Analog Jones and the Temple of Film: VHS Podcast

Universal Soldier (1992) Movie Review

The ultimate weapons of the future have just declared war on Analog Jones. This week, we start our Robots, Androids, and Cyborgs theme as we select our movies. Brad kicks off with a somewhat controversial pick by choosing Universal Soldier, and we all discover that these aren't cyborgs, but rather zombies!

Quick Facts

Director: Roland Emmerich
Written by: Richard Rothstein, Christopher Leitch, Dean Devlin
Production Companies: Carolco Pictures, Centropolis Entertainment, and IndieProd Company Productions
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Released on July 10, 1992
Running Time: 102 minutes
Budget: $23 million
Box Office: $95 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 34% Tomatometer / 46% Audience Score

Starring

• Jean-Claude Van Damme as Luc Deveraux / GR44
• Dolph Lundgren as Sergeant Andrew Scott / GR13
• Ally Walker as Veronica Roberts (Sons of Anarchy, Santa Barbara)
• Ed O'Ross as Colonel Perry (Full Metal Jacket, Walker Texas Ranger)
• Leon Rippy as Woodward (frequent collaborator with Emmerich)
• Tico Wells as Garth (Cosby Show, 227)
• Ralf Moeller as GR76 (Hammacher from Beerfest)
• Robert Trebor as the motel owner (delightful weirdo, pervert guy, in Hercules and Zena)
• Jerry Orbach as Dr. Gregor (Law and Order detective)
• Tom Lister Jr as GR55 (Deebo)

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Future War (1997) Movie Review

A run-away human slave from Earth's future escapes to the present to do a podcast! Analog Jones finishes its dinosaur theme when we watch a film combining Cyborgs, Aliens, and Dinosaurs when we watch Future War! 

Quick Facts
Directed by Anthony Doublin
Screenplay by Dom Magwili
Story by David Huey and Dom Magwili
Score: Arlan H. Boll (Pocket Ninjas; American Streetfighter)
Stunts Coor: Pete Porteous (also actor)
Fight Consultant: Master Hee Il Cho
Distributed by Screen Pix Home Video
Released straight to home video on January 28th, 1997
Running Time: 90 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer -- / Audience Score 19% 

Cast

• Daniel Bernhardt as The Runaway (Played the lead in Bloodsport 2/3/4)
• Travis Brooks Stewart as Sister Ann
• Robert Z’Dar as Cyborg Master (prolific actor who starred in 121 films, including Future War and Samurai Cop)
• Mel Novak as SWAT Leader
• Forrest J Ackerman as Park Victim
• Solly Assa as Cyborg Dominic

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Tammy and the T-Rex (1994) Movie Review

He's The Coolest Pet In Town, that could accidentally eat you! Analog Jones continues their Dinosaur theme and watches a bizarre but hilarious movie in Tammy and the T-Rex!

Quick Facts
Directed by Stewart Raffill
Screenplay by Stewart Raffill and Gary Brockette
Distributed by Imperial Entertainment
Released December 21, 1994 (United States)
Rotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer 43% / Audience score 40% 

Starring

• Denise Richards – Tanny/Tammy
• Paul Walker – Michael Brock
• Theo Forsett – Byron Black
• George Pilgrim – Billy
• Terry Kiser – Dr. Gunther Wachenstein
• Ellen Dubin – Helga (Dr. Wachenstein's female assistant)
• Buck Flower – Norville

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Adventures in Dinosaur City (1992) Movie Review

If thundering lizards come around and slimy scales are scattered round and Mr. Big becomes a story, than call on Analog Jones! We watch a Disney channel movie this week when we dive into Adventures in Dinosaur City from 1991. 

