tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222639022024-03-14T11:48:57.837-07:00The Drive-In Speaker BoxThe Drive-In Speaker Box is a weekly two hour radio program devoted to the bizarre and colorful underbelly of the wide world of cinema and TV.
Tune in Mondays from 8pm to 10pm on KXUA 88.3FM in Fayetteville AkransasBoom Operatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17510139321987177002noreply@blogger.comBlogger357125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-68020352989702241682014-10-31T15:25:00.000-07:002014-10-31T15:25:29.310-07:00Children of the Corn: Episode IX
It's always a surreal moment when we finally catch up to the almost-present in a long series of horror films. How have things changed in the 28 years (sheesh!) that this series has been active? Apparently there is rumor of another Children of the Corn remake, although there's rightful doubt it will get off the ground. To me, that sums up this whole enterprise: there's no direction this The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-46035405467794618052014-10-29T11:43:00.001-07:002014-10-29T11:43:33.216-07:00Children of the Corn: Episode VIII
The era of the remake - oh boy! Around this time, executives and producers decided hitting the reset button was way easier than trying to create a new idea, and Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes was recasting horror flagships with amped up violence and even more amped up editing (to pointless effect, usually). Meanwhile, Stephen King franchises were getting their own person do-overs as Made-for-TV The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-80201433339535196832014-10-22T09:14:00.003-07:002014-10-22T09:14:52.392-07:00Children of the Corn: Episode VII
Well, you know we've gotten to the aughts when shit stops getting a number and starts to get the most cliched colon-generic-horror-title treatment! Oh boy! I'm shocked there was/is no Children of the Corn: Resurrection, but I should probably knock on wood. What does the industry have against numbers now, anyway? With horror titles, it's best to wear one's lack of dignity on one's sleeve, butThe Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-82257241879661744532014-10-21T07:25:00.001-07:002014-10-21T09:11:27.413-07:00Children of the Corn: Episode VI
And finally we say goodbye to the 90s. I'm actually fine with that. Once this series took itself exclusively to rental stores, things have been getting darker (in texture, I mean, not edgier or more disturbing) and more boring. I had hoped that Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return was signalling a positive shift (relatively,ok?). We haven't had a strong effort toward continuity (eliding The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-60270484296049430702014-10-20T10:42:00.002-07:002014-10-20T11:03:09.097-07:00Children of the Corn: Episode V
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Eva Mendes!? Ahahahahahahaha. Maybe she heard that Charlize and Naomi got their big breaks in this franchise and signed up! Actually, Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror is relatively star-studded compared to its predecessors: Ms. Mendes, David Carradine, and Fred Williamson, the Duke of Blaxploitation and star of such films as....this. (Please do not open that link at work or The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-32345076427976301382014-10-16T09:37:00.000-07:002014-10-21T09:10:50.495-07:00Children of the Corn: Episode IV
Naomi Watts? Word? First Academy Award winning Charlize Theron is in one of these movies and now NayNay? Well, apparently this franchise is a springboard for imminent success as a young actress. And Naomi is actually the main character in Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering, not to be confused with Highlander but occasionally to be confused with The Gathering of the Juggalos.
I'll be The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-23035732285992736152014-10-12T12:54:00.001-07:002014-10-12T15:36:39.855-07:00Children of the Corn: Episode III
At this point in the series two things are happening: 1.) The drearier textures of the 90s are starting to push through, meaning a conscientious move away from the "fun" of the first sequel, though this thankfully does not eliminate unintentional fun, and 2.) Stephen King's original premise at this stage is an ounce of cheese trying to be spread over a cracker the size of a Mazda. Some demonThe Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-86951693811040532052014-10-09T09:58:00.000-07:002014-10-09T09:58:21.618-07:00Children of the Corn: Episode II
Now that's what I'm talkin' about! That's the shit right there! Now we're back on track. Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (something tells me that title will end up being ironic) perversely gets the party started again by doing exactly what cheap, throwaway sequels usually do - dumb things down and gore things up. Given that the first Children of the Corn didn't have a lot to The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-62804062644669556582014-10-06T16:10:00.000-07:002014-10-06T16:21:14.229-07:00Children of the Corn: Episode I
And here we are, finally, at the start of things. Numero Uno. That poster art always did creep me out as a little kid, although I don't think I ever saw this movie until recently (not counting the review). And, actually, I came to appreciate Disciples of the Crow a bit more after watching this first official installment - I think it played its cards right with regard to King's original storyThe Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-38596732744915814892014-10-06T02:00:00.000-07:002014-10-13T17:07:22.806-07:00Gu-Gone GirlBack in action for a minute or two, The Gaffer takes a break from the cornfields to help out, helping to review Gone Girl and pitch a movie about deadly butt electrocutions. You heard me.
