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Speaker 2: Horror is fucking awesome. You know what else is awesome? Halloween,
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Speaker 2: the Culture cast, winging in from Wheatville. Isn't that what
Speaker 2: Nebraska is known for? Just a whole state designed to
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Speaker 2: on October fourth and fifth, Nightmare in Vegas. Let me
Speaker 2: tell you something, Las Vegas in autumn is fucking heavenly.
Speaker 2: I'll push no more, but I will put links in
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Speaker 2: know where it isn't fucking heavenly. The High Borian Age.
Speaker 2: That's where I've been spending too much of my time lately.
Speaker 2: You remember the high Borian Age, between the times when
Speaker 2: the ocean strank Atlantis and the rise of the suns
Speaker 2: of Arius. It was an age undreamed of. I'm talking,
Speaker 2: of course, about Robert Howard's Conan the Barbarian. Have I
Speaker 2: been watching the movie on a loop for weeks? Or
Speaker 2: have I been going back through the novels and fragments
Speaker 2: of novels and trying to separate that fucking villain El
Speaker 2: Sprague de camp. I hope I mispronounced that from Howard's
Speaker 2: original work. Maybe you might not know this. Robert E.
Speaker 2: Howard was a Texas lunatic who wrote a ton of
Speaker 2: pulp adventures featuring a ton of diverse characters in supporting roles.
Speaker 2: In the main role, he kept recycling and reusing the
Speaker 2: same hero in different garb, bound by the different rules
Speaker 2: of the different ages, the true distilled version being Conan,
Speaker 2: the Conan, the Barbarian, Conan, the King. If I'm being
Speaker 2: totally honest with you, Conan is my second favorite Howard
Speaker 2: hero I'm a sucker for a pilgrim fighting demons, which
Speaker 2: is a fascil way to describe his righteous puritan Solomon Kine.
Speaker 2: They made a film about him a few years back,
Speaker 2: with James Purefoy in the lead. He was okay. The
Speaker 2: movie was okay, which is a drag because it has
Speaker 2: some fucking great moments in it. It was an abandoned
Speaker 2: and or shelved production and ultimately relies too much on
Speaker 2: cgi that never had enough time or money to sustain it,
Speaker 2: though it is worth a look. It almost gets the
Speaker 2: spirit of the books, which is my way of saying,
Speaker 2: read the Solomon k novels. You can read them all
Speaker 2: in a couple of days. They're great stuff. Anyway, Robert E. Howard,
Speaker 2: did you know he was pen pals with H. P. Lovecraft.
Speaker 2: It's true they had spirited discussions about their individual created universes,
Speaker 2: Howard's Hyborian age and Lovecraft's old God Mythos. You should
Speaker 2: read those two. So Howard ekes out in existence, ekes
Speaker 2: out in existence, and it all ended horribly. But his
Speaker 2: human drama was just the fucking appetizer. Because Howard is
Speaker 2: dead in nineteen thirty six, his father continues publishing the
Speaker 2: books through the forties to pretty great success. The editor
Speaker 2: of those novels is the prick I named el Sprague
Speaker 2: de Camp. When the popularity of Conan was apparent, to
Speaker 2: Camp and a few others began expanding the Adventures of Conan,
Speaker 2: which is fine, extended universes are what they are. But
Speaker 2: de Camp started engaging what is euphemistically referred to as pastiche,
Speaker 2: which is a ten cent way to say he rewrote
Speaker 2: a lot of Howard's original work. The motivation supposedly was
Speaker 2: to get the character more in line with all of
Speaker 2: the future adventures. Well, fuck that, man, you're not George Lucas.
Speaker 2: This ain't Star Wars. It's stupid shit too, Like adding
Speaker 2: the numbers of armies there were three thousand Volusians. Oh thanks,
Speaker 2: I'm sure Howard, meticulous in his own writing, left that
Speaker 2: out accidentally. Not only that, De Camp then suppressed all
Speaker 2: of the original work from being reprinted. That way, he's
Speaker 2: drawing a salary and has control of all of Conan
Speaker 2: and the motherfucker wrote a biography of Robert Howard that
Speaker 2: is less than charitable anyway. No, I haven't been watching
Speaker 2: the movie or rereading the novels or watching the TV series.