Quick Facts

• Directed by Brett Thompson (This is my cousin's name and he directed “The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr” is a documentary about Ed Wood directing Plan 9 from Outer Space)
• Written by Wili Baronet and Lisa Morton
• Distributed by Republic Pictures Home Video (VHS) and Disney Channel (TV Premiere)
• Released: The film had its world television premiere on The Disney Channel in the United States on April 4, 1992. The film was released in the United States on VHS and LaserDisc on August 20, 1992. 
• Rotten Tomatoes: Tomatometer – / Audience score 41%

Starring

• Omri Katz as Timmy
• Shawn Hoffman as Mick
• Tiffanie Poston as Jamie

Voice Actors

• Patrick Labyorteaux as Rex and Mr. Big
• David Jolliffe as Tops
• Rob Sherwood as Forry

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Prey (2022) Movie Review

A long time ago...the hunt began! Analog Jones finishes its Predator franchise review when we watch and talk about the final installment...so far. 

Quick Facts
Directed by Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane and Pilot episode of The Boys)
Screenplay by Patrick Alson
Story by Patrick Alson and Dan Trachtenberg
Produced by John Davis, Jhane Myers, and Marty P. Ewing.
Distributed by Hulu and Disney
Release Dates: July 21, 2022 (San Diego Comic-Con) and August 5, 2022 (United States)
Budget: $65 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 94% Tomatometer / 74% Audience Score

Starring
Amber Midthunder as Naru, our protagonist 
Dakota Beavers as Taabe, Naru's brother and a skilled hunter
Dane DiLiegro as the Feral Predator
Michelle Thrush as Aruka, Naru and Taabe's mother
Julian Black Antelope as Chief Kehetu
Bennett Taylor as Raphael Adolini, an Italian translator hired by the French.
Coco as Sarii, Naru's dog companion

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Predators (2010) and The Predator (2018) Double Feature

The Hunt has evolved into something very unusual. Analog Jones continues its review of the Predator franchise as we examine Predators and The Predator!

Quick Facts for Predators (2010)

Directed by Nimrod Antal (Directed two episodes of Stranger Things in season 4)
Produced by Robert Rodriguez (Eel Mariachi, Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, Spy Kids), John Davis and Elizabeth Avellan
Based on Characters by Jim Thomas and John Thomas
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Released on July 9, 2010 in the United States
Budget of $40 million
Box Office of $127.2 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 65% Tomatometer / 52% Audience Score

Starring

• Adrien Brody as Royce, a former U.S. Special Operations Forces veteran turned mercenary
• Topher Grace as Edwin, a doctor who does not seem to belong amongst the group of hardened killers
• Alice Braga as Isabelle, a sniper from the Israel Defense Forces
• Walton Goggins as Stans, a death row inmate from San Quentin State Prison
• Oleg Taktarov as Nikolai, a Russian commando from the Spetsnaz Alpha Group who was fighting in Chechnya
• Laurence Fishburne as Noland, a United States Army Air Cavalry soldier who has survived on the alien planet for multiple hunting cycles
• Danny Trejo as 'Cuchillo', a ruthless enforcer for the feared Los Zetas Mexican drug cartel who carries twin submachine guns
• Louis Ozawa Changchien as Hanzo, a Yakuza Inagawa-kai enforcer who rarely speaks
• Mahershala Ali as Mombasa, a Revolutionary United Front death squad soldier from Sierra Leone

Quick Facts for The Predator (2018)
Directed by Shane Black (Directed Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man 3 and The Nice Guys)
Written by Fred Dekker (Wrote and Directed Night of the Creeps and The Monster Squad) and Shane Black (Wrote Lethal Weapon, The Long Kiss Goodnight, and Last Action Hero)
Based on Characters by Jim Thomas and John Thomas
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Released on September 14, 2018 in the United States
Budget of $88 million
Box Office $160.5 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 34% Tomatometer / 32% Audience Score

Starring

• Boyd Holbrook as Quentin "Quinn" McKenna
• Trevante Rhodes as "Nebraska" Williams
• Olivia Munn as Casey Brackett (The former host of “Attack of the Show”)
• Jacob Tremblay as Rory McKenna
• Keegan-Michael Key as Coyle (Key and Peele)
• Sterling K. Brown as Will Traeger (The People vs OJ Simpson)
• Thomas Jane as Baxley (The Punisher)
• Alfie Allen as Lynch (Theon Greyjoy)
• Augusto Aguilera as 'Nettles
• Jake Busey as Sean Keyes
• Yvonne Strahovski as Emily McKenna (Dexter)

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Predator 2 (1990) Movie Review

Lions! Tigers! Bears! Oh my! Analog Jones continues their Predator franchise review when they watch Predator 2. How does the sequel hold up with no Arnold?

