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I just thought that was a sly quip by Blake Harris. A freudian slip makes more sense.

That Surf Ninjas trailer is something. Kind of like this:

They should have cast the guy from Auralnauts.

I both moved to Pittsburgh and started listening to the podcast some time after this episode. Obviously, I'm catching up a little late. I'll just go ahead and resurrect this thread to throw in my support with those defending the 'Burgh. I do not care for Primanti's, however.

The most remarkable aspect of that story, Cameron, is that your son would apologize for throwing a tantrum.

No recognition for the greatest Keanu performance? I'm talking about Point Break, of course.

They cut out the scene at the end where Born Slippy comes on.

Perhaps a film buff can educate me. There seems to be a lot of different film stock, production styles, etc. used in the late eighties, early nineties. For example, this movie looks like an episode of a 1980s action show, like the A-Team or Knight Rider. During the same year, we have Terminator 2, which obviously set the visual standard for modern action movies. But even Point Break feels a lot more modern. Obviously the sets and costume design play a role, too.

Ooo, ooo, I know!

I remember expecting this movie to be very bad, but being profoundly disappointed anyways. I think Red Letter Media has the shitty George Lucas movies locked down, though. For those who are unfamiliar, there's some disturbing material in there.

Ski School is the one that stars the guy (not Marc Harmon) from Summer School. There was a sort of run of bad ski movies during that era, so it's easy to get them mixed up. I also feel like it was the peak Warren Miller era, but that's a different story entirely.

While the movie is still fresh in my mind, lots of nineties tropes. Did anyone else catch Mitchell's left earring?

I honestly can't watch the movie more than once, but he cut the course, right? With all the amazing editing, I had no fucking idea who was leading at what point or for what reason.

Should we be feeling good about the fact that Mitchell helped his team win Rosie Ruiz-style?

For a guy who talks only about surfing, it's pretty impressive that Mitchell is a world-class rollerblader.

Hey guys, this movie shares a connection with Highlander II. Stuart Copeland. Does that mean "Very Bad Things" or the Steven Dorff vehicle "Deuces Wild" is coming up next to fulfill the trilogy?

I'm really hoping we're on the verge of a "thematic" binge and that the Cutting Edge, Gleaming the Cube, and fuck it, Rad, are coming up soon.

I made it all of five minutes into the first XxX sequel so it will take some work...

Plant phone caller sounds like a genuine crazy person.

IIRC, Robin Harris died shortly after this film was released.

After having read the book, I'd imagine Dune as something closer to Lawrence of Arabia than anything that has been adapted so far.

So, let's talk about the train scene, where Michael Ironside kills everyone with 0-700 acceleration. Before the crash, which obviously would have killed most everyone on the train, the train sustains massive damage just from the acceleration force alone. People are flying around, seats are getting ripped out, etc. Assuming that the numbers are in miles per hour, that train accelerates from 0-300 meters/second in roughly 90 seconds. Let's allow for some variability because the numbers depend on what you're using for reference: During the cuts to the speedometer, you see the train accelerate roughy 30 MPH (13 meters/second) in approximately two seconds. This works out to an acceleration of somewhere between 3.7 to 6.5 meters/second squared, or 0.38 to 0.66 G (force of gravity). Considering that we live under constant 1G force, this isn't exactly a big deal. Now, a New York subway line will have a lot more jerk than say, a roller coaster, which top out at 2.7G. So it's conceivable that people riding the train will be thrown side to side as the wheels hit bumps or the train attempts a corner. And at that velocity it would have the effect of really bad airplane turbulence, which has killed people before. But everyone on a train? You certainly wouldn't see people flying off the ends of the subway poles, or bolted-down seats being ripped out, at least not before the crash. Another thing that the movie messes up is that the effects of acceleration seem to increase with the train's velocity. It doesn't matter if your starting speed is 10 MPH or 300, the force of acceleration remains constant.

That makes you, what, 25?

Am I old? Because I almost immediately thought of these: