Podcasts about My Science Project

**This Podcast is part of the South African Podcasters Guild and has taken a pledge to be a cool podcaster. Read the pledge here: https://www.sapg.co.za/the-south-african-podcasters-pledgeRDJ & AMH on SNL? WTF?!?! An 80s something Paulo didn't know and even though Robert Downey Junior as George Michael wasn't funny at all, it was still better than Doolittle.Paulo recommends an 80s teen time travel movie that would be the best 80s teen time travel movie - if Back to the Future 1, Back to the Future 2, Peggy Sue Got Married, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure or Flight of the Navigator didn't exist.You'll never guess who the richest actress from the 80s is and imagine ignoring the unknown opening act at an 80s Hall & Oates concert - only to look back from the bar and see that the lead singer is Cher.Jump To: - Robert Downey Jr. and Anthony Michael Hall on SNL (00:01:44): https://x.com/georgekyria/status/1680616447431565312?utm_source=chatgpt.com - Christiania Podcast (00:12:28): https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/598-christiania/ - My Science Project Overview (00:23:02): https://youtu.be/Vlqmk2URDFY?si=Wmi58nMtlzMq3xcM - Jamie Gertz's Wealth (00:31:19): https://www.2oceansvibe.com/2025/05/09/this-billionaire-you-forgot-from-the-80s-is-richer-than-taylor-swift-and-clooney-combined/ - Cher's Rock Band (00:33:05): https://ultimateclassicrock.com/cher-black-rose/https://youtu.be/bbtmMV_OAN0?si=VOHdIx9Pqnm-Kl3F#1980s, #pop culture, #Robert Downey Jr., #Anthony Michael Hall, #Saturday Night Live, #SNL, #Brat Pack, #Sixteen Candles, #The Breakfast Club, #Less Than Zero, #nostalgia, #Christiania, #Copenhagen, #alternative community, #drug use, #countercultural movement, #Bifrost, #flower power rock band, #Icon, #99% Invisible, #sci-fi teen movies, #Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, #Explorers, #The Last Starfighter, #Flight of the Navigator, #My Science Project, #female billionaires, #Oprah Winfrey, #Jamie Gertz, #Cher, #Black Rose, #entertainment industry, #cultural landscape, #humor, #addiction, #legacy of 80s stars, #comedy, #creativity, #chaos.

Send us a textThis scientific romp was part of the ultimate trio released in August 1985. Real Genius, Weird Science, and My Science Project were released within one week of each other and just one month after Back to the Future. With Martha Coolidge at the helm, this movie spared the usual sophomoric fare we all love the '80s for. I love those sentence-ending prepositions. I ain't know much, but I know what I like. And I likes me some Val Kilmer. With no pandering to the usual bully/nerd tropes, this movie was rewritten and executed in a way that reveres the nerds and underdogs, full stop. 

Prepare to buckle up for a trip through the hallowed halls of high school turned time-space continuum calamity in this episode of Time Pop!

Actor, producer and director Raphael Sbarge joins us to revisit the origins of his 40+ year career in the entertainment industry. Starting with a role on Sesame Street, Raphael has been in some of our favorite 80s flicks: Vision Quest, Risky Business, and My Science Project.  He also answers our listeners' questions about Werewolf (because of course), 1993's Carnosaur, how the film industry has changed and stayed the same, his favorite soundtracks, and navigating the world of being a child actor.  More recently, Raphael directed a documentary about the history of the iconic arthouse cinema chain, Laemmle Theatres called "Only in Theaters". Check it out here! Get the Vision Quest inspired “It ain't the six minutes…” shirt from IYKYTEES here! And get 15% off when you enter the code $2Vision Dig our show? Please consider supporting us on Patreon for tons of bonus content and appreciation: www.patreon.com/twodollarlatefee Please follow/subscribe and rate us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-dollar-late-fee Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/ Instagram: @twodollarlatefee Subscribe to our YouTube Check out Jim Walker's intro/outro music on Bandcamp: jvamusic1.bandcamp.com Facebook: facebook.com/Two-Dollar-Late-Fee-Podcast Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/two-dollar-late-fee IMDB: https://www.imdb.com Two Dollar Late Fee is a part of the nutritious Geekscape Network Every episode is produced, edited, and coddled by Zak Shaffer (@zakshaffer) & Dustin Rubin (@dustinrubinvo) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1985's Vision Quest is a celebrated cult classic! Dustin & Zak discuss the movie and it's phenomenal soundtrack, which includes the hit songs “Only The Young” by Journey & “Lunatic Fringe” by Red Rider…oh and “Crazy For You” by Madonna. In this pre-episode to their upcoming interview with Raphael Sbarge (Risky Business, Vision Quest, My Science Project), D & Z talk longer than “6 minutes” about Vision Quest and its radical soundtrack featuring Journey, Red Rider, Sammy Hagar, & Madonna! Notable moments from 1985 are also discussed. Enjoy! Get the “It ain't the six minutes…” shirt from IYKYTEES here! And get 15% off when you enter the code $2Vision Dig our show? Please consider supporting us on Patreon for tons of bonus content and appreciation: www.patreon.com/twodollarlatefee Please follow/subscribe and rate us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-dollar-late-fee Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/ Instagram: @twodollarlatefee Subscribe to our YouTube Check out Jim Walker's intro/outro music on Bandcamp: jvamusic1.bandcamp.com Facebook: facebook.com/Two-Dollar-Late-Fee-Podcast Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/two-dollar-late-fee IMDB: https://www.imdb.com Two Dollar Late Fee is a part of the nutritious Geekscape Network Every episode is produced, edited, and coddled by Zak Shaffer (@zakshaffer) & Dustin Rubin (@dustinrubinvo) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the last day of her Seed & Spark funding campaign for her new vampiric short film Mourning Sacrifice. Tonya Todd joins us to discuss another director's passion project Wes Craven's Deadly Friend! A film with a multiple personality disorder, given life by meddling executives & Craven's own personal problems. Join me as we discuss Frankenstein, annoying robot voices & that basketball scene... #PrepareForPrattle Please donate ASAP towards Tonya's film here! https://seedandspark.com/fund/mourning-sacrifice#story Here is also a link to her website. https://www.mstonyatodd.com/ If you want a deeper dive into the work of Wes Craven listen to myself & Dan Burgess talk about My Soul To Take from earlier this year... https://pod.fo/e/16d5a5 If you want to read the book I mention its here on Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Umbrella-Weirdest-Horror-Weapons/dp/1593939310 Also I'm pretty sure the film she referenced with Fisher Stevens was My Science Project (1985) here's the trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB2ToxVtoc4 Where to find the Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores Podcast… Follow this link to find your preferred podcast catcher of choice ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pod.link/danbores⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/secretbores⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/dan_bores?lang=en ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tiktok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.tiktok.com/@dan_bores⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/spiderdansecretbores/?hl=en⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.com/invite/CeVrdqdpjk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ IMDB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22023774/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Letterboxd: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/spiderdan_2006/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like, share, comment, subscribe etc. and don't forget to use the #PrepareForPrattle when you interact with us. Please subscribe to The Pop Culture Collective newsletter to find out what myself, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Comics In Motion⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and all the other related podcasts are up to week by week ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://pccnewsletter.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ I'd like to thank my patrons on #Patreon for their continuing donations it is very much appreciated and helps PrattleWorld keep turning and if you ever find yourself in a position to help the podcast please consider it. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/spiderdanandthesecretbores⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you would like to make a one off donation head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/spiderdanandthesecretbores⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to #JoinThePrattalion and to be briefed in full on the #SecretBores head over to #PrattleWorld ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.spiderdanandthesecretbores.com/⁠

In this episode Pax breaks down the 1985 sci-fi teen romp, My Science Project!

