Guest Post: That Thing You Love Doesn’t Always Love You Back by Spencer Ellsworth
‘Til All Are One, Buy All Our Playsets & Toys! I’m just old enough to have been raised on VHS tapes. Every weekend in the 80s, my sisters and I would go to the little video store in our tiny California town, right next to the feed store, to pick something out of the 1$ rental shelf for the weekend. I always picked Transformers: The Animated Movie. This piece of ’80s insanity is a hyper-violent, bonkers-weird, hour-and-a-half toy commercial. Hasbro wanted to clear the 1984-1985 model toys, especially those that weren’t selling well, from toy store shelves and introduce new characters. So the first half-hour of the movie, ahem, transforms the franchise. Unlike the syndicated cartoon, a consequence-free zone of stun guns, the animated movie follows Megatron as he mows down Autobots with gruesome detail, climaxing in the brutal death of Optimus Prime from a gaping stomach wound. Oh sure, these are robots with scratched chassis and cut fuel lines, but they fall and scream and mutilate like the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan.
190. Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (2009): A Torture Cinema “Adventure”
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode190TortureCinemaMeetsTransformers2/SandF%20–%20Episode%20190%20–%20Torture%20Cinema%20Meets%20Transformers%202.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSRobot fights, sand, and military advertising, oh my! You asked for it, and here are providing it: the latest in our Torture Cinema series, in which Shaun, Julia, Paul, and Jen take on the second Transformers movie from Michael Bay. Prime help us… We hope you enjoy the episode! Note: If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 190 — Download (MP3) Show Notes: Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)(IMDB) For the previous pieces of the skit, check out Episode 147 and Episode 158. This is the thing we laughed our heads off about when Julia brought it up. Enjoy: You can also support this podcast by signing up for a one month free trial at Audible. Doing so helps us, gives you a change to try out Audible’s service, and brings joy to everyone. Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
158. Transformers (2007) — A Torture Cinema “Adventure”
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode158TortureCinemaMeetsTransformers/SandF%20–%20Episode%20158%20–%20Torture%20Cinema%20Meets%20Transformers.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSGiant robots, men in sexy underwear, and science fiction horror, oh my! We’re back with yet another Torture Cinema episode, skit and all. You may be shocked to know that at least one of us hated this movie more than Birdemic… We hope you enjoy the episode! Note: If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 158 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 2:39:13) Transformers (IMDB) You can also support this podcast by signing up for a one month free trial at Audible. Doing so helps us, gives you a change to try out Audible’s service, and brings joy to everyone. Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). Additional music from “There It Is” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 3.0) That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
Torture Cinema Poll #18: You Decide!
You know what time it is! I’ve randomized the list and these are the top five choices. Vote away! Note: Some films may appear on the list which may not fall under the “torture category.” This is because often the sequel is the actual bad movie, but we feel it is necessary to watch everything in sequence.
