709 Meridian

The boys are back in... wait, wrong franchise--but D and Andrew do indeed tag along for another trip to scenic 90210 with Detroit's finest (human) cop, Axel Foley. Sadly, they forget to dream up a crossover with Robocop, but they do talk about eighties sequels, Tony Scott, and much more.

D and Andrew do the neutron dance all the way from Detroit to Beverly Hills as they try to keep up with Eddie Murphy's solo breakthrough. Listen as they discuss action, comedy, action-comedies, and so much more.

It's a very special episode of 709 Meridian, as D and Andrew trek into the murky swamps of non-superhero DC Comics adaptations with THE LOSERS. Listen as they discuss Marvelous futures, Fantastic pasts, Family Dollar George Clooneys, and much more.

D and Andrew head back to Antonio Bay--Antonio Island, sorry, they rebranded--for the foul FOG remake of 2005. Listen as Andrew begs Maggie Grace to deliver lines a little better, as the hosts wonder how ghosts know how to computer program, why it can't be a little better, why it can't be a little shorter. SO MANY THINGS.

D and Andrew head to Antonio Bay for some ghost stories with old dudes dressed up as sea captains, bad fishing, good radio, and generally pleasant weather. Though they never get to see the stupid centennial statue, which apparently ended up on the cutting room floor. Tune in as they discuss great visuals in boring movies.

D and Andrew settle in for another eighties gem, this time one coming in the pre-Ghostbusters II slime era, with THE BLOB, Tri-Star's attempt to do a mainstream... Troma movie? Or something? Listen as they discuss bad wigs, good stars, eh music, and much more.

D and Andrew hop into the DeLorean and head back to 1958, when you took your gal to the malt shop, only they were surviving killer jello. It's also Steven McQueen's first appearance on the cast! Lots of talk. Some of it even about the movie!

How did they ever make a sequel to THE THING? Poorly. Tune in as D and Andrew roll back the clock to 1982 (sort of) and see the incredibly-similiar-to-what-would-subsequently-occur events leading up to the good THING. And get really bored. And consider watching better movies instead. But, hey, Teen Wolf Too couldn't take down our intrepid hosts, MATTHIJS VAN HEIJNINGEN JR.'S THE THING BEGI...

South, Miss Teschmacher, south! D and Andrew head to the south pole to check in on Kurt Russell, Keith David, and an assortment of late eighties guest star dads in John Carpenter's 1982 classic, THE THING. Listen as they discuss cheater angles, practical effects, music, tension, and much more.

D and Andrew leave the helmets ON as they hop on their big wheels and head into Mega-City One for another DREDDful adventure. Except this time it's good, but also didn't get a sequel, so they get to be sad about that part. While enjoying the rest, obviously.

D and Andrew wanted a mission, and for their sins, they picked the Dredds, which means they had to watch 1995's Sylvester Stallone box office bomb JUDGE DREDD. BAT WINGS ON THE THEATER FLOOR, PEOPLE. Listen as they question their bad movie-watching decisions for every frame. Listen as they have to talk about Robspierre Schneider. And so much more.

D and Andrew return to Springwood, heading straight to the diner for some French fries and gravy, only to discover they're still trapped in a NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. Except this one is from Platinum Dunes and doesn't have a remotely likable or sympathetic cast. Tune in as they suffer through.

It's back to school for Dee and Andrew as they head to Elm Street to see what those eighties youths are up to! Turns out they've been all having the same dream--sure that won't be ominous at all. Listen as the hosts discuss horror franchises, recasts, practical effects, and much more!

D and Andrew head into the swamps looking for Jude and Alice but instead find themselves hanging around a hive of eighties actors playing seventies national guardsman armed with blanks and a mad-on for the local Cajuns. Yes indeed, it's SOUTHERN COMFORT, the pod's first Walter Hill movie. Tune in and hear about all the actors who went on to better... and the ones who didn't.

D and Andrew head to Perfection Valley for a good old-fashioned (nineties) Universal giant monster picture from the 1950s. Hey, they should've watched TREMORS in black and white! They didn't though. Tune in as they discuss the TV-to-movies eighties pipeline, the direct-to-video nineties, and, doubtlessly, other things.

Who wants to make a time machine of a DeLorean when you can turn a dirt bike into one? Listen as D and Andrew discuss the early eighties genre pictures, Ed Lauter's lying priest, a disappointing Peter Coyote performance, and poorly done action sequences. Also lots of dirt biking. Rad!

Well, folks, it turns out you can't go home again, especially if it means Wilford Brimley has faked your murder in order to turn you into a super-spy. Listen as D and Andrew travel back to 1985, when just because you couldn't find a single Asian actor on the face of the planet to play the Asian guy in your movie, so you just cast a white dude and put him in make-up. They also discuss tryin...

Dee and Andrew finish up the Rudy Ray Moore quadrilogy with Petey Wheatstraw, the Devil's Son in Law. Is there anything else like PETEY WHEATSTRAW... depends on if you count all the subsequent motion pictures ripping it off over and over (including a recent 709 subject). Listen as Petey fights the temptation and the Devil's minions, as Andrew details the numerous content thefts, and as Dee...

"This master fisher doesn't know I'm the Human Tornado." With these words THE HUMAN TORNADO folds into a thin wafer of existential dread and audacious bravado, as well as the hearts and minds of millions. Join D and Andrew as they reverently examine R.R. Moore's follow-up to DOLEMITE. Listen as they try to spot Ernie Hudson, wonder about resurrections and prosopagnosia, and a...

D and Andrew escape Titans Tower (for now?) and immediately drive over to Total Experience for the indescribable DOLEMITE. Listen as they discuss missing microphones, action scenes, acting, editing, dubbing, dancing, and so much more.

Why? Why do the faithful fans feel the strain? Why the shift? Why the fatigue? There are no guarantees in the podcast realm, nothing certain, only that some topics grow stale, some hosts need a change. Dee and Andrew, they've had their fill, grown weary of the Titans' repetitive tales. The listeners may not fully understand the fatigue and the desire for something fresh for those who'v...

Well, it's still not time for Nightwing El Blanquito, but at least we get Hawk fighting in a cage match. Andrew's sure it's not really a plot point and D has to break it to him. Also there are Deathstroke-related secrets the show's done a bad job with. Tune in!

It's a mysterious episode of TITANS as Andrew tries to figure out what's up with the title and D tries not to spoil how terrible a reveal it's going to be. What a strange show. Still no Nightwing either.

Finally! D and Andrew arrive in prison, alongside Richard Delano Grayson, so they can watch Dick culturally appropriate Nightwing el Blanquito while toughening it out because he deserves prison time for letting the Titans fall apart or something. It's a doozy of an episode. A doozy.

Join D and Andrew as they wonder why everyone's leaving Titans Tower for side adventures and not answering each others' texts. Well, phone calls because in the DCU no one can just text. There are highs and lows, including one of the worst cliffhangers.