On this episode, we continue our informal miniseries on the 1980s movies of director Martha Coolidge with a look back at her 1985 under appreciated classic, Real Genius. ----more---- TRANSCRIPT   From Los Angeles, California, the Entertainment Capital of the World, it's The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today.   Before we hop in to today's episode, I want to thank every person listening, from whatever part of the planet you're at. Over the nearly four years I've been doing this podcast, we've had listeners from 171 of the 197 countries, and occasionally it's very surreal for this California kid who didn't amount to much of anything growing to think there are people in Myanmar and the Ukraine and other countries dealing with war within their borders who still find time to listen to new episodes of a podcast about 33 plus year old mostly American movies when they're released. I don't take your listenership lightly, and I just want you to know that I truly appreciate it. Thank you.   Okay, with that, I would like to welcome you all to Part Three of our informal miniseries on the 1980s movies of director Martha Coolidge.   When we left Ms. Coolidge on our previous episode, her movie Joy of Sex had bombed, miserably. But, lucky for her, she had already been hired to work on Real Genius before Joy of Sex had been released.   The script for Real Genius, co-written by Neal Israel and Pat Proft, the writers of Bachelor Party, had been floating around Hollywood for a few years. It would tell the story of a highly intelligent high school kid named Mitch who would be recruited to attend a prestigious CalTech-like college called Pacific Tech, where he would be teamed with another genius, Chris, to build a special laser with their professor, not knowing the laser is to be used as a weapon to take out enemy combatants from a drone-like plane 30,000 feet above the Earth.   ABC Motion Pictures, a theatrical subsidy of the American television network geared towards creating movies that could be successful in theatres before playing on television, would acquire the screenplay in the early 1980s, but after the relative failure of a number of their initial projects, including National Lampoon's Class Reunion and Young Doctors in Love, would sell the project off to Columbia Pictures, who would make the film one of the first slate of films to be produced by their sister company Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture between Columbia, the cable network Home Box Office, and, ironically, the CBS television network, which was also created towards creating movies that could be successful in theatres before playing on television. Tri-Star would assign Brian Grazer, a television producer at Paramount who had segued to movies after meeting with Ron Howard during the actor's last years on Happy Days, producing Howard's 1982 film Night Shift and 1984 film Splash, to develop the film.   One of Grazer's first moves would be to hire Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, writers on Happy Days who helped to create Laverne and Shirley and Joanie Loves Chachi, to rewrite the script to attract a director. Ganz and Mandel had also written Night Shift and rewrote the script for Splash, and Grazer considered them his lucky charm. After trying to convince Ron Howard to board the project instead of Cocoon, Grazer would create a list of up and coming filmmakers he would want to work with. And toward the top of that list was Martha Coolidge.   Coolidge would naturally gravitate towards Real Genius, and she would have an advantage that no other filmmaker on Grazer's list would have: her fiancee, Michael Backes, was himself an egghead, a genius in physics and biochemistry who in the years to come would become good friends with the writer and filmmaker Michael Crichton, working as a graphics supervisor on the movie version of Chricton's book Jurassic Park, a co-writer of the screenplay based on Chricton's book Rising Sun, and an associate producer on the movie version of Chricton's book Congo.   Once Coolidge was signed on to direct Real Genius in the spring of 1984, she and Backes would work with former SCTV writer and performer PJ Torokvei as they would spend time talking to dozens of science students at CalTech and USC, researching laser technology, and the policies of the CIA. They would shape the project to something closer to what Grazer said he loved most about its possibility, the possibility of genius. "To me,” Grazer would tell an interviewer around the time of the film's release, “a genius is someone who can do something magical, like solve a complex problem in his head while I'm still trying to figure out the question. I don't pretend to understand it, but the results are everywhere around us. We work, travel, amuse ourselves and enhance the quality of life through technology, all of which traces back to what was once an abstract idea in the mind of some genius.”   When their revised screenplay got the green light from the studio with an $8m budget, Grazer and Coolidge got to the task of casting the film. While the young genius Mitch was ostensibly the lead character in the film, his roommate Chris would need a star to balance out the relative obscurity of his co-star. A number of young actors in Hollywood would be seen, but their choice would be 25 year old Val Kilmer, whose first movie, Top Secret!, had not yet opened in theatres but had hot buzz going for it as the followup film for the Airplane! writing/directing team of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker.   Fourteen year old Gabe Jarret, whose only previous film work had been in a minor role in the 1981 Tony Danza/Danny DeVito comedy Going Ape!, would land the coveted role of Mitch, while supporting roles would go to Coolidge's former costars Michelle Meyrink, Deborah Foreman and Robert Prescott, as well as William Atherton, who at the time was on movie screens as Walter Peck, the main human antagonist to the Ghostbusters, as Chris and Mitch's duplicitous professor, Jerry Hathaway, and Patti D'Arbanville, who had made a splash on screens in 1981 as Chevy Chase's long-suffering girlfriend in Modern Problems.   Shooting would begin on Real Genius in Southern California on November 12th, 1984. Most of the film would be shot on sets built at the Hollywood Center Studios, just a few blocks west of the Paramount Studios lot, while several major set pieces, including the memorable finale involving Professor Hathaway's house, a space laser and 190,000 pounds of popcorn, were shot in the then quiet suburban area of Sand Canyon, a few miles east of Magic Mountain, a popular theme park and filming area about 45mins north of Hollywood Center Studios. Outdoor scenes standing in for the Pacific Tech campus would be filmed at Occidental College in Eagle Rock and Pomona College in Claremont, while some scenes would be filmed at General Atomics outside San Diego, standing in for an Air Force base in the film's climax. Shooting on the film would finish after the first of the year, giving Coolidge and her editor, Richard Chew, about seven months to get the film in shape for a planned August 7th, 1985, release.   Going in to the Summer 1985 movie season, Real Genius was positioned to be one of the hit films of the summer. They had a hot up and coming star in Val Kilmer, a hot director in Martha Coolidge, and a fairly solid release date in early August. But then, there ended up being an unusual glut of science fiction and sci-fi comedy movies in the marketplace at the same time. In March, Disney released the dinosaur-themed Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, which was not a good film and bombed pretty bad. In June, there was the artificial intelligence film D.A.R.Y.L., which was not a good film and bombed pretty bad. In July, there was Back to the Future, which was a very good film and became one of the biggest successes of the year, and there was Explorers, Joe Dante's followup to Gremlins, which featured Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix as teenage boys who build their own spacecraft to explore outer space, and although it was one of the best movies released in the summer of 1985, it too bombed pretty bad.    But then, in a seven day period in early August, we had Weird Science, which was not very good and not very successful, Real Genius, and My Science Project, another Disney movie about a glowing orb thing from outer space that causes a lot of problems for a lazy high school student looking for something to use for his science class final, which is one of the worst movies of the year, and bombed worse than any of the other movies mentioned.   Weird Science, John Hughes' followup to his surprise hit The Breakfast Club, released only six months earlier, would open on August 1st, and come in fourth place with $4.9m from 1158 theatres. In its second weekend of release, Weird Science would lose 40% of its opening weekend audience, coming in fifth with $2.97m. But that would still be better than Real Genius, which opened on Wednesday, August 5th, which would come in sixth in its opening weekend, with $2.56m from 990 locations. My Science Project, opening on August 7th, could only manage to open in 13th place with $1.5m from 1003 theatres. That would be worse than a reissue of E.T. in its fourth weekend of release.   In its second weekend, Real Genius would only drop 14% of its opening weekend audience, coming in with $2.2m from 956 locations, but after a third weekend, losing a third of its screens and 46% of its second week audience, Real Genius would be shuttled off to the dollar houses, where it would spend another seventeen weeks before exiting theatres with only $12.95m worth of tickets sold.   However, it is my personal opinion is that the film failed to find an audience because it was perceived as being too smart for a simple audience. Real Genius celebrates intelligence. It doesn't pander to its audience. In many ways, it belittles stupidity, especially Mitch's moronic parents. Revenge is dished out in the most ingenious ways, especially at the end with Professor Hathaway's house, to the point where the science behind how Chris and Mitch did what the did is still actively debated thirty-eight years later. Caltech students served as consultants on the film, and played students in the background, while Dr. Martha Gunderson, a physics professor at USC whose vast knowledge about lasers informed the writers during the development stage, played a math professor on screen. Finally, to help promote the film, Martha Coolidge and producer Brian Grazer held the first-ever online press conference through the CompuServe online service, even though there were less than 125,000 on the entire planet who had CompuServe access in August 1985.   Today, the film is rightfully regardless as a classic, but it wouldn't make Val Kilmer a star quite yet. That, of course, would happen in 1986, when he co-starred as Tom Cruise's frenemy in Tony Scott's Top Gun. Gabe Jarret would eventually become Gabriel Jarret, appearing in such movies as Karate Kid 3, Apollo 13 and The American President, and he continues to work in movies and on television to this day. Sadly, the same cannot be said for Michelle Meyrink, who would quit acting three years after making Real Genius, but we'll talk about that on our next episode. And, of course, William Atherton would cement his reputation as the chucklenut Gen Xers love to hate when he played the cocky television reporter Dick Thornburg in the first two Die Hard movies.   And with that, we come to the end of this episode. Thank you for joining us.    We'll talk again next week, when Episode 111, on Coolidge's 1988 comedy Plain Clothes, is released.   Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, The80sMoviePodcast.com, for extra materials about the movies we covered this episode.   The 80s Movies Podcast has been researched, written, narrated and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment.   Thank you again.   Good night.

