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Troy and David talk about three movies in this two-part episode:

Gremlins (1984)
Back to the Future (1985)
Howard the Duck (1986)

PT. 1 looks at Gremlins, and begins the discussion on Back to the Future.

PT. 2 finishes the discussion on Back to the Future, and then moves on to Howard the Duck.

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PART 1: Gremlins & Back to the Future
Our first episode does cover how the three films are connected, in both screen talent, locations, producers, and directors. Each of the three films were expected to be box office smashes, following on the success of The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981, E.T. in 1982, and The Return of the Jedi in 1983.

Amblin Entertainment produced Gremlins & Back to the Future.

In Gremlins, we see Mogwai playing mini-Donkey Kong. The films do not take themselves too seriously.

We know, when the rules are mentioned, that these will be broken, and in imaginative, funny ways…

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Chinese Boy: Look Mister, there’s three rules you’ve got to follow.

Rand Peltzer: Yeah, what kind of rules?

Chinese Boy: Keep him out of the light, he hates bright light, especially sunlight, it’ll kill him. And, keep him away from water, don’t get him wet. But the most important rule, the rule you can never forget, no matter how much he cries, no matter how much he begs, never, never feed him after midnight. You got it?

Rand Peltzer: Sure kid, whatever you say. Hey, listen, thanks! And have a Merry Christmas!

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Troy and David then move on to Back to the Future, which was originally cast with Eric Stoltz in the lead, and had a working title: Spaceman from Pluto. Stoltz was removed, and the title changed.

A connection between the two films, is that both Back to the Future and Gremlins used the “Universal Studios Courthouse Square” backlot.

Troy recommends the book Future Boy, penned by Michael J. Fox. In it, Fox mentions that his replacing Stoltz was not welcomed by everyone, especially by Lea Thompson, but that changed.

More discussion in part 2

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Troy and David come up with their top ten SFFH TV Shows of the 21st century (3rd Millennium). TV shows from the years 2001 – 2025 are considered.

How many TV shows will be on both lists? How many will be Science Fiction? Fantasy? Horror? How many will belong to more than one genre?

And, will Troy be able to sneak in a Beatles reference?

Listen to find out.

Season 7 is our ALL MOVIE season. New episodes usually the last day of the month.

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Troy and David come up with their top ten SFFH films of the 21st century (3rd Millennium). Films from the years 2001 – 2025 are considered.

How many films will be on both lists? How many will be Science Fiction? Fantasy? Horror? How many will belong to more than one genre?

And, will Troy be able to sneak in a Beatles reference?

Listen to find out.

Season 7 is our ALL MOVIE season. New episodes usually the last day of the month.

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Yellow Submarine was an animated film featuring The Beatles. It was released in 1968, to fulfill a 3-picture deal, that included A Hard Days Night (1964); Help! (1965).

And like the first two films, this was, in essence, a music-delivery device. It was agreed that the band would supply 4 new songs – All Together Now, Hey Bulldog, It’s All Too Much, and Only A Northern Song – for the film. These new songs would be heard in the film along with 12 other recently released songs, including Nowhere Man, Eleanor Rigby, Yellow Submarine, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, When I’m 64, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, With A Little Help From My Friends, and All You Need Is Love . Beatles producer George Martin would provide the score.

“And what was that story? In a nut shell, Pepperland, an open, peace-loving land, comes under attack by a fascist, militaristic group known as the Blue Meanies. Fred, is sent by the Lord Mayor, in the Yellow Submarine to enlist help. The Sub ends up in Liverpool England where Fred finds Ringo and the other Beatles. After travelling over various psychedelic lands and seas The Band returns to Pepperland (with Jeremy, a Boob they’ve picked up along the way) to confront the Blue Meanies.

All told, over 200 animators worked on the film in the TVC offices in Soho.”

Please listen to hear the rest of the story, and Troy and David’s reactions to their latest re-watch.

Season 7 is our ALL MOVIE season. New episodes usually the last day of the month.

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The Evil Dead movie franchise is near and dear to the hearts of many horror aficionados. And, you do not have to be a horror fan to like the movies. You can like humour, slapstick, comedy, magic realism and surrealism, abstraction, irrationality, and cabins. And woods. And things in the basement. And in the case of Evil Dead Rise, an urban landscape where people like to park woodchippers in parking garages, you know, just in case. You never know, right.

Our Halloween episode is our first episode of season 7, our first episode since our Wonder Woman episode, back in the Spring of 2025. Season 7 is our ALL MOVIE season. And what better movie franchise to begin with than the Evil Dead franchise.