:

01:23:53,263 --> 01:23:53,723

He got

:

01:23:53,723 --> 01:23:54,043

it right.

:

01:23:54,103 --> 01:23:55,363

He would call them Norwegian.

:

01:23:55,823 --> 01:23:58,823

so the most shocking thing that,

that we had when they came across

:

01:23:59,003 --> 01:24:02,803

one of the things and, they

had actually the whole scene.

:

01:24:02,903 --> 01:24:06,083

So it, it was kind of weird how

they was trying to determine

:

01:24:06,423 --> 01:24:07,163

who the thing was.

:

01:24:07,383 --> 01:24:11,463

So what was shocking was that they

revealed the thing so early in the movie.

:

01:24:11,603 --> 01:24:12,782

So that, that was surprising.

:

01:24:13,043 --> 01:24:16,963

'cause it's like I've heard about the

movie and I've heard without seeing

:

01:24:16,963 --> 01:24:20,843

it and I've heard so much about it,

that I've kind of, had speculated

:

01:24:20,843 --> 01:24:22,282

what had happened in it based on what

:

01:24:22,282 --> 01:24:22,723

I was told.

:

01:24:23,303 --> 01:24:26,083

So from what I knew about the movie,

I thought you, it would be the kind

:

01:24:26,083 --> 01:24:29,443

of suspense thriller where you don't

know who's the monster and you didn't

:

01:24:29,443 --> 01:24:31,963

see the monster till the very end,

but you actually get to see the

:

01:24:31,963 --> 01:24:34,202

monster near the, near the beginning.

:

01:24:35,053 --> 01:24:38,282

when they realize there's a monster

imitating them and all this kind

:

01:24:38,282 --> 01:24:42,423

of stuff, that's when Kurt is in

control and he ties everybody up and

:

01:24:42,423 --> 01:24:43,943

he's gonna take everybody's blood.

:

01:24:44,443 --> 01:24:49,103

And he has a theory that, the

creature kind of separates.

:

01:24:49,403 --> 01:24:52,063

So whenever you take a piece of

the creature apart from the main

:

01:24:52,063 --> 01:24:56,702

body, then the piece that you take

of it is its own entity, right?

:

01:24:56,803 --> 01:25:00,383

So he draws a sample of blood from

everybody, and he's gonna take

:

01:25:00,423 --> 01:25:02,423

a hot poker and poke the blood.

:

01:25:02,843 --> 01:25:06,923

And if the blood sample reacts to the

blood, like tries to get away from

:

01:25:06,923 --> 01:25:11,123

the hot poker, then they know that

the blood belongings to that person

:

01:25:11,543 --> 01:25:12,243

is the creature.

:

01:25:12,663 --> 01:25:17,843

So he's testing one by one, and he finds

one that reacts and then the dude starts

:

01:25:17,903 --> 01:25:21,782

to, what you call it, to change and

transform and all this kind of stuff.

:

01:25:22,003 --> 01:25:25,503

So that was, so most of the

parts where the creature has

:

01:25:25,503 --> 01:25:27,133

been outed, I like those parts.

:

01:25:27,153 --> 01:25:30,733

So there's that part, and then there's a

part where, I don't know if it's the same

:

01:25:30,733 --> 01:25:35,613

dude, but he grows, the creature grows

into a large size and then like a dog head

:

01:25:35,613 --> 01:25:38,133

comes out of the body and then they, they,

:

01:25:38,178 --> 01:25:38,468

Katie: Like

:

01:25:38,508 --> 01:25:39,118

Zo Richardson: it's like they

:

01:25:39,133 --> 01:25:39,693

Katie: final one.

:

01:25:39,713 --> 01:25:40,493

The huge one.

:

01:25:40,738 --> 01:25:41,438

Zo Richardson: not the final

:

01:25:41,438 --> 01:25:43,968

one, but then Kurt Russell had to burn it,

:

01:25:44,428 --> 01:25:45,488

but he missed the head.

:

01:25:45,548 --> 01:25:48,327

The head, I think the head

got chopped off or one of its

:

01:25:48,327 --> 01:25:51,848

heads got chopped off and it grew

crab legs and tried to get away.

:

01:25:52,348 --> 01:25:53,208

So that was it.

:

01:25:53,443 --> 01:25:53,733

Katie: Crab.

:

01:25:54,133 --> 01:25:54,253

I

:

01:25:54,468 --> 01:25:55,228

Zo Richardson: was pretty impactful.

:

01:25:55,333 --> 01:25:56,893

Katie: is the, it is crab.

:

01:25:57,133 --> 01:26:00,253

I wrote spider like, but

crab is more aptt, I think.

:

01:26:00,318 --> 01:26:01,508

Zo Richardson: Right, right, right.

:

01:26:02,153 --> 01:26:02,443

Katie: That

:

01:26:02,728 --> 01:26:05,208

Zo Richardson: I liked all of those

parts when they were interacting and

:

01:26:05,208 --> 01:26:08,248

then basically trying to figure out

which one of them is the creature.

:

01:26:08,988 --> 01:26:12,248

and then, I'm very impressed

that they didn't kill off the

:

01:26:12,248 --> 01:26:13,808

black person in the beginning.

:

01:26:13,838 --> 01:26:16,407

Like neither one of them

were killed in the beginning.

:

01:26:16,768 --> 01:26:18,407

'cause that's kind of a

trope of horror movies.

:

01:26:18,748 --> 01:26:19,488

So one of them,

:

01:26:19,523 --> 01:26:19,683

Katie: point.

:

01:26:19,683 --> 01:26:22,303

There's two black guys and

they make it to the very end.

:

01:26:22,398 --> 01:26:24,008

Zo Richardson: they both right.

:

01:26:24,008 --> 01:26:25,368

They both flashed to the very end.

:

01:26:25,448 --> 01:26:27,008

I was like, good on you John Carpenter.

:

01:26:27,088 --> 01:26:27,848

I appreciate that.

:

01:26:27,998 --> 01:26:28,768

Good looking out.

:

01:26:29,148 --> 01:26:34,008

And then Keith, David was actually made it

all the way to the end with Kurt Russell

:

01:26:34,228 --> 01:26:39,568

at the end, and they're basically,

presumably they're going to both die from

:

01:26:39,758 --> 01:26:44,598

frostbite at the research station, that,

that was all of that with the finale

:

01:26:44,598 --> 01:26:46,238

and everything and how that turned out.

:

01:26:46,327 --> 01:26:49,907

Those are all, really

exciting scenes to, to watch

:

01:26:50,243 --> 01:26:51,433

Katie: there were a fair amount.

:

01:26:51,513 --> 01:26:55,013

the different versions of it

kind of taking over and what

:

01:26:55,013 --> 01:26:57,173

it looked like was interesting.

:

01:26:57,473 --> 01:27:00,202

kind of cool, you know, it

was the practical effects.

:

01:27:00,282 --> 01:27:00,803

I did like that.

:

01:27:01,303 --> 01:27:05,843

I now, while he might've been

good with his portrayal of, black

:

01:27:05,903 --> 01:27:08,803

men, there's not a single woman in.

:

01:27:11,113 --> 01:27:11,463

Zo Richardson: Right.

:

01:27:11,463 --> 01:27:11,782

Right.

:

01:27:11,782 --> 01:27:12,263

That's true.

:

01:27:12,763 --> 01:27:17,282

But, I think, I don't think that there

would've been women in an Antarctic

:

01:27:17,523 --> 01:27:19,443

research station in the:

:

01:27:19,903 --> 01:27:22,523

so I can understand why he did put one

:

01:27:22,523 --> 01:27:22,723

there.

:

01:27:23,003 --> 01:27:24,123

Katie: kind of what I thought too.

:

01:27:24,513 --> 01:27:25,003

However,

:

01:27:25,553 --> 01:27:25,843

Zo Richardson: Okay.

:

01:27:26,113 --> 01:27:31,243

Katie: this was technically a

remake of a:

:

01:27:31,403 --> 01:27:31,623

Zo Richardson: Oh,

:

01:27:32,173 --> 01:27:33,993

Katie: a woman, or maybe

two, I haven't seen it.

:

01:27:34,553 --> 01:27:39,473

I, so somebody tell me if it's good,

the first one, the 51 version, but

:

01:27:39,473 --> 01:27:44,103

there's women in that and then the

:

:

01:27:44,103 --> 01:27:45,903

that either, which now I might have to.

:

01:27:47,763 --> 01:27:52,063

It is kind of both as I understand

it, both a prequel and a remake.

:

01:27:52,563 --> 01:27:53,863

And there's women in that too.

:

01:27:53,943 --> 01:27:55,353

come on, John Carpenter.

:

01:27:55,373 --> 01:27:57,043

Zo Richardson: Right, right, right.

:

01:27:57,343 --> 01:28:00,143

But, I don't know if you

wanna watch the:

:

01:28:00,263 --> 01:28:02,233

I've seen and heard that it's

:

01:28:02,243 --> 01:28:02,663

Katie: Really?

:

01:28:02,813 --> 01:28:03,903

Okay, well then I'll

:

01:28:03,993 --> 01:28:07,353

Es remix tend to be, but I

do kind of like a prequel.

:

01:28:08,032 --> 01:28:08,913

I like that idea.

:

01:28:09,253 --> 01:28:09,473

But

:

01:28:09,893 --> 01:28:10,183

Zo Richardson: yeah.

:

01:28:10,373 --> 01:28:10,663

Yeah.

:

01:28:11,333 --> 01:28:12,452

Katie: I loved the scene.

:

01:28:13,793 --> 01:28:18,883

Probably my favorite like takeover

scene is when, they're trying to

:

01:28:18,883 --> 01:28:23,243

figure out who they think, I forget

who, but they think somebody outside,

:

01:28:23,243 --> 01:28:28,403

they think that he's turning, that

he's the thing and what's his name?

:

01:28:28,583 --> 01:28:32,243

Norris we're kind of shown like

he's outta breath and is we're shown

:

01:28:32,243 --> 01:28:34,003

there's something going on with Norris.

:

01:28:34,623 --> 01:28:37,363

And then he like has a heart,

like seemingly doc like

:

01:28:38,043 --> 01:28:39,163

collapses and has a heart attack.

:

01:28:39,183 --> 01:28:43,243

So they bring him to like

the medical area and doc, Dr.

:

01:28:43,243 --> 01:28:49,103

Copper is trying to resuscitate

him with the pa the, whatever those

:

01:28:49,103 --> 01:28:51,393

things are called, the things you

:

01:28:51,548 --> 01:28:52,008

Zo Richardson: Oh, the,

:

01:28:52,108 --> 01:28:52,458

Katie: clear

:

01:28:52,883 --> 01:28:54,273

Zo Richardson: right, right, right.

:

01:28:54,948 --> 01:28:55,577

Katie: those things.

:

01:28:55,813 --> 01:28:59,113

Zo Richardson: the, yeah, I forgot what

those things, those electroshock thingies

:

01:28:59,173 --> 01:29:00,553

for reviving a patient.

:

01:29:00,748 --> 01:29:01,288

Katie: Anyway, so

:

01:29:01,288 --> 01:29:06,128

he's trying to revive Norris and all

of a sudden Norris's whole abdomen

:

01:29:06,338 --> 01:29:12,568

opens up and it's now like a giant set

of teeth and bites off norris's arms.

:

01:29:13,077 --> 01:29:14,327

That was one of my favorite scenes.

:

01:29:14,648 --> 01:29:15,608

I liked that scene on

:

01:29:15,653 --> 01:29:16,973

Zo Richardson: that was

a pretty cool scene.

:

01:29:17,153 --> 01:29:21,983

I also liked, when they went to see, the

other doctor that they had early decided

:

01:29:22,003 --> 01:29:23,323

to lock up, 'cause he had went crazy,

:

01:29:23,323 --> 01:29:26,933

started to hit people with his rifle

and what, or he was hitting people,

:

01:29:27,083 --> 01:29:29,613

well, he was trying to shoot people

with his pistol and then hitting

:

01:29:29,613 --> 01:29:30,933

people with a ax or whatever.

:

01:29:30,952 --> 01:29:32,213

He was destroying everything.

:

01:29:32,593 --> 01:29:33,773

He destroyed the helicopter.

:

01:29:33,793 --> 01:29:36,103

He destroyed one of

the, the land vehicles.

:

01:29:36,643 --> 01:29:42,963

And so they had gathered them up and,

they put him in like a storage that was

:

01:29:42,963 --> 01:29:44,443

outside and locked him in the storage.

:

01:29:44,903 --> 01:29:45,123

Dr.

:

01:29:46,558 --> 01:29:46,798

Katie: Blair.

:

01:29:46,863 --> 01:29:47,063

Zo Richardson: Blair.

:

01:29:47,282 --> 01:29:47,503

Dr.

:

01:29:47,743 --> 01:29:47,983

Blair.

:

01:29:48,763 --> 01:29:51,143

And that was played by Wilford Brimley.

:

01:29:51,243 --> 01:29:54,782

So when they went after

a time they went to Dr.

:

01:29:55,063 --> 01:29:57,153

Blair and he's I don't

want be in here no more.

:

01:29:57,233 --> 01:29:58,193

I want to be with everybody else.

:

01:29:58,373 --> 01:29:59,153

I'm all better now.

:

01:29:59,213 --> 01:30:00,032

I'm not gonna hurt nobody.

:

01:30:00,313 --> 01:30:01,393

I like that scene so much.

:

01:30:01,903 --> 01:30:04,993

It's like I'm all, he is you

don't even sound better, man.

:

01:30:05,173 --> 01:30:05,913

You sound crazy.

:

01:30:06,253 --> 01:30:08,633

You don't even sound like

you deserve to be among

:

01:30:08,633 --> 01:30:08,873

people.

:

01:30:09,173 --> 01:30:12,653

Katie: he, I thought that was good

in that because, I didn't at first,

:

01:30:12,883 --> 01:30:16,213

he's the one that like figures out the

computers, by the way are pretty awesome.

:

01:30:16,213 --> 01:30:19,493

Like the 82 version of

computers is awesome in this

:

01:30:20,433 --> 01:30:25,473

but he's the one that finds out where

like some computer programs, like showing

:

01:30:25,532 --> 01:30:30,603

him how cells will like latch on and

then it takes over and how long it'll

:

01:30:30,603 --> 01:30:32,323

take for the whole world to be infected.

:

01:30:32,383 --> 01:30:34,163

And it's not very long.

:

01:30:34,583 --> 01:30:38,683

So he, I thought, and I think we're

supposed to at least think he's

:

01:30:38,683 --> 01:30:40,003

trying to like, save the world.

:

01:30:40,423 --> 01:30:44,593

And so then he like gets his

gun and puts himself away.

:

01:30:44,593 --> 01:30:48,343

and he's ruining things like

trying to get put away to he thinks

:

01:30:48,343 --> 01:30:52,623

that at least one or more of the

staff or the crew members has it.

:

01:30:53,323 --> 01:31:00,523

But then later you're like, oh, he was

the thing all along and he knew that.

:

01:31:00,543 --> 01:31:05,493

And anyway, 'cause he ends up,

being the like giant thing at

:

01:31:05,493 --> 01:31:07,253

the end that they have to kill.

:

01:31:07,603 --> 01:31:08,193

Zo Richardson: Right, right.

:

01:31:08,263 --> 01:31:12,003

he was definitely one of the things,

'cause it's not just the one, it,

:

01:31:12,083 --> 01:31:13,723

I think the title is intentionally

:

01:31:13,723 --> 01:31:14,363

misleading.

:

01:31:14,663 --> 01:31:16,723

So it's not just the

one thing, it's a bunch

:

01:31:16,723 --> 01:31:19,233

of things like, 'cause every

time a piece gets off it, it

:

01:31:19,233 --> 01:31:20,353

becomes his own little things.

:

01:31:20,773 --> 01:31:24,513

So he was one of a bunch of

things that was, but yeah, I think

:

01:31:24,513 --> 01:31:25,913

he was probably the main one.

:

01:31:26,933 --> 01:31:29,413

And I don't know if they

absorbed each other, but he

:

01:31:29,413 --> 01:31:30,893

definitely became super large.

:

01:31:30,893 --> 01:31:31,293

Like he

:

01:31:31,648 --> 01:31:31,938

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:31:32,288 --> 01:31:32,577

Yeah.

:

01:31:33,358 --> 01:31:34,378

He was extra big.

:

01:31:34,608 --> 01:31:34,898

Yeah.

:

01:31:35,688 --> 01:31:35,978

Zo Richardson: yeah.

:

01:31:36,823 --> 01:31:39,282

Katie: so what did you think

about the ambiguous ending?

:

01:31:39,282 --> 01:31:42,603

There's a lot of chatter about

it, so I was curious what Yeah.

:

01:31:42,657 --> 01:31:42,948

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

01:31:43,648 --> 01:31:46,188

So I like, I've heard the chatter.

:

01:31:46,188 --> 01:31:49,468

Like I said before, I heard the,

before I actually saw the movie,

:

01:31:49,888 --> 01:31:54,628

so I was under the impression that

Kurt Russell was the only survivor,

:

01:31:54,968 --> 01:31:57,278

but it was Kurt Russell and, David.

:

01:31:57,538 --> 01:31:58,878

So I was surprised at that.

:

01:31:59,338 --> 01:32:02,358

And then it's like that

character was gone for a while.

:

01:32:02,407 --> 01:32:03,608

child was gone for

:

01:32:03,728 --> 01:32:08,278

a while and then he shows up in the end

and then it was like, well I guess we just

:

01:32:08,278 --> 01:32:09,488

gonna sit out here and freeze the death.

:

01:32:09,488 --> 01:32:11,088

It's I guess that's

what we gonna do, right?

:

01:32:11,327 --> 01:32:14,418

because the creature can,

you know, it doesn't die.

:

01:32:14,438 --> 01:32:15,618

We just hibernate in the

:

01:32:15,618 --> 01:32:15,858

cold.

:

01:32:17,238 --> 01:32:18,918

I didn't really consider it ambiguous.

:

01:32:19,038 --> 01:32:21,358

'cause I'm not good

with ambiguous endings.

:

01:32:21,858 --> 01:32:25,118

So I'll just take it as if you're

not going to explicitly tell me

:

01:32:25,118 --> 01:32:26,598

what happened, I'll just say, okay.

:

01:32:26,758 --> 01:32:28,358

I guess they both live and then they die.

:

01:32:28,748 --> 01:32:29,558

They're both human.

:

01:32:29,748 --> 01:32:32,518

I'll take it as that because there are

a lot of people saying, oh, it was, LAN,

:

01:32:32,748 --> 01:32:34,318

Kurt Russell, what's his character's name?

:

01:32:34,318 --> 01:32:35,518

I've been calling him Kurt this whole

:

01:32:35,518 --> 01:32:35,758

time.

:

01:32:36,098 --> 01:32:36,518

It was

:

01:32:36,938 --> 01:32:37,338

Katie: I do the

:

01:32:37,468 --> 01:32:38,438

.

Zo Richardson: Yeah, it was Mac,

:

01:32:38,498 --> 01:32:38,698

Katie: the same.

:

01:32:38,768 --> 01:32:39,058

Kurt

:

01:32:39,218 --> 01:32:42,768

Zo Richardson: it was, right, right,

So they're saying like, it was

:

01:32:42,827 --> 01:32:44,398

Mac and Mac is probably the thing.

:

01:32:44,618 --> 01:32:48,888

And so like in, in a situation where

they speculate they could be a sequel,

:

01:32:49,108 --> 01:32:54,038

is that where they transport back to a

city and then, you know, he infects the

:

01:32:54,038 --> 01:32:54,678

city or whatever.

:

01:32:55,298 --> 01:32:59,728

But, and nobody ever says that,

Blair is the, is the thing.

:

01:32:59,728 --> 01:33:01,588

They always say that it's Mac.

:

01:33:01,738 --> 01:33:02,398

Katie: Oh, do you mean,

:

01:33:02,498 --> 01:33:02,798

do you

:

01:33:02,848 --> 01:33:04,068

Zo Richardson: chi, I mean, Childs?

:

01:33:04,618 --> 01:33:04,907

Yeah.

:

01:33:05,157 --> 01:33:10,518

Katie: I thought it was, I thought if,

see this is why the ambiguity, it, I

:

01:33:10,518 --> 01:33:14,678

don't love an ambiguous ending, but

sometimes filmmakers will be like,

:

01:33:14,678 --> 01:33:15,918

well, it's what you think it is.

:

01:33:15,938 --> 01:33:16,918

And so everybody has a

:

01:33:17,058 --> 01:33:17,338

Zo Richardson: yeah.

:

01:33:17,458 --> 01:33:17,938

Katie: don't really love that.

:

01:33:18,438 --> 01:33:18,657

But

:

01:33:19,388 --> 01:33:19,738

Zo Richardson: Right.

:

01:33:19,738 --> 01:33:24,098

Katie: I wasn't, I did not think

for a second that it was Mac.

:

01:33:25,098 --> 01:33:30,618

I thought that it could, it is

likely that childs was a thing.

:

01:33:31,718 --> 01:33:32,008

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

01:33:33,848 --> 01:33:36,258

Katie: many people have

theorized about it and.

:

01:33:37,753 --> 01:33:40,113

A lot of the stuff that I was

reading was about that, whether

:

01:33:40,133 --> 01:33:41,593

or not childs was the thing.

:

01:33:42,452 --> 01:33:46,053

And they're saying like, there's

some evidence that the bottle

:

01:33:46,073 --> 01:33:48,413

of scotch wasn't really scotch.

:

01:33:48,433 --> 01:33:51,653

It was like a Molotov whatever,

like gasoline or something.

:

01:33:51,713 --> 01:33:55,813

And that he takes a drink of it and a

human would know that it was gasoline

:

01:33:55,993 --> 01:33:58,273

and not, scotch or what, I don't know.

:

01:33:58,273 --> 01:33:59,153

And something about his

:

01:33:59,448 --> 01:33:59,738

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

01:33:59,913 --> 01:34:01,353

Katie: about his earring

and how that plays

:

01:34:01,488 --> 01:34:01,907

And then,

:

01:34:02,003 --> 01:34:02,293

Zo Richardson: yeah.

:

01:34:02,353 --> 01:34:06,043

To me, it's if he was a, if any

one of them was the creature, they

:

01:34:06,043 --> 01:34:09,282

would've shot the last remaining

person and gone into hibernation.

:

01:34:09,313 --> 01:34:11,043

It's 'cause the creature

doesn't wait around.

:

01:34:11,143 --> 01:34:13,683

It doesn't wait it, if it

thinks it's found out, then

:

01:34:13,683 --> 01:34:14,763

it takes action right away.

:

01:34:14,943 --> 01:34:17,563

So I don't think that either one of them

:

01:34:17,943 --> 01:34:18,443

was the thing.

:

01:34:18,463 --> 01:34:22,323

It didn't feel it, it would, it

didn't feel that ambiguous to me.

:

01:34:22,443 --> 01:34:24,723

I understand that people have had

their theories, and these are people

:

01:34:24,743 --> 01:34:26,313

who have watched the movie over

:

01:34:26,333 --> 01:34:27,073

and over again.

:

01:34:27,333 --> 01:34:30,112

And this is just me and Right, right.

:

01:34:30,173 --> 01:34:33,153

But I'm just looking at it for the

first time, and I'm like, you, I'm

:

01:34:33,153 --> 01:34:34,753

not good with ambiguous endings.

:

01:34:34,903 --> 01:34:38,813

Like the best ambiguous ending

I've seen was in, inception.

:

01:34:39,237 --> 01:34:39,528

Katie: yeah.

:

01:34:39,913 --> 01:34:40,413

Zo Richardson: Is that the

:

01:34:40,413 --> 01:34:40,773

name of it?

:

01:34:40,773 --> 01:34:41,293

Inception?

:

01:34:41,433 --> 01:34:42,213

Am I getting it Right?

:

01:34:42,258 --> 01:34:42,498

Katie: think so.

:

01:34:42,833 --> 01:34:46,293

Zo Richardson: And the, at the end of

the movie, he has a, like a spinning top

:

01:34:46,293 --> 01:34:49,413

thing and he spins the top and we don't

know if, we don't see if it falls over

:

01:34:49,413 --> 01:34:49,733

or not.

:

01:34:50,032 --> 01:34:52,093

So that's, to me, that's a good

:

01:34:52,523 --> 01:34:53,133

ambiguous

:

01:34:53,237 --> 01:34:53,438

Katie: some.

:

01:34:53,438 --> 01:34:53,878

You're right.

:

01:34:53,907 --> 01:34:54,718

Some can be good.

:

01:34:55,178 --> 01:34:58,448

Zo Richardson: Right, but this

one is just like you said,

:

01:34:58,448 --> 01:35:00,288

it wasn't ex explicit enough.

:

01:35:00,288 --> 01:35:00,728

Either way.

:

01:35:00,848 --> 01:35:02,728

I didn't really feel the ambiguity of it.

:

01:35:03,243 --> 01:35:06,733

Katie: Well, I, when it was over, I

didn't, there I had a feeling that

:

01:35:06,813 --> 01:35:09,253

I was like, oh, I didn't like that.

:

01:35:09,253 --> 01:35:10,773

That's how it ended, I guess.

:

01:35:11,513 --> 01:35:15,393

And, I was reading that there

were multiple, multiple alternate

:

01:35:15,423 --> 01:35:18,793

endings and some of 'em I was like,

oh, that would've been better.

:

01:35:19,903 --> 01:35:25,202

so Carpenter himself has recognized

the theory that childs is the thing,

:

01:35:27,333 --> 01:35:28,032

but he doesn't.

:

01:35:28,133 --> 01:35:32,263

so he's recognized that's a thing,

but he has said, but he doesn't

:

01:35:32,263 --> 01:35:35,583

think that either of them is the

thing at the end of the movie.

:

01:35:35,693 --> 01:35:40,963

However, he's also said, so he's

flip-flopping or some, I don't know.

:

01:35:40,963 --> 01:35:41,563

Because when

:

01:35:41,808 --> 01:35:42,878

Zo Richardson: right, right, right.

:

01:35:43,043 --> 01:35:46,862

Katie: interview, when he is asked

about it, he responded that he

:

01:35:46,862 --> 01:35:49,862

could not understand how there

could be any confusion about whether

:

01:35:49,893 --> 01:35:51,423

Childer McCready are human or not.

:

01:35:51,423 --> 01:35:55,083

Because the last scene, the last

scene shows Kurt Russell and Keith

:

01:35:55,083 --> 01:35:58,782

David staring at each, staring

each other down harshly black lit.

:

01:35:59,213 --> 01:36:03,103

It's completely glaringly

obvious that Kurt Russell is

:

01:36:03,103 --> 01:36:06,063

breathing and Keith, David is not.

:

01:36:06,683 --> 01:36:09,263

So that leads, so it's well,

which is it John Carpenter?

:

01:36:09,263 --> 01:36:11,743

Are they both human or

is child's the thing.

:

01:36:13,688 --> 01:36:16,618

When I watched it, I want to

believe that they're both human.

:

01:36:16,678 --> 01:36:22,418

That's what I wanted to believe, but I

could also see childs not being human.

:

01:36:23,873 --> 01:36:26,782

Zo Richardson: And here's the thing,

there was never a thing in a movie

:

01:36:26,782 --> 01:36:28,862

where they're saying, well, if it's

a thing, it's not gonna breathe.

:

01:36:29,003 --> 01:36:30,563

if it takes over your human body, it's

:

01:36:30,563 --> 01:36:31,043

not gonna breathe.

:

01:36:31,043 --> 01:36:33,202

They never actually, that was never a,

:

01:36:33,423 --> 01:36:33,543

a,

:

01:36:33,643 --> 01:36:35,423

an element, right?

:

01:36:35,443 --> 01:36:36,753

It wasn't an element, in the movie.

:

01:36:36,813 --> 01:36:39,713

It was like they said that if

it imitates you, it's a perfect

:

01:36:39,968 --> 01:36:40,318

Katie: Right.

:

01:36:40,468 --> 01:36:40,758

Good

:

01:36:40,893 --> 01:36:44,393

Zo Richardson: So there's no way that

you can tell until it reveals itself.

:

01:36:44,773 --> 01:36:48,153

and that's what normally happened in

the movies that it revealed itself.

:

01:36:48,253 --> 01:36:51,273

you know, it's, I could see all

of the speculation going on, but

:

01:36:51,273 --> 01:36:53,073

to me it wasn't ambiguous enough.

:

01:36:54,098 --> 01:36:54,388

Katie: Okay.

:

01:36:55,618 --> 01:36:59,358

Some of the other alternative endings

we have, one is that McCready was

:

01:36:59,358 --> 01:37:03,237

rescued by civilization and passes

a blood test that somehow that

:

01:37:03,237 --> 01:37:04,918

government knows needs to happen.

:

01:37:05,737 --> 01:37:06,327

Zo Richardson: Right, right.

:

01:37:06,327 --> 01:37:06,608

Right.

:

01:37:06,913 --> 01:37:07,353

Katie: not a good one.

:

01:37:07,353 --> 01:37:11,553

That's another, the, there was, there

was another one where they showed

:

01:37:11,833 --> 01:37:17,273

a malamute, presumably the thing

surviving the explosion, stopping to

:

01:37:17,273 --> 01:37:20,993

take one final look at the burning

camp before running off into the snow.

:

01:37:21,353 --> 01:37:21,952

I like that.

:

01:37:22,313 --> 01:37:22,873

I like that.

:

01:37:24,612 --> 01:37:28,253

A third simply showed Charles getting

up, walking away into the snowstorm,

:

01:37:28,963 --> 01:37:31,053

leaving McCready to parish alone.

:

01:37:32,452 --> 01:37:34,083

which, yeah, that would kind of.

:

01:37:34,883 --> 01:37:37,903

Go in favor of child

being the thing anyway.

:

01:37:37,983 --> 01:37:38,383

I don't know.

:

01:37:38,713 --> 01:37:41,393

another was that they committed

suicide with a stick of

:

01:37:41,513 --> 01:37:42,593

dynamite, which I also buy.

:

01:37:42,793 --> 01:37:43,793

I would do if I were them.

:

01:37:43,793 --> 01:37:44,513

That's what I would do.

:

01:37:44,913 --> 01:37:46,313

I wouldn't wanna like freeze to death.

:

01:37:47,893 --> 01:37:49,503

Zo Richardson: Yeah, that

doesn't sound well, actually.

:

01:37:49,702 --> 01:37:51,903

I think what happens when you

freeze the death, you start

:

01:37:52,202 --> 01:37:54,663

losing feeling in your extremities

:

01:37:54,683 --> 01:37:55,103

anyway.

:

01:37:55,683 --> 01:37:57,383

So it probably wouldn't

:

01:37:57,383 --> 01:37:57,983

feel anything.

:

01:37:58,803 --> 01:37:59,593

yeah, I don't know.

:

01:37:59,713 --> 01:38:00,593

I see.

:

01:38:00,633 --> 01:38:03,423

I'm in a camp where I prefer

not to die, so I don't want

:

01:38:03,423 --> 01:38:05,463

to choose my method of death.

:

01:38:05,603 --> 01:38:08,903

So I don't I wouldn't wanna be faced

with, well, how do you wanna go?

:

01:38:08,923 --> 01:38:12,013

You want to stick a dynamite or do you

wanna just sit out here and freeze it?

:

01:38:12,213 --> 01:38:12,893

I don't want any of

:

01:38:12,952 --> 01:38:13,473

Katie: I don't either.

:

01:38:13,543 --> 01:38:15,243

Zo Richardson: can we, is there option c

:

01:38:15,543 --> 01:38:16,143

Katie: I guess so.

:

01:38:16,223 --> 01:38:20,702

I am such an avoider of pain that

if I know I'm gonna eventually die

:

01:38:20,702 --> 01:38:25,223

and it's gonna be a gruesome long,

drawn out pain, like I'm like, gimme

:

01:38:25,223 --> 01:38:26,753

the immediate, kill me now please.

:

01:38:27,593 --> 01:38:28,393

I want that kind

:

01:38:28,553 --> 01:38:29,112

of a Yeah.

:

01:38:29,933 --> 01:38:33,873

now apparently it has become

tradition in British Antarctic

:

01:38:34,633 --> 01:38:39,153

research stations to watch the thing

as part of their mid-winter feast

:

01:38:39,153 --> 01:38:41,112

and celebration every June 21st.

:

01:38:41,213 --> 01:38:41,793

Did you know that,

:

01:38:43,583 --> 01:38:44,362

Zo Richardson: No, that's fun.

:

01:38:46,233 --> 01:38:47,603

Katie: Kurt Russell somewhere.

:

01:38:48,163 --> 01:38:52,183

We haven't really talked about him

much, but his, it is a young, it is a

:

01:38:52,183 --> 01:38:56,303

young Kurt Russell, but he's got long

hair and a long beard and he, that's

:

01:38:56,303 --> 01:39:00,623

his actual hair and beard that it took

him over a year to grow for this movie.

:

01:39:01,462 --> 01:39:02,121

Zo Richardson: Oh, that's nice.

:

01:39:02,182 --> 01:39:03,722

He grew it specifically for the movie.

:

01:39:03,722 --> 01:39:04,202

That's pretty

:

01:39:04,357 --> 01:39:04,647

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:39:04,746 --> 01:39:07,207

He and John Carpenter, I

think he's yeah, I'll do that.

:

01:39:08,227 --> 01:39:14,737

I love casting what ifs, like various, so

bear with me if you have a few minutes to

:

01:39:14,737 --> 01:39:17,977

talk about some potential different cast.

:

01:39:18,916 --> 01:39:22,416

So McCready, they did not want

Kurt Russell, like the studio.

:

01:39:22,416 --> 01:39:26,337

They wanted somebody much more

well, well known like Nick.

:

01:39:26,357 --> 01:39:31,007

No, they wanted like Nick Nolte, Jeff

Bridges, Tom Barringer, Christopher

:

01:39:31,457 --> 01:39:33,727

Wakin, actually that would've been great.

:

01:39:34,337 --> 01:39:38,782

Scott Glenn, Roy Schneider, Chris

Christopherson, Jack, Sam Shepherd, Jack

:

01:39:38,782 --> 01:39:40,607

Thompson, Tom Atkins, and Don Johnson.

:

01:39:41,227 --> 01:39:44,447

All of those dudes were

considered for Mac.

:

01:39:46,387 --> 01:39:52,087

and I guess the screenwriter, bill

Lancaster, he wrote the script with either

:

01:39:52,567 --> 01:39:55,127

Harrison Ford or Clint Eastwood in mind.

:

01:39:56,227 --> 01:39:57,107

none of those guys wanted it.

:

01:39:57,107 --> 01:40:00,437

Like, 'cause I think, Horror is

looked down upon, it seems like.

:

01:40:00,577 --> 01:40:03,817

And same with action for an

Alister, wouldn't demean themself

:

01:40:03,837 --> 01:40:05,017

to do a horror movie, seemingly.

:

01:40:05,637 --> 01:40:10,817

So somebody who was like, legitimately

wanting to do it was a newcomer,

:

01:40:10,967 --> 01:40:15,557

Fred Ward, remember him, he was

in a lot of those Christopher

:

01:40:15,717 --> 01:40:17,996

Guest comedies, like Wag, best

:

01:40:18,112 --> 01:40:18,492

Zo Richardson: The name

:

01:40:18,617 --> 01:40:20,597

Katie: you'll, you'll, you

totally know who he is.

:

01:40:20,832 --> 01:40:22,212

Zo Richardson: You are

right, right, right, right.

:

01:40:22,897 --> 01:40:23,996

Katie: but he wasn't well known.

:

01:40:23,996 --> 01:40:27,817

Like apparently he wasn't well

known enough for the studio.

:

01:40:28,477 --> 01:40:32,617

so Kurt Russell apparently was

hired as a last resort effort by

:

01:40:32,617 --> 01:40:34,057

recommendation from Carpenter.

:

01:40:34,797 --> 01:40:39,047

but they didn't think he, they were

very skeptical because they thought

:

01:40:39,047 --> 01:40:45,687

he was too young and pretty to play

such a rugged and Brawny McCready.

