Podcasts about Eddie Valiant

In this week's episode, I take a look back at the movies and streaming shows I watched in Summer 2025. This coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Ghost in the Serpent, Book #1 in the Ghost Armor series, (as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy) at my Payhip store: FALLSERPENT50 The coupon code is valid through September 15, 2025 (please note the shorter expiration date). So if you need a new audiobook this fall, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 267 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is September 5, 2025 and today I'm doing a review roundup of the movies and streaming shows I saw in Summer 2025. Before we do that, we will have Coupon of the Week and a progress update on my current writing and audiobook projects. First up, this week's coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Ghost in the Serpent, Book One in the Ghost Armor series (as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy) at my Payhip store. That is FALLSERPENT50. This coupon code will be valid through September 15th, 2025 (exactly one week). So if you need a new audiobook to listen to as we head into fall, we have got you covered. Now for an update on my current writing and audiobook projects. I am pleased to report that the rough draft of Blade of Flames, which will be the first book in my new Blades of Ruin epic fantasy series is finished. The rough draft came at about 90,000 words long, which was what I was aiming for. Next up, I will be writing a short story set as sort of a bonus in that plot line called Thunder Hammer and that will be the backstory of one of the characters in Blade of Flames. And when Blade of Flames comes out (which will hopefully be later this September), newsletter subscribers will get a free ebook copy of Thunder Hammer. So this is an excellent time to subscribe to my newsletter. I am also 8,000 words into Cloak of Worlds. At long last, I am coming back to the Cloak Mage series after nearly a year's absence. Longtime listeners will know the reason was that I had five unfinished series and I wanted to spend the summer of 2025 finishing the unfinished ones and focusing up so I will only have three ongoing series at any given time. I'm hoping Blade of Flames will come out before the end of September and Cloak of Worlds before the end of October, and after that I will be able to return to the Rivah series at long last. In audiobook news, recording is finished on Shield of Power. That will be excellently narrated by Brad Wills and hopefully once it gets through processing and quality assurance and everything, it should be showing up on the various audiobook stores before too much longer. Hollis McCarthy is about halfway through the recording of Ghost in the Siege, which was, as you know, the last book in the Ghost Armor series that just came out. And if all goes well, the audiobook should be coming out probably in October once everything is done with recording and quality assurance and all that. So that is where I'm at with my current writing and audiobook projects. 00:02:34 Main Topic: Summer 2025 Movie/TV Roundup So without further ado, let's head into our main topic. The end of summer is nigh, which means this time for my summer movie review roundup. As is usual for the summer, I saw a lot of movies, so this will be one of the longer episodes. For some reason I ended up watching a bunch of westerns. As always, the movies are ranked from least favorite to most favorite. The grades of course are totally subjective and based on nothing more than my own opinions, impressions, and interpretations. Now on to the movies. First up is the Austin Powers trilogy, the three movies of which came out in 1997, 1999, and 2002. The Austin Powers movies came out just as the Internet really got going in terms of mass adoption, which is likewise why so many Austin Powers and Dr. Evil memes are embedded in online culture. Despite that, I had never really seen any of them all the way through. They've been on in the background on TBS or whatever quite a bit when I visited people, but I've never seen them all. But I happened upon a DVD of the trilogy for $0.25 (USD), so I decided for 25 cents I would give it a go. I would say the movies were funny, albeit not particularly good. Obviously the Austin Powers movies are a parody of the James Bond movies. The movies kind of watch like an extended series of Saturday Night Live skits, only loosely connected, like the skit is what if Dr. Evil had a son named Scott who wasn't impressed with him or another skit was what if a British agent from the ‘60s arrives in the ‘90s and experiences culture clash? What if Dr. Evil didn't understand the concept of inflation and demanded only a million dollars from the United Nations? What if Dr. Evil was actually Austin's brother and they went to school together at Spy Academy? Michael Caine was pretty great as Austin's father. Overall, funny but fairly incoherent. Overall grade: C- Next up is Horrible Bosses, a very dark and very raunchy comedy from about 14 years ago. It came out in 2011. Interestingly, this movie reflects what I think is one of the major crises of the contemporary era, frequent failures of leadership at all levels of society. In the movie Nick, Dale, and Kurt are lifelong friends living in LA and all three of them have truly horrible bosses in their place of employment, ranging from a sociopathic finance director, the company founder's cokehead son, and a boorish dentist with a tendency to sexual harassment. At the bar, they fantasize about killing their horrible bosses and then mutually decide to do something about it. Obviously, they'd all be prime suspects in the murder of their own bosses, but if they killed each other's bosses, that would allow them to establish airtight alibis. However, since Nick, Dale and Kurt are not as bright as they think they are, it all goes hilariously wrong very quickly. Bob Hope has a hilarious cameo. If the best “crude comedies” I've seen are Anchorman, Zoolander, Tropic Thunder, and Dodgeball, and the worst one was MacGruber, I'd say Horrible Bosses lands about in the middle. Overall grade: C Next up is Cowboys and Aliens, which came out in 2011. Now I almost saw this in 2011 when it came out, but I was too busy to go to the theater in July of 2011, so I finally saw it here in 2025 and I would say this was almost a great movie, like the performances were great, the concept was great, the scenery was great, the special effects were great, and the story was packed full of really interesting ideas, but somehow they just didn't coalesce. I'm not entirely sure why. I think upon reflection, it was that the movie is just too overcrowded with too many characters and too many subplots. Anyway, Daniel Craig portrays a man who wakes up with no memory in the Old West, with a mysterious bracelet locked around his wrist. He makes his way to the town of Atonement, and promptly gets arrested because he is apparently a notorious outlaw (which he doesn't remember). While he is locked in jail, space aliens attack the town. The aliens, for unknown reasons, abduct many of the townspeople, and Daniel Craig's character, who is named Jake even if he doesn't remember it, must lead the town's effort to recover their abducted citizens. Harrison's Ford has an excellent performance as this awful cattle baron who nonetheless has virtues of courage and fortitude that you can't help but admire. An excellent performance. That said, the movie was just too packed, and I thought it would work better as a novel. After I watched the movie, it turned out that it was indeed based off a graphic novel. Novels and graphic novels allow for a far more complex story than a movie, and I don't think this movie quite managed to handle the transition from a graphic novel to a film. Overall grade: C Next up is Heads of State, which came out in 2025. This was kind of a stupid movie. However, the fundamental question of any movie, shouted to the audience by Russell Crow in Gladiator is, “are you not entertained?!?” I was thoroughly entertained watching this, so entertained I actually watched it twice. Not everything has to be Shakespeare or a profound meditation on the unresolvable conflicts inherent within human nature. Anyway, John Cena plays Will Derringer, newly elected President of the United States. Idris Elba plays Sam Clark, who has now been the UK Prime Minister for the last six years. Derringer was an action star who parleyed his celebrity into elected office (in the same way Arnold Schwarzenegger did), while Clarke is an army veteran who worked his way up through the UK's political system. Needless to say, the cheerful Derringer and the grim Clarke take an immediate dislike to each other. However, they'll have to team up when Air Force One is shot down, stranding them in eastern Europe. They'll have to make their way home while evading their enemies to unravel the conspiracy that threatens world peace. So half action thriller, half buddy road trip comedy. The premise really doesn't work if you think about it too much for more than thirty seconds, but the movie was funny and I enjoyed it. Jack Quaid really stole his scenes as a crazy but hyper-competent CIA officer. Overall grade: C+ Next up, Captain America: Brave New World, which came out in 2025 and I think this movie ended up on the good side of middling. You can definitely tell it went through a lot of reshoots and retooling, and I suspect the various film industry strikes hit it like a freight train. But we ended up with a reasonably solid superhero thriller. Sam Wilson is now Captain America. He's not superhuman the way Steve Rogers was and doesn't have magic powers or anything, so he kind of fights like the Mandalorian – a very capable fighter who relies on excellent armor. Meanwhile, in the grand American political tradition of failing upward, Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, who spent years persecuting The Hulk and whose meddling caused the Avengers to disband right before Thanos attacked, has now been elected President. To Wilson's surprise, Ross reaches out and wants him to restart the Avengers. But Ross (as we know) did a lot of shady black ops stuff for years, and one of his projects is coming back to haunt him. Wilson finds himself in the middle of a shadowy conspiracy, and it's up to him to figure out what's going on before it's too late. I was amused that lifelong government apparatchik Ross wanted to restart the Avengers, because when the Avengers had their biggest victory in Avengers: Endgame, they were essentially unsanctioned vigilantes bankrolled by a rogue tech billionaire. Overall grade: B- Next up is Ironheart, which came out in 2025. I'd say Ironheart was about 40% very weird and 60% quite good. It's sort of like the modern version of Dr. Faustus. The show got some flak on the Internet from the crossfire between the usual culture war people, but the key to understanding it is to realize that Riri Williams AKA Ironheart is in fact an antihero who's tottering on the edge of becoming a full-blown supervillain. Like Tony Stark, she's a once-in-a-generation scientific talent, but while she doesn't have Stark's alcohol problems, she's emotionally unstable, immature, ruthless, indifferent to collateral damage and consequences, and suffering from severe PTSD after her best friend and stepfather were killed in a drive-by shooting. This volatile mix gets her thrown out of MIT after her experiments cause too much destruction, and she has to go home to Chicago. To get the funds to keep working on her Iron Man armor, she turns to crime, and falls in with a gang of high-end thieves led by a mysterious figure named Hood. It turns out that Hood has actual magic powers, which both disturbs and fascinates Riri. However, Hood got his magic in a pact with a mysterious dark force. When a job goes bad, Riri gains the enmity of Hood and has to go on the run. It also turns out Hood's dark master has become very interested in Riri, which might be a lot more dangerous for everyone in the long run. Overall, I'd say this is about in the same vein as Agatha All Along, an interesting show constructed around a very morally questionable protagonist. Overall grade: B Next up is A Minecraft movie, which came out in 2024. I have to admit, I've never actually played Minecraft, so I know very little about the game and its ecosystem, only what I've generally absorbed by glancing at the news. That said, I think the movie held together quite well, and wasn't deserving of the general disdain it got in the press. (No doubt the $950 million box office compensated for any hurt feelings.) One of the many downsides of rapid technological change in the last fifty years is that the Boomers and Gen X and the Millennials and Gen Z and Gen Alpha have had such radically different formative experiences in childhood that it's harder to relate to each other. Growing up in the 1980s was a wildly different experience than growing up in the 2010s, and growing up in the 2010s was an even more wildly different experience than growing up in the 1960s. Smartphones and social media were dominant in 2020, barely starting in 2010, and implausible science fiction in 2000 and earlier, and so it was like the different generations grew up on different planets, because in some sense they actually did. (A five-year-old relative of mine just started school, and the descriptions of his school compared to what I remember of school really do sound like different planets entirely.) The Minecraft game and A Minecraft Movie might be one of those generation-locked experiences. Anyway, this has gotten very deep digression for what was essentially a portal-based LitRPG movie. A group of people experiencing various life difficulties in a rural Idaho town get sucked into the Minecraft world through a magic portal. There they must combine forces and learn to work together to master the Minecraft world to save it from an evil sorceress. As always, the fundamental question of any movie is the one that Russell Crowe's character shouted to the audience in Gladiator back in 2000. “Are you not entertained?” I admit I was entertained when watching A Minecraft Movie since it was funny and I recognized a lot of the video game mechanics, even though I've never actually played Minecraft. Like, Castlevania II had a night/day cycle the way Minecraft does, and Castlevania II was forty years ago. But that was another digression! I did enjoy A Minecraft Movie. It was kind of crazy, but it committed to the craziness and maintained a consistent creative vision, and I was entertained. Though I did think it was impressive how Jack Black's agent managed to insist that he sing several different times. Overall grade: B Next up is Back to School, which came out in 1986 and this is one of the better ‘80s comedies I've seen. Rodney Dangerfield plays Thornton Melon, who never went to college and is the wealthy owner of a chain of plus-sized clothing stores. His son Jason is attending Great Lakes University, and after Thornton's unfaithful gold-digging wife leaves him (Thornton is mostly relieved by this development), he decides to go visit his son. He quickly discovers that Jason is flailing at college, and decides to enroll to help out his son. Wacky adventures ensue! I quite enjoyed this. The fictional “Great Lakes University” was largely shot at UW-Madison in Wisconsin, which I found amusing because I spent a lot of time at UW-Madison several decades ago as a temporary IT employee. I liked seeing the characters walk past a place where I'd eat lunch outside when the day was nice, that kind of thing. Also, I'm very familiar with how the sausage gets made in higher ed. There's a scene where the dean is asking why Thornton is qualified to enter college, and then it cuts to the dean cheerfully overseeing the groundbreaking of the new Thornton Melon Hall which Thornton just donated, and I laughed so hard I almost hurt myself, because that is exactly how higher ed works. The movie had some pointless nudity, but it was only a few seconds and no doubt gets cut in network broadcasts. Overall grade: B Next up is Whiskey Galore, which came out in 1949 and this is a comedy set in Scotland during World War II. The villagers living on an isolated island have no whiskey due to wartime rationing. However, when a government ship carrying 50,000 cases of whiskey runs aground near the island, wacky hijinks ensue. I have to admit the first half of the movie was very slow and deliberate, gradually setting up all the pieces for later. Then, once the shipwreck happens, things pick up and the movie gets much funnier. Definitely worth watching both as a good comedy movie and an artifact of its time. A modicum of historical knowledge is required – if you don't know what the Home Guard is, you might have to do some Googling to understand the context of some of the scenes. Regrettably, the version I watched did not have captioning, so I had to pay really close attention to understand what the characters were saying, because some of the accents were very strong. Overall grade: B Next up is Happy Gilmore 2, which came out in 2025. This was dumb and overstuffed with celebrity cameos but thoroughly hilarious and I say this even though it uses one of my least favorite story tropes, namely “hero of previous movie is now a middle age loser.” However, the movie leads into it for comedy. When Happy Gilmore accidentally kills his wife with a line drive, he spirals into alcoholism and despair. But his five children still love him, and when his talented daughter needs tuition for school, Happy attempts to shake off his despair and go back to golf to win the money. But Happy soon stumbles onto a sinister conspiracy led by an evil CEO to transform the game of golf into his own personal profit center. Happy must team up with his old nemesis Shooter McGavin to save golf itself from the evil CEO. Amusingly, as I've said before, the best Adam Sandler movies are almost medieval. In medieval fables, it was common for a clever peasant to outwit pompous lords, corrupt priests, and greedy merchants. The