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DAC Episode 387 - Superman (1978) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE Dah-da-da-dah, Su-per-man Dah-da-da-dah, SUPERMAN For this week’s Destroy All Culture, we invite D.J. Kirkbride, late of our Robot Jox episode, to talk about Richard Donner’s 1978 Superman. Our hot...

What happens when you pull @djkirkbride.bsky.social from cold storage to talk about Richard Donner's Superman with us, @adampknave.com and @thepalinode.com? We conclude that it's a pretty good movie.

DAC Episode 384 - Rocky Balboa (2006) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE Before Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan rebirthed the Rocky franchise with Creed , but after Sylvester Stallone kicked around the corpse of his own creation in Rocky V, there came the odd bridge of...

Want a see a sensitive and sad movie about a fighter past his prime trying to enter the next act of his life with grace? Well too bad, because @adampknave.com and @thepalinode.com watched 2006's Rocky Balboa, a movie that gives up on itself 2/3 of the way through. But there's Adrian's ghost!

DAC Episode 302 - Midnight Run (1988) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE True facts about Joe Pantoliano: He fought and defeated the last living dragon of the moorlands, but showed mercy at the last minute and spared its life. They’re now good friends and have a time sh...

Are you doing the Litmus Configuration? @adampknave.com and @thepalinode.com discuss Midnight Run, Martin Brests' action-comedy-road movie thingamajig from 1988. With bonus facts about Joe Pantoliano! destroyallculture.com/episodes/202...

DAC Episode 381 - Footloose (1984) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE What if normal, but dancing? What if dancing, but really bad dancing? What if James Dean, but Kevin Bacon? What if Natalie Wood, but Lori Singer? What if Sal Mineo, but Chris Penn? What if John Lithgo...

All the town's a ball, and all the Bacons and Penns merely dancers. Does that mean @adampknave.com and @thepalinode.com watched 1984's Footloose? Yes they did, and they spat in the eye of God to do it! I don't know what that means. destroyallculture.com/episodes/202...

DAC Episode 380 - A League of Their Own (1992) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE There used to be a sports league The A-A-G-B-P-G-L They used to play some baseball They’d get out there and give them hell Okay, I’m too hungry to come up with more lyrics. Adam and Aidan put on th...

Who wants to "league their own," as people are so fond of saying? @adampknave.com and @thepalinode.com discuss 1992's A League of Their Own. Is it just Aidan singing Madonna songs at Adam the whole time? I hope not! destroyallculture.com/episodes/202...

DAC Episode 379 - Legend (1986) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE Filmmaker and YouTuber Patrick Willems once attempted to define what he called a “ vibes movie ”. A vibes movie, more or less, is a film that prioritizes atmosphere and filmmaking elements over a cohe...

It was a time of tiny tunics and wobbly horns. @adampknave.com and @thepalinode.com try to make sense of Ridley Scott's Legend. destroyallculture.com/episodes/202...

DAC Episode 378 - Ladyhawke (1985) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE DRAFT #1 You know what they say: sometimes you hawke the lady, sometimes the lady hawkes you. That may not be the premise or the moral of 1985’s Ladyhawke (the ‘e’ is silent), but - DRAFT #2 Few wo...

Was Richard Donner's Ladyhawke inspired by Peter Gabriel's hit Hawke The Lady? @adampknave.com and @thepalinode.com do not attempt to answer that question in their discussion of Ladyhawke. destroyallculture.com/episodes/202...

DAC Episode 377 - John Carter (2012) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE I don’t know where to start with 2012’s John Carter . Andrew Stanton’s first foray into live action, adapting a work that inspired most of the science fiction pulp classics of the 20th century, did...

In this episode, @adampknave.com and @thepalinode.com wonder whether 2012's John Carter is a misunderstood movie in need of reappraisal. Is John Carter... good, actually? Not in the least. destroyallculture.com/episodes/202...

DAC Episode 375 - Barbarella (1968) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE In 1968, fans of science fiction movies had two options (please don’t fact check this, there’s no need): 2001: A Space Odyssey or Roger Vadim’s Barbarella . Which movie was superior? Critics are st...

Podcasts? We know nothing of such things. @adampknave.com and @thepalinode.com only know of Barbarella, the sole science fiction film of note to come out in 1968 (do not fact check this): destroyallculture.com/episodes/202...

DAC Episode 374 - The Silent Partner (1978) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE Quick: who’s the least Canadian man ever to walk this Earth? Who resolutely refuses to embody a single particle of Canadian-ness? If you answered with Elliott Gould, you’d be right. So who better to p...

Want to hear @adampknave.com and @thepalinode.com come to terms with a movie where Elliott Gould plays a Canadian and faces off with a psychotic Christopher Plummer in a Santa suit? Sure you do! destroyallculture.com/episodes/202...

DAC Episode 373 - The Warriors (1979) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE The Warriors ! The million-meme spawning, reality-adjacent adaptation of a 2,400 year old Greek poem, transformed into a carnivalesque vision of a New York City run by elaborately themed gangs straig...