:

01:40:46,187 --> 01:40:49,327

So that's maybe why he

did the beard and whatnot.

:

01:40:49,327 --> 01:40:51,887

But he is pretty, and he

was young and his eyes.

:

01:40:52,547 --> 01:40:56,457

Boy, those Kurt Russell eyes just I don't

know, there's something about him and you

:

01:40:56,457 --> 01:40:59,257

notice them a lot in this movie 'cause

you can't really see the rest of his face.

:

01:41:00,802 --> 01:41:01,152

Zo Richardson: right.

:

01:41:02,117 --> 01:41:03,267

Katie: Could you see anybody else in this?

:

01:41:03,287 --> 01:41:06,627

Did you like Kurt for this role or

could you see any of those other guys?

:

01:41:08,472 --> 01:41:10,752

Zo Richardson: I think many of

them would've done a fine job.

:

01:41:10,902 --> 01:41:15,152

It's, I don't see McCready

as having a particularly like

:

01:41:15,432 --> 01:41:16,832

defining characteristic.

:

01:41:16,852 --> 01:41:17,092

Katie: from his

:

01:41:17,102 --> 01:41:17,772

alcoholism,

:

01:41:17,952 --> 01:41:17,992

Zo Richardson: is.

:

01:41:19,227 --> 01:41:19,577

Right.

:

01:41:19,857 --> 01:41:23,217

I mean, he's a, and they were

all seemed to be, they liked it.

:

01:41:23,217 --> 01:41:23,457

They

:

01:41:23,457 --> 01:41:28,387

liked the liquor and I think that, he

just has a good like everyman persona.

:

01:41:28,807 --> 01:41:31,907

And I think most of the people

that you mentioned has a good

:

01:41:32,387 --> 01:41:36,157

everyman persona like Harrison

Ford or Clin Eastwood.

:

01:41:36,157 --> 01:41:40,597

they all have a good like regular

guy type everyman aesthetic.

:

01:41:40,777 --> 01:41:45,237

So I think that e either one of those

actors would've been a fine job at the

:

01:41:45,392 --> 01:41:45,791

Katie: I agree.

:

01:41:45,992 --> 01:41:46,112

I

:

01:41:46,227 --> 01:41:47,117

Zo Richardson: It's just something that

:

01:41:47,272 --> 01:41:48,472

Katie: I could actually see most of those.

:

01:41:48,572 --> 01:41:49,952

Not Don Johnson, I don't think.

:

01:41:50,092 --> 01:41:54,472

Not Don Johnson, but Christopher

Walen is one I would've loved to see.

:

01:41:54,492 --> 01:41:55,672

But he's not an everyman.

:

01:41:55,672 --> 01:42:00,222

He has a very specificness to him,

but that would've been interesting.

:

01:42:00,562 --> 01:42:01,412

But I, love Kurt.

:

01:42:01,492 --> 01:42:01,772

I love

:

01:42:01,937 --> 01:42:02,541

Zo Richardson: I right.

:

01:42:02,612 --> 01:42:05,541

Well, Christopher Walken has a kind

of ruggedness to him, so I think he

:

01:42:05,541 --> 01:42:07,541

can affect a rugged character.

:

01:42:07,962 --> 01:42:11,392

And you're right, Don Johnson

is the weakest one of the entire

:

01:42:11,392 --> 01:42:12,952

group that, that you mentioned.

:

01:42:12,952 --> 01:42:14,552

But I, he could probably pull it off.

:

01:42:14,852 --> 01:42:17,392

he could probably, he's a actor.

:

01:42:17,552 --> 01:42:18,192

I expect actors

:

01:42:18,192 --> 01:42:18,952

to know how to hack.

:

01:42:19,012 --> 01:42:19,842

So I figured that

:

01:42:19,877 --> 01:42:20,416

Katie: how about that?

:

01:42:21,992 --> 01:42:24,282

Zo Richardson: because that's the

thing about when people are fan

:

01:42:24,282 --> 01:42:26,442

casting, they're like, well, I

don't see him in his role because,

:

01:42:27,022 --> 01:42:28,522

you know, they don't have red hair.

:

01:42:28,662 --> 01:42:30,362

And I'm like, well,

they can dye their heads

:

01:42:30,422 --> 01:42:30,642

red.

:

01:42:30,642 --> 01:42:31,282

that's what they do.

:

01:42:31,282 --> 01:42:33,082

That's what makeup is for, that.

:

01:42:33,541 --> 01:42:33,832

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:42:33,932 --> 01:42:35,672

That's such a dumb, no kidding.

:

01:42:36,132 --> 01:42:36,552

Agreed.

:

01:42:37,452 --> 01:42:40,162

Zo Richardson: Yeah, but I see a lot

of that, a lot when people are fan

:

01:42:40,162 --> 01:42:45,232

casting, but in this specific role,

I don't really feel like there's a

:

01:42:45,472 --> 01:42:50,272

specific enough characteristic that

Kurt Russell brings that it could only

:

01:42:50,272 --> 01:42:51,871

be him to this particular character.

:

01:42:52,592 --> 01:42:58,272

I also remember that Kurt Russell was, had

screen tested for Han Solo and Star Wars,

:

01:42:59,132 --> 01:43:00,912

and that would've looked good.

:

01:43:01,312 --> 01:43:03,592

I wouldn't have mind

seeing Kurt Russell as

:

01:43:03,822 --> 01:43:04,362

Katie: Is Han

:

01:43:04,552 --> 01:43:05,712

Zo Richardson: I think

that would've worked

:

01:43:05,772 --> 01:43:06,232

as well.

:

01:43:06,802 --> 01:43:07,162

Katie: Harrison Ford.

:

01:43:08,652 --> 01:43:10,912

Zo Richardson: Yes, that's Harrison

Ford eventually take that character.

:

01:43:10,912 --> 01:43:13,912

They weren't even really looking

at him as taking that role.

:

01:43:14,102 --> 01:43:17,152

They only really brought him

on to read lines off against

:

01:43:17,212 --> 01:43:17,871

the other actors.

:

01:43:17,871 --> 01:43:18,672

They were casting

:

01:43:18,932 --> 01:43:19,132

Katie: been a

:

01:43:19,192 --> 01:43:20,952

Zo Richardson: like Luke

Skywalker, princess Leia?

:

01:43:21,882 --> 01:43:22,102

Katie: No.

:

01:43:22,352 --> 01:43:23,592

Zo Richardson: I think

they're around the same age.

:

01:43:24,222 --> 01:43:25,712

Kurt Russell and Harrison Ford.

:

01:43:25,952 --> 01:43:26,672

'cause he was a lot younger.

:

01:43:26,912 --> 01:43:29,432

I think maybe he was, maybe

he's like a little bit younger.

:

01:43:29,482 --> 01:43:32,752

Maybe he's 29 and Harrison

Ford was like 33 or

:

01:43:32,752 --> 01:43:33,132

Katie: Got it.

:

01:43:33,472 --> 01:43:33,692

Not,

:

01:43:33,852 --> 01:43:35,512

Zo Richardson: But Not, that, not they're

:

01:43:35,692 --> 01:43:37,312

around the same age, I believe.

:

01:43:38,102 --> 01:43:38,392

Yeah.

:

01:43:38,682 --> 01:43:39,572

Katie: some other ones.

:

01:43:39,572 --> 01:43:45,462

So for the Gary role, like the

captain guy apparently, alternates

:

01:43:45,682 --> 01:43:48,142

Lee Van Cleef and Isaac Hayes.