best Adam Sandler protagonist remains an everyman who outwits the modern equivalent of pompous lords and corrupt priests, in this case an evil CEO. Overall grade: B+ Next up is Superman, which came out in 2025 and I thought this was pretty good and very funny at times. I think it caught the essential nature of Superman. Like, Superman should be a Lawful Good character. If he was a Dungeons and Dragons character, he would be a paladin. People on the Internet tend to take the characterization of superheroes seriously to perhaps an unhealthy degree, but it seems the best characterization of Superman is as an earnest, slightly dorky Boy Scout who goes around doing good deeds. The contrast of that good-hearted earnestness with his godlike abilities that would allow him to easily conquer and rule the world is what makes for an interesting character. I also appreciated how the movie dispensed with the overused trope of the Origin Story and just got down to business. In this movie, Lex Luthor is obsessed with destroying Superman and is willing to use both super-advanced technology and engineered geopolitical conflict to do it. Superman, because he's essentially a decent person, doesn't comprehend just how depraved Luthor is, and how far Luthor is willing to go out of petty spite. (Ironically, a billionaire willing to destroy the world out of petty spite is alas, quite realistic). Guy Gardener (“Jerkish Green Lantern”) and the extremely competent and the extremely exasperated Mr. Terrific definitely stole all their scenes. The director of the movie, James Gunn, was quite famously fired from Disney in 2018 for offensive jokes he had made on Twitter back when he was an edgy young filmmaker with an alcohol problem. I suppose Mr. Gunn can rest content knowing that Superman made more money than any Marvel movie released this year. Overall grade: A-   Next up is Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, which came out in 1988. This was a very strange movie, but nonetheless, one with an ambitious premise, strong performances, and a strong artistic vision. It's set in post WWII Los Angeles, and “toons” (basically cartoon characters) live and work alongside humans. Private eye Eddie Valiant hates toons since one of them killed his brother five years ago. However, he's hired by the head of a studio who's having trouble with one of his toon actors, Roger Rabbit. Roger's worried his wife Jessica is having an affair, and Valiant obtains pictures of Jessica playing patty cake (not a euphemism, they actually were playing patty cake) with another man. Roger has an emotional breakdown, and soon the other man winds up dead, and Roger insists he's innocent. Valiant and Roger find themselves sucked into a dangerous conspiracy overseen by a ruthless mastermind. This movie was such an interesting cultural artifact. It perfectly follows the structure of a ‘40s film noir movie, but with cartoons, and the dissonance between film noir and the cheerfulness of the toons was embraced and used as a frequently source of comedy. In fact, when the grim and dour Valiant uses the toons' comedy techniques as a tactical improvisation in a moment of mortal peril, it's both hilarious and awesome. Christopher Lloyd's performance as the villainous Judge Doom was amazing. (I don't think it's a spoiler to say that he's villainous, because his character is named Judge Doom and he's literally wearing a black hat.) Like, his performance perfectly captures something monstrous that is trying very hard to pretend to be human and not quite getting it right. And the amount of work it must have taken to make this movie staggers the mind. Nowadays, having live actors interact with cartoon characters is expensive, but not unduly so. It's a frequent technique. You see it all the time in commercials when a housewife is smiling at an animated roll of paper towels or something, and Marvel's essentially been doing it for years. But this was 1988! Computer animation was still a ways off. They had to shoot the movie on analog film, and then hand-draw all the animation and successfully match it to the live film. It wouldn't have worked without the performance of Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant, who plays everything perfectly straight in the same way Michael Caine did in A Muppet Christmas Carol. So kind of a strange movie, but definitely worth watching. And it has both Disney and Warner Brothers animated characters in the same movie, which is something we will never, ever see again. Overall grade: A Next up is K-Pop Demon Hunters, which came out in 2025. Like Who framed Roger Rabbit?, this is a very strange movie, but nonetheless with a clear and focused artistic vision. It is a cultural artifact that provides a fascinating look into a world of which I have no knowledge or interest, namely K-pop bands and their dueling fandoms. Anyway, the plot is that for millennia, female Korean musicians have used the magic of their voices to keep the demons locked away in a demon world. The current incarnation is a three-woman K-Pop group called Huntrix, and they are on the verge of sealing away the demons forever. Naturally, the Demon King doesn't like this, so one of his cleverer minions comes up with a plan. They'll start a Demon K-Pop Boy Band! Disguised as humans, the demon K-Pop group will win away Huntrix's fans, allowing them to breach the barrier and devour the world. However, one of the Huntrix musicians is half-demon, and she starts falling for the lead demon in the boy band, who is handsome and of course has a dark and troubled past. Essentially a musical K-drama follows. I have to admit I know practically nothing about K-Pop groups and their dueling fandoms, other than the fact that they exist. However, this was an interesting movie to watch. The animation was excellent, it did have a focused vision, and there were some funny bits. Overall grade: A Next up is Clarkson's Farm Season Four, which came out in 2025. A long time ago in the ‘90s, I watched the episode of Frasier where Frasier and Niles attempt to open a restaurant and it all goes horribly (yet hilariously) wrong. At the time, I had no money, but I promised myself that I would never invest in a restaurant. Nothing I have seen or learned in the subsequent thirty years has ever changed that decision. Season 4 of Clarkson's Farm is basically Jeremy Clarkson, like Frasier and Niles, attempting to open a restaurant, specifically a British pub. On paper it's a good idea, since Clarkson can provide the pub with food produced from his own farm and other local farmers. However, it's an enormous logistical nightmare, and Clarkson must deal with miles of red tape, contractors, and a ballooning budget, all while trying to keep his farm from going under. An excellent and entertaining documentary into the difficulties of both the farming life and food service. I still don't want to own a restaurant! Overall grade: A Next up is Tombstone, which came out in 1993. The Western genre of fiction is interesting because it's limited to such a very specific period of time and geographical region. Like the “Wild West” period that characterizes the Western genre really only lasted as a historical period from about 1865 to roughly 1890. The Western genre was at its most popular in movies from the 1940s and the 1960s, and I wonder if it declined because cultural and demographic changes made it unpopular to romanticize the Old West the way someone like Walt Disney did at Disneyland with “Frontierland.” Of course, the genre lives on in different forms in grittier Western movies, neo-Westerns like Yellowstone and Longmire, and a lot of the genre's conventions apply really well to science fiction. Everyone talks about Firefly being the first Space Western, but The Mandalorian was much more successful and was basically a Western in space (albeit with occasional visits from Space Wizards). Anyway! After that long-winded introduction, let's talk about Tombstone. When Val Kilmer died earlier this year, the news articles mentioned Tombstone as among his best work, so I decided to give it a watch. The plot centers around Wyatt Earp, played by Kurt Russell, who has decided to give up his career in law enforcement and move to Tombstone, Arizona, a silver mining boomtown, in hopes of making his fortune. However, Tombstone is mostly controlled by the Cowboys outlaw gang, and Earp is inevitably drawn into conflict with them. With the help of his brothers and Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer's character), Earp sets out to bring some law and order to Tombstone, whether the Cowboys like it or not. Holliday is in the process of dying from tuberculosis, which makes him a formidable fighter since he knows getting shot will be a less painful and protracted death than the one his illness will bring him. Kilmer plays him as a dissolute, scheming warrior-poet who nonetheless is a very loyal friend. Definitely a classic of the Western genre, and so worth watching. Overall grade: A Next up is Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, the eighth Mission Impossible movie. Of the eight movies, I think the sixth one was the best one, but this one comes in at a close second. It continues on from Dead Reckoning. Ethan Hunt now possesses the key that will unlock the source code of the Entity, the malicious AI (think ChatGPT, but even more obviously evil) that is actively maneuvering the world's nuclear powers into destroying each other so the Entity can rule the remnants of humanity. Unfortunately, the Entity's source code is sitting in a wrecked Russian nuclear sub at the bottom of the Bering Sea. Even more unfortunately, the Entity knows that Hunt has the key and is trying to stop him, even as the Entity's former minion and Hunt's bitter enemy Gabriel seeks to seize control of the Entity for himself. A sense of apocalyptic doom hangs over the movie, which works well to build tension. Once again, the world is doomed, unless Ethan Hunt and his allies can save the day. The tension works extremely well during the movie's underwater sequence, and the final airborne duel between Hunt and Gabriel. I don't know if they're going to make any more Mission Impossible movies after this (they are insanely expensive), but if this is the end, it is a satisfying conclusion for the character of Ethan Hunt and the Impossible Mission Force. Overall grade: A Next up is Deep Cover, which came out in 2025. This is described as a comedy thriller, and I didn't know what to expect when I watched it, but I really enjoyed it. Bryce Dallas Howard plays Kat, a struggling comedy improv teacher living in London. Her best students are Marlon (played by Orlando Bloom), a dedicated character actor who wants to portray gritty realism but keeps getting cast in tacky commercials, and Hugh (played by Nick Mohammed), an awkward IT worker with no social skills whatsoever. One day, the three of them are recruited by Detective Sergeant Billings (played by Sean Bean) of the Metropolitan Police. The Met wants to use improv comedians to do undercover work for minor busts with drug dealers. Since it plays 200 pounds a pop, the trio agrees. Of course, things rapidly spiral out of control, because Kat, Marlon, and Hugh are actually a lot better at improv than they think, and soon they find themselves negotiating with the chief criminals of the London underworld. What follows is a movie that is both very tense and very funny. Kat, Marlon, and Hugh are in way over their heads, and will have to do the best improv of their lives to escape a very grisly fate. Whether Sean Bean dies or not (as is tradition), you will just have to watch the movie and find out. Overall grade: A Next up is Puss in Boots: The Final Wish, which came out in 2022. I don't personally know much about the history of Disney as a corporation, and I don't much care, but I do have several relatives who are very interested in the history of the Disney corporation, and therefore I have picked up some by osmosis. Apparently Disney CEO Michael Eisner forcing out Jeffrey Katzenberg in the 1990s was a very serious mistake, because Katzenberg went on to co-found DreamWorks, which has been Disney's consistent rival for animation for the last thirty years. That's like “CIA Regime Change Blowback” levels of creating your own enemy. Anyway, historical ironies aside, Puss in Boots: The Final Wish was a funny and surprisingly thoughtful animated movie. Puss in Boots is a legendary outlaw and folk hero, but he has used up eight of his nine lives. An ominous bounty hunter who looks like a humanoid wolf begins pursuing him, and the Wolf is able to shrug off the best of Puss In Boots' attacks. Panicked, Puss hides in a retirement home for elderly cats, but then hears rumors of the magical Last Wish. Hoping to use it to get his lives back, Puss In Boots sets off on the quest. It was amusing how Little Jack Horner and Goldilocks and the Three Bears were rival criminal gangs seeking the Last Wish. Overall grade: A Next up is Chicken People, which came out in 2016. A good documentary film gives you a glimpse into an alien world that you would otherwise never visit. In this example, I have absolutely no interest in competitive chicken breeding and will only raise chickens in my backyard if society ever collapses to the level that it becomes necessary for survival. That said, this was a very interesting look into the work of competitive chicken breeding. Apparently, there is an official “American Standard of Perfection” for individual chicken breeds, and the winner of the yearly chicken competition gets the title “Super Grand Champion.” Not Grand Champion, Super Grand Champion! That looks impressive on a resume. It is interesting how chicken breeding is in some sense an elaborate Skinner Box – like you can deliberately set out to breed chickens with the desirable traits on the American Standard of Perfection, but until the chickens are hatched and grow up, you don't know how they're going to turn out, so you need to try again and again and again… Overall grade: A Next up is The Mask of Zoro, which came out in 1998. I saw this in the theatre when it came out 27 years ago, but that was 27 years ago, and I don't have much of a memory of it, save that I liked it. So when I had the chance to watch it again, I did! Anthony Hopkins plays Diego de la Vega, who has the secret identity of Zorro in the final days before Mexico breaks away from the Spanish Empire. With Mexico on the verge of getting its independence, Diego decides to hang up his sword and mask and focus on his beloved wife and daughter. Unfortunately, the military governor Don Montero realizes Diego is Zorro, so has him arrested, kills his wife, and steals his baby daughter to raise as his own. Twenty years later, a bandit named Alejandro loses his brother and best friends to a brutal cavalry commander. It turns out that Montero is returning to California from Spain, and plans to seize control of California as an independent republic (which, of course, will be ruled by him). In the chaos, Diego escapes from prison and encounters a drunken Alejandro, and stops him from a futile attack upon the cavalry commander. He then proposes a pact – Diego will train Alejandro as the next Zorro, and together they can take vengeance upon the men who wronged them. This was a good movie. It was good to see that my taste in movies 27 years ago wasn't terrible. It manages to cram an entire epic plot into only 2 hours and 20 minutes. In some ways it was like a throwback to a ‘40s movie but with modern (for the ‘90s) production values, and some very good swordfights. Overall grade: A Next up is Wick is Pain, which came out in 2025. I've seen all four John Wick movies and enjoyed them thoroughly, though I've never gotten around to any of the spinoffs. Wick is Pain is a documentary about how John Wick went from a doomed indie movie with a $6.5 million hole in its budget to one of the most popular action series of the last few decades. Apparently Keanu Reeves made an offhand joke about how “Wick is pain” and that became the mantra of the cast and crew, because making an action movie that intense really was a painful experience. Definitely worth watching if you enjoyed the John Wick movies or moviemaking in general. Overall grade: A The last movie I saw this summer was Game Night, which came out in 2016. It was a hilarious, if occasionally dark comedy action thriller. Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams play Max and Annie Davis, a married couple who are very competitive and enjoy playing games of all kinds. Jason has an unresolved conflict with his brother Brooks, and one night Brooks invites them over for game night, which Max resents. Halfway through the evening, Brooks is kidnapped, with Max and Annie assume is part of the game. However, Brooks really is involved in something shady. Hilarity ensues, and it's up to Max and Annie to rescue Brooks and stay alive in the process. This was really funny, though a bit dark in places. That said, Max and Annie have a loving and supportive marriage, so it was nice to see something like that portrayed on the screen. Though this also leads to some hilarity, like when Annie accidentally shoots Max in the arm. No spoilers, but the punchline to that particular sequence was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Overall grade: A So no A+ movie this time around, but I still saw a bunch of solid movies I enjoyed. One final note, I have to admit, I've really come to respect Adam Sandler as an entertainer, even if his movies and comedy are not always to my taste. He makes what he wants, makes a lot of money, ensures that his friends get paid, and then occasionally takes on a serious role in someone else's movie when he wants to flex some acting muscles. I am not surprised that nearly everyone who's in the original Happy Gilmore who was still alive wanted to come back for Happy Gilmore 2. So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show enjoyable and perhaps a guide to some good movies to watch. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes at https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.  

