Trancers (1984) - Because You Watched Starcrash
Episode description
“Dry hair’s for squids.”
This week the Distinguished Professors dive deeply into the work of auteur Charles Band with the time travel adventure of future-noir tough guy Jack Deth in 1984’s Trancers! Topics covered include forbidden early forays into porn-watching, connections to Quantum Leap, the five sequels to this movie, the recent loss of Peter Scolari, doing battle with Santa, the burned-out cop as a cinematic archetype, questions about the origin of Skid Row, Leena becomes self-aware and the hotness of new wave girlfriend Helen Hunt, a credit to music podcast No Dogs in Space in regards to punks as the folk monsters of the 1980s, a comparison with Galaxy Lords, the craziness of Hap Ashby, the futility of Whistler’s plot, weak action choreography and a digression into Chuck Norris’s career, the Q gadget-introduction scene, and another shoutout to Ma Clink.
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Music credits:
"Laser Groove" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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