:

01:43:49,452 --> 01:43:52,662

That would've been different, we're

considered since John Carpenter

:

01:43:52,682 --> 01:43:56,302

had just worked with them on

Escape from New York in:

:

01:43:57,242 --> 01:43:57,592

Zo Richardson: Right.

:

01:43:57,862 --> 01:44:00,852

Katie: Isaac Hayes also was

considered for the child's role.

:

01:44:02,082 --> 01:44:07,732

Same with, Bernie Casey, Jeffrey

Holder, Ernie Hudson and Carl Weathers.

:

01:44:08,374 --> 01:44:09,204

Zo Richardson: Right, right.

:

01:44:09,464 --> 01:44:11,523

he was going through all of

his favorite black actors

:

01:44:12,009 --> 01:44:12,429

Katie: he was.

:

01:44:12,809 --> 01:44:15,809

Now I do like Carl

Weathers, but I don't know.

:

01:44:15,898 --> 01:44:17,059

I don't see him for this.

:

01:44:19,334 --> 01:44:21,994

Zo Richardson: what's surprising

to me was that I used to think

:

01:44:21,994 --> 01:44:23,874

that Car Weathers wasn't an actor.

:

01:44:23,943 --> 01:44:27,204

Like he was kind of just some dude

that they found to, I don't know.

:

01:44:27,304 --> 01:44:31,424

I don't know what I was thinking, I guess

because I never really watched Rocky.

:

01:44:31,654 --> 01:44:34,824

It's like I sort of, kind

of was lazy through it.

:

01:44:35,204 --> 01:44:35,424

So

:

01:44:35,824 --> 01:44:36,184

I did,

:

01:44:36,289 --> 01:44:38,559

Katie: we're gonna have to,

we're gonna have to remedy that.

:

01:44:38,794 --> 01:44:40,164

Zo Richardson: yeah, no.

:

01:44:40,164 --> 01:44:40,324

Here.

:

01:44:40,344 --> 01:44:41,244

No, here's what happened.

:

01:44:41,244 --> 01:44:41,964

Here's what happened.

:

01:44:42,564 --> 01:44:43,414

I, I knew of Rocky.

:

01:44:43,574 --> 01:44:47,814

I always thought I watched Rocky, but as

it turns out, I had not watched Rocky.

:

01:44:47,914 --> 01:44:49,734

And then I did Rocky for

:

01:44:50,034 --> 01:44:53,214

the podcast and I watched Carl Weathers.

:

01:44:53,214 --> 01:44:55,134

It was like, oh, he really can act.

:

01:44:55,134 --> 01:44:55,853

He really is a actor.

:

01:44:56,034 --> 01:44:59,094

As a matter of fact, Carl

Weathers would complain about

:

01:44:59,454 --> 01:45:00,693

Sylvester Stallone's acting.

:

01:45:00,693 --> 01:45:01,574

That's what he was.

:

01:45:01,589 --> 01:45:01,879

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:45:02,219 --> 01:45:03,719

He was like, can you gimme a real actor?

:

01:45:05,039 --> 01:45:05,329

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

01:45:05,359 --> 01:45:05,648

Yeah.

:

01:45:05,648 --> 01:45:07,209

He would say, could

you gimme a real actor?

:

01:45:07,209 --> 01:45:09,379

Because I was like, oh,

he really is a actor.

:

01:45:09,719 --> 01:45:11,259

And now I see he's,

:

01:45:11,309 --> 01:45:15,849

in Star Wars in the Mandalorian,

and he plays a character there.

:

01:45:15,989 --> 01:45:20,679

And it is you really get to see his acting

chops in the Mandalorian more so than you

:

01:45:20,939 --> 01:45:22,299

got to see in earlier movies.

:

01:45:22,839 --> 01:45:25,659

and it's a shame it could, I feel

like you didn't really see enough

:

01:45:25,659 --> 01:45:25,939

of him.

:

01:45:26,148 --> 01:45:26,499

Right.

:

01:45:26,949 --> 01:45:30,279

many of the other actors

like Isaac Hayes and, Bernie,

:

01:45:30,489 --> 01:45:32,249

Casey ca, is it Casey, Bernie,

:

01:45:32,568 --> 01:45:33,289

I can't remember his name.

:

01:45:33,469 --> 01:45:34,209

,Bernie, Casey.

:

01:45:35,119 --> 01:45:37,839

I feel like I've seen those

actors a lot more than I've seen.

:

01:45:38,139 --> 01:45:38,478

you know,

:

01:45:38,779 --> 01:45:39,199

Apollo

:

01:45:39,484 --> 01:45:42,844

Katie: I mean, 'cause he was Apollo Creed,

like it's hard to, he was in Predator.

:

01:45:44,023 --> 01:45:44,244

but

:

01:45:44,329 --> 01:45:44,619

Zo Richardson: Yeah.

:

01:45:44,689 --> 01:45:45,779

yeah, He wasn't predator.

:

01:45:45,844 --> 01:45:47,684

Katie: feel like it's really

hard if you're like an

:

01:45:47,684 --> 01:45:49,484

iconic character in a movie.

:

01:45:49,554 --> 01:45:51,684

It's kind of hard to branch outta that.

:

01:45:51,744 --> 01:45:51,964

But,

:

01:45:52,584 --> 01:45:55,304

b Brian Duney was also

considered for the role of Dr.

:

01:45:55,304 --> 01:46:02,064

Copper and Richard Masseur turned

down a role in ET to do this movie

:

01:46:02,964 --> 01:46:05,224

And so he is probably

totally kicking himself.

:

01:46:05,804 --> 01:46:13,294

yes, it was actually filmed in LA with

the final shooting taking place in

:

01:46:13,494 --> 01:46:16,614

northern British Columbia and the town.

:

01:46:18,224 --> 01:46:21,954

Stewart, the town of Stewart was

chosen as a main location because

:

01:46:22,174 --> 01:46:27,034

it apparently is considered the

snowfall capital of North America.

:

01:46:28,574 --> 01:46:33,994

And the sound effects of the Antarctic

wind was recorded actually in the

:

01:46:33,994 --> 01:46:35,754

desert outside of Palm Springs.

:

01:46:36,154 --> 01:46:37,314

I thought that was interesting.

:

01:46:37,579 --> 01:46:39,439

Zo Richardson: Ah, yeah, that is,

:

01:46:39,754 --> 01:46:42,894

Katie: Now, entertainment Weekly

ranked, ranked this as the 12th

:

01:46:43,334 --> 01:46:44,934

scariest movie of all time.

:

01:46:45,924 --> 01:46:46,544

Do you agree?

:

01:46:46,574 --> 01:46:47,424

What do you think about that?

:

01:46:49,459 --> 01:46:52,099

Zo Richardson: well, I'm not a proper

judge 'cause as I said, I don't

:

01:46:52,099 --> 01:46:53,499

watch a whole bunch of horror movies.

:

01:46:53,779 --> 01:46:58,019

I mean, it was, it was somewhat

thrilling, but I don't know that it

:

01:46:58,019 --> 01:47:01,259

could be, it's probably not the scariest

movie that most people have ever

:

01:47:01,284 --> 01:47:01,574

Katie: Yeah,

:

01:47:01,959 --> 01:47:03,739

Zo Richardson: but like I said, I am not.

:

01:47:04,349 --> 01:47:04,699

Right.

