Brad's deep and abiding love has led us to Tony Gilroy's first directorial effort, the twisty and biting legal thriller Michael Clayton. Join us as Brad and Vinny experience this terrific film for the first time, and discover just how many murders it takes to effectively cover up gross corporate malfeasance. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid ...
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 23
We're closing out Star Trek month on the Nextlander Watchcast in grand fashion with a big old time travel goof-up in Tomorrow Is Yesterday, and the twisty legal drama of Court Martial. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:39) - Intro. (00:01:53) - Kicking things off with Tomorrow Is Yesterday. (00:07:42) - ...
Dec 05, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 22
This week's Watchcast is packed to the gills with omnipotent beings, sudden disappearances, and man-on-man (and man-on-lizard) combat as we take on the Star Trek episodes The Squire of Gothos, and Arena! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:14) - Intro, and some Twin Peaks talk. (00:04:53) - Onto Star Trek ...
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 21
Wacky vacation worlds and big hairy men with spears are on the menu for this week's Watchcast, as we beam down to the bizarre pleasure planet of Shore Leave, and crash a shuttle craft into The Galileo Seven! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:15) - Intro. (00:02:38) - Our first ridiculous episode of the w...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 20
For the month of November the Nextlander crew will be chewing through nothing but Star Trek, and we're kicking the month off with a Shakespearean murder mystery and a straight up submarine combat episode in The Conscience of the King, and Balance of Terror! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:01:17) - Intro. ...
Nov 14, 2022•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 19
Happy Halloween, watchcasters! To round out our month-long tribute to The Horror Master himself, John Carpenter, we're closing things out with the most holiday appropriate film we could think of in 1978's classic slasher, Halloween! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:19) - Intro. (00:01:01) - Happy Hallow...
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 18
OBEY! MARRY AND REPRODUCE! LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEXTLANDER WATCHCAST! And be extra sure to listen to this week's episode, wherein Alex and Vinny introduce Brad to the capitalist nightmare world of They Live! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:01:11) - Intro. (00:01:51) - Brad is VERY anxious to talk abo...
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 17
Do you read Sutter Cane? Do you watch John Carpenter? Do you listen to the Nextlander Watchcast? If you answered yes to all three, then you're in luck! It's time to take a journey into the pie hole of delirium as we tackle Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:13) - Intro...
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 16
On this week's Watchcast we take on the John Carpenter film voted on by our patrons, the second film in the director's loose Apocalypse Trilogy, Prince of Darkness. Join us as we watch a bunch of ill-equipped graduate students fall victim to the incredible powers of a liquefied Satan! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for lis...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 15
Who goes there?!? Why, it's nobody but the cast of the Nextlander Watchcast, of course! We're just here to enjoy a genuine horror classic in John Carpenter's The Thing, and certainly not planning to absorb you, dear listener. We would never do that! Now sit back, relax, and enjoy a quality podcast about a quality film and don't mind that slithering sound you hear behind you. Nothing to be concerned about. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad...
Oct 10, 2022•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 14
Dan Ryckert is in town with a few podcasts to kill, so he joins us once again to talk through our mostly uncomplicated feelings about this profoundly stupid sequel, 1990's Predator 2! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:13) - Intro. (00:03:32) - The Hollywood cultural shift from "New York is a crime-scorch...
Oct 03, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 13
It's a very special triple-dip episode on this week's Watchcast as we rewind time to check out the original Star Trek pilot episode The Cage, then fast forward to the two-part courtroom drama The Menagerie! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:12) - Intro: Breakfast shaming and Watchcast housekeeping. (00:0...
Sep 26, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 12
Ruuuuuunnnnn! Get to zah podcaaaahhhhst! Because we've got ourselves a special guest! Giant Bomb's Dan Ryckert joins the Nextlander crew as we introduce Brad to an all-time action classic in 1987's Predator! NOTE: One of our individual audio tracks got messed up in this recording, so this was edited using the master mix with everyone's tracks. It all sounds just fine, but wanted to give the heads-up in case anyone noticed a difference. Enjoy! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be ina...
Sep 19, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 11
After a couple of rough Star Trek stretches, the Nextlander Watchcasters find a lot more to like in this week's pair of episodes, Dagger of the Mind and The Corbomite Maneuver! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:46) - Intro. (00:03:00) - Kicking things off with Dagger of the Mind. (00:06:10) - Some backgr...
Sep 12, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 10
We're joined one more time by special guest Drew Scanlon to close out sub month with the mother of all submarine movies in the director's cut of Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:13) - Intro. (00:00:44) - Our film for this week: DAS BOOT (pronounced boat). (00:05:22) - But j...
Sep 05, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 9
We're back to our Star Trek watching ways, and this week we've got a pair of episodes replete with big time guest stars, incredible set choices, and some all-timer Shatner lines in What Are Little Girls Made Of, and Miri! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:25) - Intro. (00:02:13) - If you watched the corre...
Aug 29, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 8
It's all gone to hell on a nuclear submarine, and only the crew of Alex, Vinny, Brad, and special guest Drew Scanlon can restore order as we work our way through Tony Scott's 1995 thriller Crimson Tide! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:12) - Intro (00:02:31) - Where were we in life when we first saw Crim...
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 7
As we return to the world of Star Trek, we tackle a pair of episodes that truly represent the highs and lows of this series, as we experience some top flight Shatner-brand hambone acting, meet a swarthy Irish pimp, and take note of more than a few red flags about how early ST treated its women characters. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spo...
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 6
Our patrons voted, and for the month of August they wanted to see us tackle some classics of the submarine genre. We're joined by noted sub expert Drew Scanlon as we kick things off with one that's been on Brad's cinematic bucket list for decades in The Hunt for Red October! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00...
Aug 08, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 5
It's time to return to our Star Trek watching ways to check out the wildly dramatic pilot episode Where No Man Has Gone Before, and the just plain wild episode (and Vinny's current favorite) The Naked Time! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:33) - Intro. (00:02:46) - Launching into Where No Man Has Gone Be...
Aug 01, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 4
The aliens have arrived, and so has The Nextlander Watchcast! Join Alex, Brad, and Vinny as they experience Steven Spielberg's extraterrestrial extravaganza and ponder the big questions about life, space, and what ever became of Roy Neary's poor family. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:15) - Intro (00:01...
Jul 25, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 3
It's time for the Nextlander gang to begin their five year (if they're lucky) journey into their first series rewatch in Star Trek: The Original Series. We kick things off with a pair of episodes about lonely beings with terrifying powers. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:37) - Intro (00:01:40) - Our his...
Jul 18, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 2
Alex, Brad, and Vinny have begun their journey into the wild world of media you watch instead of playing, and we're kicking things off with one of Brad's blockbuster blindspots in Steven Spielberg's JAWS! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:38) - Intro (00:03:38) - It's JAWS! (00:06:23) - Brad's historical ...
Jul 10, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 1