Speaker 2: Remember that Conan the Adventurer. They figured another muscled guy
Speaker 2: with Germanic name equals instant Conan incorrect or the cartoon.
Speaker 2: Have you seen the Conan cartoon? I mean cartoons plural.
Speaker 2: That first animated film was another Conan the Adventurer that
Speaker 2: was in ninety three. That one was such a huge success.
Speaker 2: I mean we're really all still talking about it. That
Speaker 2: the very next year they released Conan and the Young Warriors.
Speaker 2: They are terrible. Actually, there's a fan made a tribute
Speaker 2: film on YouTube called Conan the Sumerian by a fellow
Speaker 2: named Alan Segwin. If they made that into an animated series,
Speaker 2: it'd be something special. Check the show notes. I have
Speaker 2: neither been engaged with any of that media, nor have
Speaker 2: I been reading the many many comic books. You ever
Speaker 2: hear Quentin Tarantino talk about Conan, it's usually in the
Speaker 2: framework of the John Millias film, But any talk of
Speaker 2: the character outside of that is completely and utterly rooted
Speaker 2: in the Marvel comics of the seventies. He seems to
Speaker 2: have no other frame of reference. It's super weird. So
Speaker 2: not them. Not the board games. Oh my god. Remember
Speaker 2: the Conan Unchained module for D and D. No, you don't,
Speaker 2: but it was great. He had his own role playing
Speaker 2: game in eighty five. No, I'm talking video games, and
Speaker 2: there have been a lot if you were unlucky enough
Speaker 2: to be a Conan fan. Back in eighty four we
Speaker 2: got Conan The Hall of Volta, which was basically a
Speaker 2: mashup of Donkey Kong and Jungle Hunt. What a crashing disappointment.
Speaker 2: Then I want to say ninety one there was a
Speaker 2: top down gauntlet style Conan, which was a little better
Speaker 2: because at least the figures resembled humans. Most recently we
Speaker 2: had Conan Exiles. There are a lot of proponents for it.
Speaker 2: I have still yet to dip my toe because somehow
Speaker 2: I'd missed out on the two thousand and seven Xbox
Speaker 2: three sixty game simply called Conan.
Speaker 3: Mother nature can be brutal when she wants to be. Huh,
Speaker 3: I knew a man once who thought he could take
Speaker 3: her power use it as his own. Imagine that. Perhaps
Speaker 3: tonight I'll tell you a new story, her story of adventure,
Speaker 3: dark magic and Conan. Listen, I will tell you a
Speaker 3: tale of an age undreamed of, When shining kingdoms lay
Speaker 3: spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars.
Speaker 3: Hither came Conan, the Simarian, black haired, sullen eyed, sword
Speaker 3: in hand, a thief, a weaver, a slayer, to tread
Speaker 3: the jeweled thrones of the earth under his sandaled feet.
Speaker 3: Conan's lust for adventure in gold led him to Balmoria,
Speaker 3: a solitary island lost to the far western sea. He
Speaker 3: made his way toward a long forgotten tomb on the
Speaker 3: high peak, and there he did.
Speaker 2: Back Where in crom have you been all my life? Look?
Speaker 2: Conan is Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Arnold Schwarzenegger is Conan. If
Speaker 2: you asked anyone to describe Conan, you're getting Arnold. And
Speaker 2: that trend continued in that TV show and the remake
Speaker 2: with Jason Momoa muscle Bound Conan slashing through the wilderness.
Speaker 2: But that's not how he's described, and most of the
Speaker 2: early illustrations have a pretty fit looking fella. But the
Speaker 2: reason I'm convinced in the character's continued popularity through the sixties,
Speaker 2: thus propelling it into the seventies when filmmakers became interested,
Speaker 2: were the illustrations done by mister Frank Frizetta. Now, he
Speaker 2: is no slunch when it comes to over muscled behemoths,
Speaker 2: but his Conan wasn't that. He's the ideal of physical perfection.