:

01:47:04,699 --> 01:47:05,299

Right, right.

:

01:47:05,999 --> 01:47:07,699

I'm not the guy to judge

these things though.

:

01:47:07,799 --> 01:47:08,859

You have to ask a horror

:

01:47:08,859 --> 01:47:09,099

movie

:

01:47:09,394 --> 01:47:09,594

Katie: true.

:

01:47:09,624 --> 01:47:10,193

That is fair.

:

01:47:10,193 --> 01:47:14,594

So those of you who are super into

horror, let me know like how you

:

01:47:14,594 --> 01:47:18,464

think the thing, you know, where it

is in your rankings of horror movies.

:

01:47:19,224 --> 01:47:20,304

I enjoyed it.

:

01:47:20,504 --> 01:47:22,664

I was not super scared, at all.

:

01:47:23,144 --> 01:47:24,103

I did like the effects.

:

01:47:24,314 --> 01:47:28,704

maybe it's again, some of it might

be us watching it now, but if we had

:

01:47:28,704 --> 01:47:34,501

watched it when we were like a kid in the

eighties or something, apparently John

:

01:47:34,501 --> 01:47:39,741

Carpenter's next project after this was

supposed to be:

:

01:47:41,231 --> 01:47:46,531

He lost that gig because the thing

did so poorly at the box office.

:

01:47:48,846 --> 01:47:50,346

Zo Richardson: Ah, it's gotta hurt

:

01:47:51,111 --> 01:47:51,401

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:47:51,901 --> 01:47:52,481

Oh my gosh.

:

01:47:52,591 --> 01:47:52,880

Okay.

:

01:47:53,871 --> 01:47:57,441

Well, okay, so the thing is a

major departure from the movies

:

01:47:57,441 --> 01:48:00,081

that we've covered so far on

retro made with Kurt and Patrick.

:

01:48:00,261 --> 01:48:05,761

So I'd say it was a fun change of

scenery and while I very much wanna visit

:

01:48:05,931 --> 01:48:11,261

Antarctica, like legit, wanna do one of

those Antarctica voyages, I definitely

:

01:48:11,431 --> 01:48:13,421

don't wanna go to escape the thing.

:

01:48:13,960 --> 01:48:18,141

So we now return to present day

reality until the next retro episode.

:

01:48:19,001 --> 01:48:21,101

Zoe, such a pleasure.

:

01:48:21,141 --> 01:48:24,781

was so much fun talking about:

with you and the interesting journey,

:

01:48:25,121 --> 01:48:26,941

um, that the thing was for both of us.

:

01:48:26,960 --> 01:48:30,981

Do you have any closing thoughts

or places that we can find you?

:

01:48:33,136 --> 01:48:37,186

Zo Richardson: Well, my closing thoughts

as to the thing, it's a movie that you

:

01:48:37,186 --> 01:48:38,585

asked me what movies I wanna watch.

:

01:48:38,666 --> 01:48:40,306

I was like, well, let me watch the thing.

:

01:48:40,306 --> 01:48:40,626

Since

:

01:48:40,696 --> 01:48:43,106

I've never seen it, people

have always talked about it

:

01:48:43,566 --> 01:48:44,906

and I've never got to see it.

:

01:48:44,925 --> 01:48:50,626

So I'm glad that I got to see it

because now I can now I understand

:

01:48:51,046 --> 01:48:54,496

the movie that so many people

were talking about when they talk

:

01:48:54,496 --> 01:48:55,736

about watching the thing.

:

01:48:56,196 --> 01:49:00,386

So that is, I'm glad that

I was able to watch it, so

:

01:49:00,386 --> 01:49:01,386

thank you for that invitation.

:

01:49:02,116 --> 01:49:06,376

and as far as where people can

find me, You can find me at

:

01:49:06,376 --> 01:49:08,776

the website@backlinkcinema.com.

:

01:49:08,776 --> 01:49:10,976

That's where I have all

of my links and whatnot.

:

01:49:11,716 --> 01:49:17,456

And specifically, my Twitter slash

TikTok is at Backlink Cinema.

:

01:49:17,956 --> 01:49:22,896

Now, not a lot of stuff on TikTok

right now, but now that I'm ramping the

:

01:49:22,896 --> 01:49:24,616

podcast stuff, I'm gonna start doing

:

01:49:24,966 --> 01:49:26,216

some original content

:

01:49:26,276 --> 01:49:26,896

for TikTok.

:

01:49:27,116 --> 01:49:29,606

At least for as long as

the government allows

:

01:49:29,626 --> 01:49:29,846

it.

:

01:49:30,596 --> 01:49:30,886

Also

:

01:49:32,356 --> 01:49:32,646

Katie: Yeah.

:

01:49:32,646 --> 01:49:33,846

And what's Twitter these days?

:

01:49:33,876 --> 01:49:35,005

What is it even a thing?

:

01:49:35,116 --> 01:49:35,696

I'm teasing.

:

01:49:35,696 --> 01:49:36,216

I'm teasing.

:

01:49:36,366 --> 01:49:37,216

Zo Richardson: No, it's still around.

:

01:49:37,286 --> 01:49:39,736

It's still kicking What are the

other places they can find me?

:

01:49:40,255 --> 01:49:40,616

Facebook and

:

01:49:40,796 --> 01:49:41,016

ig.

:

01:49:41,276 --> 01:49:43,255

You can find me on Bacl Cinema.

:

01:49:44,036 --> 01:49:44,526

Podcast.

:

01:49:45,216 --> 01:49:47,675

And also I have a Threads

account, which is connected to

:

01:49:47,936 --> 01:49:49,636

the IG account, so that's also

:

01:49:49,976 --> 01:49:50,556

at BCL

:

01:49:50,716 --> 01:49:52,136

Katie: You even have a threads account.

:

01:49:52,206 --> 01:49:52,776

Look at you.

:

01:49:53,686 --> 01:49:53,976

Zo Richardson: yeah.

:

01:49:53,976 --> 01:49:59,616

Just, jumping on all the new ones,

for most people a Threads account

:

01:49:59,616 --> 01:50:01,136

is just a backup in case Twitter

:

01:50:01,136 --> 01:50:01,656

goes down.

:

01:50:01,835 --> 01:50:02,326

Katie: awesome.

:

01:50:02,436 --> 01:50:06,326

Well, I think that if anybody likes

retro made, I assuming if you're

:

01:50:06,326 --> 01:50:10,005

listening or watching to this right now,

you'll also like backlog cinema, and

:

01:50:10,026 --> 01:50:13,606

I'm very excited for some of the new

episodes that you have, On the horizon.

:

01:50:14,425 --> 01:50:16,846

and thank you all for

listening or watching.

:

01:50:16,846 --> 01:50:18,766

Please give us a rating and a review.

:

01:50:19,436 --> 01:50:21,606

Keep those YouTube likes

and comments coming.

:

01:50:21,666 --> 01:50:24,726

It really is helpful for

other people finding the show.

:

01:50:24,826 --> 01:50:28,526

So reviews and commenting and liking

and all that stuff is very helpful.

:

01:50:29,066 --> 01:50:31,286

You can also, as I mentioned

earlier, if you wanna send

:

01:50:31,646 --> 01:50:33,726

me an email, you can do that.

:

01:50:33,946 --> 01:50:36,556

send it to Retro Made podcast@gmail.com.

:

01:50:37,056 --> 01:50:40,516

And until next time, be kind, rewind.

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