Send us a textIt's that time of year again! We pit 16 video game characters head to head in a Mortal Kombat style tournament to the death! Who wins!?Tournament bracket here: SPOILERS. View previous years brackets on our Patreon!Games this episodeAssassin's Creed Shadows (PC, Mac, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) - 3/20Xenoblade Chronicles X Remastered (Switch) - 3/20Dollhouse: Behind the Broken Mirror (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) - 3/28The Legend of OasisWanderstopYakuza: Like a DragonShining Force IIIOctopath TravelerCATO: Buttered CatPandora's TowerGarfield: Caught in the ActRisk of RainSnood (GBA)Pinball Jam (Lynx)Layers of Fear (2023)Find more shows at polymedianetwork.com, BlueSky: Trav, Steve, Polykill, Polymedia twitch.tv/blinkoom, Send us an email polykillpodcast@gmail.com, Check out our patreon at Patreon.com/polykill How to be a Polykiller: Beat a game, take a screenshot, post it on BlueSky or Polymedia Discord, use #justbeatit, write a review and be sure to include @Polykill. Beat the most, become Polykiller. Beat any, have your Skeet potentially read on the show! Check out the Bonus Beats episodes on Patreon for more beat-skeet coverage!

Hello Friends of the Most Excellent 80s Movies Podcast! We are taking a short break between seasons during February and March. In the meantime please enjoy these REBROADCAST episodes, some favorites of ours, to tide you over until we return on Wednesday April 9th with new episodes!Join hosts Krissy Lenz, Nathan Blackwell and special guest Nate McWhortor (Gank that Drank: A Supernatural Drinking Game Podcast) as they journey down the rabbit hole of 1988's groundbreaking live-action/animated smash hit Who Framed Roger Rabbit. In this fun and insightful episode, we look at:The stunning visual effects that seamlessly blended live action and animation like never before, paving the way for modern CGIHow Robert Zemeckis brought together Disney and Warner Bros. characters on screen for the first time, an almost unthinkable crossover at the timeJessica Rabbit as a male fantasy icon but also a surprisingly nuanced female character who defies expectationsThe core theme of laughter as a unifying force contrasted with the humorless villainsThe not-so-subtle satire of Los Angeles development and transportationHow well the film holds up today as an introduction to noir for kids and familiesKrissy, Nate, and Nathan also share their personal memories of seeing Who Framed Roger Rabbit for the first time, get into the deeper themes, and analyze what still works and what doesn't all these years later. It's a spirited back-and-forth between two movie lovers taking a fond look back at a comedy classic.Other topics discussed:The rapid-fire opening cartoon sequence introducing Roger RabbitThe groundbreaking interaction of cartoons and humans at the Ink & Paint ClubThe horrifying introduction of Christopher Lloyd's Judge Doom and his deadly "Dip"The scene-stealing performance of Bob Hoskins as Eddie ValiantThe chase scenes and vintage Los Angeles settingsThe mystery plot and film noir tropesHow the plot wraps up rather quickly in the endComparing Who Framed Roger Rabbit to Cool World and Space JamSo put on your best Eddie Valiant fedora and give a listen to Krissy, Nate and Nathan pay tribute to this outrageous live action/animated mashup that brought new levels of visual wizardry to the big screen. It's a spirited and enlightening dive into a comedy classic that still delights today. --We couldn't do this without your support of The Most Excellent 80s Movies Podcast! Thank you!Join now for: $5/Month • $55/year • Learn More

The Mikes are loosing their memory, getting some plastic surgery done, and hiring Eddie Valiant from some pet shop outside of Toon Town for their latest episode; the 1991 erotic-thriller "Shattered", directed by Wolfgang Peterson and starring Tom Berenger and Bob Hoskins.Listen in as Mike Field and Mike Butler discuss the film's big twist, as well as the performances that drive the film. The Mikes also discuss where grown up films like this are nowadays and if they might make a resurgence. So, grab your popcorn and soda, please notice the exits to the left and right of you and settle down for Forgotten Cinema. Join our FC community on Patreon, it's free to join! www.patreon.com/forgottencinema. If you'd like to support us further, we've also got a merch shop at www.etsy.com/shop/ForgottenCinemaShopSpecial thanks to our Patreon supporters who make this show possible.0:00 - Introduction2:22 - Film Facts12:40 - Film Discussion33:05 - Critic Reviews38:02 - Who Would You Recommend This To?44:22 - Why Is This Forgotten?47:40 - Plugs

"I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way." For Episode 340, Thomas and Brandon finally dive into Robert Zemeckis's WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT. Listen as they discuss the deals Spielberg made for the movie, how many famous actors passed on the role of Eddie Valiant, Bob Hoskins's incredible performance, and how the movie helped push the boundaries of visual effects and animation.  DISCLAIMER: There was an audio mishap with Brandon's raw audio toward the end of the episode, but it only lasted for around two minutes.  Also, don't forget to join our Patreon for more exclusive content: Opening Banter - More Noirvember -  (00:00:10) Recap of LA Noir Month (00:08:03) Intro to Who Framed Roger Rabbit (00:11:36) How Who Framed Roger Rabbit Got to Production (00:19:29) Favorite Scenes (00:34:23) On Set Life - (00:58:02) Aftermath: Release and Legacy (01:08:21) What Worked and What Didn't (01:26:32) Film Facts (01:34:04) Awards (01:42:07) Final Questions on the Movie (01:47:59) Wrapping Up the Episode (01:52:34) Contact Us: Facebook: @cinenation Instagram: @cinenationpodcast Twitter/X: @CineNationPod TikTok: @cinenation Letterboxd: CineNation Podcast E-mail: cinenationpodcast@gmail.com

When Roger Rabbit gets framed for a crime he didn't commit, it will be up to private eye Eddie Valiant to help clear his name and uncover the truth of who is behind the plan to take over Toon Town. This week we revisit a classic that re-imagined what was possible to achieve with a little Hollywood movie magic, plus we mix up a blended berry smoothie to go along with this Oscar winning classic. Join us for the dip, cartoon crossovers, red dresses, Wild Turkey, laughing ourselves to death, and a chat about Who Framed Roger Rabbit! This week's cocktail comes from InShaker.com Merch Shop - drinkthemovies.square.site https://www.patreon.com/drinkthemovies https://www.instagram.com/drinkthemovies/ https://twitter.com/drinkthemovies https://www.facebook.com/drinkthemovies https://www.drinkthemovies.com https://discord.gg/fsdW2QqqpS *Please Drink Responsibly*

Today, my guest is a prolific cinematographer, accomplished photographer, and member of the American Society of Cinematographers, Dean Cundey A.S.C.Dean rose to fame for extraordinary cinematography in the 1980s and 1990s. His early start was working on the set of Halloween.  Dean is credited as director of photography on five Back To The Future films and Jurassic Park.The Halloween slasher franchise consisted of eleven films and was initially released in 1978. The films primarily focus on Michael Myers, who was committed to a sanitarium as a child for the murder of his sister, Judith Myers. Fifteen years later, he escapes to stalk and kill the people of the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois. Michael's killings occur on the holiday of Halloween, on which all of the films primarily take place.The second film, one of which Cundey served as director of photography, was based on Marty McFly, who had only just gotten back from the past when he is once again picked up by Dr. Emmett Brown and sent through time to the future. Marty's job in the future is to pose as his son to prevent him from being thrown in prison. Unfortunately, things get worse when the future changes the present.The three Back To The Future films Dean worked on grossed $388.8, $336, and $243 million globally, becoming all-time hits on budgets of $19, $40, and $40 million.Cundey is cited as being amongst some of the best directors of photography. In addition to his lighting skills, particularly in the famous hallway scene where the hidden face of Michael Myers, played by writer/director Nick Castle, is slowly revealed by way of a blue light next to the mask, he was among the first cinematographers to make use of a recent invention called the Steadicam, or paraglide.Some other shows and movies he's worked on include, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Tales of the Unexpected, Romancing the Stone, Invitation To Hell, Big Trouble in Little China, etc.Who Framed Roger Rabbit; A toon-hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hoping to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder. Basically, 'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead, and Roger is the prime suspect. Groundbreaking interaction between the live and animated characters, and lots of references to classic animation.Dean grew up an avid reader of the American Cinematographer magazines he would buy after school from a local camera shop close by. That was how his inspiration to pursue filmmaking came about. He shifted his focus to theater history while still taking some architectural design classes at California State University before he ultimately enrolled at the University of California Los Angeles film school.In 1993 Jurassic Park, Dean made a minor appearance as a boat crew member (Mate) while also staffed as director of photography. The film follows a pragmatic paleontologist visiting an almost complete theme park tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose. Huge advancements in scientific technology have enabled a mogul to create an island full of living dinosaurs.A park employee attempts to steal dinosaur embryos, critical security systems are shut down, and it now becomes a race for survival with dinosaurs roaming freely over the island.Cundey holds over one hundred and fifty cinematography & photography credits for movies, television, and short films. That is no small feat in this business. The man has stayed busy and booked since graduation from film school. That kind of consistency in Hollywood is only doable by having extreme persistence and excellence. One of the many things he did to stay prepared and on top of his craft was investing into building himself a ‘super van' or one couple call it a cinematographer's heaven that contained every equipment (cameras, editing's tools, etc.) required to help him get work get and do work easily.We talk more about Dean joining The Book of Boba Fett and The Mandalorian crew as well. Check it all out in our chat.Enjoy my conversation with Dean Cundey.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bulletproof-screenwriting-podcast--2881148/support.