Speaker 2: But it's all coiled and sleek with a mop of
Speaker 2: black hair raining down except for his bangs. Yes, Conan
Speaker 2: has bangs a proscenium to showcase his ice blue eyes.
Speaker 2: It's the best version of the character we're ever going
Speaker 2: to get, and it is the model for con in
Speaker 2: this game. I'm actually glad I didn't find it earlier.
Speaker 2: What a fucking treat to be controlling Frizeta characters in
Speaker 2: a Frazetta world, and it's oh so fucking violent. I
Speaker 2: found myself doing terrible things. I mean, it's to cannibals
Speaker 2: who are trying to eat you and fell beasts from
Speaker 2: the Stygian depths, but good lord, the bloodshed and nudity
Speaker 2: out of nowhere. Conan is a voiced perfectly by Ron Perlman,
Speaker 2: who'd end up being Conan's dad in the Momoa remake.
Speaker 2: I keep trying with that movie. There's just something off.
Speaker 2: Tell me what it is. Listeners also in the show notes. Anyway,
Speaker 2: The gameplay is basically God of War, which is no
Speaker 2: surprise given it came out in two thousand and seven.
Speaker 2: But I'll take that engine in that style gameplay if
Speaker 2: it means I get to battle alongside the Queen of
Speaker 2: the Black Sales. That is another cool aspect. Most Conin
Speaker 2: games are original stories. This is a Howard original with
Speaker 2: a lot of embellishment, but the embellishment seem mostly drawn
Speaker 2: from other Conan tails in the Howard's cycle of books.
Speaker 2: There's a little too much simple problem solving and carry
Speaker 2: this big rock over the stone alter kind of shit.
Speaker 2: But when it's cooking, Oh boy, is that why I've
Speaker 2: been exhausted every day at work last week? That's right,
Speaker 2: But that's okay because I know what's best in life.
Speaker 2: By the way, everyone loves that scene. Everyone repeats that
Speaker 2: quote Crossia enemies, blah blah blah. The best part of
Speaker 2: that scene is the opening, when Conan's swordmaster is speaking
Speaker 2: to another across the table, and he says, my fear
Speaker 2: is that my sons will never understand me. And that's it.
Speaker 2: That's his only dialogue for the entire film. Where's his movie?
Speaker 2: Where's his legacy comic book or anthology novel? Anyway? Conan
Speaker 2: Xbox three sixty, two thousand and seven, a video game
Speaker 2: from twenty years ago based on a character whose continued
Speaker 2: popularity is based on a film from forty years ago,
Speaker 2: based on a series of stories from nearly one hundred
Speaker 2: years ago. I'm keeping things current here at the roundup,
Speaker 2: or you know what, maybe I'm being precient. Oliver Stone's
Speaker 2: original draft of Conan the Barbarian, heavily rewritten by Milius,
Speaker 2: obviously wasn't set in an age long ago. He had
Speaker 2: the High Borean age in the future, after we'd wiped
Speaker 2: ourselves out. Who knows, Maybe I'm training to be the
Speaker 2: next SUBATAI. We'll see the way things are going. I
Speaker 2: wouldn't be surprised. Oh man, do you remember the Cone
Speaker 2: of the Barbarians stunt show at Universal Studios? That fucking
Speaker 2: big set, that fucking laser tunnel like they had in
Speaker 2: one of those Frankie goes to Hollywood relaxed videos. How
Speaker 2: many videos did you need? Guys? And then at the
Speaker 2: end they had a fucking dragon come out. Oh man,
Speaker 2: I want to be in that show. Bring it back.
Speaker 2: I'll start lifting.
Speaker 1: Bro.
Speaker 2: No, I won't ever stop talking about Conan the Barbarian
Speaker 2: hate it HP, Thank you HP. Are we ever going
Speaker 2: to get the monkey cam? Body horror? There's been a resurgence?
Speaker 2: Was there a resurgence?
Speaker 3: No?
Speaker 2: There was not Body Horror fans, And I'm addressing you
Speaker 2: directly now you have my admiration. Truly, I can't do it.
