The Episodes
Episode 0 - Cinema Decon Trailer
A preview of the new podcast coming in the Spring of 2021 where hosts Steve and Aaron will revisit and discuss the classic movies of the 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s.
Episode 1 - Coneheads
Aaron and Steve discuss the 1993 comedy movie Coneheads. Based on the Saturday Night Live characters, Beldar (Dan Akroyd) and Primat (Jane Curtain) are aliens with the aforementioned cone heads who are stranded in New Jersey and forced to assimilate into American life.
Episode 2 - Independence Day
Aaron and Steve discuss the 1996 summer blockbuster film Independence Day. When the world wakes up to 15-mile wide spaceships hovering over all major cities, it is up to President Whitmore (Bill Pullman) to lead the nation and the world in defense of the plant. Enlisting the help of scientist David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum) and a hot shot pilot (Will Smith) to win the day and save the planet.
Episode 3 - The Wedding Singer
Aaron and Steve discuss the 1998 romantic comedy The Wedding Singer. Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler) is a nice guy with a broken heart who's stuck in one of the most romantic jobs in the world, a wedding singer. He loses all hope when he is abandoned at the altar by his fiancé. He meets a young woman named Julia (Drew Barrymore), who enlists his help to plan her wedding. He falls in love with her and must win her over before she gets married.
Episode 4 - Wet Hot American Summer
Aaron and Steve discuss the 2001 cult classic Wet Hot American Summer. It is the last day of camp at Camp Firewood and everyone has unfinished business to resolve. Coop is determined to get Katie to fall in love with him. Victor must make it back to camp to lose his virginity before the night is over, and Gene must complete his journey of self discovery. Plus….Skylab?
Episode 5 - Hackers
Aaron and Steve discuss the 1995 technology thriller, Hackers. Elite hacker Dade Murphy (Jonny Lee Miller), known as Zero Cool who hacked Wall Street at age 11, is forced to move to New York City and finish his senior year of High School. His computer expertise quickly gains him entrance to the cyber sub-culture scene where he meets Acid Burn (Angelina Jolie), Cereal Killer (Matthew Lillard), and others. Together, they get pulled into a massive cyber-scheme when one of their own is blamed for a virus, actually created by The Plague (Oscar Winner Fisher Stevens), that can take down a fleet of oil tankers for ransom.
Episode 6 - Three Amigos!
Aaron and Steve discuss the 1968 western comedy, Three Amigos. In 1916, when a small Mexican village is terrorized by the local gang, they reach out to the only heroes who can help, The Three Amigos. Unbeknownst to the villagers, the Amigos, Dusty Bottoms (Chevy Chase), Lucky Day (Steve Martin), and Ned Nederlander (Martin Short) are merely silent movie stars who play heroes on the screen. The Three Amigos travel to Mexico thinking they are there to perform a live-action show when they end face to face with the head of the gang, the Infamous El Guapo (Alfonso Arau).
Episode 7 - Tremors
Aaron and Steve discuss the 1990 horror/comedy film, Tremors. Local handymen Val (Kevin Bacon) and Earl (Fred Ward) are set to leave their small desert community when large underground worm creatures trap everyone in place and start killing off the townsfolk. Enlisting the help of a local grad student Rhonda (Finn Carter) and munitions enthusiasts Burt & Heather (Michael Gross & Reba McEntire), they must try to outsmart the increasingly intelligent enemy to survive.
Episode 8 - Top 5 Villains
Aaron and Steve, along with Special Guest Bud DeWayne, meet up to talk about their Top 5 Villains from the years 1980-2009. Some fan favorites, a few overlaps, and a few surprises come out as we talk about who made our personal list of favorite villains.
We used this bonus episode to try out some new audio software, so apologies in advance if any audio bits are lower quality than usual. Just blame Bud, we always do.
Episode 9 - Tin Cup
Aaron and Steve discuss the 1996 romantic comedy/golf movie, Tin Cup. Roy McAvoy (Kevin Costner) is a former golf prodigy who now spends his time as a golf pro at a run-down driving range in West Texas. Content to aimlessly hit balls on the range, conduct the occasional golf lesson and drink each night with his local crew, his life changes when a new student revives his spark for the game. The new student, Dr. Molly Griswold (Rene Russo), happens to be the new girlfriend of his lifelong golf rival David Simms (Don Johnson.) Through personal and professional humiliations by Simms, Roy sets out on a mission to win the U.S. Open golf tournament and win the good Doctor’s heart in the process.
Episode 10 — Idiocracy
Aaron and Steve discuss the 2006 cult classic, Idiocracy. Perfectly average Corporal Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson) is volunteered for an Army project that accidentally puts him 500 years into the future. Joe finds himself out of place as the human population has declined in intelligence over the centuries to the point where every person is a complete idiot. As Joe finds himself as the smartest man on the planet, he is tasked by President Camacho (Terry Crews) to solve all the problems facing the United States of Uhmerica. He is joined on his journey by Rita (Maya Rudolph) from his own time and his new friend and lawyer Frito (Dax Shepard), who received his law degree at Costco.
Episode 11 -
good night, and good luck.
Aaron and Steve discuss the 2005 film “good night, and good luck.” During the Red Scare of the 1950’s, fear in America was rampant over who could be harboring Communist sympathies. Senator Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin exploited this fear in a power grab masquerading as a Senate investigative committee who would routinely accuse people of being a Communist, while denying them proper due process. When these tactics reached a breaking point, it was up to Edward R. Murrow (David Straitharm) and his crew at the CBS’ See It Now news show, to stand up to the Senator, and shed light on his unethical and un-American tactics.
Episode 12 - Critters
Aaron and Steve discuss the 1986 film Critters. Escaped alien prisoners wreak havoc on a small Kansas town. It is up to a pair of cosmic bounty hunters and a local farming family to take them down.
Episode 13 - The Last Boy Scout
Aaron and Steve discuss the 1991 film The Last Boy Scout. A depressed private investigator and a disgraced football player team up with a stripper and a mentally challenged child to stop the world from betting on sports games.
Episode 14 - Predator
Aaron and Steve discuss the 1987 film that kicked off a never-ending franchise, Predator. A highly lethal team of special operations soldiers are duped by the CIA into roaming the jungles of Central America. Unbeknownst to them but knownst to us, they are being watched by a hunter from another planet who proceeds to shoot ducks in a barrel until he comes face to face with the Governator.
Episode 15 - Predator 2
Aaron and Steve with special guest Jamaal Milton discuss the 1990 sequel film that continued the never-ending franchise, Predator 2. The most elite police officer in Los Angeles, Danny Glover, can single handedly take down Colombian and Jamaican drug cartels, but how will he fare against an arrogant enemy whose only focus is defeating his prey in the craziest and most elaborate way possible….Gary Busey. (There is also an alien hunter that gets in the way.)
Iron Eagle (1986)
Episode 16 Coming Soon
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