Welcome to an all-new episode of the Literary License Podcast, where we bridge the gap between literature and its screen adaptations. Join us and our special guest, Leandro Gazi, as we unwrap our life experiences, delve into the intriguing world of 'Who Censored Roger Rabbit?' novel by Gary Wolf and its iconic movie adaptation 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'.   We ecstatically dig deeper into the book's thought-provoking narrative and how it subtly interlaces political innuendos. We uncover the creative vision of Leandro and how the distinctive charm of the movie adaptation adds to the Roger Rabbit legacy. Discover the plot twists and suspenseful allegory, leading us through a maze of mysteries and unanticipated denouements in the narrative.   We then traverse the exquisite realm of 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit', directed by the genius Robert Zemeckis. Released in 1988, it was a spectacular blend of live-action and animation, earning global recognition for its visual effects, performances, and humor. We feature a detailed comparison between the original book and the film adaptation, leading to an insightful view of the whole creation process.   Our discussion takes you back to the unforgettable scenes, such as the magnetic performance of Jessica Rabbit and Eddie Valiant's thrilling adventures in Toontown. We reveal the magic behind how this film jump-started the Disney Renaissance, setting a benchmark for animation.   Lastly, ride with us on a captivating journey into the world of animation film-making. We present a critique on the process of integrating classical characters into unrelated plots, the resulting repetitiveness, and how these techniques trick the viewer's eye to create visual masterpieces. Join us as we navigate the interesting narrative loops and special effects that mesmerize audiences through decades.   Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – Copyright . All rights reserved   Closing Credits: Why Don't You Do Right by Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee.  Copyright 1942 Columbia Records   Section Breaks:  Soundtrack Selections from the Original Motion Soundtrack Who Framed Roger Rabbit.  Music by Alan Silverstri.  Copyright 1988 Disney Records. ​ Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast.    All rights reserved.  Used by Kind Permission.

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is a groundbreaking 1988 film that blends live-action and animation seamlessly. Set in a fictional 1947 Hollywood where cartoon characters, known as "Toons," live alongside humans, the story follows Eddie Valiant, a hard-boiled private detective who is hired to investigate a scandal involving Roger Rabbit, a beloved Toon star accused of murder.As Eddie delves deeper into the case, he discovers a web of conspiracy involving the sinister Judge Doom, who seeks to eradicate Toontown to make way for a freeway. Along the way, Eddie teams up with Roger and his wife Jessica, a sultry Toon femme fatale, to clear Roger's name and uncover the true culprit behind the crime.Filled with humor, mystery, and nostalgia, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is a visual marvel that pays homage to classic cartoons while delivering a compelling story with memorable characters. It explores themes of prejudice, corruption, and the power of imagination, leaving a lasting impact on audiences of all ages.If you are new to the podcast then please consider following us on the platform that you love, we can be found most anywhere that you listen to your favorite podcasts. Please leave us a rating and review if you listen on iTunes and a 5 star rating if you listen on Spotify.If you have any questions, comments, suggestions for shows or you have a question you would like us to read on air then email us at retrolife4you@gmail.com You can find us on social media at the following places:FacebookInstagramTik TokYouTubeRetro Life 4 You Website

Join hosts Krissy Lenz and Nathan Blackwell and special guest Nate McWhortor (Gank that Drank: A Supernatural Drinking Game Podcast) as they journey down the rabbit hole of 1988's groundbreaking live-action/animated smash hit Who Framed Roger Rabbit. In this fun and insightful episode, we look at: The stunning visual effects that seamlessly blended live action and animation like never before, paving the way for modern CGI How Robert Zemeckis brought together Disney and Warner Bros characters on screen for the first time, an almost unthinkable crossover at the time Jessica Rabbit as a male fantasy icon but also a surprisingly nuanced female character who defies expectations The core theme of laughter as a unifying force contrasted with the humorless villains The not-so-subtle satire of Los Angeles development and transportation How well the film holds up today as an introduction to noir for kids and families Krissy, Nate, and Nathan also share their personal memories of seeing Who Framed Roger Rabbit for the first time, get into the deeper themes, and analyze what still works and what doesn't all these years later. It's a spirited back-and-forth between two movie lovers taking a fond look back at a comedy classic.Other topics discussed: The rapid-fire opening cartoon sequence introducing Roger Rabbit The groundbreaking interaction of cartoons and humans at the Ink & Paint Club The horrifying introduction of Christopher Lloyd's Judge Doom and his deadly "Dip" The scene-stealing performance of Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant The chase scenes and vintage Los Angeles settings The mystery plot and film noir tropes How the plot wraps up rather quickly in the end Comparing Who Framed Roger Rabbit to Cool World and Space Jam So put on your best Eddie Valiant fedora and give a listen to Krissy, Nate and Nathan pay tribute to this outrageous live action/animated mashup that brought new levels of visual wizardry to the big screen. It's a spirited and enlightening dive into a comedy classic that still delights today. Read more about the results of the WGA strike here.Learn more about the SAG-AFTRA strike here.V

Amy & Paul get animated and take a trip down to Toontown in 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit! They'll analyze how the toons represented the lower class, discuss how the portrayal of Jessica Rabbit helped Disney get out of a rut, and agree that having Roger Rabbit's voice actor on set brought out the best in star Bob Hoskins. Plus: Bill Murray regrets missing the phone call that would've landed him the role of detective Eddie Valiant. It's 5 Years of Unspooled and you're helping us celebrate with a whole anniversary month of Listener's Choice! Next week, Paul & Amy are watching Hot Fuzz! Send us your vote for July's Listener's Choice bracket at tinyurl.com/unspooledvote, or make your case on voicemail at 424-419-5745. You can join the conversation for this series on Paul's Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6. Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don't forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts.

In honor of its 35th birthday, we head to Toontown with Eddie Valiant, Roger, Jessica, and Judge Doom to look back at Disney and Amblin's 1988 hit, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Find more Dis-Order: Every Disney Movie through the official RF4RM social media channels: Web | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram   Rate, review, & subscribe to Dis-Order on: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher   Your feedback is appreciated. Send emails to podcast@rf4rm.com

Welcome Back! Join us as we embark on a journey back to 1988, a pivotal year in the cinema when the boundaries between live-action and animation were shattered. In this episode, we celebrate the exceptional talent and ingenuity of the artists, animators, and filmmakers who left an indelible mark on the industry. We begin by unraveling the captivating narrative of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," set in a vibrant and bustling 1940s Hollywood. The story follows the misadventures of Roger Rabbit, a lovable and animated character who becomes entangled in a web of mystery and deceit. To clear his name, Roger teams up with the hardboiled detective Eddie Valiant, leading to a captivating blend of animation and live-action storytelling. We explore the intricate details of character design, animation, and visual effects that brought the iconic toons of the film to life. From the lovable and energetic Roger Rabbit to the seductive and mysterious Jessica Rabbit, we examine the extraordinary artistry that gave these characters their timeless appeal. Together, we'll explore the creative process, uncover hidden gems of information, and pay tribute to the incredible talents that brought this beloved film to the big screen. Thanks for joining us and hope you toooon in for the next one! This description was mostly written by ChatGPT Like, subscribe, and follow us on IG: @goldencraftcast Our Anchor Page: https://anchor.fm/goldencraftcast

Kate, Nate, and Brent dip into the 1988 American fantasy comedy mystery Who Framed Roger Rabbit starring: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Fleischer, Kathleen Turner, Joanna Cassidy, Stubby Kaye, Alan Tilvern, Lou Hirsch, David Lander, Richard LeParmentier, Betsy Brantley, Mel Blanc, Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Dee Bradley Baker, Nancy Cartwright, Cherry Davis, Miriam Margolyes, June Foray, Pat Buttram, Jim Cummings, Mae Questel, Frank Welker, and Joe Alaskey.Set in a fictional 1947 Los Angeles, the movie follows the story of Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins), a down-on-his-luck private detective who gets embroiled in a mystery involving cartoon characters in a world where they coexist with humans.The film opens with the murder of Marvin Acme, the owner of Toontown, the bustling district where cartoon characters reside. Roger Rabbit (voiced by Charles Fleischer), a zany and beloved cartoon character, becomes the prime suspect. Eddie Valiant, a hard-boiled detective with a deep-seated grudge against toons since the death of his brother, is reluctantly hired by R.K. Maroon (Alan Tilvern), the head of Maroon Cartoon Studios, to investigate the case and clear Roger's name.As Eddie delves into the case, he encounters a seductive and deceptive cartoon femme fatale named Jessica Rabbit (voiced by Kathleen Turner), who becomes a central figure in the mystery. Alongside Roger, Eddie navigates through the vibrant and chaotic world of Toontown, facing various challenges, danger, and encounters with iconic cartoon characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and many more.With the help of Dolores (Joanna Cassidy), Eddie's girlfriend and the owner of a popular speakeasy, the detective uncovers a nefarious conspiracy involving Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd), a sinister judge who seeks to destroy Toontown and build a freeway in its place. Eddie must race against time to save Roger, his own life, and the very existence of Toontown itself."Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is a visually stunning and ingeniously crafted film that seamlessly blends live-action and animation. Robert Zemeckis's direction is superb, and the performances by Bob Hoskins and the voice cast are exceptional. The film's clever mix of humor, noir elements, and homage to classic cartoons make it an absolute joy to watch. (The Hollywood Reporter)"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is a landmark achievement in cinema, pushing the boundaries of what can be done with animation and live-action integration. The film's unique and imaginative concept is executed flawlessly, resulting in a thrilling and hilarious experience. It is a testament to the talent and creativity of everyone involved, from the cast to the animators. (Variety)This film is a triumph of imagination and technical wizardry. The combination of cartoon characters and real-life actors is seamless, and the attention to detail is remarkable. "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" successfully captures the essence of classic cartoons while offering a fresh and engaging story for all ages. It is a true cinematic gem that will be remembered for years to come. (The New York Times)With its clever script, exceptional performances, and groundbreaking visual effects, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is a must-see film for animation enthusiasts and cinephiles alike. It manages to be both a nostalgic tribute to classic cartoons and a compelling mystery that keeps audiences on the edge of their seats. It is an absolute delight from start to finish. (Empire) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does a film that's only half animated fit into Animation April? Sure it does, there are almost no rules here! Erika and Paul take a trip to Toon Town and break down 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit!

When Robert Zemeckis's WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? hit the big screens, perhaps you were a college graduate, a baby in sunglasses , or none of the above. But whoever and wherever you were, the world was forever changed by the knowledge that Daffy and Donald Duck could appear on the same stage. Oh, and that toons and humans could be co-stars. Since it's the last day of MaxFunDrive, we've got this very special episode for you with very special guest Jordan Morris. Puh-puh-puhleeeze enjoy!What's Good?Alonso - Lay's "French Roasted Chicken with Spices" chips from TaiwanDrea - Davy Mayer for Madison, WI District 6 AlderJordan - new beardIfy -  JapanStaff PicksDrea - Rye LaneAlonso - ChinatownJordan - Fire of LoveIfy - My Neighbor TotoroVisit maximumfun.org/join to become a member today!With:Ify NwadiweDrea Clark Alonso DuraldeJordan MorrisProduced by Marissa FlaxbartSr. Producer Laura Swisher

We swore we'd never do a movie about Toons again, not after our tragic past with that falling piano. But fate had a way of showing up at our doorstep... and making us laugh our butts off! Because we've strapped a rocket to our backs and Acme-d to the golden age of Hollywood to visit our cartoon pals Roger, Jessica, Benny, Baby Herman, a litany of Disney and Warner Brother favorites, and our favorite IRL noir detective, Eddie Valiant, on their zany journey into the seedy world of pattycake, murder, and the dreaded DIP! Can they outwit Judge Doom and the Weasels? Can we ever stop gushing over the endless talent packed into this movie? Take a listen, and smile-darn ya-smile!   -- Can I Borrow Your Notes? --  The Making of Who Framed Roger Rabbit Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris Tetris Trailer Music [The final countdown] - Epic Version (The Movie) by D.Meletis   -- Teacher's Pets --  Join the Class of 80's High: 80shighpodcast@gmail.com Follow on Instagram: @80shighpodcast Theme song by Greg Reed, with vocals by Chad Bumford Cover art by Alex Goddard at alexgoddarddesign.com

Welcome back to another episode of The Movie Gap, where we examine the gap in Bryce's movie knowledge, one movie at a time. I'm your host Chase, and today we're diving into the world of live-action/animation hybrids with the classic film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. How can you possibly make a film with both animated characters and live-action actors? How did they handle the cross-over collaboration of Disney and Warner Bros? Is Judge Doom too scary for what is ostensibly a children's film? Can a kids movie work with a dense, flim noir plot? Bob Hoskins is an absolute treasure in this movie. He plays the gruff and cynical detective, Eddie Valiant, who finds himself investigating the murder of a famous cartoon character. And then there's Robert Zemeckis, who directed this masterpiece. I mean, this guy knows how to blend animation and live-action like nobody's business. In this episode, we'll be discussing everything from the technical wizardry behind the film's creation to the hilarious antics of Roger Rabbit himself. We'll also talk about the movie's lasting impact on pop culture and its influence on future animated/live-action hybrids. So sit back, relax, and grab a cartoonishly large bucket of popcorn as we dive deep into the world of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. And as always, Naminspace.

