Showing posts with label 1990s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1990s. Show all posts

Friday, March 11, 2016

Media Montage Podcast 127: Snake Eater 2 - The Drug Buster (1990) or '89 or '91



John 'Soldier' Kelly, AKA Snake Eater, returns and this time he's out for vengeance against mobsters and drug dealers selling poisoned cocaine! He's not just a Snake Eater he's a Drug Buster!  

This week Bruce and Larry take a look at Lorenzo Lamas and Larry B. Scott in 1989's (or 1990 or 1991's) Snake Eater 2: The Drug Buster.   

How does one form a looney bin Justice League? Is that snow? Pizza and hookers, delivered! Does an insanity defense really immunize you from murder? These questions and more in Episode 126 of the Media Montage Podcast.


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Friday, June 5, 2015

Media Montage 104: Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)



It's high school reunion time! Larry and Bruce go back to 1997 to take a look at the 10 year high school reunion of Martin Blank. Martin's life is complicated by the fact that he's a contract killer, the government is after him and the love of his life isn't ready to let him back into her life.

Grosse Pointe Blank is a 1997 black comedy starring John Cusack as Martin, Minnie Driver as Debbie, and Dan Ackroyd as Martin's relentless rival, Grocer.

Are we our jobs? Can we move past what we do for a living, and be better people? When is the right time to let go of the past? Those questions and more in Episode 104 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Friday, February 20, 2015

Media Montage Podcast 90: The Evolution of Technology



From the rotary phone to the iPhone and antenna TV to On Demand, all the time, Bruce and Larry take a look at how media technology has evolved over the years. 

They talk about how the VCR was a game changer for home entertainment, allowing the time-shifting of media consumption for the first time. They talk early experiences with the Internet, and how even that has changed in 20 years.  All that and more in Episode 90 of the Media Montage Podcast!


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Friday, June 20, 2014

Media Montage Podcast 58: Tank Girl - The Movie (1995) and the Comics That Inspired It.





A listener request!  This week Bruce and Larry take a look at the 1995 cult film ‘Tank Girl’ and the comics by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlitt that inspired it. We compare and contrast the comics and film. Does Lori Petty make a good Tank Girl? Does the energy and anarchy of the comics translate to film? Find out in episode 58 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Friday, February 7, 2014

Media Montage 39: Rowdy Roddy Piper and Jesse Ventura in Tag Team





Two pro wrestlers, blackballed from their sport, are forced to become cops to pay the bills. In this episode Bruce and Larry discuss Tag Team, the 1991 pilot for the Jesse Ventura/Rowdy Roddy Piper action adventure show that, sadly, did not get picked up as a regular series. Also stars Shannon Tweed, Ray Tyler, Robin Curtis and Jennifer Runyon.

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Friday, January 24, 2014

Media Montage 37: David Lapham's Stray Bullets





In this episode Bruce and Larry read the first 4 issues of David Lapham’s indy crime-noir series, Stray Bullets. Violence, grim happenings and fascinating character pieces populate this comic which began in 1995.
Pulp Fiction, David Lynch and the Coen Brothers appear to serve as influences on this series.
Now available for Free Download at Comixology.

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