Speaker 2: I mean I have and I will continue to, but
Speaker 2: I finally had to accept that body horror just ain't
Speaker 2: my but those of you who love it, and those
Speaker 2: that do really love it. You are a rare breed,
Speaker 2: not satisfied with gulies and ghosties, unimpressed with masked mute slashers.
Speaker 2: You scoff at serial killers and frown at folksy horror.
Speaker 2: To you, the substance was a sitcom. To you, Cronenberg
Speaker 2: at Christmas time is completely natural. You've clearly come to
Speaker 2: terms with this meat engine strung on bones, with a
Speaker 2: fleshy thinking mass trapped in a cranium that we all
Speaker 2: inhabit and may crom bless you. Sorry, it just came out.
Speaker 2: How else to describe your gillie in watching said flesh
Speaker 2: bubble and ooze and mutate and to drip and bleh.
Speaker 2: Boy that I mentioned I'm not a body horror fella.
Speaker 2: I also mentioned Cronenberg. He is the patron saint of
Speaker 2: body horror, mainly due to the fact that, even though
Speaker 2: he was mired in exploitation, he never seemed to stoop
Speaker 2: to it. Even something as rabbit as rabbit has an
Speaker 2: air of respectability to it, so when he started forcing
Speaker 2: audiences to stare at the terror contained within the human body,
Speaker 2: it was a bit easier to take than something like
Speaker 2: Parasite three D or The Incredible Melting Man. I go
Speaker 2: so far as to say Cronenberg legitimized the genre when
Speaker 2: he completely mutated Jeff Goldblum into a no longer human
Speaker 2: monstrosity in The Fly Is the Thing a body horror movie?
Speaker 2: It's gotta be well. I guess that makes John Carpenter
Speaker 2: the king of body horror. Sorry, Dave, you know I
Speaker 2: attended the premiere of Dead Ringers, Cronenberg's twin Surgeon Body
Speaker 2: horror film with Jeremy Irons and Genevieve Bougoux. This is
Speaker 2: nineteen eighty eight, So I'm fifteen and Cronenberg is in
Speaker 2: the lobby talking to someone. So I stand a few
Speaker 2: feet off, waiting for an opportunity to say something fumbling
Speaker 2: and awkward, And as the conversant finally leaves, I step
Speaker 2: into say hello, and his wife swoops in, looking straight
Speaker 2: at me and says to him me, we have to go.
Speaker 2: And Cronenberg looks at me for way too long and
Speaker 2: then turns and walks off, not a word, not even
Speaker 2: a what are you gonna do? Shrug? Like I wasn't
Speaker 2: even there. So love you, Dave, Fuck you, Dave. John
Speaker 2: Carpenter is the king of body Horror. Where am I
Speaker 2: going with this? Can I bring it all together? Yes?
Speaker 2: I just did. Segs are my speciality. I saw the
Speaker 2: new Body Horror film together. Anyone order a trailer?
Speaker 3: I love you?
Speaker 1: Okay? What's going on? I don't know?
Speaker 3: Since the move, Tim and I haven't been on the
Speaker 3: same page. Please?
Speaker 1: Do you love each other? Maybe we're just complacent, imaginable?
Speaker 4: I think, well, you know, complacency sometimes since we be
Speaker 4: happy to give harmony, you know, This could be the
Speaker 4: beginning roll over that you're a mayor of something wonderful.
Speaker 4: We spend our lives in search of the other half.
Speaker 5: If you think you found.
Speaker 4: That, don't be so quick to let it go.
Speaker 1: I think something's happening to us. We've got to get
Speaker 1: out of here.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be okay, okay, Elly, why God, he'p yourk
Speaker 1: whiskey for the pain boy.
Speaker 2: Any chance to hear the Turtles song Happy Together is
Speaker 2: a good one. And that's any cover including that one now.
Speaker 2: That does not mean send me terrible covers of the
Speaker 2: Turtles Happy Together, you fiends, I love that song. Well,
Speaker 2: Michael Shanks, that's a name we're going to be hearing
Speaker 2: a lot. I suspect he is the writer director of
Speaker 2: Together Now. He'd done some shorts and some television work
Speaker 2: in Australia, so this is his debut. Fuck you, Michael Shanks.
