whatever. Ahahahaha. This movie sucked. “But,” you ask, “how exactly did it suck? Was it an earnest attempt to reboot the franchise with yet another trilogy-starter? (yes) Was it an egregiously miscast snorefest that tried to hit all points on the graph but somehow missed every single one? (yes) Did it convince you that Skynet is Genisys? (no, Skynet is Matt Smith) Is it a fact in the movie that Sarah Connor’s father used to take her to a concrete bunker under a bridge? (yes) Is that bizarre fact ever explained or explored?” (no) Glad you asked that very long-winded multi-part question. Liste ..read more

hello domino’s? Do you deliver to the apocalypse? Hey! Who wants a new Terminator movie? It’s got everything! It’s got the original T-800… with Arnold’s face CGI’d onto a bodybuilder. It’s got Sarah Connor… on a series of audio cassettes. And it’s got John Connor - in several scenes! Oh, and Kyle Reese pops up. But most importantly, it’s got *checks notes* fan favourite Marcus Wright, played by Sam Worthington. Who’s Marcus Wright? Oh, I thought you were a real Terminator fan. You could be forgiven for not hearing about Wright, because this is the first time the character’s appeared in the fr ..read more

one lion soon to die, one cyborg, one live dog. It’s time to answer everyone’s questions about Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Do you have any questions about Terminator 3, aside from Why was this made? and Where’s Linda Hamilton? There’s a small chance we might have the answer. Listen below or find us on your podnabber of choice ..read more

a live dog in a world of soon-to-be-dead lions. What is there to say at this point about Terminator 2: Judgment Day? That it’s a big ole crowd pleaser that updates the Wallace Beery wrestling pic for the ‘90s? That its florid sentimentality is the key to its success? That it’s a hell of a lot of fun? Maybe there’s nothing more to say, but we spend a solid hour saying it anyway on this week’s podcast. Stick around for the Destroy All Culture definitive ranking of all the Terminator films we’ve watched so far! Next up: Terminator 3: Rise of the MacHines ..read more

an undead lion. Welcome to Destroy All Connors!, a DAC mini-series that looks at the Terminator franchise. One morning in Rome in 1981, James Cameron woke from feverish nightmares. In his dream, a chrome skeleton emerged from flames. He started sketching his dream on hotel stationery. Three years later came The Terminator, a lean and twisty sci-fi horror about a young woman being stalked by a metal nightmare in human skin from the future. Adam and Aidan talk at length about the movie, including the accusations from Harlan Ellison that Cameron had ripped off an episode of The Outer Limits call ..read more

something about live dogs and dead lions here. i don’t know. Before we recorded this podcast, Adam promised to lead with a question that he promised would ruin my enjoyment of the movie. Little did he know that his question would actually UNCOVER THE KEY TO THIS MOVIE’S GREATNESS. What is it that makes 1992’s Under Siege great? Is it the dolphin in that one shot from the opening sequence? Gary Busey in drag? The movie’s acknowledgment that the ideological void left by the end of the Cold War would be replaced not by a coherent vision of the global order but by hucksters willing to use the lan ..read more

whatever. In every life, some rain must fall. In every movie podcast, a Johnny Dangerously is going to happen. This is the movie that fueled a thousand dirty jokes for 12 year old boys in the ‘80s. Adam and Aidan discuss what works, what doesn’t, and why it was they decided to watch it in the first place. Listen below or find us on your podcatcher of choice ..read more

a couple of dead lions, pictured here as live dogs. Movie folks like to bang on about how good 1999 and 2007 were for film (it’s me, I’m the folks), but 1991 has to be a contender for the Great Years in Cinema pantheon. Barton Fink? The Fisher King? Hudson Hawk? Hell yes, Hudson Hawk. And of course, Thelma & Louise. 32 years later, this movie is still a banger, and one of Ridley Scott’s best. Listen to Adam and Aidan rant below (or find us on your podcaster of choice ..read more

a couple of live dogs doing… whatever it is they do in this movie. In 2001, Luc Besson, having conquered the known universe of Eurotainment, turned his eye to the last uncracked nut: the French-Japanese procedural family comedy “what if Chunking Express went insane” co-production. In everyone’s movie library, there’s one that we foist on others in order to initiate them into the circle of cursed viewership. Wasabi is Adam’s cursed movie. Aidan has seen it, and now, he will never be the same. Find us on your podcast of choice or listen below ..read more

a live dog pretending to be (spoilers) a dead lion. Adam P. Knave once famously described Ronin (1998) as “two car chases dressed up in a movie”. Luckily for all of us, the record button was on when he said it. Less famously, Aidan said “Yeah, yeah - uh - yeah, that’s - um - right”. Also, what was going on with Sean Bean? And the objectively hilarious resolution? What the hell is going on with this movie? Find us on your podcast of choice or listen below ..read more