The Midnight Movie Club

This week the boys go back to the world of Tim Burton and it's all confusing as hell, Lee a long time Tim Burton apologist is hating on it and Dan who has mocked Burton in the past is all for it!?! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrRi4saj1q8 Finally we have a movie that forces a divide in the Midnight Movie Club!! Next week Lee and Dan form their own gang and visit the world of The Warriors. Remember to leave a comment and share your own thoughts on Pee Wee Herman! ------------------- One last thing, the kind sponsors who provided us with a new microphone last week have just launched a new site. If you're in the UK and suddenly find yourself in urgent need of a new fridge, dishwasher, oven, or other bit of white goods then head on over to Next Day Appliances who guarantee that they will get one to you by 7pm the next day. Ideal for all your Gremlin microwaving needs.

The podcast is a little on the long side this week as Lee and Dan take a look at the 1994 science fiction film Stargate. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YtEp3b-A68 Some of the talking points: the effect the spin off shows have on the impact of the movie the structure of Stargate compared to Independence Day, Godzilla and The Day After Tomorrow some of the larger plot holes and how well the movie glosses over them military discipline and its absolute breakdown in stressful alien environments the quality of the blu-ray of Stargate and rating films by their colour tones Lee and Dan are neither scientists or experts on the effect of nuclear explosions in the atmosphere of alien planets Next week Dan and Lee are watching the Tim Burton directed film Pee-wee's Big Adventure which Lee is not looking forward to at all (he's never seen it). Bonus content: The horrible thing that Lee's expecting for Christmas: And bonus content!  Here is the opening from the horrible animated series based on Stargate that Lee mentioned in the podcast: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67E-_SQLVRo Share your thoughts in the comments!!

This week Lee and Dan tackle the film considered by many (especially Matt) as the worst film ever! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0R_FR9pD2k Yes the boys are watching Battlefield Earth (was this not evident from the title and the trailer?). Remember to leave your comments below and share with ALL of your friends! Next week: Dan and Lee will be watching Stargate, no bloody SG1, no bloody Atlantis and certainly no bloody Universe.  The original movie that started it all! Unless they get stuck for time and then they'll probably talk about Harrier Jump Jets...

Lee is away on a conference at the moment and so isn't able to fulfill his usual show note authorship duties. I'm not too sure what the conference is about - probably throwing boomerangs and wearing hats with corks dangling from them. Those wacky Australians. Anyhow, as he's not here that means that Dan has to pick up his slack and introduce the podcast. Here's the podcast:

Despite the odds against them Lee and Dan watched My Neighbor Totoro and managed to scrape in a podcast! httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp9PDj_zb1k The highlights: Lee is very sick Dan's computer is really sick Apparently Lee and Dan like Avatar: The Last Airbender Dan's reasons for avoiding anime Lee and Dan discuss the role of men in society How different Totoro is from other films The beauty of these types of film Capturing the natural world The perfect characterisations of the children Next week Dan and Lee are fielding your questions from Facebook and then they're watching Battlefield Earth!!!!

After a couple of weeks of sweaty Charlie Sheens and hookers stitched together from other dead prostitute parts it was decided to go for a normal film set firmly in reality... a reality where a man dressed up as a bat stalks the night. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPLUeA4vwik Welcome to Gotham and the 1989 Tim Burton film Batman. The highlights: The little known "Batman fine" at Blockbuster Lee likes this Batman cowl, Dan not so keen Do you know why the bat symbol is different on his chest? Lord of the Batdance There is some more poor Irish accents, to be fair this will be the last More villains, the worse the film Dan brought a baseball bat for some Burton bashing Melting Goths in Brisbane should play the practicality card Dan actually talks about the score! Lando Calrissian The thoughts being casting Michael Keaton The utter awesomeness of the Batmobile Next week Lee and Dan are watching the anime classic My Neighbor Totoro.

Lee and Dan discover that the name Frankenhooker may actually be funnier than the film which is of course quite shocking we know! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcSN3PEvtQo Highlights: we announce the winner of the Jaws books!!! an actually well delivered synopsis, no really, seriously well delivered Lee questions Dan's taste Lee questions 13 year old Lee's taste It's pointed out that there is no below the waist nudity Dan talks the film up until he suddenly realises what he's doing Dan and Lee would like to make it very clear that you don't have to see this film There are several new sections to enjoy!!! Next week Lee and Dan are very excited to be watching the 1989 comic book extravaganza Batman.

This week Lee and Dan watched the science fiction alien invasion Charlie Sheen is a science guy 1996 film The Arrival. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JRwahO8eIc Charlie Sheen is pretty sweaty in this film Charlie Sheen has a cheap nasty haircut in this film Dan thinks Charlie Sheen looks like Lee in this film There is also no synopsis to speak of this week. Lee does 93% less accents this week. Lee's no expert... Dan's general rule of thumb is not to break into alien strongholds The pitfalls of having an exposed brain Next week Dan and Lee finally sit down to watch Frankenhooker.  Will it deliver all that the name and their memory promise? Honestly how could it??

In an attempt to fulfil the full list of genres in their movie categories Dan and Lee visit the underworld of Chicago during the prohibition era in The Untouchables. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIF_WdPUBFo Highlights Goons vs henchmen Dan's car is a dud The description of the synopsis 100 times better than the actual synopsis There is a quest... Dan says Sean Connery is a bad actor There is much mocking of the lack of Irish accents There is a bunch of intelligent discussion of the film... Then there is a Robin Hood 2010 mini review Then there is a short re-enactment of Robin Hood 2 Then there is a tea cup sound effect retirement plan Then things go horribly wrong. Lee's [rating:9/10] Dan's [rating:8/10] Next week Lee and Dan are watching the Charlie Sheen alien invasion film The Arrival!

