Evilnauts

     This week a pair of effects heavy movies from the past. 

     Jason returns home to take back what was stolen in his infancy. In order to rally support for this, he decides to head out and steal the Golden Fleece. With some support from the goddess Hera, his crew set out to confront a whole bunch of stop motion monsters brought to life by the brilliant Ray Harryhausen. Will he succeed? Will any of his crew return home? Will they all meet grizzly ends and join the skeleton army? Who dares sail with Jason and the Argonauts?
     The second installment in Paul W.S. Anderson's wildly successful video game adaption series. When Umbrella finds they are unable to contain the infection from overtaking Raccoon City, they pull their assets and begin an operation to remove all evidence. Tragically, Dr. Ashford's daughter was misplaced in the rush. Now Ashford is reaching out to game protagonists Jill Valentine and Carlos Olivera to support film protagonist Alice to save his daughter before nukes rain down and Tyrant rips them all in half. Who will pull themselves out of the wreckage of Resident Evil: Apocalypse?
     All that and Dave burns chrome, Kevin is filled with the Holiday Spirit, and Tyler learns that he bleeds T-virus. 

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Episode 236- Evilnauts

Breach Hull- All Die

 This week four films set on small fragile metal boxes floating in the cold vacuum of space.

     A long missing experimental ship reappears in a decaying orbit around Neptune. The lead designer and a crew in desperate need of a vacation are quickly dispatched to see if there are any survivors and salvage the ship if possible. They soon find the ship didn't return empty after all. What horrors lurk on the Event Horizon.
     Six films and 21 years after originally being canceled, the crew of the USS Enterprise is three months from standing down. Before they can take their well-earned retirement, they are volunteered on one final mission- escort a Klingon ambassador to a peace conference in Federation space and finally end their long running cold war. Since nothing is ever easy they will also unravel a deep conspiracy against any peace and their own deeply held views on their former enemy. A Shakespearean finale to one of the best loved series, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
     Dr. Kris Kelvin arrives at a space station orbiting a distant planet at the request of an old friend. The station has a lot of strange events happening and the security force previous sent to help has disappeared. Before long the exact nature of what is happening is revealed and Kris must struggle with questions of his past and the accuracy of his own memory. What secrets does Solaris hold?
     Three boys all share the same dream. A dream of alien schematics. Together they build a ship and set off to make contact. One of Joe Dante's many cult films. What will these Explorers find in the great unknown?
     All that and Dave makes a speech, Tyler goes with the flow, and Kevin sees his own personal Hell. join us, won't you?

Episode 224- Breach Hull- All Die (Whaddayaknow... even had it underlined)

Test Your Might: Mortal Kombat Special

     A tournament held once a generation, conceived by the Elder Gods, as a way to slow Outworld's aggressive expansion against the other realms. When a realm loses 10 consecutive tournaments, the portals open and Outworld absorbs the realm into itself. Earthrealm has lost the last nine tournaments.

     This week all four features about the tournament brought to arcades by Midway and eventually kicked off a Congressional panic. Mortal Kombat (1995), Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge, and Mortal Kombat (2021). We are in for a bloody time. Join us, won't you?

Episode 203- Test Your Might: Mortal Kombat Special