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53: Twin Peaks: The One-Armed Man and Cooper's Dreams Jul 31, 2023

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We're over the halfway point on Twin Peak's first season, and the dirty business of all the townsfolk is front and center on this week's Watchcast episodes: The One-Armed Man, and Cooper's Dreams!

CHAPTERS:

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(00:00:15) - Intro.
(00:02:58) - Kicking things off with The One-Armed Man!
(00:08:30) - Launching into this week's dirty business.
(00:15:31) - Jacoby's interrogation.
(00:22:26) - Finding the one-armed man, and even more than we bargained for.
(00:29:37) - Donna and Audrey join forces.
(00:35:08) - Hank has arrived on the scene.
(00:39:14) - Just look at that dang llama.
(00:41:58) - Shelley and Bobby begin to hatch a plan, and the boys hit the range.
(00:46:58) - Our first significant time with cousin Maddy.
(00:51:09) - Ben and Audrey's deal.
(00:56:35) - Birds and frame-ups.
(01:00:08) - Leo and Ben's meeting.
(01:04:03) - James and Donna discover the locket missing, and the Josie/Hank reveal.
(01:08:12) - Break!
(01:08:33) - We're back, and it's time to dive ever deeper into Cooper's Dreams!
(01:14:51) - Finding out all kinds of things at Jacques' apartment.
(01:18:46) - Ed and Norma break it off.
(01:24:02) - Audrey goes nuclear, and James dumps some lore.
(01:32:37) - Bobby gets broken down.
(01:37:26) - The Log Lady lays it out.
(01:42:28) - What a party.
(01:49:09) - The episode's rapid fire final revelations.
(01:54:08) - Final thoughts on this week's episodes.
(01:56:41) - Outro.

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52: Twin Peaks: Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer and Rest in Pain Jul 24, 2023

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We've hit the halfway point of Twin Peaks' first season, and it's time to dig into all the things that are beginning to reveal themselves. Join us as we uncover forensic evidence, attend completely uneventful funerals, and discover just what the heck the dang Bookhouse Boys are all about.

CHAPTERS:

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(00:00:22) - Intro.
(00:01:35) - Our episodes this week: Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer, and Rest in Pain! And now, here's the Log Lady.
(00:04:30) - Butter and brie baguettes.
(00:11:04) - Them Horne boys are up to no good.
(00:17:55) - Bobby and Mike have an...encounter with Leo.
(00:27:08) - The country called Tibet.
(00:34:43) - Enter: Albert Rosenfield.
(00:37:36) - Checking in on some of the other townsfolk.
(00:41:00) - Cooper's dream.
(00:51:25) - Break!
(00:51:44) - We're back, and it's time to Rest in Pain.
(00:54:07) - Cooper's latest breakfast escapades.
(01:00:48) - Albert vs. Decency.
(01:05:16) - Maddy, and shows within shows.
(01:08:02) - Norma's hubby is gettin' out, and Leo gets a visit.
(01:11:48) - Another Bobby and Major Briggs heart-to-heart.
(01:15:10) - Albert's report.
(01:19:33) - Checking in with Ed and Nadine, and Audrey's latest sneakiness.
(01:21:40) - Laura's funeral.
(01:27:27) - Something darker is alluded to, and the Bookhouse Boys reveal themselves.
(01:36:19) - There are two sets of books, but Catherine knows that Josie knows.
(01:40:52) - Dr. Jacoby reveals himself (not literally).
(01:43:39) - Leland on the dance floor.
(01:46:57) - We're halfway through season one, so it's time for BOLD PREDICTIONS.
(01:55:40) - Outro.

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51: Twin Peaks: Northwest Passage and Traces to Nowhere Jul 17, 2023

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After a couple of weeks away, the Nextlander Watchcast is making its triumphant return, and we're kicking off our exploration of the first season of David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks!

