First up, it's the 1995 queer cult favorite "Tank Girl" starring Lori Petty, Ice-T and a young Naomi Watts. For the seventh installment of our ROTTEN APOCALYPSE series, we're diving into a pair of steampunk Gen-X flicks that remind us what comic book movies looked like before the now-dominant behemoth of Marvel Studios. Things that could have only existed in the mid-90s. Lori Petty headlining an MGM-produced adaptation of a cult comic book series. A Courtney Love produced soundtrack featuring Björk and Face to Face. Ice-T as the leader of a rebel group of half kangaroo men.
Pamela Anderson as a bounty hunter who impales nazis with the heel of her stilettos.
Was "Waterworld" really the financial disaster it was pegged as even before audiences got the chance to experience it? Are the VFX that bad in "Escape From L.A."? Is Kevin Costner the very definition of white privilege in Hollywood? Should John Carpenter only make movies for under $20 million? Why does everyone in "Waterworld" want Costner's cum so badly? Is Kurt Russell a goddamn national treasure? Would you rather live in a post-apocalyptic world where you get to surf the LA river with Peter Fonda or one where the best thing that can happen is you find some dirt to sell? We're joined by Chad Alligood to discuss all this and more right here on America's #1 source for all things Rotten.īe sure to follow us on PATREON next week as we transition to exclusive episodes for our subscribers, as well as bonus episodes and some very tite merch coming soon!įor our penultimate episode in the ROTTEN APOCALYPSE miniseries, we're talking about two of the most obscure titles in the series: cult director Richard Stanley's 1990 cyberpunk debut "Hardware" and Neil Marshall's 2008 dystopian greatest hits thriller "Doomsday." One of these movies ended up being one of our favorite podcast discoveries yet, while one is definitely one of our least favorite podcast watches to date (hint: the good one is a robot slasher movie featuring a repugnant voyeur who peeps on his neighbors fucking and says some of the most unhinged shit ever put in a major studio movie).ĭid anyone else mix up Dylan McDermott and Dermot Mulroney in the 90s? Did you know Dylan McDermott is a hardcore Christian and dated Julia Roberts in the late 80s? Was Malcolm McDowell really broke in the 90s and 2000s or did he just have a really shitty agent? Did Richard Stanley publicly out Harvey Weinstein on a podcast 9 months before the New York Times piece broke? Was Iggy Pop one of the more underrated character actors of the 90s? Who do you call when Kate Beckinsale isn't available? We're answering all your pressing questions and more on America's #1 podcast.
After that, we're welcoming the great John Carpenter to the podcast for the first time ever(!) with his only sequel, "Escape From L.A." starring Kurt Russell as the legendary Snake Plissken. First up, it's the infamous 1995 flop "Waterworld" starring Kevin Costner as a half-man/half-fish/100% incel living in a post-apocalyptic world that is, yes, all water. For our grand finale, we're looking back at one of the most notorious disasters of the 20th century and an underrated late career banger from one of our best directors. After two months of global destruction, dystopian wastelands and the divorced dads that will do anything to protect their stacked daughters, we say goodbye to our ROTTEN APOCALYPSE miniseries.