Jala is joined by returning guests Adelaide and Raúl to discuss Gary K. Wolf's 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, upon which the later Who Framed Roger Rabbit movie was based. http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/liz_dejesus/12235908/107368/107368_original.jpg Gary K. Wolf, the author, posed as Eddie Valiant on all of the book covers. Tiers are now available on Ko-fi! Perks include shoutouts on our shows, access to show notes, blog posts, and reviews with more in the wings as we work out further incentives. We ALSO have a new goal! Once we reach $1.5K we will release a new podcast called Put That Cookie Down Now, an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie show covering every Arnie movie chronologically. We REALLY wanna make this show but the extra work, materials etc means we need some help getting there. All subscriptions and one-shot donations apply toward the goal so if you want to hear this content, make it happen at ko-fi.com/fireheartmedia! Big thanks to our patrons Christian, NotRookie and DogNozzle for their generous support. Support this show via Ko-fi! Just like Patreon, there are subscription tiers (with bonus content!) in addition to the ability to drop us a one-time donation. Every little bit helps us put out better quality content and keep the lights on, and gets a shout out in a future episode. Check out ko-fi.com/fireheartmedia (https://ko-fi.com/fireheartmedia) for the details! Don't forget to rate & review us on your podcasting platform of choice~ Jala Prendes - @jalachan (https://twitter.com/jalachan) The Level (https://thelevelpodcast.com/hosts/jala) Adelaide - Adelaide is a denizen of the Jala-chan's Place Discord server. For more information about the server, shoot Jala a message. Raúl would like to signal boost Victualiv (https://victualiv.com/) vitamins which are specially formulated for vegans, those curious about plant-based nutrition, and anyone in transition. They are the vitamins that both Jala and Dave use! Definitely check them out! Special Guests: Adelaide (Formerly Jamie) and Raúl.

The passion, the love, the positive energy was flowing through @ComicConLA just recently, and the Chazasaurus Rex, alongside the first ever guest host: @Koruption_Kosplay, take you down a gaming, film & cosplay-LA-Comic-Con-journey…the PRJKT way!
 Get exclusives from the tight-lipped @Masked_Mateo; his film work? @GothamKnights, future cosplays. @KingVader drops info on his Blade vs Ghostrider project w/ @Raulito77, alongside original film works. Learn about @Marty_York & @GrantGelt's experiences filming The Sandlot, and the @BoysOfSummerBaseballClub's @PlayForever_Org. @ColinKBass talks @NerdbotStudios' film schedule, the new media production @AnimeFireOfficial, & more. While an insightful gaming talk w/ @SubnationGG's Senior Vice President: Justin Burnham, gives us a better look at the gaming experiences brought to conventions. While Chazzy drops new PRJKT Park Merch (available now) & an in-studio Cosplay Of The Week, you can expect detailed conversations w/ @WebHeadedHero on his future cosplays, @CTK_Creations' intricate 3D printing skill, Jessica Rabbit & Eddie Valiant come to life w/ @WonderWomanCosplay & @Aaron_Pranger, @Asami_Chan_Cosplay becomes Bowsette, @Scotts_Monster_Shop shows us practical fx & @Burlapped blows minds. From a phenomenal Scorpion cosplay (@Nova.Novatic) to a 6'9” @Diego1_0 — @Ashe_Frosty's Mary Marvel, while @YessYeni & previous #CosplayOfTheWeek @JonVash hop right out The Witcher games! This & more on a jam packed L.A. Comic Con PRJKT Experience. ▾ Cosplay Of The Week!: ▾ http://instagram.com/TChallaSheen _____________ ►

Ezen a héten egy legendás filmet pótolunk be a Vakfolt podcastban. A Roger nyúl a pácban (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) 1988-ban jelent meg, az ereje teljében lévő Robert Zemeckis rendezésében (valamint Richard Williams társrendezésében). Az élő szereplőket animációval vegyítő film noirról a Dot and Line főszerkesztőjével, Herczeg Zsófival beszélgettünk.  Hol tartott a Disney stúdió 1988-ban, és mi minden kellett ahhoz, hogy a Roger nyúl elkészülhessen? Beszélünk arról, miért jelentett óriási kihívást ez a produkció az animátoroknak és a producereknek egyaránt. Milyen animációs technikai eszközökkel nyűgözte le a nézőket a film? Milyen módszerekkel éri el Zemeckis és Williams, hogy minden eddigi próbálkozásnál jobban elhigyjük ennek a filmnek, hogy a firkák és az emberek valóban egy légtérben léteznek? Milyen paktumok köttethettek meg annak érdekében, hogy a Roger nyúlban Hollywood históriájának összes legendás animációs figurája felbukkanjon? Mitől működnek a film saját karakterei, köztük a Bob Hoskins által megformált Eddie Valiant, a Charles Fleischer (és az animátorok) által életre keltett Roger Nyúl, a Kathleen Turner által eljátszott Jessica Rabbit, vagy épp a gonosz Judge Doom, akit Christopher Lloyd játszott?  Megjegyzés: az adás legvége elveszett, elnézést kérünk a technikai hiba miatt. Ha tetszett az adásunk, támogass bennünket a Patreonon! Csatlakozz a Facebook-csoportunkhoz is! További linkek A Dot and Line, Herczeg Zsófi animációs magazinja A Vakfolt podcast Facebook oldala A Vakfolt podcast a Twitteren Vakfolt címke a Letterboxdon A Vakfolt podcast a YouTube-on A Vakfolt podcast a Spotify-on A Vakfolt podcast a Google podcasts oldalán A Vakfolt az Apple podcasts oldalán A főcímzenéért köszönet az Artur zenekarnak Zsófi a Twitteren: @hrczgzsf András a Twitteren: @gaines_ Péter a Twitteren: @freevo Emailen is elértek bennünket: feedback@vakfoltpodcast.hu

Today, my guest is a prolific cinematographer, accomplished photographer, and member of the American Society of Cinematographers, Dean Cundey.Dean rose to fame for extraordinary cinematography in the 1980s and 1990s. His early start was working on the set of Halloween.  Dean is credited as director of photography on five Back To The Future films and Jurassic Park.The Halloween slasher franchise consisted of eleven films and was initially released in 1978. The films primarily focus on Michael Myers, who was committed to a sanitarium as a child for the murder of his sister, Judith Myers. Fifteen years later, he escapes to stalk and kill the people of the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois. Michael's killings occur on the holiday of Halloween, on which all of the films primarily take place. The second film, one of which Cundey served as director of photography, was based on Marty McFly, who had only just gotten back from the past when he is once again picked up by Dr. Emmett Brown and sent through time to the future. Marty's job in the future is to pose as his son to prevent him from being thrown in prison. Unfortunately, things get worse when the future changes the present.The three Back To The Future films Dean worked on grossed $388.8, $336, and $243 million globally, becoming all-time hits on budgets of $19, $40, and $40 million.Cundey is cited as being amongst some of the best directors of photography. In addition to his lighting skills, particularly in the famous hallway scene where the hidden face of Michael Myers is slowly revealed by way of a blue light next to the mask, he was among the first cinematographers to make use of a recent invention called the Steadicam, or paraglide.Some other shows and movies he's worked on include, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Tales of the Unexpected, Romancing the Stone, Invitation To Hell, Big Trouble in Little China, etc.Who Framed Roger Rabbit; A toon-hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hoping to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder. Basically, 'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead, and Roger is the prime suspect. Groundbreaking interaction between the live and animated characters, and lots of references to classic animation.Dean grew up an avid reader of the American Cinematographer magazines he would buy after school from a local camera shop close by. That was how his inspiration to pursue filmmaking came about. He shifted his focus to theater history while still taking some architectural design classes at California State University before he ultimately enrolled at the University of California Los Angeles film school.In 1993 Jurassic Park, Dean made a minor appearance as a boat crew member (Mate) while also staffed as director of photography. The film follows a pragmatic paleontologist visiting an almost complete theme park tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose. Huge advancements in scientific technology have enabled a mogul to create an island full of living dinosaurs. A park employee attempts to steal dinosaur embryos, critical security systems are shut down, and it now becomes a race for survival with dinosaurs roaming freely over the island.Cundey holds over one hundred and fifty cinematography & photography credits for movies, television, and short films. That is no small feat in this business. The man has stayed busy and booked since graduation from film school. That kind of consistency in Hollywood is only doable by having extreme persistence and excellence.One of the many things he did to stay prepared and on top of his craft was investing into building himself a ‘super van' or one couple call it a cinematographer's heaven that contained every equipment (cameras, editings tools, etc.) required to help him get work get and do work easily. We talk more about this in our chat.Enjoy my conversation with Dean Cundey.

Välkommen till "Film till fikat"! Där vi varje vecka diskuterar en ny film vi sett, på ett lättsamt sätt till en fika i glada vänners lag. Säsong 3, avsnitt 19: Dagens film blir Vem satte dit Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) från år 1988... Director: Robert Zemeckis Stars: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy Handling: Den tecknade seriefiguren Roger Rabbit står anklagad för mord och hans enda hopp är privatdetektiven Eddie Valiant. Film noir möter fantasy och komedi i denna berättelse som utspelar sig i Los Angeles på 1940-talet. Vi finns på Facebook, instagram och twitter Mail: Filmtillfikat@gmail.com

“Is Mickey Mouse really a Communist?” The panel of peril hold back their baser urges, stop playing pattycake, pull down the bed hidden in the wall of their small office and lay down to watch this week's film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. We then try to improve upon the villain's diabolical plan for the honour of choosing next week's film and hosting the pod. Who Framed Roger Rabbit sees the titular cartoon critter framed for the murder of Toontown owner Roger Acme, and it lies with whiskey sodden detective Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) to clear his name. Who really killed Acme and why? How does no one see how obviously evil Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd) clearly is? And why was Roger framed for murder? Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEIJpS26aAw ********PLOT SPOILER ALERT******** Traumatised by the death of his brother at the hands of a toon, Eddie Valiant is reluctant to help Roger clear his name to say the least. Encountering the likes of Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Dumbo and Betty Boop, Valiant must venture into the deepest depths of Toontown to uncover Judge Doom's plot to dip every toon and turn town into one big road. Just what did the panel think of this week's movie, pray tell? How can they improve upon the villain's masterplan? And who will be christened this week's most diabolical? The in-universe movie posters can be seen on our Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/diabolicalpod/ Paul Reubens' voice test here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDKfLZNMtmU Joe Pantoliano test footage here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw77Vt6sgdc

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 American live-action/animated comedy mystery film directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Frank Marshall and Robert Watts, and loosely adapted by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman from Gary K. Wolf's 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?. The film stars Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Stubby Kaye, and Joanna Cassidy, with the voices of Charles Fleischer and an uncredited Kathleen Turner. Set in a 1947 version of Hollywood where cartoon characters (commonly referred to as "toons") and people co-exist, the film follows Eddie Valiant, a private investigator who must help exonerate Roger Rabbit, a toon who has been framed for the murder of the Acme Corporation's owner. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradepaperbacks/message --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rangerryan/message

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 American live-action/animated comedy mystery film directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Frank Marshall and Robert Watts, and loosely adapted by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman from Gary K. Wolf's 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?. The film stars Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Stubby Kaye, and Joanna Cassidy, with the voices of Charles Fleischer and an uncredited Kathleen Turner. Set in a 1947 version of Hollywood where cartoon characters (commonly referred to as "toons") and people co-exist, the film follows Eddie Valiant, a private investigator who must help exonerate Roger Rabbit, a toon who has been framed for the murder of the Acme Corporation's owner.

