Welcome to episode 30. Today, we discuss the gritty scifi epic, “Outland”.
Not familiar with the movie? Take a look at IMDB for more information.
Join Scott, Randy, Brian and Ibbott as we try and not have our faces explode in our Christmas helmets.
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As usual, a HUGE thanks to Scott Fletcher, the official announcer of Film Sack Central.
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Up next episode? Dragonslayer!
can’t wait to listen to Scott’s Connery impressions
I will now have to contend with the very real possibility of having a nightmare about a guy with a beard and a trucker hat holding my face over a vat of hot french fry fat.
SSSSSthankss a lot guysss as Sir Sean would say.
Incidentally is the badass boss dude Raymond’s dad in Everybody loves Raymond ? I thought that I glimpsed a trucker hat in his home in a few episodes.
Another Sean Connery Sci fi that would be great to hear your guys’ take would be “Xardoz.” Pony tails, Red Diapers, and Bandoleers!
As soon as Xardoz becomes available on Netflix, COUNT ON IT!
Actually, if you think about it, the Christmas lights in the helmet thing was ahead of its time. Have you looked at most newer “high end” cars lately (for example: http://www.audiusa.com/us/brand/en.html)? They are all sporting the fairy lights look (makes the cars look like they have eyelashes, I think). It’s silly looking on cars too.
Keep up the great podcast!
Thanks guys for another very funny show. There are times I have to pause my iPod to breath.
Best moment in the show, (18:34) Ibbott’s Cliff Claven impression.
Explicit Tag Alert (37:06 – 37:20)
As we learned from the Lisa Nowak incident in 2007, there is a such thing as space diapers. So for all we know, they were peeing the whole film. (49:42)
There was a chase scene in “Hunt for Red October.” (52:10)
Oops My Mistake. It’s Zardoz.
Methinks you might have missed the almost Wilhelm scream (space lunchlady style) at 53:14 as Spota (Marc Boyle) jumps the counter as he is running away from O’Niel (Sean Connery).
besides being the official announcer for Filmsack, what else does Scott Fletcher do? I know all the other guys have other podcasts and web comic stuff.
I always get Outlands mentally confused with the Saturn 3 movie, which is unfortunate because one has boobies and the other has Sean Connery.
About your list of cliches at the end – if you want to see a movie with peeing – where peeing plays an integral part of the plot, try watching the western “Dirty Dingus McGee” – if you can find it.
D: Scott F has sort of gotten out of the Podcasting biz for now, but I still say he’d take it over if he wanted to.
No, no, no. Never Say Never Again is not a real Bond movie
And James Bond (well, Sean Connery acting as a bad guy who’s pretending to be James Bond in a mask) was choked at least once, in From Russia With Love. As for the collar, those do exist, don’t they? They’ve been used in other movies and there’s the misconception that that was the reason US Marines wore strips of leather around their necks (ie- leathernecks). I thank my years of playing Dungeons & Dragons for my knowledge of a garotte, not a lot of initial damage (d3) but caused hit point loss each round until unconsciousness, death if not removed. That felt completely nerdy. And the sergeant was strangled and hung in a locker (I was hoping he had something forced in his mouth but pretty sure it was supposed to be his tongue)… I guess Connery was prepared to meet the same end.
For years I have seen Outland for rent or purchase in stores. It took this podcast to have me watch it. The cover art always made me say, no, don’t care if it has Connery, I’m not watching it. I have to say though, I found it very watchable. The whole film is subtle, which I think makes it stand apart. It all seemed gritty and with some thought I assume that’s what a space mining camp would be like. I was impressed with the low key of it all; besides human space explosions, the fireworks were kept to a minimum.
Oh dear….
I always thought “garrote” rhymed with “carrot.”
If you like western foundations, you guys gotta do 3 O’Clock high
Great commentary on a fairly good sci-fi flick, but you missed the boat on writing off Clarke Peters as a bit player who has not done much since 1981. Yes, Ratzenberger is very well known for his role in “Cheers”, but anyone who is a fan of HBO will readily recognize Clarke for his roles in “The Corner”, “The Wire”, and their newest series “Treme.” I loved John’s comedic role in the beloved “Cheers,” but I feel Clarke has done some amazing things and deserves his due recognition as well!
awesome cast. This actually lead me find a copy of the film via ebay. I haven’t seen it since I was a kid, and was curious to see if it would still hold up. I actually think I appreciate it more now for many of subtleties and attention to detail. I thought the sets were fantastic. I agree a lot the of exterior long shots were weak, but the interiors stand up even today. There were a few points I disagreed with the podcasters.
The ending: It don’t think it would have been a good idea for Connery to wait for the assassins for a number of reasons. First, he had no idea how many to expect. He asked the Srg, who didn’t provide him with the information. Secondly he wouldn’t have known they needed to build their weapons after they had landed. I believe his plan was to let them enter the facility then engage them one at a time. It’s a smart move and removes their numbers advantage. Had he attempted to engage them all at the dock he could have very easily been overwhelmed by possibility of their sheer numbers. Plus , he also runs the risk of dealing with a possible attack from one of Sheppard’s inside men who would know exactly where to find him.
I do agree the title card at the end wasn’t the strongest ending, but I couldn’t think of an alternative.
Overall i really enjoyed the themes of isolation and morality. His speech in the squash courts (both times) were fantastic. His exchanges with Sheppard were amazing. The fact that Sheppard could flat out tell him that he was a deadman really showed how powerless he was out on the frontier. Also the idea that Sheppard originally thought his motivation was simply more money…fantastic. It had a very “deadwood” feel to it.
and yes the kid was beyond annoying.
awesome podcast, awesome film! thx for leading me back to it.!
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