On the latest Geeks Guide to the Galaxy podcast, I join Andrea Kail, Thomas Gerencer, and host David Barr Kirtley to discuss the 80s science fiction films Weird Science, Innerspace, Escape from New York, Night of the Comet, and Howard the Duck.
It was a lot of fun revisiting these films, and also discovering the b-movie gem that is Night of the Comet. On the other hand, all the copies of Howard the Duck ever made need to be thrown into a pit and set on fire, and the people responsible for that travesty should spend the rest of their lives in remorseful shame for ever having let such a terrible film get made.
Here’s a quote from me about Escape from New York:
“I think the setup of the film is great. I love this idea of: ‘Crime is so bad, let’s just wall off Manhattan and put all the criminals in there and let them fend for themselves.’ … You know the scene in the film where they’re like, ‘Oh, this is Broadway! Why are you driving down Broadway?’ And everyone’s just throwing stuff at their car. This actually would happen if you drove down certain streets in the city. I remember people throwing stuff at our car, like fireworks, and of course there were the squeegee men who would put stuff on your windshield, then clean it off and ask for $5. The city was pretty bad. So I love it that John Carpenter is like, ‘Yeah, we’re going to just take this to the extreme. The city’s so bad it’s now a prison colony.’”
You can listen to the full podcast here.
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