“Is this thing on?” Taking a brief pause in the Renaissance Era, film journalist Ben Travis and animation academic Sam Summers come to you LIVE from the London Podcast Festival 2022 to present a special live-action (in more ways than one) class on 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Not only did it give Ben an excuse to finally watch the film for the first time, but it brought us face-to-face with Disniversity students at last – talking through Robert Zemeckis' mind-blowing, medium-blending favourite. Get ready for a deep-dive into all the Disney cameos, explorations of the film's cartoonish reality, the adorable wounded hearts of Roger Rabbit and Eddie Valiant, the terror of Judge Doom, the politics of Jessica Rabbit, and the very, very different novel it was drawn from. Plus, Sam gives an epic recap of the entire Disney story so far, and the audience delivers some very helpful sing-alongs. Regular class resumes next time! Huge thanks to everyone who attended the show, and to Kings Place for hosting. Next up: Beauty & The Beast Disniversity is brought to you by Ben Travis (@benstravis) and Sam Summers (@samsummers0), with art by Olly Gibbs and music by Nafets. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @disniversity. This podcast is not affiliated with Disney. — Welcome to Disniversity, the podcast crash course through the history of Disney's animated classics, with film journalist Ben Travis and animation academic Dr. Sam Summers. Each week, we'll be moving forward in time through the legendary Walt Disney Animation Studios catalogue, watching every feature film in chronological order – from Snow White to Encanto. Watch along with us, and listen as we explore each film's historical context, advances in animation and lasting legacy, and talk about how they stand up today.

What does it mean to Bump The Lamp and what can this lesson do to help us in our everyday lives? The term Bump The Lamp comes from a scene in Who Framed Roger Rabbit in which Eddie Valiant, played by Bob Hoskins, is trying to cut off the handcuffs that tie him to Roger. Throughout the scene, he bumps his head repeatedly on a lamp in the room causing it to swing which made the animation of that scene considerably more expensive and time-consuming. The animation team made the choice to do it anyway because Bumping The Lamp makes the scene better. Viewers wouldn't have known the difference, but the final product wouldn't have been as good. And the animators would've known it. Every now and then along the path of life, we have moments in which we too can make a choice. We can choose to skirt the hard work and delay both the pain and the pay off, or we can choose to do the hard thing in the moment that will set the vector of our path in a more favorable direction and deliver Future Us from having to shoulder the burden. Which should we choose? Let's dive in and explore this concept together! In this episode, we also shared a new post we're going to create in the Magic Family, our Patreon community for supporters of the Magical Mindset Moments Podcast, where we will craft our Disney lexicon. In this post, we will all share our bite-sized Disney phrases that we use to keep things light even when moments are hard.  These touchstones are so important for family life so if you want to come help us build the Magic Family Lexicon, we would love to have you join us! Head over to patreon.com/magicalmindsetmoments to learn more. This Week's Big Think: Where can you choose to "bump the lamp" today in service of a big payoff down the line? Loving the podcast? Support Magical Mindset Moments by joining the Magic Family on Patreon.

Did you know Disney was a second-rate movie production company in the 1980s? Did you know the book behind the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit was rejected 110 times? Guess what merger Steven Spielberg was able to pull off? If Bob Hoskins wasn't the original Eddie Valiant, who was? Does Bugs Bunny have a contract? Who influenced Jessica Rabbit's hair-do?These questions, the story behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and insight into Jessica Rabbit: Xerious Business is all unleashed by the creator, the author, kid now man who just needed an outlet to allow his imagination to flow, Gary K. Wolf.

This week it's the final episode of Films about films month and we are talking dthe Patron's choice, Who Framed Roger Rabbit.  You'll learn about Bob Hoskins' process, The 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, Looney Toons and why Walt Disney was a bad 'un. Join tens of other patrons to help choose episodes, get a shout out and a bonus episode every single week all for just £1 at: https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm  --- Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 American live-action/animated comedy mystery film directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Frank Marshall and Robert Watts, and loosely adapted by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman from Gary K. Wolf's 1981 novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?. The film stars Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Charles Fleischer, Stubby Kaye, and Joanna Cassidy. Set in a 1947 version of Hollywood where cartoon characters (commonly referred to as "toons") and people co-exist, the film follows Eddie Valiant, a private investigator hired to help exonerate Roger Rabbit, a toon who has been framed for the murder of the Acme Corporation's owner. Walt Disney Pictures purchased the film rights for the film's story in 1981. Price and Seaman wrote two drafts of the script before Disney brought in executive producer Steven Spielberg and his production company, Amblin Entertainment. Zemeckis was brought on to direct the film while Canadian animator Richard Williams was hired to supervise the animation sequences. Production was moved from Los Angeles to Elstree Studios in England to accommodate Williams and his group of animators. While filming, the production budget began to rapidly expand and the shooting schedule ran longer than expected. The film was released through Disney's Touchstone Pictures banner on June 22, 1988. It received acclaim from critics, who praised its visuals, humor, writing, and performances (particularly Hoskins), with critics and audiences considering it to be "groundbreaking". It grossed over $351 million worldwide, becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 1988. It brought a renewed interest in the Golden age of American animation, spearheading modern American animation and the Disney Renaissance.[7] It won three Academy Awards for Best Film Editing, Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Visual Effects and received a Special Achievement Academy Award for its animation direction by Williams. In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[8][9]

“Who Framed Roger Rabbit” #27Ben and Danielle discuss the beloved 1988 classic comedy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, directed by Robert Zemeckis. The movie stars Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant, a private detective who gets hired to investigate a scandal involving Jessica Rabbit and Marvin Acme. This case evolves into a murder case when Roger Rabbit gets framed for murdering the merchandise mogel. The hosts examine the themes of sticking to your morals, having a sense of humor, and learning to laugh. What do they think? Well, grab some popcorn, sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!Check out our website and social media pages!Website: https://www.podpage.com/reely-random-movie-reviews/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reelyrandommoviereviewsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelyrandommoviereviews/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MovieReelyMusic: "Nightmares Inn" by RKVCCasino Roulette Sound Effect: https://www.soundfishing.eu/sound/fortune-wheel

Referencing Episode 42 of The Airsoft Report, Eddie Valiant, gives his opinion on the question, "Do community events matter in Airsoft?"

In honor of Scott's birthday (and in honor of Kyle revealing he had never this movie) we are shaking up the format and talking about one of Scott's childhood favorite movies, a genuine cinematic masterpiece, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?! Join us as Scott takes Kyle on a guided tour of Toontown where we'll meet a plethora zany of cartoon characters, get to the bottom of who killed Marvin Acme, and avenge Eddie Valiant's brother! Check out our website www.madefortvpodcast.com and look for us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @made4tvpodcast

In 1988 Robert Zemeckis broke ground with his unique comedy whodunnit, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Roger Rabbit tells the story of the star of toon films who is suddenly implicated in the murder of the man who was playing Patty-Cake with his buxom wife, Jessica. To solve the case we are introduced to Eddie Valiant, an alcoholic P.I. who has a grudge against toons since his brother was murdered by one. Starring Christopher Lloyd and Bob Hoskins, WFRR broke ground with the level of animation it tied into the live-action and the movie was a critical and financial hit. But, does it hold up? Listen in as Jon, Colin, and Brent debate the ethics of cartoon/human relations as we decide; are toons in, or you should tune out.

Hello and welcome to the 56th episode of Film Freakz, the podcast about movies! Each episode is all about a single movie but this episode is about Who Framed Roger Rabbit from 1988. This podcast features YemmytheFerret (Yemmy), justkalas (Kalas), Taymation Studios (Tay), and GreedyWaffle (Nick). This movie was chosen by Yemmy who knows what rhymes with walls. This episode also features OdomK returning to the podcast, check him out at www.twitch.tv/OdomK . 'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Thanks for listening on all platforms! We want YOUR recommendations for the FAN VOTE! Send them in by commenting on the YouTube version, messaging us on our social medias, or sending us an email!

En mordmisstänkt berömd slapstickskådespelande tecknad kanin (Roger Rabibit) måste ta hjälp av den alkade detektiven Eddie Valiant som hatar allt tecknat. Kanske kan Eddie hjälpa Roger och i samma veva reda ut sitt sorgliga förflutna. Kanske att det är rimligt att människor tänder på tecknade kvinnor om de lever i vår värld. Kanske håller den. Manus: Gary K. Wolf, Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman Regi: Robert Zemeckis I rollerna: Bob Hoskins, Katleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer I studion: Martin Soneby, Erik Broström, Fanny Agazzi, Ola Aurell Gäst: Jonas Pike

“I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.” Since everyone is talking about Multiversal possibilities, we decided to travel back in time to 1988 and watch the original Disney and Warner Bros. crossover event; “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”! Jordan, Robert, Paul and Joe gush about the groundbreaking film directed by Robert Zemeckis. We discuss the depth of the characters such as Eddie Valiant and Roger Rabbit, how Jessica Rabbit is a perfect femme fatale, the strenuous filmmaking process, and how the team wound up hand-drawing over 80,000 individual frames of animation to complete the film. All this and MORE in our review of the classic “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”. We are also available via VIDEO on YouTube! Head to our LinkTree to subscribe! https://linktr.ee/PopKannon Engage with us on social media and tell us how wrong we are! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/popkannon/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/popkannon Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PopKannonPod/ Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/popkannoncollective

He was just a funny rabbit looking to prove his love. She was just an animated sex bomb in love with a rabbit who could make her laugh. So how did they did wind up involved in a complicated murder plot? Alls fair in love and war in the classic toon fest laugh riot, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. In the ultimate animated film where characters from both Disney and WB finally come together, we meet Roger Rabbit as he works with private eye Eddie Valiant to figure out who framed Roger and killed Marvin Acme to take over toon town. But the real question is—will Roger Rabbit make us laugh? Or will he commit the ultimate crime of being unfunny? Find out in this week's episode of Well...I Liked It! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/well-i-liked-it/support

Today, my guest is a prolific cinematographer, accomplished photographer, and member of the American Society of Cinematographers, Dean Cundey.Dean rose to fame for extraordinary cinematography in the 1980s and 1990s. His early start was working on the set of Halloween.  Dean is credited as director of photography on five Back To The Future films and Jurassic Park.The Halloween slasher franchise consisted of eleven films and was initially released in 1978. The films primarily focus on Michael Myers, who was committed to a sanitarium as a child for the murder of his sister, Judith Myers. Fifteen years later, he escapes to stalk and kill the people of the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois. Michael's killings occur on the holiday of Halloween, on which all of the films primarily take place. The second film, one of which Cundey served as director of photography, was based on Marty McFly, who had only just gotten back from the past when he is once again picked up by Dr. Emmett Brown and sent through time to the future. Marty's job in the future is to pose as his son to prevent him from being thrown in prison. Unfortunately, things get worse when the future changes the present.The three Back To The Future films Dean worked on grossed $388.8, $336, and $243 million globally, becoming all-time hits on budgets of $19, $40, and $40 million.Cundey is cited as being amongst some of the best directors of photography. In addition to his lighting skills, particularly in the famous hallway scene where the hidden face of Michael Myers is slowly revealed by way of a blue light next to the mask, he was among the first cinematographers to make use of a recent invention called the Steadicam, or paraglide.Some other shows and movies he's worked on include, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Tales of the Unexpected, Romancing the Stone, Invitation To Hell, Big Trouble in Little China, etc.Who Framed Roger Rabbit; A toon-hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hoping to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder. Basically, 'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead, and Roger is the prime suspect. Groundbreaking interaction between the live and animated characters, and lots of references to classic animation.Dean grew up an avid reader of the American Cinematographer magazines he would buy after school from a local camera shop close by. That was how his inspiration to pursue filmmaking came about. He shifted his focus to theater history while still taking some architectural design classes at California State University before he ultimately enrolled at the University of California Los Angeles film school.In 1993 Jurassic Park, Dean made a minor appearance as a boat crew member (Mate) while also staffed as director of photography. The film follows a pragmatic paleontologist visiting an almost complete theme park tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose. Huge advancements in scientific technology have enabled a mogul to create an island full of living dinosaurs. A park employee attempts to steal dinosaur embryos, critical security systems are shut down, and it now becomes a race for survival with dinosaurs roaming freely over the island.Cundey holds over one hundred and fifty cinematography & photography credits for movies, television, and short films. That is no small feat in this business. The man has stayed busy and booked since graduation from film school. That kind of consistency in Hollywood is only doable by having extreme persistence and excellence.One of the many things he did to stay prepared and on top of his craft was investing into building himself a ‘super van' or one couple call it a cinematographer's heaven that contained every equipment (cameras, editings tools, etc.) required to help him get work get and do work easily. We talk more about this in our chat.Enjoy my conversation with Dean Cundey.