On this episode, we continue our informal miniseries on the 1980s movies of director Martha Coolidge with a look back at her 1985 under appreciated classic, Real Genius. ----more---- TRANSCRIPT   From Los Angeles, California, the Entertainment Capital of the World, it's The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today.   Before we hop in to today's episode, I want to thank every person listening, from whatever part of the planet you're at. Over the nearly four years I've been doing this podcast, we've had listeners from 171 of the 197 countries, and occasionally it's very surreal for this California kid who didn't amount to much of anything growing to think there are people in Myanmar and the Ukraine and other countries dealing with war within their borders who still find time to listen to new episodes of a podcast about 33 plus year old mostly American movies when they're released. I don't take your listenership lightly, and I just want you to know that I truly appreciate it. Thank you.   Okay, with that, I would like to welcome you all to Part Three of our informal miniseries on the 1980s movies of director Martha Coolidge.   When we left Ms. Coolidge on our previous episode, her movie Joy of Sex had bombed, miserably. But, lucky for her, she had already been hired to work on Real Genius before Joy of Sex had been released.   The script for Real Genius, co-written by Neal Israel and Pat Proft, the writers of Bachelor Party, had been floating around Hollywood for a few years. It would tell the story of a highly intelligent high school kid named Mitch who would be recruited to attend a prestigious CalTech-like college called Pacific Tech, where he would be teamed with another genius, Chris, to build a special laser with their professor, not knowing the laser is to be used as a weapon to take out enemy combatants from a drone-like plane 30,000 feet above the Earth.   ABC Motion Pictures, a theatrical subsidy of the American television network geared towards creating movies that could be successful in theatres before playing on television, would acquire the screenplay in the early 1980s, but after the relative failure of a number of their initial projects, including National Lampoon's Class Reunion and Young Doctors in Love, would sell the project off to Columbia Pictures, who would make the film one of the first slate of films to be produced by their sister company Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture between Columbia, the cable network Home Box Office, and, ironically, the CBS television network, which was also created towards creating movies that could be successful in theatres before playing on television. Tri-Star would assign Brian Grazer, a television producer at Paramount who had segued to movies after meeting with Ron Howard during the actor's last years on Happy Days, producing Howard's 1982 film Night Shift and 1984 film Splash, to develop the film.   One of Grazer's first moves would be to hire Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, writers on Happy Days who helped to create Laverne and Shirley and Joanie Loves Chachi, to rewrite the script to attract a director. Ganz and Mandel had also written Night Shift and rewrote the script for Splash, and Grazer considered them his lucky charm. After trying to convince Ron Howard to board the project instead of Cocoon, Grazer would create a list of up and coming filmmakers he would want to work with. And toward the top of that list was Martha Coolidge.   Coolidge would naturally gravitate towards Real Genius, and she would have an advantage that no other filmmaker on Grazer's list would have: her fiancee, Michael Backes, was himself an egghead, a genius in physics and biochemistry who in the years to come would become good friends with the writer and filmmaker Michael Crichton, working as a graphics supervisor on the movie version of Chricton's book Jurassic Park, a co-writer of the screenplay based on Chricton's book Rising Sun, and an associate producer on the movie version of Chricton's book Congo.   Once Coolidge was signed on to direct Real Genius in the spring of 1984, she and Backes would work with former SCTV writer and performer PJ Torokvei as they would spend time talking to dozens of science students at CalTech and USC, researching laser technology, and the policies of the CIA. They would shape the project to something closer to what Grazer said he loved most about its possibility, the possibility of genius. "To me,” Grazer would tell an interviewer around the time of the film's release, “a genius is someone who can do something magical, like solve a complex problem in his head while I'm still trying to figure out the question. I don't pretend to understand it, but the results are everywhere around us. We work, travel, amuse ourselves and enhance the quality of life through technology, all of which traces back to what was once an abstract idea in the mind of some genius.”   When their revised screenplay got the green light from the studio with an $8m budget, Grazer and Coolidge got to the task of casting the film. While the young genius Mitch was ostensibly the lead character in the film, his roommate Chris would need a star to balance out the relative obscurity of his co-star. A number of young actors in Hollywood would be seen, but their choice would be 25 year old Val Kilmer, whose first movie, Top Secret!, had not yet opened in theatres but had hot buzz going for it as the followup film for the Airplane! writing/directing team of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker.   Fourteen year old Gabe Jarret, whose only previous film work had been in a minor role in the 1981 Tony Danza/Danny DeVito comedy Going Ape!, would land the coveted role of Mitch, while supporting roles would go to Coolidge's former costars Michelle Meyrink, Deborah Foreman and Robert Prescott, as well as William Atherton, who at the time was on movie screens as Walter Peck, the main human antagonist to the Ghostbusters, as Chris and Mitch's duplicitous professor, Jerry Hathaway, and Patti D'Arbanville, who had made a splash on screens in 1981 as Chevy Chase's long-suffering girlfriend in Modern Problems.   Shooting would begin on Real Genius in Southern California on November 12th, 1984. Most of the film would be shot on sets built at the Hollywood Center Studios, just a few blocks west of the Paramount Studios lot, while several major set pieces, including the memorable finale involving Professor Hathaway's house, a space laser and 190,000 pounds of popcorn, were shot in the then quiet suburban area of Sand Canyon, a few miles east of Magic Mountain, a popular theme park and filming area about 45mins north of Hollywood Center Studios. Outdoor scenes standing in for the Pacific Tech campus would be filmed at Occidental College in Eagle Rock and Pomona College in Claremont, while some scenes would be filmed at General Atomics outside San Diego, standing in for an Air Force base in the film's climax. Shooting on the film would finish after the first of the year, giving Coolidge and her editor, Richard Chew, about seven months to get the film in shape for a planned August 7th, 1985, release.   Going in to the Summer 1985 movie season, Real Genius was positioned to be one of the hit films of the summer. They had a hot up and coming star in Val Kilmer, a hot director in Martha Coolidge, and a fairly solid release date in early August. But then, there ended up being an unusual glut of science fiction and sci-fi comedy movies in the marketplace at the same time. In March, Disney released the dinosaur-themed Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, which was not a good film and bombed pretty bad. In June, there was the artificial intelligence film D.A.R.Y.L., which was not a good film and bombed pretty bad. In July, there was Back to the Future, which was a very good film and became one of the biggest successes of the year, and there was Explorers, Joe Dante's followup to Gremlins, which featured Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix as teenage boys who build their own spacecraft to explore outer space, and although it was one of the best movies released in the summer of 1985, it too bombed pretty bad.    But then, in a seven day period in early August, we had Weird Science, which was not very good and not very successful, Real Genius, and My Science Project, another Disney movie about a glowing orb thing from outer space that causes a lot of problems for a lazy high school student looking for something to use for his science class final, which is one of the worst movies of the year, and bombed worse than any of the other movies mentioned.   Weird Science, John Hughes' followup to his surprise hit The Breakfast Club, released only six months earlier, would open on August 1st, and come in fourth place with $4.9m from 1158 theatres. In its second weekend of release, Weird Science would lose 40% of its opening weekend audience, coming in fifth with $2.97m. But that would still be better than Real Genius, which opened on Wednesday, August 5th, which would come in sixth in its opening weekend, with $2.56m from 990 locations. My Science Project, opening on August 7th, could only manage to open in 13th place with $1.5m from 1003 theatres. That would be worse than a reissue of E.T. in its fourth weekend of release.   In its second weekend, Real Genius would only drop 14% of its opening weekend audience, coming in with $2.2m from 956 locations, but after a third weekend, losing a third of its screens and 46% of its second week audience, Real Genius would be shuttled off to the dollar houses, where it would spend another seventeen weeks before exiting theatres with only $12.95m worth of tickets sold.   However, it is my personal opinion is that the film failed to find an audience because it was perceived as being too smart for a simple audience. Real Genius celebrates intelligence. It doesn't pander to its audience. In many ways, it belittles stupidity, especially Mitch's moronic parents. Revenge is dished out in the most ingenious ways, especially at the end with Professor Hathaway's house, to the point where the science behind how Chris and Mitch did what the did is still actively debated thirty-eight years later. Caltech students served as consultants on the film, and played students in the background, while Dr. Martha Gunderson, a physics professor at USC whose vast knowledge about lasers informed the writers during the development stage, played a math professor on screen. Finally, to help promote the film, Martha Coolidge and producer Brian Grazer held the first-ever online press conference through the CompuServe online service, even though there were less than 125,000 on the entire planet who had CompuServe access in August 1985.   Today, the film is rightfully regardless as a classic, but it wouldn't make Val Kilmer a star quite yet. That, of course, would happen in 1986, when he co-starred as Tom Cruise's frenemy in Tony Scott's Top Gun. Gabe Jarret would eventually become Gabriel Jarret, appearing in such movies as Karate Kid 3, Apollo 13 and The American President, and he continues to work in movies and on television to this day. Sadly, the same cannot be said for Michelle Meyrink, who would quit acting three years after making Real Genius, but we'll talk about that on our next episode. And, of course, William Atherton would cement his reputation as the chucklenut Gen Xers love to hate when he played the cocky television reporter Dick Thornburg in the first two Die Hard movies.   And with that, we come to the end of this episode. Thank you for joining us.    We'll talk again next week, when Episode 111, on Coolidge's 1988 comedy Plain Clothes, is released.   Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, The80sMoviePodcast.com, for extra materials about the movies we covered this episode.   The 80s Movies Podcast has been researched, written, narrated and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment.   Thank you again.   Good night.

