Welcome moviephiles to new episode of the Reel Film Nerds!  Today we have an amazing Legacy Cast for you, Spaceballs!!  This movie was requested by Matt’s buddy and co-worker Derek Nanke, thanks Derek for the request!  Right off the bat things start to get crazy in this pod!  Matt talks about his dad taking him to see Spaceballs in the theater as a kid.  He also talks about Star Wars probably too much but how you can not right Spaceballs is 95% of a rip on Star Wars!  Mike explains where his obsession with male genitalia came from and how much fun he had watching this movie.  Matt typically watches it at least once a year but Mike has not seen Spaceballs in a very long time!  Sit back relax and grab a big glass of water to help with your 4^th of July hangover because this is a long pod, almost a full hour!

Clearly Matt and Mike both love this movie without question.  Mike loved it a teensy bit more than Matt probably because he has not seen Spaceballs as an adult!  Mike hands out the very first perfect rating in the history of the Reel Film Nerds with a 5 out of 5 Reels!!!  Matt loves Spaceballs without question but he does not think it is perfect, damn close but not perfect.  He gives Spaceballs a 4.5 out of 5 Reels.  Thank you for subscribing and listening to our podcast!  We will talk at you next Tuesday with another Reel Film Nerds movie review!

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Spaceballs

Director:  Mel Brooks

Writers:  Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan, and Ronny Graham

Stars:  Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, and Joan Rivers

Release Date: June 24, 1987

Storyline from IMDB

After squandering the fresh air in the distant planet Spaceball, the good-for-nothing President Skroob orders the arch-villain henchman, Dark Helmet, to abduct the adjacent planet Druidia’s Princess Vespa to strong-arm her father, King Roland, to provide them with the code to the planet’s atmosphere. Under those circumstances, the seasoned mercenary, Lone Starr, and his trusty half-human, half canine sidekick, Barf, will attempt to save the princess in distress, while at the same time, the ruthless loan shark, Pizza the Hut is after them. But in the end, only he who can harness the mystical and mighty force known only as “The Schwartz”, will be able to save the day.

Watch the Spaceballs trailer below.

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Hi everybody and welcome to another installment of the Reel Film Nerds! Bottom line up front, awesome legacy cast of a classic movie!  This week we review Predator (1987).  Spoiler alert, Mike and Matt both love this movie and have seen it many times!  Pay special attention to Matt’s random facts about this movie and find out about an interesting 80’s star who was originally cast as the Predator.  The guys also discuss many of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s classic quotes like “Get to the Chopper.”  Mike continues his rein of connecting our reviewed films to the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Matt brings up an interesting topic of could this movie be made today and it is now a new segment for our Legacy Cast’s. Lastly the boys talk about the political correctness of society today along with snapdicks and tacograms!  What an episode!

Mike loves Predator like the child he never had and gives it a 4.5 out of 5 Reels.  Matt tried to keep nostalgia out of his rating and just go by the film’s merits and awarded it a 4 out of 5 Reels.  Thanks again for listening and we will chat at you real soon!

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Predator

Director: John McTiernan

Writers: Jim Thomas, John Thomas

Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall, Shane Black and Jesse Ventura

Release Date: June 12, 1987

Storyline from IMDB

A team of special force ops, led by a tough but fair soldier, Major “Dutch” Schaefer, are ordered to assist CIA man, Colonel Al Dillon, on a rescue mission for potential survivors of a Helicopter downed over remote South American jungle. Not long after they land, Dutch and his team discover that they have been sent in under false pretenses. This deception turns out to be the least of their worries though, when they find themselves being methodically hunted by something not of this world.

Watch the Predator trailer below.

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Check it out everyone it’s another Legacy Cast!! For those of you keeping score at home this is our second one. Mr. Mile High Show is nowhere to be found for this episode so Matt and Mike actually talked about the movie instead of photography. Shaun of the Dead, an incredible cross genre film, was requested by one of our faithful listeners Christine thank you for the suggestion and emailing us. Mike comes up with a fun drinking game to play with friends while watching this film and his Marvel Cinematic Universe streak continues! Matt like always talks way too much and gets off topic way too much. Sit back relax and grab a pint at the ol’ Winchester and enjoy our review of Shaun of the Dead!

Mike and Matt both really love this movie. It is a groundbreaking must see genre bending film. Believe it or not but they actually gave the same rating for Shaun of the Dead wow! It gets 4.5 out of 5 Reels from both our hosts! If you have a film you would like to hear Matt and Mike review please Facebook message us, Instagram message us, or email us at nerds@reelfilmnerds.com Thank you again for listening and we will chat at you on Monday!

Shaun of the Dead

Director: Edgar Wright

Writers: Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright

Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Kate Ashfield

Release Date: September 24, 2004

Storyline from IMDB

Shaun doesn’t have a very good day, so he decides to turn his life around by getting his ex to take him back, but he times it for right in the middle of what may be a zombie apocalypse… But for him, it’s an opportunity to show everyone he knows how useful he is by saving them all. All he has to do is survive… And get his ex back.

Watch the Shaun of the Dead trailer below.

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Episode 9 is a bit of a format change for us.  Mike is away working and attending a wedding, so Matt brought in our first guest and host of sister podcast The Mile High Show, Matt Santos.  Coincidentally it is also the first in our Legacy series of podcasts.  What’s Legacy you say well I will tell you.  Legacy is any film not currently in the box office at the time of the that episodes recording.  Typically, it will be at least a few years old but not always.  What was our pick for the first Legacy cast a nice gem of a classic Pee-wee’s Big Adventure!

Did we really talk almost an hour about Pee-Wee, no.  When the two Matt’s get together things typically get off topic very quickly.  Topics included baseball, photography, drive-in’s, Matt S’s Mom, and Citizen Kane.  This was a fun one to record but might not be a fun one to listen to.  If you skip it, we would understand.

Matt S. gave Pee-wee’s Big Adventure a 3.5 out of 5 Reels and your lone host and Matt gave it a 4 out of 5 Reels because he is super nostalgic.  Remember our podcasts are SPOILER RIDDEN!!

Pee-wee’s Big Adventure

Director: Tim Burton

Writers: Phil Hartman, Paul Reubens

Stars: Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton

Release Date: August 9, 1985

Storyline from IMDB

The cartoonish and childish character Pee Wee Herman goes on a big adventure for the first time ever when his beloved shiny new bicycle is stolen by his nemesis Francis Buxton, a fellow man-child and neighborhood rich “kid.” And he sets off on an obsessive cross-country journey, determined to recover it. Pee-wee’s awkward and childish attempts to be cool and mature.

Watch the Pee-wee’s Big Adventure trailer below.

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