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:01:27) - Intro.
(00:03:11) - The day has finally arrived. We're watching Twin Peaks!
(00:08:32) - Some immediate love and fascination with Agent Dale Cooper.
(00:11:23) - Getting into the history of how Twin Peaks came to be.
(00:17:46) - Talking about the cast.
(00:20:36) - Angelo Badalamenti's music.
(00:24:37) - Launching into the pilot, AKA Northwest Passage.
(00:32:32) - The aftermath of discovering Laura.
(00:41:24) - Meeting a bunch of the townsfolk (and finding out who they're sleeping with).
(00:47:17) - Catherine and Josie.
(00:50:25) - Ronette Pulaski arrives, and here comes Dale Cooper.
(00:56:06) - The investigation begins.
(01:03:51) - Audrey Horne: Agent of Chaos.
(01:08:22) - The town meeting, and Donna and James' meeting.
(01:19:46) - The burying of the locket, and Sarah's vision.
(01:22:54) - Break!
(01:23:41) - We're back, and Coop is upside down.
(01:30:45) - Shelly discovers Leo's bloody shirt.
(01:33:21) - The interrogation of James.
(01:36:49) - Bopping around between different folks.
(01:43:01) - Fishy is in the coffee, and Ben and Catherine have a plan.
(01:46:42) - Donna visits the Palmers, and we meet the man in the mirror.
(01:52:19) - Touching on the episode's director and his influence on the Coop/Audrey storyline.
(01:53:39) - Our veneration of Major Briggs.
(01:58:48) - HOW many pieces of cherry pie?!?
(02:01:18) - Leo sucks ass, James is having a nice family dinner, and Dr. Jacoby is up to some stuff.
(02:06:57) - Talking about episode cliffhangers, and whether answers await us for the show's many questions.
(02:10:26) - Final thoughts.
(02:11:58) - Outro.

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50: Wild at Heart (1990) Jun 30, 2023

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The Nextlander Watchcast is wild at heart and weird on top as we tackle our final film before a two week hiatus. Join us as we dive into the burning passion of Sailor and Lula and all the various forces conspiring to break them apart in David Lynch's Wild at Heart!

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:44) - Intro.
(00:01:59) - Our final film for David Lynch June: Wild at Heart!
(00:08:14) - So why this, of all Lynch films to close things out? Let's be real. It's Cage.
(00:11:41) - Let's get into the production history.
(00:17:42) - Cage and Dern's contributions.
(00:23:26) - So how was Wild at Heart received in 1990?
(00:32:04) - Let's talk about what actually happens in this movie. A lot happens.
(00:33:20) - An aside about Crispin Glover and some other scattered scenes.
(00:35:16) - On the subject of Lula's mother and the film's opening.
(00:41:18) - Johnny and Santos and various murders.
(00:51:23) - Time to do some dancin'.
(00:57:45) - Welcome to New Orleans.
(01:04:37) - Break!
(01:04:58) - We're back, and talking the open road and Chris Isaak.
(01:10:39) - The broken doll, Sherilyn Fenn.
(01:15:29) - Big Tuna, Texas.
(01:20:18) - Enter: Bobby Peru.
(01:26:18) - Bobby's proposition.
(01:32:55) - The robbery is on. Bobby's head is off.
(01:38:53) - Sailor's back in the clink. Then, six years later...
(01:49:00) - Final thoughts.
(01:53:35) - Some forward-looking Twin Peaks thoughts.
(01:57:10) - Outro.

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49: Dune (1984) Jun 19, 2023

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We're midway through David Lynch month on the Watchcast, and this episode is positively drenched in desert power as we tackle the director's incredibly ambitious and profoundly messy adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune!