When you hit play on this week's podcast, you have to say "Podcaaaast... turn on to play-ay-yay". Because we're talking about 1979's The Warriors, which we contend was a site-specific musical that accidentally lost its score. Or at least, @thepalinode.com contends that. @adampknave.com won't say.

DAC Episode 372 - Risky Business (1983) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE Capitalism! Dream states! The non-narrative oneiric space of fulfillment that may be a train, or it may be the celluloid strip of film itself! Oh yeah, and Tom Cruise is there. Join Adam and Aidan as ...

For those about to risk, we sa-business you. Wait, that didn't work. Tell you what, you listen to @adampknave.com and @thepalinode.com talk about dreamspaces and capitalism in Risky Business, and I'll get back to you later with a better joke. destroyallculture.com/episodes/202...

DAC Episode 371: Mr. Mom (1983) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE The year 1983 had its share of radical concepts, but perhaps none pushed the envelope quite like Mr. Mom , which dared to ask: what if a man… took care of his children? The answer, it turns out, is...

Not doing nothing? Why not take @adampknave.com and @thepalinode.com for a spin as they wrestle the domestic chaos of Mr. Mom into a semblance of order? destroyallculture.com/episodes/202...

Cause if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad that they were all deceived by it
There was another ring Sauron made to put on it
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, o-ohh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, o-ohh

DAC Episode 370 - Young Guns (1988) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE There’s something I need to clear up before I get to the end of this sentence: Young Guns , the movie, should be called Young People Who Use Guns . I thumbed this bad boy into my VCR, expecting a ...

What's up, Destroyallculturerers (that's your name if you listen to this podcast)? (No seriously, that's your legal name now) (Nothing we can do about it) This week, @adampknave.com and @thepalinode.com talk about the brattiest entry in the Western genre: YOUNG GUNS (1988). Enjoy!

DAC 369 - Repo Man (1984) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE (in which Adam and Aidan spend some time talking about the prequel to Waldo’s Hawaiian Holiday) (diversions include embarrassing high school anecdotes, soundtrack enthusiasms, and the terror of a man ...

Plate o' shrimp. On this week's Destroy All Culture, @adampknave.com and @palinode.bsky.social talk about REPO MAN (1984). If you happen to be thinking of this movie recently and then came up on this episode, maybe it's all part of a lattice of coincidence. destroyallculture.com/episodes/202...

DAC Episode 368 - Upgrade (2018) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE Upgrading. It’s all anyone’s talking about these days. Some people say you should upgrade, others say you should downgrade. The other day I heard someone make a convincing case that we should all de ...

Spooky-adjacent season comes to end with 2018's UPGRADE. @adampknave.com and @palinode.bsky.social discuss Logan Marshall-Green's weird resemblance to both Tom Hardy and Skeet Ulrich, why a police station would be lit like that, and more. Listen! destroyallculture.com/episodes/202...

Agreed.

DAC Episode 367 - Night of the Comet (1984) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE What would you do if you woke up to find that 99.9% of life on Earth had turned to red dust, and the only who people who survived were screw-ups, mad scientists and introverts? If you’re one of the Be...

On this week's episode of Destroy All Culture, @adampknave.com and @palinode.bsky.social turn to red dust over Thom Eberhardt's NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984). Lock yourself in a steel-lined room and plan your postapocalyptic week. destroyallculture.com/episodes/202...

DAC Episode 366: Flatliners (1990) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE In recent years, the output of ‘90s-era Joel Schumacher has come in for reappraisal. His commitment to a maximalist aesthetic and gonzo production design now looks like auterist camp in comparison to ...

Will spooky season never end? Must it go on like this? Yes. Yes it must. On this week's episode of Destroy All Culture, @adampknave.com and @palinode.bsky.social attach the electrodes underneath the watchful gargoyles and discuss 1990's FLATLINERS. destroyallculture.com/episodes/202...

DAC Episode 365: Tremors (1990) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE “I’ll tell you. Nobody handles garbage better than we do.” Fun fact: if you listened to one episode of Destroy All Culture per day, then you started listening to this podcast exactly one year ago to...

Second in our Spooky Season Speakathon (or something else that starts with s)! @adampknave.com and @palinode.bsky.social are rumbling about 1990's Tremors! Bring your bombs if you go out for a walk today. destroyallculture.com/episodes/202...

DAC Episode 364: The Lost Boys (1987) — DESTROY ALL CULTURE It’s the start of what we call Spooky Season in the Destroy All Culture house. To start, Adam and Aidan watched 1987’s The Lost Boys , a movie that launched the careers of Kiefer Sutherland and Jason...

First up for spooky season! @adampknave.com and @palinode.bsky.social discuss 1987's THE LOST BOYS. Do we like the Corey chemistry? Did Edward Herrmann's character survive the movie and escape to Star's Hollow? Much to think about. destroyallculture.com/episodes/202...