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Showing posts with label monster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monster. Show all posts

Friday, April 2, 2021

GODZILLA VS KONG

Box Office Pulp asks "Whose side are you one?" as Son Of Japan battles Ape Of Skull Island! One once died by gunfire, the other by water, but whoever wins, we lose, because this episode's title match is Godzilla vs. Kong: Place your bets! As the Monster/Monarch/Legendary-Verse takes a bow and Adam Wingard rises to the ranks of tentpole director, listen to our thoughts on the Thrilla With Gorilla! Is the (probably) final entry into Legendary Pictures' resurrection of the kaiju movie a worthy follow-up to our beloved King Of The Monsters, or does this fall prey to the usual big-monster-smashy shortcomings?


 

Sunday, March 21, 2021

KING KONG VS GODZILLA Commentary Track

The famous dust-ups of history: Ford vs. Ferrari! Ali vs. Fraiser! Niles vs. Fraiser! All meaningless compared to the rivalry that cracked open the very Earth in 1962, concerning one King Joseph Kong III and the kaiju who'll fry you, Godzilla! A cinematic empire was spawned the day fur-suit met scale-suit, and IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN IN YOUR LIVING ROOM! Before you see their modern-day rematch, revisit the very first clash of these bitin' titans with The Crew's ringside commentary! BOP n' A Movie takes you back to a simpler time, when Godzilla was still a villain, giant apes could still drink, and monster movies were vessels for cultural satire. Who will be left standing, Honda's skyscraper-stomper or Fay Wray's ex-bae? Will the lizard king humble the prime primate, or will the ape-lord show him the hate-sword? WHICH TALL BOY SHALL FIND JOY IN-- I appear to be having a stroke, please help me.

Burn King Kong like a Friar's Club roast by downloading the link here!


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Thursday, September 5, 2019

SPLIT SECOND

Satan's in deep shit! The BOP Crew is sitting down with some instant coffee and whipping chocolates at the refrigerator. Cody's housewarming party? No, it's because we're talking about the 1992 sci-fi/horror/noir/comedy from the writer of Hollow Man and The Fast And The Furious, SPLIT SECOND! Haven't heard of it, you say? Neither had we until the passing of it's star, Rutger Hauer, but what we found was a chronicle of the far-flung future of 2008, where a troubled detective who doesn't play by the rules searches the flooded streets of London for a killer who may be something more - or less - than human. In other words? B-Movie heaven! Listen we as we discuss it's eerily feasible "future" setting, the avalanche of plot points that take us from gene sequencers to astrology charts, whether or not this movie knows it's ridiculous, the joy of seeing prestige actors dress like action figures, why it really should have been called Black Tide, and how Stephen Norrington gave us the first live-action Venom. It's always comes back to Venom!

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Thursday, August 1, 2019

Mini BOP - VENOM

The nineties were a grand ole' time if you were a geeky kid. An era ruled by a wise and fair Macho King, all your favorite characters co-existed in ice cream form, and an invasion of bigger, badder, and extrem-ier anti-heroes hit comics like a flaming-hot meteor, and cooled off just as quickly. Over thirty years since his creation, VENOM has not only outlived the trends that birthed him, but thrived -- much to the chagrin of the same readers who were his first fans. In Eddie Brock's film debut (we don't talk about Spider-Man 3), Ruben Fleischer and co. have not only paid shockingly faithful tribute to the nerd world's #1 problematic fave, they've chucked the macho doom-and-gloom for an upbeat romp about a boy and his blob. So why all the hate? In this Mini BOP, Symbiotic Experts Mike and Jamie weigh in on fans' curious relationship with the character, the one-of-a-kind tone that sets it apart from a sub-genre aching for experimentation, where this ranks in the annals of Weird Tom Hardy Performances, and how Venom is 100% a queer romantic-comedy. CHANGE OUR MINDS.

KNOCK KNOCK, LET THE DEVIL IN by clicking this link and downloading the episode!