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:20) - Intro.
(00:01:38) - Our film this week: Dune! And our individual experiences with the novel and its terminology.
(00:08:17) - The long confusing history of how Dune made it to the screen.
(00:15:47) - Enter: David Lynch.
(00:29:44) - OK, this movie has a lot of problems, but let's talk about what it does well.
(00:33:42) - Getting into the abundance of set-up for the story.
(00:39:43) - Trying to untangle the whole Bene Geserit thing.
(00:45:22) - A brief bit on Patrick Stewart, and some other performances.
(00:48:20) - On the subject of Paul.
(00:51:41) - Break!
(00:52:00) - We're back, and we're talkin' Harkonnens and traitors.
(01:00:02) - The Atreides' arrival.
(01:05:25) - Dr. Wellington has a plan.
(01:09:11) - We are officially off the rails.
(01:14:00) - And here! Come! The Fremen!
(01:19:16) - Steamed Fayd.
(01:23:25) - What if a training montage was like half a movie.
(01:27:25) - Bah gawd King, that's the Emperor's music!
(01:31:06) - This galactic empire kind of sucks at fighting. Also Paul is now Space Jesus.
(01:36:49) - Final thoughts.
(01:43:41) - Outro.

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48: Blue Velvet (1986) Jun 12, 2023

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A new month means a new theme, and this month we're leading into our scheduled Twin Peaks season one watch in July with a trio of David Lynch's earlier films, and kicking that off with the unpredictable and nightmarish small town mystery of Blue Velvet.
NOTE: This film depicts scenes of sexual violence, and while we do not include clips of any of those scenes, we do discuss them at length.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:22) - Intro.
(00:00:54) - This month's films: a little bit of early David Lynch!
(00:03:34) - Our movie for this week: Blue Velvet!
(00:09:48) - Lynch's vision of American life, and the film's intro.
(00:13:42) - The freaky ear.
(00:16:32) - Let's back 'er up a second and talk a little about how this got made.
(00:24:19) - Talking about our cast.
(00:32:22) - Last notes on the production and the critical response.
(00:39:50) - Jeffrey and Sandy begin their quest for the truth.
(00:45:27) - Break!
(00:45:44) - We're back, and boy howdy, the nightmare has officially kicked off.
(00:54:35) - Jeffrey is all the way in over his head.
(01:01:52) - Time for a joyride.
(01:07:26) - Spending some time at Ben's.
(01:13:48) - The joyride continues.
(01:19:24) - Don't worry about Jeffrey. He's fine.
(01:23:53) - Bad things have happened to Dorothy.
(01:29:21) - Shootout at Frank's hideout, and Jeffrey discovers a horrible and confusing scene.
(01:37:44) - And then...epilogue?
(01:40:44) - Final thoughts.
(01:49:12) - Outro.

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47: Dredd (2012) Jun 05, 2023

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Grab your 3D glasses if you've got 'em and get your slo-mo inhaler ready, because we're closing out the month of May and our Some Guys Are Coming to Kill Us theme with 2012's ultraviolent comic adaptation, Dredd!

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:33) - Intro.
(00:02:06) - Our final film for Some Guys Are Coming to Kill Us month: Dredd!
(00:03:47) - A little history on the Judge Dredd comic and how this movie adapts it.
(00:11:17) - Talking how this adaptation came together.
(00:16:45) - Our star-studded cast.
(00:23:38) - Kicking things off with an all-timer of a future drug concept: slo-mo! And some 3D cinema talk.
(00:32:08) - The plot may be thin, but it does the job.
(00:42:15) - What sets that plot in motion (also how did we forget to mention Domhnall Gleeson).
(00:50:41) - Break!
(00:50:59) - We're back, and our judges are stuck.
(00:57:22) - A brief aside on the monumentally bad choices the tower block's medical guy makes.
(01:01:09) - Let the killing commence!
(01:05:58) - Kay is an awful, awful dude. Ma-Ma is still somehow worse.
(01:10:56) - Let's get mental.
(01:16:52) - The dumbass kids and Anderson's capture.
(01:22:58) - And here come the bad judges.
(01:26:18) - Bye bye Kay.
(01:32:13) - Wait!
(01:36:15) - If you're going to hotwire your heartbeat to demolition grade explosives, don't skimp on the transmitter!
(01:42:36) - Mopping things up after throwing Ma-Ma from the balcony.
(01:47:50) - Final thoughts.
(01:51:26) - Outro, and housekeeping notes for June and July's Watchcasts.

