RSS Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Depending on who you ask, the 1996 Billy Zane vehicle, The Phantom, is either an underrated gem or an odd mixture of excitement and tedium. Today, join Ian Wilson, Dave Probert, and Michael David Sims as they extol the virtues of The Ghost Who Walks and his awesomely awesome foe: Xander Drax! Look out for all those seaplanes, and get ready to slam evil! (Note: It's Rosebud, not redrum.) [ 3:16:05 || 94.5 MB ] To listen, click here: http://www.earth-2.net/theshow/episodes/e2ts_604.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delete Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 (Note: It's Rosebud, not redrum.) Now I don't want to listen so I can forever ponder the context in which someone mistakes The Shining for Citizen Kane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mockery Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 This was great fun to record. Thanks for having me in the show again Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Know Who Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 That fun was definitely infectious. Look forward to the next film you three tackle. The one really good thing I know of from the director, Simon Wincer, is the TV miniseries Lonesome Dove, but that's more due to awesome performances and awesome characters than awesome action. O, and I was surprised there were no Moonraker references from Ian, given that the villains of the two films had the same surname. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 I try to forget about Moonraker wherever possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Gentlemen, I can tell you EXACTLY where "Slam Evil!" came from. It is no less insane than you imagine. Pepsi was a major endorsement on this movie. At the time, they were re-introducing their 1-liter bottle and marketing it as something a person was expected to drink in one sitting (Shaq was the primary spokesman). This was dubbed the "Pepsi Big Slam". Having Billy Zane pause mid-gunfight to suck down a liter of sugar water would presumably have taken audiences out of the story, so they got the slogan instead. The studio pumped the shit out of this flick; the Phantom seemed to be everywhere that summer. And you couldn't buy a Pepsi or Mountain Dew that year without his face on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stavros Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 @thephantom Time to kidnap another white woman! #SLAMEVIL #drinkpepsi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mockery Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Gentlemen, I can tell you EXACTLY where "Slam Evil!" came from. It is no less insane than you imagine. Pepsi was a major endorsement on this movie. At the time, they were re-introducing their 1-liter bottle and marketing it as something a person was expected to drink in one sitting (Shaq was the primary spokesman). This was dubbed the "Pepsi Big Slam". Having Billy Zane pause mid-gunfight to suck down a liter of sugar water would presumably have taken audiences out of the story, so they got the slogan instead. The studio pumped the shit out of this flick; the Phantom seemed to be everywhere that summer. And you couldn't buy a Pepsi or Mountain Dew that year without his face on it. Right, OK. Hang on a minute, by that batshit crazy logic didn't The Phantom's marketing department inadvertently declare Pepsi evil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Pretty much. I mean, have you ever tried to drink an entire liter of Pepsi in one sitting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mockery Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Rejected taglines "Chug Evil!", "Down Evil in One!" and "Drain Evil Dry" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Based off of real Pepsi slogans: -Evil: The Choice of a New Generation -Come Alive With the Evil Generation -The Joy of Evil -Nothing Else is Evil -Evil: Live for Now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mockery Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Actually "Evil: Live For Now" sounds quite badass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjoyadet Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 When i took film ed in high school I wrote a roughly two paragraph review of "The Phantom." I said it was bad but fun. I loved Xander Drax, and came up with something that I thought was a clever burn. "I was more entertained by the end credits than the movie itself." To this day I stand by my words. I loved the mix of orchestra and new age pan pipes while the end credits roll over a camera going through misty jungle and babbling brooks flowing into rivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjoyadet Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 I wanted to submit a name idea for these episodes. It will be a rip off....errr.... homage to George R.R. Martin's "Dreamsongs" "Four color Fanboys" The only other seaplane movie I know about is "Porco Rosso" or "The Crimson Pig." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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