This week we are talking all about the science fiction film My Science Project. First, we debate the need for animated sequels for Disney films. Then we talk about why science fiction films can become bad very quickly and why this film falls short of its potential. Finally, join us as we try and figure out how things actually worked in this film.

A new episode of Fear and Loathing in Cinema is upon you where we take an old movie and deep dive into the production, behind-the-scenes, and casting to see if the film still holds up or if it never really did! Here on this eighth episode, hosts Bryan Kluger from Boomstick Comics, High Def Digest, and Screen Rant, along with good friend Dan Moran of Boomstick Comics and host Preston Barta of Fresh Fiction and the Denton Record-Chronicle joins in on the fun. The film we dissect in this episode is the 1984 film MY SCIENCE PROJECT which starred Fisher Stevens, John Stockwell, Danielle von Zerneck, and Dennis Hopper. Enjoy the show! FEAR AND LOATHING PODCAST APPLE PODCASTS FEAR AND LOATHING PODCAST SPOTIFY Thank you for listening. BUY MY SCIENCE PROJECT ON BLU-RAY AT KINO-LORBER

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Lethal Mullet Episode 187: My Science Project Time to look back an oft forgotten sci-fi classic: My Science Project. A film directed by the writer of The Last Starfighter which mixes science fiction and comedy with some amazing time travel craziness inside too. Starring Cougar from Top Gun and Dennis Hopper this is a classic you have to check out.  Give Lethal Mullet a listen: Website https://bit.ly/3j9mvlG IHeartRadio https://ihr.fm/3lSxwJU Spotify https://spoti.fi/3BRg260 Amazon https://amzn.to/3phcsi7 For all Lethal merch: TeePublic: https://bit.ly/37QpbSc #lethalmulletpodcast #myscienceproject 

This week PD and the lads take another dive into the vaults and pull out some stone cold classics, including such treasures as My Science Project, Dreamscape and Lifeforce amongst other cult classics that deserve more love.

“Strange Science” one shot TTRPG adventure is heavily inspired by Weird Science, Real Genius, Back to the Future, My Science Project, Ghostbusters, and just a hint of Stranger Things and Twin Peaks. Part homage, all farce, the AWFULLY CHEERFUL ENGINE! is an irreverent, affectionate parody of pop-culture tropes and a love-letter to 80s roleplaying games. www.awfullycheerfulengine.com Director: @TabletopHoard Cast: @SusanahGrace @AramVartian @hshahid_ @tabletopjess Originally aired on Thursday 4th August at 7pm BST.   You have the change to win a FREE copy of ACE by asking a question about TTRPGs on Twitter using the #AwfullyCheerfulQuestion . If we answer it on the podcast we'll send them a free copy of ACE! Podcast: Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Show http://morrus.podbean.com

Dasher picked the most obscure movie we've covered since the Ice Pirates. Who the hell has ever heard of this movie? Also we cover the newest episode of The Boys!Support the show

On this episode of the Video Junkyard Podcast, we take a look through time and space at the 1985 sci-fi comedy "My Science Project" written and directed by Jonathan R. Betuel and starring John Stockwell, Fisher Stevens, and Dennis Hopper. When high school senior and gearhead Michael Harlan needs a science project to graduate, he sneaks into a junkyard at a military base (you know, like ya do...) and discovers an extraterrestrial engine that can manipulate time (and space). When the device starts opening portals around town, Michael and his friends must race against time (and space) to stop the onslaught of creatures out of time (and space)...you get the idea. Released against other sci-fi films like Back to the Future, does this one hold up well, or does it belong back in the junkyard? Check out this weeks episde of the Video Junkyard Podcast to find out!

Happy New Year! After a short festive break we are back with a vengeance.In this very special 'Best Of' we've collected some of the our favourite moments from the episodes we released in 2021.Thanks to everyone who has supported us in our first 6 months. We'll be back next week with hot, fresh content for your earholes.Episodes featured:1 - The Dinosaur Project (2012)4 - Project Blue Book (2019)5 - The Star Gate Project (CIA-Sponsored Psychics!)6 - The Monster Project (2017)7 - My Science Project (1985)8 - Project Ithaca (2019)9 - Project MC² (2015)12 - Project Gutenberg (2018)13 - Project Zomboid ('The Ultimate Zombie Survival RPG')14 - Devilman (1972) "Demon Beast Adal, the Dummy Project"15 - The Montauk Project ('The Real Life Stranger Things!')16 - The Blair Witch Project (1999)17 - Project Cumulus (Did RAF Rainmakers Cause A Fatal Flood?)19 - The Zeta Project (2001)20 - Project Shadowchaser (1992)21 - The Infinity Project (2018)22 - The Bigfoot Project (2017)24 - Project Christmas Wish (2020)Contact us:https://linktr.ee/theprojectprojectpod 

Each week on The Project Project we take a look at a Project from either Pop Culture or History. In our first 20 episodes we've covered a range of topics including CIA-Sponsored Psychics, Robot Assassins & Weather Control Experiments. If it's got Project in the title, we'll cover it!Enjoy this short selection of highlights from our episodes so far & click Follow if you'd like to hear more.Clips taken from:Ep 2 - Project Blue Book (2019)Ep 15 - The Montauk Project ('The Real Life Stranger Things!')Ep 7 - My Science Project (1985)Ep 1 - The Dinosaur Project (2012)Ep 6 - The Monster Project (2017)Contact us:https://linktr.ee/theprojectprojectpod

1985. The height of Hollywood's romance with teen sci-fi/comedy movies. While movies like Back to the Future, Weird Science and Real Genius were coming out to much fanfare, My Science Project came out with little to none.What was the reason?More importantly, what ties this movie to Steve Gutenberg, Richie Valens, Stephen King and the entirety of the MCU?Join Dan and Brock, as they break down this film and educate you on how everything ties together!Let the fellas know what you think or just share your feelings at www.droppedculture.com or send them a good old fashioned email at droppedculturepodcast@gmail.com.If you're a bit more social, you can look for Dropped Culture on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.Thanks for listening!Hey. You. Yeah, you.This is like staying until the end credits.Send an email or message saying "Brock loves Neo" and why he loves Neo so much and we'll send you a little gift.You're welcome.Now press play.You're welcome again.

In this episode we travelled back to the distant past of of 1985 to watch My Science Project, a sci-fi comedy about a group of high-schoolers who discover an alien gizmo & are forced to deal with the antics that ensue.Expect Dennis Hopper, zany quotes & an increasingly frustrated Lewis.00:00 Intro & Catchup01:41 Project News (The Rock & Jurassic Park)10:46 My Science Project02:03:16 Personal ProjectsContact us:https://linktr.ee/theprojectprojectpod

On this Episode Art, Russ and Dean, discuss the Sci-Fi/Comedy flick from 1985 My Science Project. so join us as take a walk down memory lane and even meet up with Wilford Brimley! Questions or Comments? 3geeksandamic@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/threeGeeksandaMicrophonepodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwMDyEKWA-cOkDd5qrtM7fw Podcast: https://anchor.fm/3geeksmicrophone Logo Art by: ALTAIRFILMS Instagram https://www.instagram.com/luis_e_saavedra/ https://www.altairylaluzdelpoder.cl/ https://www.altairfilms.cl/ https://www.facebook.com/altairfilms

Happy Friday, CHUDs! Another week is at an end, so why not coast on into your weekend with EPISODE 152! This week we welcome back the man responsible for one of our best-loved episodes on GREMLINS 2, and the writer and director of Arrow Video's A GHOST WAITS, ADAM STOVALL! That's right, our last in-person guest (15 months ago?!) return from a safe distance to help us take a look at 1985's sci-fi comedy MY SCIENCE PROJECT. A first watch for both Andy and Mitch, join us for a look at an insurrectionist science-teaching Dennis Hopper, a hugely unexpected third-act dinosaur and a brief foray into Mitch's short-lived and enormously problematic tenure as a childhood stage actor in the 90s.