It's about time we got all Looney up in ‘ere and what better way to do that than scoot back to 1988 to watch the comedy, adventure classic ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit', all thanks to a most triumphant listener Leeeeeeeroy. This episode we discuss the many moods, the many shades, and many sides of Eddie Valiant, we touch on old school animation techniques and we simultaneously mourn the loss of a little shoe while speculating the rise of vengeance…. in the name of Shoe Wick. If you have a moment please drop us a review, (Anything below 5 stars is like DIP to us, please think of the shoe) Email us at: sandimasfilm@gmail.com Twitter: @Sdfspod Instagram: @Sandimasfilm Facebook: www.facebook.com/sdsfpod At SDSF, we acknowledge and are grateful to our first storytellers, the Wurrunjuri people of the Kulin nation, the traditional custodians of the unceded lands we are recording on.

How do you craft difficult or detailed information from your story world in a way that engages audiences? There are any number of ways, but this episode deals with a three-step format for creating compelling expository content, both for narrative universes and standard stories! Join Steele Filipek, a gruff private eye, and a framed cartoon rabbit as they showcase this fun way to inspire audiences!Music - icons8.com, specifically https://icons8.com/music/author/ilya-marfinAudio Effects - freesound.org

Hosts Paris and David laugh their way through a discussion of the half animated, half live-action Robert Zemeckis film, 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'. Following the story of Eddie Valiant, a hardboiled detective type with a grudge against Toons, this movie introduced the world to the iconic Femme Fatale, Jessica Rabbit. Has the film stayed fresh? Or has it gone bad over time? Join our hosts and find out!

This week on Total Movie Recall, things get Freudian as they did for every little boy who stared confusedly at Jessica Rabbit and wondered what was happening to them. Handsome, chiseled leading man Bob Hoskins soldiers on in spite of the bleeding ulcer all that booze gave him, and Christopher Lloyd goes to eleven with his unhinged, terrifying performance. Did hentai exist before this movie? Because it sure as hell did after it. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) d. Robert Zemeckis Starring: Bob Hoskins Christopher Lloyd Kathleen Turner Joanna Cassidy  Charles Fleischer Stubby Kaye Alan Tilvern Joel Silver Mel Blanc Down-on-his-luck private eye Eddie Valiant gets hired by cartoon producer R.K. Maroon to investigate an adultery scandal involving Jessica Rabbit, the sultry wife of Maroon's biggest star, Roger Rabbit. But when Marvin Acme, Jessica's alleged paramour and the owner of Toontown, is found murdered, the villainous Judge Doom vows to catch and destroy Roger. Things discussed in the show: Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson) Forest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise) Woodstock documentary (Michael Wadleigh, Joan Baez, Richie Havens, Roger Daltrey) Fargo season 4 (Chris Rock, Francesco Acquaroli, Andrew Bird, Jessie Buckley, Salvatore Esposito, Jeremie Harris, Jack Huston, Amber Midthunder, Jason Schwartzman, Ben Whishaw) Billy Bob Thornton Snowpiercer (Bong Joon Ho, Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer, Ed Harris) Supernatural season 15 (Eric Kripke, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins, Alexander Calvert, Mark Pellegrino) Lobo vs. God in Lobo A Contract on Gawd Who Censored Roger Rabbit? (Gary K. Wolf) The Polar Express (Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks, Chris Coppola, Michael Jeter) Beowulf (Robert Zemeckis, Neil Gaiman, Roger Avary, Ray Winstone, Crispin Glover, Angelina Jolie) The Witches (Robert Zemeckis, Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci) Baby Herman, Eddie Valiant, The Ink and Paint Club, Paddy Cakes, Toon Town, Judge Doom, Herman's Shermans, Pistol Packin' Possum Steve Buscemi or Andy Serkis as the recast Roger Rabbit Hollywood Babylon (Fatty Arbuckle, Erol Flynn) Chinatown (Roman Polanski, Robert Towne, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston) Mickey Mouse 2013 ("Gulp" is the best episode, Disney, Chris Diamantopoulos, Russi Taylor, Bill Farmer) Dragon Con We're Doomed - Board game about getting a seat on the rocket fleeing Earth. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote) Goonies Hentai Thirstin Howl III - "Dreams of Fucking a Cartoon Bitch" Catalina Island Step Brothers (Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen) Portable Hole The Untouchables Nancy Cartwright is the voice of Shoe in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (Robert Stevenson, Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall) Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson) Bumping the Lamp Romancing the Stone (Robert Zemeckis, Diane Thomas, Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito) Body Heat (Lawrence Kasdan, William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna) Shave and a Haircut Harvey (Henry Koster, Mary Chase, James Stewart, Wallace Ford, William H. Lynn) Bullitt (Peter Yates, Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn) Ronin (John Frankenheimer, J.D. Zeik, Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone) Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin ride at Disneyland Back to the Future II (Robert Zemeckis, Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson) Predator Cool World (Ralph Bakshi, Gabriel Byrne, Kim Basinger, Janni Brenn) An American Werewolf in London The Jetsons (Hanna-Barbera, George O'Hanlon, Janet Waldo, Mel Blanc) The Flintstones - Wilma & Betty (Hanna-Barbera, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl) Scooby Doo - Velma & Daphne (Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Joseph Barbera, Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Nicole Jaffe) Family Guy - Lois Griffin (Seth MacFarlane, David Zuckerman, Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green) Futurama - Leela (David X. Cohen, Matt Groening, Billy West, John DiMaggio, Katey Sagal) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - April O'Neil (Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, David Wise, Cam Clarke, Barry Gordon, Rob Paulsen) The Little Mermaid - Ursala (Ron Clements, John Musker, Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Rene Auberjonois) Archer - Lana (Adam Reed, H. Jon Benjamin, Judy Greer, Amber Nash) The Real Ghostbusters - Janine Melnitz (Maurice LaMarche, Dave Coulier, Frank Welker) Talespin - Rebecca (Ed Gilbert, R.J. Williams, Sally Struthers) The Simpsons - Marge Simpson (James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer) Pocahontas (Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg, Mel Gibson, Linda Hunt, Christian Bale) Chip n Dale's Rescue Rangers - Gadget (Peter Cullen, Tress MacNeille, Corey Burton)

Well she asked for something fun, and what’s more fun than an animated rabbit with a big breasted wife? Disney, you out did yourself with this one. You made Doc Brown the bad guy, and Eddie Murphy still regrets turning down the role of Eddie Valiant. It was a fun one to tell!

Episode 7 of Shadows Podcast is now available at https://www.theshadowspodcast.com/ On this episode, Bodhi was able to talk with the creator and author of Who Censored Roger Rabbit, which turned into the feature length film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Gary K. Wolf! If you're a fan of the iconic film, this episode is sure to have something that you've never heard before. Gary talked about inspirations as a child, to include his blue cow story, where he got his inspirations for the Roger Rabbit book to include the characters Eddie Valiant, Jessica Rabbit, Roger Rabbit, and Baby Herman, having the Roger Rabbit novel rejected over 100 times before finally finding a publisher, how Disney hear about Who Censored Roger Rabbit, early ideas for the film, how Steven Speilberg was able to convince Warner Brothers to allow the Looney Tunes to appear in the film, racial implications in the film, the three Roger Rabbit short films, what's his one regret, what he wants his legacy to be and an amazing story about his A2 jacket from his time in the Air Force that will leave you speechless. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shadows-podcast/support

This week's episode,your favourite gingers take a trip into Toon Town! We join Eddie Valiant, a drunken private eye, helping to clear Roger Rabbit's name and find the true murderer of Marvin Acme!

Discussed: Arielle faces deep seeded childhood trauma as the Siblings revisit Who Framed Roger Rabbit and try to reconcile why Toon Town is such an unforgiving den of scum and villainy! Hell Dimension Toon Town!Mickey Mouse let a man die!The Happy Time Murders!No one wants to be Eddie Valiant!Judge Doom’s reasons why!The Toon Squad!The history of “Why Don’t You Do Right”! Contact us at adultsiblingsversus@gmail.comTwitter: @AdultVersus Theme Song: “Sellout” by Zombie Apocalypse NOW!https://antizombierock.bandcamp.com/

The Dip, Also Known As "Toon Acid", is a greenish, ghastly chemical seen in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It's Judge Doom's preferred method of Toon execution. According to Lieutenant Santino, it's a mixture of turpentine, acetone, and benzene, which all of them are paint-thinners. Combined in the real world, they make up the solution hand animators used to use to remove ink from animation cells. This could be considered an inside joke, as your average audience member would not know what these ingredients made up. While relatively harmless to humans, any toon that comes in contact with it will melt instantly and is apparently the only surefire way to kill a toon (although Eddie Valiant gets most of The Toon Patrol members to laugh themselves to death). Ironic enough, Judge Doom ends up being dipped himself near the end of the film, after revealing himself to be actually a toon. www.ObscureDisneyPodcast.com www.DisneyPatch.com www.Obscuri-D.com

HB starts the show by explaining that his presumed absence last week was ACTUALLY a super presence, because even though there was no ILaPoW episode PER SE, ILaPoW presented the NEW SHOW, EVERYDAY COSPLAY with EVERYDAY ROGUE is out on all the platforms and ready for your consumption! Then he launches into some personal updates, family, living situations, job stuff. Nothing huge. AND THEN we are honored to be joined by Creator of Roger Rabbit, Jessica Rabbit, Baby Herman and Eddie Valiant, author and all-around cool guy, GARY K WOLF! I KNOW!! He and Handsome Bane dish on the origins of Roger, Gary's relationship with Disney, how different the book is from the film, WHY pray tell, Roger went from being a BROWN bunny in the book to a WHITE bunny in the film (It's a very reasonable explanation) HB auditions and politics for a role in a future project and (jokingly) agrees to preorder THOUSANDS of copies of Gary's next book. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ila-pow/message

Rufus may have gotten Alice's three hundred grand from the P.O. Box, but now he's got a henchman holding him at gunpoint. Can our hapless hero make it out of this captive situation and get back to his new love without taking any more lead in his belly? Find out in the exciting conclusion of “Laughter's the Best Medicine”!   And this week we're talkin toons! “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” seamlessly blends the conventions of a noir story with the antics and humor of classic Warner Brothers and Disney cartoons. You've got Bob Hoskins as the hard drinking gumshoe Eddie Valiant going up against a band of gangster weasels and a certain buxom redheaded femme fatale named Jessica Rabbit who's about as far from a Disney Princess as you can get without falling off a cliff in a puff a smoke Wile E. Coyote style. So join us as we talk about this smart mix of film noir and cartoon chaos.

Private eye Eddie Valiant gets in over his head when he accepts a lousy snoop job that leads him into the murky shadows of 40s Hollywood, in a tale of greed, sex, murder and toons. The perfect mix of golden age animation and 40s gumshoe noir, Who Framed Roger Rabbit won awards and was a box office blockbuster, appealing to adults and kids alike. All The Right Movies are here to make people laugh, and we will work for peanuts.

Special guest TieTuesday joins us for his first time viewing of the Super Mario Bros Movie. Follow along as The Pest and Eddie Valiant battle that egg-sucking bastard King Koopa through underground Bladerunner sets using the most high-octane plumbing action you've ever seen.

On this week's Bonus Features, Carie and Ross talk about Mrs. America and Ross proffers what might have happened to Eddie Valiant after Who Framed Roger Rabbit. 

2:34 - Who made the better Private Eye (Eddie Valiant or Basil of Baker Street)?9:56 - Out of the Vault - Who should really have played Eddie Valiant and Judge Doom?18:20 - Which of these two movies has the seedier setting?23:11 - Out of the Vault - Pitch flavorless titles for 5 classic Disney movies28:01 - What’s the better movie?Follow on TwitterFollow on InstagramLike us on FacebookDon’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe!