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Sunday, January 20, 2019

DEEP RISING Commentary Track

You've escaped the terror of MechaSutherland and accepted that man is the true virus, so now what? Well, now it's time for the second act of our journey through high-concept 90s sci-fi bombs, BOP 'n A Tragedy! And our next feature commentary is for the 1998 high seas adventure/creature feature/noir/comedy/backdoor pilot, DEEP RISING! Just one year before he gave us The Mummy, director Stephen Sommers would ask himself, "what would have happened in Die Hard if Godzilla showed up halfway through?" The result would be one of the most unique and subplot-burdened genre films of the era. From Jerry Goldsmith's score to Treat Williams devouring the scenery at every turn, we're diving 30,000 fathoms to uncover what makes this vessel far more sea-worthy than it has any right to be, and mourn a SURPRISE cinematic universe we very nearly had. No, really.

Give your last bullet to Wes Studi by downloading the commentary here!



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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

THE WITCHES Commentary Track

Get ready to emerge nude from your Ghostbusters playset, because BOP is celebrating Halloween with Nicolas Roeg's 90s stranger danger fantasy THE WITCHES! Apologies in advance, but our feature commentary will unfortunately cause you to remember that this Roald Dahl adaptation did in fact happen and wasn't merely a freakish nightmare! It happened and you will WATCH IT AGAIN WITH US, DAMMIT. So,  join Witchfinder General Cody, Hotel Manager Mike, and Grand High Bitch Jamie, as they talk about one of Anjelica Huston's best performances, the balance between whimsy and horror this movie masters, and the creature effects that still give us the willies to this day. Listen now, before Cody is trapped inside his Scream poster forever!

Call out for help from your badass Witch Hunter Grandma by downloading the commentary here!



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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON Commentary Track


BOP Bewares The Moon! Not because we trust superstitious locals, but in the off chance a werewolf CAN only be killed by someone who loves them... well, we don't need to get into the depressing reality of how that's an issue for us. What isn't depressing? HALLOWEEN! And commentary tracks! And horror movies! And commentary tracks for horror movies! Or in this case, the end all be all horror-comedy, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. It's BOP 'n A Movie: Samhain 2017 Edition! So, pop in your laser discs, or video discs, or whatever else you got of this John Landis and Rick Baker masterclass, and watch along with us! Come for the film analysis and werewolf genre talk, but stay for the Zombie-Wolf-Nazi's. Because, come on, seriously, Zombie-Wolf-Nazi's!

Stay off the moors and remember the Alamo by downloading the commentary here!



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Thursday, March 31, 2016

CLOVERFIELD

After extensive research using deep sea probes AND orbital satellites, The BOP Crew can confirm that, yes, it's alive, and it is indeed huge. Whether or not it's Voltron is still up for some debate. What isn't up for debate is that CLOVERFIELD is one of the finest gosh darn found footage films this side of Tokyo! And The Crew has geared up to slowly trek their way through a Clover attack to bring you an episode where they both gush about it, and talk in-depth about 9/11 symbolism. Fun! So, do we uncover the mysteries of Seabed Nectar and the origins of Clover? Do we agree that Beth is too good for Rob because he's kind of a douchebag? How WILL Hud manage without his main dude!? And most importantly of all, do we survive the Kaiju rampage? Or do we get our helpless souls eaten by Voltron? It's Box Office Pulp... so probably the latter.

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Friday, February 26, 2016

JOHN CARPENTER'S THE THING Commentary Track

This is Box Office Pulp Outpost 31. We found something, we found something in the ice. Something buried in the ice. It's... It's... a BOP 'n A Movie! We know you gentlefolk have been through a lot, but when you find the time, venture out into the cold depths of 1980's cinema with us and have a look. Of course, you’d rather not spend the next two hours tied to your couch - after all, trust is a tough thing to come by these days. But why don’t you just trust in Box Office Pulp’s commentary for the horror masterpiece, JOHN CARPENTER'S THE THING? With all the flamethrowers, unbridled suspicion, sentient blood, crawling severed heads, and spectacular Kurt Russell sombreros you can handle, this feature commentary track will leave you prodding your family members with hot pokers to find out who is who and what is what. So why don’t you just… listen here for a while... see what happens?

Prove what you already know, that you're still human, by downloading the commentary here!