#QCCC: 1986 RAD Movies or BAD Movies & GoBots (featuring ThePoeticCritic)
Before we get into spooky month (Despite what the misguided Zach Cregger suggested with his misguided horror from this month), CatBusRuss goes back to Memorial Day Weekend and Quad City Comic Con to discuss copycat cinema from 1986 with ThePoeticCritic. Which movies were RAD? Which movies were BAD?
The two got to cheer on Johnny 5 and Guttenberg & Winslow on HBO, but they knew they were missing out on Killbots and Candy & Levy. Since Arnold Schwarzenegger did not box, they were unfamiliar with his feud with Sylvester Stallone until "Last Action Hero". They did not have a clue what their classmates were talking about, so the two might be on a level playing ground with kids who were born nearly 20 years after these films were released.
Russ is bringing this panel to GalaxyCon St. Louis (Oct. 23-25) and Twin Cities Con (Nov. 20-22). To add further content to those discussions, he went on the Internet Archive to see if history chose the right robots who can masquerade as vehicles. Is "GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords" evidence for "Robot Chicken" to treat them so badly?
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“I Dig Crazy Flicks” was founded as “Ninety For Chill”. It is Russ Stevens’s blog dedicated to movies with runtimes between 70 to 100 minutes. This runtime was the standard for horror movies and goofball comedies. Without the time for drawn out narratives, throwing everything at the wall and seeing what would stick was the rule. Thus, craziness ensues, and cinephiles like CatBusRuss want to preach the greatness of embracing the insanity.
Recent Episodes
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Episode 289
CatBusRuss & ThePoeticCritic head to East Moline to discuss the copycat cinema of 1986, a time where direct-to-video was for the “educational” tapes at church. If you want to sell a cassette, it had to be a legit film. Or so they called “GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords”.
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Episode 288
Can a competently directed #horror feature with some dark humor still be an absolute failure? #ZachCregger makes CatBusRuss answer the question with his ignorance of #ResidentEvil. For a fun #zombie movie without as much style, may Russ suggest “Cooties”?
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Bonus
Female-fronted action cinema with Ally. Dancing is action, so “Flashdance” is included. Get ready for the #Cregger #ResidentEvil by reviewing the first series of films. Russ also compared CG-animation from today with #FinalFantasy “The Spirits Within”
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Episode 287
#ZachCregger puts his #horror reputation on the line. Russ explores if #ResidentEvil has been done right. Is it wiser to adapt or reimagine? How about sticking to the #videogame continuity like “Vendetta” & “Death Island”?
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Episode 286
CatBusRuss is called up to be an expert about “The Transformers: The Movie” at the trauma bonding panel at #IndianaComicConvention. He also reviews a #cartoon that is 40 years younger with “Coyote vs. Acme”
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Episode 285
CatBusRuss provides a TEDTalk to Missouri Comic Con 2026 about knock off cinema from 40 years ago. It was time before the direct-to-video market allowed Mom to say, “We have Texas Chainsaw 2” at home.
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Episode 284
CatBusRuss plays host to Kolin of “Trashpanda Podcast” and Andras from “Ta2squid Podcast” with the plan to chat about 2005’s “Doom”. Chaos soon reigns over the conversation as if “The Dungeonmaster” from 1984 was taking control.
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Episode 283
CatBusRuss gets to ask The Horror Master what influences Argento’s films had on “Halloween”, watched Miike’s “Dead or Alive” to prep for @ccinemapodcast.bsky.social, and how the money gouging of #FanExpo constantly mocking nerds & geeks.
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Episode 281
CatBusRuss has a conversation with ThePoeticCritic about the current and future state of cinema. Because there should be movie reviews on a podcast, he went to #Peacock to watch #SuperMarioGalaxy & #Obsession.
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Episode 280
CatBusRuss smashes a conversation about holiday cinema with ThePoeticCritic between reviews for sex/relationship dramas of the early ‘00s: Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin; Mark Ruffalo in “XX/XY”; and Ewan McGregor in “Young Adam”.
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Episode 279
CatBusRuss & @lunagrayhorror.bsky.social discuss the most well regarded #British #horror #movies. Paganism, music, and Christopher Lee, get me a ticket to Summer Isle. Is it a musical? Is it asking you to pick religious sides?
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Episode 278
CatBusRuss reviews Meat Loaf in “Stage Fright (2014), Jonathan Rhys Meyer as Joe Stummer, #TheRamone’s feature debut, Dewey Cox, and Val Kilmer’s pipes in “Top Secret”.
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Episode 134
Vern from the “Cinema Recall” comes on the show to offer what he considers to be the most off-the-wall, sub 100-minute movie ever made, “Daisies”. It is a Czechoslovakian, new wave satire about exploiting those in power via feminine wiles.
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