We heard music from:
Cannibal Holocaust, 1980 - Riz Orlani
The Fearless Vampire Killers, 1967 - Krzysztof Komeda
DOWNLOAD THIS PODCASTThe Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-77212566444893300662014-10-02T20:35:00.001-07:002014-10-06T16:24:41.064-07:00Children of the Corn: Episode 0
We actually get to start this series with a prequel of sorts, Disciples of the Crow, which sounds like a pretty terrible metal band. This 1983 short film (brought to my attention by Travis - thanks, asshole) has around 20 minutes in its running time and $45 in its budget. The film sounds like it was boom mic'd through a handful of tube socks and you can almost see the magnetic strips The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-37114350040462036672014-10-01T19:05:00.001-07:002014-10-01T19:05:18.025-07:00The Gaffer Presents: Halloween Franchise Follies Part II: The BloodeningOctober is upon us again! Seasonal pumpkin ales are polluting our liquor stores and the leaves are getting crunchy. Halloween reigns supremeMore importantly, it's time to dust off the Gaffer's blogging skills for another heinous episode of Franchise Follies! Last year's takedown of The Howling films proved pretty amusing for everyone (and...mostly me). This year I'm again sticking with a The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-25268914031385458042014-09-15T20:18:00.000-07:002014-10-13T17:04:33.368-07:00Rambo JawsRambo is getting a sequel. And maybe a TV show? Ok. "Jaws" Richard Kiel passed away, notable as Bond henchman and "Happy Gilmore" cameo, respectively. Nothing came out on DVD. I caught Blue Ruin on Netflix, and thought it was a pleasant surprise, so the week was not lost.
We heard music from:
Rambo: First Blood Part II, 1985 - Jerry Goldsmith
The Zero Theorem, 2014 - George Fenton
Italian The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-79087850989304201302014-09-08T20:00:00.000-07:002014-09-15T17:54:14.197-07:00The Color of FlashThis was the slowest box office weekend in six years, which is sad, because I really feel like we could've made that number larger. Wow, there was nothing to talk about this week.
We heard music from:
Flash Gordon, 1980 - Queen
The Color of Money, 1986 - Various, Robbie Robertson
DOWNLOAD THIS PODCAST The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-56281767942662806212014-09-01T20:00:00.000-07:002014-09-15T17:53:22.262-07:00In-Labor DayLabor Day! Tiny, pitiful respite from the unrelenting, brutal erosion of working life in a post-industrial society!
Naked pictures of several starlets were recently hacked from the iCloud, reinforcing our cultural notion of celebrities in general and female celebrities in particular that they are part of our entitlement consumer consumption. Sad shit.
I only caught one newish film this week, The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-83870097524478682152014-08-25T20:05:00.000-07:002014-09-01T05:19:12.622-07:00Under the ForeskinRichard Attenborough died age 90. Minority Report TV show. Managed to see Richard Linklater's Boyhood and Jonathan Glazer Under the Skin; the former's use of real-time lapse as storytelling overshadowed it's ability to actually create a narrative. The latter however, relied completely on narrative but not story and profited immensely. Interesting contrast.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 1986 - The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-74039514584090292282014-08-18T20:17:00.000-07:002014-08-31T09:55:38.278-07:00Sorceress of My HeartHmm, what exactly is there to talk about this time around? Wiener-cleavage? George Takei? Yes indeed. I won't give you context, you'll have to listen in.