This week Lee introduces Dan to the man, the myth, the legend that is Bruce Campbell and the simple joy that is Army of Darkness. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THV1KkPXIxQ Highlights: Dan is confused by zombies and deadites Lee does the bad thing in the synopsis that Dan did last week... It wasn't any better. Lee and Dan kind of blame you for the poor quality of the synopsis. Dan was a Bruce Campbell virgin. The difference in tone to Evil Dead 1 & 2. You can't nitpick the film, it's an exercise in futility. Nor should you. Groovy. Bruce Campbell is this film. Klaatu barada nikto Oldsmobiles and chainsaws There are lots of quotes :) Full moon films Continue your Bruce Campbell education Dan's [rating:8/10] Lee's [rating:10/10] Next week Dan and Lee are watching The Untouchables.

This week Lee and Dan saddle up and head off to the wild west on the trail of Billy the Kid! httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wH28Hg5eX0 Highlights: It's an all star affair with Aragorn, CSI guy and the dude from Star Trek: Generations Dan identifies the order of Young Guns 1 and then Young Guns 2 Is this Emilio Estevez's best role? Young Guns II is reasonably accurate Lee and Dan come to the podcast with no notes. It's lacking in robots from the future. Lee compares Man from Snow River to Young Guns, Dan has no idea what Lee is going on with Dan likes Christian Slater Apparently Lou Diamond Phillips is very fragile. At what point does riding out of town naked become awkward? What are the responsibilities of the Lincoln County Sheriff? Lee wants more awkwardness in Young Guns 2. Dan talks demographics. Charlie Sheen... DON"T MISS DAN'S RENDITION OF BLAZE OF GLORY!!! Lee likes the rating section... in kind of a creepy way. Dan's [rating:6/10] Lee's [rating:6.5/10] Next week the lads are watching the Bruce Campbell masterpiece Army of Darkness (it's Dan's first time)

Huge week this week for the club, big movie and our first competition (see below)!! httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucMLFO6TsFM If this is your first time visiting the Midnight Movie Club then may I suggest that you check out the About Us page (remembering that those are ridiculously old photos and Lee no longer has a moustache... Dan does still walk around carrying butter knives like that though!?). Highlights this week: Fair warning Lee says the F word three times (possibly four... maybe five... mmmm six?) and Dan says it once. The shortest synopsis yet! Dan brings up the soundtrack for a change. The icon of the Orca Lee and Dan's favourite scenes. Dan loves Hooper, Lee loves Brody... lots of man love. Lee doesn't care about Mythbusters. Dan doesn't actually read shark or whale books. Frankly Lee and Dan are terrified of sharks. Alien and Jaws. Stargate SG1 and Jaws. Giant sharks versus hovercrafts. There is a lot of Jaws the game talk. Lee's [rating:10/10] Dan's [rating:10/10] The competition!! Now for your chance to win the novels Jaws and Jaws 2 all you need to do is help us spread the word about the Midnight Movie Club -  YAY!! And it's open to anyone worldwide - YAY!! Entries close on 9/9/2010 - (ummm are we still saying yay?) Three ways to enter: Click on this Twitter button:Tweet Like us and leave a comment on our Facebook wall: Leave a review on iTunes (and let us know in the comments). Lee and Dan will write everyone's name down on tickets and draw them out of a hat on the 10/9/2010 (Australian time) - they'll probably announce the winner on the site and on Twitter and Facebook... Next week the boys are going all country and watching Young Guns 2!

Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got. Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot. Wouldn't you like to get away? Sometimes you want to go... and not watch Jaws this week. That's right Lee said he didn't feel like watching Jaws and Dan folded like a cheap cards table and so they decided a ramble in the Bronx (do you see what I did there?)  was what was called for.  If you follow the Facebook page or on Twitter you probably saw the call out for questions already.  Well now behold the answers!!! Listen as Lee and Dan talk: buddy films Hot Fuzz vs Shaun of the Dead hovercrafts (really! there's more!) movies that they haven't seen but are going to watch film and dread Schwarzenegger 2001: A Space Odyssey self fulfilling prophecies films that scare them Next week the boys promise to watch the giant shark movie!!

This is a film that Dan already loved and Lee had never seen! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOV63yLPYEA Highlights: Lee has about three hours of sleep all week so he's hearing things and jumping at shadows Dan owes Lee for Avatar: The Last Airbender and Farscape. The boys do actually talk about Zulu. Rol is not mentioned. Dan undermines Lee's synopsis. It's the harmony podcast! Character development talk. Dan impersonates the Welsh. The film is surprisingly not racist. Nakedness and the rating system. The film Inception... Lee's [rating:7/10] Dan's [rating:8/10] Next week Lee and Dan actually won't be watching Jaws until the following week but they'll still be here talking movies next Wednesday!!!

Lee and Dan face off in the fight of the podcast as this week they talk about Die Hard With a Vengeance! The highlights... Accuracy is the name of the game Everyone hates having to do the synopsis It's fight night!!! Dan peaks early Die Hard 3's original title was Riddle-fest!! Lee cares about you Fight night turns out to be fizzer... Dan's [rating:8.5/10] Lee's [rating:8.5/10] Next week we're watching one of Dan's favourite films Zulu (Lee is sceptical having never seen the film)