Speaker 2: So much goddamn talent, so much assurance. In previous episodes,
Speaker 2: I've mentioned the unwarranted hate of Wes Anderson's productions, because
Speaker 2: whatever the content, they're an assured style and that's what
Speaker 2: we've been getting lately. Not as mannered as Wes Anderson
Speaker 2: of course, but as meticulous and considered Talk to Me
Speaker 2: was a fucking home run. If you haven't seen that,
Speaker 2: go watch it right now, Barbarian again, go watch here Tic,
Speaker 2: stop the show and go watch Though this isn't the
Speaker 2: first time we've talked about that Hugh Grant and Sophie
Speaker 2: Thatcher shocker. Anyway, Shank demonstrates such a seasoned vision for
Speaker 2: the film that I wouldn't be shocked to know it
Speaker 2: was his tenth feature and not his first. Style goes
Speaker 2: a long way in telling a story, and he's got
Speaker 2: that down as well as the storytelling chops. The film
Speaker 2: stars real life couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco. I
Speaker 2: love Alison Brie unabashedly. She's one of those performers who
Speaker 2: is so good in a rolled that the first time
Speaker 2: you see them, you assume that is them. Such was
Speaker 2: Alison Bree when I first saw her as Trudy Campbell
Speaker 2: on mad Men, and actually we all seem pretty close
Speaker 2: to that character and enthusiasm. But she followed that up
Speaker 2: with a mousey turn in Community and from there it's
Speaker 2: been as varied and as interesting as any actor currently working.
Speaker 2: And yes, she's fucking adorable, an Elfin Brunette with blue eyes.
Speaker 2: She could be a Frizetta drawing. Actually, oh my god,
Speaker 2: somebody make an Alison Brie painting in the style of Frizetta.
Speaker 2: Speaking of they're making that Masters of the Universe flick
Speaker 2: right now. She's playing Evil Lynn. They already have my money.
Speaker 2: As I always felt bad for Dave Franco starting a
Speaker 2: career in the shadow of the tornado of talent and
Speaker 2: creepitude that is his brother James, but he's always delivered
Speaker 2: solid comedic performances. Did I say unabashedly earlier? That's also
Speaker 2: my love for his flick twenty one Jump Street. I
Speaker 2: could watch that movie on a loop and I have
Speaker 2: unabashed I say, he's really good in that film, subtle
Speaker 2: in an incredibly unsubtle environment. And since then it's been James.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, he's Dave Franco's brother, and fucking good for him, man,
Speaker 2: because he and Alison Brie are not only the stars
Speaker 2: but the producers of this film. So if his instincts
Speaker 2: are leading him here like Shankman, I'm really curious to
Speaker 2: see what he does in the future. They're both great here,
Speaker 2: by the way, no surprise though, I was wildly impressed
Speaker 2: with Alison Breeze flexibility. Jesus she needs no special effects.
Speaker 2: They play Tim and Milly, a mid thirties couple who've
Speaker 2: decided to say goodbye to their Manhattan life and settle
Speaker 2: in the country, where Milli has been hired as a
Speaker 2: teacher in the tiny towns even smaller school. I say
Speaker 2: they've decided, but really Milly has decided. Tim is a
Speaker 2: musician who was once on a label but has fallen
Speaker 2: off and now basically attends to Milly while still clinging
Speaker 2: to the hope of music stardom. Once they've settled in
Speaker 2: their very rural home, the house is surrounded by woods,
Speaker 2: not a forest. Woods man deep and dark, and don't
Speaker 2: go out there after nightfall. On a hike intended to
Speaker 2: rekindle their fallow relationship, they fall into a cave where
Speaker 2: all sorts of terrifying shit occurs and gets the plot
Speaker 2: in motion. I'd say the mcguffin driving the movie is
Speaker 2: ultimately unnecessary, but Shane manages a pretty nifty trick In
Speaker 2: each of those sequences. He suffuses his jump scares with dread.
