#107 Halloween II
It’s Michael Myers Month on Dissecting the 80s, and we start with Halloween II! Loomis and Doc Brown unite for a fabulous ad; the joys of pot roast day dreams, Laurie Strode in Cheers, A LOT of Loomis impressions, a … Continued
It’s Michael Myers Month on Dissecting the 80s, and we start with Halloween II! Loomis and Doc Brown unite for a fabulous ad; the joys of pot roast day dreams, Laurie Strode in Cheers, A LOT of Loomis impressions, a … Continued
They’re making a bigfoot animated film, so we hung out with the Bigfoot of the 1980s: Harry! *Apologies for the audio issue on Tripp’s half of this episode! It’s the weird pescatarian bigfoot family film: Harry and the Hendersons! What’s … Continued
In celebration of The Predator, we went back to where it all started: the testosterone-soaked 1987 film: Predator! How sweaty is this movie? Why is Shane Black’s character SUCH a twerp? Why is there so much steamy, long looks into … Continued
It’s our fourth anniversary, so we dove into the classic McDonald’s(TM)/Coca-Cola(TM) commercial: Mac and Me! Why do these aliens have butthole mouths? Why do they walk in this insane way? Why are they SO NAKED? MAC is a nonsense acronym, … Continued
We’re celebrating the release of Meg Ryan’s THE MEG (a film she is DEFINITELY not in) with Innerspace! Doritos as a measure of economic value, Making a stand on Cool Ranch, What on earth is the tone of this movie? … Continued
KHAAAAAAN! It’s the second part of TWO-LY, and we’re boarding the Enterprise for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan! Andrew is DEEPLY confused, Tripp tries to explain Star Trek, What the hell is a Genesis Device?, Why are we … Continued
Kicking off the two-part TWO-LY is Nightmare on Elm Street 2! *We’re really sorry about the sirens you hear sometimes in this episode; we didn’t think they were being picked up! Freddy Krueger is back and this time he’s going … Continued
Holy cow ONE HUNDRED EPISODES, GANG! Martha Plimpton inexplicably washes her face in a barrel, Andrew eats beans and gets us sued by Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen, The Incredible Machine gets a shout out, how did people learn foreign-language … Continued
Before you head into The Goonies episode, we’ve got a best of recap of our first 100 episodes in this red carpet clip show! Please share this sampler with anyone you think might enjoy the show! http://media.blubrry.com/dissecting_the_80s/ia601503.us.archive.org/4/items/RedCarpetClipShow/RedCarpetClipShow.mp3
There was SUPPOSED to be a remake of this movie out this week – so we’re dissecting Dirty Rotten Scoundrels! Just how many ways can we fix this film?, The sadness of Michael Caine never playing James Bond, How much … Continued