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Top Gun Jul 05, 2019

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We're feeling the need for speed on this week's episode. Three decades later, Maverick remains one of the roles that Tom Cruise is most recognized for and the style of filmmaking that movies like this helped usher in is still being imitated in modern blockbusters. It's a great big serving of 80s cheese, so let's see if Top Gun is still the best of the best or if we've lost that loving feeling. Topics include: the influx of commercial directors from the UK to Hollywood and how their sensibilities helped shape modern filmmaking, the Pentagon's final approval over the script and what elements they wanted changed, the insurmountable problem the love story subplot faces, whether or not Iceman might actually be the only one making sense here, why we're intrigued by the upcoming sequel, and much more!

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My Girl Jun 21, 2019

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It's the movie traumatized a generation of children. Although it may not pack the same emotional punch now that we're all grown up, there's still a lot to love about My Girl.

Topics include: how difficult it was to come up with a title for this movie and some of the more unusual options they considered, how reading the novelization first sort of ruined Chris' first viewing of this, a score so overbearing even Donna noticed it, the number of subplots that don't really go anywhere, why Richard Masur is the low key MVP of this film, how each of us reacted to the ending as kids, and much more!

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First Blood Jun 07, 2019

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Nothing is over! Nothing! And as the recently released trailer for Rambo: Last Blood proves, that certainly applies to this franchise. But before the latest installment hits theaters this fall, we decided to go all the way back to where it all began. This original film is now strangely the outlier in this franchise - a relatively grounded and character-driven story that actually has something pretty compelling to say. If you've never seen it, you might be surprised how dramatically First Blood flies in the face of most people's preconceived notions about this series. Topics include: the major differences between the film and the novel that it's based on, the legendary actor who was cast as Trautman and why he walked off the set, the drastically different endings that were considered, the original three hour long cut, how the sequels shifted everyone's perceptions of this character, Rambo's Saturday morning cartoon, and much more!

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The Outsiders May 24, 2019

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A legendary director adapting a bestselling novel with a cast of soon-to-be A-list movie stars? How could you not be on board with this? As it turns out, Chris & Donna's love for S.E. Hinton's book made it hard to get into this when they were kids. And Carlos was so unfamiliar with the whole thing that he thought this movie might be about vampires. So we really had no idea how this was going to play for us.

Topics include: how a librarian from a small school in Fresno, California helped get this movie made, the new cut of this Coppola released in 2005 and how it fixes a lot of the film's major issues, why the theatrical version was trimmed so excessively, some theories about why the performances are a little hammy, and much more!

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The Dark Crystal May 10, 2019

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We've been getting requests for this one ever since we covered Labyrinth five years ago. As you're about to discover, there's a pretty surprising reason it took this long. Nevertheless, the time has come to do a deep dive on one of Jim Henson's proudest (and most polarizing) achievements.

Topics include: why it was so important to conceptualize this world before developing the story, how a metaphysical being named Seth influenced the film's themes, what makes the dark crystal "dark", the numerous changes they made for the theatrical cut after a disastrous test screening, all the ways in which the lore has been expanded upon in other media, and much more!

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Hellboy Apr 26, 2019

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Hard to believe this one's eligible isn't it? We had the same reaction. Of course part of that is that until very recently, there was still some small chance we might eventually get del Toro's Hellboy III. So even though it's been over a decade since the last installment in this series, it didn't feel quite like a bygone era yet. We get into all the factors that led to them rebooting the franchise instead of carrying on with this continuity, but more relevant to this conversation, we also explore why certain fans of Mike Mignola's comic boom series always had mixed feeling over how del Toro adapted the material. We even brought our own preconceived notions into this. It had been a long time since we'd seen either of the original Hellboy movies and we felt pretty certain that the sequel was far superior to this initial outing. Is that still the case? And separate from its deviations from the source material, does this still work as a film on its own terms? Let's find out! Other topics include: the way del Toro incorporates and remixes elements from the comic without borrowing anything verbatim, the changes that even Hellboy's creator thought were an improvement, the pros and cons of shooting in Prague, some really intriguing set up for all of these characters that the film never really explores, creative concessions they made for the PG-13 rating, why del Toro isn't 100% the victim in Hellboy III never getting made, and much more! Check it out! You can now get HDYR merch exclusively through TeePublic!

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The Fifth Element Apr 12, 2019

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Like Mr. Shadow itself, The Fifth Element was something of an anomaly when it hit theaters in 1997 - a $90 million sci-fi spectacular that wasn't based on a pre-existing property. While that's technically true, there were some French comic book publishers who felt like Luc Besson's film crossed the line between homage and outright theft. We trace the project's origins to determine if there's any merit to those claims, see how well the movie holds up two decades later, and examine the myriad of reasons there was never a sequel. Topics include: how comics like Valerian and The Incal helped set the template for the look of this (and many other movies), why ditching the ex-military angle for Korben would really help clean up the first act, our initial reactions to Gary Oldman's performance and some confusion over what exactly his endgame here is, the realization that Leeloo really only has one big scene, the "born sexy yesterday trope", and much more! Check it out! You can now get HDYR merch exclusively through TeePublic!

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She's All That Mar 29, 2019

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Ugly duckling or beautiful swan? We find out with this look back at She's All That - a late 90s teen romcom that paved the way for a slew of similar movies. Carlos has been waiting patiently for his chance to talk about Freddie Prinze Jr. on this podcast, so we went straight to the quintessential entry on his list of films from this era.

Topics include: the stage play this is based on and other notable interpretations of that work, how this script changed once the lead actors were cast, why the first twenty minutes feel so different from the rest of the film, the story behind that random choreographed dance number, the arguably even more random final act, and much more! Check it out! You can now get HDYR merch exclusively through TeePublic!

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D2: The Mighty Ducks Mar 15, 2019

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When we covered the first Mighty Ducks two years ago, we acknowledged that there was a pretty strong consensus that D2 was the superior film. It had also been at least twenty years since any of us had seen this movie. So it was time to find out how well this one held up to a more objective viewing and whether or not this is indeed the high water mark of the series. Topics include: why we liked this one better as kids, the missing Ducks that no one even mentions, why 60% of Team USA being made up of ONE team from Minnesota is a little bonkers, a really simple change that would have prevented the plot from essentially being a retread of the first one, Jan's dark backstory, why a third installment was always going to feel underwhelming, and much more! Check it out! You can now get HDYR merch exclusively through TeePublic!

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Raiders of the Lost Ark Mar 01, 2019

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To celebrate our 150th episode, the HDYR gang decided it was time to go on a long overdue adventure with our old pal, Indy. Not unlike Star Wars, this property was such a constant in our lives that we've always regarded it as something so much larger than any one film. Which is why it's so fascinating to go back to where it all began and really examine Raiders of the Lost Ark on its own terms. For as much as the first three films in the series have in common, this one really does stand apart for several important reasons. It's a milestone movie for a milestone episode, so let's get the boulder rolling!

Topics include: the original choice for the role of Indiana Jones, how the first fifteen minutes are a microcosm of the entire film, the really important bit of exposition about the ark that they cut out, the elaborate sequence that was almost entirely improvised, whether or not there's any weight to the argument that Indy has no effect on the plot, the big reason Kingdom of the Crystal Skull feels so different from the others, and much more! Check it out! You can now get HDYR merch exclusively through TeePublic!

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