Coming to you all the way from Toontown, we bring you the latest episode of the Thinking Outside the Longbox podcast! This is one of our pop culture classic episodes!! I was one year old when this movie came out in 1988, and had yet to discover, Who Framed Roger Rabbit!! Starring Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, and Charles Fleischer as the voice of Roger Rabbit, this was a fun look back onto a silly story between humans, and cartoons! Roger Rabbit is framed for murder, and detective Eddie Valiant has to found out who is really behind the murder! Very fun, and pretty good looking for it's time, this is definitely one movie you should revisit! Remember, we are ALWAYS looking for feedback from our listeners! Whether you want to talk to us about a topic we spoke about on a show, or want to bring up your own topics, you can let your opinion/voice be heard! You can send your emails HERE. The conversation doesn't just end on the shows either, hopefully you'll engage with us on Facebook, Twitter, and our Instagram pages!. If you like what you hear, be sure to leave us a review on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcast catcher!! If you want to lend your voice to the show on a certain topic, you can ALSO leave us voicemail!!! Call the Michael Kuyrk memorial 970-573-6148 and leave us a hilarious message!!! PLUS FOR AS LITTLE AS $1/MONTH you can support us on Patreon!! A lot of cool extras on there for those who support!! Our YouTube Our Stitcher Our iTunes Patreon Amazon Credit - Doyle Daniels, Juan Muro, Gabe Llanas, Tim Huskey

Pikachu, cual Sherlock Holmes, decide resolver, una desaparición. Como si de Eddie Valiant y Roger Rabbit, se tratarán, nuestros amigos, deberán resolver un asuntos, que se les escapa de las manos. Lo conseguirán. Pues para eso debereís ver "Detective Pikachu". Felices Reyes, espero que os hayais portado bien. Crítico: Doc Further.

Today we venture off to ToonTown with our friends from Random Movie Roulette: Louis, Mike, and Jack! We muse on how toons procreate, the severity of Eddie Valiant's rampant alcoholism, and who thought this would be appropriate for children, among many other things.

In the inaugural episode of Sequel's Revenge, guest Bente Engelstoft joins hosts Jon Colomb and Bill Posley to pitch a sequel to the 1988 noir classic "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".  You can follow Bente Engelstoft on instagram @benteingrid.  "Who Killed Eddie Valiant" Cast: Narrator/Jessica Rabbinowitz: Honora Talbott (@honorathexplora) Roger Rabbit: Bill Posley (@billposley) Delores/Narrator: Bente Engelstoft (@benteingrid) Betty Boop: Zack Colonna (@zackcolonna) Written By: Jonathan Colomb (@15yardpenalty)

This week, we discuss the classic movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit! Who else nearly played Eddie Valiant? Which cartoon characters showed up? What happened in This Week in Disney History? All this and more!

It's been a long while since Rob got the chance to take the reins of the Crooked Table Podcast (ever since the new format debuted in December 2018 with our Ace Ventura: Pet Detective episode). Now, with his birthday upon us, Rob — and returning guest Jeannine Yaniz — talk about one of his all-time favorite films, 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Director Robert Zemeckis's live-action/animated hybrid may be a technical feat that still holds up today, but it is also a formative film for our host. From childhood playthings to childlike inspirations, listen in to find out how the most inappropriate Disney film this side of Return to Oz made a tremendous impact on the birthday boy. Who Framed Roger Rabbit synopsis, courtesy of Amblin Entertainment: Director Robert Zemeckis’ feature follow-up to the original Back to the Future (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit continued the filmmaker’s startling blend of humor, imagination, invention and technical innovation to bring together a world where human beings and animated cartoon characters interacted in a comical romantic mystery adventure set in a Hollywood—and Toontown—of yore. Bob Hoskins stars as Eddie Valiant, a down-on-his-luck gumshoe with a painful past and a dislike of the lunacy of toons—thrust against his better instincts into a whodunnit with a harebrained hare, Roger Rabbit, a cuckolded cuckoo convicted of murdering gag magnate Marvin Acme. Eddie and Roger pair up, much to Eddie’s chagrin, to find Acme’s real murderer, only to uncover a cover-up that could bring ruination (all in the name of progress) to both Tinseltown and Toontown forever! Featuring lively performances by Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future) and Joanna Cassidy, along with a gallery of toons both new and beloved—including cameos by no-less animated aristocracy than Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, Daffy Duck and many, many more from the Golden Age of animation, Who Framed Roger Rabbit is the kind of film that must be seen to be believed—and beloved. SHOW NOTES Want to appear on a future episode of the Crooked Table Podcast? Find out how over at crookedtable.com/guest! Join the Crooked Table Crew by becoming an official patron over at Patreon.com/CrookedTable Subscribe to the Crooked Table Podcast on iTunes so that you never miss a moment! Listen to the Crooked Table Podcast on Spotify! The Crooked Table Podcast is also on Stitcher! Robert Yaniz Jr. can be reached on Twitter at @crookedtable. Connect with Crooked Table on social media: Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Tumblr

WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? It's 1947 Hollywood and Eddie Valiant, a down-on-his-luck detective is hired to find proof that Marvin Acme, gag factory mogul and owner of Toontown, is playing hanky-panky with femme fatale Jessica Rabbit, wife of Maroon Cartoon superstar, Roger Rabbit. When Acme is found murdered, all fingers point to Roger, who begs the Toon-hating Valiant to find the real evildoer. Alan and Craig talk with Cary Gordon (@metalgeeks on Twitter)  about evolving special effects, Cary's Metal Geeks podcast, reining in talented directors and the movie “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” on this week's Matinee Heroes. Show Notes 1:08 Alan and Craig talk to Cary about what his MSRCast/Metal Geeks podcast is all about. 17:17 Discussion of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" 39:21 Recasting 57:53 Double Feature 1:02:07    Final Thoughts 1:12:12    Alan and Craig preview next week's movie "Iron Man" Next week Alan and Craig kick-off Marvelous March with the movie that started it all "Iron Man"

WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? It's 1947 Hollywood and Eddie Valiant, a down-on-his-luck detective is hired to find proof that Marvin Acme, gag factory mogul and owner of Toontown, is playing hanky-panky with femme fatale Jessica Rabbit, wife of Maroon Cartoon superstar, Roger Rabbit. When Acme is found murdered, all fingers point to Roger, who begs the Toon-hating Valiant to find the real evildoer. Alan and Craig talk with Cary Gordon (@metalgeeks on Twitter)  about evolving special effects, Cary’s Metal Geeks podcast, reining in talented directors and the movie “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” on this week’s Matinee Heroes. Show Notes 1:08 Alan and Craig talk to Cary about what his MSRCast/Metal Geeks podcast is all about. 17:17 Discussion of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" 39:21 Recasting 57:53 Double Feature 1:02:07    Final Thoughts 1:12:12    Alan and Craig preview next week's movie "Iron Man" Next week Alan and Craig kick-off Marvelous March with the movie that started it all "Iron Man"

This week, I had the honor of talking to Roger Rabbit creator Gary K. Wolf, whose unorthodox noir mystery book "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" was the basis for the 1988 Disney / Amblin blockbuster. We talk about the origins of the character, his other works, Wolf's memories on set, and how Roger changed both his and Eddie Valiant's lives. I am so proud of this episode and am so grateful Gary could speak to be for so long! Since his original book, Gary has released two other Roger Rabbit novels, and a compendium of short stories inspired by the rabbit and his crew, "The Road to Toontown". Special Guest: Gary K. Wolf.

Where does our DeLorean take us this week? The 30th anniversary of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" just passed and the 88 MPH gang is talking all about it, including fun trivia about the movie like Harrison Ford was almost being casted as Eddie Valiant. Plus our hosts talk about their first concerts, Chris' many travels and the song of the week featuring Sting! Hop into our DeLorean and go back in time with a podcast that talks about the past, including pop culture, video games, random life stories, but mostly about the movies from our past.

When a serious Private Investigator takes a cartoonish case, the possibility of insanity (or at least inanity) increases by a factor of 88.  To prove the point, Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, and Alan Silvestri combined film noir with cartoon antics in a live action/animated movie named Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Tune in for ‘toons this week on TechnoRetro Dads.   In the NEWS The Hilarious House of Frightenstein looks to get a reboot, eh?  Eggo’s boost in sales from the Stranger Things craze has abated.  Showbiz Pizza’s house band, The Rockafire Explosion is back together, playing at an arcade in Kansas City.  Everyone’s favorite video game hedgehog (Sonic) is getting his own movie.   We Love Our Cereal Shane in Grand Rapids lets us know about the Cold Stone Creamery mashup with Malt-O-Meal for ice cream cereal.  After hearing about the Dippin’ Dots cereals last week, we think this might be a trend.  PLUS:  JediShua gives his first thoughts on Chips Ahoy! cereal and shazbazzar reviews Dippin’ Dots Banana Split cereal.      Who Framed Roger Rabbit Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Kathleen Turner, and Charles Fleisher combined forces in 1988 to create the one-of-a-kind live action/animation movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit.  It’s a tale of mystery, murder, and maroons in a world where cartoons are people, too.  The trouble doubles when Roger Rabbit is framed for the murder of Marvin Acme and Judge Doom’s goon squad searches high and low for the scared hare.  Reluctant detective Eddie Valiant goes against his long-standing practice of avoiding ‘toons and protects Roger long enough to get to the bottom of the case.  Speaking of bottoms, Lou Hirsch portrays Baby Herman, a baby-faced ‘toon actor who is in dire need of a diaper change.  If you haven’t seen Who Framed Roger Rabbit, you need to get to it immediately!  (WARNING: Parental Guidance Suggested)   Feedback Mike MacDonald spots Star Wars in The Great Outdoors so shaz and Shua identify the fast food premiums from 1980 and 1983.  Jonathan Bell lets us know what he thought about Won’t You Be My Neighbor and The Dark Crystal.  Jeff Baucom pulls out the Brian Daley Han Solo novels and reminds us about the Lando Calrissian Adventures (which, evidently, Lando didn’t forget to chronicle in Solo: A Star Wars Story).   Thanks for tuning in to TechnoRetro Dads, EarBuds!  Don’t forget to rate and review TechnoRetro Dads on iTunes, share us and with us on social media, and join discussions about toys, cereal, games, movies and/or shows from the ‘70s and ‘80s by giving the ‘Dads your feedback via voice mail at (209) 878-7323 or sending us a message or mp3 via electronic-M to podcast@TechnoRetroDads.com.   Share and enjoy.

In this short Appendix episode I talk about the novel that created Roger Rabbit, Jessica Rabbit, and Eddie Valiant and was the basis for the 1988 movie.

Welcome everyone to Episode 113 of Operation Retroshock! On the agenda: Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Allan & Chris head back to 1988 for a trip to Toon Town. Chris asks the questions, What did we think of the other potemtial actors who were up to play Eddie Valiant and Judge Doom? Do we think this will stand the test of time? and what other animated features did this maybe inspire? Plus plenty more. Want your say? Tweet us @RetroshockPod! As always Enjoy!(Also get in touch via social media, we'd love to hear from old school listeners. Plus feel free to spread the word of the show.)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be a part of the show by contacting us in a number of ways: Join our Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/OperationRetroshock and Twitter: @RetroshockPod @Vinto316 and @AllanGWPrice these places are where you can discuss anything that happens on the show and request things for the future! So check it out! Skype: Vinto316 - Leave us a voicemail to do with your thoughts on what has been covered or just something to be played on the show. Don’t forget to hit the subscribe button here on Podbean, Stitcher or Itunes

We're off to Toon Town this week with Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg's 1988 animation/live action hybrid Who Frames Roger Rabbit. Featuring a cast of characters from Warner Bros. through to Disney, Who Framed Roger Rabbit tells the story of Eddie Valiant, a Private Investigator who must exonerate the titular cartoon star, Roger Rabbit, when he is framed of murder. Since its release the film has gained a cult following, and we're going to find out why.

This week the guys take on the pioneer family film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." They discuss the coming together of Warner Brothers and Disney, how this movie became an official Disney Movie and the technological marvel that this movie truly was. Joe reveals secrets behind the screen tests including which well known actor played Eddie Valiant in the tests and which director Robert Zemeckis helped bring into Hollywood. They name the actors who were considered to star in the movie and Todd confesses what his dream job would be.

Guerreiros, em guarda! Nesta nova missão, Fábio Moreira (@facosmo), Marcos Moreira (@marvincosmo), Rafael Motta (@RalfMotta) e Clarisse Machado (@clamlemos) vêm para esta missão mostrar a primeira reunião de todos os desenhos da nossa infância, numa investigação muito especial!

If you grew up in the 1980's, chances are this film holds a special place in your heart.  A groundbreaking (although rarely outmatched) meld of animation and live action, 'WFRR?' is a classic example of film noir.  Bob Hoskins is private eye Eddie Valiant, still emotionally wounded by the death of his brother, at the hands of a 'Toon no less. Through a seemingly simple job, Valiant finds himself mixed up in the world of 'Toons, even though he can't stand them. In a classic 'unlikely friendship' twist, Valiant finds himself protecting Roger Rabbit from the evil Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd).  This movie has it all, including overtly sexual references that tickled the eyes and ears of many a pre-teen since 1988.  Emily is the guest on the program, and she shares her appreciation of 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' with Andrew and Phil. You can download the podcast here by right-clicking on the hypertext link and choosing "save as", or you can use the convenient player attached to this post.

Our favorite Bob Hoskins performances that aren't Eddie Valiant or Mr. Smee