Quick Facts
Directed by Stephen Hopkins (Second unit director on Highlander, Directed A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child and The Ghost and the Darkness)
Written by Jim and John Thomas (they returned from Predator)
Music by Alan Silvestri (Returned from Predator)
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Released on November 21, 1990
Budget of $20–30 million
Box office of $57.1 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 30% Tomatometer / 44% Audience Score

Starring
Danny Glover as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan, an LAPD Officer who is investigating rival Jamaican and Colombian drug cartels. He is stubborn and often is criticized by the superior officers for not obeying orders.
Kevin Peter Hall as City Hunter / The Predator, a member of an alien warrior race that hunts aggressive members of other species for sport, uses active camouflage and a plasma weapon, and can see in the infrared spectrum. Hall also played the Elder Predator, the leader of the Predators at the end of the film.
Hal Rayle provides the voice of the Predator, replacing Peter Cullen from the first film.
Gary Busey as Special Agent Peter Keyes, posed as a DEA agent leading a special task force investigating a drug conspiracy as a cover for his attempts to capture the Predator. The character is a replacement for Dutch, the protagonist of the first film, after Arnold Schwarzenegger declined to reprise the role. In this film it’s indicated he sent the Special Operations team 10-years earlier.

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Predator (1987) Movie Review

Nothing like it has ever been on Earth before. It came from another planet for the thrill of the hunt. It picked the wrong podcast. The Analog Jones gang starts its franchise review of Predator! 

Quick Facts
Directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard, Hunt for Red October, Last Action Hero)
Written by Jim Thomas and John Thomas
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Released date June 12, 1987
Budget: $15-18 million
Box Office: $98.3 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 80% Tomatometer / 87% Audience Score

Starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer
Carl Weathers as Al Dillon
Elpidia Carrillo as Anna Gonsalves
Bill Duke as Master Sergeant Mac Eliot
Richard Chaves as Staff Sergeant Jorge "Poncho" Ramírez
Jesse Ventura as Sgt. 1st Class Blain Cooper
Sonny Landham as Sgt. 1st Class Billy Sole
Shane Black as Sergeant Rick Hawkins
R. G. Armstrong as Major General Homer Philips
Kevin Peter Hall as The Predator / Helicopter Pilot
Peter Cullen as the Predator's voice

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Blade (1998) Movie Review

Some podcasts are always trying to ice-skate uphill. We finish off our Vampire theme with Blade from 1998. 

Quick Facts
Directed by Stephen Norrington (Who began his career as a sculptor and makeup artist)
Written by David S. Goyer
Based on Blade by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan
Edited by Paul Rubell (The Transformers Guy, he’s edited 4 Transformers films)
Budget of $45 million
Box Office of $131.2 million
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 58% Tomatometer / 78% Audience 

Starring
Wesley Snipes as Blade (Who apparently had the Analog Jones accountant do his taxes)
Stephen Dorff as Deacon Frost
Kris Kristofferson as Abraham Whistler
N’Bushe Wright as Dr. Karen Jenson
Donal Logue as Quinn 
Udo Kier as Dragonetti (Weird German dude)

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Taylor Morden Interview about Bampire and The Last Blockbuster

Analog Jones interviews Taylor Morden, the director of The Last Blockbuster. We discuss The Last Blockbuster, his new film Bampire, and the film's IndieGoGo campaign that launches on March 4th!

Bampire IndieGoGo link

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bampire-new-bambi-horror-movie#/