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46: The Raid (2011) May 29, 2023

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It's the reason for the season of Some Guys Are Coming to Kill Us this week, as we tackle a movie Brad and Vinny have been dying to see in the 2011 Indonesian action epic, The Raid!

CHAPTERS:

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(00:00:53) - Intro and opening thoughts on our movie for the week: The Raid!
(00:10:20) - How The Raid came to be.
(00:24:01) - Grousing about the remake (which is supposedly still happening), and a brief discussion on the sequel.
(00:26:32) - The set-up for the movie.
(00:35:25) - Our good guys are in the building and have secured the lower floors. Hard part's over, right?
(00:40:35) - And just like that, everybody's dying.
(00:46:46) - Break!
(00:47:04) - We're back, and it's popping off.
(00:52:16) - An abundance of leg damage.
(00:54:52) - Machetes through walls.
(00:57:50) - A very bad use of a butter knife.
(00:59:15) - Some big character moments for our main cops.
(01:08:52) - Mad Dog's comin'.
(01:12:30) - It's over for the brother.
(01:15:47) - The last levels, and the last fight with Mad Dog.
(01:22:23) - Winding to the conclusion.
(01:29:06) - Final thoughts.
(01:31:40) - Outro.

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45: Judgment Night (1993) May 22, 2023

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We're smack-dab in the middle of our Some Guys Are Coming to Kill Us theme, and this week we talk at length about one of the greatest licensed soundtracks of all time in 1993's Judgment Night! And we talk about the movie too, if you're into that sort of thing.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:16) - Intro.
(00:01:18) - Our movie for this week: Judgment Night! It has at least one thing going for it.
(00:03:56) - Talking about the scared dudes of this movie vs. Trespass.
(00:09:25) - Denis is not such a menace.
(00:14:08) - Vinny reveals himself to be a Piven-head.
(00:16:20) - A little info on how this got made.
(00:22:06) - The story of the Judgment Night soundtrack.
(00:42:55) - Larger feelings about the rap rock genre in general.
(00:46:24) - Break!
(00:46:45) - We're back! And we should probably talk about the actual movie now.
(00:51:22) - Our protagonists, such as they are.
(00:56:50) - Dropping our suburban boys into the post-apocalypse.
(01:00:20) - Enter our crew of bad guys.
(01:06:06) - The train yard.
(01:08:58) - The blur of the next chunk of the movie.
(01:15:29) - The endless rooftop sequence (with a not bad payoff, to be fair).
(01:20:39) - Just what this movie was missing: a sewer level.
(01:28:16) - Winding toward our extremely long and limp conclusion.
(01:41:55) - Final thoughts.
(01:45:49) - Outro.

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44: Trespass (1992) May 15, 2023

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Two weeks into May and some guys are still coming to kill us! Join us as we watch Bill Paxton and William Sadler make increasingly poor decisions as Ice Cube and Ice-T menace them in Walter Hill's Trespass!

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening.
(00:00:30) - Intro.
(00:02:39) - Our movie for this week: Walter Hill's Trespass!
(00:07:39) - Talking about our cast.
(00:09:13) - An aside about the video camera motif.
(00:11:09) - Back to the cast.
(00:13:11) - Let's get into the plot.
(00:16:52) - A little more history of how this movie came together, and some of the cultural stuff swirling around it.
(00:23:52) - Aw shucks Bill Paxton and scumbag William Sadler.
(00:26:54) - Bradlee, the closest thing this movie has to a hero.
(00:32:41) - The gold and King James' crew.
(00:36:03) - Our main characters meet, and it does not go well.
(00:41:04) - Break!
(00:41:27) - We're back, and Raymond's here.
(00:43:56) - All the ways they try to kill these guys, and the gang's internal power struggle.
(00:53:36) - Raymond and Savon's skullduggery.
(00:57:53) - Here come the real cops.
(01:00:29) - Lucky tries to break free, and, well...
(01:05:05) - It's on.
(01:13:43) - Well, at least Bill Paxton and Bradlee make it!
(01:20:27) - Final thoughts, and some soundtrack discussion.
(01:29:07) - Outro.

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