I keep meaning to see Boyhood, which is playing at our local Cinemark. Low-fi artsy-fartsy using real-time aging experimentation for film? I'll check that out. But what I really want to see is this recently unearthed gem:
Music:
The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-53389640980471367272014-08-11T20:00:00.000-07:002014-09-01T05:18:21.244-07:00Robin Williams, RIPRobin Williams passed away today, losing a decades-long struggle with depression informed by bipolar disorder and alcoholism. I prefer the expression, "Death by depression" to suicide, since it decenters the individual as the cause and focuses on the illness, much as if he died from a stroke or congenital heart failure. I don't accept the simplistic rational that an individual is solely The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-85709987391748845772014-08-04T19:26:00.000-07:002014-10-09T02:17:11.981-07:00Should've Been GWARdians of the Galaxy...Some random movie made a lot of money (for August) and I forget the title. It was OK - refer to previous post. Otherwise, some drunk guy calling himself, I shit you not, Kelly-Man the Destroyer, kept on calling and requesting music. That's always entertaining. We also caught Gilliam's latest and chatted about various things, as is our wont. Some silly dipshit also trolled on our Facebook about The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-26660965613178121742014-08-04T11:24:00.000-07:002014-08-07T09:35:17.842-07:00Review: Guardians of the GalaxyWhere to begin with Guardians of the Galaxy? We all thought it was doomed at first - a bizarre and maybe arrogant ploy from the Marvel/Disney conglomerate amidst the dizzying success of its other franchises, "Let's pull something out of the vault that will almost certainly not work and really test the limits of comic book adaptations and the audience's tolerance of the odd and zany." And then The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-37065449833910373932014-07-28T20:00:00.000-07:002014-07-31T14:10:27.050-07:00"I *am* the Appellate Courts!"Comic-Con pieces needed digesting: 50 Shades of Gray, Mad Max, and at least two other films had their trailer debuts at that symposium of sadness.
We reviewed Expendables III and Lucy. The former was to be expected of the franchise, the latter wrapping up too nicely to be any real sort of heady sci fi, but still decent to see Scar-Jo jumping around flashing her awesome lady parts at the screen.
The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-43159226868116336832014-07-21T20:21:00.000-07:002014-07-31T14:08:32.906-07:00Hercules and the Golden ShowerAhead of us looms dark horizons: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vin Diesel's return to the illustrious xXx franchise, and the internet getting its collective nutt over some new...pictures of a new X-Wing and Ultron in upcoming sequel resplendence. The geeks have taken over! Well, they took over a decade ago, at least, but it's still worth opining a bit.
We got into an interesting discussion about the The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-42089379496153650222014-07-14T20:00:00.000-07:002014-07-31T14:06:51.690-07:00Rise of the Planet of Your MomSince literally no other movies came out, the new Apes movie ruled the roost. We talked about a bunch of stuff as usual as the Gaffer managed to gchat to people for most of the show and barely pay attention for the rest of it, while being passive aggressive via blogger about the Boom Operator bringing a guest to the studio.
We heard music from the following:
"Planet of the Apes", 1974 - The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-77312545220197420672014-07-07T19:34:00.000-07:002014-07-31T14:04:12.690-07:00FireworkpiercerNot a lot happened this past ID4 weekend; either the fireworks have lost their luster or things just didn't come together this year. So it goes, Mr. Vonnegut.
Snowpiercer: It exists. We talked about it.
We heard music from:
How to Train Your Dragon 2, 2014 - John Powell
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 2011 - Patrick Doyle
The Last Starfighter, 1984 - Craig Safan
DOWNLOAD THIS PODCAST The Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22263902.post-13136031534229548922014-06-30T20:00:00.000-07:002014-07-31T19:18:20.700-07:00Return of the Lack of InnocenceHey how y'all doin' now? I don't even understand what that means, but we're back after a two-week hiatus talking all the crazy Star Wars Batman Superman Ninja Turtles geeky bullshit news that has diminished us all personally. We did have micro-reviews of the movies we saw:
22 Jump Street - Dick-humor, delivered by actors who were, in actuality, pretty funny.
Maleficent - The Boom Operator had aThe Gafferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673339191566716563noreply@blogger.com0