Sometimes it's just best to go with a baking soda volcano! Matt & Todd discuss the 1985 sci-fi team adventure comedy My Science Project. A fun little film with one of the coolest 3rd acts of the genre.

Some people may consider My Science Project to be a ripoff of Weird Science despite the fact that it came out a few weeks earlier. If you like movies about science projects that aren't really science projects that involve time traveling Dennis Hoffman, a T-rex vietnam battle in a high school gym, dudes that really like cars, and a car that looks like a hotel room that you rent by the 1/2 hour, then this movie and episode is for you.  And of course our Give Me Five Question of the Week, who are the coolest teachers in film and TV? The Give Me Five Podcast is on Patreon. For just $5 you could join the fun in our patron only chat, and get early warning of our movie of the week and our top 5 list. There are other benefits too, so check it out here:  https://www.patreon.com/Givemefivepodcast Remember if you use our link (https://amzn.to/2KxR8OU) we get a little bit of money towards server costs at no extra cost to you. So go ahead and buy that Nicholas Cage Mermaid Pillow you definitely need.  Check out our website at givemefivepodcast.com We have a store! Check out our shirts, mugs, bags and phone cases here: Buy cool crap! We record using Squadcast. Squadcast is an easy to use, stable recording environment that allows you, your cohosts and any guests the ability to record out of the comfort of your own home. Just click the link and start talking with absolutely no lag. You can try it out using our link and it will help us out immensely. https://squadcast.fm/?ref=givemefive And you can always reach us at givemefivepodcast@gmail.com or at our Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/givemefivepodcast/    Opening Theme Opening theme: GLOW by DJ Ten (feat LeBrock and ULTRABOSS )

A totally packed week full of 1970s serial killers, visits to an actual theater and delicious sugary cereals. And to top it all off we have a look at yet another deconstruction of the superhero genre, Jupiter's Legacy. Is it necessary in a worls that has Invincible, The Boys, Brightburn and other how-much-power-is too-much shows.  Check out our review of those shows / movies and stay tuned for some Venom news, crazy Florida news and sad news about video vixen Tawny Kitaen And join us on Monday for Side B, where we will discuss the  1985 movie My Science Project, and our question of the week. Segment TimesNews (Tawny Kitaen, Venom, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Monster cereals): 00:02 WTF (Welcome to Florida): 20:00 Patreon: 23:04 Man of Wrath: 25:00 Sons of Sam: 31:00 Jupiter's Leegacy: 44:00 PatreonThe Give Me Five Podcast is on Patreon. For just $5 you could join the fun in our patron only chat, and get early warning of our movie of the week and our top 5 list. There are other benefits too, so check it out here:  https://www.patreon.com/Givemefivepodcast Remember if you use our link (https://amzn.to/2KxR8OU) we get a little bit of money towards server costs at no extra cost to you. So go ahead and buy that Nicholas Cage Mermaid Pillow you definitely need.  Check out our website at givemefivepodcast.com We have a store! Check out our shirts, mugs, bags and phone cases here: Buy cool crap! We record using Squadcast. Squadcast is an easy to use, stable recording environment that allows you, your cohosts and any guests the ability to record out of the comfort of your own home. Just click the link and start talking with absolutely no lag. You can try it out using our link and it will help us out immensely. https://squadcast.fm/?ref=givemefive And you can always reach us at givemefivepodcast@gmail.com or at our Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/givemefivepodcast/      Opening Theme Opening theme: GLOW by DJ Ten (feat LeBrock and ULTRABOSS )

What's that, you want to go to an old abandon Air Force testing base and take an item for a school Science Project? Sure that sounds like a great plan. If you ever had this sort of idea while in school trying to get a last-minute project done, then you will love tonight's movie! Tonight we sat down to discuss My Science Project from 1985! In the next episode we will be sitting down to watch another Sci-Fi movie from 1985, Next time we will be watching Weird Science! Click the link below to check out the trailer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qd04u2Yj44 want to keep in touch with me, use the #TheRottenReviewsPodcast on all Social medias, as well click the linktree link below to check out all of my social media accounts! https://linktr.ee/Typhenstein

Hello everyone, get the popcorn ready, shine up the disco ball, and put on those bell-bottom pants because we are taking a trip back to 1980 to watch Prom Night! As always if you enjoy the content, please make sure to give it a like/rating as well to keep in touch with me, follow me on all socials @Typhenstein, or use the #TheRottenReviewsPodcast. In the next episode we will be taking a trip to 1985, to watch and discuss My Science Project, click the link below to check out the trailer for that one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB2ToxVtoc4 Intro includes content clips from the following Dead Heat(1988) Pet Semetary(1989) The Midnight Hour(1985)

Let’s take it back to the good ol’ days and grab some UFO parts to turn in as our science project. Yep. That’s the movie. I’m pretty sure I had things to say about this here but I can’t think of what they are presently–I reserve the right to update this in the future. I’ll … Continue reading My Science Project

When it comes to your 200th movie, you can't just go with any old motion picture. You need something mid-80s with a time-traveling teen, a cool car, a wacky scientist, dangerous enemies, and an awkward romance. That's why Shat The Movies is proud to celebrate its bicentennial with everyone's favorite 1985 time machine movie: "My Science Project." The shat flies fast and furious as we talk about overused nerd tropes, a psychotic Dennis Hopper, adolescent terrorism, T-Rex abuse, and abysmal costuming.  When Fisher Stevens is the highlight of your movie and even Big D can't get into the sci-fi fun, you know there's trouble. Anyone who's been listening for the past 199 movies knows "My Science Project" is prime Shat material. SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW Android: http://shatthemovies.com/android Apple/iTunes: http://shatthemovies.com/itunes Social Media: Twitch, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat Website: http://shatthemovies.com/ HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate with Paypal: http://shatthemovies.com/paypal Donate With Venmo: https://venmo.com/shatpodcasts Get Podcast Merchandise: http://shatthemovies.com/shop Shop Amazon With Our Affiliate Link: https://www.amazon.com/?tag=shatmovies-20 Sponsor's Listener Survey: http://shatthemovies.com/survey Leave an iTunes Review: http://shatthemovies.com/review Vote for our Next Movies: http://shatthemovies.com/vote Feeds & Social Media: http://shatthemovies.com/subscribe-and-follow Leave a Voicemail: (914) 719-SHAT - (914) 719-7428 Email: hosts@shatthemovies.com Listen to our TV Podcasts: https://shatontv.com/shat-on-podcasts Theme Song - Die Hard by Guyz Nite: https://www.facebook.com/guyznite

Jumping right back into the underseen films of yesteryear, we are tackling this '80s gem. Part teen drama, mostly sci-fi adventure, part sci-fi action movie, My Science Project has it all for genre nerds. It came out in the height of '80s time travel sci-fi 1985. I jump into the connections the cast with other films of the genre. How this movie does teen of the '80s better than most. And this is the first film the podcast has covered starring Dennis Hopper. It's a milestone that has to be celebrated there. *Note: this new release of the film was done by Kino Lorber.

In this episode, the boys discuss My Science Project, old Twinkies, Blow The Man Down and get ready for the election.

Mike definitely should have taken the D for the class. Jay and Ron do the time warp for My Science Project (1985).

3 teen science movies in the same month.   Weird Science, My Science Project and Real Genius.  

In this episode, Khrysti, Dave and Kevin revisit 1985’s “My Science Project”.

In this episode, Khrysti, Dave and Kevin revisit 1985's “My Science Project”.

