Welcome to episode 9. Today we watch and chat up the 1981 hit, Excalibur.
Not familiar with the movie? Check it out on Netflix Streaming, and IMDB for more information.
Join me, Randy, Brian and Ibbott while we grab swords out of the hands of chics in lakes and rivers so you don’t have to.
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1. Talk about pressure. This movie is not available in Instant View come Jan 1, 2010…. hurry up and watch.
or they are computer generated (WatchMen)
2. Scott, Just because you don’t like seeing a guys noodle seems so unfair since you get to see so much boobies all the time in movies and I rarely get to see noodles in movies… and those normally shown in cold weather scenes
3. What are these other sources for movies (other than Netflix) you mention in the opening duologue trailer of your podcast?
4. Magazines are always running list articles because people like them. SO I hope you looked at this more because it was a list.
It wasn’t so much the noodles that bothered me but the rare yet excessive grundle sightings.
You can find the entire film on YouTube.
That’s where I watched it.
I liked Merlin.
The fact is, the guy is so far from what normal people are that he should look extremely eccentric. (Like Dr. Who)
His talk about the dragon (being able to see everything in existence at once) and you’re surprised he acts crazy?
Merlin was the best thing, that and Helen Mirren’s boobs.
He also directed ZARDOZ!!!
(you have, have, have to watch this one. heh)
Re: Camelot 3000
Also check out Mage by Matt Wagner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mage_(comics)
Similar premise, but i feel was done better, but not revealed until late in the series. The first “book” is awesome.
“I can’t believe you missed…”
First – MAJOR creep factor: John Boorman cast his own daughter as Igraine and then proceeded to film her rather brutal rape.
Second: Yes, the cinematography was wonderful, but apparently they were so wrapped up in composing those beautiful widescreen panoramas that in one (actually, several) of the most egregious film bloopers of all time nobody seemed to notice that you can see the entire film crew reflected in the ever-so-shiny armor! The most obvious example is late in the film when Arthur visits Guenevere in her cell and she presents him with the “lost” Excalibur” – you can see the director and crew and all the film equipment spread across Arthur’s back, including the boom mic going right up his shoulder.
Looking forward to the next installment…
I can remember watching this for the first time in the middle of night on HBO, with a blanket over the TV so my parents wouldn’t catch me! Still one of the grittiest movies, IMO, of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The whole movie is a sight to see, from beginning to end. Definitely worth watching!
just been listening to this episode and must educate you all a little bit…
Doctor Boorman not only directed this but he also wrote the screenplay…
he is also the writer/director/producer of the wonderfully bad film “Zardoz” which
should have been listed along with “Deliverance” and “Exorcist II”. “Zardoz” stars
Sean Connery in one of his most interesting films. Sear Connery wears a leather
diaper and a small leather genie vest and a pony tail….
You guys have got review this movie….
So I’m really freaking late getting in on this podcast
Here’s my one thing to add:
You can see the camera men in the armor!