The Movie Topic:"Movies serve a number of roles in our lives. They entertain. They inform. They can relay the director's message to the audience. But foremost in the minds of many executives is the role of making money. Some movies, like Titanic's $600 MILLION take or The Dark Knight's $500 million, fulfill ALL of their roles. Then there are those movies that are... less than stellar box office draws. Tonight, we're going to talk about some of the worst in cinematic history: What tanked, and how badly? More importantly, what movies do YOU wish you could go back in time and convince yourself not to see? And what made you feel that way about them?"
- Personal Preamble:
- Geek is Chic podcastathon was still going on during recording. Visit the page for highlights and details on how you can help!
- The Breast Cancer Site - Visit to help EVERY DAY. In October, ad revenue per click is doubled. If the Breast Cancer Site makes their goal of funding 500 mammograms, the premiere sponsor will fund an additional 200 mammograms.
- National Novel Writing Month begins November 1.
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- Email from Yellow Bunny. (Thanks, YB, for the picture!)
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- Email from Laurie in Georgia, related to the topic.
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- In Theaters the week of October 17, 2008.
- Mini-review of Igor.
- Discussion of the worst box office bombs in history.
- Discussion of what makes a movie bad, including specific examples of disliked movies. (One example brought up isn't even out yet: A remake of The Breakfast Club.)
- Promo: Nobody's Listening
- Thanks to The SquidLord, Eric the Half-a-bee, and EGgold for their voice participation!
- Thanks also to Brent Irwin, SimChris, Shakes, Dev, Angry Black Chick, Laurie in Georgia, and Wendiigo for playing with us in the text chat!
- Music used in this episode
- Bumper music composed by StudioMig
- Intro and Outro: Robot
- New in Theaters: The Sword of Fire
- Movie Review: Sherlock
- Main Event: Transformers
- (With appreciation to the Podsafe Music Network)
- Bumper music composed by StudioMig
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October 18, 2008:
Stephen King
November 1, 2008:
SMT #15: The Lion King
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