On Episode 015 of the RETROZEST podcast, your host Curtis Lanclos discusses two more nerdy science-fiction comedy films released just after WEIRD SCIENCE in honor of their 35th Anniversaries; REAL GENIUS (released on August 7, 1985) and MY SCIENCE PROJECT (released on August 9, 1985)! This show contains great content about Val Kilmer, John Stockwell, Michelle Meynick, Gabriel Jarret, Danielle von Zerneck, William Atherton, Deborah Foreman, Robert Prescott, Richard Masur, Barry Corbin and Dennis Hopper. Also, what do these movies have to do with TOP GUN? Listen and find out! Contact Curtis at podcast@retrozest.com, on the RETROZEST Facebook page.... (www.facebook.com/zestretro/ ) or via Twitter (twitter.com/RetroZest). Also, check out our blog at www.retrozest.com.

You don’t have to be a Real Genius to know that Weird Science can get out of control. Science was all over the place in August of 1985. If you want the fiction of it, just look in Starlog Magazine. We take a look at the classic Sci-Fi publication in a new segment called Magazine Rack.    Starlog Magazine, plus the sciencey movies Weird Science and Real Genius    In the NEWS Longtime character actor John Saxon passes away A Transformers/Back to the Future crossover? Could that really happen? We got our first look at the live action Tom and Jerry movie Coming soon: A Back to the Future 4K set, complete with tiny floating hoverboard Please consider helping to save Space Camp for future generations of young scientists by donating to savespacecamp.com   TechnoRetro Cereal - Tiger Paws Jay tries the new Kellogg’s snack and lets us know if it’s worth it. Well, if you like sweetness, it may be for you!   Magazine Rack - Starlog August 1980 In a new segment on TechnoRetro Dads, we take a look back at the classic sci-fi magazine Starlog. This month’s cover story is an interview with Harrison Ford, the star of the newly released Empire Strikes Back. There are also some great articles about how the 1980’s sci-fi genre entered the 80’s. Battlestar Galactica left TV, Buck Rogers was grasping for one last chance, and a little science fiction movie from Ridley Scott, starring Harrison Ford was on the horizon.   Let’s All Go to the Movies - Weird Science/Real Genius August 1985 was a rich time for science in the movies. Well, science may be a little generous when describing these films, but they certainly felt sciency. John Hughes’s Weird Science starred Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly Lebrock, and Ilan Mitchell-Smith. It tells the story of Gary and Wyatt trying to fit in with their High School peers by creating the beautiful, smart, and magical Lisa from thin air. Aahhh, remember when you did that in high school? Then, watch Val Kilmer at his finest in the classic smart people against the government story Real Genius. Chris Knight helps his roommate Mitch to build a super powerful laser, but must stop it when they realize how it’s going to be used. Both movies featured quotable lines and lots of laughs. And if you want a little science cherry on top, check out the third movie that month, My Science Project.    Vinyl Scratchback - Weird Science/Real Genius Soundtrack There may have only been a few memorable songs from these movies, but the 80’s vibe was very important to the flow of both. We break down which ones were important, such as Oingo Boingo’s hit Weird Science, and the Tears for Fears favorite Everybody Wants to Rule the World. 

In this episode the Rehashers discuss a time travel movie that kind of slipped through the cracks for most of us with My Science Project. A high school student and his friend find a strange, orb-like piece of equipment to use as a science project, but must stop it when it begins to threaten mankind.

Welcome to the wonderful world of weird science! This week MovieBong explores everything from mad scientists to hot air balloons. Mike assembles a crack team of hardcore Weather Men. Meanwhile Red uncovers an extra-terrestrial object... and tries to have sex with it. Plus reviews of My Science Project, Misfits of Science and The Aeronaughts. RIP Stephen Hawking (1942-2018) You can now watch us broadcast this podcast LIVE every Monday night from 8PM on Red's Twitch channel (https://www.twitch.tv/scarletsohandsome) Presented by Mike Milling and Red RedmondProduced by Dead Cat ComedyRecorded and Edited by Red RedmondMusic by Eddie French

The second episode of Out of Touchstone brings Mike and Chad to 1985, where they discuss the two films released by Touchstone Pictures that year. BABY: SECRET OF THE LOST LEGEND is up first, where William Katt and Sean Young search the jungle for a mythical dinosaur, and Chad does his best to explain cryptozoology. Finally, Mike defends his love for MY SCIENCE PROJECT, the goofy sci-fi film that features a group of high school students opening up a portal to another dimension (leading to more dinosaurs).

We didn't know what to watch this week, so we shot on an old Rainy Day classic film from 1985, "My Science Project".

Episode Notes It's the 50th Episode, and the Guys bring you the latest Movie, Music and Video Game News, The Guys review "The Dead Don't Die", "Shaft", and "MIB International" in the latest Current Movie Review, Plus a Throwback Movie Review on "My Science Project", and For the Main Event, The Guys go to War and count down their Top 10 War Movies while they attempt the Hot Sauce Challenge. Who will Survive this epic 50th Episode, Listen In and Find Out.Do you love our Show, Subscribe to Us and Leave a Review. Like us on Facebook: [link] https://www.facebook.com/SuperRetroThrowbackReviews/ Follow us on Twitter: [link] https://twitter.com/SuperRetroTBR Follow us on Instagram: [link] https://instagram.com/superretrothrowbackreviews Also Check us out on The Dorkening Podcast NetworkThis episode is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee [link] https://deadlygroundscoffee.com (The official Sponsor of The Dorkening Podcast Network and Super Retro Throwback Reviews), this episode is also brought to you by Connecticut Cult Classics [link] https://www.connecticutcultclassics.com, and JPO Productions LLC. [link] http://www.jpoproductions.com

This week comedian and producer Scotty Level comes on to talk about a movie lost to time and wormholes, 1985’s My Science Project. Wait... where did Dennis Hopper go? Follow Scotty on Instagram: @ScottyLevell Follow Kill You Last on Instagram: @KillYouLastPod Follow Alex on Instagram & Twitter: @AlexPischera Follow Peter on Instagram & Twitter: @TheGuarraci (IG) / @Guarraci (Twitter)

We continue Season 3 of Flicks XRayed with episode 49 and this week we watch and review My Science Project. The host Tony is joined by co-host and Former Military Scrapyard Guard Corey and guests Nighttime Sunglasses Enthusiast CDuff and Cruds McKenzie Jonny. This week we play Higher Lower for Action 2000,s Movies, The Price is Right and The Flicks Awesome Lodge Word Game for the coveted princess crown. So tune in as we discuss at length about Jocks & Greek, Dennis Hopper, Backlot Props and so much more.

The Richard Spasoff Show is a unique blend of paranormal, spirituality and comedy. Tonights Guest Kenneth fetzer and Richard Spasoff doing thier comedy act. Michael Berryman.Late 1970s horror genre icon who's best known for his creepy performance as "Pluto" in the uncompromising Wes Craven horror film The Hills Have Eyes (1977). Berryman (who suffers from Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia, a rare condition leaving him with no sweat glands, hair, fingernails or teeth) reminds one of a latter-day Rondo Hatton who also suffered from a rare medical condition that distorted his features giving him a brutish look just right for horror movies. To Berryman's credit, he managed to develop upon his "Pluto" character, and has turned up in numerous sci-fi / fantasy movies such as My Science Project (1985), Weird Science (1985), Armed Response (1986) and Evil Spirits (1990). The tall & lean Berryman generally portrays mutant bikers, evil undertakers, monsters and other frightening characters! A genuine favorite of horror movie fans. Join Psychic Medium and Comedian Richard Spasoff as he welcomes guests to discuss their personal experiences with the paranormal and journeys in spirituality. Everything from ghosts and profound truth, to celebrity interviews and more can all be found in every episode of the Richard Spasoff Show. The Richard Spasoff Show is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. Download the FREE HC Universal Network app for Android and iDevices or visit our LISTEN LIVE page and join the conversation.

The Richard Spasoff Show is a unique blend of paranormal, spirituality and comedy. Tonights Guest Kenneth fetzer and Richard Spasoff doing thier comedy act. Michael Berryman.Late 1970s horror genre icon who's best known for his creepy performance as "Pluto" in the uncompromising Wes Craven horror film The Hills Have Eyes (1977). Berryman (who suffers from Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia, a rare condition leaving him with no sweat glands, hair, fingernails or teeth) reminds one of a latter-day Rondo Hatton who also suffered from a rare medical condition that distorted his features giving him a brutish look just right for horror movies. To Berryman's credit, he managed to develop upon his "Pluto" character, and has turned up in numerous sci-fi / fantasy movies such as My Science Project (1985), Weird Science (1985), Armed Response (1986) and Evil Spirits (1990). The tall & lean Berryman generally portrays mutant bikers, evil undertakers, monsters and other frightening characters! A genuine favorite of horror movie fans. Join Psychic Medium and Comedian Richard Spasoff as he welcomes guests to discuss their personal experiences with the paranormal and journeys in spirituality. Everything from ghosts and profound truth, to celebrity interviews and more can all be found in every episode of the Richard Spasoff Show. The Richard Spasoff Show is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. Download the FREE HC Universal Network app for Android and iDevices or visit our LISTEN LIVE page and join the conversation.