Speaker 2: He does it a lot. They're not telegraphed and they
Speaker 2: don't feel like a cheat. And if this man ever
Speaker 2: makes a movie about nightmares, we are all doomed. Scary
Speaker 2: fucking imagery in this flick, brav fucking' oh man. Body
Speaker 2: horror has taken many forms and themes over the years.
Speaker 2: Hey is the wolfman body horror? American werewolf in London says, yes,
Speaker 2: get me, Paul Waller, We've got a new angle on.
Speaker 2: Little old lady got mutilated late last night? Can you
Speaker 2: tell I love saying? Body horror at its core is
Speaker 2: fear of transformation that has manifested as parables, of sex,
Speaker 2: of mutation, of addiction, of self loathing, but codependency. Way
Speaker 2: to surf the zeitgeist, motherfucker, and what better way to
Speaker 2: do it than with an actual married couple just an
Speaker 2: extra side of fucked up coleslaw. Melli and Tim start
Speaker 2: finding each other completely irresistible, magnetic even and anytime they're
Speaker 2: in contact they just can't seem to separate. This results
Speaker 2: in the requisite skin crawling and stomach churning so loved
Speaker 2: by the body horror community, which is almost entirely done practically.
Speaker 2: It would seem though any enhancements made with a computer.
Speaker 2: I guess We're welcome because it never felt uncanny. This
Speaker 2: is not a spoiler. I'm not trying to spoil this
Speaker 2: movie at all. But these two start coalescing anytime they're together,
Speaker 2: and it is disturbing and awful and so much fucking
Speaker 2: fun seriously and funny. The movie is effortlessly funny, not
Speaker 2: set up Joe hahaha, but natural laughs throughout as the
Speaker 2: characters interact with each other and their new and unthinkable situation.
Speaker 2: Those characters remain strong throughout, exploring all these agonizing themes
Speaker 2: of love and commitment and complacency and yeah, codependency. I
Speaker 2: myself am wildly codependent. You are listening to a man
Speaker 2: who has been in heavy relationships every day since he
Speaker 2: was sixteen until about ah four years ago, more than
Speaker 2: three decades, so I understand the pull and the need
Speaker 2: and the rudderless feeling without And maybe this movie struck
Speaker 2: a nerve a little harder with me, but that isn't
Speaker 2: why I'm recommending it overall. Codependency as a theme is fine,
Speaker 2: and it is a fucking innovation, But the real innovation
Speaker 2: here has made the first truly accessible body horror film.
Speaker 2: It's got a level of restraint lacking in most help.
Speaker 2: Most are just like, look how fucking gross this is.
Speaker 2: And while there's no shortage of revulsion tinged moments in
Speaker 2: the film, it isn't trying to dislodge your lunch. I
Speaker 2: know purists will cry it's like a PG version when
Speaker 2: the unrated Triple X Director's cut is available, But have
Speaker 2: some mercy on us body, horror people. We're still worried
Speaker 2: about the creature from the Black Lagoon. And that's this
Speaker 2: week's a round up. Thank you all once again for
Speaker 2: tuning in and listening to me ramble. Tune in again
Speaker 2: this Friday. We've got Yaucha Fest returning. What's a Yaucha
Speaker 2: it's the actual name of the Predator, So HP and
Speaker 2: I are cloaking ourselves and running unseen through Predator iiO.
Speaker 2: That's the La based Predator flick with day Any Glover
Speaker 2: and the World's Worst actress Maria Cancheta Alonso that is
Speaker 2: available Friday. Patreon subscribers have had it at least a week.
Speaker 2: Plug plug Okay, I'm gonna get out of here. Check
Speaker 2: the fucking show notes. It's gonna be bursting with fruit
Speaker 2: flavors for ripley Geen I'm Father Malone. We leave you
Speaker 2: now with some wise words.
Speaker 3: I'm howling around your kitchen door.
Speaker 5: You better not get him in. Little old lady again
Speaker 5: you related to day last night We're Wolves of Thunder
Speaker 5: and again, Wolves of Nation.
Speaker 3: Show show, show, show