This week Albert is joined by Joe Kane (EGM's Community Manager) as they cross the halfway mark of the pop culture references in Chapter 0006! We talk about the answer to everything, dodge what the other half of the battle is, and get into band name origins for some of the groups we've discussed on past episodes. We wrap it up on the dark side of a wormhole with the dark horse of the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Deep Space 9!   J.R.R. Tolkien (1892 – 1973)  The Hobbit (1937) and Lord of the Rings (1954 – 1955)  Which was the better series?  "Legolas" at the premiere of LOTR in San Marcos, TX (2001)    Orson Scott Card (1951)  Ender's Game (1985) and saga  Greatest scifi novel of (Albert's) all time   Douglas Adams (1952 – 2001)  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979)  The answer to everything Infocom game (1984)   Star Blazers (1979 – 1984)   Origins and production  The Star Force: Earth's last defense!  Anchor's aweigh   Live action film coming??   G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983 – 1986)  Non television origins  Mini-series and syndication  The most violent non-violent cartoon ever!  Public safety lessons and half the battle  Favorite characters and toys  Peter Jackson (1961 - ?)  Favorite movie as a director and why?    Quentin Tarantino (1963 - ?)  Favorite movie as a director and why?   Revenge of the Nerds (1984) The definitive nerd movie?  Others: Weird Science, Real Genius, My Science Project, Zapped, and uh, Joy Sticks. Oof! Favorite moments and quotes One of the most famous musicians you've never heard of They're So Incredible video and audio Legacy Sequels, King of the Nerds reality TV show Wait, we forgot something...  Band name origins  Bon Jovi  The Police  Journey  Def Leppard  Oingo Boingo  Duran Duran  The Beatles   R.E.M. (1980 – 2011)  Birth of alternative rock?  Band name origin  Favorite album and song   Pink Floyd (1965 – 2014)  Prog rock, art rock, and psychedelic rock  Band name origin  Favorite album and song Dark Side of the Rainbow  Another Brick in the Wall-E  Other movie syncs   The A-Team (1983 – 1987)  Character quotes and favorite   The most violent non-violence TV show!  Introand montages   Boy George, Hulk Hogan, Rick James, The Refrigerator, Pat Sajak, and Vanna White, and Cylons  Legacy   Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993 - 1998) Intro  A departure from the tried and true formula  Racial and social issues  The Visitor, Trials and Tribble-ations, Far Beyond the Stars  Favorite characters   JMS and B5  Hosts  Albert “Shipwreck” Padilla  G.I. Joe Kane  3-2-1 Contact!  Instagram: @TheBasementRPO  Twitter: @TheBasementRPO  Facebook: /TheBasementRPO  Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheBasementRPO 

As precoucious kid month rolls on, we watch a Matthew classic! While this was not a movie I had not seen before, it lurks on in the pantheon of weird 80s movies. It has all the classic elements, nerd girl who is actually gorgeous but hideous because she has glasses, jocks and nerds, washed out hippies, and Eisenhower ordering the destruction of alien technology. Also, boring pacing! Fun! First thanks for sharing the last episode, it did great and hopefully the season will continue so well! Second, please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Myopia? On the Facebook group we are making lists for a potential listener request month. Next, thanks to all of you who have been supporting me in the past year as I have done Cineprov! I believe I have performed six times and it is always nice to see fans. I will continue to perform and you should continue to see me! The August show wilth with Riffers Larry, Candace, and Christine), we great! I will be riffing the next movie, Matthew Broderick's WarGames on September 7th, with Larry and Candace. This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we learn where Spencer got his original gift. We watched My Science Project, does Fischer Stevens ever play a non-stereotype? We are a proud member of the ESO Network! My Science Project? How Will you stand when we put your past on trial? Host: Nic Defendant: Matthew

As precoucious kid month rolls on, we watch a Matthew classic! While this was not a movie I had not seen before, it lurks on in the pantheon of weird 80s movies. It has all the classic elements, nerd girl who is actually gorgeous but hideous because she has glasses, jocks and nerds, washed out hippies, and Eisenhower ordering the destruction of alien technology. Also, boring pacing! Fun! First thanks for sharing the last episode, it did great and hopefully the season will continue so well! Second, please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Myopia? On the Facebook group we are making lists for a potential listener request month. Next, thanks to all of you who have been supporting me in the past year as I have done Cineprov! I believe I have performed six times and it is always nice to see fans. I will continue to perform and you should continue to see me! The August show wilth with Riffers Larry, Candace, and Christine), we great! I will be riffing the next movie, Matthew Broderick's WarGames on September 7th, with Larry and Candace. This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we learn where Spencer got his original gift. We watched My Science Project, does Fischer Stevens ever play a non-stereotype? We are a proud member of the ESO Network! My Science Project? How Will you stand when we put your past on trial? Host: Nic Defendant: Matthew

There never seems to be enough time to get things done. Especially that science project that Harlan hasn't turned in. Scavenging a junk yard he finds a time warp generator. Turns out having to much time on your hands is a dangerous thing. John Stockwell, Danielle Von Zerneck, Fisher Stevens, Raphael Sbarge, and Dennis Hopper star in the Jonathan R. Betuel sci-fi, comedy film My Science Project (1985). A story of science run amuck. It is a forgotten gem that failed to find an audience in 1985 and Invasion of the Remake tries rethink, recast, and remake what should have been a cult classic.     Support independent podcasts like ours by telling your friends and family how to find us at places like Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Tune In Radio, Audioboom, BluBrry, Libsyn, YouTube, Spreaker, iHeartRadio and all the best podcast providers. Spread the love! Like, share and subscribe! You can also help out the show with a positive review and a 5-star rating over on iTunes. We want to hear from you and your opinions will help shape the future of the show. Your ratings and reviews also help others find the show. Their "earballs" will thank you. Follow us on Twitter: @InvasionRemake Like and share us on Facebook & Instagram: Invasion of the Remake Email us your questions, suggestions, corrections, challenges and comments: invasionoftheremake@gmail.com

John Stockwell, Fisher Stevens and Dennis Hopper appear in this low-budget sci-fi/comedy from 1985, MY SCIENCE PROJECT, where teens find an alien contraption of seemingly unlimited power that opens a portal from which people and things from Earth's past and future pour into their high school.  Now the teens need to pull the plug on it before everyone is in mortal danger.  It's a very 80s movie in the best ways -- and the worst.

# Wicked Horror Show Presents Michael Berryman & Jerimiah Kipp Michael Berryman and Jermiah KippPOWERED BY THE DORKENING PODCAST NETWORKWatch us LIVE EVERY Sunday | Tuesday | Thursday Streaming LIVE on Facebook - Youtube - Periscope - Twitch Dorkening Apparel NOW AVAILABLE on Amazon!On this weeks show, we talk with Michael Berryman!Michael is known for The Devils Rejects, One Flew Over the Cukoo's nest, The Hills have Eyes and so much more! Michael can be found playing Crau in the upcoming Harrison Smith movie Death House.Late 1970s horror genre icon who's best known for his creepy performance as "Pluto" in the uncompromising Wes Craven horror film The Hills Have Eyes (1977). Berryman (who suffers from Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia, a rare condition leaving him with no sweat glands, hair, fingernails or teeth) reminds one of a latter-day Rondo Hatton who also suffered from a rare medical condition that distorted his features giving him a brutish look just right for horror movies.To Berryman's credit, he managed to develop upon his "Pluto" character, and has turned up in numerous sci-fi / fantasy movies such as My Science Project (1985), Weird Science(1985), Armed Response (1986) and Evil Spirits (1990). The tall & lean Berryman generally portrays mutant bikers, evil undertakers, monsters and other frightening characters! A genuine favorite of horror movie fans.Jeremiah Kipp's directing credits include "Black Wake" starring Tom Sizemore, "Pickup" starring Jim True-Frost, "Edward Albee: A Transformative Moment" starring Mercedes Ruehl and Bill Irwin, "The Sadist" starring Tom Savini, "The Pod" starring Larry Fessenden, "Contact" (commissioned by Sinister Six annual screening series), "The Days God Slept", "Easy Prey" (commissioned by NYC's annual VisionFest), and "The Apartment" (commissioned by Canon to premiere their XL2 at DV Expo 2004). Producing credits include the feature films "Satan Hates You" (created by Glass Eye Pix, starring Angus Scrimm, Michael Berryman and Reggie Bannister), "In Montauk", "The Jonestown Defense" starring Amy Seimetz and "The Bed-Thing" (directed by Pulitzer Prize-nominated Matt Zoller Seitz). Subscribe to The Dorkening on YoutubeFollow The Dorkening Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Join our mailing list!Follow The Dorks Leo @TheDorkening Kevin @Aknuckle Wolfie @The13thWOlfman Tony @TonyHas9Fingers James @LongTimeStorm YoYo @BoyMeetsPhone Vlad @NECCReviews Wicked Horror Show Presents Lloyd Kaufman of Troma EntertainmentPOWERED BY THE DORKENING PODCAST NETWORKWatch us LIVE EVERY Sunday | Tuesday | Thursday Streaming LIVE on Facebook - Youtube - Periscope - Twitch Dorkening Apparel NOW AVAILABLE on Amazon!This week we talk with the legendary Lloyd Kaufman of Troma! Lloyd is the master genius behind such cult hits like The Toxic Avenger, Poultrygeist, TerrorFirmer and many others.See more of Troma and Lloyd Kaufman here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Tromamovies http://www.troma.com http://www.lloydkaufman.com/ Watch Troma Movies On Demand! https://vimeo.com/tromaWatch Troma movies NOW! http://watch.troma.com/Info about Lloyd Kaufman:Lloyd Kaufman and Troma have become icons in the cult-movie world, and Troma has distributed over 1000 films. Lloyd has continued his career as a director in addition to producing, and Troma has turned out such films as Monster in the Closet (1986), Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986), Combat Shock (1984), Troma's War (1988), and Fortress of Amerikkka (1989), and Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006), which follows an army of undead chickens as they seek revenge on a fast food palace. Lloyd on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442207/?ref=fnalnm1Subscribe to The Dorkening on YoutubeFollow The Dorkening Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Join our mailing list!Follow The Dorks Leo @TheDorkening Kevin @Aknuckle Wolfie @The13thWOlfman Tony @TonyHas9Fingers James @LongTimeStorm YoYo @BoyMeetsPhone Vlad @NECCReviewsFind out more at https://wicked-horror-show.pinecast.coSend us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/wicked-horror-show/024c4a44-119e-4265-9e35-b39d144772d8

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Horror Icon Michael Berryman.   Late 1970s horror genre icon, Michael Berryman, is best known for his creepy performance as “Pluto” in the uncompromising Wes Craven horror film The Hills Have Eyes. Berryman (who suffers from Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia, a rare condition leaving him with no sweat glands, hair, fingernails or teeth) giving him a brutish look just right for horror movies. To Berryman's credit, he managed to develop upon his “Pluto” character, and has turned up in numerous sci-fi/fantasy movies such as My Science Project, Weird Science, Armed Response, Evil Spirits, The Devil's Rejects and more. George Pal cast Michael in the Western Doc Savage, then shortly after that Milos Forman discovered and cast Michael in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.  Michael has also has appeared in more main-stream roles such as the comedy Spy Hard and family favorite Scooby Doo. Michael's many television credits include Tales From The Crypt and The X-Files. Michael Berryman portrays a gamut of characters, ranging from evil, dangerous and creepy to wise, gentle, sage, mystical, whimsical, comedic and even angels - he is an adored favorite of horror and sci-fi movie fans worldwide.   

Episode 3 of the "Shh, The Movie Is Starting" podcast goes back to the past as special guest Jason Deuchler joins hosts Jeremiah & Chris to watch the 1985 sci-fi comedy "My Science Project"! Will your intrepid commentators get flamed out by time warps and a perpetually stoned Dennis Hopper?!

A look back on My Science Project! Thank you for listening 80s Revisited, hosted by Trey Harris. Produced by Jesse Seidule. We look forward to comments and questions sent via e-mail to 80srevisited@gmail.com.

A look back on My Science Project! Thank you for listening 80s Revisited, hosted by Trey Harris. Produced by Jesse Seidule. We look forward to comments and questions sent via e-mail to 80srevisited@gmail.com.

My Science Project | Weird Science – Hey everyone! Welcome to another episode of Motion Picture Meltdown! Finally the circle has come around to where I get to choose the movies, and I decide to make us roast through a couple science themed 80’s movies. This week we go through My Science Project and Weird Science. In … Continue reading "MPM: Ep. 257 – Ya’ll Got Any More Of That Warp Drive?"

This week, Ron surprises us with our first retro episode! My Science Project is so epic and close to our hearts we had to break it up into two parts, so make sure and subscribe for when Part II comes out. Made in 1985, it tells the story of a couple grease monkeys who scramble at the last minute to find a science project so they can graduate and, well, they end up finding a little more than they bargained for. Starring John Stockwell, Fisher Stevens, and Dennis Hopper. Chris has some choice words for Arrival (2016), and the gang goes through some weird 90s movies. Also, Shelley Duvall, we're sorry. *MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD*

We sit down with author Danny Marianino to discuss some of his work and life, as well as review his pick for the week, My Science Project. In this weeks episode we talk a bit to Danny about his books and his love of revenge films. Later we team up to discuss this sci-fi adventure […] The post My Science Project w/ Danny Marianino appeared first on Cult Film in Review.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 350 This week we are joined by comedians Kyle Kinane and Joyelle Johnson to discuss movies, comedy and growing up with California envy. And while we realize that we just argue with the internet, we also discuss... freak show television, every idea has been done, Stripes, Big Trouble in Little China, Gone with the Wind, Rad, Lucas, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Signs, George Lucas, his beautiful black wife and his billions of dollars, ghosts and goblins... I love it, knocking snow off the rocker panel, VVitch, not a real fan of anything, True Crime, Easy Rider, California Games, the most lackadaisical slave owner, like a toddler, The Sixth Sense, ... also arms and legs, all the John Hughes movies, 1880's southern dickhead, through the tornado states, nubs on their face, customer service by the beach, all observational comedy has been done, Luke Skywalker... baby, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Summer School, I'm fascinated with the capabilities of human beings... whether positive or negative, Raising Arizona, dumb aliens, burnt out beach trash, you can just eat lunch outside at school, the Back to the Future Burger King, being sardonic, 60 Days In, Annabelle, BMX Bandits, give me one alcoholic doctor, Mother's Day... the biggest mistake of my life, revenge fantasies, Super Mario Bros., too drunk to sit on an airplane, what is Trader Joe's, My Science Project, My 600-lb Life, driving into grey walls in the distance and what's the best booze for gout? "I want to be able to my job as a comedian... and tell the jokes. I don't just want to be the host of some collection of drunks. Which is, you know... still what happens." For more on Kyle Kinane, go to: http://kylekinane.com/ For more on Joyelle Johnson, go to: http://www.joyellenicole.com/

This month Jaime, Shawn and Pax talk about the 1985 sci-fi/fantasy/teen/high school/romantic/comedy, My Science Project.  We talk about our first exposure to the movie, we talk about the cast, we talk about our likes and dislikes.  Come join us for our discussion about this movie.

Hot Dog #33- This week Frank-cis and Reverend Zach watched the 1985 teenage science fiction comedy “My Science Project.” This film had us asking such questions as; why does Fischer Stevens have such a long neck? Why does President Eisenhower, upon learning of intelligent beings in a spaceship, immediately decide to just destroy it? Why is there so much drinking and driving by minors? In the 80s were you allowed to smoke in class? Why do the main characters treat accidental time travel as nothing but a minor inconvenience? Why does lightning only travel 85 miles per hour? Why does everyone take this strange alien device and plug into a wall outlet? And other questions! Join us for this Hot Dog! Edited by- Zach, Music by Nick April.

In this week's episode, the gang tries (and fails) to travel through time with Fisher Stevens and Dennis Hopper in the forgotten sci-fi dud, My Science Project! Why did the script call for all those slurs? How does this time travel movie not feature any time travel? And how do you boil Dennis Hopper down into such a nothing character? Plus: A kid from 1985 travels to a McDonald's...in 1998. My Science Project stars John Stockwell, Danielle von Zerneck, Fisher Stevens and Dennis Hopper; directed by Jonathan R. Betuel.

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